WE ALL MADE IT-
-TOASTY AND WARM WITH LIGHTS ALIT
IT WAS A ONE KLUNK NIGHT---JANINE JUMPED UP AND
SAID "WE'VE BEEN HIT" BUT AFTER A QUICK RUN AROUND WE SAW NO WATER COMING IN THE
HOUSE -- I FIGURED A TREE DOWN IS NOT THE PROBLEM -- THE PROBLEM WAS ALL THOSE
TREES THAT WERE STILL UP
GWEN BLUE -- A THINKER-- SAID WE SHOULD USE THE NEXT $10 WALL TO GET
SOMEBODY TO CUT OR TRIM SOME OF THESE MONSTER TREES THAT SURROUND THE
HOUSE.
I DON'T SAY I WAS FRIGHTENED,, BUT I DID DECIDE TO MOVE A COMFY SEAT NEXT
TO THE BIG PILE OF ROCKS THAT IS THE FIREPLACE.
I THINK MARY LOU SURVIVED IN THE GUEST CABIN-- I CAN SEE THE TV IS ON-- AND
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING HAVE CHECKED ON FIONA AND HER.
WE DID GO TO COSTCO YESTERDAY-- I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE SHELVES STRIPPED OF
BATTERIES----NOT TRUE.. WHATEVER YOU NEEDED WAS THERE INCLUDING A FANTASTIC
LANTERN MEGAN STARTED PLAYING WITH AND MARY LOU BOUGHT 2 OF THEM FOR US
ASIDE FROM LOOKING FOR MEGAN, FIONA DID VERY WELL-
EVERY ONE WE TRAIN IS A LEARNING PROCESS..
. I NOTICE WITH MARYLOU AND FIONA--- FOR EXAMPLE...---- GOING OUT THE VAN
DOOR-- "FIONA WAIT"-- AND FIONA DOES-- AND MARY LOU EXPECTS HER TO BOLT WHEN THE
DOOR OPENS AND GETS READY TO CATCH HER BY HOLDING HER NECK-- WHERE FIONA'S
REACTION TO THE WAIT... IS... IF I INCH FORWARD SHE MAY NOT NOTICE.. WITH MEGAN
AND I IN TRAINING MODE--- WE NOTICE THAT INCHING... AND REPEAT "FIONA WAIT"
AND FIONA REALIZES SHE HAS BEEN CAUGHT AND THEN WAITS...
MY CONCLUSION IS-- THERE IS A SPLIT SECOND AFTER A "COMMAND " WHEN THE
DANES TRY SOMETHING VERY SMALL TO SEE IF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND PAYING ATTENTION...
IF YOU CAN CATCH THAT SPLIT SECOND-- YOU HAVE A PERFECT DOG. PERSONALLY I
WATCH A DOG'S HEAD WHEN I ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING-- THIS ENABLES ME TO REMIND
THEM I AM PAYING ATTENTION.. ONCE THEY REALIZE I AM PAYING ATTENTION THEY
GENERALLY JUST DO WHATEVER AND I CAN RELAX MY ATTENTION...
MARY IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS EXERCISE... SHE WILL WALK UP TO THE T
TENT-- KNOWING FULL WELL SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO STEP ONTO THE COBBLESTONES WHICH
IS THE FLOOR.
SHE STOPS-- AND THEN MANAGES TO LIFT ONE FOOT AFTER ANOTHER... JUST
TO CHASE FLYS YOU KNOW... THE FACT THAT EACH LIFT LANDS THE FOOT 1/2 INCH
ONTO THE FLOOR AND CLOSER TO THE TABLE-- WHERE SHE WILL GRAB ANY BAG OR PIZZA
BOX AND RUN LIKE.HELL FOR THE BARN. IT IS A LESSON IN "PAY ATTENTION"
TO HAVE ALL OF US CHASE HER AS SHE SCATTERS PLASTIC SILVERWARE ALL OVER
100 FEET PLEASES HER... I SWEAR SHE SMILES... AS SHE WATCHES US PICK IT ALL
UP.
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ABOUT THE STORM... SO FAR SO GOOD... BUT I WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE NY
SUBWAY SYSTEM BEING INUNDATED WITH SALT WATER-- RUMORED TO TAKE MONTHS TO
REPLACE METAL EXPOSED TO SALT WATER..
THAT LEAVES 3 MILLION PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND WITH NOT ENOUGH TO
DO...
AND OUR NATIONAL GUARD IS CHASING PEOPLE AROND THE HILLS OF
AFGANHASTAN....
I THINK IF I WAS INVOLVED--- I WOULD BE HANGING SHEET OF PLAstic to catch
rainwater that has not yet been contaminated with things on the ground.
? GENERIC WORRY???
I WORRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LIMITED WAYS TO CROSS THE HUDSON
RIVER -- AND MY BREAKFAST , LUNCH , AND DINNER ARE ALL PRODUCED ON THE OTHER
SIDE....
OUR RESIDENT PHD BIOLOGIST DR.BOB-- WORRIES ONE STEP FURTHER..
MUCH OF OUR FOOD IS RAISED WEST OF THE ROCKIES-- I E THE PACIFIC OCEAN
AREA... and AFTER WE HAVE CHEWED AND SWOLLOWED IT THE nutrients lEFT END
UP IN THE ATLANTIC. ..
I WONDER HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THE ATLANTIC OCEAN "RINSING OFF" THE MAJOR
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES WITH SALT WATER.
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HILARY LEFT-- SO THE DRIVEWAY MUST BE CLEAR---
CAMERA IS STILL WORKING AND MOXIE IS SNORING AWAY ON THE COUCH--- SHE DID
SOME NESTING LAST NIGHT BUT IS PERFECTLY RELAXED NOW.;
I THINK IT IS TUESDAY
