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 copyright © 2008, Alice Held, All Rights Reserved June is for Dads, Grads, Brides & Kids! As we begin summer, there's Father's Day, graduations, weddings, and vacations! Father's Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad, and to not only honor your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as Stepfathers, Uncles, Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers." Contrary to popular misconception, Father's Day was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. For the origin of Father's Day and some ideas on how to celebrate this day, visit Father's Day on the Net . 
What to get for Dad? No need for a Pa-Pa Panic. How about some really cool images for his desktop? Try Online Father's Day Gifts and Comfort House for some very good ideas. Try to walk a mile in his shoes by imaging what life and fatherhood have been like for him by visiting Center for Fathering . Father's World has resources, health, legal advice and even tips on goofing off! Marvelicious Father's Day is a wonderful site honoring all fathers, and includes many other Father's Day sites. And guess what? In today's world, we have stay-at-home Dads. Here's an information packed site just for them! 
Are you really going to do it? Get your Dad a tie? Well, if you are, then you need to visit The Bow Tie Club. It will make you smile. And before you do the deed, check out KNOT, which stands for Kollectors of Nasty Old Ties. For another smile, here's a history of America's favorite Father's Day gift,2,000 years of ties! You could get him a subscription to his favorite magazine online, such as Sports Illustrated, Science Illustrated or Golf Digest . Does Dad like his computer more than sleep? At 700-800 pages an issue, Computer Shopper and ZDNet.com will keep him in chip heaven for hours every month. Keep Dad's mind sharp with this New York Times innovative, pocketsize handheld game 16 with over 1,000 crossword puzzles that he can that he can take anywhere!
Who are the most famous Hall of Famer Dads? Find your hero at My Hero Or is your Dad the coolest of the coolest? Then check out Daddyos where the coolest get their coolness. How many TV Dads can you think of? Check your list at TV Dads And for that day that culminates all the work and sacrifice on the part of Dad and grads, Present Picker sure does know how to pick that perfect gift! Or check out these Father's Day recipes for a favorite treat. Here's 20 activities for long-distance Dads, either from Dad or from child. Dads at a Distance. The art of fatherhood will be inspired by these sites: National Center for Fathering and Dads Today Father’s Day from Reader’s Digest Looking for fun ways to celebrate Father's Day? Here's how to treat Dad to a great day...
And Father’s Day Facts and Figures will enlighten you and is fun to know.
Here in the Valley our summer means those months in which we pay our dues for all the gorgeous weather the rest of the year! We do have water sports, lots of lakes, plenty of cool places to visit and fun things to do like lolling in our pools under the beautiful sunny skies, and I'll tell you all about them next month. |
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For the King of the kitchen,
June is also the month of commitment, as in "I do."
Of course summer means school is out! That means time-on-the-hands for the munchkins ... send the darlings to the