NOV 7 2014

WE HAVE HAD ANOTHER  "HAPPENING"  ACTUALLY 2 OF THEM YESTERDAY...

FOR NEWCOMMERS--- AROUND HERE WIERD THINGS HAPPEN--

IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE SNEAKER  CAPER THAT I BEGAN TO PAY ATTENTION

THE SNEAKER BIT--- I SAT AT MY DESK ONE MORNING MOANING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I NO LONGER HAD EVEN ONE RIGHTT AND ONE LEFT SNEAKER TO WEAR-- THE PUPPIES HAD CHEWED THE HEEL TOTALLY OFF MY  LAST LEFT ONE.

BLUE GWEN  IMMEDIATELY APPEARED AT THE TOP  OF THE STAIRS WITH A BRAND NEW- INTHE BOX PAIR OF SNEAKERS--MY SIZE- -AND KEY TO THIS STORY-- NOT THE BRAND I HAVE BOUGHT FOR YEARS --(-AT AN OUTLET -4 PAIR AT ONCE- ALL THE SAME BRAND. )THESE BOXED NEW SNEAKERS WERE NOT THAT BRAND...THEY FIT PERFECTLY - PROBLEM SOLVED BY SOMEONE/SOMETHING -- NOT ME.

I HAVE ASKED PEOPLE TO START REMEMBERING THESE THINGS..THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 DOZEN--  ANOTHER  SAMPLE--- SITTING AT MAIL CALL--JUST TALKING - OPENING PACKAGES,   I SAID "WE REALLY NEED A FEEDING FRY PAN TO FEED THE DONKEYS WITHOUT ANYONE GETTING BITTEN" -- AND THE NEXT PACKAGE HAD 2 PERFECT 9" PURPLE FRY PANS.  PROBABILITY THERE IS HORRENDOUS. 

THERE ARE MANY OF THESE..

YESTERDAY - START MAILCALL AND WE HAD 2 SPOONS  BUT ONLY ONE CAN OF FOOD- WHICH WOULD H HAVE TO BE BAILEY'S FOR GETTING THE BASKET--  THE REST OF THE HOUSE DOGS  WOULD HAVE TO SKIP THIS SNACK TIME..  I TURNED TO LINE UP   AND THERE AT MY FEET WAS A  CARTON OBVIOUSLY CONTAINING A CASE OF CANNED FOOD. PROBABILITY THERE IS NOT THAT SPECTACULAR... OK

 TRY THIS ONE------I HAVE NOT USED A HOT WATER BOTTLE FOR YEARS UNTIL ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO WITH THE STIFF NECK... AND IT HAS BEEN KICKING AROUND -- FULL--SINCE THEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO EMPTY AND STORE IT- LAST NIGHT I TOOK ON THAT CHORE AND GOT IT INTO  THE BATHROOM- EMPTED IT INTO THE SINK AND HUNG IT ON THE  CUP HOOK WHICH HOLDS  ONLY MY TINGERTIP TOWEL-- FOR YEARS-  I UN HOOKED THE TOWEL AND HOOKED  UP THE  HOT WATER BOTTLE TO DRIP AN D STOOD WITHTHE TOP IN MY HAND-- TH E  HOLE INTHE TOP WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE CUP HOOK  I NEEDED A SMALL "S" HOOK ===== I KNEW IF I JUST PUT IT ON THE SINK IT WOULD ROLL OFF INTO   THE SCRAPBASKET  LEAVING ME WITH AN UNCAPPABLE HOT WATER BOTTLE  WHICH I  WOULD  NOT THROW OUT-  AS I WENT TO REPLACE THE TOWEL I FELT AN ODD METAL OBJECT IN THE CORNER  I WAS TRYING TO ATTACH TO THE CUP HOOK.. AND IT WAS  A  PRE-BENT  PAPERCLIP - PERFECT FOR HANGING THE TOP.

RIGHT !!  I HAVE USED THAT HOOK FOR YEARS-- CHANGING THAT TOWEL OFTEN--- THE TOWELS GO THRU THE WASHER/DRYER  - EVEN IF  THE PAPERCLIP GOT ATTACHED  FROM DESK TO WASHER--- IN THAT PROCESS HOW DID IT GET BENT IN THE CORRECT SHAPE FOR THIS JOB.. AND BE IN THE CORNER I NEEDED TO ATTACH

WHICH WAS ALSO THE CORNER I HAD UNATTACHED FROM THE HOOK JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE.

CHEW ON THAT ONE.

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FYI  ROGUE IS AN EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT FOR ANNE WHO WAS WITH MELISSA FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS AS DEAF/BALANCE...

Hi carlene !

Rogue is doing great! She comes to all my doctor appts and is very good. She impresses everyone! Rogue is doing better with other dogs and we are communicating better together! She loves to help. She knows when I'm having bad days and is always there for me. She does not like water and that is a quirk we just need to work around. She is an amazing partner! I have ganglion cysts on the top on my feet that hurt and somehow she knows and comes and licks those exact places. She is just amazing at the things she just knows. At night she makes sure I am all the way up the stairs and then she will leave my side. Thank you so much for rogue. thanks to all the wonderful staff and volunteers... they all work hard and the dogs are amazing!

♡ Melissa D. ♡

NOV 6 2014
LECTURE DAY !!

 THERE ARE NO FLUIDS,SOLIDS,CHEMICAL ,NATURAL ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT MY SPECIFIC APPROVAL.

"OH EVERYONE USES IT, IT SAYS IT IS NATURAL" 

OR WORSE "I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS"  

ARE BOTH TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

ARSENIC IS NATURAL.

STORY---

I WENT TO HOME DEPOT  AND PULLED THE COA VAN UP TO THE CONTRAACTORS DOOR TO LOAD-- I OPENED THE WHEELCHAIR RAMPDOOR-  BECAUSE THE RAMP MAKES A PERFECT GATE.. AND I HAD 3 DOGS  IN THERE 

I CAME OUT WITH THE PLYWOOD ETC... AND ALL 3 DOGS  BENTLEY  BAILEY AND MARIAH HAD THEIR NOSES HARD INTO A PUDDLE OF SOME FLUID FROM A PLASTIC  SPRAY BOTTLE I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE..

THEY HAD CHEWED THE TOP OFF- AND ALOT OF THE LABELING.

I SCREAMED AT THEM AND BAILEY AND BENTLY QUIT- BUT MORIAH KEPT LAPPING IT OUT OF THE CARPET-  THE PASENGER SIDE DOOR OF THE VAN CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM TH E OUTSIDE SO  I FLEW IN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND WEANT HEAD FIRST OVER THE ELECTRICAL PANEL QND GRABBED THE BOTTLE.

ALL I COULD READ WAS"OUT OF THE HANDS OF CHILDREN" AND DISPOSE WITH HAZARD WASTE .

THE STENCH WAS PUTRID.  I GOT ALL 3 DOGS OUT- NO LESH/COLLAR AND HAD THEM LIE DOWN NEXT TO THE BUILDING WHILE I TRIED TO READ THAT LABEL... ALL TH E TIME THINKING  MEGAN HAD THIS PROBLEM-- AN EMPTY MEDICINE BOTTLE AND 2 DOGS--- COST HER A HUGE SCARE AND ABOUT $1400--  AND HERE I WAS WITH MY BEST DOGS( AND MARIAH)..

QUESTION---SHOULD I RUN FOR THE VET OFFICE ABOUT 3 MILES AWAY?  AT WHICH POINT BAILEY  THREW UP AND MARIAH WAS DETERMINED TO EAT IT.

I KEPT AT THE LABEL-----IT WAS AN ANIMAL REPELLENT OF SOME KIND....

I FINALLY FOUND THE  TINY PRINT MAIN  INGREDIENTS.  BLOOD,EGG YOLKS AND GARLIC +++OTHER STUFF

AND I RELAXED A BIT ...AND I HAD TO LIVE WITH THE STENCH TIL WE GOT HOME.

GREAT ANGER WAS/IS  WITH ME....IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER MEANING THE LOSS OF 3 DOGS.

I LIVE IN FEAR OF SOMEONE DECIDING THEY CAN GET RID OF THE RATS QUICKER WITH SOME "NATURAL"  INGREDIENT WHICH CAUSES THE RAT TO BLEED TO DEATH--- AND THEN CAUSES THE DOG TO BLEED TO DEATH WHEN THE DEAD RAT BECOMES A CHEW TOY---

I DO NOT WANT ANY NEW "SUBSTANCE" ADDED TO THIS FARM WITHOUT MY SPECIFIC APPROVAL.

I CERTAINLY HOPE I HAVE MADE MY POINT.

AND PLEASE BE REMINDED-- ALL SNAP TRAPS ARE TO BE IN CAGES..I NEVER WANT TO HAVE ONE SET SOMEWHERE THE DOGS- OR I CAN RUN INTO IT.... BECAUSE  IT COULD STAY THERE FOR GOTTEN FOR 6 MONTHS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY HURT.

I THINK I HEARD LATELY "OH IT WILL BE FINE- THERE ARE NO DOGS IN THERE TONIGHT"  

DON'T EVEN GO THERE WITH ME. 

I SAY NO LOOSE TRAPS PERIOD.

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SO ON A QUIETER NOTE...

RYAN IS PUTTING A FRONT DOOR ON THE FREEZER TO ELIMINATE THE DRIVING RAIN GETTING FROZEN IN THE CRACK OF THE DOOR.

BACK TO THE $2 A GALLON PAINT AND SEE WHAT COLOR IT BECOMES...

AND  I AM STILL DRAGGING-- MEGAN AND TRACY ARE FUNCTIONAL

NOV 5 2014

I LOVE IT TO GET UP TO EMAILS WHICH COULD FILL THE DAILY DOGGIE

WALMART  "HERE'S HOW TO IMPRESS YOUR HOUSE GUESTS"   --- ??REALLY????  MY HOUSE???? AS I AM STANDING KNEED DEEP IN  HAPPY LITTLE TINY PUPS WHO GOT TO WEIGH 100+ POUNDS... OUR HOUSE GUESTS BETTER BE ONLINE BECAUSE ANYONE HERE WILL BE FLATTENED.

PAM MISSED HER CALLING-- SHE SHOULD  HAVE BEEN A KINDERGARDEN TEACHER... I WISH THE MIC WAS  LIVE AS SHE TALKS TO THESE GUYS.... IT IS PRETTY FUNNY

 " NO  MORGAN YOU WENT OUT ALREADY  , YOU STAY BACK  IT IS VICTORIA'S TURN"   AND THEY DO !!!

 IT IS PRICELESS. SHE IS SO SINCERE...

THE BIT OF ROTATING WHAT USED TO BE CUTE LITTLE PUPS WILL GIVE THEM  SOME HOUSE TIME-- AND GIVE   ME ( AND THE CP'S)  A CHANCE TO SEE HOW TEY ARE ALL PROGRESSING...

SOME OF THESE GUYS HAVE GOT BIGGER THAN EXPECTED.

STRANGE AS IT SOUNDS, WE NEED TO KEEP THINKING A YEAR AHEAD-- AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE COMING IN HEAT--  

THIINK.. COUNT THE SPAY JOBS-- CHAOS,COOKIE,OLIVE, MERLOW  GREAT PRODUCERS EVERY ONE... WITH NO REPLACEMENT IN SIGHT..   

POSSIBILITIES  MARIAH,MISCHA, "HORSE TRACY " HAS LOLA'S SISTER, A BLACK ,ARE OUR ONLY REPLACEMENTS AND WE DON'T KNOW IF HEY WORK YET OR NOT...OPAL SO FAR... NOTHING   LEAVING NOEL AND SCARLOTT .....AS THE ONLY 2 FERTILE MYRTLES 

I AM WORKING ON IT... WITH TWAN'S HELP.

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THE FREEZER---- WE HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WHICH HE FREEZER PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH-- I THINK IT BOILS DOWN TO  THE DOOR IS NOT NEW ENGLAND WEATHERPROOF-- AND THE BLOWING RAIN/SLEET GOT IN AND FROZE...

 PROBLEM 2 IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THERE  IS A DRAIN PIPE- FOR THE CONDENSATION WHICH SHOULD DRIP OFF THE ROOF-- BUT IT IS NOT LONG ENOUGH --- OR HEATED ENOUGH ---TO GET OVER THE EDGE...  LONG IS NO PROBLEM- AS LONG AS THERE IS ROOM FOR A PITCH TO DRAIN IT... 

I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET WATER TO RUN UPHILL-- EVEN THO I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES...

EVEN IF THERE IS A PITCH, GIVEN THE COLD WEATHER  IT WILL FREEZE SOLID BEFOR IT DRIPS UNLESS HEATED...  SOMETHING I AM SURE KOLPAK HAS ADDRESSED.. I THINK WE ARE JUST MINUS A PART.... HOPEFULLY.... I KNOW THE DOOR FRAME IS SUPPOSED TO BE HEATED ALSO...

ANYWAY THERE WAS A MAN ON TH E ROOF FOR 2 DAYS- AND HE LEFT ME A JOB SLIP NONE OF WHICH I CAN READ-- SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID...  WE DID BUY A FREEZER WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO WORK-- SO I  AM JUST LETTING THEM DEAL..   WE MAY HAVE TO PUT A TARP OVER THAT DOOR... WE HAD SOME PRETTY BRUTAL  BLOWING SLEET-- BUT THE REST KOLPAK SHOULD MANAGE TO FIX.

AT ANY MOMENT WE COULD HAVE A PANIC  -- QUICK EAT 4 GALLONS OF ICE CREAM BEFORE IT DEFROSTS...

SCOOTER KAREN HAS SOME WORDS OF WISDOM ABOUT OUTDOOR FREEZERS ALSO-- SHE IS .. I THINK .... IN THE PIZZA  STORE BUSINESS...  THEY WERE NOT ALL GOOD WORDS EITHER...  AND KOLPAK WAS ONE OF THEM..

  STAY TUNED...

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SUCH IS MY PROBLEMS OF THE DAY

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FROM RENEE AT THE CONVENTION

The best question for me was from a recently diagnosed woman who wondered about improving her pace, both evenness and speed. I’d heard and read your hand-in-back-pocket test method and told her about it. What a joy it was to see her face light up as she stepped along with her hand inside her husband’s back pocket!  She ‘got it’ right away and was so pleased. 

THAT BACK POCKET METHOD OF MOBILITY HAS NOT HAD THE PUBLICITY IT SHOULD HAVE-- EVERYONE WHO HAS TRIED IT HAS FOUND IT FAR BETTER WAY OF GETTTING AROUND.

SOMETIMES IN THE MALL I WANT TO STOP SOMEONE AND GET THEM TO TRY IT... EXCEPT IT MIGHT MAKE ME LOOK STRANGE---- SUSPICIOUS TYOE STRANGE..  BUT IT DOES WORK !! EVEN SOME OF THE NEUROLOGISTS HAVE SAID SO...

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CYNTHIA---- I AM VERY PROUD TO BE ONE OF THOSE GOODSHOP USERS. IT'S HARD EARNING 1 PENNY AT A TIME, BUT SO WONDERFUL TO SEE WHAT A "VILLAGE" CAN DO. 

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 WE HAVE ONE HECK OF A VILLAGE !!!

NOV 4 2014

I AM IN TROUBLE- 

 SOMEBODY ORDERED A  MONKEY FIST-- AND I SAID I WOULD SEND IT--NOW I HAVE LOST HER ADDRESS..  IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.. HERE IT SITS---

AND IT WAS A WHITE ONE SO SHE COULD DYE IT WAS I THINK THE PLAN..

I HAVE DYED A BUNCH VERY SUCESSFULLY.. ---- ESPECIALLY IF YOU FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS..

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I DID FINALLY GO TO THE DR FOR A QUICK LISTEN TO MY LUNGS-- WHICH PASSED INSPECTION--NO PNEMONIA--

MY LITTLE $3 FINGER PINCHING OXYGEN TESTER FROM EBAY SAID I HAD O2 ALL RIGHT.... I JUST HAD A DELIVERY SYSTEM PROBLEM-- SO I NOW HAVE A  PUFFER THING..  INHAILER, I THINK THEY CALL IT..

INTERESTING......... HOW TIMES  HAVE EVOLVED...    FIRST QUESTION BY THE MD--- HAVE YOU TRAVELELD LATELY?  SECOND -- DO YOU FEEL SAFE AT HOME?  THIRD  ARE YOU IN PAIN?

GOOD IDEA-- GLAD SOMEONE GOT THAT CONCEPT ACROSS..

I WONDER IF THEY ASK MEN THE SAME QUESTION? 

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MEGAN HAS TAPED SOME GASSX TO HER BATHROOM WALL.. THAT IS GOING TO STOP A FEW PEOPLE IN THEIR TRACKS...

BUT THE STORY IS.... SUNDAY MORNING,  AT MEGAN'S HOUSE NOEL THREW UP HER BREAKFAST.. AND THEN WOULD NOT EAT ANYTHING.. ACTING OK.... BUT NO TAIL WAG.. SO SHE LOADED HER UP AND CAME HERE --( IT BEING SH#TTY SUNDAY)   SHE BOUGHT HER IN THE HOUSE, AND NOEL JUST DID NOT LOOK RIGHT-- IMMEDIATELY I WORRY BLOAT

ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY AND A BLOAT GETS REALLY EXPENSIVE AT THE 24 HOUR EMERGENCY VET CLINIC)  SHE HUNG AROUND LOOKING ODD..  SHE FINALLY SWALLOED A FEW SPOONFULS OF FOOD THAT STAYED DOWN-- SO  PROBABLY NO TWISTED STOMACH-- THEY CAN STILL BLOAT WITHOUT A TWIST-- SO FOR LACK- OF ANYTHING  BETTER I SUGGESTED USING THE GASSX  THAT IS IN MY EMERGENCY KIT--- I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE DETAILS, BUT IF BLOAT IS THE BUILDING UP OF GASSES-- AND GASSX SAID IT PREVENTED THAT.. -- SO MEG GAVE HER TWO PILLS-- AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER HER TAIL WAGGED

THIS PROVES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING-- COULD BE SHE WOULD HAVE GOT ALL BETTER BY HERSELF-- BUT......

I KEEP GASSX OR BEANO R SOMETHING WITHIN READY REACH... I DO IT BECAUSE SOME OTHER GREAT DANE OWNER TOLD ME TO... AND IT SOUNDS LOGICAL...

SO MY ONLY SUGGESTION TO MEGAN , IS TO KEEP A COUPLE INTHE GLOVE COMPARTMENT OF HER CAR..  THE LIKELY HOOD OF A DOG BLOATING INHER BATHROOM IS FAR HIGHER THEN NEAR HER CAR.

SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO KEEPING THE FIRSSTAID STUFF IN THE BATHROOM-- IT IS MUCH MORE LOGICAL TO KEEP IT IN TH EKITCHEN OR OTHER  WORKSHOP.

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 WE HAVE 2 DOGS BACK FOR RECYCLING..  THE OWNERS HAVE TO BE COMMENDED FOR  RETURNING THEM TO US -- BOTH ARE A CASE OF REALIZING THEIR SITUATIONS HAD CHANGED AND THEY WERE NO LONGER USING THE DOGS TO THEIR FULL CAPABILITY- AND SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED  WITH ALL THAT TRAINING...

WHICH IS TRUE-- THESE DOGS ARE BORN TO BE SERVICE DOGS-  OUT  WORKING WITH THEIR OWNERS 24/7--  TOO MUCH COUCH TIME IS NO GOOD FOR ANYONE,,,ESPECIALLY YOUNG DANES...

SO THESE 2 NEED A FEW WEEKS WITH MEGAN TO REMIND THEM THAT WHEN THE HARNESS IS ON, THEIR MENTAL ATTITUDE MUST BE FOCUSED.

ON TOP OF THAT , WE HAVE DENIM HERE -- LOOKING FOR HER OWNER-- HAS NOT SLEPT MUCH AT ALL-- WHINING- PACING,,

HER OWNER WENT OUT FOR A LAST OF THE SEASON MOTORCYCLE RIDE OR SOME SUCH...

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AND LASTLY  THIS---- THIS IS WHAT GO US THE $3200 CHECK IN YESTERDAY'S MAIL

I see the CPs saying that SDP received a large check for $3,200 today during mail call. If it was from Goodsearch (or Goodshop) that check is the result of the CPs year long effort to earn pennies for SDP.  

Last year you received a check for $30.37 from the same organization.  It was the first time that most of us even knew it existed.  

So hundreds of us signed up athttp://goodsearch.com and began earning pennies for SDP by using Goodsearch (instead of Google) to look up information on the internet.  Many also played the online games at Goodsearch, took surveys, and shopped online at other stores who offered a percentage if we linked through Goodshop first.

All of those pennies earned added up to a check that is over 100 times larger than the one you received last year.  It's a wonderful way for all CPs to contribute to SDP, regardless of their financial situation.  They just sign up at Goodsearch.com and then make sure they are signed in when they do their searches, etc..  

We have all been looking forward to the day when this year's check arrived and hope that next year's will be even bigger! 

nov 3 2014

I  am running on empty---  i am better than i was-- but i was pretty bad..

they thought of giving me oxygen yesterday  and then decided it was too difficult to get the o2 tank refilled....

the bad news??? sick as i am i am still not loosing weight..  usually a good case of the flu is good for loosing 4 or 5 pounds... but not yet .

bless the cut and paste...  i can go back to sofa

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Hi Carlene, 

I just wanted to thank you and everyone at SDP for giving my family the opportunity to give Goldie a new home! I really can't tell you how happy my family is to have her and without the love and care she received at the farm growing up she wouldn't be the amazing dog she is today.

 She may not be a service dog but already she has made such an impact on all of us. My younger brother is special needs and has a fear of being in our backyard by himself. It's a chore to try and get him to just come out and play, even in the summer. My mother informed me that he spent all of Sunday afternoon running around in the backyard with Goldie, that is huge!!  My father also has rheumatoid arthritis, a paralyzed foot, a replaced knee and a metal rod in his femur, needless to say he doesn't go on long walks very often. But last week he decided to take Goldie out to get the mail from the mailbox and 15 minutes later I look outside and my Dad has decided to walk her down the street and around the block because he was astounded as how well she walked on a leash for such a big dog. 

Really I can't thank you enough. 

See you this weekend, 

Carson

NOV 2 2014

THE ONLY THING I CAN MANAGE TODAY IS TO CELIBRATE THE CHICKEN BRICK  SELL OUT... FANTASTIC JOB-- THANKS TO  THE OLDTIMERS  FOR GETTING THE NEWCOMMERS IN STEP !!!

IT IS OUR LIFEBLOOD...

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I AM CERTAINLY GLAD TO  HAVE DAN'S PICTURE-- BECAUSE I AM GOING BACK TO CHAIR.  

I HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO ACTUALLY PUT THE PICTURE IN THE EMAIL-- THAT COUDL BE TODAY'S PROJECT

GREAT  PICTURE OF DAN AND CASPER  OBVIOUSLY BEFORE HANDICAP RAILINGS

"The best part of this, I think, is there is no railing in sight, something I wouldn't have accomplished with a cane. Thank you Service Dog Project!"  

I WONDER IF KITTY COUDL GET IT ON THE BACK OF THE CALENDAR??? IT MAY BE TOO LATE

AND DAN- COULD YOU SEND HER PERMISSIONTO USE IT??KBART33@VERIZON.NET

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IN WINTER WE GET UP AT NIGHT

AND DRESS BY YELLOW CANDLE LIGHT

IN SUMMER QUITE THE OTHER WAY

WE HAVE TO GO TO BED BY DAY

( I MAY NOT MAKE IT THRU  THE ENTIRE POEM...)

WE HAVE TO GO TO BED AND SEE 

THE BIRDS STILL HOPPING IN HTE TREE

AND HEAR THE GROWN UP PEOPLE'S FEET

GOING PAST US IN THE STREET

AND DOES IT NOT SEEM HARD TO YOU

WHEN ALL THE SKY IS CLEAR AND BLUE

AND I WOULD LIKE SO MUCH TO PLAY

TO HAVE TO GO TO BED BY DAY??

THIS IS THE KIND OF POEM MY MOTHER USED TP PUT ON OUR BEDROOM MIRROR EVERY WEEK- AND WE GOT A DOLLAR TO RECITE IT PERFECTLY

WE GOT $10 FOR  "IF"

IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU

ARE LOOSING THEIRES AND BLAMINIG IT ON YOU

IF YOU CAN TRUST YOURSELF WHEN ALL MEN DOUBT YOU

...... GOOD OLE RUDYARD KIPLING

BACK TO THE BOX OF KLEENEX....

nov 1 2014

late rising--- i should have written this thing at 3am when i was wide awake

in this modern wrld of internet/time zones and the like.... we need to outlaw words like  "tomorrow  today and yesterday"    it blows me away  trying to keep track " the freezer gye will be there tomorrow" leaves me scrambling for when did ehs send it-- turns out 4am-- which doesn 't help because   today would be accurate, but tomorrow might be the coloquial " the day after my next breakfast coffee"

at any rate he did not show yesterday-friday-- so tomorrow could have been today - saturday

got that?

 we have - i thin k 2 problems--

1.  the freezer was to have a heater coil around teh  door so ice does not build up keeping the door slightly open..  we have ice in the door.

2. a big wad of ice and drip under the shelves  mid freezer..  this i do not understand it is sooooo coild in there , how did that water manage not to be an icycle til it got to the floor where it is forming a stalagmite..

that is the big question..

closely related.... fact....

my father told me to buy a house in the winter because if it was covered with icicles it mean the roof was not insulated properly and the heat caused the melt when it was cold enough to form icicles

so that is today( saturday's)dilemma   where is the freezer fixer????

other than that --- the chicken bricks are looking wonderfully  i must go down and raise the  thermometer another inch

and then find breakfast...

hopefully i am sick-- which supposes i will get better and improve... if i am not sick, then my malaise is due only to age... and  you don't improve from that.

i am pretty sure i am sick..

my nose is running not dripping

age might cause a drip-- but full running has to be sick.

did i send this already?

> Hi Carlene,
>
> Onyx will be turning two on Sunday and I thought I would
> give you an update since it has been awhile.  She has
> adjusted so well to home life with my husband and I and we
> couldn't love her more.  She has such a fun personality
> and has really become a part of our family.  Everyone
> we meet absolutely adores her and thinks that she is
> beautiful.  We have a lady in the park we go to every
> morning who can't wait to see her each and every day. 
> She is has one of the funny dane personalities I read so
> much about before we got her, she really is larger than
> life.  She is smart and so easy to have with us, her
> recall is great, and she just seems to want to please us 99%
> of the time.  She enjoys morning and evening trips to
> the park, we can barely use the word park in house anymore
> because she goes crazy with excitement, loves to ride in the
> car, and hasn't meet a person or another dog that she didn't
> like.
>
> Thank you again for allowing us to have this wonderful dog
> in our lives.
>
> Jen, Eric, and Onyx