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Thank you so much Cam. It was a great Anniversary for Erick & I and the restaurant certainly made extra touches to make it extra special for us(I forgot to mention they sang a song in Japanese wishing us a Happy Anniversary to the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It with their tambourine and drum too). Thank you for the condolances for Sturgis. I did text DSil in KY to see how she was getting through the day especially since she was the one letting me know about Sturgis being put down and she does think there will be another pet aroubd here in the next 3 months to a year, and she did tell me I could ask DMil about another dog for Skyler since DMil would be the easy one to say yes. I'm not going to bring that up to Erick until after we get back from Disney, but we do know DMil wants another dog(although they love cats too, I'm the difficult one with Cats b/c of my allergies to them).
Hey Becki...First of all... Home Depot stinks don't it??? I haven't seen Dave since Sunday!!!
I so glad you and Erik had a great Anniversary. Happy Belated Anniversary!!! And many more!!! You beat me- Dave and I got married and Kate was born 4 months later!!!
I am very sorry about Sturgis. It sounds liked he was very loved. It's better to have let him go than have him suffer.
I did also ask Erick to see if he was going to be home
Monday, June 14th or if he thought he'd be working at Home Depot to join in on the fun of our 100 Days til Disney Party. He loved my idea for using Disney things we have around the house with an exception of some other things I need to buy. He thinks it will be a great way to get Skyler excited about the trip. I do need to look for my Disney Planning DVD for us to watch to get him prepared for some of the rides and attractions we will see there.
I am going to try to make us an 'Ohana Type Breakfast (or at least with some of the offerings from Breakfast) and I do need to look to see if there are any Hawaiian Leis here, if not we need to find some, and Our Mickey, Pluto, & Stitch Stuffed Animals will join us (sadly we don't have Lilo, but we can improvise with her). I am going to also make Skyler a few Mickey/AK themed Lunch during our Fun Day, and we'll wait until DMil, DFil, & Erick to get home from work to enjoy a Mickey's Backyard BBQ inspired Dinner(although we aren't dining there this time, but the menu looks great and fun. We may have to pull out Skyler's Goofy, Minnie Mouse, & Donald Duck to join us for dinner too. I think I'm going to pull out one of his Disney Beach Balls and we'll have to play outside with it, as weell as fill up his outdoor bubble machine and let Mickey's Magical Bubbles entertain him for a little while with a Toy Story Rocket Space Ship Sprinkler toy. I just found Mickey Party Supplies at our Target on sale for less than $1.50 a piece, so I bought those (cups, plates, napkins, & table cloths) and some items in the dollar section, popcorn cups for us to end the evening with a Disney Movie we own, Hot Dog
Containers, Burger Baskets fo. The chicken and biscuits, and the corn holders with dishes, and the plates can be for dessert and sides. I was in shock the Mickey party supplies were on sale. I' also naming the Freezer Mickey's Plaza Ice Cream Shop for our party and I think we need to make Mickelodeon Ice Cream like they serve at The Plaza. I can't wait for our 100 Days until Disney all Day Party. I found leis too!
I also bought us some Disney Bandaids (Toy Story ones for Skyler and Princess ones for Mom & I and will buy a box of thr Mickey ones due to come out next month for us too). I was also happy to find Neosporin to Go for Children 2 and up as that will be perfect for Skyler. I did need to pick up more Pull Ups(he gets so excited wearing Buzz and Woody on his Pull ups) and wipes for Skyler and Erick needed deodarant.
Thank you so much Dawn. I figured if anyone would understand Home Depot, it would be you since you and Dave also work for Home Depot. They do stink, but they help us pay our bills and trips to Disney. Thank you for the belated Anniversary Wishes. At least you got to enjoy a few more months of being a newly wed before Katie came than we did with Skyler, however I loved feeling him kick in my stomach on our Wedding Day.
It is better for Sturgis that she isn't suffering anymore. Thank you so much or the pixies. One of our neighbors down the street has let us know we can play and pet with their sweet dog Annabelle whenever we see her outside and she is great around Skyler and he likes her too. Which I thought was sweet of him. His wife volunteers at a no-kill rescue shelter that we will have to take a look at dogs.
Thank you so much Cam! I can't believe we're almost at 100 Days and I do look for any excuse to have fun with Skyler, especially Disney wise. Now all I need to do is buy an cook the food and enjoy the day with Skyler. Shopping was a great distraction as is planning our Disney Fun Day, and the Stanley Cup Final.
Sorry it's been so long since I commented on your PTR! Things have been a little crazy...but I'm all caught up now.
I worked for the Home Depot at one point. I will NEVER work there again, the one I worked at treated their employees like absolute trash. Hopefully the one Eric works at is a little better.
I am really sorry about your dog, but it's really better that Sturgis isn't in pain anymore. Sometimes it's more merciful that way, even if it causes the Pet Humans to be devastated and sad. I hope the family heals, and I am very sorry for your loss.
I am SOOOOoooo excited for our Disney Trip, but still bummed that with your changed dates we'll miss each other by one day.
Sorry it's been so long since I commented on your PTR! Things have been a little crazy...but I'm all caught up now.
I worked for the Home Depot at one point. I will NEVER work there again, the one I worked at treated their employees like absolute trash. Hopefully the one Eric works at is a little better.
I am really sorry about your dog, but it's really better that Sturgis isn't in pain anymore. Sometimes it's more merciful that way, even if it causes the Pet Humans to be devastated and sad. I hope the family heals, and I am very sorry for your loss.
I am SOOOOoooo excited for our Disney Trip, but still bummed that with your changed dates we'll miss each other by one day.
Thank you Jessica. I am so sorry the Home Depot you worked at treated you like Trash. The one Erick works at, well first things first the person who does their schedules just lacks in scheduling employees, especially where they try slapping him on the schedule for hours where he's at his Full Time job which is a Government Job and also when he's in class on the one night a week he takes a class. They have very few people in his department with a Forklift license so I understand why they need him when someone else without one isn't there, but it's not like he can leave his other job early for them. He's not crazy about the store manager either. His boss is willing to give him the extra hours the only thing that drives me nuts when I have to call him there is their phone center people constantly lie to me and tell me he's not there (especially where he goes in and leaves with his mom when they work together) and don't bother paging him for me (I always have to ask for DMil instead since I know she won't lie to me and will either page him for me or pass along a message to him). I think there are days he just gets frusterated with some people in his department who just don't work and pretty much leave it for him.
Thank you about Sturgis. We know it was the best decision for her and I have to agree it wasn't fair for her to suffer anymore. I think slowly but surely it will get easier, but thankgoodness Skyler is a little goodball he can make me smile even when I am sad, as can Erick. I just have to say it is hard saying goodbye to the sweetest of animals who wouldn't harm a fly than probably a more vicious one.
I am so happy you're getting excited about your trip. I am still so mad we are going to miss you by a day, however we may have to make that happen some day (since I know we are moving to Colorado at some point over the next few years and DLR isn't far from you and is about a 17 hour drive from where we will be living in Colorado Springs).
Thank you so much Melissa. I can't wait to put it all together and enjoy it with Skyler, Erick, & his parents. It will make a hot summer day feel great, but also give Skyler our love of Mickey. Shoot, I have to see about going to the party store to find Mickey Ears, Mickey Cupcake Papers, and Cupcake Picks for Dessert. It will certainly add to thr excitement of us being 100 Days away.
Sorry guys I tried to post the pictures this morning before Skyler woke up before mycomputer decided to shut off on me.
Sorry I don't have much to report other than a month from today is Skyler's
3rd Birthday. I don't know where the time has gone since I held my little peanut in my arms for the first time and still can't believe I had to have a C-section for a 4lb. 10oz 18 inch long baby. I was so surprised when they told me he was that tiny. He certainly isn't a peanut any more as he does have some long legs for his age and can already see over the countertops. It is amazing how fast they grow up, but like Peter Pan, I keep telling him he can never grow up. The only thing though is I'm still not used to being wrestled with a little boy and him trying to beat up his mommy. Erick constantly laughs at me when I tell him that I am the Princess of the 2 of them and boys are not supposed to hurt Princesses. I think the Disney Princesses would agree.
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Becki - I'm just trying to get caught up here but I wanted to send you pixies for Sturgis...
...And so happy that you two had a wonderful anniversary dinner (we did, too.)
Thank you so much Cathy! I' so happy to have you reading along. Thank you so much for the pixies for Sturgis and Thank you, we had a wonderful Anniversary, and I'm so glad to hear you did as well. So nice we're Anniversary Buddies!
Cathy, too bad our trip is after you return from WDW in Sept.
The Vet was sweet to send a condolance card to the family(I'm sure they do to every pet they have to put down). I have to say it was a really sweet thing for them to do. I can say this is a first I've seen any Vet do this (but then again I've never had a pet get put down before, our old dog ran away with a Cocker Spaniel and that was the last we saw of him).
And I do have a little confession for you all as I realizedthis probably a few days ago, this isn't going to be the first trip report I will write. When I was a Junior in High School, I took a Middle Eastern Government class to help prepare me for a 6 week trip I took to Prague, Cyprus, & Israel through the Youth Group Organization both the Temple I belonged to in Florida and the one my dad belongs to in Massachusetts(same organization, just different regions). I had to keep a journal throughout my trip and when I came back to start my Senior Year of ahigh School, I was required to write a paper based upon my journal and experiences. As hard as I thought it would be to write an 8 page paper then, I was quite surprised when it turned into a 14 page paper. That was probably the easiest long paper I ever had to write and can't wait to do it again for this trip, but for fun.
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