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Old 03-05-2005, 08:49 AM   #1
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20th Anniversary...Valentine\'s Day AK Style

Ah, Valentine's Day! I woke up early, ready to be sweet and head down to the Boardwalk Bakery for coffee and fruit for my love...I look over to his side of the bed to find a single red rose..and a note.."Bring me to the lobby, and look for Ed". Ed...Hmmm..I decided against racing down in my Victoria's Secret Anniversary So It IS OK To Spend The Chldren's College Fund For A Nightgown That TOTALLY Covers What Is Heading South After 4 Children Jammie. (It still only consisted of about1/2 yard of material). Florida is not quite ready for that
I took the rose and headed out. When I got to the lobby, I saw a few folks, but none seemed like an 'Ed' to me. An older gentleman approached me, and pointed to the Valet desk. "I think I saw an amusingly tall man head over there with a similar flower". Amusing tall...THAT'S MY GUY!!! I dashed with decorum (Moms..you know this one..your 2 year old just took his wet fingerpainting from the table and is heading to whatever piece of furniture is the lightest and most difficult to clean)to the valet desk. And there was....Mike. "Is Ed available?", I asked, feeling slightly odd. Mike grinned and pointed to a valet standing by that giant settee in the entryway! This time with dignity, I went over to Ed, who handed me another rose, and another note, and said, "This is so cool! I need to do this for my wife!" I allowed myself about 20 seconds to be thankful I had Shan, then read the note. "Take me to get some water by the pool". Forget decorum and dignity! I was off and running! You CAN safely leap down those front/back stairs to the ground level from near the top of the balcony...I laughed insanely when I heard an elderly woman remark to her husband.."Good Grief! Kids!" (I must have looked OK) I got to the pool area to find a REALLY cute young guy holding another rose, and a vase. I MUST interject at this point and mention that in our entire married life, Shan has only given me flowers once...He is NOT an individual who does things like this..No offense to all engineers out there, truly, but in Shan's case, he just thinks so logically that giving cut flowers, or candy, or silly romantic gestures, do not make logical sense. I keep him around becasue he really does have some other wonderful qualities!
Back to the REALLY cute guy! He handed me the vase (plastic..smart husband) and I took the rose, put all three in the vase, and RCG hands me another note." The view from the General Store is lovely right now". Off I went. I ended up TOTALLY making my way aound the entire circle, picking up roses and lots of good wishes from so many Disney friends! It was a magical, MAGICAL thing to do! My last note, after 12 roses, said to "check in our suite to make sure I had not forgotten anything". When I got back up to the door, there was a heart charm hanging on the doorknob, and when I opened the door, Shan was standing there with 12 moe roses, and , bless his amusingly tall heart, 2 coffees and a HUGE cinnamon roll shaped like a heart! That was it. I totally lost it. I cried, and he cried, and it was just so awesome! THANK YOU to all the CM's who participated in this once-in-a-lifetime Valentine's Day surprise for me! I still tear up when I remember it!
We were late to Animal Kingdom.

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Old 03-05-2005, 09:09 AM   #2
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What a guy....

te to self: Hide this from Jan.....
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Old 03-05-2005, 09:14 AM   #3
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Oh my gosh!! Your husband is so romantic!! Can I PM you with my phone number?!?!
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I just can't believe it. This is one of those things you only read about. It is soooo amazingly cool that he did this. Wow. Wow. Ok Bob has 10 years to plan...the bar has just been raised!!!!!!
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Oh forget PMing, I am sending Matt his link....no wait I am cutting and pasting to send it to him!
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What an absolutely fabulous Valentine's Day surprise and what an amazing husband you have. You are truly blessed!

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How absolutely wonderful....I'm so jealous!
You're a lucky lady (he's a keeper)
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Can we just rename this thread to " Read it and weep!!!"
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How romantic!

I just don't understand why you were late to AK!

Can't wait for part 2!
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How romantic...
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Oh my gosh!!!

That's all I can say!

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Sigh....be still my heart...
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