JAN 18,2013
GETTING DRESSED IN THE MORNING CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOU R HELATH...  BETWEEN GETTING A FOOT STUCK HALF INTO THE SECOND LEG OF MY JEANS- TO GETTIN G PARTWAY INTO A TURTLENECK THAT SEEMS TO HAVE SHRUNKEN BADLY...  AND I HAVE NOT EVEN GOT TO THE BAD PART LIKE USING  A SPLASH OF BABY OIL IN THE  BATHTUB...

I WONDER WHAT THE STATS ARE ABOUT BEING KILLED  BY A BATHTUB COMPARED TO  FLYING ( IN AN AIRPLANE)---  I BET THE STATISTICS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE AIRPLANE.

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I HAD A BUNCH OF THINGS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TODAY, BUT SEEING AS I HAVE THIS RULE ABOUT ONLY ONE TOPIC FOR COMPLAINING PER DAY ---I GUESS THAT IS IT FOR THE DAY. DISCUSSION OF ONE MEDICAL PROBLEM AND ONE MEDICATION  IS ALL THAT IS ALLOWED..

THIS RULE WAS CAUSED BY THE VET WHO IS ON 140 MEDS PER DAY..  THAT KIND OF THING CAN STYME THE CREATIVE CONVERSATION FOR A WEEK.

WAS IT ANN (?JIM/KARMA ANN) WHO SAID  73% OF ALL PTSD IS CAUSED BY TRYING TO DEAL   WITH  THE  VA IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE.

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I CAN NOT USE THE WORD CREATIVE WITHOUT REMINDING EVERYONE TO WATCH THE "TED" LECTURE BY KEN ROBERTSON..

WELL THERE IS A SECOND  TED LECTURE THAT IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING... BY MIKE ROWE... THE DIRTY JOB GUY...   HE HAS  GREAT DEAL TO SAY ABOUT  THE  WONDERFUL PEOPLE HE MET DOING THE DIRTY JOBS...  BEFORE HE GETS INTO THAT , HE DEALS  PETA AND  THE CASRATION OF  LAMBS-- WHICH IS AMONG OTHER THINGS.... INTERESTING.

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MOVING FORWARD... IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I GOT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION  BUSINESS--  BUT MAYBE TODAY.....  WE ARE GETTING ALOT OF PACKGES-- AND THAT PROCESS NEEDS TO BE FORMALIZED... 

LEAVING VAluable packages  next to a TREE STUMP REALLY NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT....AND I DO ENJOY THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS....

MARK HAS DELIVERED 2 PLASTIC PALLETS-- WHAT BETTER TO STArt a package recieving area THAN SOME RECYCLED ANYTHING---

SO I DRAGGED IT IN PLACE YESTEDAY WITH THE TRACTOR-- AND SAT IN MY HEATED "OUTDOOR OFFICE" AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT..

SO TODAY I WLL DRAG IT ALL BACK TO THE  BARN/SHOP AND MAIL STUFF TOGETEHR--- I THINK PAUL HAS SOME PALET LIFTING THINGS FOR THE TRACTOR.. SO SINCE IT IS RAINING 90% OF SOMETHING-- THE PLAN IS FOR ME TO PUT IT TOGETHER THEN CARRY IT  TO  A MOE USEABLE SPOT ( ?OPPOSITE THE R PUSH BUTTON"  )  IT WILL THEN NEED DECORATION AND LABELING... UPS FEDEX USPO  WHATEVER...

GRACE???? SHELIA????

THAT IS WHAT I PLAN... NOW SEE H OW FAR I GET...

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 STEVE ( AKA CHARLIE) JUST ARRIVED WITH SOME LEFT OVER SLICED HAM --

LAST WEEK I BOUGHT 3 DOZEN EGGS   WHICH MIGHT STILL BE INTHE REFRIG...

MAYBE.

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TO BE CONTINUED..

JAN 17, 2014

THEY ARE GUARENTEED  ON TV  SO IT M UST BE TRUE....-- THESE PEE PADS WITH A BULLSEYE---  SO I HAD TO ORDER SOME---  YOU KNOW THOSE TV COMMERCIALS THAT ASK "WOULD YOU LIKE EXPEDITED DELIVERY FOR AND EXTRA $349.99 ( BY THE WAY...NORMAL DELIVERY IS 2.5 YEARS..)

WELL I DID NOT GO FOR THAT. EXPEDITED BIT... BUT  I DID ORDER SOME...SO WE WILL SEE WHEN THEY ARRIVE.  IF EVER THERE WAS A SITUATION TO TE3ST SUCH A THIN.G.. IT HAS TO BE US...  THEY SHOW A PICTURE OF A PUP STANDING WITH FRONT FEET ON THE BULLSEYE OF THE PEE PAD...

TO MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT ASSUMES THE PUP IS CAPABLE OF CALCULATING  THE DIFFERENT  CONFIGURATION  OF THIER ..PLUMBING -- IF A MALE PUP GETS HIS FRONT FEET ON THE BULLSEYE, HIS PERCENTAGE OF ACCURACY WILL BE MUCH HIGHER THAN A LITTLE GIRL PUP.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING./

START WITH -- I DON'T BELIEVE IT.  

PEOPLE WILL TRY AND SELL ANYTHING--- EVEN  BOTTLED PUPPY BREATH..

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ALONG THOSE LINES...  MEGAN BROKE A RECORD YESTERDAY-- SHE PICKED TH E POOP OF 9 PUPPIES WITH ONLY 2 PIECES OF CARDBOARD...  WHICH SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THE CONSISTANCY OF THE POO PRODUCED.

  THERE ARE DAYS WHEN  I NEED 6 CARDBOARDS TO CLEAN UP AFTER ONE PUPPY..

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ANOTHER INTERESTING PROJECT...

THIS "CAT" PERSON  ONLINE HAS STARTED THE SPREADSHEET OF INGREDIENTS ON DIFFERENT DOG FOODS. 

PURINA IS RUMORED TO HAVE STOOL HARDNERS IN THIER FOOD..  I WONDER WHAT  THAT IS,

SOME DANE OWNERS SWEAR TO CANNED PUMPKIN ADDED TO FOOD...  I THINK THAT IS BECAUSE THE FOOD BANKS AROUND HERE GET INUNDATED WITH  DONATED CANNED PUMPKIN EVERY THANKSGIVING  AND GIVE WAY THE OVERLOAD BECAUSE THAY CAN NOT STORE IT.. ONE YEAR THEY GAVE ME OVER 700 CANS OF IT

I THINK I STILL HAVE SOME...

LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES DOG WILL EAT  THE MOST AMAZING THINGS...  BUT I DID NOT THINK WE COULD HANDLE 14 TONS OF WHEAT FROM THE RAILROAD CAR OFFERED TO US EARLIER HTIS WEEK...

THERE ARE DOG OWNERS WHO 

DON'T FEED WHEAT, 

DON'T FEED CHICKEN

WON'T FEED EGGS

NEVER ANYTHING COOKED,

NO BEEF

BEET PULP IS  TOXIC

AND CORN IS NOT HEALTHY

THE LIST IS ENDLESS

THROW ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN THE TRASH AND MY  DOG WILL DEVOUR IT AND SURVIVE.

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THERE IS A GUY IN NEW YORK WHO MAKES A DOG FOOD AND GUARENTEES  IF  YOU NEVER FEED ANYTHING BUT HIS FOOD YOUR DANE WILL NOT GET DYSPLASIA... ... AND ALOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE HIM.  THEN WHEN THEIR DOG GETS DYSPLASIA HE SAYS IT WAS THE TRAINING TREATS YOU GAVE HER.-- AND Y OU CAN'T HAND FEED HIS STUFF... IT IS LIKE SAND  AND SMELLS LIKE FISH.

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ON THE TOPIC OF POO PICKING--- WE ARE GETTING SPOILED--  A CP HAS SENT US  2 PIECES OPF CARDBOARD CAREFULLY WRAPPED IN A GROCERY BAG-- ALL READY TO BE STUFFED IN OUR BACK POCKETS..  LUXURY !!!

 I PUT MOST OF THOSE IN TH E  VEHICLES. 

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I DO NOT WNT TO TEMPT FATE... BUT WE HAVE 4 EARS STANDING PERFECTLY --I HAVE GONE TO ... (FROM THE EAR OUT..). SOME STOMA GLUE, A PIECE OF ZOMAS ( TRAINER) TAPE.. 2 PIECES OF ELECTRICAL TYE WRAP MORE GLUE AND A FINAL PIECE OF TAPE... THE BREATHE RIGHT STRI[PS WERE NOT QUITE ENOUGH...

THESE TAPE THINGS FALL OUT ABOUT EVERY 24 HOURS--- SO THERE IS NO PULLING THEM OFF THE SKIN.. AND IF THE EAR STANDS I DON'T PUT ANYTHING BACK  ... CURRENTLY  RIOT HAS ONE EAR WITH NOTHING,   AND ONE STILL HAS THE TAPE SUPPORT  --- BOO STILL HAS BOTH TAPES SO FAR TODAY

TO BE CONTINUED....  LOOKIN GOOD THO... WELL EXCEPT FOR THE GLOB OF GLUE I DRIPPED ON BOO'S HEAD WHICH IS COLLECTING DIRT-- LOOKS LIKE PINE TREE SAP...

IF SHE WAS OLDER I WOULD CLIP IT AWAY WITH MY NEW CLIPPERS-- BUT I DON'T WNT TO SCARE HER-- AN D OTHER THAN LOOKING AWFUL  IT IS NOT DOING ANY HARM,..  EVENTUALLY IT WILL WEAR OFF.  HOPEFULLY.

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I HAVE BEEN WANDERING AROUND THE  DANE BREEDERS OF NETHERLANDS-- AND GOT INTO THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS-- VERY INTERESTING...

YOU MAY NOT BREED A FEMALE TO HER GRANDFATHER, FATHER ,SON  OR GRANDSON.

AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS NEVER HEARD OF HERE WITH THE AKC.

I HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN PRINT ANYWHERE  YET...  BUT I AM TOLD THEY ARE NOW SHOWING MERLES... .. IT SHOWS IN THE LITTERS ADVERTISED--- TIME WAS THERE WERE NO MERLES INTHE LITTER---NOW THERE ARE LITTERS WITH NO HARLS- AND MANY MERLEQUINS

  HERE IS WHERE I STARTED TO WANDER

ddvn.eu/fokkers.html

jan 16,2014
SINCE I FOUND OUT  THAT ONE OF THE CP'S  IS FROM THE NETHERLANDS  I JUST HAPPENED TO GOOGLE "PELTERDOG"  -- WHICH WAS THE BLOODLINES OF DEAGLE THAT I BOUGHT FROM  THERE... THE GOOGLE GOT ME IN ALL SORTS OF TROUBLE..  IT LOOKS LIKE RUSSIA IS REALLY MARKETING THEIR DANES... THEY HAD ALOT OF ACTIVITY

]IT TAKES ALOT OF RESEARCH TO DO THIS KIND OF THING...  THE WHOOP-TEE-DOO MULTI CHAMPION OF RUSSIA-- BEAUTIFUL DOG  -- APPARENTLY JUST DIED... AT AGE 4?????  STAY AWAY FROM HIS GENES...

BUT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PUPS FROM EUROPE...

WE ARE ALL SET NOW-- WITH NOEL IN HEAT.. I THINK WE SHOULD TRY AND SEE IF YELLOW CAN MANAGE TO GET ORGANIZED  ( GOOD EXPRESSION IN THIS CASE)   WITH BENTLEY AS BACK  UP STUD  ..

HOWEVER LOOKING THRU THE AVAILABLE PUPS IS INTERESTING.

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NEDRA SENT SOME STOCKINETTE  WHICH MIGHT SOLVE THE CHOAS PROBLEM.. I WILL TRY LATER ..

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AND THE PAPERWORK CRAWLS UP ONTO MY DESK LIKE TEH INCOMING TIDE..

I AM REMINDED "NAE MAN CAN TETHER  TIME NOR TIDE"

ROBERT BURNS SAID THAT I HTINK...

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH

AND HERE WE ARE IN THE PAPERLESS SOCIETY  -- DROWN ING IN PAPERWORK..... ON PAPER.

I JUST GOT A NOTICE FROM THE IRS SAYING THEY WILL NEED ANOTHER 45 DAYS TO RESOLVE WHATEVER

 THIS NOTICE INCLUDED A SHEET OF PAPERWORK REDUCTION NOTICE-- ALONG WITH A SHEET THAT SAID "THIS PAGE  INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK." --

RIGHT  ! 

 EXCEPT THIS IS THE THIRD 45 DAY NOTICE... STRANGE AS IT SEEMS-- SOMEONE SENT IN A 1040 "CORRECTED"  RETURN WITH MY NAME ON IT.. BUT NOT SIGNED BY ME--- AND IT HAD ALL SORTS OF ERRONEOUS INFORMATION ON IT. NOW THE IRS IS ASKING FOR COPIES OF THINGS I NEVER HEARD OF....

IS THIS A NEW ANGLE TO IDENTITY THEFT??

I HAVE CALLED AND SPOKEN TO AN AGENT--- I ASKED IF THE RETURN WAS SIGNED BY ME--  

SHE SAID NO....

I SAID THROW IT OUT...

SHE SAID "WE DON'T DO THAT"

AND I NOW GET  NOTICES SAYING THEY WILL SOLVE IT IN 45 DAYS.

I GUESS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE  SCRAP BASKET...

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 I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT LIKE THE JOB OF TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT IF THEY AREN'T JUST GOING TO TOSS IT.

ACCOUNTING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE--

AND IT IS NOT HELPED BY HAVING A NEW QUICKEN SYSTEM ON THIS MACHINE

FOR SOME REASON MY PERSONAL QUICKEN ACCOUNT IS NOTING   A $284 DEPOSIT MONTHLY  WHICH THE BANK NEVER HEARD OF.....-- NOT MINE AND THE QUICKEN SYSTEM CORRECTS THAT BY   "WRITING A CHECK" TO ANY RANDOM ACCOUNT- THIS MAKING THE BALANCE CORRECT-- AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER NUMBERS THEN DON'T MATCH.

ACCOUNTING PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE NON  MATCHING NUMBERS..

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I GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE ON TUESDAY-- SHELIA AIRED ME OUT...

I DON'T THINK  THAT WILL HAPPEN  AGAIN TIL NEXT TUESDAY...  THERE IS THIS STACK OF PAPERS- 

AND I HAVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT RANGE ROVER- SOME COMPANY IS OFFERING - THEY WANT THINGS LIKE 990'S  WHICH WE HAVE..

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THE NEXT 990 WILL BE DIFFERENT--- IT HAS THE COMMENT "IF YOUR GROSS IS  MORE THAN $X   THEN YOU MAY NOT USE THE 990EZ AND HAVE TO USE THE 990FU-" 

AND IT COMES WITH A STACK OF "HOW TO"  INSTRUCTIONS-- WHICH IF YOU CAN  NOT FIGURE OUT THE INSTRUCITIONS ON PUTTING TOGETHER A CHILD'S TOY YOU WILL NEVER GET OFF PAGE ONE OF THOSE.

I USUALLY JUST PUT NUMBERS ON THE LITTLE LINES AND PRAY..

HOW CAN I DEAL WITH CARRYOVER ASSETS WHEN IT INCLUDES  14 PUPPIES..

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SO MY WORK IS CUT OUT FOR TODAY

I HAVE TO DECIPHER A QUICKEN REPORT WHICH I WISH I COULD DO SINGLE SPACE-- BUT IT WILL NOT LET ME  SO I HAVE 22 PAGES  -- WITH THE LAST 4 Pges very faint... as i am running out  of ink

so many problems- so little ink.

jan 15 2014
we are saved.. noel is in heat !!  praises be !!!

now we can skip moriah for another 6 months anyway... somewhere in here there is an arguement that nature provides for her to be pregnant at a year old.. -- she is not that cute little puppy anymore .  she is a 120 pound dog with bones in her  front legs like telephone poles.  luna had pups before she was a year old-- thanks to a nasty accident-   and went on to have 4 more litters before she retired-- and is now a perfectly sound 10 year old-- walking the nahant beach area with sunday sandy and doing a little therapy work besides.  she is bailey's sister.

i have to remembr we  have  so many new cp's---i have to remind abput details sometimes.

now the problem will be bentley-- who's last litter with her is wonderful-- moriah-murphy- magnus

or do we  try and see if yellow has figured out the process yet...

technically l like yellow's shape  a little better-- - and he is a merle-- noel is black- so we should be ok... it is a crap shoot... if i strike out for the slightly better conformaion  i could  have 8 green pups with two heads and everyone would come  with 20- 20  hindsight..    there really ws nothing wrong with bentley's bunch....  we are getting alot of those --- and walter has not really started yet.-  he has the two  gals lined  up for him -- opal and moriah...  now to get him lined up.....

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i have a project  i wish someone would tackle---

dog food.   i would like a spread sheet with the brands of dog food  and their first 6 ingredients 

like

 purina  chow    kirkland     pedigree    chicken soup

chicken by products     2              1               3              

beet pulp     4              5                                   4

corn      1              2               1                  3

things like that

i think it would be very interesting... and help to make decisions

i know corn has such  bad rep  and i am not sure it is not just the adverrtising that has us trained to  think that way.

dog food is a religion to some--- i have heard some  "diets" that i wonder if i shouldnt maybe get those folks to invest in our  puppy breath company. 

 

dogs seem to live on raw chicken necks-- but if we fed that we would have 60 volunteers wiht salmonella from bacteria laden counter tops.-- and the stench of the few that fell behind the trash can...  yuck..... there is a reason we cook our food.

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on the topic of food...  and strange phone calls--  i had a call  from a very pleasent woman  in iowa who had one of the strangest  offers  i have heard of.

she wanted to donate to us 14 tons of bread making flour...  i  could not hang up on her..

turns out... the company she works for  in iowa  has a railroad car full of the stuff that was refused by the baking company in boston.. so her boss told her to call some animal people in mass.. and see if she could get rid of it.  i think she found us thru janinie's hope for horses.  

i don't turn down many offers of free stuff--  but can't you see bread rising  and spilling out the windows..

i sent her to the colby family in the newburyport area-- they have a dairy and pigs-

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today's schedule?

hmmmmmm

maybe praying for a new camera from fedex -

keep in mind once we have it   there is still a whole bunch of getting it to talk to california so they can mix the sound and put it out  on the internet..

it is not easy

but we are ready

and the t tent camera is un attached and in the feed room awaiting it's new h ome in the arena

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we have had the offer of a range rover---  got to get that letter off today telling them how little we spend on overhead.  it has been  some company car... our durango is very tired.

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shelia and i went  roving looking for new calendar locations-- and ended up at ann getchells- the winthrop property has alot of old stonework-- walls, cabins... barns   and old trees  .. i bet william would love--  as a matter of fact he may have already shot some commercials there  years ago... it  is a great place for that kind of thing.

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bentley  ----yesterday he was on puppy hill--- and he wanted to get in the flat field... i swear he llooked over his shoulder before standing on his hind legs and flipping eht latch on the gate-- and then looked over his shoulder again before walking thru the gate...  tracy has it on her phone... i will try and get it.

and so it goes

JAN 14 2014
WHAT DOES THIS MACHINE HAVE IN STORE FOR ME TODAY? 

 IT IS SHOCKING HOW  SIMPLE EMAILS CAN BE ANALYZED AND  USED...WHY ELSE WOULD I HAVE ALL SORTS OF CLOSET ORRGAINZER ADS RUNNING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SCREEN??

MY DAUGHTER -- GWEN-- USED TO WORK FOR A COMPANY WHO ANALYZED SUCH DATA-- AND DID JUST THAT---  SELECTVE ADVERTISING....--SO I KNEW ABOUT IT... BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS  IT IS FLABBERGASTING--

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AND THEN-- 

AMAZON SENT ME AN EMAIL ASKING TO RATE  MY LAST PURCHASE-- SO I STARTED TO-- I EVEN  WENT  ALONG WITH " YOU NEED  AT LEAST 20 WORDS IN THIS SECTION"... I THOUGHT I WAS THRU-- AND IT FED M E ANOTHER THING I HAD PURCHASED-- WOULD  I RATE.....

 SO I STARTED SLIDING DOWN TH E  LIST OF THE 100'S OF THIGS I BOUGHT THRU AMAZON...  THE FACT THAT THIS FOOL MACHINE REMEMBERS THINGS LONG FORGOTTON  BY ME IS OF CONCERN

EXCEPT----- IT IS A LIST OF BOOKS I HAVE READ-- AND THAT ARE (PROBABLY) IN THE GUEST HOUSE.. AND THERE SOME GOOD ONES...

PERFECT MESS-- THE HIDDEN BENEFITS OF DISORDER

GARBAGE LAND -- THE SECRET TRAIL OF TRASH

RUBBISH-- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GARBAGE

THE WORKS-- ANATOMY OF A CITY ( NEW YORK)

ALONG WITH BOOKS ABOUT ALOT OF POLITICAL PEOPLE

AND JOHNNY CARSON

AND THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD-- SEVERAL OF MY RELATIVES WERE LOST  IN THAT   FLOOD

---THEY WERE IN THE HAVE NOT GROUP  OF THAT SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY.. LIVING DOWNSTREAM FROM THE FAULTY DAM...

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I AM REMINDED OF THAT PROBLEM WITH THE   "INFRASTRUCTURE" OF THIS COUNTRY EVER SINCE I READ THE JIMMY CARTER  COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC-- HE WAS A  BRIGHT PHYSICIST  --- 

A FEW YEARS AGO A BEAM FELL OUT OF THE AMESBURY BRIDGE OVER THE MERRIMAC RIVER  ON RT 95  AND SOME BRILLIANT ENGINEER DECIDED IT WAS NOT CRITICAL TO  REPLACE IT--- SO AS FAR AS I KNOW  IT WAS NOT REPAIRED.    

I WORRY ABOUT IT EVERY TIME I GO BUY DOG FOOD AT SAMS...  JUST NORTH OF THAT BRIDGE...

AND MEGAN CROSSES IT TWICE A DAY...

SO WHY IS IT THIS MACHINE REMINDS  ME THE  OF THE FACT I COULD USE SOME  CLOSET ORGANIZATION  YET WE ARE ALLOWED TO FORGET THE  SAGGING DAMS  AND COMPROMISED   BRIDGES...

 I SPEND ALOT OF TIME WORRYING ABOUT  THINGS LIKE  INFRASTRUCTURE  AND  TRASH/GARBAGE ---

PLUS   THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF SDP....   AS I SIT HERE MAKING MONKEY FISTS ---

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MARK TOLD ME THERE IS SOME MONEY  ( $1300..?)LEFT OVER FROM THE PARTY GIVEN TO  US BY THE CP'S... WE ARE TAKING SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO SPEND IT ON THAT WILL BENEFIT THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS...

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NOW ABOUT THE CAMERAS.... I DID NOT TALK TO CALIFORNIA LAST NIGHT -- AS I WAS SUPPOSED TO -- I GOT DISTRACTED WITH A BUCKET PROBLEM-- BUT-- COULD BE A NEW CAMERA MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVERNIGHTED-- WE AWAIT THE FEDEX GUY--- MAYBE TODAY OR TOMORROW---

 I SHOULD KEEP AFTER THIS---- 2 HUGE IMPROVEMENTS

OPTIONAL SOUND FO R  MAIL CALL AND TRAINING-- THEN MOVING THE T TENT CAMERA TO THE ARENA.  THERE ARE A FEW SQUIRRELLY DETAILS-   I THINK BUD SAID HE WAS COMING HERE TODAY...

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MY BIG CHANGE IS I AM TRYING TO INITIATE MY FEEDING OF THE HOUSE DOGS-- WH DEFINITELY NEED SOME TRAINING ... I AT LEAST HAVE RESURRECTED 7 WHITE BUCKETS

 WE NEED MORE--- THEY ARE USUALLY THROWN AWAY FORM BAKERY ESTABLISHMENTS.

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 I NOW HAVE  A LIST OF ALL THE CHICKEN BRICK DONORS IN 2013  --- WITHOUT DUPLICATES-- THERE ARE 1500 INDIVIDUALS---  I PLAN TO WRITE AN EMAIL   AND SEND  IT  TO THAT GROUP   SPECIFICALLY...,

 I WOULD  LOVE TO HAVE A GOAL OF  THE CP'S   TO  BE FOR EACH TO GET 3 OTHER PEOPLE ADDICTED TO THE  SDP CAMERAS... IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS...

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OF COURSE I NEED TO GET THE CAMERA PROBLEM SOLVED FIRST....

I AM WORKING ON IT...

today is the day to conquer  the constipated closet   ---i have started the   "if i have not worn it in a year-- then someone else needs it more than i do..."  except for maybe my favorite black jacket which has been lost for  year.

if i have  need for more than 4 shirts it only means i have not done the laundry. .. i wear the same thing so i need 4 sets ---- one in the wash, one n the dryer, one on and one to cover any slight disruption in the sequence..

my sister... who is like earlene--perfectly coiffed- made the statement once about buying a new coat so she had to go home and throw one out so she would have room.. 

that is  wrong...... but so is my constipated closet --- kitty said she would take this stuff to some place that needs it-- so i have now started a kitty pile on the front porch--  2 bags full so far... and  the day is not over yet.

i also found some of my clothing which is suitable only for tuesday's  mailcall

i suppose in the  family clothing discussion i should include janine-- who will go buy a cocktail dress for $4 at goodwill industries, have it cleaned for  $10 , wear  it to some fancy " Hunt Ball"  then take it to some high priced  consignment shop and sell it for $15..   don't laugh--- that outfit she is wearing on the cover of the calendar was 45 minutes from a second hand store she frequents-- and she loooks perfect.... having had kitty hand tailor it with duct tape and huge horse blanket safety pins... but it looks goooood

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boy can i start a monday morning with all sorts of declartions---- like new years eve resolutions...

they  often drift sideways---

i should feed the house dogs--- bailey, bentley,opal,mariah  boo and ariot ( so who's counting??)oh  chaos too???

to that end it is my goal to find 7 costco white buckets of my very own--- we once were the proud owners of about 170 white buckets before i stopped collecting them at costco..   they are bakery buckets that had icing in them.  

so that wil  mean either a trip to the laundry storage room-- or costco-- i can not believe we are out of buckets.

besides there will be an extensive training process to get them all to eat politely  which  could be amusing to the  cp's.. -- got to schedule it    like 9:15am   so all other feeding is done.

bentley has definite feelings about his food dish which i find annoying--- ... he needs to accept the command "knock it off" 

i will not employ the whiffle bat-- it would be too unwieldy - i would not be able to apply it fast enough-- a water whiffle  bottle  could be applied more accurately --- plan ahead...

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we had a bunch of  newcomers at sunday stew...  we were in the guest house-- which got packed-- we need to spill into the training room a little quicker-- we almost stewed outside-- except the wind blew us away.... literally.  between  the open fire and those overhead gas heaters  we can sometimes do the cold... but the wind ..... is another matter.

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mark is scanning  all those "because" letters into his computer   before he pputs them in the guest house..

and i am told  tina is gathering info about how did you find sdp???  that should be interesting...

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all the kids in reno and colorado who "saved thier allwance"  and sent t he $1 to us... i was told they were  buying a brick with the extra funds... i thought we could send them a shatupon society certificate... but then i thought of all thse 8 year olds going home and proudly saying "i am now a member of the shatupon society"   

might not have the desired effect.  i may have to redesign the certificate..

maybe we can send them a calendar... 

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we do have calendars--- we have made a profit on them-- but we have a couple boxes i did not realize were calendars.. 

if any of you would like some to distribute  some to anyone you think might donate money to us  - or  to some nursing home etc...that needs one ---let me know and send the addresses-  they are such a thing of beauty--- each picture could be framed.

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and lastly-- i am now inthe jewelery design business--- betsy turned all my 1/2" monkey fists into jewelery-- and came bck and said ".. smaller???"  so with my tweezers i have made 2 even smaller-- which she will  turn into sterling silver ear rings... etc... 

for mothers day--

i didn't  know there was one.

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on we go

JAN 12 2014

WHATA PARTY !!  APPARENTLY THAT IS JUST ONE MORE THING WE DO WELL...  PARTY.

AND HOW DIFFERENT EVERYONE LOOKS IN REAL CLOTHES.-- COUPLE PEOPLE I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WITHOUT THEIR MUCK BOOTS AND SNOW PANTS.

BUD2 -- WITH INDY-- GAVE ME A RIDE--- I GOT THERE MARK ASKED IF I BROUGHT THE LETTERS--  WHAT LETTERS???HE ASSUMED THEY WERE SENT TO ME-- AND I ASSUMED I FORGOT THEM( NOT REALIZING HOW MANY AND WHAT TYPE LETTERS... )I THOUGHT "THE LETTERS" WERE THE USUAL ONES WITH POOPICKERS  ----THEN TRACY ARRIVED WITH  THE BOXFUL-- WHICH  WE READ

(EARLENE AND I)  THEY WILL HOPEFULLY MAKE IT BACK HERE AND LAND IN THE GUEST HOUSE..  WHAT A GREAT IDEA--- AND ONE I SOMETIMES FORGET...  I INCLUDE THE REPORTS FROM \OUR RECIPIENTS AND SOMETIMES I SHOULD INCLUDE THE STRANGE

EFFECT  WE HAVE ON THE REST OF THE SDP WORLD...

AND APPARENTLY CHARLIE'S POO PICKER DANCE IS ON LINE SOMEQWHERE-

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF PARTY GOERS WHO ARE NOW IN OUR KITCHEN  APPARENTLKY SLEPT HERE SOMEWHERE... TESS BUD 2 CHARLIE  MARIA AND GUILS-- AT LEAST THAT IS SO FAR WHO HAVE SHOWED UP...

IT WAS A GOOD PARTY---

DARN.....I JUST BURNED MY NOSE ON THE COFFEE---  TRYING TO STIRR IT WITH BUBBLING TH E SHORT COCKTAIL STRAWS...

IT IS SUNDAQY SO OTHERS LAST NIGHT SAID "SEE YOU TOMORROW"   THEY SHOULDBE ARRIVING  WITH LUCK SOMEONE WILL BRING DONUTS OR SOMETING..

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Hi Carlene! 
     We have had quite a bit going on. Harry is grumpy today because of the rain. He wants to go out but then feels the rain and bolts back in the house. Silly boy! We were privileged to be able to stand out an welcome home the Marine who was killed in Afghanistan right before christmas. He was a friend of my brother so   Harry and I showed our respect and thanks. What a moving thing and reflects on the work that you do helping vets! Everyone who makes it home needs the support of a community like sdp!  Due to struggles with the va harry is working double time. He is my constant physical buddy but his b billet is helping mentally because of the anxiety caused by that place that is supposed to help us.  Sigh. Rant over. 
Anyway... Harry loves the snow and has been a total trooper about being made to go out in the cold. We were at a restaurant with friends and some people came over to see him. My friend jumped in and said he is working it is best not to pet him but they were going all hands in his face ( we were in a corner table) I said leave it an he put his head down and ignored them as my friend sternly said not to pet him. He is very good at ignoring people but I feel bad that he gets a command to leave it when he has done nothing wrong. He really puts up with so much as I imagine all the dogs do and yet they still love us. Sorry this was a mess of thoughts and comments but we wanted to fill you in on what is going on in our little world!