What a FABULOUS gift for a special day!!! I'd LOVE to have such an opportunity!! Maybe I'll suggest it to my hubby who has really indulged me my passion for a plant!! He's not a hosta-lover but he's a love to allow me my hobby and the time he's spent with me drooling over many of them in nurseries, and on field trips to other forum members homes. Actually, he's come a long way--he even likes one of our forum friends, 'Dave' and looks forward to being with him and his wife when we have gotten together to do the 'hosta-thing'! treemon--I bet your head is still whirling!! I can only imagine the fun you had and the knowledge you got to glean from those hosta-greats! WOW!!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful weekend with us, too!

If they enjoyed that be sure to check out "Everybody Poops" for a Christmas present.

Well this is what happened last year for my DH. no card , no gift, no acknowledgement of fathers day until the morning of and while he was passing by the hallway, SD says oh yah, happy fathers day. Well i had a feeling that this would happen cause i asked her the two weeks before if she had any ideas and she didnt answer. I said to myself, she's gonna plan to hurt him. Well i'll make sure he's gonna have a net from me. So the day came and of course no card , no gift last year. I can tell he was hurt. So when h e took the kids to drive up ( its takes 3 hours to go and come back) I created a card for him several pages thick that was from our son, went out got a new guitar and some clothes for him while my friend baby sat. So when he came back he was completely surprised at the gifts and friends and when he read that card, he cried like a baby. His sister phoned at the time and hecouldnt get on the phone. Well my husband displayed that card over the fireplace with pride and when his kids came and saw it they freaked. THe mouths dropped. SS immediately said 'i wrote a card but forgot it at home' i said nothign stopped you from bringing it this weeekend. SD was silent the entire weekend. And silent for over 2 months after that. I do not like anyone who plans things in advance to hurt someone. That was so obvious and i wasn't gonnna let her do that. I let her make her own decision and let her look like the idiot for not doing anything for her father. I'm not going to push anything on his kids. THey have ot do it on their own. THis year was great. I threw a barbq party with gifts and a large people gathering and my husband loved it! He got his traditional thick card from my son. I also added a poster with all the kids pictures for good measure and put all the kids names. SD brought a card and 2 gifts for her father this year. SS brought nothing but he acknowledged the day and liked the poster since the pics were all of the kids. So you see, the kids have tto do this on their own. THey cannot be pushed by anyone. If they don't want to give something to their father its their loss, he will celebrate that day with or without them and i will make sure he'll have a good time. My stepkids realize this. They are good kids and we all have our ups and downs but this year turned out nice for hubby. As for mothers day. I was always acknowledged except for this year. I was told happy mom day by both kids afterwards when they saw me drink out of my MOM cup which i proudly displayed:) Cause lets face, it doesn't matter who doesnt acknowlege what and where. ITs how you feel and what you will do about that day. Me, i enjoyed mothers day and i didn't care who called me and who didn't. WHO CARES! HAVE FUN FOR YOURSELVES! Anyone who doesn't want to have fun, its their loss. :)

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