Lil' Grumpy
04-05-2009, 01:06 PM
...i do. the year was 1988. we had to drive over 500 miles
...as i was young naval officer stationed in penscola, fla.
our boys were very young & we "thought~ since we're in
fla...let's run over to wdw? on the weekend. :scared:
magic kingdom~
...there was a terrible thunderstorm..driving us inside. by
happenstance....we came across....pluto. he was our youngest
son's favorite. so they got some "downtime"...as we waited out
the storm. :hug:
* we also had a family :dog: , a golden retriver, named "pj"
{ our sons' names...are joseph & patrick = "pj". }
sometimes, i think..alot disney memories..were meant to be. pixiedust:
...we were not rich back then. [ my wife was in college for nuclear med].
....& we started from scratch....where our aprtment wasn't as big as
our living room, of today. so we told the boys..they could chose one
gift. naturally , my son..had to have a stuffed.....pluto. then he
saw..a "pluto" pin. it looked like junk..but he was very persistent.
:yay: + :sad:,
while that pin..isn't anything fancy, it is his favorite wdw's "treasure".
..in 99, after having a big surprise, a lil' princess:. my wife begged/
pleaded, and scheduled ....a family trip + cruise. all i could think
of..yuk, crowds.
when we entered the wildness lodge.....i was all pouty. but a very
insightful cast member....spotted my daughter, and gave her a
laynard & some special /princesses' pins.
so thats' how we got "hooked". :wizard:
* note , our golden retriver, was some kind of special..he lived over
16 years, & never wanted to leave. [ on the day he passed, he got up
.....and took 2 hrs..walking to the end of our driveway, laying
down one last time @ his guard position. ]
..i grew up in the same town of "roy rodgers", who came back many
times. [ we have him on our old home 8mm movies. ( bell& howell)
...he always...said, " a country boy isn't country, without his dog."
pluto..will always be close to our hearts, pluto:
...as i was young naval officer stationed in penscola, fla.
our boys were very young & we "thought~ since we're in
fla...let's run over to wdw? on the weekend. :scared:
magic kingdom~
...there was a terrible thunderstorm..driving us inside. by
happenstance....we came across....pluto. he was our youngest
son's favorite. so they got some "downtime"...as we waited out
the storm. :hug:
* we also had a family :dog: , a golden retriver, named "pj"
{ our sons' names...are joseph & patrick = "pj". }
sometimes, i think..alot disney memories..were meant to be. pixiedust:
...we were not rich back then. [ my wife was in college for nuclear med].
....& we started from scratch....where our aprtment wasn't as big as
our living room, of today. so we told the boys..they could chose one
gift. naturally , my son..had to have a stuffed.....pluto. then he
saw..a "pluto" pin. it looked like junk..but he was very persistent.
:yay: + :sad:,
while that pin..isn't anything fancy, it is his favorite wdw's "treasure".
..in 99, after having a big surprise, a lil' princess:. my wife begged/
pleaded, and scheduled ....a family trip + cruise. all i could think
of..yuk, crowds.
when we entered the wildness lodge.....i was all pouty. but a very
insightful cast member....spotted my daughter, and gave her a
laynard & some special /princesses' pins.
so thats' how we got "hooked". :wizard:
* note , our golden retriver, was some kind of special..he lived over
16 years, & never wanted to leave. [ on the day he passed, he got up
.....and took 2 hrs..walking to the end of our driveway, laying
down one last time @ his guard position. ]
..i grew up in the same town of "roy rodgers", who came back many
times. [ we have him on our old home 8mm movies. ( bell& howell)
...he always...said, " a country boy isn't country, without his dog."
pluto..will always be close to our hearts, pluto: