Wordless Wednesday-kittens gone wild

8 Weeks old

Letters to my Hero

Dear Rob,
We have had a great day. We went to Fuquay to the thrift shop and got some amazing deals. I got some great deals. I got something for you for our anniversary. All I will say is it will go in the back yard. I know you will be thrilled. Hope found this you horse that is about a foot tall. She spent $15 on the silly thing. Since she never spends her money I was willing to let her spend the money. They have a new store right next door to the big one. It is called little Angels.
We also stopped at the thrift store next to our house. I wish I would have taken more time to look around. They had all clothing for 50 cents a piece. The girls each got a pair of high heels which they lived in the rest of the afternoon.
We came home and relaxed. I got all the laundry put away and the suitcases unloaded. I have a few more things to hang up tonight and then we will be back to normal.
I got dishwasher soap made today. I think I made enough for about a month.
I love you. It has meant the world to me to be able to talk to you recently.
Oh yeah, I paid a stranger to weed eat and mow. He came by and asked if he could clean out the gutters and I said no but I need things weed eat. He was going to trim the bushes but I did not know where our hedge trimmers were and he did not have one. Do we own hedge trimmers?
Michael has counseling in the morning and I have to say I am looking forward to it. He has started picking the last week and it is stressing me. Yesterday when we were in BK a complete stranger came up to us and asked if he had infected mosquito bites. I was glad he did was willing to offer help but upset that it is so obvious. I do not know why but I wanted to explain that he picks and what that means. After counseling I am taking mom to a couple more thrift shops and then coming home.
I wish you could see these kittens. They are wild now. It is like I went away for a week and they grew up and became fun. Now that they are fun it is time to get rid of them. Yesterday I came home and they had pulled the table cloth of the kitchen table which meant they pulled off a brand new candle and broke it.
I love you babe and can not wait to talk to you soon. I love you
Pamela PETRIE

Letters to my Hero

Dear Rob,
First I have to tell you that I love you and miss you. It is so hard not being allowed to send you cards. I feel like I am not taking care of you. We had a great time. We woke up and took Michael to the last part of his testing. He said we should have results in about three weeks. We were there for over two hours. I do not know why but I honestly was falling asleep in one of the chairs.
After testing we met a friend for lunch to say good bye before her movers come tomorrow. It was so nice to set and chit chat. Then we headed home and Faith made her birthday cake. I can’t believe she wanted to make her own cake for the second year in a row. This week she even made the frosting. After the cake cooled we headed BACK out. She wanted to go to O’Charley’s for mac-n-cheese. We came back home and she iced her cake.


Thank you so much for sending her your card. She thought it was so cute and the fact that it was not originally a birthday card made her life.
I love you babe and cannot wait to have you home. I love you!
Pamela PETRIE

Happy Birthday Faith

I am posting something I wrote last year about my precious baby girl Faith. Today she turned 10 years old. We have had the best day. She loves attention and made sure every person who saw her knew it was her birthday today. She decided that she wanted to make her own cake. So I let her, she made a funfetti white cake with white and blue royal icing. I feel a little guilty that I did not help but she loved it.
My baby girl. Faith turned 9 today. Faith is such a special girl. I wanted to tell you a little about her pregnancy. At 6 weeks they told me she was not viable and I should have a D&C. I said NO, for 2 weeks I would go in for blood work and for two weeks they would tell me she was not growing and this was not a viable pregnancy. Finally one day her numbers doubled and we were okay. We found out we were pregnant when we were still living in Germany. At 20 weeks I went in for the ultrasound everyone looks forward to, the one that says if you are having a boy or a girl. I found out it was a girl and could not be more thrilled. But that afternoon I got the phone call. Rob was in the field and they called and said there was something wrong with your cord and you would not survive to 28 weeks. I will never forget that day. I will tell you more about that day later. They sent us to vandy for a special ultrasound and tried to convince us to have a amnio. I said NO. we were told you would be born, that as soon as you stopped growing they would deliver you. So for the next 15 weeks I went to the dr twice a week for ultrasounds and non stress test. They said you would probably be born with one kidney and with downs. On June 21, 2000 you were born. I went to the DR that morning and they said you had stopped growing and it was time. You were born weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. They questioned rather we had the right due date because you were so large for a 35 week. We just laughed because we knew your growth came from God. I will never forget taking you in for a ultra sound to make sure you had both of your kidneys.
Today you are a happy healthy girl. Faith loves to sing and dance and play dress

Letters to my Hero

Dear Rob,
We are home safe and sound. What a crazy day. On the way home I got a text from Darcy saying that her husband found a flee in our bedroom. There were none anywhere else. I started freaking out.
I came home and realized I did not take a key with me and we were locked out of the house. We made it in but I am not telling you how. We came in the house and I searched for flees. As soon as I found one we left. I know I am crazy. But it scares me to death. So we went and bought bombs and set them off while we went to the movies. I am so worried about getting flees in the yard. It is so weird since the yard has been treated and so have the cat and dog. I have the blankets in the dryer now.
The kittens have gotten so big over the last week. I can not believe it. I will take pictures tomorow to send you.
Thank you for calling me this morning. I really wanted to come home today and set and write you long letters but after the whole cat thing I am just ready to collapse.
Tomorow morning we will wake up and make Faith's birthday cake and then head out for the final part of Michael's testing. Then we need to run to Sam's. Then the plan is to come home and finish up her cake and relax. She says she wants O'Charley's for dinner.
I love you babe and can not wait to have you home. I know it is killing you to not be here tomorow.
Pamela PETRIE