AUG 18 2019

"TAKE A CAKE"    TO FIRE DEPARTMENT DAY IS TOMORROW...Monday is the 19th of the month. LINDA'S RECORD  AS OF LAST MONTH...... THE FOLLOWING ARE STATES I BELIEVE HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN THE 19TH OF THE MONTH. THEY MAY HAVE BUT IF THEY POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND/OR EXPLORE I MAY HAVE MISSED THEIR POST. ARKANSAS KANSAS MINNESOTA NEW MEXICO OKLAHOMA SOUTH DAKOTA VERMONT WYOMING ???? VERMONT?????  WE HAVE A DOG IN VERMONT--   AND I THINK OKLAHOMA TOO     Here is the link to the cake flyer . https://tinyurl.com/SDP-Cake  LETS GIVE IT THE  "OLD SCHOOL TRY"   THEY USUALLY SMILE--- BIG TIME.... *** WE ( SDP) ARE STRUGGLING TO GET THE CALENDAR TOGETHER FOR DOGFEST-- IT IS A STRUGGLE-- YOU WOULD THINK SINCE WE STARTED IN JANUARY THAT IT WOULD BE DONE... THERE ARE SO MANY DETIALS THAT GO FROM  INITIAL IDEA-- TO "LAYOUT" PERSON -- TO PRINTER-- BACK TO ORGANIZER WHO THEN ASKS ME-- AND I GET SIDETRACKED... BUT I AM TRYING !! IT IS THE  very serious CLOSET CLEANING project that has me concerned....  i unloaDED THE SHOP - BUT YESTERDAY IN AN EFFORT TO STORe  THE MASSIVE VACUUM CLEANER IN THE BaRN, WE UNLOADED THE  "CLOSET" area of the barn just  for a sample--- we haave 34 donkey halters-- easily explained---  i bought   8---  one for each ( they are different sizes)  lovely colors-- hung onthe wall in the alley-way-  one by one they disappeard-- i figured janine was giving them away with each  donkey that got placed- and altho it was annoying at least i figured it went toa GOOD CAUSE, AND I BOUGHT 8 MORE.  LITTLE DID I KNOW  THE COOD CAUSE WAS TEH BACK CORNER OF TEH CLOSET WHERE PEOPLE JUST THREW THEM IN A HEAP-- AND BECUASE NO ONE EVER WENT TO THTE BACK OF THAT CLOSET-- THEY MULTIPLIED.. --- ABOUT HTE SAME THING WITH ULTRASHIELD FLY SPRAY---   I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT A 5 YEAR SUPPLY-- ESPECIALLY SINCE WE NEVER USE IT BECAUSE IS ALL KEPT INT EH BACK CORNER OF SAID CLOSET WHERR NO ONE EVER GOES... SO NOW--- IN An effort to eliminate the "back of  places no oNe ever goes"  i am going to try to assign people to a 10 x 20 foot area TO WHICH TEHY MUST GO, SWEEP OUT AND TAKE AN INVENTORY OF THE  THINGS ACCUMULATING THERE ON A WEEKLY BASIS . IT IS NOT ANYONE'S FAULT-- BUT IT SURE IS EVERYONE'S PROBLEM.  I JUST HAVE NOT  DONE A VISUAL OF  EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF THESE 12 ACRES-- AND BELEIVE ME IT IS A PROBLEM. A SAMPLE  PROBLEM??? LADDERS..   YOU WOULD HARDLY THINK LADDERS WOULD BE A PROBLEM.. BUT LET ME COUNT THE WAYS.. JUST THE ONES I ACTUALLY SAW YESTERDAY.... AND HAVE USED INTHE PAST YEAR---  WE HAD IN THE HOUSE 2 "STEPSTOOL" THINGS FOR SHORT PEOPLE, PLUS A  REAL  3 STEP LIGHT   ALUM LADDER.. - WE HAVE AN IDENTICAL 3 STEP ALUM LADDER IN THE LAUNDRY  AND THE SHOP-- WHICH IS ALMOST LOGICAL---  WE THEN HAVE 2 ALUM 30 FOOT STRAIGHT THINGS  ( ONE WE MADE  INTO A "HALF FAST FIRE DEPARTMENT " PARADE FLOAT) AND ONE TRIANGULAR " NORMAL LADDER"----   2 OF THOSE SUPER "GIANT"  LADDER SYSTEMS ----- A 2 STORY SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM COM;LETE WITH  HORIZONTAL ALUM AND HEAVY BOARDS.-- IF YOU WANT  TO -- YOU COULD ADD THE 6 FOOT LADDER I MADEINOT A RAMP TO GET THE DOG IN TEH TREE FOR THE  CALENDAR SHOT 4 YEARS AGO- -- THE 2 STEP FUNNY PLASTIC THING TO GET UP ON A HIGH HORSE. -----FINALLY TEH 8 FOOT WOODEN LADDER PAINTED BRIGHT YELLOW WHICH HOLDS UP WET TOWELS IN THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM. / THEY JUST MULTIPLY-- LIKE THE PROBLEM I HAD WITH " REPRODUCTION " IN TEH SCISSOR DRAWER SIX MONTHS AGO. SCISSORS DIE OFF---WANDER AWAY ETC-- LADDERS DON'T SEEM TO. I AM HOPING WE HAVE A BIG CROWD TODAY TO HELP[ ME PUT ALL THIS STUFF SOMEWHERE... YOU ALL ON THE CAMERAS UNFORTUNATELTY CANNOT  DOCCUMENT MY PROGRESS BECAUSE IT IS BEHIND TH POST OF THE PUPPY HILL CAMERA. *******  AND SO IT GOES ***  WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL TODAY AND WILL SEE THE DOCTOR TOMORROW HE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW PIXIE WALKS WITH ME. HE COULDN’T BELIEVE HIS EYES. HE’S SEEN HER IN THE ROOM BUT NOT US IN ACTION. HE WAS BESIDE HIMSELF. OF COURSE I WAS SO FOCUSED ON MY WALKING BUT COULD HEAR THE CHATTER. I HEARD THE PA SAY TO THAT PIXIE IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR SERVICE DOG SHE HAS EVER MET.  PIXIE MAKES MY HARD DAYS SO MUCH EASIER KNOWING SHE’S KEEP ME SAFE WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED AND HER LOVE AND DEVOTION TO ME IS OUT OF THIS WORLD.