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Just had dinner last night at the Wilderness Lodge, Canyon Trail restaurant - they're a rowdy, "Hoop De Doo" staff - daughter celebrating a birthday and they have fun with birthdays. Hope you're planning on the birthday thing every night. We found a "Princess Birthday" pin at the grocery store before we left.
Just had dinner last night at the Wilderness Lodge, Canyon Trail restaurant - they're a rowdy, "Hoop De Doo" staff - daughter celebrating a birthday and they have fun with birthdays. Hope you're planning on the birthday thing every night. We found a "Princess Birthday" pin at the grocery store before we left.
Thanks for reading! We plan to wear our birthday pins every day - I got a lanyard just for it this time. I did add the birthday celebration for both of us on our Princess breakgfast our last day and then mentioned it on our actual birthdays too. The extras will be a bonus for a great trip!
Hope you're having a great vacation!
Just catching up! Happy Anniversary...a little bit late! As for shirts, IMO, don't worry about it. There are a ton of people who dring around the "world" and they don't make a spectacle of the themselves. I saw that thread as well, and I must be one of the people with blinders on when I go. I have yet so see anyone out of control or really drunk while I'm there. Now watch, I'll probably see someone when we go in September !
Your Anniversary weekend sounded wonderful and relaxing!
We cleaned out my DM's garage and had a garage sale. Did pretty good, was able to stash some of the cash for our May trip. The rest goes to re-tiling our bathroom shower as I hit the wall in our garage Friday and it cracked the tiles on the wall on the opposite side. Oh well.....
I think DM and I might try and go to the World in October this year (instead of Dec) and use that pin code I received last week. She loves Halloween and we should have gone during Oct last year when we went in Nov but now we get to go again, hopefully!!
Loving your facts!! Some of them are "flashbacks" of sorts for me, I was 9 in 1980!!
Your Anniversary weekend sounded wonderful and relaxing!
We cleaned out my DM's garage and had a garage sale. Did pretty good, was able to stash some of the cash for our May trip. The rest goes to re-tiling our bathroom shower as I hit the wall in our garage Friday and it cracked the tiles on the wall on the opposite side. Oh well.....
I think DM and I might try and go to the World in October this year (instead of Dec) and use that pin code I received last week. She loves Halloween and we should have gone during Oct last year when we went in Nov but now we get to go again, hopefully!!
Loving your facts!! Some of them are "flashbacks" of sorts for me, I was 9 in 1980!!
If you go in October you'll have to go to MNSSHP, especially if your Mom loves Halloween. I loved that parade - better than MVMCP. Congrats on earning some cash for your trip too!
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Happy Anniversary!! And congrats on winning the tickets! Nice to get to go to a game and not have to pay for the tix. Leaves more money for hot dogs!! DON'T worry about the shirt...I can't imagine Mike is going to be the out-of-control-making-inappropriate-gestures-with-the-statues kind of guy...or maybe LOL
DON'T worry about the shirt...I can't imagine Mike is going to be the out-of-control-making-inappropriate-gestures-with-the-statues kind of guy...or maybe LOL
I told him the only person he'd annoy would be me - and he agreed. I call him 'over-bearing' when he's had a little too much.
66 days to go: On May 18, Mount Saint Helens erupted in Washington.
Well we lost the game last night , but we did have a pleasant surprise and got our seats upgraded!! We were in an upper section and got moved one down where we got to sit in nice leather comfy chairs and have a tv to watch the game and replays. Plus access to a/c and nicer food!!
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