Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
Now I'm inspired to get my tree up. Was going to Thanksgiving weekend, but one of my dogs ended her battle with Cushings Disease. So I was bummed. I did get her buried in the back yard under the gazebo where she used to love to sit and watch the doves that nested in the climbing rose.

Then this past weekend I had a migraine. No biking (OK I've been really bad on that part), and no going to the gym to lift weights. Just lounge in bed and wait for the medicine to work. At least my kitties were happy to help me rest.

So maybe tonight I'll actually get the tree up. If I can get the thought of last year's opening my box of ornaments to discover ALL the roaches in the neighborhood had used the box as their personal high water shelter after Katrina. Icky icky icky. I know they're now safely out of creepy crawly way because I bought a Plastic box with a tight lid and sprinkled borax on the top for good measure. But the memories, the nasty memories.
oh i'm so sorry about your doggie..... and what a horrible time of year for it to happen (yes... ANY time to have it happen is horrible.... but having a bad event associated with a holiday... especially thanksgiving... it's somehow exonenitally (spelling) overwhelming and hurtful... ) i had no desire or ambition to put up our tree last year because we dealt with a very sudden illness and death of our beloved dog last year.... lost him the day after thanksgiving... that day will always be tainted for me now....