Happy Birthday Dad!

My dad, who signs his emails with Dad, GR, PopPop, Uncle Glen turns 75 today!  I can hardly believe that he is 75 already . . . I'm sure he probably feels the same way!  My dad started his working life as an electrician in the Navy and is one of those guys who can fix just about anything.  As a kid I remember asking him to fix various things that were broken (probably by me!) and he seemed to have this magical touch.  It wouldn't work until dad touched it, then it was just fine.  So given that, you can understand why my brother and I both remember a couple of my dad's favorite sayings.

"You've got to be smarter than the gear you're operating".  If we heard it once, we heard it a thousand times over the years.  Well dad, I guess in most cases that "gear" was smarter than me! 

The second saying was "You need to turn the O-N, O-F-F switch O-N".  Now while that saying seems self-explanatory, apparently we needed reminded of it on a regular basis!

So to the Mr. Fixit in our house, Happy Birthday Dad!  Hope you don't have to fix anything today!

xoxo