LAUNDRY---LIKE TRASH COLLECTION-- IS A HUGE FACTOR IN THE TRAINING OF SERVICE DOGS. WHERE WOULD WE BE??? LET ME TELL YOU WHERE WE WERE....NOT TOO LONG AGO...
ANNIE WAS HERE LAST NIGHT RELIVING WINTER LAUNDRY WITH NO ELECTRIC DRYER..
WE HAD LAUNDRY ALL OVER THE FENCES-- FROZEN STIFF-- ROPES STRUNG BETWEEN ANY 2 OBJECTS THAT WOULD HOLD UP ROPES...AND VERY HEAVY WET BEDSPREADS...
SHE( ANNIE) REMINDED ME OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN THE LAUNDRY DOOR WITH A FROZEN BEDSPREAD THAT WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN THE DOOR...POUNDING FROZEN TOWELS INTO A LAUNDRY BUCKET WITH A FOOT.
THE WHOLE TIME JANINE TELLING US WE LOOKED TERRIBLY 3RD WORLD WITH LAUNDRY ALL OVER THE PLACE.. WHAT WOULD A VISITOR THINK.?
WELL THEY WOUOLD THINK WE SMELLED BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE.
WE ALWAYS TOOK THE "CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLYNESS" AND OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS HUNG IN THERE...HANGING WITH FROZEN FINGERS...
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THEN THERE WERE THE VEHICLES-- 2 AMBULANCES---BOTH IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE-- JUMP STARTING WAS THE NORMAL---BUT YOU NEVER LOST THEM IN A PARKING LOT!!
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AND THE OLD ARENA- WOODEN... DARK... DUSTY...CRAMMED WITH VALUABLE JUNQUE-
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THE SUMMER T TENT HAD A BIG TUB OF ICED SODA.... NOW A PROPER REFRIGERATOR-- PLUS AN OVEN!!
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WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY... AND IN THE PROCESS PRODUCED DOZENS OF GREAT DOGS.
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ALL MADE POSSIBLE BY THE "CAMERA PEOPLE" AND THE SHATUPON SOCIETY..
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EVERY TIME I OPEN THE DRAWER TO REFIL THE STAPLER, I REALIZE ..NEVER IN MY LIFE DID I THINK I WOOLD BE INVOLVED IN AN OFFICE THAT USED UP BOX OF 5000 STAPLES.
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NOR DID I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH AN AUDITOR WHO IS A VERY BRAVE SOUL TO TACKLE THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE... WHO JUST SENT ME 8 PAGES OF WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO AN AUDIT.-- FIRST ON THE LIST IS THE MINUTES FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS. O.K. A PIECE OF PAPER WILL HOLD STILL AND I CAN WRITE ANYTHING ON IT.---DON'T LAUGH... BUT I WILL HAVE NOTES FROM THE MEETINGS -- AT LEAST WHAT I TALKED ABOUT...
I KEEP MY "RECORDS " ON A 5 X 8 INDEX CARD-- IN YELLOW...FOLDED IN THIRDS- ON WHICH I (USUALLY) WRITE THINGS TO BE NOTED...
IF WE HAVE A TRACTOR IN THE YARD... I REALIZE IT MUST HAVE BEEN PAID FOR. SHE WANTS PAPER PROOF..
SHE IS AN OFFICIALL AUDITOR AND WANTS STUFF LIKE THAT TYPED..
MY FILING SYSTEM IS A "IF YOU LOOK LONG ENOUGH YOU WILL FIND IT" AND ELECTRIC ---WATER--- OIL---BILLS ARE UTILITIES THAT GETS FILED UNDER #38. I KNOW THAT. WHO SOLD ME THE OIL IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE TO REMEMBER...
THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO #37 OR #39 IS A UNREMARKABLE DETAIL. INSURANCE BILLS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FILED #18--- THEN I DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER IS IT FILED UNDER THE AGENT -- OR THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
I LEARNED MY NUMBERS MUCH BETTER THAN MY ALPHABET. BUT "NORMAL" SYSTEMS HAVE NOW TAKEN OVER THE FILING PROCESS-- AND I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHERE ANYTHING IS... BUT IT LOOKS BETTER.
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I HOPE THE IRS IS HAPPY .
I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO SEND IN " THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK"
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SWEAR WE DO NOT RUN A TANING SALON--
-SEE IRS FORM 990 -- SECTION V QUESTION 14a-- YOU THINK I AM KIDDING? GO LOOK...
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION IS CRITICAL TO BEING A CHARITY? IS THERE SOMETHING WE ARE MISSING OUT ON???
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AND SO IT GOES
