aug 25 2023

thank heavens for our henny penny buyers...we have our hands full at the m oment-- but are trying to figure out exactly what our monethly expenses  are to run the  program of visits to adult centers.i am a volunteer.. no cost there. but i need assistants for general help and  to run the fry pan -- plus invariably there are several places in every home that would like a "run by" with larkey--- which he loves ... but i can't do that run.... so i sit with sizzle and jiminey and talk ( i can still talk-- oh boy can i talk) and by the time i get to the story of clipping fuzz off the testicles of the sheep in the mens room, larkey is back from the altzeimer group  on the third floor. 

so that second person-- who also can keep our schedule , address special requests (   covid has put off the visit with SHIRT ON THE GOAT,, project). and make phone calls, while sorting out things like the license plate collection on the floor in my car...  that is the best part of 4 to 5 hours a day with traveling and all.... add a tank of gas weekly ($60 x 4 ) and ...4 bags of dog food($360)...so the basic cost of this "running around with the dogs"  needs a steady budget of  $3500  ------ we usually meet our goal of seeing 100 people a  week. with the ocassional busload coming here for some fresh air (manure pile  smells??)

if my math is correct ... that is 35 cents per person...-- such a bargain !!

so if i can adjust our henny penny board-- with a few extra bucks-- to $4000 a month as the goal for all of you to meet-- for selling out before we switch to the golden goose egg of additional funds.. i could keep this program going without using my SSA-- which i really must not do.

 we have a few other ongoing projects-- elizabeth has a good one with veterans. forest trails and animals she is working on .... it that becomes a drag on the dollars, i will let you know.  right now... the hay bill will cover that. 

i want all the $10 donations to go to a known project so as life goes on-- we may adjust ...and if i make changes. you have every right to understand why- at the moment any golden eggs from the goosing will be a growth fund so we can try some of the odd ideas that come "down the pike"-- like goats, ponys,chickens, and turtles?????

since i have done jobs with  cockroaches and cows- i feel  better qualified  than most.- 

and i love the challenge....