The vet contacted me today to schedule Benny's surgery for next Wednesday, April 16th. Thankfully, the antibiotics seem to be working. I took a look at his toe today and, although it still looks a little red, it looks like it's drying out and beginning to heal.
The estimated charges total $351.37! It includes the surgery, anesthesia, cardiac monitor, radiograph, pain meds, and overnight stay. Man, when it rains, it pours! We need to pay off our Ihilani weekend and our car insurance premiums are also due early next month! Sheesh! I wish we had pet health insurance or something. :P
Here's the "schedule":
- Tuesday, April 15th: No food after 6PM, no water after Midnight. Cats sometimes get sick if they don't have an empty stomach while under anesthesia. Since we can't really separate Benny and Chester, looks like Chester will be fasting, too. He is not going to be happy. :P
- Wednesday, April 16th: Drop Benny off at the vet at 7AM. Since Brian will be sleeping by then, I'll take Benny and go in to work a couple hours late. I wonder if "Care of a furbaby" (versus "Care of a Family Member") qualifies as sick leave? Benny will stay overnight so he can get some much-needed post-surgery rest without Chester terrorizing him. :P
(Dr. Furutani is so cool. She said they normally send declaw patients home the day of surgery, but she's going to let him stay overnight. According to our estimate, she's only charging us for "Cage Occupancy". Cage Occupancy is what they charge for the cage they keep the animals in, post-surgery, until their owners pick them up on the same day. When my dad had his stroke in 2006, it happened to coincide with the very same day we had to pick Chester up from the vet after having some procedures done for his urinary tract problems. When she called to let us know that Chester was ready to be picked up, I told her about my dad and she said not to worry about Chester and that they would keep him overnight. She didn't charge us for the stay.)
- Thursday, April 17th: Pick Benny up after 1PM.
In preparation for Benny's post-surgery recovery, we need to make some changes to their litter box situation. Benny can't use clay litter until his incisions heal. So, I need to find some Yesterday's News cat litter and replace their old litter with it. I'm going to hit up K-mart and Pet's Discount tomorrow after work. I'm not sure how they'll adjust to the new litter.
I'm wondering if we may need to lock Benny in our bedroom. The last time he had this surgery, the vet recommended he be confined so Chester doesn't bother him and also wanted to limit his physical activity, such as running and leaping, so that the incisions could heal. He was miserable being locked up in our room. :(
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Benny needs surgery :(
I'm so sad. Benny will need to have surgery to fix the front paw declawing he had 8 years ago.
4 years ago, he had to have surgery on a few of his toes on both front paws. Apparently, when the vet declawed him 8 years ago, she used the Resco Clipper Declaw Method. This entails using a guillotine-type nail trimmer to cut through the bone of the 3rd digit of the toe, from which the claw grows. Since the part of the bone from which the claw grows is removed, the idea is that the cat's claws no longer grow back (in most cases).
However, complications can arise from this method. In Benny's case, he had bone spurs in his toes as a result of the amputation of his 3rd digits. The bone spurs can cause quite a bit of discomfort and we later learned that Benny was licking, biting, and chewing at the affected toes in an effort to find relief. At the time, the solution was surgery on the infected toes to remove any bone spurs or debris. The vet didn't mention just performing a Disarticulation of all of his toes to completely remove the 3rd digit so there would be no recurrence of the bone spur problem. Had I known this was an option at the time, we would have done this.
Fast forward 4 years to today, Benny is having this problem again! On Sunday night, I noticed Benny was limping a little and would sit with his right paw in the air. I thought he was trying to be cute, but I noticed his paw looked funny. Brian grabbed him and I got a closer look. One of his toes was red, swollen and kind of purple and bruised looking. I knew exactly what was going on and called our new vet--not the same one from 4 years ago--first thing yesterday morning. Unfortunately, she was booked and couldn't see Benny until this afternoon.
We took Benny in and Dr. Furutani confirmed my suspicions. She got a close look at his toe and said it was infected and abscessed. She prescribed Benny some antibiotics to clear up the infection. She said we could either let it go and hope for the best once the infection cleared up, or go ahead and do the disarticulation on all of his toes to avoid another recurrence in the future. Benny is 8 years old now and I fear that if this problem comes up again in another 4 years, he'll just be too old and not recover as well from surgery. I really wish we had been presented with this option 4 years ago. We could have been done with all of this and Benny wouldn't have to suffer.
So, the plan is to wait until Benny's infection clears up and then go ahead with the disarticulation surgery for the rest of his toes.
I really feel terrible. Due to circumstances, I really had no control over the decision to declaw Benny and Chester 8 years ago. (BTW, Chester has never had problems with his toes...knock on wood. He was "blessed" with other problems--deafness and chronic urinary tract problems. I pray that Chester doesn't end up with this problem down the line. *sigh*) If we ever have another cat in the future, I REFUSE to declaw. We will find alternative ways to control unwanted scratching.
*** stepping down from my soap box ***
4 years ago, he had to have surgery on a few of his toes on both front paws. Apparently, when the vet declawed him 8 years ago, she used the Resco Clipper Declaw Method. This entails using a guillotine-type nail trimmer to cut through the bone of the 3rd digit of the toe, from which the claw grows. Since the part of the bone from which the claw grows is removed, the idea is that the cat's claws no longer grow back (in most cases).
However, complications can arise from this method. In Benny's case, he had bone spurs in his toes as a result of the amputation of his 3rd digits. The bone spurs can cause quite a bit of discomfort and we later learned that Benny was licking, biting, and chewing at the affected toes in an effort to find relief. At the time, the solution was surgery on the infected toes to remove any bone spurs or debris. The vet didn't mention just performing a Disarticulation of all of his toes to completely remove the 3rd digit so there would be no recurrence of the bone spur problem. Had I known this was an option at the time, we would have done this.
Fast forward 4 years to today, Benny is having this problem again! On Sunday night, I noticed Benny was limping a little and would sit with his right paw in the air. I thought he was trying to be cute, but I noticed his paw looked funny. Brian grabbed him and I got a closer look. One of his toes was red, swollen and kind of purple and bruised looking. I knew exactly what was going on and called our new vet--not the same one from 4 years ago--first thing yesterday morning. Unfortunately, she was booked and couldn't see Benny until this afternoon.
We took Benny in and Dr. Furutani confirmed my suspicions. She got a close look at his toe and said it was infected and abscessed. She prescribed Benny some antibiotics to clear up the infection. She said we could either let it go and hope for the best once the infection cleared up, or go ahead and do the disarticulation on all of his toes to avoid another recurrence in the future. Benny is 8 years old now and I fear that if this problem comes up again in another 4 years, he'll just be too old and not recover as well from surgery. I really wish we had been presented with this option 4 years ago. We could have been done with all of this and Benny wouldn't have to suffer.
So, the plan is to wait until Benny's infection clears up and then go ahead with the disarticulation surgery for the rest of his toes.
I really feel terrible. Due to circumstances, I really had no control over the decision to declaw Benny and Chester 8 years ago. (BTW, Chester has never had problems with his toes...knock on wood. He was "blessed" with other problems--deafness and chronic urinary tract problems. I pray that Chester doesn't end up with this problem down the line. *sigh*) If we ever have another cat in the future, I REFUSE to declaw. We will find alternative ways to control unwanted scratching.
*** stepping down from my soap box ***
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Recap of Our Weekend of "Heavenly Splendor"
Ihilani translates to "Heavenly Splendor". It certainly lives up to its name every time we go there.
Friday, March 28th
I was still feeling under the weather on Friday night, but we agreed that we should tidy up so that we return to a (somewhat) clean house come Monday. I somehow managed to do some chores, a bunch of laundry, and began packing before finally heading off to bed after midnight. I was dead tired and really should have gone to bed earlier.
Saturday, March 29th
Brian didn't get home until almost 5:30AM. When he got home, I woke up and had that darn sore throat/post-nasal drip thing again! Gaaah! Brian gave me some Benadryl and I knocked out until about 11:30AM. I had planned to wake up early to finish packing and put away the laundry. Oh well. I woke up feeling a little groggy, but my sore throat was better. Brian didn't wake up until 1PM and we still needed to pack all of his stuff! But, he really didn't feel the same sense of urgency that I did and he instead watched TV and played with this Pachinko machine (yes, a Pachinko machine) he brought home from work that morning. Silly boys. :P We finally left after 2:00 and headed to Ko Olina.
We arrived at the Ihilani shortly before our 3PM check-in. We pulled up to the lobby and I waited for the valet to approach our car, which is what normally happens, right? Well, there were no other cars around and the valet was schmoozing with this chick who was waiting with a bunch of other people. After a few seconds, it was clear he was on a different planet so I opened my door and got out. He finally snapped out of it and saw us. He didn't even skip a beat. I think he thought we spontaneously materialized out of nowhere and appeared right at the second he snapped out of it. I was a little annoyed, but that quickly passed as we entered the Ihilani lobby. Is it silly that I hear angels sing when I enter the Ihilani's grand foyer/atrium? :P
As always, the front desk was very friendly. We were given little, cold, moist towels (real towels, not wet naps or something :P) to freshen up with while the front desk guy checked us in. When he was ready to give us our room keys, he came out from behind the front desk to hand us our keys, confirm our room rate, and tell us how to get to our room. I opened the little pocketfold thingy to see what our room number was and saw "1710". Holy smokes! That's the top floor. I was so excited!
When we arrived at our room, we noticed that all of the rooms on the floor were marked as "PURE Allergy Friendly Rooms".
Since we had the Ihilani Suite during our last stay, I didn't quite know what to expect from our Deluxe Ocean View Room. I knew the rooms were over-sized and I had seen photos, but I just couldn't picture what it would be like.
Upon entering the room, we opened the glass sliding doors to the lanai. Although it was a bit cloudy and gray that afternoon, we were still greeted by these amazing views!!!
Strangely enough, although we were on the top floor of the hotel, we could still hear the water sloshing and waves crashing, loud and clear, as if we were right there standing on the beach! It was really neat.
After checking out the view, Brian made a bee-line for the TV and found a tennis ball behind the TV.
Brian, tossing that tennis ball in the air while watching TV
I, on the other hand, was eager to check out the rest of the room. It had a small foyer with a nice bar and mirrors. I opened up the bar and found a little refrigerator, snacks, and a little safe.
The bathroom was to the left of the entrance. It was very spacious and luxurious, with a private water closet, 2 vanities, a European soaking tub, and separate glass shower.
The bedroom itself was quite large. Larger than I was expecting. We had a king-sized bed, sofa, chair, coffee table and desk. Very nice.
After getting settled, one of the staff members came by to drop off some chocolate covered strawberries for us to enjoy, along with a little note.
Note: There were 6 strawberries, but Brian snagged one before I had a chance to grab my camera
This other note from our wedding event manager, Terri Hyden, also got delivered later in the evening.
We bummed around for a bit and headed down to Ushio-Tei for our 5:30PM dinner reservation. (For the Knotties: I'm happy to report that I wore my wedding day shoes to dinner--last time I wore them was on my wedding day--with a nice pair of dark blue jeans, Aqua-ish floral-print Cinnamon Girl blouse and cream-colored cardigan. I'm definitely no fashionista, but I was quite impressed that I was able to throw together a pretty decent look with stuff I already had. Sadly, I have no photos to show for it as it didn't occur to me to get Brian to take one.)
When we arrived, I was thrilled to see a familiar face. Cheyeanne, whom we first met last year at our rehearsal dinner, was working that night and took good care of us, as always. After our rehearsal dinner, we returned to Ushio-Tei 2 or 3 more times, but had not seen her since last June so it was so wonderful to catch up with her. We even exchanged e-mail addresses. I'm not sure what the heck it was, but we just hit it off the very first time we met and seem to be able to pick up right where we left off every time we see each other. (Note to self: Take a photo with her next time. Duh!) We found out that Cheyeanne's own wedding anniversary is only 5 days before ours!
Brian and I both had our usual, the Tabehodai (all-you-can-eat) buffet. Here's the buffet menu for Saturdays:
COLD ITEMS
Seafood Salad
Rice Paper Roll with Tuna
Oriental Soba
Tsukemono (Japanese Pickles)
Ahi Poke
Assorted Sashimi
Assorted Maki and Inari Sushi
HOT ITEMS
Chicken Miso Yaki
Seafood Steamer Basket
Salmon Teriyaki
Wafu Steak
Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura
Tonkatsu (Breaded Pork Loin)
Steamed Rice
Miso Soup
Included in the buffet is an amazing selection of petite desserts--too many to list here, but I could only manage to eat a honeydew melon panna cotta and creme brulee.
We didn't do too well with the buffet this time. Cheyeanne told Brian that they had a new beer in called Koshihikari Echigo, which is made from a premium Japanese rice. Brian was interested and Cheyeanne returned with a 17 oz. bottle of the stuff, which Brian really ended up enjoying. I think, perhaps, he should have stuck with water. I think the Koshihikari, oh, and the Kirin he chased it with, were just too filling for him and he was done with the buffet after 1-1/2 visits.
I also chose poorly and had 2 Samurai Sodas (I think that's what they were called), which was made with soda water and tropical juices. I had the Pineapple and Banana flavors, but probably should have stuck with water myself. I think we were just so happy to be there that we felt especially indulgent and made some choices we wouldn't have normally made. Cheyeanne really wanted to bring out a complimentary anniversary dessert for us, but we just couldn't do it. Brian started to look not-so-good. I really was afraid he would yarf right there at the table. He really just needed to lie down. I was so bummed. I was really looking forward to the same tempura fried ice cream Cheyeanne gave us at our rehearsal dinner. :( Here's a photo of it from last time:
But, I was stuffed and declared that I didn't want to see another shrimp tempura for a while. Geez, I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining. Believe me, we had a lot of fun, good food, and great company.
Wow, sorry this was so long! That wraps it up for Saturday. Stay tuned for the recap of Sunday and Monday! Thanks for reading!
Friday, March 28th
I was still feeling under the weather on Friday night, but we agreed that we should tidy up so that we return to a (somewhat) clean house come Monday. I somehow managed to do some chores, a bunch of laundry, and began packing before finally heading off to bed after midnight. I was dead tired and really should have gone to bed earlier.
Saturday, March 29th
Brian didn't get home until almost 5:30AM. When he got home, I woke up and had that darn sore throat/post-nasal drip thing again! Gaaah! Brian gave me some Benadryl and I knocked out until about 11:30AM. I had planned to wake up early to finish packing and put away the laundry. Oh well. I woke up feeling a little groggy, but my sore throat was better. Brian didn't wake up until 1PM and we still needed to pack all of his stuff! But, he really didn't feel the same sense of urgency that I did and he instead watched TV and played with this Pachinko machine (yes, a Pachinko machine) he brought home from work that morning. Silly boys. :P We finally left after 2:00 and headed to Ko Olina.
We arrived at the Ihilani shortly before our 3PM check-in. We pulled up to the lobby and I waited for the valet to approach our car, which is what normally happens, right? Well, there were no other cars around and the valet was schmoozing with this chick who was waiting with a bunch of other people. After a few seconds, it was clear he was on a different planet so I opened my door and got out. He finally snapped out of it and saw us. He didn't even skip a beat. I think he thought we spontaneously materialized out of nowhere and appeared right at the second he snapped out of it. I was a little annoyed, but that quickly passed as we entered the Ihilani lobby. Is it silly that I hear angels sing when I enter the Ihilani's grand foyer/atrium? :P
As always, the front desk was very friendly. We were given little, cold, moist towels (real towels, not wet naps or something :P) to freshen up with while the front desk guy checked us in. When he was ready to give us our room keys, he came out from behind the front desk to hand us our keys, confirm our room rate, and tell us how to get to our room. I opened the little pocketfold thingy to see what our room number was and saw "1710". Holy smokes! That's the top floor. I was so excited!
When we arrived at our room, we noticed that all of the rooms on the floor were marked as "PURE Allergy Friendly Rooms".
Since we had the Ihilani Suite during our last stay, I didn't quite know what to expect from our Deluxe Ocean View Room. I knew the rooms were over-sized and I had seen photos, but I just couldn't picture what it would be like.
Upon entering the room, we opened the glass sliding doors to the lanai. Although it was a bit cloudy and gray that afternoon, we were still greeted by these amazing views!!!
Strangely enough, although we were on the top floor of the hotel, we could still hear the water sloshing and waves crashing, loud and clear, as if we were right there standing on the beach! It was really neat.
After checking out the view, Brian made a bee-line for the TV and found a tennis ball behind the TV.
Brian, tossing that tennis ball in the air while watching TVI, on the other hand, was eager to check out the rest of the room. It had a small foyer with a nice bar and mirrors. I opened up the bar and found a little refrigerator, snacks, and a little safe.
The bathroom was to the left of the entrance. It was very spacious and luxurious, with a private water closet, 2 vanities, a European soaking tub, and separate glass shower.
The bedroom itself was quite large. Larger than I was expecting. We had a king-sized bed, sofa, chair, coffee table and desk. Very nice.
After getting settled, one of the staff members came by to drop off some chocolate covered strawberries for us to enjoy, along with a little note.
This other note from our wedding event manager, Terri Hyden, also got delivered later in the evening.
We bummed around for a bit and headed down to Ushio-Tei for our 5:30PM dinner reservation. (For the Knotties: I'm happy to report that I wore my wedding day shoes to dinner--last time I wore them was on my wedding day--with a nice pair of dark blue jeans, Aqua-ish floral-print Cinnamon Girl blouse and cream-colored cardigan. I'm definitely no fashionista, but I was quite impressed that I was able to throw together a pretty decent look with stuff I already had. Sadly, I have no photos to show for it as it didn't occur to me to get Brian to take one.)
When we arrived, I was thrilled to see a familiar face. Cheyeanne, whom we first met last year at our rehearsal dinner, was working that night and took good care of us, as always. After our rehearsal dinner, we returned to Ushio-Tei 2 or 3 more times, but had not seen her since last June so it was so wonderful to catch up with her. We even exchanged e-mail addresses. I'm not sure what the heck it was, but we just hit it off the very first time we met and seem to be able to pick up right where we left off every time we see each other. (Note to self: Take a photo with her next time. Duh!) We found out that Cheyeanne's own wedding anniversary is only 5 days before ours!
Brian and I both had our usual, the Tabehodai (all-you-can-eat) buffet. Here's the buffet menu for Saturdays:
Seafood Salad
Rice Paper Roll with Tuna
Oriental Soba
Tsukemono (Japanese Pickles)
Ahi Poke
Assorted Sashimi
Assorted Maki and Inari Sushi
HOT ITEMS
Chicken Miso Yaki
Seafood Steamer Basket
Salmon Teriyaki
Wafu Steak
Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura
Tonkatsu (Breaded Pork Loin)
Steamed Rice
Miso Soup
Included in the buffet is an amazing selection of petite desserts--too many to list here, but I could only manage to eat a honeydew melon panna cotta and creme brulee.
We didn't do too well with the buffet this time. Cheyeanne told Brian that they had a new beer in called Koshihikari Echigo, which is made from a premium Japanese rice. Brian was interested and Cheyeanne returned with a 17 oz. bottle of the stuff, which Brian really ended up enjoying. I think, perhaps, he should have stuck with water. I think the Koshihikari, oh, and the Kirin he chased it with, were just too filling for him and he was done with the buffet after 1-1/2 visits.
I also chose poorly and had 2 Samurai Sodas (I think that's what they were called), which was made with soda water and tropical juices. I had the Pineapple and Banana flavors, but probably should have stuck with water myself. I think we were just so happy to be there that we felt especially indulgent and made some choices we wouldn't have normally made. Cheyeanne really wanted to bring out a complimentary anniversary dessert for us, but we just couldn't do it. Brian started to look not-so-good. I really was afraid he would yarf right there at the table. He really just needed to lie down. I was so bummed. I was really looking forward to the same tempura fried ice cream Cheyeanne gave us at our rehearsal dinner. :( Here's a photo of it from last time:
But, I was stuffed and declared that I didn't want to see another shrimp tempura for a while. Geez, I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining. Believe me, we had a lot of fun, good food, and great company.
Wow, sorry this was so long! That wraps it up for Saturday. Stay tuned for the recap of Sunday and Monday! Thanks for reading!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Ihilani Weekend Recap
Okay, nearly 1 week after we left for our Ihilani anniversary weekend, I think I'm finally ready to give you all the rundown of how it went. BUT, it's going to have to wait until tomorrow. I'm actually feeling pretty tired right now and think I will actually attempt to get more than 5 hours of sleep tonight. :P Here's a little teaser photo in the meantime:
What we saw when we went out on the balcony upon our arrival
What we saw when we went out on the balcony upon our arrivalSaturday, March 29, 2008
Ihilani, Here We Come!
Yay, we're checking into the Ihilani this afternoon! I still need to finish packing! I'm still feeling a little under the weather, but it could be worse. I just can't seem to get rid of the congestion. Maybe the fresh air out there will be just what I need. See you all in a couple of days!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
I'm Sick :o(
Ugh. It has finally happened. I haven't been sick in a really long time. Aside from that stomach bug I had last July, I'd say it's been over a year. Brian is finally getting over being sick for 2 weeks.
On Sunday, I woke up with a sore/itchy throat. I took Monday off of work (planned vacation), in celebration of our anniversary. I still had the sore throat, loaded up on Benedryl, and took a nap. When I got up from my nap, the sore throat was gone, but I had some sinus congestion. Aside from having plugged ears, I felt better on Tuesday and went to work.
Yesterday morning, I woke up feeling worse than Tuesday with a sore throat and headache. I decided to stay home since I really wanted to get over this (whatever it is) before our Ihilani weekend! I spent much of the day sleeping. By the time I went to bed, my nose was running and I had a bad headache.
I woke up this morning not feeling much better than I did yesterday. Ugh. My ears are plugged, my nose is stuffy, I have a headache, and I'm feeling a little light-headed/dizzy. I'm thinking I feel dizzy because I basically slept all day yesterday and now I'm up and about. At least my nose has stopped dripping. :P
I feel like going home and resting some more, but, sadly, I don't have a whole lot of sick leave. I'm pretty much right at my lowest comfortable level of sick leave since I took yesterday off. I could burn some annual leave, but, again, I want to keep that at a certain level. *sigh* We'll see how the rest of the morning goes. I think I'm stressing myself out a little since I really don't want to be sick this weekend while we're at the Ihilani. :(
On Sunday, I woke up with a sore/itchy throat. I took Monday off of work (planned vacation), in celebration of our anniversary. I still had the sore throat, loaded up on Benedryl, and took a nap. When I got up from my nap, the sore throat was gone, but I had some sinus congestion. Aside from having plugged ears, I felt better on Tuesday and went to work.
Yesterday morning, I woke up feeling worse than Tuesday with a sore throat and headache. I decided to stay home since I really wanted to get over this (whatever it is) before our Ihilani weekend! I spent much of the day sleeping. By the time I went to bed, my nose was running and I had a bad headache.
I woke up this morning not feeling much better than I did yesterday. Ugh. My ears are plugged, my nose is stuffy, I have a headache, and I'm feeling a little light-headed/dizzy. I'm thinking I feel dizzy because I basically slept all day yesterday and now I'm up and about. At least my nose has stopped dripping. :P
I feel like going home and resting some more, but, sadly, I don't have a whole lot of sick leave. I'm pretty much right at my lowest comfortable level of sick leave since I took yesterday off. I could burn some annual leave, but, again, I want to keep that at a certain level. *sigh* We'll see how the rest of the morning goes. I think I'm stressing myself out a little since I really don't want to be sick this weekend while we're at the Ihilani. :(
Our Anniversary Cake!
(This is the follow-up to the previous post Our Upcoming 1st Anniversary: Cake.)
Our cake was wrapped up in this pretty pink bow
Cake (before)
Cake (after)
Yummy!
In honor of our anniversary (and since we didn't bother saving our top tier), we contacted our cake vendor, Tiers of Joy, and had Leigh make us a little 6" round anniversary cake in our wedding day flavor. It was White Chocolate Raspberry, complete with fresh raspberries, whole white chocolate chips, and white chocolate mousse. Mmmm, it tasted just like how I remember it 1 year ago! We picked it up on Monday.
Oh, and it was only $15! We've cut it into 8, decent-sized slices. By my calculations, that should last us until Thursday. Definitely worth the price. Waaay better than anything we would have normally picked up at Zippy's. :P
Our cake was wrapped up in this pretty pink bow
Cake (before)
Cake (after)
Yummy!In honor of our anniversary (and since we didn't bother saving our top tier), we contacted our cake vendor, Tiers of Joy, and had Leigh make us a little 6" round anniversary cake in our wedding day flavor. It was White Chocolate Raspberry, complete with fresh raspberries, whole white chocolate chips, and white chocolate mousse. Mmmm, it tasted just like how I remember it 1 year ago! We picked it up on Monday.
Oh, and it was only $15! We've cut it into 8, decent-sized slices. By my calculations, that should last us until Thursday. Definitely worth the price. Waaay better than anything we would have normally picked up at Zippy's. :P
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Surprise Anniversary Gift: Revealed
Brian bought me an anniversary band, so now I have a 3 ring set! He's very sneaky. I didn't even know he had bought it and had been hiding it in our tiny townhouse the week before our anniversary. I was actually looking for something the other day in our "office" and Brian actually got kind of irritated, asking why I needed what I was looking for so badly. It all makes sense now. He didn't want me snooping around and accidentally finding this little box! :D He's the best!
Cute little wrapped box with a pretty blue bow
The ring on the right is my surprise gift!
This is how it looks all together. The ring on the bottom is my wedding ring and the ring on top is my anniversary ring.
Cute little wrapped box with a pretty blue bow
The ring on the right is my surprise gift!
This is how it looks all together. The ring on the bottom is my wedding ring and the ring on top is my anniversary ring.Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Our 1st Anniversary!
I need to get a post in for today! Today is our 1st wedding anniversary! We spent a quiet evening at home, after I got home from work. I hoped we would be able to watch our wedding video and slideshow, but there just wasn't enough time tonight.
I made a big pot of spaghetti, one of Brian's favorite dishes I make. We watched some TV, had a slice of wedding anniversary cake, and that was pretty much it.
I'll post more about our cake and my surprise gift tomorrow. Must head off to bed now!
I made a big pot of spaghetti, one of Brian's favorite dishes I make. We watched some TV, had a slice of wedding anniversary cake, and that was pretty much it.
I'll post more about our cake and my surprise gift tomorrow. Must head off to bed now!
Monday, March 24, 2008
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