Thursday, August 4, 2011

July 23,2011


things are moving along
 
chaos is ripping and tearing
we have lost another futon to motherhood
and the futon she has chosen is the one just inside the front door..
in my plan of things.. that was olives sofa
 
the best laid plans of mice or women????
 
and olive let chaos hang her head in the pen with the 9 pups
i swear she was saying... "go ahead--- you feed the little SOB's"
a technically correct statement
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so while we wait on chaos- we can start the solid food with the 9
 
i use the term solid-- only because it is solid when it drys all over your shirt
plan is to grind  about 1/2 cup of puppy food-- add i scoop of goats milk powderand water - 4 oz?  to make a gruel- a very fluid gruel for openers
 
set out a towel.. put one pup at a time on the towel.. then  proceed to  teach the pup that food is DOWN in a dish by using s spoon of food to direct the nose--- and it is not necessary to massage the food with your front feet. 
 
i have learned not to trust our ability to do the
"30 days hath september" bit----  and thus get the expected due date correctly
 
if i alert earlene i am sure chaos will then fall asleep
per the paper megan gave me  it is more like Sunday Monday possible start
 5/23  5/24  5/25  AND ADD 63 DAYS
 
ALONG ABOUT NOW I WISH WE HAD STARTED TAKING HER TEMP 3 DAYS AGO
 
( OLD WIVES TALE  TEMP DROPS TO 98 DEGREES 24 HOURS BEFORE LABOR STARTS)
 
so i am going to make the coffee
 
 N.B.    I DO NOT HAVE A CALL LIST  ON THE WALL FOR THIS DELIVERY