24 hours and 3 boxes of kleenex later......i am back to nearly fighting stregnth- whata way to loose 4 pounds in one day !! ---fortunately there was a 24 hour mythbusters show--- i do enjoy thier antics... the usual 2 are trying to retire and there are 2 new guys--it will be difficult to replace teh spontaneous reactions of the one guy and teh dry personality of the other... you can see the 2 new guys trying to fake reactions-- and it just doesn't sell as well. i feel like when johnny carson retired... however........
i think everybody slept here in the house last night because sliding down and up to the guest house was deemed too difficult...-- i know it is snowing/raining/sleeting now because bentley's back was shiney with beads of water.--
maybe people should not park in the parking pit today but park along the driveway..
for pulling people out ----we have all sorts of 4 wheeled drive here- except when the car is sliding sideways , 4wd does no good --even the tractor can be a problem-- it is possibole to slam teh bucket down and lift the front end, and still slide sideways...
best defense are those funny wire shoe covers-- lacking those... it is better to have teh choice of sitting down and slide down the hill instead of falling and sliding.
there is a great picture of a bunch of people in the snow...sliding down puppy hill on purina bags -- we couldnt do that today becasue -- no snow... just glare ice.-we couldt get up the hill on the ice...
i have been known to have the road sand spreader come in here and fire sand all over... problem is that sand is laced with salt and it is tough on the dogs feet-- so i only do that when too m any people are crawling around the yard.
thank heavens for the cameras - so i can get a vague idea of what is going on int he barn without leaving the warmth of the house... i.e.. no baby so far... and keep in mind 99.4% of equines foal in the wild.. all by them selves.... best we can do for jher today s to keep the door shut so she does not get any ideas about having a baby up on an icy hill... i see no signs... she is still chewing away at the hay...
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standing in the cold at christmas seems to have made an impression on janine...in the old family tradition , janine took 2 donkeys to go stand out in the cold rain in front of her favorite starbucks and people came by th enjoy them.. there are many pictures of people smiling-- historically, having donkeys, made us very desireable for all religious holidays...with driving 8 donkeys like the budweiser hitch,... add their antlers we took many santas places... like into the ballroom of boston hotels.-- that wsn't so bad... it was the outside jobs -- christmas parades,-- or where we stood freezing while surroundecd by donkeys who were perfectly comfortable chewing hay- we came to worship our snow suits--
it amazes me how people can realize the sweet kind nature of the donkey in a christmas setting, but by july make fun of them for being stubborn- when in fact they are just being careful about where they go- to call a person a jackass, is in my book a tremendous insult to the donkey.
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DAY 7. BOTH AM AND PM.
LOOKS LIKE I FORGOT MY MORNING UPDATE. BELLA HAD A GOOD NIGHT LAST NIGHT. THEY CAME TO GIVE HER MEDS AT 10 BUT SHE WAS SLEEPING SO THEY SKIPPED THE OXY AND SHE DIDN’T HAVE IT ALL NIGHT. THIS MORNING ED AND I TOOK GEORGE TO GO POTTY AND THEN TO GRAB A COFFEE AND WE RAN INTO MARISSA. SHE WAS BELLAS INFUSION NURSE FOR A YEAR WHEN WE GOT HOSPITAL INFUSIONS. SO OF COURSE AFTER BREAKFAST BELLA HAD TO GO FIND HER AND SAY HI. THEN BELLA HAS BEEN RUNNING LAPS AROUND THE HOSPITAL. SHE TIMES HERSELF TO SEE HOW FAST SHE CAN GO. THANK GOODNESS THEY HAVE A TRACTION TRAILER SO SHE CAN WALK AND KEEP HER LEGS MOVING. WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT. WE HAD A VISITOR FROM RI COME SAY HI AND BRING BELLA AND GEORGE A COUPLE GIFTS. GEORGE HAS BEEN CHEWING HIS BONE ALL AFTERNOON! THEN WE HAD OTHER VISITORS WHO WE DIDN’T GET A PICTURE WITH BUT THE BOYS PLAYED MARIO CART WITH BELLA. SHE LOVED HAVING SOMEONE BESIDES ME TO PLAY WITH. AND THEY ARE PROS! WE WERE ABLE TO FACETIME OUR MEETING WHICH WAS PRETTY NICE AND WATCH THE LAST PART OF THE PATRIOTS GAME. TONIGHT LITTLE MISS IS HAVING SOME TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP. EVEN THOUGH WITH ALL THE LAPS SHE DID SHE SHOULD BE TIRED. SHE DID ASK FOR OXY TONIGHT SINCE HER SHOULDER IS BUGGING HER. DR. KARLIN ALSO HAD HER GET SOME X-RAYS TO SEE HOW THE WEIGHTS ARE WORKING. SO WE ARE CURIOUS TO SEE THE PROGRESS. HOPEFULLY IT IS SHOWING PROGRESS. TOMORROW WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A GAME DAY WITH FRIENDS AS LONG AS THE WEATHER COOPERATES. I THINK THAT IS ABOUT OUR DAY. THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN AND THE LOVE AND SUPPORT. LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE
