NOV 7 2016

I WOULD LOVE TO GET A SIGN TO DRAPE OVER POCKETS  THAT SAYS "GET YOUR ASS IN TO VOTE"... 

HOWEVER.....LIFE GOES ON...

AND ON... AND ON...

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE DID A GOOD ONE-- IN HAVING THEM BOTH HAND IN HAND  RUN OUT INTO THE SCREAMING  CROWD HUGGING  CAREFULLY CHOSEN HUGGEE'S.  

 TOMORROW  WILL CERTAINLY BE TGIT NOT FRIDAY.

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BUILDING INTERIOR WALLS ARE NEARLY UP AND JACK SAID HE WOOD START ON THE ROOF BY WEDNESDAY..

30 FOOT BEAM-- YET TO BE DELIVERED...AND HOISTED IN  PLACE  -- AFTER THAT IT SHOULD GO WELL..  ESPECIALLY WITH RYAN TO LIFT ALL THE ROOF INTO PLACE-- I WONDER IF......

ALL SHINSGLES ETC START AT THE BOTTOM... I WONDER IF WE JUST DID THE LOWER ROOF FIRST AND WORKED OUR WAY UP ON SCAFFOLDING  FROM THE INSIDE, IF IT WOULDN'T BE EASIER... I REMEMBER WE DID THAT WITH  TEH LAUNDRY  BUILDING-- ALL THOSE PINE BOARDS IN PLACE FROMT EH INSIDE WAS EASIER. 

THEN..... THE TOP BEAM--- IF WE LET IT STICK OUT WE COUDL HAVE A PULLE Y ON IT  TO HOIST THINGS INTO THE LOFT.---

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IT HAILED YESTERDAY--- REMINDING ME OF ONCOMING HARD SLIPPERY WATER STUFF.  GOT TO KEEP THAT  FIRE GOING-- I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A SOURCE OF KILN DRIED FIREWOOD  IN ?NH ??MAINE??  I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH MY SOURCE IN PEABODY-- I ASKED FOR 2 CORDS AND TOLD THEM I WOLD BE STACKING IT TO BE SURE OF THE AMT.... AND THEY STILL SENT  ABOUT 20% SHORT.  WE TOOK A PHOTO...-- THEY CAN EITHER MAKE IT GOOD---   OR.... THERE MUST BE A WEIGHTS AND MEASURE PERSON IN THAT TOWN...  IT IS ANNOYING FOR THEM TO IGNORE THE SHORTAGE...

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I HAD A FEW BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR TODAY, BUT THEY ARE GONE- 

ONE OF THE  MORE BRILLIANT IDEAS IS... TO REARRAINGE THE  NUMBERS ON THE BOARD- SO IN REALLY COLD WEATHER WE CAN DO IT IN THE LIVING ROOM  --- IT  WOULD MEAN THER WOULD BE ALOT MORE CUTTING AND WEIGHING-- BUT IT WOULD BE ALOT BETTER THAN FREEZING -- AND TH  PURPLE EGG WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN FROM UPSTAIRS...   WE HAVE 4 NUMBERS TO A 4" SQUARE   TO BE  JUDGED BY DIVIDING THE SPLAT  ON THE DIAGIONALS... ... I WILL REDO THE CALCULATION TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO "SLICE AND DICE IT" AND WEIGH THE RESULTS

ANY PORT IN A STORM TO STAY WARM....  THE BIG BOARD FITS IN THE GUEST HOUSE, BUT THERE E IS NO CAMERA THERE..  

WE DID GET TEH BULLET HEATER GOING IN THE AREAN SO IT WASN'T TOO BAD.....  BUT IT NEEDS SOME CREATIVE THINKING....

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SPEAKING OF CREATIVE... I THINK I HAVE A MEETING THIS MORN WITH ANNE AND CALENDAR KITTY...

AND  BENTLEY IS NOT LIMPING-- BUT IT STILL LOOKS ENLARGED 

 I WILL GET TO GEORGE BEFORE 2PM ( GEORGE BEING SEMI RETIRED WILL BE LEAVING AT 2PM)

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AND I HAVE ALOT OF THE MOVIE WORKING--- BUT STILL ENOUGH TO BE REALLY ANNOYING... 

I MUST AWAY TO THE MOVIE DEPT...

NOV 6 2016

SHATTING DAY !!!!  MADE IT TO ANOTHER ONE--  I AM THRILLED TO HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW NAMES JOIN US..MY GOAL IS --- FROM  2000 PEOPLE AT $10 EACH.... ALL THE WAY ALONG TO 3  AT  A MILLION EACH... AND YOU DIDN'T  THINK I WOULD QUIT THERE-- DID YOU?

I AM SO THRILLED TO HAVE EVERYONE SUPPORTING  WITH THE 2 NEW LITTERS I BET ARE COMING--  IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL-- AND I DID NOT WRITE IT DOWN BECAUSE I KNEW  TEH CAMERA PEOPLE, AS MY EXTERNAL MEMORY DEVICE, WOULD WARN ME.   MENTALY I THINK EARLY DECEMBER AND JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS...  WHO KNOWS?

I GET A KICK OUT OF THE OVERNIGHT PEOPLE SLEEPING AWAY BECAUSE TEH  AUTHORS HAVE MOVED TO KENNEL 9 AND 10  SO THERE IS NO  BITEY FACE  HERE AT 2 AM TO DEAL WITH---   THEY WILL PAY UP WHEN WE HAVE NEW PUPS...  YOU CAN  NOT SLEEP WITH VERY NEW ONES...  WE HAVE NOT HAD A PUP GET SLEPT ON-- I SUPPOSE IT COULD HAPPEN- BUT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO AVOID IT...

BEFORE EVERYONE TELLS ME ABOUT WHELPING PENS,   THAT IS HOW I LOST A PUP--   IT WAS A LITTER OF 9  INCLUDING ONE PERFECTLY MARKED HARLEQUIN AND ONE WHITE DEAF...    GUESS WHICH ONE I LOST???  THE WHITE DEAF WENT ON TO BE  PANDYMONIUM  WHO DID ALOT OF PHOTO WORK BEFORE BAILEY..  THE MOST EXCITING JOB  WAS AT PLUMB ISLAND---  TURN HER LOOSE ON THE BEACH FOR SOME "NATURAL SHOTS "  WILLIAM WAS TEH PHOTOGRAPHER--- PROBLEM WAS YOU CAN NOT CALL A DEAF DOG BACK TO THE START..  IT WAS BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN I COULD RUN-- OR MAYBE I HAD JANINE WITH ME.

JANINE  WAS THE MAIN CHASER FOR MY ?COMPANY....  "ANIMAL EPISODES" - I DON;T KNOW IF YOU CAN STILL GOOGLE IT...IT WAS THE CRAZY NONSENSE THAT ( ALONG WITH THE WANT AD MAGAZINE BUSINESS) PUT MY KIDS THRU COLLEGE.  JANINE HAS SOME SPECTACULAR CHASES IN HER HISTORY--- 4 PIGS -500 POUND PIGS--DOWN STORROW DRIVE-- 8  LOOSE DONKEYS DOWN HUNTINGTON AVE AMID THE TAXI CABS... AND A REINDEER IN CORRIDORS OF TEH  STATE HOUSE.   

I THINK MY OTHER DAUGHTER GWEN WAS IN ON THE LOOSE PEACOCK  DEAL.... IN THE MERIDIAN HOTEL.   PEACOCKS FLY LIKE DRUNKEN 747'S -- I SEEM  TO REMEMBER A 2 STORY BALLROOM...

I HAD A LOVELY CARLENE MADE "SUITCASE " IN WHICH I CARRIED HIM... IT WAS  SOME 8" PVC  PIPE  GLUED WITH A 90 DEGREE ANGLE  AND 2 HINGED DOORS...  THAT TAIL WAS ?4 FEET LONG BY ITSELF...

I DID MANY "JOBS"  WITH HIM ONCE AGENCIES KNEW I HAD HIM- AND HE WAS PORTABLE...

FACT OF THE DAY---  THAT LOVELY TAIL FALLS OUT EVERY AUGUST  ONE FEATHER AT ATIME.--- AND WE WOULD PICK UP BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS ALL OVER THE YARD-- AND TAKE THEM IN THE SHOWER WITH US-- HOLDING THEM STEM UP, AND SHAMPOOED...  THE  WOULD BE RESTORED  TO PERFECT HEALTH-- THE REST OF THAT STORY IS..... I COULD NEVER GET HIM TO FAN HIS TAIL AT THE CORRECT MOMENT, SO.... ONE YEAR I COLLECTED ALL THE FEATHERS ... ONLY ½ HAVE THE EYE FOR WHICH THEY ARE SO FAMOUS...-- AND A STYLIST  IN BOSTON AND I TOOK A STYROFOAM HEAD AND STUCK IN THE FEATHER IN PROPER ORDER SO WE COULD TAPE IT  TO ABOX BEHIND  AND OVER THE NORMAL FLAT TAIL.  IT WORKED...  THERE IW A PICTURE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE ... IN "MY PORTFOLIO" ( BLUE LOOSE LEAF ...? GUEST HOUSE?)

NEXT PROBLEM AS IT GETS COLDER HOW TO HAVE THE TABLE IN SOMEPLACE WARM SO WE DON'T ALL FREEZE..... WE DO HAVE SOME  ODD SPACE HEATERS---LIKE TEH KEROSCENE BULLET--

I WILL FIND MY SNOW SUIT-- AFTER WHICH I WILL REALLY NOT BE ABLE TO WALK FAR.

STEVE REPORTS THAT RT 128 ( THE MAIN ROAD AROUND BOSTON) WILL BE CLOSED TODAY FOR DEMOLITION OF SOME BRIDGE... ... IF THAT ROAD WAS BUILT ALL ABOUT THE SAME TIME... I WONDEER WHY THAT ONE BRIDGE WAS CHOSEN..

MAKES ONE WORRY....

SORT OF LIKE..."SO ONLY ONE BEAM FELL OUT OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE MERRIMAC RIVER 10 YEARS AGO... IT WAS NOT A NECESSARY ONE"

OH GREAT ! 

WASN'T IT JIMMY CARTER WHO SAID OUR BRIDGES AND LEVEYS  WERE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.

HE WAS A PHYSICIST BY EDUCATION...

I WORRY ABOUT THAT---  IF I LIVEED IN FLORIDA I WOLD HAVE SINK HOLES TO WORRY ABOTU ACCORDING TO INGRID...

I AM STRUGGLING WITH IMOVIE... WITH A LITTLE SUCCESS  THO I DON'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY...

nov 5 2016

selling out the chicken bricks loosened up my head to concentrate better..... many thanks !!!  re: that program have wanted to send out as a fund raiser.....  2:00am----i may have had teh stroke of brilliance i have been waitnig for....   it has been a long haul....  but at the board meeting when kitty said "how do  you know  whagt chicken shat is all about.???... i was annoyed and thought ----- just  muddle thru.... and then  i saw the ad abotu  people 's concentration is only 8 seconds( so the car will stop you if you get daydreaming...) i thought 8 seconds.....i remembered from advertising work  10 seconds is 27 words... and began to thnik of m all the fussing anne and i do abotu the first sentance of any grant proposal ( because sometimes i think that is all someone reads) and i realized.... it is possibel to convey an idea in 10 seconds-- it just takes planning kitty's problem was when someone comes in the middle of the video how do they understand? i was thinking they needed to understand  something as complicated as the origin of the universe, but when i broke it down to 10-12 seconds it is possible.  so now i need 3 sentances -- which would work. they would need to be  put in some  order, but each "unit" of  15 seconds would have a concept all it's own... *****donate $      pick a # help us raise and train these pups picture picture  to be future service dogs ---lots of 3 second  pictures   *****donate $     pick a # your $$ helps  us train the dogs picture + our hens might pick your #  as teh new member of  Shat society of ipswich ---lots of 3 second  pictures   *****donate $  pick a # watch how these pups  learn to learn picture spoon feeding an after dinner treat they learn to wait and pay attention ---lots of 3 second  pictures   *****donate $  pick a # all this takes money about $20,000 per graduate dog picture these service dogs are not valuable they are invaluable. *****donate $  pick a # there are members worldwide of this Shatupon society of ipswich picture certificate the benifit of this membership is dubious. ****** why the chickens ? because cows  for cow bingo are tooooooo big. stuff like that... to go for a half hour , i need 130 of those---- so make suggestions-- probably to lindak  lindakwiatk@gmail.com,  ************* this also gives us a chance to say stay involved  first sunday of the month----- ***************** it works for me to think of a particular picture and then put in t words... like standing at a table " we always eat one to a bowl?"   so if you get one written, send it withthe accompanying photo if possible  there may be massive work for mark to redo some of the pictures we can't find ( altho he knows the 43,000 pictures darn well///// like the yuppy "our dogs are taught to think..."   idea annnnnne... hhhheeeelllllllllp

NOV 4 2016

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO! AND FOR SHARING IT WITH ALL OF US CP'S

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP PLEASE CONTACT ME.

STEVE SEDESKY

PRESIDENT

QUALITY COMPUTER SERVICES OF CENTRAL MN, LLC

GREAT... NOW COULD YOU CONSIDER MOVING TO MASSACHUSETTS?????

BY LAST NIGHT'S MAIL CALL... I WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER- IT IS NOVEMBER  AGAIN !!AND THIS PORTSABLE SHATTING PROJECT IS NOT DONE-- THAT IS 2 YEARS AND  NEARLY NOTHING.  

I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO GET DONE--- AND HEATHER HAD DONE  GREAT JOB WITH THE TRIAL MODEL, BUT WHEN  THE PROFESSIONAL MEDIA SAVVY PERSON ( CALENDAR KITTY)  SAW IT  SHE MADE A FEW GOOD POINTS  WHICH BASICALLY ARE ANNE AND I NEED TO PICK IT OVER OVER 5 LUNCHES AT THE FISH STORE . .... AND REPLACE SERTAIN PHOTO'S  AND SEQUENCES...

CONCEPT BEING--  A VIDEO OF PUPPIES MOSTLY--AND TRAINING... TO ATTRACT ATTENTION-- AND A FEW SCREENS TO SHOW THE CHICKEN SHATTING  EPISODE----A PERSON STAYS WITH THE VIDEO AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS,  THERE IS A BASIC POSTER  TO EXPLAIN -- BUTJUST A POSTER IS NOT ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN THE CRAZY DEAL... WHICH IS WHYTHE PERSON MUST BE THERE..... 2 FISH BOWLS  ONE TO PUT DOLLAR BILLS IN AND TEH OTHER TO TAKE OUT YOUR "NUMBER..."  THERESE NUMBERS ARE ALL CHEERFULLY COLORED, WITH THE CONCEPT... YOU MUST SELL THE BLUE ONES ( FOR INSTANCE...) TO BE SURE YOU HAVE A WINNER...

YOU WOULD ALSO NEED A PAD AND PENCIL TO HAVE PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR  NAME AND NUMBER IF THEY WERE LEAVING THE ROOM......

 THE WINNING "CERTIFICATE" SIGNED BY ME..... WOULD BE THERE...AND -- I SUGGEST  CANDY ( LIKE  FANNIE FARMERS CHOCOLATES? OR A HERSHEY BAR???) COULD BE ADDED...

THIS SHOULD BE PACKAGED...A  THUMB DRIVE WITH THE VIDEO, PRINT UP TH E NUMBERS, CERTIFICTE  AND  POSTER--- MAYBE SOME FLYERS OF OURS... ALL ANYONE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE AT THE OTHER END WOULD BE SOME LAPTOP OR COMPUTER.... 2 BOWLS, A PENCIL AND A PERSON TO ANSWER QUESTIONS...

IF THE SHATTING IS RUN FOR OUR BENEFIT -WONDERFUL-- IF FOR ANYONE ELSE- THEN WE GET THE PUBLICITY.  BOTH WOULD BE WORTH IT TO GET TOGETHER.

 I KNOW THAT ALL THESE  HOLIDAY GET -TOGETHERS  COULD USE A CONVERSATION PIECE-- WHICH ALL THE PUPS ON VIDEO WOULD BE. TO COLLECT $1 PER NUMBER FROM A CROWD WOULD HELP WITH THE PAYROLL...  AND BE FUN.

I CAN SEND SOME OUT NOW-- IF ANYONE HAD A PLACE TO TRY ONE-- BUT IT WILL INVOLVE  SOMEONE STANDING AROUND FOR ABOUT THE ½ HOUR THAT IT RUNS  TO EXPLAIN

 BECAUSE THIS SHATTING IS NOT EASILY EXPLAINED IN PRINT...

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IT IS VICTUM TO THE TYPICAL.... IF IT IS NOT PERFECT, DON'T DO IT...THERE ARE 100 "YOU SHOULD'S"  ABOUT THE SHATTING....NAMELY PATENT IT- THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AROUND HERE----

GET ONE IDEA, AND INSTEAD OF DOING IT,  WE GET 47 ADDITIONAL IDEAS RELATD TO IT SO NOTHING GETS DONE.  DIDN'T I DO A DAILY DOGGIE ON SCATTERBRAINED????  THAT IS WHAT THIS IS.

 KEY TO OUR SUCESS IS THE PUPPIES BEING TRAINED FOR SERVICE DOGS... AS BEING THE BAIT TO GET PEOPLE TO  THE TABLE.

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SO IN AN EFFORT TO  "IMPROVE" THE VIDEO, I TRIED 2 DIFFERENT MOVIE PROGRAMS

I TRIED TO BUY ON E MARK USED AND GOT A  "IMPOSIBLE ON THIS MACHINE"  AND A CP TOLD ME I PROBABLY HAD IMOVIE ALREADY ON  MY COMPUTER.. WHICH I DO..NOW HOW TO RUN IT...  I ENDED UP GETTING A BOOK AT THE BOOKSTORE... ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE MAIL CALL-- I STARTED READING THAT-- IN A HURRY-- AND BLEW MY MIND.

SO THAT IS WHERE I NOW SIT...  MINDLESS...

WE HAVE AN INTERESTING VIDEO AND THE REST OF THE PIECES-- IF ANYONE WANTS TO TRY IT-- I WILL SEND IT-- EITHER  FOR 100% OR 50 - 50- OR JUST PLAIN EXPERIMENTAL.  IT IS A SHAME I CAN NOT GET IT DONE RIGHT-- BUT I CAN'T-- SO IN THE USUAL MANNER OF SDP..

HAVE AT IT... AND PRAY   DAWN USED IT WITH BIG SUCCESS...

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GIVING UP IS NOT MY STYLE--- BUT  MAKING SUER THIS DAILY DOGGIE HAS NO SPELLING ERRORS IS NOT MY STYLE EITHER...  

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THERE MUST BE   "NOVEMBERFESTS"  PARTIES  OR SOMETHING...  THE PUPPIES ARE FUN TO WATCH...

I WILL SEND YO THE PIECES IN AN ENVELOPE- WITH HOPES OF  GETTING PUBLICITY... AND/OR  MONEY

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IT IS WORTH A SHOT.

THERE .... I DID IT.

nov 3 2016

i watched the ballgame...!  i get on better with baseball- than hockey or football-- everyone moves much slower  with alot of standing around-- i can see what is going on... plus teh ball is white- easier to see.

there are alot of details to see.. like baseball players all chew gum..

the idea of showing the  square where the strike one is --- and where the ball actually went-- could make for alot of unhappy umpires... when wonce thier rule was law.... now it is  "well lets see" 

too true too often in alot of stuff -- where we once would accept and go on,  now we confuse ourselves with which angel is on which pin.....

dogfest included...  couple years ago i tried to keep everyone happy by spliting decisions- most noteably who ate what food and  therefore did not owe the $60- which tied us all up in knots about -- "well sunday we would be leaving before the $5.00 ben and gerry's icecream truck got here... so we only  owe  $55"  this last year it was" $60 or eat peanut butter-- which would be provided.."  and it was easier and everyone was happier.

and teh  supreme court dealing with the kid  with cp who can't walk  vs the kid with allergies -  there is no reason the dripping nose should trump the cp-- blow your darn nose and get on with life.. it is probbly a case of someone who is afraid of dogs--  get over it.  

 maybe this is the answer....  put both in wheelchairs and see how long it takes the parents of the kid with allergies to decide they can cope with allergiees without squalking about a dog.

now.... about the gum.....along with the poems my mother made us learn-- 

..there was...

the gum chewing girl and the cud chewing cow

are somewhat alike - yet different somehow

i see what it is- i've got it now

is the thoughtful expression on the face of the cow.

i thought of that recently --- after the last political debate, i was heard to say

"the only thing that could have made it worse is if they both...had been chewing gum."

details ... details....

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venting----- i decided the best way for me to get some of the videos we need is for me to be able to do them myself

because it takes soooo long to describe what we need, it might be better if i coudl do them myself.  i have tried delegating--- sometimes that just does not work.

mark does them.. so i asked... and he told me the program he uses

 i bit the bullet and went and bought the one he used- thinking he coudl straighten me out if i got stuck.

i paid teh  $79 -- down loaded it--ppushed teh  button and immediately got  "you can;t do that because of something about os-x".

i try and get this computer to help me- and nearly every time i am worse off.

this time i am out the $79.....and will spent hours o n hold trying to straighten that out.

the frustration is very great.  it steals my time- when it should not.

couple that with short term memory, by the time their customer service phone works 9am central time, i will have forgotten what  i was  to do.

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meanwhile--  i took the  "GUY"  from teh trails  commission out on my golf cart to see the trail we use... and he said he would deal... so i am off the hook on that one.-- he admitted he had spent most of his time "on the other side of town" ( i.e.  rr tracks) where the heavy rollers live. 

that golf cart is wonderful--  electric ---sits high on big knobby tires... i would give it a "plug" if i could spell the name ... maybe ESGO  might be close....  ?ezgo????

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alot of dogs coming and going...

i will try and figure that out tomorrow...  maybe

NOV 2 2016

I ALWAYS TRY AND HAVE THIS DD PROVIDE SOME KIND OF VALUABLE  INFORMATION...- THIS MORNING IS NO DIFFERENT, ALTHO 

THE VALUE MIGHT BE  QUESTIONABLE.......

I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT--- BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE,--- SCOTCH TAPE WILL REMOVE THE  PERMANENT INK FROM ONE'S FOREHEAD... A MARK LEFT OVER FROM THE CATARACT EPISODE..

IT WAS INTERESTING...  THE SURGEON HERSELF CAME IN THE ROOM  BEFORE I HAD ANY MEDICATION  AND GOT A NEW "SHARPIE" OUT OF THE CLOSET, VERIFIED MY NAME AND  WHICH EYE SHE WAS TO  "DO" AND WHAT SHE WAS TO DO TO IT...THEN MADE AN OFFICIAL SMUDGE OVER MY RIGHT EYE.  I HAD A PROBLEM WITH  THE FACT THAT SHE THREW AWAY TEH BRAND NEW SHARPIE  ( GERMS YOU KNOW)-- 

 AS I WAS WHEELED INTO THE OR, I WAS VERY RELAXED-- I KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO CUT HOLES IN MY EYE, BUT I SURE DIDN'T CARE....   I WAS AWAKE ENOUGH TO REALIZE THE 5 OR 6 PEOPLE IN TH E OR WERE ALL SAYING   "RIGHT" WHICH I HOPED WAS  "RIGHT " AS OPPOSED TO "LEFT"  RATHER THAN OPPOSED TO   "WRONG"- BUT I DECIDED  NOT TO CARE ABOUT THAT EITHER.

MEDICINE IS A WONDERFUL THING.  WHEN I  CAME  'ROUND, I FOUND OUT THE BLANKETS WERE WHITE, AN D NOT LIGHT TAN AS I HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGTH.

ALSO I NO LONGER NEED MY GLASSES FOR DISTANCE--- ONLY READING--   SO   BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER SAT ON MY NOSE, I PROMPTLY LOST THEM.  THIS IS PROGRESS.

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THE BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT WE TALKED AND GABBLED FOR A LONGTIME THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION WAS  TO HAVE STICKERS ONTEH LIFE SAVERS WHIC SAY "THANKS FOR BEING A LIFE SAVER  COMPLIMENTS OF SERVICE DOG PROJEDDCT"    EVERYTHING ELSE WENT FAIRLY NORMAL-- DOGFEST - VIRTUALLY NO CHANGES- AND VERIFIED TEH HANGING AROUND WAS TEH CRITICAL PART.  I WONDERED ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE AN ORGANIZED SHUTTLE SERVICE-- HOW MANY PEOPLE RENTED CARS???   WAS THAT A WASTE OF MONEY?  YTBD---  MOSTLY IT WAS A TIME TO THROW IDEAS ABOUT AND SEE IF ANY  WOULD HATCH...

W/R/T MY  PORTABLE SHATTING PROJECT.... A FEW SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE  ABOUT ADDING BASIC INFO AND A LITTLE CLEAN UP  -- AND THEN ITWILL BE READY TO TRY-- SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE HAVING ANY KIND OF FALL "FEST"   COCKTAIL PARTY, SILENT AUCTION OR ABOUT ANY GATHERING,  JUST ASK.. AND.. MAYBE.... I WILL SEND YOU A THUMB DRIVE WHICH YOU CAN JUST PLUG INTO A LAPTOP OR WHATEVER, AND SUPERVISE A SHATTING--- FOR THE BENEFIT OF SDP--- OR SPLIT 50/50 WITH YOUR  HOSTING ORGANIZATION.

GIVE ME A WEEK... MAYBE. 10 DAYS.

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THE OTHER IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE  A FLYER FOR ANY OF YOU WHO ARE SENDING OUT CHRISTMAS CARDS- TO INCLUDE IN  TEH ENVELOPE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE CAMERAS AND  WHOLE PROJECT...

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IT IS A FACT THAT  THIS IS A CHARITY IN WHICH YOU CAN PARTICIPATE ON A DAILY BASIS  FRORM THE DAILY DOGGIE TO  5PM MAIL CALL-- AND WATCH ALL THE PUPS BECOME SUCH  INVALUABLE  PART OF SOMEONE'S LIFE...

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ALSO--- MARK MENTIONED, HE DID NOT THINK EVERYONE REALIZED THAT I DRAW NO SALARY, PAY, OR RENT  --I GET A LITTLE UPSET WHEN  SOME FORM OR ANOTHER SAYS ?RETIRED? -- YES I AM -- AND I NEVER WORKED SO HARD IN THE REST OF MY LIFE.-- NOR DID I HAVE SO MUCH FUN EITHER..

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I HAVE A HUGE DOUBT ABOUT RETURNING MY  "OLD PHONE"  WHICH I SAID WAS LOST-- WHEN IT WAS--- BUT NOW, DO I RETURN IT , OR WAIT TIL I LOSE THE "NEW" ONE AND SAVE ALOT OF POSTAGE.

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POSTAGE... I THINK WE ARE PRETTY UP TO DATE ON SUPPLIES-- SO RATHER THAN SEND US STUFF, WHAT REALLY IS NEEDED IS THE MONEY-- SO SEND US WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT ON POSTAGE  ALL THE   $3,19  OR  $12.38 WILL ADD UP                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

*****

What a difference a year makes. I can’t imagine not having Zeke, my towering, furry ball of love. Every day he is there to help me. He checks up on me when I wake up, pressing his nose to my face; he helps me walk into the bathroom and into the dining room so I can eat; he’s waiting there for me in his bed while I eat; he’s there getting love from all five kids before school. We are always together like two peas in a pod, walking into the bedroom as I get ready, getting dressed himself, loading up into the van off to do daily chores (volunteering in the classroom, appointments, PTA meetings, Scholastic Book fairs, acupuncture, yoga), and going back home to wait for kids to come home. Five kids have lots of activities, so Zeke allows me to get to all those things. Zeke and I watch soccer games and football games and are always there to listen to Lizzie sing the National Anthem at sporting events, musicals and concerts to watch. Zeke is life-changing to my community, family, and to me.  Thank you to everyone that has supported the Service Dog Project. Zeke is truly magical.

Love,

Shannon & Zeke

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"THANK YOU” IS NOT A BIG ENOUGH WORD FOR YOUR GENEROUS GIFT OF LINT.

WHAT A JOY TO BE OUT AND ABOUT WITH A BEAUTIFUL, WELL-CARED FOR, WELL-BEHAVED HUGE DOG.

LINT DRAWS A CROWD WHEREVER WE GO, AND IT WAS SO DEAR WHEN I WALKED INTO THE CO-OP AND   HEARD, “LINT!”  THEY OF COURSE KNEW HIM FROM THE TRAINING RUNS OF MEGHAN, STEVE, OLIVIA, AND OTHERS.

OUR FIRST DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.  HE LOOKS AT ME LIKE I’M HIS BEST FRIEND.  AND THE FEELING IS MUTUAL.

BECAUE HE’S SO WELL-BEHAVED AND GRACEFUL, HE’S NOT AT ALL IMPOSING AS HIS SIZE MIGHT SUGGEST.

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CP John Hammond's obituary:

John C. Hammond, 67, of E. Wareham died Wednesday, October 26, 2016 unexpectedly at home. He was the husband of the late Judith Anne Lanciano-Hammond. 

A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 4, 2016 at the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 2599 Cranberry Highway (Rt. 28), Wareham at 1 PM. Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 12 to 1 PM prior to the service. Inurnment will follow at the Mass. National Cemetery, Bourne.

 Donations in his memory may be made to Service Dog Project, Inc., 37 Boxford Rd., Ipswich, MA 01938.

nov 1 2016

to sticker or not to sticker, that is the question.. which is more noble?  ----not a totally simple question. it is about the lifesaver project....just handing out  a roll of lifesavers to a cop on the beat-- or directing traffic...gets big smiles on both sides..    to the cop... for a minute he doesn't know what.. and then smiles big time as he figures it out... if we had a sticker we are back to "i have to be sure they know and give us credit" which miuddies the waters and does not make it quite the random act of kindness we started with. they are nice stickers  "thank you for being a life saver.... inspired by /servicedogproject.org "  we can discuss it tonight... **** tonight is the board meeting... i.e  the ketchup from dogfest-- doooo's and don't'sss--- kitty will be goining us--- us being anne, earlysandy, mark, gwen(janine is away) for dinner..  did i forget anyone?   ***** i have to comment -- this cloud  business of my computer  talking to  my phone- providing religious music at random in  my car... while SIRI  reads thru my list of emails  ...... i really would prefer to have a button to push "do you want to tell your car about that email?" i think we are loosing control-- one small piece of dust in the wrong place and that siri person would read teh email to the cop when he lifts the windshield wiper to give me  a parking ticket.  These tech fellows are all   focused on what they can do-- so a computer chip the size of a n aspirin ( costing $3567.00) becomes the nerve center of car  operations....  my PHD in murphy's law  reminds me how creative mr murphy was/is... that one statement that makes computers so powerful  "IF"--- sounds wonderful---" if the windshied wipers are on, turn on the headlights" not too bad.... but  each car mfgr had a different programmer so that when you want to leave your car you have too many   "if "loops  a ? weight on seat? key in ignition?  car in  park? headlights on/ 30 more seconds ?door locked? horn tooting. so when your car has teh inevitable nervous breakdown it goes backwards thru the  mess locking the door while the horn is tooting and the headlights flash with windshield wipers going.. just because  you missed teh loop about the key in the ignition-  it happens so often that  you try and get in  your car and  the door is locked    teh horn blows lights flash so you figure figure that you left the key in the ignition  .. and all you can do is pray the  battery goes dead  before the police arrive and ask to see you r license  to check your age---so they can go home and tell everyone "i had this 94 year  old lady who  thought she  forgot to take her keys out of the ignition-- when in fact she had the wrong car."  - i used to love driving my 2 ambulances---you could not loose them in a mall parking lot--and  they never put on their own siren.. people got out of the way at intersections... it worked out just fine. ***** doing a "what if"   what if when my daughter gwen signed in to my desk computer so she could show me some photo on facebook, that my computer  wirelessly put all my emails on her laptop-( which was on her lap)  so when she borrowed megan's  car  to go to get lobster for dinner, this bluetooth nonsense moved all my emails to megan's car- which got transfered to the guy who owns teh shell station when megan used her charge card to get gas - which he wirelesly took home and got transferred to the  electritian's cell when he installed the floodlight.  so when the electritian's emails  are read by the guy's 10 year old daughter, she starts asking questions she should not be asking- which she got off my emails. wrong???? ***** remember the trashcans in new york talking to the trucks- and--- there is a way of having teh shopping cart  at the supermarket  remind you that your kitchen  closet is out of tumeric so you better buy some. too much  too much... ********** gwen-- who knows wierd things too... just otld me that the reason the whole internet went down on the east coast  a coule weeks ago...was that the hackers got in thru homeowners type access which does not have the firewalls they shouold-- and we are way behingd in that "stuff" *** short doggie... rushing...