THINGS DO HAPPEN IN THREE'S.... AWESOM ANNIE GOT TANGLED UP WITH 10 POUND WANDA IN THE BAN AND NEARLY WENT DOWN--- THEN GRACE LANDED ON THE ICE... AND STEVE SLID DOWN AN EMBANKMENTM WHERE HE SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE I THOUGHT " GET UP STEVE, I CAN NEVER GET THE TRACTOR IN THERE TO PULL YOU OUT OF WHERE YOU ARE..."
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.STEVE'S PROBLEM HAPPEND BECAUSE PUPPIES ARE SOOOOOO QUICK WHEN PROPERLY INSPIRED... THEY WERE ON " THE FLAT" HOT TOP AREA IN FRONT OF TH HOUSE --- THERE ARE 2 GATEES BETWEEN THAT FLAT AND THE "A" FIELD... WOTH THE 4 ACRES AND STREAM AND --- THIN ICE AND SWAMP.. NO .. MAKE THAT ...."SOFT FOOTING" -- GE PUT A NICE FENCE AROUND THE "SOFT FOOTING" BUT A HUGE TREE " 20"DIAMETER FELL ACROSS THE FENCE-- SO ALTHO THE TREE IS STACKED AND SPLIT FOR NEXT YEARS FIREPLACE.... THE FENCE IS DOWN... *** THERE IS A SMALL PENNED AREA ON THE HILL BETWEEN THE FLAT HOT TOP AREA AND "A"--- THE GATE OUT OF THE PEN ONTO A WAS OPEN... SO STEVE THOUGHT RIGHTLY HE BETTER GO SHTU IT...... PUPS WERE PLAYING ON THE FLAT HOT TOP AREA "THEY'RE ENTERTAINED AND I CAN GUST GET TO THAT SECOND GATE BEFORE THEY NOTICE... WRONG...... THEY SPOTTED THE OPENING AND BARRELLED THRU BEFORE STEVE WAS HALF WAY THERE... BIG AS THEY ARE, THEY LOOKED TINY WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF "A"--- AND VERY MOBILE RUNNING MUCH FASTER THAN GRACE OR STEVE EVEN THOUGHNT OF...
THERE IS A LESSON HERE---- SOMEWHERE..... WE NOW HAD STEVE, GRACE AND SUE IN THE AREA.. ALL SHAKKING COOKIE BOXES TO NO AVAIL.... PROBLEM BEING... 6 PUPS LOOSE... AND ONE WOULD APPROACH A COOKIE BOX SHAKER AND TEH SHAKER WOULD THINK... THAT IS ONLY ONE... I WILL WALK TOWARD THE OTHER 5 WHILE SHAKING...-- SO THE ONE NEARLY CAPTURED TURNS AND REJOINS THE OTHER 5 RUNNING AWAY FURTHER.-- GRANTED 6 LOOSE PUPS IS A PROBLEM... BUT IF YOU RETHINK..... DOGS ARE FOLLOWERS--- IF THE ONE COMES TO YOU AND YOU TURN TO GO BACK TO TH E HOUSE, THE OTHERS ARE INCLINED TO JOIN THE ONE FOLLOWING YOU...... THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STAY IN FRONT OF THE PARADE...
LOOSE DOG LESSON #1 YOU SHOULD BE PRETTY DARN SURE OF YOU R DOG BEFORE YOU LET THEM LOOSE.... BUT-- FACED WITH A LOOSE DOG- I FIND IF I CAN GET THEIR ATTENTION AND THEN WALK AWAY, THEY ARE INCLINED TO FALL IN BESIDE ME AND THEN YOU MIGHT GET HOLD OF A COLLAR OR WHATEVER... I AM PRETTY SURE I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT A LOOSE DOG BY GOING TOWARD THE DOG.
I HAVE CHASED ALOT OF ANIMALS IN MY CAREER... WELLLL ... MOSLY JANINE HAS DONE THE RUNNING AFTER PART...... WORST ONE WAS AN AFGAHN HOUND-- THOSE ARE "SIGHT HOUNDS" CHASE ANYTHING THAT MOVES... UNFORTUNATELY I WS UNLOADING TO GO INTO A STUDIO IN BOSTON AND -- IT MUST HAVE BEEN EARLY IN MY CAREER BECAUSE THE DOG SLIPPED HER COLLAR OFF. AND THEN SAW AN AIRPLANE TAKING OFF FROM LOGAN AIRPORT AND STARTED TO RUN RIGHT TOWARD THE PLANE AND BOSTON TRAFFIC... I DON'T KNOW HOW I /WE MANAGED TO CARCH HER... BUT I DID... AND IMMEDIATELY INVENTED THE ROPE ANED THE RING WHICH WE NOW USE ALL THE TIME.-- ON ALL KINDS OF ANIMNALES.. FROM HORSES TO COW TO PIGS LAMMAS AND CATS... I CALL IT MY "ANIMAL HANDLER... AND ONE IS SUPPOSED TO HANG ON MY GOLF CART FOR EMERGENCIES..
*** TANNER IS HERE TODAY--- I SPENT YESTERDAY ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE FIREPALCE MEASURING AND MARKING 2 SHEETS OF THAT POLYMAX STUFF (4 X 10... BEAUTIFUL STUFF) TO REDO TEH 40 ODD DOGGIE DOORS-- OUR 2 SAMPLE DOORS HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN ANY PIECE OF RUG--- THERE IS ONLY ONE TOOTHMARK SO FAR...- MEASURING AND MARKING WAS A BIT OF A CHALLANGE... BECAUSE I THINK I PUT IN MOST OF THE DOGGIE DOORS MYSELF-- AND MY METHOND WS TO TAKE A CHAIN SAW AND CUT A HOLE THAT LOOKED ABOUT RIGHT... SO NO TWO ARE THE SAME SIZE.-- MAXIMIZING THE 4 X 10 SHEET WAS AN INTERESTIN PUZZLE.
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SITTING ON THE FLOOR CROSSLEGGED AND WITH NOTHING MORE TO DO... I WONDERED JUST HOW FLEXABLE I WAS.. AND FOUND I COULD TOUCH MY NOSE WITH MY LEFT FOOT---- I SHOWED THIS TO STEVE AT MAIL CALL-- HE TRIED TI ( ON CAMERA OF COURSE) AND TANNER TRIED-- WHEN WE GOT BACK TOTHE MAIL CALL SCREEN WE FOUND OTHER CAMERA PEOPLE WERE TRYING IT TOO....
IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THINK OF THE NEW PERSON JUST TUNING IN TO EXPLORE ONLY TO HAVE 581 PEOPLE FROM ALL OER TEH STATES ...TRYING TO TOUCH THIER NOSES WITH THIER FOOT.
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SO---BACK TO TANNER BEING HERE ------- THE REASON I WAS JUST SITTING--- WS MY HAND WAS SORE FROM TEH SCISSORS CUTTING THIS 1/16TH INCH THICK STUFF... THEY CUT... BUT BETWEEN BENDING AND MOVING I WAS TIRED... TANNER ARRIVEDD --- I HANDED HIM TH ESCISORS AND 14 SECONDS LATER HE HAD ALL 40 CUT AND STACKED AND THE FLOOR WAS ONCE AGAIN CLEARED....
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I HAVE EXPLAINED TO TANNER, THAT BYT HE TIME I COUOD AFFORD ALL THE TOOLS THAT I KNEW WERE SUCH FUN, I DIDN'T HAVE TH EPHYSICAL PERSONA TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM AS I WOULD HAVE 40 YEARS AGO... SO I HAVE FUN TEACHING TANNER SOME OF THE THINGS..... YESTERDAY I DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO LEARN ABOUT GROMMETS AND RIVETS. I WISH I HAD KNOWN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER....... FOR UNDER $5 YOU CAN GET THE BASID GROMMET SETTER THAT YOU POUND WITHA HAMMER-- WORKS PERFECTLY--- AND FOR ABOTU $20 YOU CAN GET A HAND PLIER THING TO SET RIVETS-- 2 SIMPLE CURES NOT USUALLY TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL "HOME EC" CLASSES....
TANNER IS THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS... HE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET BORED. SO TODAY.... RIVETS...
THER IS METHO D IN MY MADNESS... HE AND TOM...JUST PUT UP ALOT OF SMOKE DETECTORS.
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THIS GIRL IS SO STRONG! LAST NIGHT WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT AT HOME. BELLA TOOK MEDS AND WENT TO BED AT 10. I FIGURED I WOULD LET HER SLEEP UNTIL SHE NEEDED MEDS. SHE SLEPT UNTIL 6 AM! AT 6 SHE ASKED IF I WOULD CHANGE HER POSITION BECAUSE WITH THE HALO SHE CAN’T REALLY ROLL OVER ON HER OWN. SHE CAN SHIFT HER LEGS BUT CAN’T ROLL OVER FROM SIDE TO SIDE. SHE DOES MANAGE TO GET ONTO HER BACK. SO I ASKED IF SHE WANTED MEDS AT 6 AND SHE SAID YES THEN WAS BACK TO SLEEP UNTIL 9! I CALL HER FIRST NIGHT BACK AT HOME A SUCCESS! LET’S HOPE SHE SLEEPS JUST AS GOOD ON DAY 2. TODAY GABI AND BELLA SPENT TIME SNUGGLED UP WATCHING MOVIES TOGETHER. THEY WERE SO CUTE. GABI WANTED TO TAKE BELLA FOR A DRIVE IN HER NEW TRUCK SO WE WENT FOR A QUICK DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK. BELLA DID GOOD IN THE TRUCK. SHE DOES MUCH BETTER BEING DECLINED SLIGHTLY THAN SITTING STRAIGHT UP. TONIGHT OUR FRIENDS ALY AND BAYLEIGH CAME OVER AND WE PLAYED CATAN WITH THEM. BELLA WON TONIGHT’S GAME! SHE DID REALLY GOOD SITTING AT THE TABLE. SHE DID HAVE TO TURN AND LEAN UP ON ME BECAUSE IT’S HARD FOR HER TO SIT WITHOUT LEANING STILL. BUT HER PAIN AT HOME SO FAR HAS BEEN MANAGED. WE ARE LETTING HER TELL US WHEN SHE NEEDS MEDS INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING THEM TO HER. SO FAR SO GOOD I MUST SAY. BUT IT WAS A NICE RELAXING DAY FOR ALL WHICH WAS NICE TO BE TOGETHER. OFF TO TUCK HER IN. LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE
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BELLA MIGHT NEED ONE OF MY 3/4" ROPES OVER HER BED.... I WILL MAKE ONE. TODAY
