Barbara, a very wise woman said…. what’s shared in PM’s stays in PM’s. I love you dearly but how dare you betray this sacred trust. However…. your wishes are precious and much appreciated…. THANK YOU!!
And yup, you’re good Meredith, that’s pretty much exactly what happened. Here’s some pictures.
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Vince had a great time with this stick, he’s always making up his own games if I’m not playing with him.
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BC weather is funny right now. We had beautiful weather for hiking but when we got back to our picnic area, we got quite the storm – for about 10 minutes and then the sun was out in full force.
This is chunky Chucky (I’m working on him) our guest for the next few months.
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Vince and Echo
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Bob working hard getting wood. We don’t like carrying the chain saw and gas when the boys are riding in the back of the truck so he was stuck with this old saw he had
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And thank you Mara, Anne, Betty(s) and Lauren, it was a great birthday…. however, my head is pounding and the pups seem to know mom’s not at her best right now. They’re all hovering around me demanding every little piece of me they can get. It ain’t working though, I’m focused on typing and they’re all on IGNORE. Get that nose out of my ear….
Connie, love y’all dearly as well.
Joyce, what a wonderful thing to say - not feeling so special right now though.
Notice the empty wine glass. It was emptied at least 6 times and then came the beer and jaeger.
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The spread was really tasty though - Bob’s a good cook. Fried chicken, macaroni salad and hot dogs. He didn’t bake me a cake (not much of sweets person anyway) but I remember a large bag of M&M’s making the rounds later in the evening.
Garrett helpin’ Dad with the cooking
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And Tammy, that’s so cool, love what you did there. Steve and Ana, you’re both extemely tough acts to follow, thank you guys.
Aaron, the boys gave me a good workout, track pants full of hair and the best behavior I could have asked for. The best gifts of all.
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And I see that Akita thread got locked. I think that’s gotta be the second best gift a person could have asked for. I’m not even going to venture in there, I can just imagine what went on.
Bob’s heading out to do a bit of work at the property and bringing the boys with him so I’m crawling back into bed and hope my stomach settles in a fews hours.
Again, thank you so much everybody. It really was a special day for me and your wishes made it all that much better.