the reports on NAMING ALL THE states
MINE?( CAW) ----i missed maine and minnesota
THAT WAS A GOLDIE THING BECAUSE yesterdays DD was on bert and i --- and--- lake woebegone
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Fascinating ....i thought how easy, wrong....i too came up with 37 on 1st go round by starting west to east....next up: lived & travelled / 5 more ...next alphabet/0...next colegiant teams / 2 more ....for a total of 44, with a newly created state, mexico.....sorry forgotten states which included Pennsylvania (husbands family relatives), new hampshire, vermont
and delaware....i'll try it again in 6 months and see if mexico is still there....."never stop learning"....Nancy
Got 42states off the top of my head and 6 more from looking at a blank map of the
States and finally had to pull up labeled map to get the last 2. Great mental exercise.
About the 50 states memorization, in grade school we were taught the song “50 Nifty United States” which included singing all fifty, in alpha order. I still remember to this day, and I taught it to my own kids so whenever we took long car trips and looked for license plates, they could make their own list easily. Still remember it at age 64.
(50 nifty can be googled)
Hello Carlene,
*I had to try😊 48 of 50 states
* first run thru 31 then 40
* I got to 48 easily, 49 with great difficulty (New Jersey), and only got to 50 by looking at a map (Missouri).
* alpha 42 then 48
* alpha 42 then 48
* Counting States, it took me a little bit but I got to 46 on my own.
*I can name all 50 in alpha order - because I was taught a song in elementary school! One of the most useful things I ever learned...
BTW - I’m one of those crazy people who studied Latin- to the point of being in a PhD program. Escaped with an MA.
* listed 47 out of 50 states geographically. Starting at Washington and moving down the west coast thru the southern border and then up the east coast and surrounding states and then the northern border. I knew the states in the mid-west were going to be the miss … I missed Nebraska, Wyoming and Iowa.
*I could name 48 of them.
Used a map in my head - but I knew there were 2 out west that I couldn’t think of. The two being Colorado and Oregon!!
Seemed at first to be an easy test.
Susan
50 STATES FROM THE WEST COAST TO THE EAST AS THEY ARE ON THE MAP. I DO NOT SLEEP WELL SO WHEN I LAY THERE I VISUALIZE AND NAME THE STATES. IT SOMETIMES TAKES ME A FEW TRIES, IT IS HARD. ALSO THE 13 TERRITORIES AND PROVINCES OF CANADA, THE 20 COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE 8 TERRITORIES OF AUSTRALIA. WORKING ON EUROPE, SCANDINAVIA, MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA.
I ALSO DO THE ALPHABET BACKWARDS.
LOTS OF DEMENTIA IN MY FAMILY SO THOSE ARE MY EXERCISES.
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TEXAS--- BOY --- THAT IS SERIOUS STUFF.. I HOPE OUR TEXAS CREW IS OK.... FROM THE SOUND OF THE TV, THERE ARE LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS .. LIKE NO WATER... OR WHAT THEY HAVE IS SQUIRTING OUT OF A FROZEN SPRINKLER SYSTEM OVER HEAD... I DID HONESTLY HEAR SOME WERE TOLD NOT TO FLUSH..... THAT COULD GET COMPLICATED.
30 DEGREES HERE IS A HEAT WAVE-- BUT I HAVE ACCESS T A PILE OF FIREWOOD AND A FIREPLACE -- I CAN... IF I HAVE TO--- BOIL WATER IN A POT ON FIREBRICKS BY PULLING HOT COALS UNDER THE FIREBRICKS/... COMPLICATED,BUT IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT BOIL SNOW... , IT CAN BE DONE. HOWEVER... SLEEPING IN A RUNNING CAR CAN BE LETHAL....
IN THESE EMERGENCIES WHEN OTHER PEOPLE RUN FOR TOILET PAPERT, I RUN FOR RICE -- BOIL THAT UP WITH A HANDFULL OF HORSE GRAIN WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER DIET THAN I EAT NOW.----- OATS, CORN , MOLASSAS, BRAN.. --- I AM SURE THE DOG FOOD WOULD WORK TOO... FOOD IS FOOD... BOIL IT UP...
USTABEEEE... I HAD A FEW OF THE ARMY TYPE MEALS STASHED AWAY, BUT EVEN THOSE GOT OUTDATED AFTER 10 YEARS..
WE ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM SELF SUFFICIENT--
MOMMY NATURE CONTINUES HER EDUCATION AS TEH COV HAS MADE SOOOOO MANY REDEFINE "CRITICAL EMPLOYEES" I LISTENED TO THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION WITHOUT BEING IN HUGE DEBT....... MOMMY NATURE HEARD HIM.. AND SAID... "OK... LET ME GIVE YOU'ALL A REAL PHD EDUCATION..-- I STARTED WITH COV... NOW LETS TALK ABOUT CO2 AS OPPOSED TO CO1 "
IT IS NOT NICE TO MESS WITH MOMMY NATURE. SHE IS ON A ROLL---- "AND FURTHER MORE LETS SEE IF YOU CAN LEARN TO GET ALONG"
ONE OF MY FAVOIRITE BITS OF ADVICE IN HANDLING A GROUP OF DOGS....."ALLIES ARE PEOPLE WITH COMMON ENEMIES"
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NOW IT IS ABOUT JIMINEY AND STITCH... I HAVE NOT REALLY DONE ANYTHING WITH EITHER AS FAR AS "SERVICE DOG TRAINING"
HARDLY EVER EVEN A COLLAR AND LEASH... SO YESTERDAY LYNN AND HALEY TOOK THEM OUT AND JIMINEY BEHAVED PERFECTLY AND STITCH VERY NEARLY... AND ... I REALLY HAVE DONE NOTHING WITH THEM ASIDE FROM NORMAL WELL BEHAVED FARM DOGS.
BRINGS UP ALOT OF QUESTIONS.... WHAT IS A TEH GREAT FUSS ABOUT A PUBLIC ACCESS TEST.... TO ME THAT IS JUST A WELL BEHAVED FARM DOG EDUCATION. I FOOLED WITH JIMINEY TEACHING HIM THAT BRINGING THE BASKET TO ME AT MAIL CALL WAS WHAT I AS ASKING HIM TO DO... HE LEARNED TO LEARN.....
IS THERE A MESSAGE THERE WE ARE MISSING.... USETABEEE ALL MY PUPS LEARNED TO USE THE YUPPY PUPPY.. I AM NOT THINKING WE AREMISSING A POINT BY NOT TE4ACHING ALL OF THEM TO DO THAT... IT IS A QUICK WAY TO TEACH THEM TO LEARN TO LEARN....
LIKE THE ENVELOPES I GET IN THE MAIL THAT SAY "DO NOT BEND" OK I DON'T DO MUCH BENDING FOR ANY LEGNTH OF TIME.. SO I WILL HAVE TO WORK ON MORE PEOPLE AROUND HERE... FIRST TO TEACH THE PEOPLE TO CONCENTRATE.. BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING RIGHT YOU ARE TEACHING THEM.. AND WHEN YOU DON'T CONCENTRATE, YOU ARE UN-TEACHING.. AND THAT CAUSES ME TO USE LOUD LANGUAGE TAUGHT TO ME BY A DRUNKEN SAILOR.
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I HAVE DONE AN EXTREMELY STUPID THING... AGAIN.... I HAVE LEFT MY CAR UP ON THE HILL--- YESTERDAYS MELTED SNOW IS NOW ICE AND I HAVE ABOUT 6 INCHES EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND A TREE..... THE TREE HAS MANY SCARS-- I CALL IT CRAZY ACRES' BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
MUST GET IT OUT OF THERE TODAY.. BEFORE NEXT SNOW. MAYBE ??? TOMORROW???
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Good morning, Carlene,
Here is an update on how Nala is doing.
She continues to be a picky eater at breakfast but eagerly finishes both lunch and supper. She has transitioned from the special diet formula foods to Purina dry and Purina Sensitive Skin and Stomach canned which she is enjoying and not having any adverse reaction to.
Nala continues to provide me with a steady balance partner as she has been accompanying me on various shopping trips and behaves as a professional service dog at all times. I’m so proud and happy to have her in my life.
Gay
