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Carlene White to you + 4 moreshow details

great tummmy illness is with me

i do not think we as a group pay enough attention  to room temp food.

JULY 6 2017

 CORN----KNEE HIGH BY THE 4th  OF JULY-- PORTENDS A BUMPER CROP OF CORN--- AND THE FARM DOWN THE ROAD IS DEFINITELY  "THERE".   IT IS A HUGE OPERATION  BY NEW ENGLAND STANDARDS... NOT ONLY DOES IT AFFECT OUR DIET INTHE FALL WITH ENTIRE MEALS OF CORN ON THE COB....

BUT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IPSWICH TO PASS SOME LAW ABOUT  "PEOPLE MOVING TO IPSWICH HAVE TO REALIZE FARMING TAKES PLACE  AT ALL HOURS,  ANY DAY, CREATING NOISE, DUST,  SMELLS ,  AND SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC.   TO  LIVE HERE YOU MUST EXPECT IT"

WHEN IT WAS PASSED, THE LAWYERS PROBABLY  HAD IN MIND  "CORN" -- BUT THEY NEVER SPECIFIED..  I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE FARM BUREAU LONG BEFORE I STARTED SDP.  

THE FARM BUREAU  NOW TIES INTO OUR LIFE WITHTHE BUILDING INSPECTOR...---MAIN ARGUEMENT IN THE STATE HOUSE NOW  IS TO GET RID OF -- "ANY BUILDING THAT IS NOT A HOUSE, IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING."   AND MAKE SOME PROVISION FOR OAGRICULTURLA BUILDINGS..... WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED US TO HAVE TO SPEND  EXTRA MONEY ON  CAST IRON $11000 FLOOR DRAIN INSTEAD  OF  $10 OF PVC PIPE  ALONG WITH  "INSULATED CONCRETE BLOCKS "   AND A BUNCH OF EXPENSES HARD TO JUSTIFY IN A DOG HOUSE...  --   THAT  EXTRA ^&*()_*&^% EXPENSE WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF 2 TRAINED  DOGS. 

WE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SQUEEKY HINDGE THAT IS PROMOTING THAT BILL.

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 THE OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION TO OUR LOCAL CORN FARM....- IS THAT .. ( I HAVE HEARD) TO WORK THESE FIELDS THE OWNER FLYS IN   A PLANEFUL OF WORKERS FROM XXXXXXX-- AND LETS THEM LIVE IN A DORMATORY SITUATION WHILE THEY WORK THE FIELDS.  THEY GO  HOME IN THE FALL...  BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS,   IPSWICH DOES HAVE AN UNEMPLOYED POPULATION-- BUT IF MY CORN  WAS DEPENDENT ON THESE LOCALS...TO DO THAT WORK, I FEAR I WOULD GO HUNGREY.. THAT BENDING IN THE HOT SUN ....IS WORK... AND I %100 RESPECT  ANYONE TO DO IT FOR ME.  I JUST HOPE CONGRESS DOES NOT GET IN THE WAY OF MY ADDITICTION TO FRESH CORN ON THE COB.  

I AM TOLD ( ALSO) THAT THE IPSWICH GOVERNMENT HAS HAD A FEW WORDS ABOUT  THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE DORMATORY.....   I THINK THAT FARM LACKS THE MILITARY  PRESICION OF KEEPING  A BUNCH OF  HARD WORKING MEN ORGANIZED WHILE  LIVING IN CLOSE QUARTERS. 

HOWEVER-- THE CORN COMETH.... ON SCHEDULE--- KNEE HIGH... JULY 6TH.

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  ALSO BECAUSE  OF THAT FARM AND IT'S CORN.------.OUR DRYERS HAVE HAD THIER LINT FILTERS CLEANED... ----.-   DOG FEST-- I BOUGHT A BUSHELL OF CORN AND   PREPARED  A WOOD FIRE UNDER A HUGE  HANGING POT OF WATER ---

RUSHING ABOUT--- AS I PASSED THAT POT,  THERE WERE 2 CP's STANDING NEARBY SO I QUICKLY ASKED TEHM TO LIGHT  THE  FIRE.  IN UNISON, THEY BOTH PULLED OUT THEIR CELL PHONES TO ASK HOW TO START A FIRE...

AS I WAS MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, STEVE#3  WENT BY AND SAID " TO LIGHT A FIRE , I TAKE THE EMPTY TUBE FROMT HE TOILET PAPER AND STUFF IT WITH DRYER LINT"  I LOST TRACK OF THE FIRE LIGHTING  BUT LATER FOUND OUT THEY HAD CLEANED ALL THE DRYERS ON THE PROPGETY AND LIT THE FIRE WITH THAT ... NOT ONLY THAT... BUT THEY PASSED THE WORD TO  OTHER CP's  WHO NOW SEND US TOILET PAPER TUBES STUFFRED WITH DRYER LINT--- SOME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES EVEN !!  THEY DO WORK... 

ALL BECAUS EOF THE CORN...

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ANOTHER CORN  FAARM STORY...  A FRIEND WHO HAS A BUNCH OF LAND...  ALLOWS THAT FARM TO PLANT SOME FIELDS WITH  CORN... WITH THE PROVISION THAT WHEN THEY CUT IT, THEY LEAVE 10  ROWS IN THE MIDDLE SO HUNTERS CAN HIDE  AND SHOOT GEESE-- WITH THE  NUMBER  OF GEESE WE HAVE AROUND HERE SPREADING GIARDIA  IN THE WATERWAYS OF NEW ENGLAND....., THIER AIM CAN NOT BE TOO GOOD... HOWEVER  THOE 10 ROWS ARE LOADED WITH CORN WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL GET PLOWED UNDER... SO SHE TOLD US TO GO PICK AS MUCH AS WE WANTED....  THAT IS WHY MY TOYOTA WAS FILLED TO THE CEILING --- THREE T IMES-- WITH THE BEST CORN  EVER--- AND IS WHY GRACE FROZE SO MUCH WE STILL HAVE SOME IN THE FREEZER.

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TIME TO DRINK THE COFFEE AND GET READY FOR THE 20 PEOPLE COMING HERE WITH HAMMERS-- FIRST THING THEY CAN DO IS TO  GET TEH POLES OVER TO WHERE I HAVE DUG THE HOLES... I AM PRETTY SURE I HAVE 2  SIDES LINED UP RIGHT-- THAT 3-4-5 TRIANGLE TO DEFINE A RIGHT ANGLE NEVER FAILS  ONLY IF YOU MEASURE VERY CAREFULLY... 

EVEN WITH OUT AT COMPUTER IF YOU ENTER GARBAGE INTO A CALCULATION , YOU GET GARBAGE OUT.

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  I'm so sorry they are complaining about all the hard work you do. Some people have absolutely nothing better to do. I know when I was there I never heard a dog bark at that time. I was up well before 6 I'm a early riser. Unless I'm sick w a flare up. Such a shame. If we can do anything to help please let me know u truly deserve so much more then unnecessary aggravation. 

Stacy 

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 WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS KABOTA BACK HOE DID NOT EAT MUCH CORN...    IF YOU HAVE CONSUMED CORN YOU CAN NOT CAUSE THE BACK HOE TO SCOOP DIRT  NICELY...BECAUSE  THE LEVERS ARE SET TOO CLOSE TO  THE OPERATOR'S BELLY...  AND IT IS NOT JUST MY OWN GENEROUS EXPANSE... I TRIED LAURA IN THE SEAT... ND IT WAS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR HER EITHER.

SO THERE.

JULY 5 2017

IN PRAISE OF MOTHERHOOD AND CHLOROX

JANINE'S  NEW MOTHER DONKEY IS TENDING TO HER FOAL--- AND ALLOWING IT TO NURSE..  EVEN THO IT APPARENTLY IS NOT HER FAVORITE  THING TO DO... MOMMY NATURE TAKES OVER-- WITHOUT DSS, CONGRESS  OR LEGAL INTERVENTION.-  BUT THERE ARE MINIMAL STANDARDS... SHE IS FEEDING HIM.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE DEMANDS THESE MOTHERS MAKE ON THEIR FOALS/ CHILDREN... FOALS ARE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THEIR MOTHER IS- ALSO WHICH ONE SHE IS IN A GROUP.  TEHY MAY RUN AROUND - OFTEN IN  LITERALLY CIRCLES-- BUT IF THEY RUN TOO WIDE, AND LOOSE TRACK OF HER... OFTEN MOMMY KEEPS RIGHT ON GRAZING AND LET THE FOAL FIND HER.... MOMMY WILL GET INVOLVED IF THERE IS A SECONDARY DISTRACTION-- LIKE A BIG DOG...  BUT A FOAL IN THE HERD WHO DOES NOT STAY IN TOUCH - IS ALLOWED TO GET CONFUSED-TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF LESSON.

EXCEPTION?  BACK WHEN WE HAD A COUPLE RACING  HORSES.... WE HAD A FOAL WHO LACKED THE INSTINCT TO GO TO WHATEVER TOUCHED HIS MUZZLE-

I HAVE SPOUTED THIS BEFORE IN A DD I AM SURE...., HOWEVER--- ANY ANIMAL HORSE, DOG (OR  HUMAN) MUST HAVE THE BASIC INSTINCT FIND THE SOURCE OF MILK, BY MOVING TOWARD SOMETHING THAT TOUCHES THEIR MUZZLE .. THIS IS WHY YOU MUST NEVER TAKE THE HEAD OF A PUPPY  ( OR HUMAN  ..!  ) TO STEAR IT TO THE NIPPLE -- YOUR PRESSURE ON THE PUPS HEAD PUSHING TOWARD TEH NIPPLE MEANS THE PUP SHOULD TURN IT'S HEAD TO THE PRESSURE...AWAY FROM  THE MILK SOURCE.-

 SO BACK TO OUR FOAL.... HE JUST DID NOT HAVE THE INSTINCT OT FIND THE MARE'S MILK BAG-- AND WE SUFFRERED THRU THAT --   HE WAS OFTEN FOUND IN THE FAR CORNER OF THE STALL... LICKING THE WALL-- JUST DID NOT GET WITH THE PROGRAM---  LITERALLY HOLDING HIM AND HIS HEAD .. SEVERA L TIMES A DAY -- THEN SUPLIMENTING WITH FOAL LAC--- TIL HE FINALLY GOT TO EAT AND GRAZE...  BUT HE WAS  DEPENDENT ON ARTIFICIAL  HUMAN SUPPORT FOR TEH 6 MONTHS WE HAD HIM...- AS HE GOT TO BE OF A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS, HIS ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR/ REACTIONS  BECAME A DANGEROUS PROBLEM  ESPECIALLY WITH A BARN FULL OF 4H KIDS... SO WE HAD TO PUT HIM DOWN.  

LESSON?  YOU CAN FIGHT MOMMY NATURE ALL YOU WANT , AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL NOT WIN.  THERE ARE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE NOT --- YET--- HAD A WANDERING PUPPY. LUCKILY--- BUT THERE IS SUCH A THING... A PUP WHO DOES NOT SEEK THE WARMTH OF MOMMY AND WANDERS TOO FAR, GETS CHILLED AND SLEEPS AWAY.

 ?FATHERS?  I HAD A WONDERFUL DONKEY STUD-- THE MOST RELIABLE  PLEASENT  GUY--- WHO'S APPORACH TO FATHERHOOD WAS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THE MOM'S...  HE WAS KIND AND GENTLE UP TO A POINT... THEN AS THE SON'S AGED, HE BEGAN TO ARGUE  WITH THEM MORE AND MORE- TIL THEY LEFT TOWN... OR STOPPPED ARGUEING ( DUE TO A SURGICAL CORRECTION)

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SO ON TO CHLOROX???

I MAKE THOSE LEASHES-- WHITE COTTON  ROPE... SPLICED INBOT VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS..... AND TEHY GET VERY GRUBBY LOOKING...

 EVEN WITH A SOAPY DUNK ONCE IN A WHILE... THE WHITE IS GONE.....FINALLY YESTERDAY I HANDED A BUNCH TO DONNA-- THEY WERE SOOOOOO  DIRTY I HATE TO THINK WHAT WAS ON HTEM.... SHE SET UP A PAIL OF CHLOROX ON HTE DECK AND  THOSE  ROPES ARE FAR WHITER THAN THEY WERE TO START WITH... BOY WAS I IMPRESSED !!!

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.... THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY PLACES  WE CAN LEAVE ANYTHING SOAKING FOR FEAR A DOG TRYS TO DRINK IT... SO SOAKING LEASHES DEMANDS A SEPARATE SET OF RULES....

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WHICH BRINGS US TO BUDS LATEST-- WE SHOULD HAVE THE PERSON WHO "CLOSES THE FARM"  AT ABOUT 7PM DUMP ALL TH E OUTSIDE WATER BUCKETS-- JUST TIP THENM SIDEWAYS-- BECAUSE  THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REFILLED IN THE MORNING.. TO OFTEN PEOPLE GLANCE FROM A DISTANCE AND FIGURE IF THERE IS WATER, IT IS DRINKABLE..

 NOT TRUE-- I HAVE WATCHED MO LITERALLY TURN HER NOSE UP AT A BUCKET DEEMED UNDRINKABLE BY HER STANDARDS.

SO EMPTYING THEM IS A GOOD IDEA.

JUST ONE MORE DETAIL OF  LIFE ON THE FARM 

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HEAVEN KNOWS WHY IT REMINDED ME OF........... THE SCHOOL BUSSES-- WHICH ARE PARKED IN A ROW  EVERY NIGHT AT THE FARIGROUNDS...

THEY USED TO  REQUIRE THAT DRIVERS  AT THE END OF A RUN---GO TO THE BSCK OF THE BUS  AND PUT UP AN   EMPTY"   SIGN.  JUST TO PROVE THEY HAD CHECKED FOR A LOST KID....I USED TO RUN THE DOGS THERE IN THE MORNING.. AND COULD CHECK ALL THOSE SIGNS--HOWEVER.. TH E PRACTICE WAS STOPPED, BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY TIMES THE DRIVERS STOPPED PUTTING UP THOSE SIGNS...

OK... HOW SENSIBLE IS THAT?  EVERY YEAR THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KID GETTIN G LEFT IN THE BACK OF SOME BUS....-- SO PUT THI DRIVERS PAYCHECKS BACK THERE AND TEHY COUD MANANGE THE SHORT WALK...

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GEORGE HAS TO BE THE HAPPIEST, AND BEST MANAGED DOG IN TH E WORLD.... BELLA'S MOM DESCRIBES HIS ADDITION LIKE HAVING ONE MORE KID TO  DEAL WITH... SHE DOES IT WELL

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WELL OUR WEEKEND AWAY HAS ENDED. WE ARE NOW ALL HOME AND BELLA AND GEORGE ARE TUCKED INTO BED SLEEPING SOUNDLY. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT WEEKEND WITH GREAT FRIENDS. BELLA GOT TO BE A KID IN THE WATER WHILE GEORGE WATCHED ON HAPPILY. WE STOPPED BY A COUPLE OF OUR FAVORITE BREWERY'S FOR SNACKS, DID A LITTLE SHOPPING, BIKING, AND OF COURSE SWIMMING! GEORGE IS GETTING BRAVER AND BRAVER AND GOES IN A LITTLE DEEPER EACH TIME. HE WAS LOVING FETCHING STICKS OUT OF THE WATER WHICH IS NEW FOR HIM THIS YEAR. THEN HE LOVED DIGGING HOLES IN THE SAND AND RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY. ESPECIALLY WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS AT THE BEACH. LOTS OF FUN ALL PACKED INTO A FEW DAYS. NOW TOMORROW IS INFUSION AND THEN THURSDAY MAY BE ANOTHER ADVENTURE BEFORE OUR CONVENTION THIS WEEKEND IN LOWELL. SO I AM OFF FOR NOW! LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE 

july 4 2017

you know it is going to be a rough day when...... you get up and accidentally  pour ice cold yogurt drink down inside the front of  your jammies...   ----   i had a plan of taking a quick 3 swallows of yogurt drink  to coat my innards  before the Tylenol and aspirin hit my empty stomach.. and i missed my mouth.   woke me right up  ! 

the reason that happened...well almost... was at that instant ( 4:00) someone started to "enjoy the 4th.. with a burst of firecrckers...sidetracking me for the instant when my aim was critical...   it could have been worse.... i could have been in a car...

 it was a lesson in not to text while driving... it only took a split second to reek havoc.  minor havoc... but havoc.

 continuing with the havoc topic... and neighborhood living...most the neighbors are lovely and seem to be able to adjust to each other's activities....   but there is always one or two....

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"do you have to have those 2 dogs together on honeymoon hill  ---children might be watching so would i please put them in a building"   ( oh they love puppies   but not how they are made) 

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i expect you will  notify me if you plan to have a group here  in september again.. ( really?)

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why do you have a loud speaker on  some sundays.  we have no choice  but to listen to you....? 

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next  person has complained about the dogs barking-- he gave me specific dates-- and i honestly didn't look up the dates- even tho  i could have... a cp had docummented every noise from midnight til 6am for the past ? 6 months...  the dogs are amazingly  quiet....  .

my noise log   might be of interest to the world ----having to live anywhere near other people means you can not control everyone else...so here is what i hear  ---from the house and the donkey camera sound....---  

the 10 to 11 pm generaic home and go to bed crowd.. talking -- car doors slamming etc...----  

then....   the bars around here must close about 2am... because 2 to 3 there are some younger  slurred voices that arrive home --( with or  without police escorts)-  

 about 3 the rooster starts in-- sometimes withthe scream of a fisher cat from the forest... ( the owl noises are more soothing) 

4am -  i know there is a woman who delivers something in boxes... from my days in the magazine business, i assume she  is loading up to deliver the morning papers-- the truck for those must have delivered them sometime before 4... and once had to jump start her car( boy do i remember that too)-

 then there is the mother who has to take her child to play  something involving shin guards --?hockey?  leaving 5:30 ish???- with  yelling banging...-- several days a week...

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an email order  

 COMPLAINING  XXXX iS MY NAME PUBLISH TOmORROW. !!

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 and the phone calls  "  i will destroy you"  ( finally  got the police in on that one) 

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could be this is all the same person-- i don't know--

 i do know we have thousands of     "thank you - please don't change a thing"  which is the way to go. 

if you lived in Manhattan you could not compalin about the traffic noise-- or melrose about the subway-  "so i moved to the country for some peace and quiet" .. really?  your realtor should have warned you that the country  next to a farm  may be peaceful, but not  quiet. 

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people are arriving-- thank heavens-- i worry about holidays... we  can have  too few or too many..

 correction....(there is no such thing as too many)

JULY 3 2017

YESTERDAY---WHATA SHATTING DAY. HOTTER THN A NEWLY FLIPPED HAMBURGER..I SHOULD SAY AN "EARLY SANDY"  FLIPPED HAMBURGER... SHE DID THE COOKING HONORS FOR MARK-- WHO BROUGHT THE SUPPLIES THEN LEFT TO GO TO A WEDDING IN CAMBRICGE. HE WAS THRILLED TO GO TO A "CITY HOT" WEDDING-- EARLY AFTERNOON.. WHICH STARTED GRACE AND I WONDERING WHY PEOPLE WHO WANT A JULY WEDDING DON'T HAVE THE CEREMONY AT 5AM-- EVEN IN TERRIBLY HOT WEATHER , AT 5AM IT IS LOVELY ..  EGGS AND HOTCAKES FOR ALL AND BE DONE WITH THE PROCESS.... AND GO BACK TO THE BEACH.

IF YOU LIKE BEACHES...   THEY ARE NOT MY FAVORITE- TREE HOUSES ARE MORE TO MY LIKING.... OR BREEZY TENTS -- WITH FANS ANS SPRAY BOTTLES-- TO REPLACE THE  "MISTERS"  WHICH ARE WONDERFULL OUTDOOR COOLING DEVICES IF YO HAVE THE MONEY... AND EH ENGINEERING EXPERISE TO KEEP THE FOOL THINGS RUNNING.... WE HAVE FOUND SIMPLE SPRAY BOTTLES AND A FAN IS A FAR BETTER SOLUTION...

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SOLD OUT AGAIN-- BLESS YOU ALL---- THOSE $10 ARE HELPING TO MEET THE PAYROLL---PLEASE AND THANK YOU...

 I WAS VERY DISAPOINTED TO BE MINUS SO MANY OF THE REGULARS ON OUR MOST IMPROTANT DAY OF TEH MONTH--  SHATTING DAY.   BUT THE TROOPS PULLED I T THRU... WE WERE MINUS MEGAN, LINDA, DEVEN, LAURA,  TANNER AND BELLA . ALL AT ONCE.

AS I SAT--- I COULD ONLY BE THANKFUL FOR THE  "PURPLE SHIRTS"  WHO WERE SOAKING WET WHILE GETTING DONE WHAT NEEDED DOING..-- I HATE TO MENTION NAMES FOR FEAR I WILL GET THE NAMES WRONG...  HOWEVER HALEY  SEEMED TO BE  WORKING VERY HARD IN THE BACKGROUND..AND PAM WAS DRENCHED AND VERY EFFICIENT.   THE OLDER I GET , THE MORE I NEED NAMETAGS.

JANINE WAS HERE... ( HER NAME... I KNOW)... SHE TURENED ALL TEH DONKEYS OUT INHE YARD... THEY BOUNCED AROUND AND PROVICED GREAT ENTERTAINMENT--- AND TEHN THE CARROTS CAME OUT AND THEY STOPPED AND STOOD BEGGING . FORTUNATELY ( A DEFINITE GOLDIE MOMENT)  A BUNCH FROM STATTEN ISLAND APPEARED WITH  BASKETS   OF REAL CARROTS--- YOU KNOW THE KIND WITH THE GREEN STUFF STILL ATTADHED.-- I EXPLAINED IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERFILL A DONKEY WITH CARROTS  ESPECIALLY MO... WHO'S NOSE WAS IN EVERY BASKET SHE COULD LOCATE.  MO IS LOOKING MUCH BETTER.. WITH ANOTHER 200 POUNDS, SHE WILL BE QUITE THE  LAWN ORNAMENT..***REPORT*** THE NEW  BABY DONKEY THATJANINE  WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT IN THAT LAST TRAILERFULL IS DOING VERY WELL AFTER JANINE,  PETER AND WHOEVER HER VET NOW IS SPENT FROM MIDNIGHT TIL 3AM DRIPPING FLUIDS INTO  THE BABY WHICH JANINE THOUGHT WAS DEAD-- BUT BY MORNING SHE HAD A VIDEO OF THE BABY CHASING AND PLAYING WITH PETER LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.  BABY DONKEYS ARRE VERY LIKE PUPPIES IN GENERAL TEMPERAMENT... PLAYFUL PEOPLE ORIENTED.... NICE ANIMLAS.

 I MOSTLY SAT AND MADE MONKEY FISTS....---WE FINALLY GOT OUT --- THE PIG---- FROM THE ARENA- "PIGGIE" IS AN OLD MERYGO ROUND PIG WHO HAS A HOLE IN HER BACK WHERE THE FANCY POLE USED TO GO ....  WE MADE A "CONTAINER" OUT OF PVC.. WITH A SLOT... AND GOT OVER $200 IN DONATIONS !!    GOOD GIRL THAT PIGGIE..!!!

** WE HAD A  LOVELY COLLECTION OF WANDERERS  MOST NOTABLY  A FAMILY/GROUP FROM STATTEN ISLAND--N.Y.-----IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT NEW YORK ACCENT IN THE WILDS OF CRAZY ACRES..  I HOPE THEY STAY VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED  -THEY HAVE MUCH TO OFFER....2 STRONG YOUNG MEN, A  BOY SCOUTTROOP  AND I EWAS MOST FASCINATED BY TEH  GUY WHO IS AN ENGINIEER ON NEW YORK'S BIG WHEEL.   PROJECT    ... WHICH I NEVER HEARD WAS UNDERWAY. THERE IS A T IME LAPSE VIDEO... WHICH WILL GET BETTER AS THEY GET  "OFF THE GROUND"   (GOOGLE IT  )   

I WAS TOLD--- AND MAY HAVE GOT IT TWISTED,(  I WAS SO EXCITED BY THE PROJECT.....)  THE NEW YORK WHEEL WILL BE OVER 600 FEET TALL, HAVE 36 "PODS" WHICH WILL CARRY 40 PEOPLE EACH--  THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD ( UNTIL DUBAI  BUILDS ONE...)  WAY TO GO NEW YORK. !!  .LEAVE IT TO NEW YORK  TO HAVE ENOUGH UUMMMPH TO ENTERTAIN THE LUNATIC FRINGE WITH A FERRIS WHEEL.

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Eve is not waking too much these days so I'll be calling to see if we can get some X-rays and see if it's time to fix some of the hardware in her legs. Because of Finn Eve has been able to do some walking for quite awhile in spite of the trouble she's been having in her legs! I am sure she would not have been walking at all if she didn't have Finn for the last couple months. It's amazing that he can help her stay strong and keep her upright for longer periods of time!! 

We are so grateful for what Carlene does at SDP and all of the trainers, volunteers and of course the CPs and all who donate so that they can GIVE these dogs to the people who need them! 

Eve had Finn have such a special bond and now, even though she isn't walking he is still assisting her. Together they are making nice progress in training Finn to help pull her wheelchair! Today we went all over Walmart with Eve in her chair and Finn at her side. They did it all without any help!!

I forgot to bring my phone in but I promise to get some video of it soon!

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Hi Carlen3

Ava has brought smiles to so many, from the eastern seaboard to the Blue Ridge Mountains. At first people only saw only a beautiful dog with impeccable manners, but then they saw that she keeps me upright and their mouths dropped. Many people have said they planned to go on the SDP website and that they looked forward to watching explore.com. 

Ava made it possible to walk on the beach and to lighthouses, hike to a gorge in the mountains, and negotiate Washington DC.  Poor Jim! Sometimes I had to remind him that he wasn't necessary, and that Ava did a better job. br> 

Ava was a bit confused and nervous at first with so many new smells and people, but she settled into being a nomad and would “load up” quickly into her hammock bed with a cooling mat in “her” back seat. 

Both CPs and strangers were surprised by the change in her demeanor when the vest goes on and off; how calm and happy she is in work mode. And how she is a shy but  friendly dog who loves to play without it. br> 

Thanks to Ava this was a great trip that we will always remember. 

But a huge thank you to you, and everyone who helped to make Ava who she is! I was able to go places and see things that would not have been possible without her. She is such a blessing. 

Cindy, Jim and especially Ava

JULY 2 2017

SOLD OUT  ONCE AGAIN ... BLESS YOU ALL---  I KNOW I SHOULD NOT WORRY BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN  TERRIFIC AT "MAKIN THE PAYROLL" -- WITH OUT ALL THOSE $10 CHICKEN BRICKS, WE COULD NOT DONATE DOGS TO ANYONE.  

APPARENTLY CAMERA  MARK WILL NOT BE COOKING TODAY-- I HEAR HE HAS SANDY LINED UP TOP DO THE HONORS..  I HOPE YOU ALL REALIZE EVERYTHING EARLY SANDY DOES FOR US ...  MOST LY BECAUSE SHE SEEMS TO KNOW - OR BE RELATED TO NEARLY EVERYONE IN  EASTERN MASS.-- ESPECIALLY WOUBURNS FINEST  MR AND MRS CUMMINGS.-  REMEMVBER THAY GAVE US THE $100K  GRANT LAST YEAR.

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BRILLIANT IDEAS ARE SLIM PICKINS TODAY   -- I HAD TO DEAL WITH AN EMAIL FROM THT NEIGHBOR WHO DOES NOT LIKE  BARKING  AND  THE 6AM MORNING SERENADE..  6AM HE CAN NOT SLEEP..  MY MOTHER WOULD( DID) SAY "YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN BED AFTER 6AM ANYWAY  .. GET UP AND HELP-- IF YOU WAIT TIL THE REST OF THE WORLD GETS UP , IT WILL BE TOO CROWDED TO GET ANYTHING MEANINGFUL  DONE."

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.BUGGING OUT OF A LONG DAILY DOGGIE  SO HERE'S THE STACY REPORT...

IT'S AMAZING HOW TIME FLIES BY SO FAST. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT 7 MONTHS AGO TODAY IS THE DAY I CAME HOME MATCHED WITH MY SWEET PIXIE! MY ANGEL MY GIFT TO LIFE BACK. I NEVER IMAGINED HOW I WOULD GAIN SO MUCH INDEPENDENCE BACK. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I SENT IN MY LETTER FOR CONSIDERATION. I WAITED SO IMPATIENTLY. THEN THE LETTER CAME FOR A VISIT. I CRIED OPENING IT. I STILL REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY I WAS SHAKING WITH TEARS OF JOY AND HOPE FOR CHANGE. MY BOYS HAVE SEEN ME STRUGGLE WALKING HELPED ME UP CARRIED ME. WE WOULD PLAY GAMES IN THE HOUSE CRAWLING CAUSE I COULDN'T WALK MY STAIRS. WE MADE THE BEST OF IT ALL. 

I WENT FOR A VISIT I SPOKE WITH CARLENE WHO I JUST ABSOLUTELY ADORE MORE THEN LIFE ITSELF. WHY DO I SAY THIS. SHE IS TRULY ONE AMAZING WOMAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD. SHE HAS NOT ONLY CHANGED MY LIFE BUT MY FAMILY'S LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS. SHE'S MY OTHER HERO SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNSELFISH WOMEN I HAVE EVER MET TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE THE WAY SHE DOES❤️ I MET STEVE THAT DAY TO, HE MADE ME FEEL WELCOME AND JUST SO AT EASE. I ALSO MET OTHERS I APOLOGIZE I FORGET NAMES AND TO WHOM I DON'T MENTION. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. I WALKED AROUND AND WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE AND STEVE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID I WAS ACCEPTED! I STOOD THERE SHAKING! OMG IT WAS SO REAL MY LIFE WAS GOING TO CHANGE! MY DREAM FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I NEVER THINK OF JUST ME I ALWAYS THINK OF OTHERS. 

I CRIED TEARS OF JOY HALF WAY HOME WHY CAUSE MY YOUNGEST SON HAD ONE WISH ON HIS CHRISTMAS LIST AND THAT WAS FOR ME TO RECEIVE A DOG TO HELP ME WALK AGAIN. HE WANTED NOTHING MORE THEN A GIFT FOR ME. A 10 YEAR OLD BOY THOUGHT OF ME OVER HIMSELF. I'M SO BLESSED TO BE SO LOVED. HIS WISH WAS ANSWERED HIS GIFT HAS CONTINUED AND HE HAS GIVEN BACK AND IS STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. 

THEN I GOT THE NEXT CALL THE STAY VISIT OMG I'LL NEVER FORGET ANY OF THIS I LEFT THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING ON NOV 27 THE DAY IT ALL CHANGED. I WAS SO EXCITED SO NERVOUS SO HAPPY SO OVERWHELMED SO BESIDES MYSELF WITH JOY! I MADE IT TO THE FARM! HERE COMES STEVE WITH MY SWEET BABY AND FROM THAT DAY ON WE HAVE BEEN ONE! I LOOKED AT PIXIE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER RIGHT THEN AND THERE. I KNEW THEN WE WHERE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. I CAN NEVER THANK MEGAN FOR ALL SHE TAUGHT ME TO. HER PATIENCE AND KIND HEART. 

LET'S BACK TRACK 7 MONTHS I LEFT I HUGGED EVERYONE GOOD BYE WITH HOPES THAT I WOULD WALK AGAIN. WELL HERE'S 7 MONTHS LATER I'M WALKING, I CAN DO STAIRS, I CAN PLAY IN MY YARD, WALK LONGER DISTANCES! I CAN DO ALL THE THINGS I THOUGHT WHERE LOST FOREVER. THAT I CRIED OVER FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING TWO YOUNG BOYS WHO NEEDED THEIR MOM. PIXIE GAVE ME THIS. MY BOYS PATIENCE WITH ME IN OUR TRAINING MY FIANCÉ, PARENTS AND ALL MY FRIENDS ALL CAN ATTEST TO HOW FAR I HAVE COME. PIXIE HAS NEVER GIVEN UP ON ME EITHER SHE KEEPS ME GOING, WEATHER I'M SICK HAVING A BAD DAY WITH MY LEGS SHE KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO. MY FAVORITE IS WHEN SHE HOPS IN THE TUB WITH ME LOL CAUSE SHE KNOW I NEED HELP, NOW HOW ISN'T THAT TRUE LOVE?! WE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. 

THERE'S NO MORE STARING AT ME! LOOK AT THAT LADY WALK, WHY DOES SHE'S DRAG HER FOOT, WHY DOES SHE LIMP,? NO MORE FALLS NO MORE BROKEN BONES, PHEW THOSE HURT. IT'S WOW YOUR DOG IS AMAZING YOUR STORY IS GIVING ME GOOSE BUMPS FILLED WITH TEARS AND HOPE AND PURE UNDERSTANDING. 

PIXIE IS MY LIFE SAVER MY LOVE MY HERO! BUT I HAVE THE SERVICE DOG PROJECT TO THANK FOR ALL OF THIS. CAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR THEIR HARD WORK KIND HEARTS AND DEDICATION TO HELP THE SICK NON OF THIS COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED.

I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL -

STACY

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THANK ALL TEH VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS OF THE CHICKEN BRICKS.....

 I MOSTLY JUST SIT AROUND AND EAT THOSE NEWLY FOUND YOGURT ICEPOPS MEGAN FOUND...

GREEK YOGURT-- BLACK RASBERRY

THAT IS THE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

JULY 1 2017

COURTNEY ( EXPLORE'S COURTNEY) CAME HERE YESTERDAY--- WITH LU ( ECAD)-- SHE CAME FROM CALIFORNIA FOR SOME  GROUND BREAKING BIT - WITH THE SHINY SHOVELS  AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.  ECAD IS BUILDING A MASSIVE FACILITY....WITH BUILDING INSPECTORS-- GOOD LUCK !  IT WAS FUN TO HAVE HER SEE ALL THE THINGS  IN REAL LIFE, HAVING SPENT 4 YEARS WATCHING CAMERAS..

SHE HAS LULU YOU KNOW... LULU WAS CHAOS PUP-- ( HER ORIGIONAL NAME  WAS "ORDER" ( OUT OF CHAOS))---    ANNE AND I TOOK TO CALIFORNIA HOPING LULU AND CHARLIE WOULD  "HIT IT OFF"   BUT TYPICAL DDANE.. LULU PREFERRED COURTNEY-- SO LITERLLY TEH LAST MINUTE BEFORE ANNE AND I WERE TO GET IN THE CAB FOR THE AIRPORT, COURTNEY CAME FLYING IN THE HOTEL AND SAID "I'D LIKE  HER"  SO I HANDED OVER THE LEASH AND WALKED OUT THE DOOR...  THEY HAE DONE WONDERFULLY TOGETHER...

 COURTNEY HAS  LEARNED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OBEDIENCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION... AND HOW LULU IS CAPABLE OF READING WHEN SOMEONE IS UPSET.. AND ACTING ACCORDINLGY-- I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR TRAINING THAT, BUT I SURE COULD TAKE CREDIT FOR  NOT DISRUPTING  THE DOGS  NATURAL  MENTAL ABILITIES...

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I DON'T THINK I COULD EVER DEAL WITH ANOTHER BUILDING INSPECTOR SITUATION AGAIN...

SO WE WILL TIPTOE THRU THE FINAL "REPAIR" OF TEH ARENA--- 

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH WOOD FOR THE  "REPAIR"

BASIC REASON IS......IT IS SOEWHAT OF A CONFUSING PLACE...  AND ALTHO THE WHITE BUILDINGS COME WITH ALL THE BITS AN D PIECES-- WITH UNEAVEN GROUND + TALL GRASS+ DOGS AND THINGS, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOSE ONE PIECE AND YOU CAN NOT GET THE WHITE CLEARSPAN BUILDINGS UP WITHOUT ANOTHER SHIPMENT FORM IOWA... OR SOMEWHERE

IF WE LOOSE A 2X4.. YOU GO ROUND THE CORNER AND BUY ANOTHER.

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THAT IS... IF I HAD A HORSE TRAILER.... WHICH IS --- BY THIS MORNING ... HOPEFULLY BACK IN  MASS... FROPM PENNA.. WITH A LOAD OF RESCUYES.... MOSTLY DONKEYS ?

JANINE CALLED FROM N.Y  ABOUT TO CROSS THE  HUDSON, ASKING ME ABOUT DONKEY MILK... APPARENTLY SHE HAS A BABY ON BOARD AND MOMMY IS UPSET...  I HAD TO SUGGEST  "FOAL LAC" AND WENT BACK TO BED.

** I AM TOLD... BY SOME OLDER ITALIAN GRANDMOTHERS- THAT DONKEY MILK IS TEH EASIEST TO DIGEST--  BECASUE..... WHEN I HAD MY HERD OF DONKEYS, I ALWAYS HAD AT LEAST ONE OR TWO NURSING MOTHERS.. AND I HAD MORE THAN ONE PHONE CALL FROM SOMEONE DESPARATE FOR SOME DONKEY MILK FOR AN AILING CHILD... THEY WOULD SHOW UP AND WORK AT IT AND BE THRILLED WITH A CUP OF WHAT THEY CONSIDERED " THE CURE" FOR THEIR CGRANDCHILD...

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WHY WOULD YOU LAUGH AT THE OLD CURE?  TRY THE MODERN CURE OF EATING JELLYFISH SO YOU DON'T GET ALZHEIMERS???

THEN YOU COULD HAVE SOME REALLY CRAZY PEOPLE WHO COULD CONVINCE SOMEONE TO FEED JELLYFISH TO DONKEYS WAS TEH ULTIMATE CURE-- 

 FREEDOM OF THOUGHT.....