MAR 31 2914

INSTEAD OF A DAILY DOGGIE  I AM GOING TO TAKE A VERY QUICK BATH AND CHANGE MY CLOTHES !!!

i had a dreadful time not getting into the discussion about the birth of the foal

THEY WERE DISCUSSING LAST NIGHT ON OUR DISCUSSION BOARD.

I SAW ONLY ONE PHOTO-- AND I COULD TELL...TROUBLE FOR THAT  FOAL... MARE STANDING QUIETLY  WHILE THE  NEWBORN FOAL  ONE HOUR OLD NUZZLED AROUND TRYING TO FIND THE MILK DEPARTMENT... AND 6 PEOPLE-- WITH THINGS LIKE STETHOSCOPES STOOD AROUND...  IT WOUL D ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE PEOPLE WOUDL DECIDE  THE FOAL NEEDED HELP.... WHEN THE BEST HELP THEY COULD HAVE BEEN WAS TO GO FO COFFEE AND LEAVE THE MOTHER TO DEAL...NEXT I HEAR-- VIA THE CONVERSATIONS-- THEY HAVE DECIDED THE FOAL NEEDS TO BE TUBED AND THE MARE IS UPSET BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FOA L ON THE GROUND...

IF THAT WAS MY FOAL- AND I WAS THERE I WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM  WHERE TO PUT THAT TUBE..  IF THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING IN THAT VET SCHOOL  I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED.  I WAS ANGRY IT WAS PRESENTED AS HELPING THE MALNURISHED FOAL--  ONE HOUR OLD... IT WAS STANDING AND TRYING... AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SHOVE THE TUBE UP HIS NOSE... I WAS ANGRY- THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT NORMAL--IT IS HOWEVER A BILLABLE SERVICE.

I BETTER QUIT THERE...

ALL THIS BECAUSE NOEL 'S PROGRESS IS MOVING SLOWLY-  I DO THINK IT MAY BE TODAY... SHE IS DOING SOME NESTING.. NOT SPECTACULARLY  BUT SOME.. AND THE RATE AT WHICH SHE DROPPED THE LAST LITTER WE DON'T DARE LEAVE HER..

THE KITCHEN  IS FULL FO LAUGHING PEOPLE-- SO I WANT TO GO JOIN THE FUN

MAR 29 2014
FROM THE COMMENTS I GUESS CALIF IS HAVING SOME EARTH QUAKES OF MINOR SIZE..   I DON'T LIKE TO GO TO CALIF  FOR THAT REASON-- I AM AFRAID  A QUAKE WOULD BREAK THE PIPE THAT BRINGS MY DRINKING WATER...

I AM VERY FOND OF DRINKING WATER-- AND I AM AMAZED AT PEOPLE WHO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED...  I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL OF SAN FRANCISCO  BEING THIRSTY ALL AT ONCE... AND THE FAUCETS NOT BRINGING ANY WATER...

THEN THE OTHER PROBLEM  YOU WOULD HAVE ONE FLUSH AND THE THE TOILETS WOULD NOT REFIL..  THERE AE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE IN SAN FRAN

SOMEBODY HAS TO WORRY ABOUT THESE THINGS...

I HAVE A PROBLEM LOOKING UP AT SHIPS PASSING BY IN NEW ORLEANS TOO...

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AND I WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO THE EASTERN COUNTRIES-- ALL THOSE HUGE GROUPS OF MEN WITH THEIR ARMS IN THE AIR,  AND NOT  ONE PORTAPOTTY IN SIGHT/.

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BACK TO THE IMPORTANT THINGS  AT CRAZY ACRES--- 

BAILEY CAN NAVAGATE--- WE PUT A CARPET DOWN  LEADING OUT THE FRONT DOOR.. SHE GOT HER EYE ON THAT AND NOSED AHEAD WITH SHELIA AND I KEEPING HER UPRIGHT...  SHE DID 100% WEIGHT BEARING  BUT HAS A LATERAL STABILITY PROBLEM.

 

THE DIFFERENCE FROM 3 DAYS AGO IS SPETACULAR--- WE HOPE IT COTINUES... OBVIOUSLY

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AND NOEL??  SHE IS RESTING VERY NICELY  -- HAS NOT EVEN HAD ONE  CONTRACTION...  BUT KEEPING IN MIND HER FIRST PUP LAST TIME JUST FELL OUT IN THE VAN-- WHERE LUCKILY MEGAN NOTICED IT....   

THIS TIME SHE HAS 24 HOUR COVERAGE OF SOMEONE STARING AT HER RUMP-- ALL WE HAVE HAD SO FAR IS A 2" MUCUS DROOL... WHICH WAS NOT ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT.

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MARIA DID ARRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WE DID TURN BAIL,EY AROUND AT THAT POINT...

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NO WAY COULD I DO THAT BY MYSELF---

NO WAY COULD I DO MUCH OF ANYTHING AROUND HERE BY MYSELF... EXCEPT MAYBE EATING ALL THE CANDY THAT ARRIVED TO GIVE US ALL A SUGAR RUSH FOR THE BIRTHING PROCESS.....

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I AM THINKING WE SHOULD  ROAST A TURKEY  AS A PROJECT TODAY-- IT WOULD SMELL GOOD-- AND WE COULD PICK ON IT ON INTO TOMORROW...

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO COUNTER SPACE TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING...  WE COULD   STAND SOME ORGANIZATON  IN THE FUDGE / COFFEE  DEPARTMENT

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AND THE REFRIDGE IS PACKED RIGHT TO THE DOOR-- HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT IS ON THE BACK OF  THOSE SHELVES..

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THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS KIND OF LIKE THAT... FULL ----  AND IN NEED OF ORGANIZATION.  I KEEP SAYING... "AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BREAKS...

WELL TIME MAY HAVE COME-- WE HAVE LITTLE CHOICE-- WE NEED A MASSIVE FILING SYSTEM--

IF THERE ARE ENOUGH MEN AROUND HERE TOMORROW MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE THE BUCKET ON THE NEW TRACTOR--- I REALLY THINK SNOW IS OVER-- AT LEAST PLOWABLE SNOW--- AND THAT BUCKET IS SOOOOO USEFUL.

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STEVE AND BUD PUT IN SOME LALLLY COLUMNS IN THE CELLAR--- AND I NOTICE THE WATER IN THE BUCKETS DOES NOT SHAKE NOW WHEN SOMEONE WALKS BY   -- THIS IS A GOOD THING...

MAR 28,2914
NO BABIES YET  NOEL HAS NOW GOT EVERYONE TRAINED TO GIVE HER CANNED FOOD... EVERY 20 MINUTES IT SEEMS  SHE IS TURNING DOWN DRY FOOD...  SPOILED DOG...

AND WE HAVE PEOPLE DRAPED ALL OVER TEH PLACE ---- GRACE ON THE FLOOR INTHE KITCHEN WITH HER 2 BOO AN DRIOT  PRISCILLA HERE AS OFFICIAL OVERNGHTER..  ALI IN TEH RECLINER  SUE IN THE GUEST HOUSE... I DON'T KNOW IF STEVE2 WENT HOME OR IS HERE SOMEWHERE AND STEVE1 GOT HERE LAST NIGHT-  HE WOUDL BE IN THE TRAINING ROOM...

BIG BUNCH OF CHINESE FOOD GOT US THRU THE EVENING MEAL SO TO SPEAK...

BAILEY IS-- COMFORTABLE-- AND MAYBE SLIGHTLY BETTER-- GEORGE HAS SENT SOME PILLS-- DON'T ASK  ME AT THE MOMENT-- THEY ARE NOT PAIN PILLS-- SHE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IN PAIN.. SHE IS DRINKING SOME WATER  AND EATING-- SHE DID ROLL UP ON HER STERNUM BY HERSELF.. 

.. BAILEY IS CONSIDERABLY BETTER AFTER SOME FLUIDS..  SO GRACE IS FILLING HER UP AS I TYPE..

STAY TUNED IS ALL I CAN SAY...

SHE CERTAINLY IS NOT WORSE TODAY-- AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.

AND SHE IS COMFORTABLE--

SO ON WE GO...

IF YOU TAKE  OVERNIGHT ATTENDENCE HERE -- BOTH PRISCILLA AND GRACE ARE  NURSES  --RN's ---   ALI IS A MD--- PAULA A PT---  SO WE HAEVE ALOT OF IDEAS FLOWING

I HAVE THINGS TO DO-- LIKE GET SOMEMORE FLUIDS --- WE HAVE 2 BAGS THAT ARE OUTDATED--- AND MIGHT BE BETTER THAN NOTHING... BUT I BETTER GET SOME MORE FLUIDS ON THE WAY...   I WILL GET A BAG OR TWO FROM GEORGE..  BUT SOMEHOW I DID  GET A BOXFULL DELIVERED...  THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT STILL HAVE AN ACCOUNT OPEN FOR MY  HUSBAND SO I JUST ORDER  ALMOST ANYTHING.

SPEAKING OF CHARGE ACCOUNTS... SHELI A IS CLOSING DOWN THEIR HOUSE AND CALLED  SOME COMPANY TO TURN OFF THE SERVICE-- THE PERSON ASKED WHERE TO SEND THE FINAL BILL- AND SHELIA SAID "I DON'T KNOW...?MY CAR?"  AND THE PERSON WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC  ASSUMING  IT WAS A FORECLOSED MOVE..

THAT IS A COMMENT ON LIFE IN THE REAL WORLD..

MARCH 27,2014

SHORT DOGGIE

BAILEY IS LOOKING SLIGHTLY BETTER AFTER A TOUGH NIGHT

SHE CAN NOT WALK.. SHE FELL YESTERDA Y  OFF THE SOFA.. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HER PROBLEM CAUSED TEHE FALL OR THE FALL CAUSED TEH PROBLEM

I KNOW SHE HAS DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE AND CAME BACK TO NEARLY NORMAL--  SHE IS NOT IN PAIN-   SHE IS VERY EMBARRASED TO HAVE SOILED HER BED--- BUT SHE IS SPOTLESS AGAIN...

MEANWHILE  NOEL IS PRACTICING NESTING-- NOT REALLY DOING ANY SERIOUS DIGGING-- BUT IT IS THERE...  I  AM STILL THINKING SAT/SUNDAY..

THURSDAY-- STEVE AND CHARLIE WILL BE HERE--- LIFE COULD GET HECTIC VERY QUICKLY..

CP SUE IS HERE- SOMEWHERE-- SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN VERY VALUABLE FINDING A FILE THAT WAS SWALLOWED BY THIS WIERD CLOUD THING ON MY MACHINE...

AND JACKEY ARRIVES TOMORROW...???

BAILEY IS STILL VERY WITH IT MENTALLY --- PERKING UP WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THE DOOR-- OR OPEN THE COOKIE JAR.....  SHE HAS NOT HAD ANY WATER-- WHICH IS A WORRY.. I HOPE SHE DRINKS SOON-- OR WE WILL HAVE TO FILL HER UP...

I HOPE IT BEHAVES LIKE THE LAST TIME...BEING SO FAT IS NOT HELPING HER.

mar 26, 2014
lively day ahead....

chris-- new volunteer - with mother at brooksby  wanted to take a dog to brooksby to visit-- should be no problem --- we have been going there monthly for years... like maybe 7 years??

however-- there is a new secretary who just happened to read the rules about pets visiting... so  now they want current rabies certificate (from the vet office not our copy )- health certificate and  stool samples- monthly--  proof of insurance-- and the handler has to go to indoctrination lecture.

i spent quite a bit of time on the phone with her ... and then she sent  a long list of things she needed to allow the dogs to continue to go to brooksby...... i honestly thought she  was doing me the favor of letting us visit the residents..

 i don't know what the 1/2 hour lecture is that she wanted all of us to sit thru--- 

i did one of those once -- at addison gilbert hospital in newbury-- 1/2 hour of how  and why to wash your  hands... 

so we are not doing that  brooksby visit today ...  i could push it and  go with bentley as my service dog---  but  maybe i should let it "ride"

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chris and i will find something else to do---

like go to lowes and get a water test kit... ( with dogs in training)--

even if shelia is not interested-- by now i am curious---  there is a house in boxford  next to the dpw shed where they keep salt--- -  rumor has it the well is contaminated with salt from the dpw....

i have trouble with that --- i know 15-20 years ago the feds? insisted on sheds over dpw salt piles---  and i wonder if t his is not a case of  gossip gone wrong..  i am curious..  my curiosity will cost me $17. 

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and then there is susan about to arrive at 1:30 at logan-- i forget from where-- she is  a camera person  who will be renting a car and coming here for a few days to volunteer  - stayng  on the property.. somewhere .... and jacky-- another cp is coming ?? maybe friday for 4 days too?? jacky has been here often before... she cooks... wowowowowowo

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and noel is smiling--- not doing a darn thing otherwise...  i did feel bumping  - so i think all is well-- she does not look like the beached whale that others have resembled...  so i am not looking for 10 pups 

her temp fluctuating arouind 100-101-- no drop yet....  but we have establshed her normal temp.

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between 

allison gone

tracy no lifting

megan  vacation later 

molly coming in for 5 weeks per her school internship

2 camera people landing here.

dumbledorf working into the rotation

shelia relatively homeless

bud, annie and grace  keeping  regular schedules(thank heavens) 

and janine found at least a temp home for mable

and noel due any minute

we need name tags...

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and we find out yesterday dumble is a massage therapist

hmmmmmmm... along with iheart's chair

all we need is a tanning booth-- and  the irs could have a field day with their question #14 about a charity with a tanning booth.

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noel is a very sweet dog--- she just asked to go out-- pam has gone with her--- because sweet or not  she would be a b#tch to drag out from under the porch in  the spiders--- and  rain... or whatever---

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experience comes from bad experiences...

MAR 25 2014
so  now we get the speech--

everyone is soooo hyped on noel's upcoming delivery----and all looks fine-- she is not huge-- but definitely pregnant--because we can feel the pups running laps in her tummy.

all should be fine.  but with so many watching i feel i have to warn everyone  sometimes things are not fine--- with her last  she had 3 lovely beautiful pups  plus one that was born dead-- and one that wasn't really a puppy anyway---

it happens--

 in delivering pups more than about anything else  there will appear a couple people with perfect 20-20 hindsight-- and a whole bunch of things we did wrong-- because their second cousin louie had a litter of pups once under the stairs and they all lived so if i had just let noel  have the pups under the stairs all would have been fine.

i can not fight that logic-- because it will be there...

and i chose  the example "under the stairs"... because  every female about to deliver here  tries to get under the porch stairs...  a very long time ago i crawled around in that spider filled 24 inch crawl space looking for puppies... and found 2-- and they lived....but i have not intention of letting noel  pick her spot.....

there will be a few slightly different proceedures this time----

normally mommy nature has devised a system for severing the umbilical cord which works perfectly.. mom picks up the wad of goop attached to the pup, lifting the pup off the ground- sometimes swinging it around in a most upsetting fashion, at which  time the cord stretches and snaps about 5 inches from the pup   --- not one drop of blood gets spilled... that system works... however the minute a human decides to cut the cord... there is blood spilled all over   -- 

i know all that

however   this time.. we have been asked to  save  all this "material" for a stem cell project at tufts vet school...  so we will be ready with kelly clamps and dental floss to tie off  and cut the cord....    the whole  - cord cutting  thing is totally un-ncessary 

 i would hate to have anyone think they had to do this----we will also try not to interupt the mother's  instinct at cleaning and stimulating the pup -..

i must admit-- i am a great believer in mommy nature...and letting  nature take it's course  with this cord stretching and eating all the goop...  but  somewhere not to far from the birthing area is usually some dental floss.. just in case---   

with all the pups we have had... there was  only one which dripped a little red and we did tie it off...  and  usually if you see me in there with slippery hands i am just trying to stretch and snap the cord as mommy  would do... but this time we are going to tie and cut the cord...and save it all to fedex to tufts--- or they can come pick it up.. whatever...

so get ready..

we were live on abc fr a longtime on sunday--- and they had... over the picture.... "viewers are advised to use their discretion - this is live" 

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so ...on we go.....  we will start taking her temp a couple times today--- the theory there is  -- if we establish her normal temp-- about 100-101  it will drop to 98 which means she will go inot labor within24 hours..

that is old wive's tail #934  -- we have found it true-- and tihe  times it was not true we decided we had faulty temp taking  timing.

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our puppy call   list is on the wall--  the birthing book is ready-- earlene has washed her birthing sweater... 

and 1/2 the chicken bricks are sold.... you have  5 days   get a chance on becoming the latest   member of the prestigious "ipswich  shatupon  society"

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now.. sound and phone calls at mail call.

someone put all the retreatcardboards in rotation for actual use as poo pickers... so i have suggested you send one cardboar d with  your name and phone number -- AND A QUESTION ---on it and we will put them in the bingo roller --

KEEPING IN MIND  MY OPINIONS ARE  OFTEN  "SHEETS IN THE WIND"  ( EXCEPT WITH DRYERS NOW-- I BET NO ONE EVEN KNOWS ABOUT SHEETS BLOWING ON A CLOTHESLINE....)

THE PHONE CALLS HAVE BEEN FUN  ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SPEAKER PHONE WORKS---  SO SEND IN  A 3 X 6 CARDBOARD POO PICKER  WITH QUESTIONS AN DPHNONE NUMBERS...

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IT IS TUESDAY.... I HOPE SHELIA CAN SPARE US SOME TIME---  LAST REPORT... SHE SOLD HER HOUSE AND HAS TO BE OUT SOON-- AND HAS NO PLACE TO GO--- EVEN OUR  TIPI IS UNINHABITABLE AT THE MOMENT BECAHSE OF ICE BUILDUP...

I AM KEEPING MY EYE ON HER PACKING PROCESS-- AND HAVE THE HORSE TRAILER ALL READY TO GO.... SHE HAS ALOT OF  "STUFF"   --- I KNOW SHE HAS  LOTS OF MANEQUINS, A 20 FOOT LONG CHURCH PEW AND A WAD OF PURPLE RUG.  

I AM WATCHING....

MAR 24,2014
NOEL MOVES IN TODAY---DUE THURSDAY ETC???

THE BIGGIE OF YESTERDAY WAS IT WAS PUPPY DAY AND WE WERE LIVE ON ABC FOR A VERY LONG TIME.. THEY APPARENTLY PICKED UP THE FEED FROM EXPLORE JUST IN TIME TO SEE EARLENE ON PUPPY HILL WITH CHAOS AND THE BUNCH..  THEN THEY MOVED TO THE HOUSE AND SHOWED THE PUPS DURING SUNDAY STEW-- INCLUDING THE TABLE FULL OF STEW....

I WONDER WHAT THE PEOPLE THOUGHT WHO WERE NOT CAMERA PEOPLE..

ONT THING I AM SURE THEY WONDERED ABOUT WAS ... WHY SO MANY WHITE DANES BECAUSE PAM'S 2 AND  BOO AND RIOT MADE QUITE A SPLASH-- WE DID ADD NUTMEG AAND FRENZY.. BUT WE WERE PREDOMINATE.Y WHITE

THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO LOOK FOR A WAY TO CRITICIZE-- THE HALF EMPTY HALF FUL BUNCH

SCARLOTT'S LITTER--- ABSOLUTELY LOVELY PUPS --- 9 OF THEM -- 3 ARE PETS WITH PERFECT HOMES AND 6  SHOULD BE  TERRIFFIC  SERVICE DOGS DOES THAT MAKE THE BREEDING WRONG?  THOSE 6 ARE SPECTACULAR.. SO I CAN SEE BREEDING HER AGAIN..

AND JULIANA DID GET BOTH DONKEYS ON THE TRAILER-- CARROTS ONLY---TOOK HER ABOUT 20 MINUTES... THINKING BACK TO SHELIA'S TRIP TO PICK UP THE BIGGER DONK  IT WAS 6 PEOPLE 4 HOURS...

 GUESS THE BUNCH WILL GO AHEAD AND PLAN THE JESUS JOB ON PALM SUNDAY-- WITH THE LITTLE DONK... WORST CASE SCENERIO IS  A WHOLE BUNCH OF SCENERIOS  BUT WITH JANINE... AND PROBABLY BUD ETC  IT SHOULD BE A GOOD STORY AFTERWARDS...  ACTUALLY SHELIA HAS 2 DONKEYS TOO... SOMEHOW THEY WILL GET PALM SUNDAY PARADE DONE...

SHORT HANDED THIS MORNING ... TRACY IS LATE.... ..

MAR 23 , 2014
WE HAD A GOOD TIME AT M AIL CALL LAST NIGHT--  EXPLORE AND I HAD TALKED BEFORE ABOUT A QUESTION /ANSWER SESSION IF WE HAD SOUND..

WELL WE HAVE  IT NOW !! AND PER USUAL I AM FULL OF OPINIONS ( SO THEY TELL ME)

WE  CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IF ANYONE WANTS TO  ASK A QUESTION AND HAVE ME CALL BACK WITH THE ANSWER  OR AT LEAST MY ANSWER.. WRITE IT ON A 3X6 CARDBOARD AMD WE CAN TOSS IT IN THE TUMBLER.. AND PICK THAT WAY...

LETS SEE HOW THAT GOES...

HEAVENS  ONE MORE DAY OF BATTERIES AND I THINK WE WIL HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE NEXT YEAR...--  PLUS-- WE CAN AFFORD TO BUY OUR OWN WITH YOU ALL BUYING THE CHICKEN BRICKS-- SO IT REALLY IS A QUESTION OF REMEMBERING TO HAVE A SUPPLY ON HAND...  

ON THAT WE ARE NOT TOO GOOD...  IT IS THE MEMORY THING.

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JOB OF THE MORNING IS TO PUT SOME LALLY COLMNS UNDER THE FLOOR IN CASE WE HAVE ANOTHER CROWD FOR STEWING..  IT IS STILL TOO COLD TO BE OUTSIDE...  AND IF WE GO TO THE GUEST HOUSE- THE CAMERA STAYS HERE..

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 THE OTHER JOB IS TO SCAN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET FOR MEAT CHOPPER STEVE  AND SHELIA-- BOTH LOOKING  FOR HOUSES AROUND HERE

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 THE OTHER ... IF IT IS NOT TOO COLD.... IS TO TRY AND LOAD AND UNLOAD THE DONKEYS..  THE AMESBURY CHURCHES HAVE HAD MARY LEAD THEIR PALM SUNDAY PARADE FOR 15 YEARS... SHE IS SORELY MISSED... AND I SAID WE COULD TRY THESE 2

REMEMBER IT TOOK SHELIA 4 HOURS TO GET THE BIGGER DONK LOADED-- AND TOK ME 2 HOURS TO GET HER OFF THE TRAILER... SO WE NEED PRACTICE...

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BACK FOR A QUICK SNOOOOZZZZE

AND THEY SAY --- THOSE GOOD OLD "THEY'S"   THAT WE HAVE A BLIZZARD COMING TUES/WEDNESDAY??????

I HAVE BEEN AROUND NEW ENGLAND LONG ENOUGH TO REALIZE  YOU ARE NOT GUARENTEED SNOW FREE TIL JULY.

WHICH REMINDS ME...,  ALL CHILDREN UNDER 13 SKIP TO  PAGE 2

THERE WAS A BLIZZARD WAY BACK WHEN I WAS IN THE MAGAZINE BUSINESS-- THE "WANT AD" --- SO ---MY USUAL DELIVERY PERSON COULD NOT GET OUT TO DELIVER-- THAT MEANT I HAD TO.. SO I WANDERED AROUJND THE VARIETY STORS OF LOWELL AND GOT  TO ONE WHICH WAS FULL OF KIDS  WHO WERE OUT BUYING CANDY  IN THIEIR NEIGHBORHOOD STORE   --BECAUSE SCHOOL WAS CALLED OFF-- 

AS  I STOOD IN LINE WITH MY INVOICE FOR BOOKS SOLD, I NOTICED HOW NICE THE GUY WAS... SO  WHEN IT WAS MY TURN AT THE CASH REGISTER , I SAID "YOU ARE AWFULLY NICE TO THESE KIDS"  AND 

HE RETURNED  " WHY SHOULDN'T I BE.... MAYBE HALF OF THEM ARE MINE"

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THERE WAS ANOTHER  GOOD STORY FROM LOWELL--- AGAIN IN LINE  THIS TIME WITH A BUNCH OF FACTORY WORKERS BUYING THE NEWSPAPER BEFOR GOING HOME...  THE GUY AT THE CASH REGISTER WAS DECIDEDLY CHALLANGED MENTALLY--- AND THE CASH DRAWER HUNG OPEN SO PEOPLE WERE HELPING THEMSELVES..ALL  VERY ORGANIZED-- TIL THE GUY BEHIND ME  GRABBED A GUY THAT WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE- HE HAD  HIM DOWN BY THE THROAT AND SAID " IN THIS STORE YOU TAKE THE RIGHT CHANGE"..

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SO TODAY...... I AM LATE GETTIG STARTED--- IT IS ALL EVERYONE ELSE'S FAULT-- I STAGGERED OUT OF MY BEDROOM TO FIND A BIG PARTY GOING ON IN THE ???OFIICE???

AND MUCH TALK OF A FOOT OF SNOW ON WEDNESDAY.

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ISN'T NOEL DUE THURSDAY/FRIDAY???

I REMEMBER TELLING MEG SHE PROBABLY SHOULD BE HERE STARTING MONDAY..  SHE IS NOT HUGE-- BUT SHE WAS NOT LAST TIME EITHER  WHEN SHE TECHNICALLY HAD 5 PUPS-- 3 SURVIVED..  SHE HAD TH E FIRST IN THE VAN COMING BACK FROM GEORGE'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS PREGO AT ALL-- THIS TIME SHE HAD AT LEAST 3 PUPS WHEN HE DID THE ULTRASOUND.

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EARLENE HAS HER  BIRTHING SWEATER WASHED AND READY I AM TOLD.

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BEFORE ANYONG COMES DOWN ON THE  MATHMATICAL LIBERTIES I TOOK AS THE NUTTY PROFESSOR.. I WAS ONLY TRYNG TO DEMO THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN A BALANCE SCALE AND A MATH EQUATION

AND WAS DOING REALLY WELL TIL I THREW IN THE MONETARY ELEMENT

GRANTED A POUND OF  HERSHEY'S KISSES IS WORTH CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN A POUND OF DIAMONDS..  EVEN IF WEIGHT WISE THEY ARE EQUAL.

 THEN WE ALL ATE THE DEMO OF GUMMY WORMS AND GOOD AND PLENTY'S

AND BEGAN TO COLLECT THE PACKAGES WITH THE BATTERIES... OFF SCREEN SO NO ONE COULD WATCH AND COUNT.

AND I MADE 2 PHONE CALLS SUCESSFULLY-- ALTHO O  FORGOT TO PUT ON THE SPEAKER PHONE FOR ONE.

THERE ARE SOOOO MANY  THINGS TO REMEMBER...( ANTHONY NEWALLY- ROAR OF THE GREASPAIN.T.. SMELL OF THE CROWD)

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WHICH REMINDS ME...

WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR - IT IMMEDIATELY PLAYED AUNTIE MAME--  WHICH I ENJOYED... I DIDN'T KNOW WHY-- BUT I LIKED THE MUSIC--  THEN YESTERDAY-- THE PHONE RANG- AND I POKED MY STEERING WHEEL AS I HAD BEEN TOLD TO DO-- NOW AUNTIE MAME IS GONE- AND I ONLY GFET REQUESTS TO PLAY SCRABBLE WHILE THE STOCK MARKET RIBBON FLOATS ACROSS THE BOTTOM.

THERESA DID SOMETHING TO FIX IT...

NOW I HAVE TO PUT IN A PASSWORD AS SOON AS I PICK IT UP-- AT WHICH POINT IT TAKES A PICTURE OF MY KNEE.

THIS IS PROGRESS.

I REALLY RESENT MY CAR TAKING DIRECTIONS FROM MY PHONE-- WHICH FOR YEARS HAS BEEN A KNOWN SCREW UP.

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SO THAT IS TODAY---FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO AUNTIE MAME

MAR 21,2014
WHOOPS... I GOT SIDETRACKED... JANINE COMES HERE ON FRIDAY MORNING FOR COFFEE... SO WE GOT TO DISCUSSING MUD--- AND HORSES NAD DONKEYS THAT ONY PEE IN A STALL EVEN IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE

SO IT HAS BEEN  A BUSY DAY

AND I NEED TO GO ORDER SOME STONE DUST KIND OF STUFF  AND PUSH IT AROUND WITH THE TRACTOR

FUN DAY

I WILL  TRY ADN HAVE I T DUMPED WHERE THE CAMERAS CAN WATCH THE PROGRESS 

mar 20 2014
 couple big things

the  third graders  in colorado put out the most amazing book

pictures of ou r pups  with "balloon" comments-- some of which are right on the money

the first one that caught my attention is a pup on either side of chaos head

one says " this eye isn't open" 

the other "this one isn't either... maybe we better not wake her"

it deserves something....  i wish steph was coming here today -- she is our resident editor

i wonder how many of these books were printed...

needs some thought....

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and there is an article in the boston globe today about service dogs...   it is online...she did a nice job..

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and then there is  the cranney house hunt...  i have spent hours staring at a screen full of red dots..

i did not realize this is the modern way to find a house... zillow.com

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 we are getting better at the sound at mail call--- we even had time to remember to make some phone calls to some of the people who send in phone numbers for the retreat  lottery.

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Carlene,

Last week Arrow and I attended an MS Public Policy Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill.  People with MS came from all over the US to talk with their legislators about policy issues and funding that impact people with MS.  Arrow helped me negotiate the halls of the Senate and House buildings as well as inside the Capitol itself.  Needless to say we turned a few heads.  He couldn't have been better behaved.  Our day started at a hotel in Arlington for a sendoff breakfast for the participants, then we took a bus to the Hill where our Virginia delegation met with three different legislators.  I gave a short talk each time about my own situation with MS, including how lucky I was to have traded my cane for a Dane.  I think we made a memorable impression.  Arrow was a "huge" success in helping our cause get the attention it needed.  We finished up at about 3:30 and took the bus back to the hotel.  It was a very long day for both of us.  I would guess we walked about two miles, but worth every step.

Take care,

Valerie

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lyn cashman just sent me these---  i don't usually... but they are good... 

 i love children's logic-  it is unadulterated ... literally...

Children Are Quick  ____________________________________  TEACHER: Why are you late? STUDENT: Class started before I got here. ____________________________________  TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?  JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.  __________________________________________  TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'  GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'  TEACHER: No, that's wrong  GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.  (I Love this child)  ____________________________________________  TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?  DONALD: H I J K L M N O.  TEACHER: What are you talking about?  DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.  __________________________________  TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.  WINNIE: Me!  __________________________________________  TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?  GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.  _______________________________________  TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '  MILLIE: I is..  TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'  MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'  ________________________________  TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.  Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?  LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.....  ______________________________________  TEACHER: Now, Simon , tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?  SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mum is a good cook.  ______________________________  TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's..  Did you copy his?  CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.  (I want to adopt this kid!!!)  ___________________________________  TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?  HAROLD: A teacher  __________________________________  PASS IT AROUND AND MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH  Due to current economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off

mar 19 2014
happy 19th   ( for new comers i celebrate the 19th  of every month -- for everyone with something to celebrate this month thus getting that great burden out of the way) an old scottish custom-- well maybe not old-- but for gwen( a roommate from edinburgh who is a stickler for details)-- it was bill black's idea. 

works well in my case-- 

then all i need to know   is  .... it is the 19th.

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 now the topic of today's daily doggie is poo picking...  or in polite society...sh#t-

apparently...... it is getting picked-- with our super poo pickers from around the world-- with all sorts of  sagacity  written on them... not to mention the fact that they tell us which breakfast cereals are th e most popular... another bonus...

but back to th e problem

RAIN FALLS DOWN.. can't do much about that-- 

the poo pickin process is designed thusly....

cardboards are to be carried by everyone--- we are an equal opportunity poo picker-- first one to see it picks it-- if you don't have cardboard/or bags outside where often cardboard is un necessary.....  there are mailboxes all over-- on fences and trees-- which have the necessary bags...--pull them out and pick.  then tie the top and leave it where a golf cart can transport to the dumpster....  it is the tie the top   tht is not getting done

for the most part  the pick part  is getting done.... otherwise we would be knee deep....i am happy to report as the snow melts we are only ankle deep.  so pick

but the next problem is that as stuff gets picked and put in the bags which are in the white buckets.... those buckets... with their open tops  collect rain--   i know george calls this a slurry of feces... i call it  a disgusting mess.-- apparently the worst is the  collections in the kennels which don't get tied shut and placed  where someone can carry them to the dumpster.....  

the back deck is where i ran  into  the exact problem....  i can solve alot of problems   but i do not know how to transport a white bucket filled / overflowing  with "slurry" to the edge of the deck and lower it without a horrendous mess

we have plenty of bags  if we don't we will buy them.

do not try and save bags...

tie the tops and deposit them where they can be collected by the golf cart drivers...

which brings up another related topic 

rain eventually falls down---even after blowing sideways in new england-- eventually it goes down...

now about these white buckets..... and an incredible  number of objects that will hold water ( i.e.  this aforemnentioned rain....)

we have mosquitos just waiting to have sex in  the  putrid water that collects there if not disrupted by an eagle eyed  puritanical  sdp monitor- who simply tips them on their side   thus removing one more place for these lust driven bugs to collect and drink beer.

in a perfect world.... a white bucket would be lying on it's side already lined with a plastic bag...... you could pick one pile,  put it in the bag which is  in  the bucket--- tie the top.. set that next to a golf cart path-- and line  the white bucket with   the next bag-- hopefully in your pocket..  then kick the bucket on it's side.

done.

there are different  sizes and shapes produced which may causes the process to be varied-- but the  concept is the same..

variations on this central theme--- bag tying in the house should not involve squeezing the air out of the bag--  do that outside the house...

there are soooo many things i have learned

like a shop vac can not be used to collect urine---  those hippa filters do not filter...

 so altho it sounds good  the shop  vacs just  aerate the urine..

experience comes from bad experience,

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i have a dr apt this morning--- involving 128  so megan will drive-- unless shelia shows up.  i am not the greatest passenger in the world...   those 2 are at least accustomed to me...  

maybe as she drives down 128 she can teach me how to put the heat on...  i think the toyota speaks  cellcius  -- just one more detail of questionable validity.

mar 18 2014

will all our friends and relatives be extremely careful next monday so shelia does not have to spend monday night in some ER-- and then have to sleep most of the day-- leaving me to try and figure out tuesday mail call all by myself... 

last week it was colleen  ---this week her daughter...

We are in Salem ER

It's chock full here 

They have 11 people on suicide watch and they can't be in a room because they are being watched by the nurses station 

The man in the next room keeps setting off his call button and then thinks it is the phone ringing.

and the next room the man is just screamimg-- no words... just screaming

The waiting room is standing room only

I guess full moon! 

she did not get to bed til after 2  so i suspect she will be sleeping it off all day

i told her i already had the trivia question  which we could run til next monday.... "how many AA batteries did the cp's send because of the sound problem?"

 

mind you   i welcome them-- if we are going to go thru either 2 or 4 batteries a day  we wll need them  eventually

 

with all due respect to the recharging batteries... i just can not cope--- i have had them  and know all about little bins of ---yet to chg--- chged---half dead---  unknown status  and ---chewed up by dog--- ( they seem to be liver flavored.)

they all end up in the "unknown"   bin  which is high up on some cabinet  to keep them from dogs---so i forget them entirely.---- out of sight  out of mind...

been there done that.

actually if i dug around the overflow rroom i bet i could  find the charger.... the batteries tend to wander off---  too many people involved....

having been up a long time last night-- i got to looking online for things i would never buy if i had to go find them---  firstly--- i had one of these before and someone stole it from my car... it is a 4' x 2'   thing that fits in the hitch of my car for carrying extremely messy things.. like hay..   or just bulk-- like dog food-- it is also a ramp for maybe bailey  or alot of other things .. last one i had was wonderful... except it is removable and can be stolen..

i bet david can build me a box so i can unhitch it easily.

and then there is the  spring cleaning project--- which is coming... this will be an all hands on deck--- because the largest problem here is the sorting--  if i end up with a shoebox of hardware that should be in the shop, it doesn't get there-- and ends up in the overflow room... which has l onto the overflow porch which is overflowing.-- trouble is we need all that stuff once in a while...  i prefer to be called a creative collector... not a hoarder 

for the first time in my life , i have a car which is the correct one to pull the horse trailer-- and---  hope -- correctly wired-- which should make collecting large objects even easier.. like megan 's sofa craze...  i am predicted to get worse... not better.. but i have plans for the arena storage...  maybe even the hay loft.

as for large fascinating objects   with you camera people supporting the dogs with your chicken bricks...., i could  get into all kinds of trouble buying things....

i think i did not have enough toys as a kid..

any excuse is better than none.

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i am enjoying the car--- i go round the block just for fun !!!

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i am going to roast veggies today.. i keep buying them and people hide them on me..  but i have a stash in my refrig now,...

i have to go to staples for loose leaf notebooks for this accreditation... the 3/4 inch ones are not big enough..

today?  paperwork--- car ride-- lunch-- nap--mailcall-- supper  -- bed

same old same old

doesn't sound too exciting

except i am bound to get in trouble somewhere...

i'll take bentley with me-- that could start something

MAR 17 2014
I AM AWAKE ! 

IT WAS AN ACTIVE NIGHT-- I WAS UP AT  3 TO  COMPUTE FOR A BIT-- THEN  A SOAK AND I WENT  BACK TO CHAIR (IHEART'S CHAIR)AND SLEPT TIL 7..

 NOT ONLY THAT .. BUT WHILE COMPUTING MY PULSE WAS 108    AND OXYGEN 91

 AND AFTER THE CHAIR NAP IT IS 74 ..  97 ....  MUCH BETTER NUMBERS...

ISN'T MODERN TECHNOOGY GREAT--- TECHNOLOGY THAT COST $3 ON EBAY...

WHY AM I TAKING MY PULSE ? --- BECAUSE IT IS THERE...

( WHICH ALL THE CP'S NOTED YESTERDAY...) --

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IT IS MONDAY-- MY "DAY OF THE WEEK  CLOCK SAYS SO"

WE NOW HAVE A PUNCH  CLOCK-- NOT ONLY FOR PUNCHING IN/OUT ... .. BUT I BOUGHT CARDS THAT HAVE NOTHING ON THE BACK-- FOR NOTABLES LIKE     BUMPY  COOKIE 24 M INUTES AND PUNCH THE CLOCK....  THIS DATE WE HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN-- PLUS WE FORGOT WHERE WE  WROTE IT DOWN 

AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU COME IN   TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ALL DAY-  PARTICULARLY MEGAN AND MARIA WITH TRAINING NOTES... STOOL REPORTS ETC....- YOU SHOULD WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF THOSE CARDS

 MEGAN AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU PUNDH OUT-  IF YOU PUT  DENIM- MALL-SHINEY FLOORS BETTER ON THE BACK OF THE CARD...

SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN PUT THE  NOTES THAT THIS ADI ACCREDITATION DEMANDS--  THE WHITE BOARDS HAVE WORKED BEAUTIFULLY FOR OUR PURPOSES... BUT ADI WANTS HARD COPY---- THIS WOULD DO THAT...   THEN THE OVERNIGHT PEOPLE CAN PUT THE NOTES WERE THEY BELONG... ADI WILL BE SOOOOOO IMPRESSED...

THE OTHER BIG THING IS THAT I CAN TURN AROUND AND TELL WHO IS ON THE PROPERTY--   THIS IS A BIG COMPLICATION OF MINE...   EVEN VOLUNTEERS WHO DON'T NEED TO PUNCH IN...-- IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU JUST MOVE YOUR CARDS TO THE TOP OF THE RACK-- SO I CAN TELL WHO IS HERE.

ESPECIALLY WITH PUPPIES COMING... I END UP SITTING HERE-- EATING FAR TO  MUCH WHEN I SHOULD BE  AT HOME DEPOT LOOKING FOR THINGS 

I THINK I OWN NEARLY ONE OF EVERYTHING HOME DEPOT SELLS-- IF I COULD JUST FIND IT.

LIKE.... WE REALLY NEED     LALLY COLUMNS-- TO HOLD UP THE FLOOR--- WE HAD QUITE A CROWD AT SUNDAY STEW....  PLUS ALOT OF DOGS...... I DO WORRY

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 ANOTHER  CASE IN POINT AT THE MOMENT-- I KNOW I HAVE A WIRE BENDING JIG- IT IS STILL IN THE BOX  A WHITE BOX-- ABOUT 6" X1.5 INCHES... IT WOULD BE BETTER IN GRACES POSSESSION...  SHE IS SETTING UP A CRAFT CORNER IN THE LAUNDRY-- AND THE BENDING OF COAT HANGERS IS CRITICAL TO HER WELL BEING.

DARN THING COST ABOUT $5....  BUT IT IS VERY USEFUL WHEN  YOU NEED IT.

THE BENDING OF LARGER THINGS--- WE HAVE 2 SIZE PIPE BENDERS-- PLUMBERS AND ELECTRITIANS USE..... A FUNNY CURVED THING INTO WHICH YOU PUT A LONG PIPE TO GIVE YOU LEVERAGE..... PERSONALLY I USE THE HUGE BENDER---- YOU STICK ONE END OF THE PIPE IN THE TRACTOR SOMEWHERE AND PUSH PULL STAND ON.... THE OTHER END...

THE  TRAILER HITCH RECEPTACLE IS ANOTHER PLACE FOR SPECIAL BENDS...

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YOU WILL NOTE AS I SIT HERE --- BAILEY IS HAVING HER BREAKFAST ON A DINNER PLATE-- SHE  DOES NOT LIKE TO STUFF HER NOSE IN FOOD SO EARLY IN THE MORNING... SO.... ONE OF MY NEW PLATES WORKS FINE./

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BOO IS CERTAINLY A SPECTACULAR DOG -- IF I CAN JUST GET HER  ONE EAR UP--- IT IS UP WITH ONLY ONE PIECE OF TAPE.....

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I DO NOT HAVE A SCHEDULE TODAY-- MORE PAPERWORK FOR A WHILE-- THEN I REALLY OUGHT TO GO GET SOME LALLY COLUMNS--- THE FLOOR BOUNCES AS EVEN BENTLEY WALKS BY....

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MAYBE SHELIA WILL HAVE A HOUSE FOR ME/US TO GO LOOK AT FOR EXCITEMENT..

I KNOW OF ONE 10 ACRE HOUSE IN MIDDLETON SHE HAS NOT SEEN YET...  I POINT OUT  SHE CAN CHANGE THE HOUSE, YOU ARE BUYING THE LAND...

IDEALY SHE NEED TO FIND A RAMSHACKLE CABIN  ON 20 ACRES  JUST KNOCK IT OVER AND PUT UP A NEW HOUSE...

WEELL NO..... NOT KNOCK IT OVER 100%-- BECUAUSE REMOCELING DOES NOT NEED ALL THE TOWN PERMITS THA NEW CONSTRUCTION DOES....  SO YOU KNOCK  OVER 98%

I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STEAK HOUSE WHICH USED TO BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.. THEY HAD A FIRE AND KNOCKED IT DOWN-- AT WHI CH POINT HE LOST THE LIQUOR LICENSE... IF HE HAD LEFT ONE CORNER HE COULD HAVE REBUILT IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT.

 THAT IS WHY THERE IS A PIECE OF THE OLD ARENA OUT BHIND THE WHITE ARENA.

mar 16 2014
 I FORGOT TO CALL SOMEONE LAST NIGHT AFTER MAIL CALL...

HOW COULD I FORGET?

 LET ME COUNT THE WAYS

GOING DEAF-- OR  REALLY HARD OF HEARING- IS AWFUL AT BEST

ADD A MIC -- WITH FEEDBACK

AND SOUND  DELAYED 20 SECONDS

THEN ADD AN AGING MEMORY WHERE YOU CAN NOT REMEMBER IF YOU ALREADY SAID THAT 20 SECONDS AGO.

THEN 2 PUPS WHO ARE GETTING TOO RAMBUNCTIOUS CHEWING UP A BOX BEFORE OUR VANNA WHITE PROCESSED THE NAME AND ADDRESS...

ADD SWEET BAILEY WHO WOULD LIKE A SECOND TREAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE IN THE BOX I JUST OPENED.

 AT LEAST 2 OTHER PEOPLE  IN THE ROOM  READING THE COMMENTS  WHICH ARE BEING PICKED UP ON THE MIC, DELAYED AND FED BACK AND FED BACK AND FED BACK 

847 PEOPLE WATCHING YOU 

WHILE  I AM SURE I  ITCHED SOMEWHERE

NOW TRY AND THINK.

I HUNG UP ON TRACI FAR TOO QUICKLY WHEN SHE CALLED DURING MAIL CALL---- FOR OPENERS I COULD NOT EVEN HEAR WHO WAS ON THE PHONE -- OR WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.... I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO  BE ABRUPT,  BUT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE  TRYING TO COPE WITH THE DETAILS IN FRONT OF ME AND JUST NEEDED TO WHOA... AND GET ORGANIZED.. 

I DID LEARN-- I WILL NOT ANSWER THE  PHONE DURING MAIL CALL....   JUST PRIOR TO MAIL CALL I HAD A PHONE CALL ABOUT PROFESSIONALLY CLEANING MY RUGS....

I ALSO KNOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO JUST LET IT RING-  BEING MARRIED TO A DOCTOR FOR 45 YEARS... YOU JUST NEVER LET THE PHONE RING-- YOU JUMPED AND RAN.....

MIND YOU , HE DIDN'T JUMP AND RUN---- HE STAYED  WHEREEVER AND YELLED "WOULD SOMEONE GET THAT PHONE?"

I HAVE BEEN TRAINED.

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THERE IS  CIRCULATING A DEAL ABOUT   ONE PENNY FOR YOUR CHARITY IF YOU DO SOMETHING-- LIKE ASK WHAT THE WEATHER  WILL BE IN IPSWICH... FREE....  SO I DID THAT..  AND THEN TO  CONTINUE I NEEDED TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEATHER STUFF.. AGAIN "FREE"    AND THERE I THE FINE PRINT WAS THE STATEMENT " BY DOWNLOADING THIS YOU ARE ALLOWING US ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF YOUR COMPUTER" 

 WHOA  !!!  IT WAS THERE..... SO I CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT...

IN THE LARGE PRINT IT SAID 697 PEOPLE HAD ALREADY DONE THIS FOR SPD....

THINKING ONLY OF MY COMPUTER... AND THE JUNK THAT IS ON IT--- IT REALLY ANNOYS ME THAT  A TOTAL STRANGER COULD ORGANIZE IT INTO SOME USEFUL FUNCTION WHEN  I CAN'T FIND THE BASIC NECESSITIES WITHOUT SUPER EFFORT.

I CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS-- I BOUGHT THE OXYGEN SENSOR FOR $3 ON EBAY AND NOW GET ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL GIZMO ADS...... ALONG WITH TOYOTA ADS..  AND THEY KNOW I SHOULD BE ON  DIET-- 

OR ELSE THAT IS JUST A  GENERALIZED ADVERTIZEMENT KNOWING 89% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS OVERWEIGHT.

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AND ONCE WE HAVE  THE WALKIN  FREEZER  AND GET  BACK TO OUR 4PM ICECREAM BREAKS  DIETING WILL BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE

IF I PLAN A 1000 CALORIE DIET   THAT IS STILL  4 KLONDIKE BARS A DAY-- AND A BUNCH OF RAW CARROTS??????

CELEBRATE WITH CELERY ????

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TESS IS HERE-- AND SHE  USUALLY BRINGS FATTENING THINGS  WHICH  SHE SMEARS WITH BUTTER---  THE "HEALTHY "  KIND OF BUTTER... RIGHT !

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THERE IS ALOT GOING ON

STEVE,STEVE, AND WAYNE  PLUS MARIA AND GUILES ALL STAYED OVERNIGHT.  AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES...  ERI N   WAS OVERNIGHT...

SHE THINKS HECTOR IS DEAF...... AND HE MAY BE TO VOICES... BUT HE TURNED AROUND IMMEDIATELY WHEN A PUP BARKED ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM HIM-- WOKE  HIM UP -- I SAW THAT

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS -- OR HOW TO TAKE ADVANAGE--- BUT I HAVE SEEN THIS WITH ARIOT-- SHE HAS RESPONDED TO DOGS BARKING OUTSIDE WHEN I SEE NO OTHER WAY FOR HER TO REACT EXCEPT THE SOUND.    IT IS LIKE "I KNOW THAT NOISE" 

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AND---  FOR EXCITEMENT-------THERE IS 8 INCHES OF ICE/WATER IN THE TIPI... THE BOTTOM GOT SEALED WITH ICE... THEN IT FILLED UP

mar 15 2014
there was a slight delay while i argued with the  compter about who i was going to be today-- then steve came in with the donated food from his school system  so i am having breakfast of chopped eggs and ham.. and rice ... and indian beef... and pepper and eggs...

i expect to take a nap just after breakfast

the rest of mmodern technology got me going this morning-- i am reading a book by dave barry who discusses man's decline into  incompetence when they started  providing the automatic  flushing urinal designed so men could give an extra shake...... good one dave...

usta bee ----- you stuck your head out the door and figured... it is raining..i will need a raincoat...  now you lie i bed watching a green blob crawl across the  weather cannel  on the tv screen--- and i consiously decided to wear  my boot type things because of that green blob.

i didn't feel too badly  because my computer said i was not carlene anyway.

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 i heart's massage chair is ... wonderful... it really works at massaging  your back... not just  wiggling around like the 25 cent variety at the mall...   it is still in  the only dog proof room.... mine... because it is such beautiful leather i am afraid it might taste good too...

today we must rig up an x pen on camera so everyone can see it...

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and the microphone.... it came from maxine meola who's name i had forgotten-- she is also the one who gave all the volunteers earphones at the dinner party--  

she has given me the actual manual  which hopefully has more than the hillogrits per megaheitz.... and can tell me where  is the on /off/mute button...

i have not looked at it yet... but before mailcall...

 she mentioned her company is going to be testing a mic for vide use -- and i told her... as the nutty professor  i would be happy to test it for them

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thanks to the accreditation-- ( right ! ) we are being forced to get organized..;

biggest change at the moment  we have a punch card sign in at the front door so the staff and purple shirts can punch in and move their card-- so i can tell who is on the property-- and therefor avalable to help  ...   i sit here more than is necessary--- when there are people who can manage whatever the contents of this house happens to be at the moment...

 boo and nutmeg really can not be left in here alone....

yet here i sit--- and i know there are at least 6 other people on the property who could do this ( as soon as i post thixs(

having a car... that runs... is a fun new toy... there is an age related problem about inactivity-- i can decide to do something  and then so much time is spent trying to find the pieces of the project  or fixing some problem before i can start a project.. that it is easier to sit and watch green blobs slide across the tv screen.

jump starting my car -- or tractor...has been high on my list of things to do  that made me quit moving.

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the abbingot police department was very impressed by the number of people who conteacted them about the loose dog...  they have said they could not believe the  number of states and countries from which cometh the concerns..

way to go crowd !!~!

i have sent a bunch of calendars  and ankle annie is taking more...

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people are fascinated by everything we do... everything on purpose-- or by accident-- that i hope all of you are recruiting your required 3 new puppy addicts for the month of march-- along with the chicken brick..

we have a new litter due in 2 weeks..  so keep the fascination going...

noel is lying around-- then eating 3 big meals at suppertime.. so she is cooking"

old wives tail #682  their food intake increases the last 2 weeks ( that is why  i said due in 2 weeks..

love those old wives..... especially.. being one,.