Oh no -- the carpet!!! I would be angry, too. :-( I wonder why he's suddenly developed an appetite for carpet? Strange! Hopefully you can buy a sample piece so you can patch it. Were you able to patch the first hole he made?
Your trip plans sound great. We're doing DTD on our arrival day since we arrive late morning, and then again on our departure day, since we don't leave until late afternoon. We're also doing breakfast at Kona for the first time. Alyssa and I aren't big breakfast people, but my sister is and it's for her birthday so I decided to book a breakfast ADR for us...and I've been wanting to try a bite of the Tonga Toast... I'm excited to try it. I love breaking up our longer trips with non-park days. This trip will be so short that we won't have time for that, but it's all good.
LuLaRoe doesn't have any links you can shop from -- it's all direct from the independent consultants, but I'll add to two of my favorite consultants' facebook pages. The way you shop is by looking at their photo albums on Facebook, then comment "Sold" and your e-mail address on the picture of the item you want. Then they'll e-mail you an invoice which you pay online and then your item ships. The A-line skirts are called "Azure" and the leggings come in two sizes -- one size fits all (and they really do fit most, surprisingly -- I'm a size 0 and my sister is a size 12 and we both wear the one size leggings), or "tall and curvy" -- you won't need those -- you'll need the one size fits all. I also love their Irma t-shirts and their Perfect Fit t-shirts. So watch for those groups to show up in your group listing on Facebook. I'm absolutely obsessed with the Julia dresses and the Ana maxidresses. SO comfy!
I know - I am still so upset about it. Well, when he was a puppy - he ate several spots in our old carpet - LARGE spots... But it had been at least 2 years since he had done it - so I thought we were safe in getting new carpet. I am not sure why he is eating it?
Thanks! Allison and I did Kona on this last trip - I was not a fan... But V's favorite (favorite) cookies are macadamia nut... Annnnd, she is a HUGE fan of pancakes... So, I can only imagine that this would be heaven for her. I am willing to try something else on the menu this time and give it another go. I am sure we will go to DTD on one of our days off... I am not sure what else we will do?
I am still trying to talk to her about it... Her ideas were to go to the beach (no-go because I don't drive in strange places) or Seaworld... Ummm hello? This is supposed to be a relaxing day off. LOL So, we will see.
Thanks for adding me... I've looked a little bit, but so far I am not seeing anything... Hopefully they have some dots soon.
LOL
Sounds like nice plans for your Disney trip. Letting V sleep in most days sounds like a good plan.
I can't wait to hear more about your Disney plans.
What a bummer that MM ate 3 holes in your carpet
I know what you mean when you say you love your dogs but get really angry and insane that you can't keep the house nice.
My cat Esmeralda was at the vet on Tuesday to have her teeth checked. I didn't get good news from the vet
First of all they think she haves diabetes. Second bad news was that there are a lot of teeth that must be pulled out.
I had to try and get a urine sample of her and get that back to the vet. The way you do a sample is to use a special cat litter sand so you can collect the urine. I set up the new cat litter with the special sand in it yesterday and started waiting for her to use it. The poor cat didn't like the new cat litter at all. So she tried for as long as she could not to go on the cat litter. This morning she couldn't hold her self anymore so she went on the cat litter and I got the sample I needed. I went to the vet with it and then I just had to wait.
Finally the vet called this evening. The good news is that it's not diabetes so nothing has to do about that. She still has kidney problems but the good news is that it hasn't changed since the last time we checked that. So she will continue with the special food for kidneys. And she still has the problem that her poo is too hard. So I give her Omega 3 for that. The vet dentist hadn't had time to look at the X-rays of her teeth so I don't know yet how many teeth has to be pulled out. I know for sure at least one tooth has to come out because it's damaged. It's so hard to know when enough is enough and when it's time to let the cat go over the Rainbow Bridge.
Yes - I need to let V sleep in as much as possible. She will have 4 park days where she will have to get up "early"... Otherwise - the plan is to let her sleep in... Which is relative... I am not waiting for her all day. LOL
I know - I am pretty bummed about it. It was a lot of hard work to do in the first place, and to have all of that hard work and $$ wrecked is just so sad to me.
I sure hope you get some answers for Esmeralda soon... It's so hard to be a pet owner and make decisions for the best for them, whether it's what we want to do or not. :hugs: You are a great mom to herand she is so lucky to have you to care for her!
I most likely won't hear anything on the job for a week or two. The owner of the company is going to be on vacation all week next week so I will need to be patient, which is going to be hard. I am ready to be settled some place permanent.
I am ready to have some free time for vacation planning. With Bennie out of town this week, I haven't had much time for any extras. Your Disney plans sound great. I would love to do a longer trip but Bennie maxes out at about 5 days. We are lucky to be so close and get to sprinkle in lots of shorter trips but someday I'd like to do a really long trip.
I am so sorry about the carpet! How frustrating. I love our Cooper, but sometimes I think being a pet free house at some point in the future would be wonderful. I am doubtful Bennie and Peyton will ever go for that.
I am off to the dentist for a crown shortly. I really hope it's not as bad as I think it's going to be.
Sigh - waiting is so hard! Hopefully you have an answer sooner rather than later.
And I hope you get some much needed free time... I totally get the single parenting thing - it's hard... But it got to the point - later in the girls' lives, that we looked forward to our weeks/weekends alone - they used to be so frequent when Josh was in the military, but in recent years they got to be rare - and we enjoyed them so much then. We'd all pile into my bed and watch movies all night long... Those were the days. They still pile into my bed with me when Josh is gone, but it's a much tighter squeeze now. LOL
I do enjoy doing longer trips... I wish we could do a bit shorter though and live closer. The cost of airfare is killer, and if we lived closer, we could honestly afford to stay for much longer trips. Oh well, I am thankful for what we do get.
I don't think I could ever be pet free... I just wish my pets would notice how hard we worked on this stuff and keep it nice for me. LOL Or, at least, not eat it.
I hope your crown went well. I finally got the estimate for mine in the mail the other day - and I am afraid to open it.
Awesome getting your airfare all done! That is exciting!
Loving all the Disney updates.
Wow that is horrible about MM and the carpet! I feel the same way, we have carpet we are going to put in DD 7 (Gwen's) room that we are working on right now and our 1 year old german shepherd, River, poked a hole in the plastic and pulled a thread of it?! Argh I was so miffed, I had to tape it shut and am thankful that we bought it a bit larger than we needed! I love our pets, but our cat wanted in our son's room and chewed the carpet at the doorway too! Argh! I say again argh! The carpet isn't new, and it's not fabulous, but we have no plans to replace it either! It's frustrating when things get wrecked, even if you can repair it.
Yes - we are getting super excited now! I usually have airfare before this point - so it's a relief to have it. And I love that I can now plan our arrival and departure days... I know our departure day will be agony - because both of the girls and I always get anxious to get home that last day... but it will be nice to not have to rush out of our hotel room in the morning, go grab a late breakfast and wander around a little bit.
Grrr... I love my dogs, truly I do... but sometimes.... Grrrr.... LOL We will fix it - it may be a while, but we will. It's just so frustrating - since we spent so much time and $$ redoing this space only 3 months ago - to have it ruined is just maddening... Sigh... I must get over it and move forward. I feel your pain totally though, can you put a rug or something over those areas? I can't for me, but maybe you can?
All caught up again 
I remember reading about Rufus, Jr. on one of your other reports and thinking that was just the sweetest way of having Josh's family with him all the time. I absolutely love that you brought that tradition full circle by sending Allison off with her very own Junior. Incredible!!
SO excited you got your airfare within your budget--original or adjusted, it still counts! I was getting so nervous about how prices were fluctuating that I bought our December airfare a couple months ago just figuring it would skyrocket totally out of our price range before I was ready. I probably should be more patient when it comes to airfare, but I get too nervous!
Oh, the rug. 
Yes... Like I said - I sometimes think it's more of a comfort for me, than it is for them. But as long as it brings someone comfort, right? LOL V will get one when she goes over too... Just something from home, when they are gone for so long.
Yes - it's a huge relief to have airfare finally! It's so nice to be able to plan those days... I love that we get in early in the day, so we can enjoy the pool and relax... We've been a few times in October, and the pool has always been very welcome at that time of year - rarely has it been too cold to swim - so hopefully it stays that way... There's NO way I can do another January. LOL I was just so worried about airfare going up, up, up between now and then, better to have it - and since we are flying SW, if it goes down, we get a credit - so there's really nothing to lose... I am still checking 4-5x a day for this reason.
I know - I know... The rug... So sad about it.
Yay for airfare! Something about booking it makes it feel like the vacation is so real!
Your travel day plans sound great!
I know - we are truly getting very excited for this trip. We were a little ho-hum about it for a while... probably because we just had so much going on that we didn't even have much time to think about it. But now that our count down is getting smaller and smaller and we finally have airfare...
We are getting really, really excited for this trip! We geek out almost 10x a day now. LOL
Thanks - I think they will be good. A lot of rest a lot of play time... all of it mixed together nicely - it should be a lot of fun. Our park days will be FULL park days though - no questions about that.
Yay for purchasing airfare! That always makes the trip seem real for me.
I know, right???
We are truly getting very excited! The hardest part for me is that I cannot pack... Allison has all of my luggage in Europe.
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I can't post pictures of the bags on FB since I am friends with a couple of the bridesmaids, so I'll try to post it from my phone. This is one I made for Kate that she doesn't know about. [GALLERY=]
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Oh Tess!!! This turned out AWESEOM!!! She will absolutely LOVE it!!!
Great job!
I agree!
Poor MM!! I feel your pain though! My Annie Bean has severe separation anxiety so now she has to go to doggie daycare when we are at work and the kids aren't home. Last time we tried leaving her at home by herself she totally ruined the front door, and surrounding molding on the wall and floor.
Ideas for the cone of shame I stole from the internet....
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That is so hard... I am glad that we don't have to deal with that... I can't imagine.
Hahaha - the cone of shame... Yes, MM is NOT thrilled about the cone at all... We now call the living room the "Cone Zone"
Pretty awesome huh? LOL
Yay for airfare D - that is awesome. When I an planning a trip I make sure I get alerts on airfare from Airfare Watchdog and Trip Advisor and Kayak, but they do not include Southwest so I have to lurk on there as well. Airfare Watchdog saved me big time on one of our trips. I save about $800 with an alert that lasted about an hour. Our airfare to Oregon this September was quite a bit more than what I wanted to pay, and we have to pay for luggage as well, as SW did not fly to where we are going. Love flying SW.
Your WDW trip plans are firming up. I am truly excited for you and V. This looks like so much fun. I can just picture V trying to get up those early mornings, my DS is so not a morning person. You don't look at him or say anything for quite a while, and he will eventually return to being human again. I can't wait to see her bag!
Poor MM; poor carpet. Its so hard when your pet does something naughty. You can't talk to them and scold them; even though you do and you think they understand you haha. Hope you are able to fix it.
Love Allison's stuffy. Hope she is keeping busy and starting to find her way. Love the updates from her.
Have an awesome weekend D! Take care, hugs and always prayers.
Yes - I had signed up for alerts, but realistically - I only want to fly SW.... They fly out of our little airport and they have layovers at Midway - and I like layovers there, again another small airport... I don't like taking off or landing there, but at least I get to wave to Mo on the way over.
So, I wanted to fly out of our little airport and I didn't want baggage fees - that left me with SW. I could have flown Sun Country - they also fly out of our little airport and their flights are non-stop - which is a huge benefit, but their fares have been regularily 2x as much + I'd have to pay baggage fees. I honestly don't mind the layover - it's a little over an hour this time, and that's the perfect time to grab a coffee and hit the bathrooms - as I hate plane bathrooms and avoid them whenever possible.
So this should be a great flight for us!
Hahaha... Yes - I talked to her about the "early mornings" yesterday... We will have 4 of them - but only 2 of them are PPO ADRs, so those are absolutely necessary that we get up really early. Hopefully she can push through. On all of our days off - I have nothing scheduled until 11 am - so she should be able to sleep in pretty late, hopefully it will be OK. V and I get along pretty well - so it should be a nice trip. I am very much looking forward to spending this time with just her. We've gotten a lot of it this summer with Allison gone - and it's been a very enjoyable time!
We have some great things planned - some old and some new - it's going to be a great trip, at a great time of the year!
LOVE Halloween in Disney!
I know - I am so sad about the carpet... We worked so hard and it really was a financial splurge for us... We won't be able to replace it for at least another 6-8 years... So, we will have to find a way to repair it, somehow.
She is staying busy... Too busy to blog - LOL... As much as I want her to update her blog, I also want to see her experience and enjoy her time there, so I am OK without updates... But I also Skype her almost daily and we Snapchat constantly - so it's almost as if she isn't gone. Almost.
Thank you Carol - same to you... I'd love an update from you when you get the time.
I am anxious to hear how your summer is going.
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Life has been pretty busy these last few days...
I've continued to work out (I've never stopped), and I am eating well. I've continued to log each day in MFP - which is going well. I still hate it, and I tend to eat the same things over and over, because I detest having to figure out new things. LOL Yes, I am that lazy. But it's all good and I feel like I could see progress any day now. LOL Realistically - it will be weeks yet.... But that visual is what keeps me going, so I'll just go with it.
I've been working like crazy too... I am almost done with my big project. I will put in full work days all this weekend, and then I should be done.
I've also been working on the bench for the farmhouse table... I was able to get it stained yesterday and the first coat of poly went on last night. I plan to put a 2nd coat on today, and hopefully start painting tonight... Maybe not the bench quite yet - but the chairs.
I'd love to have this set done by the end of the weekend. Then all that will be left for the dining space is to find a China hutch to paint... I've found a few that are what I am looking for and reasonably priced - under $50 - but we just don't have the space to store ours and we haven't heard back from Josh's dad about what we should do with it - since it was Josh's grandparent's. So, until then, the rest of the room is on hold, I guess.
Frustrating... As I just want to be done, so we can start on the bathroom.
Allison has been busy too... She has been back from France now for 1 week... She spends 4 days per week with Brian and Myrthe, because they are off of work... Then she has 3 days per week to herself while they are at work. There was one day this week that she took the train into Rotterdam to meet a photography friend - she really enjoyed that and it was so nice for her to get out - she was starting to get pretty home sick. I can only imagine that she will start to venture out more often... Which makes this mom nervous - but still very proud.
Thomas and her are the best of pals, but just in the last few days, Lara has really started to warm up to her... Lara is at that age where she is a bit afraid of strangers - but I knew eventually Allison wouldn't be a stranger anymore - and Allison is loving it!
V has been busy spending time with me... We went to see Finding Dory the other day... That was so fun! V and I snuck out of the house, while I was supposed to be working and just spent some time together. I feel like, between the house and now work, I haven't been able to spend too much time with her - aside from appointments and errands... So it was a lot of fun to do this... Annnd - it REALLY put us in a Disney mood. LOL
Ooooh, and flight update - just now, I was able to get a refund on our inbound flights... I knew, flying with SW this could be done - but I've never done it. I've been checking for our flights to go down in price, and this morning, our inbound flight went down $8 each... So, Suzi talked me through going online and getting my refund... It was super easy, and I can honestly say, I will be a dedicated flight stalker between now and our flight. Annnnd - SW definitely has my business - this is awesome! Free bags AND refunds. It's like ice cream and Disney at the same time!
All refunds from flights will go towards Disney GCs.
So, I think that is all for now... I must get to work today, so I can get done and start painting chairs.
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Sending Pixie Dust out to all of you!
D~
It will take about 3 months for her to get back to feeling better; considering her age. We have no clue what caused her issue, but I am watching her like a hawk. I don't ever want to experience that again any time soon. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. It was greatly appreciated! 
