Quality Time Seeker Gifts

"Who'd want to Retire...what would you do with your time?...Apart from spend time with your kids...see all those places you always promised you would...be the person you want to be...have a life!"

'Dad, do you really think trying to sell me life insurance counts as quality time?'

Computer as Centre of Family Life

'I just retired from politics to spend more time with my children -- are you my children?'

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

'Going shopping together is not me going into the store while you wait in the car and listen to the game.'

"Too crowded. Let's go."

"You go ahead and sleep, girl. I’m sure Philip Roth won’t be offended."

"You know, if it weren't for Penny, we'd never find time like this to connect."

'C'mon! Speed it up! I've got a bottle of wine here that says it's meant to be drunk soon!'

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

If you're looking for a good time, you'll find it; if you can't find it, it will find you....

Modern camping

"I'd say hi to my favorite teacher, but I think she's enjoying some quiet remote-from-us learning."

'Jack wants to stay home and rad books, and I wanted him to take up roller skating, so we compromised.'

'For once can't we all just sit down and eat as a family?'

'Let's have a quiet romantic evening together...we'll turn our cell phones off.'

"I could have gotten to the top . . . but I wasted all my time in the park."

'Enough is enough, John! You've got to choose. It's either your job or me.'

'Golf is Life (his).'

"Did you get it at Bed, Birch and Beyond?"

"I've got him on vibrate."

'And then Baby Bear said...'

'Dad, I know you're busy, but how much time do you save reading me Reader's Digest Condensed version of The Cat in the Hat.'

Don't be afraid of criticism. Openly ask for feedback so you can improve service.

"...We don't trust any restaurant that has room for us."

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

"I work too hard, I think I need to spend more time with the children... Do we have any?"

Think Zero Defects

'Your evaluation is based on what you do in the next 30 seconds. Go!'

The AdRams Family no.33 - The AdRams family

"There goes Daddy to the park again! And do you know what he does in the park? He sits! That's what he does. He sits! He goes to the park and just sits!"

'I'm enjoying being unplugged.'

"Suzi, c'mon doesn't matter where we're going - dad says gas prices are down and we have to go somewhere now."

"Sorry darling, but if Dad has put his blinkers on and is reading the newspaper, it means he doesn't want to be disturbed..."