NOV 30 2015
 THIS WILL BE VERY SHORT-- JANINE IS STRUGGLING TO GET THE DOGGIE BAG WORKING CORRECTLY

AND IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED TASK....WHICH YOU CAN NOT ANTICIPATE UNTIL YOU GET IT  GENERALLY FUNCTIONING--- WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE....

TO HELP HER WORK OUT THE "BUGS"  I NEED TO GO TO THE WEB AND

 TRY DIFFERENT THINGS AND DOCUMENT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS

 THIS WILL HELP HER FIGURE OUT THE LOGIC OF IT ALL..

FOR ONE THING.....AT THE MOMENT  IT DOES NOT SEEM TO RECOGNISE MONKEY FISTS...

 THIS COULD BE THAT A COMMA IS MISSING  SOMEWHERE IN A LONG LINE OF GIBBERISH

WHICH SHE UNDERSTANDS...

THERE ARE ALWAYS  HUNDREDS OF THOSE LOGICAL HICCUPS TO FIGURE OUT WHEN YOU ARE WRITING THIS STUFF.

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From Bella's Mom:

 

Today was a day of doing basically nothing. We got up normal time and Ed had to go help a friend repair a stone wall. 

The girls and I stayed in this morning and relaxed. Then we had our meeting at the Kingdom Hall from 1-2:45.

 When we got home we all put our pajamas on and watched movies or football.

It was a quiet, relaxing day which was much needed. When George got home after our meeting 

he decided it was a perfect time for George zoomies. So he ran around and around in circles. 

At one point he went around a corner and slide on his belly and face. Then jumped up and zoomed some more!

 To bad that wasn't on video. So nothing really to report for exciting adventures today! 

It was a nice way to get ready for the start of another week. Thanks for checking in.

 Love Bella and George 👣🐾👣🐾💕

NOV 29 2015

LATE AGAIN...

PROBLEM WAS -- I WAS  UP  VERY EARLY- AND GOT INTO BLOODLINES--- AND THE FACT THAT TOO MUCH IS GETTING RELATED TO BENTLEY-- WHO IS THROWING WONDERFUL PUPS FROM A BUNCH OF WIVES... BUT....... AND HERE WE GO....I HAVE TO THINK BEYOND THIS BUNCH OF 31 (BACK TO 32 BECAUSE MEAUVE IS BACK FOR THE HOLIDAYS)THESE ARE DOING BEAUTIFUULLY... ON SCHEDULE FOR THE SPOON FEEDING ROUTINE.... AND I REFUSE TO BE FRIGHTENED BY  THE NEIGH SAYERS "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO  WHEN....XXXXXXX.....?" 

 WELL WE WILL FIGURE THAT OUT AT   XXXXXX MINUS 1 MINUTE...

BUT IN THE MEANTIME... MOTHER NATURE IS PUTTING US TO THE TEST.....  WHERE ALOT OF DOGS AROUND HERE ARE RELATED TO  BENTLEY-- AND WE HAVE HIS FUTURE SEX LIFE TO  FIGURE OUT.... I AM AS YET UNDECIDED ABOUT   THE DOGS FROM EUROPE--- SO THINKING ONLY OF THE DOGS WE HAVE WHO'S BACKGROUND IS VERY FAMILIAR TO US,    WE HAVE NOEL ( MEGAN HAS)  ----- GABBY(LYNN HAS) -----  MY FIRST CHOICE WOULD BE NOEL AND WALTER.... HOWEVER... FOR YOU NEW COMMERS, WALTER IS NOT KNOWN FOR HIS MARKSMANSHIP-- AND HAS  PRESENTED VERY COMPLICATED PROBLEMS WITH RUBBERMAID SANDWICH DISHES, SYRINGES AND SMALL HOSES...    HOWEVER... HIS SON... GROMMET COULD BE HELD IN THE "GREEN ROOM"  HE AND BENTLEY ARE KNOWN FOR PRECISION -- AND TIES LASTING LONGER THAN THE 5 MIN MOTHER NATURE REQUIRES...

 (?GREEN ROOM?  WHERE ACTORS WAIT BEFORE GOING ON SET).  I ALWAYS WANT  THIS TO BE EDUCATIONAL...

I WAS FLATTERED TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY THE DD IS ALWAYS EITHER EDUCATIONAL OR ENTERTAINING...

WELL I AM AFTRAID THAT IS IT FOR THE DAY...

SUNDAY STEW... AND I THINK I WANT TO JUST ENJOY THE DAY-- AND NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO ANY NEIGH SAYERS--  OR NAY SAYERS-- OR NAE-- WHATEVER.... HANG THE DETAILS..  I AM OFF FOR THE DAY...

nov 28   2015

desk cleaning can be painful  ---i do try, but that  third law of murphy.'s gets me every time

 " any horizontal space will accumuate disassociated objects"

true on my desk, the mantle place  and the giraffe tent..  all getting fuller and fuller.`

problem being,   all the objects  have - at one point in their lives beeen fascinationg.

-  I hang on thinking someone will come long and be interested... AND NO ONE IS...

I HAVE ONE POSSIBEL EXCEPTION--SOMEONE SENT... AND I CONTINUE TO PLAY WITH 

"BAILEY- THE MONEY HUNGRY MUTT"   IT CAN BE GOOGLED-- MINE  DOES WORK AND IS A FASCINATING DESIGN. 

IF YOU  ARE EVEN THINKING OF BUYING ONE FOR ONE OF YOUR TOY BASED RELATIVES.. PLEASE GO  TO THE  DAILY DOGGIE  OFF OUR WEB SITE.. AND IN THE CORNER IS AN AMAZON LINK...  BECAUSE THEN WE WILLGET SOME PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY YOU SPEND ON WHATEVER YO U BUY THRU THAT LINK... KEEP THAT IN MIND THRU CHRISTMAS SHOPPING...

SPEAKING OF KEEPING THINGS NO LONGER INTERESTING TO ANYONE ELSE...like photos of your kids when they were 2 years old.  When my parents died, i suddenly realized there was no one left to WHOM I COULD SHOW FAMILY PICTURES....  NOW THAT THE .MAJOR FUNCTION OF THAT  "CELL PHONE"  CONTRAPTION IS NO LONGER A TELEPHONE, BUT A PORTABLE SCRAPBOOK,...  THESE  PORTABLE SCRAPBOOKS MAKE   THE GRANDPARENT FUNCTION IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL.

 

 or as happens to me when i am out with a dog, "let me show you my dog" which

is on their phone-- and takes a few minutes to find, as they flash thru photos  of their trip to tahiti,

 which they also show you... FINALLY THEY GET TO THIER DOG-- A YELLOW LAB-- JUST SITTING THERE 

I WISH I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY YELLOW LAB PHOTO I HAVE LOOKED AT AND SMILED AT...

NOT UNLIKE THIS DAILY DOGGIE ON A DAY WHEN IT AT LEAST VERIFIES THAT I AM ALIVE- BUT SHOULD BE DELETED AS JUNQUE.

MOST OF THE  BRILLIANT IDEAS COME FROM MY SUBCONSIOUS MIND COLLECTING DISASSOCIATED FACTS FROM CNN AND IT'S ADVERTISERS .  LAST NIGHT I WAS WONDERING IF THEY SHOT THE GUY IN COLORADO THEY COULD KEEP HIM ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO  "HARVEST" ANY OF HIS PARTS...  I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT..AS LONG AS HIS IDEAOLOGY DIDN'T GET HARVSTED WITH HIS  KIDNEYS.  

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THE  LACK OF CUT AND PASTE IS  ANNOYING... BECASUE YESTERDAY  AT MAILCALL WE GOT TO LISTING THE PEOPLE FROM WHOM WE HAVE NOT HEARD-- MOST NOTABLY  CRIMSON---WONDEFUL DOG--APPARENTLY GONE TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND MET FIRST LADY....--BRIAN SHOUD BE REMINDED TAT CRIMSON IS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER'S "CHILDREN"  AND THEY EXPECT TO HEAR MORE FROM HIM ABOUT WHAT SHE IS DOING IN HER LIFE ...

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 I HAD SOMEONE WHO  SENT ME AN EMAIL ---SERIOUSY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TEENAGERS WHO BENT OVER AND HAD A PLUMBERS CRACK SHOWING  AND HAD TO SHUT OFF THE NURSERY CAMERA... TO WHICH GRACE JUST REPLIED "TELL THEM TO SENT UNION SUITS  OR COVERALLS FOR EVERYONE--"  

( GRACE IS  TALL AND WEARS  MENS- TALL  2XL).

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TAKES ALL KINDS... AND THEM'S ALL HERE.

NOV 27 2015

***********************************************************************************HE CALENDARS ARE HERE--- A THING OF BEAUTY-- MANY SAYING "BETTER THAN LAST YEAR"  WHICH IS HARD TO BEAT...  WE HAVE THEM  $20  PLUS $5  SHIPPING.. WHICH WE JUST ABOUT HIT ON THE HEAD....  $4.54 POSTAGE AND  $.61 FOR THE MAILER...

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WE HAD A SPECTACULAR DINNER THANKS TO RICHARD-- AND  TO GRACE WHO'S DECORATIONS WERE- PER USUAL OVERWHELMING...  COMPLETE WITH ARIOT SNORING AWAY ON THE ONE BED....   IT WASN'T TIL AFTER DINNER THAT I DISCOVERED THAT THE CANDLES WERE  NOT REALLY CANDLES  BUT BATTERY RUN--  EXCELLENT  FAKES---LOOKED REAL !

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WE MET BELLA AND GEORGE FOR THE " HUNT"   GEORGE HAD A PROBLEM GETTIN GON THE GOLF CART THE FIRST TIME-- TIL BELLA DID--  AFTER THAT FIRST RIDE, HE POPPED UP LIKE A PRO..  SOMEHOW WE MISSED ( CALENDAR)WILLIAM- I KNOW HE WAS THERE AT THE START...

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BECAUSE THE  THANKSGIVING HUNT IS SORT OF A "SPECIAL DEAL" TO ALL THE MYOPIA HUNT MEMBERS.... EVERYBODY WANTS TO RIDE IN IT... SO  EVEN THO THERE IS AN "INVATATION  ONLY" POLICY, THERE IS A GREAT NUMBER OF BORROWED HORSES AND RIDERS OF UNKNOWN CAPABILITIES-- PARTICULARLY MEN WHO  RODE ALOT IN THEIR YOUTH, AND NOW HAVE TROUBLE BUTTONING THE PRESTEGIOUS RED JACKET AROUND THEIR GIRTH WHO BORROW A FRIENDS HORSE.  THIS COMBINATION LEADS TO  MANY PAUSES WHERE RIDERS STAND AROUND- AND OFF IN THE DISTANCE THE ONLOOKERS ARE TREATED TO THE SOUND OF AN APPROACHING AMBULANCE... WHILE SOME PEOPLE TRY AND CATCH A LOOSE HORSE.

JANIINE MADE IT AROUND, BUT A FRIEND OF HERS DID NOT-- WHEN HER HORSE FELL OVER A FENCE AND ROLLED OVER HER.. THE REST OF THE BUNCH KIND OF DISMISSED IT BY HAPPILY  SAYING "SHE COULD MOVE ALL 4 EXTREMITIES AND THE HORSES TROTTED OUT FINE"-- I DID HEAR LATER SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED WHILE THEY QUESTION THINGS LIKE "SPLEEN"..   -----A VERY DIZZY BUNCH OF PEOPLE. 

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GEORGE-- (DR GEORGE... BAILEY'S LEAST FAVORITE  PERSON)  SAID TEHY ( FAMILY) ARE COMING TO VISIT HERE ABOUT 10 AM TODAY..  I AM VERY GLAD HE IS COMING... BAILEY'S REAR COULD STAND A PROFESSIONAL LOOK.... AND I HATE TO TRY AND GET HER IN THE CAR TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL... MAYBE IF I PUT VICKS IN HER NOSE SHE WON'T KNOW HE IS HERE....( DON'T COUNT ON THAT ONE.)-

 HER REAR END SEEMS STUCK IN NEUTRAL-- NO T GETTING BETTER VERY FAST...

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Hello-- FROM THE WEST COAST !!,

 You will be receiving 4 “In Training” patches and one “In Training” vest for the pups from Sir Thomas by Nov 30.

Also, I met with the owner/director of Summit Dogs. I really liked her, and though she currently works with (you guessed it) labs and goldens, she asked me about Great Danes. She seemed to ask the right questions and was so down-to-earth (as in, not full of herself at all). She seems like she knows dogs but at the same time is eager/open to information. For example, she currently sends puppies out to trained volunteers for socialization and basic puppy stuff but seems that she’d rather – or at least would consider – raising on site.

 They recently purchased 17 acres and have plans for buildings (kennels, training facility, guest lodging for recipients-to-be). They have about a dozen pups in socialization right now. And they currently train for mobility but not ambulatory mobility (which she’s interested in and which I could see her watching me with Tommy). The dogs she has now get trained for mostly wheelchair recipients to aid in retrieving, turning on lights, opening doors, transferring in and out of chair.

 In mid-December, I’m meeting with more volunteers and a trainer; I’ll likely help them out with advocacy work. In the meantime, I suggested to her to 1) read the Daily Doggie  2) watch the cams  3) check out my blog

 Hope all is well there! Miss everyone!

 Renee

I WOULD LOVE TO FIND MORE PEOPLE AROUNG THE "LOWER 48"  WHO C OULD TRAIN DANES...IT IS ABSURD TO RESTRICT IT TO GOLDENS AND LABS-- MOSTLY ON THE ABILITY TO RETREIVE.. SOOOOOO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT NEED THE LIGHTS TURNED ON AND STUFF PICKED UP..  THAT LIGHT SWITCH ON-TURNING SOUNDS A PUBLIC RELATIONS GIMMIC  TO ME......IN A REAL LIFE SITUATION HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED THAT..

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT TAKES  A WHILE TO TRAIN FOR THAT... - WOULD THAT TIME BE BETTER SPENT TRAINING ANOTHER DOG TO BE MINUS THOSE JOBS.

TRY THIS...IF A TRAINING FACILITY PUTS OUT 20 DOGS A YEAR--- WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER TO PUT OUT 26 DOGS A YEAR AND SOLVE THE RETRIEVING PROBLEM  BY HAVING  THOSE 26 CARRY ONE OF THOSE FOLDING  "GRABBER" THINGS ATTACHED TO THIER WHEELCHAIR-- 

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100 YEARS AGO... WELL NEARLY... THERE WAS A 2am NEWS PROGRAM ON TV.. "OVERNIGHT"   --- LINDA ELLERBEE AND LLOYD SOMEONE-- WHERE THEY LOCATED AND REPORTED ON THE MOST RIDICULOUS NEWS STORIE THEY COULD FIND WORLD WIDE-  IT WAS SO ENTERTAININGTHAT I N OFTEN SET MY ALARM TO GET UP AND LISTEN TO IT- I WAS USUALLY UP ABOUT THEN ANYWAY...

IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST NIGHT I  THOUGHT I DID HEAR SUCH A STORY ON CNN.  

BUT UNFORTUNATELY ... I HAD NO PEN/PAPER NEXT TO THE BED.. AND NOW I HAVE FORGOTTEN IT... BUT WAS REMINDED OF THAT "OVERNIGHT" SHOW.

 THE FACT THAT LINDA WROTE A BOOK "AND SO IT GOES"  IS WORTH MENTIONING...

SHE WAS A CONTROVERSAL PERSONALITY WHO LOGICALLY GOT INTO MANY INTERESTING SCRAPES WITH TV  BRASS..

A GOOD - OLD - BOOK.

NOV 25 2015

THIS IS WATER APPRECIATION DAY !!--

I GOT UP FOR MY USUAL MIDNIGHT PROWL AND ANITICPATED THE NORMAL --TURNING ON THE FAUCET MAKES WATER COME OUT....  WRONG ! 

ZERO... IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE TH E  USUAL POOF THAT MEANT THERE WAS AT LEAST POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE AIR PRESSURE IN THE LINE.. DEAD... 

MY MIND FLEW TO PAST EXPERIENCES... WAS IT SO COLD THAT THE BARN WATER FROZE AND BROKE A PIPE SO THE ENTIRE PLACE HAD DRAINED TO THE LOWEST POINT FLOODING THE FEED ROOM? SO I RAN DOWNSTAIRS-- WELL  I DIDN'T RUN- ESPECIALLY DOWN THOSE STAIRS WHICH ARE 1/2 BARRICADED BY THE LAUNDRY CHUTE - ---MOVING QUICKLY---- I STUMBLED THRU OUR COLLECTION OF WIERD BICYCLES AND PUT MY HAND ON THE PIPE WHICH COMES IN FROM THE STREET.. AND I COULD FEEL NO WATER RUNNING THRU... MEAINING IT WAS AT LEAST NOT MY PROBLEM TO FIX....( WHICH BY THE WAY IS NOT THE USUAL 1" PIPE... SOMEWHERE IN MY PAST I DECIDED TO LOAD THE DICE AND PAY FOR A 2.5 INCH AQUADUCT  TO DELIVER A SUPER AMT OF  WATER FOR THE BARN.... WHICH NOW SUPPLIES THE MASSIVE LAUNDRY SYSTEM...) 

20? YEARS AGO?  I HAD A BREAK INTHE PIPE ( DEEP  UNDERGROUND) WHICH GOES FROM THE HOUSE TO THE BARN--- I DIDN' T KNOW IT TIL I GOT A $900 WATER BILL AND COULD FEEL WATER RUNNING IN THE INTAKE WHEN NOTHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN...WITH A $17,000 REPAIR I WAS THRILLED TO FIND THIS TIME  WHATEVER WAS ON THE TOWN'S SIDE OF THE METER.....

ALL THAT NOW MEANT I STILL HAD NO WATER AND HAD TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT TIL SOMEONE ELSE FIXED WHATEVER WAS WRONG.

I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE...

WE HAD A HOUSE FIRE --JAN 1 19XX?    100% BURN TO THE GROUND-- AND MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS  WATER- BECAUSE I HAD ? 10 HORSES IN THE BARN... AND THE WATER CAME THRU THE HOUSE TO THE BARN--- EXCEPT THE HOUSE WAS GONE AND THE WATER FROZE..

THAT WAS AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM-- WITH HOUSE STILL SMOLDERING , I HAD TO WATER THE ANIMALS-- SO I GOT A NEW PLASTIC TRASH CAN - FILLED IT UP AT THE NEIGHBORS AND BUCKETED TO THE BARN.. ONCE-- BECAUSE THE PLASTIC DID NOT SURVIVE THE  COLD AND ICE THAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENED...AND I GRADUATED TO A  NEW 5 GALLON DRUM-  WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND IN A PICKUP WITH A 55 GAL DRUM OF WATER IN THE BACK,,, IT FREEZEZ MUCH FASTER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT---  THIS EVENTUAL HAPPENING LEAD TO ROLLING IT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND BUILDING A FIRE AROUND IT TO GET THE CHUNK OF ICE OUT--- THOSE RIDGES IN THE BARREL MADE IT DIFFICULT TO EMPTY... 

 AFTER A WEEK OF THAT , THE TOWN CAME AND PUT IN A SURFACE LINE TO THE BARN FROM THE OLD HOUSE CONNECTION.. SURFACE LINE FOR 75 FEET IN JANUARY WAS A NEW CHALLANGE, TIL I REMEMBERED... HORSE SH#T-- NICE FRESH WARM HORSE  SH#T MAKES CONSIDERABLE HEAT.. SO WE MOUNDED  THE MANURE OVER THAT PIPE AND MADE IT THRU THE WINTER...

 THAT KNOWEDGE --- CURRENTLY--- IS WHY I NEED TO REMEMBER TO PUT A PILE OF HORSE MANURE OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR OF THE LAUNDRY BUILDING-- IT IS EITHER THAT OR PAY 4 MILLION $$ TO RE- DESIGN THE SEPTIC SYSTEM  BECAUSE THE SEPTIC PIPE COMES OUT RIGHT UNDER THAT DOOR  AND IS NOT DEEP ENOUGH  TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE... UNLESS COVERED WITH A WARM BLANKET THE NATURAL WAY... HORSE SH#T.

WE DO HAVE A BACK UP WATER SUPPLY- A DEEP 500' WELL- WITH DRINKABLE WATER THAT SMELLS LIKE DEAD FISH--- I CAN WATER THE FLAT FIELD WITH IT EVERY AUGUST..AS LONG AS WE HAVE ELECTRICITY....  THE MAN WHO TESTED IT DECLARED IT DRINKABLE-- BUT SUGGESTED WE CONSIDER MINING IT- IT HAS SO MANY MINERALS IN IT.

WATER-- TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE DRIVES THE  ECONOMY AND WARS... 

BEFORE I MOVED TO IPSWICH-- I REMEMBER PEPSI BOUGHT  SOME  LAND  IN LYNNFIELD THAT HAD A NATURAL SPRING ON IT AND IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THAT HAD HAPPENED I MADE THE STATEMENT "IT WOULD NEVER MAKE SENSE TO USE GASOLINE TO TRUCK AROUND  WATER"    -- HOW WRONG  WAS I !!! 

 I MENTALLY MAKE NOTE OF WATER--- WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY  WITH HOOD POND ACROSS THE STREET....AND WATER--- IS THE REASON I HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY BEHIND THE ARENA TO THE LAKE-- IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE OLD DEED- THAT I COULD  USE IT TO DRIVE MY "STOCK"  TO HOOD POND TO WATER THEM.

WATER IS ONE REASON I AM NOT THRILLED TO BE IN CALIFORNIA-- ONE GOOD EARTHQUAKE AND THERE WILL BE ALOT OF THIRSTY PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND WITH EMPTY PLASTIC BOTTLES.

CAMERA MARK--- CASUALLY REFERRED TO  A "CLOSET" IN HIS DARTBOARD BUILDING AS A SPRING THAT FED THE SODA COMPANY WHICH USED TO OWN IT.-- ALTHO HIS DARTWORLD DOES A HUGE BUSINESS, COULD BE THAT SPRING  WOULD BE A BIG MONEY MAKER TOO.

 MY FRIEND ANN-- REFERRED TO A NATURAL SPRING IN HER WOODS WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE IN  OLDE TYME IPSWICH (1700'S) USED TO COME FILL THEIR JUGS. IT NOW RUNS DOWNHILL INTO THE IPSWICH RIVER...

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THE HUNT.... TODAY....

I HAVE HEARD BELLA AND GEORGE WILL BE THERE---I'M  ALWAYS AWARE OF A PACK OF DOGS, THAT PACK OF 40 HOUNDS IS USUALLY INDER CONTROL... BUT I SUGGESTED THEY NOT GO TOO NEAR THE PACK.... MAYBE EVEN RIDE ON THE GOLF CART.

 I HAVE PARKED THE RED GOLF CART AT ANNS BECAUSE THE HUNT GATHERS ACROSS THE STREET IN A BIG FIELD WHERE WALKING COULD BE A PROBLEM.

ANN JUST EMAILED ME "THAT IS NO GOLF CART, IT IS A BUS"  

 IT DOES HOLD 6 PEOPLE-- AND WE USE IT TO TOTE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE  -- AND LAUNDRY AROUND SDP...

RICHARD HAS PROVIDED A HUGE SPREAD OF FOOD AND FASHIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.'S TURKEY  EPISODE.....  GRACE IS HAVING A FIELD DAY WITH DECORATIONS IN THE TRAINING ROOM...

HAVE A HAPPY--- NOT TOO SURE WHERE WE WILL BE AT 5:00PM  FOR A FAUX MAIL CALL-- THERE IS NO CAMERA IN THE TRAINING ROOM ( WHICH IS MORE A GUEST HOUSE ANNEX THAN A TRAINING ROOM...)

P.S.  THE WATER IS BACK ON..

nov 25 2015

AGING IS NOT FOR THE MEEK-  

SOMEBODY GAVE ME A BOTTLE OF ALEVE-  HAVING NEVER TAKE IT, I THOUGHT I 'D READ THE DIRECTIONS AND SEE WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO...

EVEN WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS I READ  IT HELPED WITH  TURTLES, MIND DESIGN AND 

BACKYARD SWINGS....WHO IS THE SADISTIC SOUL WHO MAKES THAT PRINT THAT SMALL??

I HEARD ON THE TV ADS IT WAS GOOD FOR ARTHRITIS----WHY WAS THERE NOT SOMEONE IN THE ALEVE CORPORATION  TO STUDY HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS WERE AGING WITH FAILING EYESIGHT- AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO READ WHAT TO DO WITH THE STUFF..

MAYBE .. LIKE READERS DIGEST-- THEY HAVE A LARGE PRINT EDITION I DON'T KNOW ABOUT..

WHOEVER THAT PERSON WAS WHO DESIGNED THAT LABEL,  HAS A TWIN  WHO WORKS FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM MAKERS GUILD..  AFTER DAYS OF STRUGGLING WITH THE DIRECTIONS ABOUT PRESSURIZING  NO2 CANNISTERS WHICH HAD A NASTY TWIST OF HAVEING TINY PRINT ON WHITE PAPER IN VERY LIGHT PINK INK, RICHARD FINALLY GOT ONE CANNISTER TO WORK.  ABOUT ALL WE HAD TO GO ON WAS A TINY PICTURE OF ONE NO2 THING WITH .5L NEXT TO IT.... AND TWO NO2 CANNISTERS WITH A   1 L NEXT TO IT..

THIS IS TRICKY..... BECAUSE THE DISPENSERS   SEEM TO COME IN .5 LITER AND 1 LITER, WE ASSUMED YOU NEEDED 2  OF THE BULLET NO2 "THINGS"  WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE FIRST WITHOUT HAVING CREAM SHOOT OUT THE LITTLE HOLE ALL OVER THE CIELING.. IT WAS A VERY SOPHISTICATED AND DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION.

IT DOES SEEM TRUE THAT YOU  CAN REMOVE THE POWER NO2 THING AND IT MUST HAVE A VALVE IN THAT PREVENTS THE CREAMY CEILING SYNDROME.

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T RECOGNISE IT-- THAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL DAILY DOGGIE DISCUSSION FOR THE DAY...  TO WHICH I MUST ADD-- THAT ALL OF YOU WHO NOW WANT TO RUN OUT AND BUY THESE "COMMERCIAL' WHIPPED CREAM  MAKERS ON EBAY... PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH DISPENSER USES WHICH CARTRIDGE--- I ADVISE BUYING A PACKGE DEAL TO START..  THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE DISPENSER WITH NITROUS OXIDE CARTRIGES-- SO FAr in my experience, they arE not interchaingale...

IT DOES LOOK LIKE A FUN TOY... BECAUSE ALTHO I CAN NOT READ THE DIRECTIONS,  THE RE IS A PHOTO WITH THE WORDS   creme au sirop d'erable UNDER IT... WHICH IS NOT ONLY IN PINK , BUT IN  FRENCH??? AND SOMEONE TOLD ME IT SAYS  MAPLE SYRUP...

NOW THERE IS  A CARROT IN FRONT OF THE DONKEY...  BOY DOES THAT SOUND GOOD..

THE VERY FEW INSTRUCTIONS WE FOUND RELATED TO -- NO GRANUALS( LIKE SUGAR--MAKE SYRUP OR USE POWDERED?)   AND A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF SHAKES WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE BUTTERFAT CONTENT OF THE CREAM.  BUT IS IT EVER GOOOOOOOD !

AND TOTALLY LACKING IN CALORIES -- (  I AM SURE THAT SAID IT SOMEWHERE.... IN PINK...)

THE AGING AND MEEK PART I STARTED WITH-  I NEVER MEANT TO GET INTO  THE TOPIC OF CREAM... MY OBSERVATION ON THAT IS ... NOT ONLY  IS MY HEARING LESS THAN DESIREABLE- BUT I HAD TROUBLE SEEING MARK'S TOY ...DRONE...  IF HE WENT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE TREES ( WHICH HE DETERMINED TO BE 120 FEET TALL....)   GRANTED THERE WERE WHITE FLUFFY CLOUDS AND IT IS WHITE--- BUT 4 PEOPLE STUCK THEIR FINGERS UP IN THE SKY AND SAID "YOU CAN'T SEE THAT???"  WHICH IF I COULD SEE IT , THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO DISCUSSION ABOUT  MY NOT SEEING IT.

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DOGS.... NOW..... AND THIS IS A GOOD ONE.....  AND I CERTAINLY COULD BE WRONG.. BUT....

IT IS ABOUT NECCO-- WHO IS WHAT I WOULD CALL A LIGHTLY MARKED HARLEQUIN (I WOULD CALL ARIOT A LIGHTLY MARKED DANE ALSO -- AND ARIOT IS DEAF---  BAILEY - ALSO LIGHTLY MARKED HARL  IS NOT DEAF...)  BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF WHITE AND DEAF, RUMOR HAS IT THAT NECCO IS DEAF-- "SHE SITS BACK AND DOES NOT ALWAYS COME WHEN CALLED".. IT IS MY CONTENTION SHE IS NOT DEAF--- SHE CAN HEAR WHEN TESTED ON A VARIETY O F NOISES.... BUT BECAUSE THE ASSUMPTION  THAT SHE WAS DEAF HAS MADE HANDLERS TREAT HER DIFFERENTLY, AND SHE DOES NOT INTERPRET THE SOUNDS AS THE REST  OF THE LITTER DOES...

WE BROUGHT HER IN THE HOUSE....AND AFTER LETTING HER RELAX AND INVESTIGATE ALL THE NOOKS AND CRANNEYS... I PICKED UP THE TREAT BOX, WIHT JUST A VERY MINOR NOISE-- AND HER HEAD TURNED-- BOTH WAYS FOR A START-- BUT SHE CLEARLY HEARD THE NOISE AND RECOGNIZED IT AS COOKIES.  SHE DID NOT REACT AT FIRST TO THE PUP PUP PUP USUAL , BUT AFTER LEARNING THAT THE PUP NOISE ALSO MEANT COOKIES, SHE BEGAN TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THAT...  CLAP YOUR HANDS GETS NO REACTION-- BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THAT NOISE MEANS... SHAKE TEH BOX OF COOKIIES WILL BRING HER ACROSS THE ROOM.

I WILL  ALLOW THAT HER HEARING MIGHT... I SAY  MIGHT... NOT BE WHAT YOU COULD CALL ACUTE.. IT WILL NEED FURTHER INVESTIGATION... BUT THE WHITE DEAF LABEL IS NOT DOING HER ANY FAVORS... SO SOCIALLY SHE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEHIND THE OTHERS-- COULD BE OUR FAULT ... LETS ASSUE SHE IS NOT DEAF FOR THE MOMENT.

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THANKSGIVING- RICHARD IS A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE OUR PLANS ARE NOT DEFINITE... LIKE HOW MANY WILL BE HERE?--I DUNNO... 

 WE WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF FOOD IN THE TRAINING  ROOM AND ANY VOLUNTEERS, CAMERA PEOPLE OR ASSOCIAES WHO ARE AROUND ARE WELCOME TO COME EAT.

(AND PITCH IN WITH THE AFTERNOON CHORES WITH THE DOGS-- THEY DON'T CARE IF SOMEONE DECIDED IT IS A HOLIDAY)

SINCE HE GOT THE WHIPPED CREAM MAKER GOING... WE HAVE TO GO TO COSTCO AND STOCK UP ON HEAVY CREAM  FOR TOYING WITH...(MEGAN  HAS VOICED A PREFERENE  FOR GREEN COLORING)  UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF THE NO2 THINGS.

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BASIC PLAN OF THE DAY IS 9am   TO BE AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODHUE AND HIGHLAND AVENUE  (?IPSWICH OR HAMILTON?)   TO WATCH THE MYOPIA HUNT GATHER-- IT IS SPECTACULAR --- 40 HOUNDS AND ?80 OR SO BEAUTIFULLY ATTIRED RIDERS..... (ONE MAY BE JANINE)-  THEY ROAR OFF INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE AT 10Aam- AND MANY PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THEM BY CAR  TO KNOWN CROSSINGS.... OR TO OTHER FARMS WHERE THEY STOP FOR A STIRUP CUP OF ?WINE?-- PROBABLY --- WE WILL COME HOME... WHERE GRACE AND CREW ARE SETTING UP... PAM AMONG OTHER THINGS HAS BEEN  A CHEF IN HER A CAREER--  I KNOW SHE IS ONE HECK OF A SHORT ORDER COOK....

EATING/ SOCIALIZING  WILL TAKE PLACE PRBABLY MOST OF THE AFTERNOON

SO ON WE GO???

nov 24 2015

i am still trying to figure out the abc live feed episode... apparently  one of the explore people lined it up  - and i am happy to hang on and go for the ride... but i don't really understand it- maybe i won't ever-- things like i  apparently still control the sound....and last time i went to check and see if the camera angle was right , Bill Clinton was on-- so maybe we are a filler if nothing better comes along...  i dunno

it did mean i had to write on the floor that the little brown spot was a hole in the floor- and not puppy poo..

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mail call--  we actually have people who having seen the bella /george story   "dollar -up "------ not the 51 million that have seen the video-- but a few... the video does not give our name or address... maybe eventually in the follow-up stories which are bound to come-- and kitti's friend is dealing with the media-

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the calendars are in-- my first comment--THEY WEIGH A TON !!   the van full needed unloading    into the  garage- and thothey only weghted 35 pounds ( he said) whatever the van floor was, they did not slide - which became my job-get a foot behind a carton and push to the door.

they are a thing of beauty... and i guess we are ready...i don't know abotu this pitney bowles scale thing etc-- hopefully theresa does.

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i am still stuck on the whipped cream maker problem  and the  cartridges. we are on the second quart of heavy cream today--

it is soooooo like the printer and ink problem it is madeninig-- the dispensers are free-- but you have to buy their specific  NO2  cartridges...--  and i don't know where they sell them locally-- so it is back to ebay  i have tried to get he generic.. which i thought was  the  isi  brand.  people who makde those cartridges lie about what fits what...

all that shreaded wheat  cereal   is not bad with heavy cream which is located in the refrigerator right next to the 1%-- my hand just can not be forced to the 1% 

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moving along at a hair raising pace......  richard has arrived...and the  fun has started...with the "why not's " and  "but if's "-- his head goes 90 miles  an hour  and i am pressed to keep up...

so far so good....

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and the vomit report--spinner has eaten 3 jars of chicken and sweet potato baby food and thrown up only one-- then consumed a whole can of dog food-- with nothing coming back out  in the past 6 hours.... maybe he is now over it...

i am trying to make up a "generic letter" to send to appropriate student groups pass this concept on...

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Just a suggestion---to leaders of teen groups like scouting and churches   re:  volunteering  and  community service

the situation......

We at Service Dog Project- get requests almost daily about  students needing community service hours. 

We have many senior /handicapped residents who love watching the many  Explore.org  cameras which are live   24/7/365 from polar bears to our great dane puppies in training as service dogs.  There are many more  people  who would like to watch, but  can not “speak computer”.   Many of these people are isolated by illness, age, geography,

There is an entire generation of teens who “speak computer” very well. Many of the same teens need “community service” hours to  graduate  and or apply to colleges.  With the help of their leaders, Teams of teens.. Scouts, Church groups, National Honor Society could provide that service.

By having these computer savvy teens set up a computer in a nursing home- senior residence or senior hangout- many more people could enjoy the  non commercial world of the explore cameras. At SDP we have 6 cameras on various areas of the farm which broadcast live whatever happens-mostly our 31 puppies  either sleeping, eating , or playing..and sometimes our volunteers training,  drinking coffee, cleaning up , or napping..  It is live.

If the person writes a thank you to SDP for the teen’s service in setting up the live stream, we will read the letters “live”  at our 5pm mail call and send the teens involved  a certificate for 2 hours of community service. 

We have viewers who comment from every state plus many countries worldwide.  There are very few  chances to  watch anything without commercials.  This is one of them.

A win -win. 

nov 23 2015

per kitty  we are now live stream on abc news--  and it is live-- which is why i had to label the hole in the floor which looked like a pile of poo... 

http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=2

going with the flow--  i have put  a white board up for notices... and we must have that camera  on puppies as best we can..... i wonder....... tht camera does have sound if i turn it on...will that be live too??...  and maybe roll that camera and let puppies loose for mail call...???

this could be a huge deal????  i have to get in touch with  explore and see what our limits are...

kitty  as our media consultant---- this gronk report- would be a funny "filler"-- like i could read that at mailcall -changing "pup" to "guy" in a few places... and then lead in our gronk...

and how far on abc........... our current bunch of people are well in tune with  things like the "vomit report"-- but  that could be alarming tto a bunch of new commers who have no access to  questions and answers....

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so now the  daily vomit report....   tumbler.. yestrday  was the vomiter-- and was moved to the nouse-- and seems fine now...her last action was after supper last night grace  reported a small glob...  howerve- during the night  spinner has been tossing 3 or 4 times. 

who knows why...???  but we will swap dogs as soon as shannon gets here ( and shannon# 47 who has kiara) how to repoace tumbler to the #10 bunch?????   very carefully for the first 15 minutes.....

lesson of the day..... big lesson... learned the hard way with $1000 worth of stitches on an ear----when i returned one pup to the flat field with he 2 siblings- it was one of my worst mistakes... poor dog thought i was after her too, when i was just trying to break it up...  finally she collapsed and i was able to get between her and the other 2 and  back them off.   she was bleeding ===big time... i can not remember who... but it was a pup about 90 pound size.... and the ear did heal-- but she had to be retired from service work--  the other 2 went on fine.. no  problems.  it was my mistake clearly.

you  never take a pup/dog  out of a group of  a well established pack-- and then just toss them back in the group...- the pack is very inclined to come over to sniff out the "newcommer" and in a split second it can turn into a multi-dog brawl. i know....sometimes it does not... but if it does....it is awful... so lets play by theri rules-- pay attention...

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richard lands  4:45 today-- his "luggage" is already here  he sends it ups-- which makes alot of sense...

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that means i may be able to go play with the golden at about 10 this morning...at the mall...  should be interesting...

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now to  "talk " with courtney...and explore...

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margaret    gronk reporty... 

Brief description of stay. Include places visited, people encountered, new sights and sounds. Mention any challenges.

Gronk did really well! He was good walking around the neighborhood. He went to my office, Whole Foods, CVS, the bank, the T-station, and a café. In new situations he tends to walk a little fast be and be out just a bit ahead and needs more corrections. Once he feels more confident, he is right by your side. He listens well and seems confident. He is not afraid of stairs but still needs practice taking them more slowly and in control. He does better going down than going up. He has a nice, tight down stay. Very food motivated. Interested in but respectful of the house cat. Good recall, even away from distractions. Gets a little nervous in a crowd (Davis Square, crowded café) and need to work on body positioning in a crowd. I had a hard time getting him to keep tight positioning in a crowd. Definitely a great pup who has all the basics down and just needs miles.

Commands Practiced (Check all that apply, use space to describe any issues):

X Get Dressed           X Load Up                  X Down                      X Stay

X Back                        X Easy                        X Left                         X Right

X Over                        X Up                            X Watch me               X Whoa

X Brace (chair)          X Brace (curbs)         X Manners

 

Locations where practiced (Check all that apply, use space to describe any issues):

X At home                  X At work                   X Outdoors                X Café/restaurant

X Store                       X Public place  X Medical office

Issues:

Took down into T station to observe and listen to the trains coming through. Got shaky and nervous when he heard the trains but I was able to calm him down and he acclimated. Had some trouble with positioning his body in a busy café when standing and waiting for my order. Didn’t hold steady, swung his rear out. 

NOV 22,2015

WE  HAVE ORANGES-- NICE ORANGES FROM FLORIDA THANKS TO  CP   XXXXXX -- IT IS LOVELY TO GT UP AND HAVE  A NICE ORANGE INSTEAD OF  CHINESE FOOD AND CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR BREAKFAST...

I HOPE WHEN THESE POLITITIANS START THROWING OUT IMAGRANTS THEY REALIZE  THEY ARE THREATENING MY SOURCE OF CHINESE FOOD...  THERE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE NEW FACES THERE- WITH A WORKING VOCABULARY OF "#2 WITH WINGS?"

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THE CREW FROM GE CAME YESTERDAY AND PUT UP THE 600'  FENCE AROUND THE SWAMPY MUD HOLE IN "A" FIELD---  THIS WILL GIVE US  A PRETTY GOOD RACE TRACK IF WE CAN JUST GET THEM GOING AROUND-- WHICH THEY SOMETIMES DO NORMALLY-- THE MUCK IS JUST TOO DEEP- AND I WORRY ABOUT A YOUNG DOG GETTING IN AND STUCK...  BUT THEY CAN'T NOW... HOPEFULLY.  

I REMEMBER...... WHEN  WE FIRST MOVED HERE  GWEN( DAUGHTER) CAME AND TOLD ME THERE WAS A DOG STUCK IN THE MUD-- WHEN WE WENT TO LOOK, IT WAS A ( LIVE) HORSES' HEAD, THE REST OF THE HORSE HAD SUNK--- IT WAS A BIG HORSE TOO...1500 POUNDS... BIG...  WE HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK IN TO GET HER OUT-- AND THE ONLY REASON THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL WAS WE HAD A VERY TALL RELATIVE OF MINE VISITING, WHO'S ARMS WERE LONG ENOUGH TO GET THE FIRST STRAP AROUND HER...  WE HAE A PICTURE SOMEWHERE OF HIM WITH HER AFTER SHE WAS ON HERE FEET AND THE LINE OF MUD WENT FROM HIS EAR ACROSS TO HIS WAIST-- HE COUDL NOT HAVE REACHED ANY DEEPER...

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HORSES STUCK PLACES.....I ALSO REMEMBER--"-IN LYNNFIELD THERE WAS AN OLD SHACK ON THE PROPERTY AND A HORSE WENT IN THERE ONE DAY AND WENT THRU THE FLOOR- FALLING  UNHURT- INTO ABOUT A 12  ROUND AND DEEP CISTERN USED TO COLLECT RAINWATER FOR WHAT USED TO BE THE DAIRY CATTLE...  WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS THERE.. HOW DID WE GET THAT ONE OUT- PERFECTLY HEALTHY???? GO READ JANINE'S BOOK "DOGS DONKEYS AND CIRCUS -(AMAZON-   HOW'S THAT FOR A PLUG....)

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CALENDARS--- I THINK THE FIRST OF THE WEEK...  2500 OF THEM-- WHICH IS ALOT OF BOXES...  I HAD THOUGHT THE GUEST HOUSE-- BUT PALLETS ON THE FLOOR IN THE GARAGE WOULD BE MORE ACCESSABLE...

CLUTTER WILL ACCUMULATE TO FILL AVAILABLE SPACE.. THE GARAGE ALREADY HAS THE MEADOWBROOK CART JANINE BOUGHT BY MISTAKE AT AN AUCTION...

I THINK THE PUZZLES ARE IN THE LOFT AT THE GUEST HOUSE...   WE ARE FILLING UP...

I AM NOT TOO SURE WHICH PICTURE GOT ON THE 60 PIECE KIDS PUZZLE... I MEANT TO CHECK... ALSO  LAST I KNEW THE WEB WAS NOT WORKING RIGHT....... JANINE??????

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PROJECT OF THE DAY-- WHERE IS THE WATER FROM THE SHOWER IN THE LAUNDRY BUILDING GOING????  I DO NOT UNDERSTAND TEH PHOTO'S OF TEH PIPES IN THE HOLE... SO PLAN IS TO RUN THE SHOWER AND USE THE STETHOSCOPE  AND SEE IF IT IS RUNNING INTO THE DRY WELL-- OR THE SEPTIC SYSTEM..... IT IS WHERE WE INTEND TO WASH DOGS IN THE WINTER... AND I AM TOLD IT MAY " SNOW FLURREY" TOMORROW...SO WINTER MUST BE COMING...

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BETTER NOT BE MORE THAN A FLURRY  -- THE TRACTOR IS OFF GETTING NEW DOORS... AND WILL BE BACK ON A VERY ABREVIATED  (CHEAPER)  FLATBED-- I GAVE UP ON THE 16' DUMP... BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING SO HEAVY  I COULD NOT TOW IT WITH MY TOYOTA SEQUOIA  OR A  150 FORD...  THIS LIGHTER TRAILER WILL BE FINE.-- THE TRACTOR IS ONLY ABOUT 4000 POUNDS WITH BUCKET AND BACK HOE...-- WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT..  IT IS NOT THE PULLING.. BUT THE STOPPING--  ( IT WILL HAVE BRAKES)

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THIS IS HARDLY EARTH SHATTERING NEWS.... BUT... GOLDIE IS AT IT AGAIN..

FOR YOU NEW COMERS "GOLDIE"  IS OUR "GHOST OF THE LEFTHAND  DRAWER"  -- SHE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR  A LONG TIME-- AND ...SHE  DOES THINGS....

....I HAVE 1 ROOM AND A BATH.WITH AN ALLEY BETWEEN FOR A WASHER AND DRYER. AND ALL MY "STUFF"  IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE...   I OWN 6 SHIRTS   -THERE WERE SHEETS IN THE DRYER- SO I REMOVED THEM.. NOW THE DRYER IS EMPTY.. THE WASHER IS EMPTY- THE LAUNDRY BASKET HAS - AMONG OTHER THINGS ONE "T" SHIRT YET TO BE WASHED.....I HAVE ON ONE "T" SHIRT..MY DRAWER FOR "T" SHIRTS IS EMPTY.-- THERE IS NO PILE OF CLEAN CLOTHES ANYWHERE-  --IF MY ALGEBRA IS CORRECT  THAT'S 4 THAT GOLDIE TOOK. ...LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I THINK THE CAUSE WAS BECAUSE  I WAS USING THE WHITE TRASH BAGS TO TRANSPORT THE CLEAN LAUNDRY FROM DRYER TO BED ( ABOUT 8 FEET)  AND I ASSUME SOMEONE(OR GOLDIE)   SAW THE TRASH BAG AND THREW IT ALL OUT.. 

THIS CAUSED MANY CP'S TO SEND ME LAUNDRY BAGS-- WHICH DO HANG NEAR THE DRYER ... SO I HAVE BEEN VERY AWARE  OF THIS PROBLEM (AND THAT MY WARDROBE IS NOT NECESSARILY EVEN GOODWILL INDUSTRY QUALITY...)

LUCKILY THERE ARE SOME EXTRA SHIRTS UPSTAIRS-- I EVEN HAVE 2 OF TEH BELLA SHIRTS WHICH  I HAVE NOT  CLAIMED  (OR LOST )   YET.....   WINTER=LAYERS...

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I THINK SANTA IS  COMING FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF DECEMBER--- HE IS A TERRIFFIC SANTA.... HE LOOKS THE PART YEAR ROUND--  HE DIRVES A RED JEEP WITH THE LICENSE "ST.NICK" .... IN DECEMBER HE WEARS THE RED SUIT.- IT IS A GREAT PHOTO OP-- THINKING ALL THESE PUPS... SANTA... AND NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR????