THE PICTURES OF HOUSTON LOOK MORE LIKE VENICE...IT IS AMAZING HOW PEOPLE ?MEDIA? WILL STRUGGLE TO APPLY 20-20 HINDSIGHT TO ANY DECISION MADE...I LISTENED TO THEM CRITIQUING WHOEVER MADE THE "NOT EVACUATE" DECISION...
CERTAINLY , BEFORE THE STORM STARTED PEOPLE COULD HAVE LEFT-- IT WAS DURING THAT THEY SUGGESTED STAY PUT...I WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HOUSTON HAD A MANDATORY EVACUATION NOTICE.... WHERE WOULD THE 4TH MOST POPULOUS CITY PUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE 2 MILLION WHO RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE THRUWAY? -- AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE THEIVES DRIVING TOWARD TEH CITY TO HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH EVERYTHING UNATTENDED. NOW .... I WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE SNAKES... AND SEWERAGE--- CARS FLOATING ABOUT -- AND DRINKING WATER???? I THINK I WOULD BE SETTING UP TARPS TO CATCH RAINWATER-- BECAUSE THERE AIN'T ENOUGH PLASTIC BOTTLES FOR THE SIZE OF HOUSTON... AND IT IS STILL RAINING... BUT YOU ALL KNOW THAT....
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAUSES OUR POND TO OVERFLOW IT'S BANKS IN THE EFFORT TO GET TO HOOD POND ACROSS THE STREET..... 4 INCHES OF RAIN CUTS US OFF FROM THE PIZZA HOUSE..... HOUSTON HAS 48 INCHES????? THERE ARE COUNTRIES ALL SET UP TO HANDLE THE MONSOON RAINS... HOUSTON IS NOT ONE OF THEM...
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BACK TO THE FARM....
BENTLEY JUST THREW UP FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW... YELLOW BILE... EMPTY TUMMY... AND HE HAD JUST COME AND ASKED ME FOR A COOKIE.... DANES DO NOT DO WELL ON EMPTY TUMMIES... I KNOW THAT... AND I TELL PEOPLE TO "READ WHAT YOUR DOG SAYS" -- I IGNORED THE PART ABOUT EMPTY TUMMIES BECAUSE EVERY M ORNING AS I TYPE THE DAILY DOGGIE, HE COMES AND SAYS," I NEED TO BLOW MY NOSE IN YOUR HAIR" WHICH I FIND DISTRACTING...AND UPSETTING... COMPELLING ME TO GO WASH MY HAIR DAILY....I DON'T LIKE HIS VERSION OF "CREME RINSE"
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PUPS IN THE KITCHEN... LOOKING LIKE BIG DOGS NOW... IN A MONTH THEY WIL BE TERRIFFIC FOR DOG FEST.. THERE WILL BE A SIT ON THE GROUND SOMEWHERE AND PLAY WITH PUPS... INSIDE A TENT OR OUTSIDE...
DOG FEST... DETAILS-- BAGS.....
ANNE AND I IN AN EFFORT TO WRITE A LETTER/ REPORT TO EXPLORE FOUND THAT OUR HUNGER WAS PREVENTING US FROM WRITING SO WE ENDED UP AT IPSWICH CLAMBKE-- THE OUTFIT GOING TO PUT ON THE SAT NITE DINNER--THEY SERVED THINGS IN WHITE/BRITE BAGS.... LIKE FRIED CLAMS ETC-- I REALIZED A LARGER VERSION WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THEWSES T-SHIRTS BAGGED WITH NAMAES AHEAD OF TIME...AND STARTED IN ASKING QUESTIONS...... TURNS OUT ULINE HAS THEM-- IN 500 PIECE BUNDLES-- THT ARE THEN $567.93 TO SHIP BEAUSE THEY ONLY DO OVERNIGHT.... THERE MUST BE A LOCAL PLACE WHERE I SHOULD HAVE TAKE NTHE TIME TO FIND... UNTIL I RAN INTO THE PURPLE BAGS...-- THOSE COME IN A MUCH SMALLER AMT AND ARE ONLY $15 TO SHIP-- SO THEY SHOULD ARRIVE TODAY...I AM SURE 1/2 THE $15 IS THEY WILL INCLUDE THAT IMPOSSIBLY THICK HEAVYWEIGHT CATALOG THAT I REQUESTED THEY NOT SEND TO ME.
TABLES AND CHAIRS ARE ORDERED... MONKEY FISTS ARE DYED ( PURPLE OF COURSE) PORTAPOTS ARE ORDERED. AND WE COME TO PARTRIDGEBERRY PLACE...
WHEN I WAS "CUTTING MY DRIVEWAY THRU THE UNDERBRUSH, A VERY OFFICIAL WOMAN CAME AND TOLD ME SHE HOPED I WOULD LET THEM KNOW WHEN I PLANNED TO HAVE A PARTY AND USE THAT DRIVEWAY....(MY DRIVEWAY)... I KNOW THERE IS AT LEAST ONE NICE FAMILY OVER THERE... BUT WHICH ONE??/ I THOUGHT I MIGHT INVITE ALL OF THEM TO THE SUNDAY ICE CREAM/ WHICH I THINK IS ALSO THE LIVE ACCAPELLA GROUP ALSO.. LAST TIME I DID THIS.. NO ONE CAME... THEY WERE STILL MAD SDP EXHISTED.
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WE ARE SET FOR GABBY TO ARRIVE FOR HER "CONFINEMENT" MAYBE IN A COUPLE DAYS PEOPLE TELL ME SHE IS DUE FROM SEPT 4 TO 8- SHE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE SO SHE WOULD NEED ONLY A FEW DAYS TO ACCLIMATE .
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LAINIE IS BACK FROM HER OVERNIGHT AND HAPPY TO SEE HER PUPS SHE WILL PROBWBLY SAY "HI" THN ESCAPE TO THE NEAREST SOFA...
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THE ROTATION MOVES ON.... TO THE BACK HA;LL, THEN THE CONDO.. THEN THE NUTT HOUSE ... THEN KENNEL 10 IS THE WAY IS USUALLY GOES,,,, AND ALL THE GAUDY HANGINGS OVER THE AREAS ARE TO DRFLECT THE HAWKS AND ?EAGLE FROM MAKING A PUP THERI DINNER... MOMMY NATURE IS ONLY JUST SO WISE...
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I THINK I WATCHED THE CLOCK AROUND THE ENTIRE NIGHT -- SO DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM EM TODAY.
