WOULD YOU BELIEVE 20 VERY ADULT PEOPLE STANDING AROUND SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A BUNCH OF 2 YEAR OLD.... DOGS ! CINDY AND JIM.. MOSTLY PUT IT ON FOR AVA -- DOGS ATTENDING? ... AVA,CLARK,WICKED,SCARLOTT, AND MISCHA( WHO LOOKED VERY SLIGHTLY MORE ROUNDED THAN USUAL (?DUE APR 12-15?) EVERYBODY STUFFED THEMSELVES IN THE ?ICE HOUSE? ( ISSOLATION HOUSE?) AND ATE AND PARTIED.-- IT WAS WARM IN THERE !!.. IT WAS SO COMFORTABLE I GAINED 3 POUNDS IN ONE AFTERNOON- IT WAS THE WHIPPED CREAM LOADED WITH FRUIT--MY MIND SAW THE FRUIT AND MY BODY SAW THE WHIPPED CREAM. LAURA CAME IN WITH THE HUGE BOWL OF BEAUTIFUL TRIFFLE AND JUST SAID "JUDY'S HERE"- AND THOSE 2 WORDS WENT ROUND QUICKLY....
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WORD OF THE DAY.....STOCK UP HUNKER DOWN -- .... EXTRA FLUFFIES-- KONGS TO CHEW ON-- STELLA IS ON HER WAY.---- ALSO GET THE "BLOWAWAYABLES" OUT OF THE YARD.. FLYING PLYWOOD OR DECK CHAIRS CAN BE A PROBLEM..--
PRAY ALOT IS IN ORDER TOO.... BEING SURROUNDED BY THESE TALL LOVELY 100 YEAR OLD TREES IS LESS THAN POETIC IN A BIG STORM-- THEY HAVE LASTED 100 YEARS SO THEY SHOULD MAKE IT THRU STELLA, BUT ONE ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE MINOR.. THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE WOULD BE MORE UPSETTING.... ACROSS THE ARENA? WELL.... BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
AWFULLY COLD AWFULLY WINDY IS BAD....-- THE SNOW WE CAN EVENTUALLY COPE WITH.
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I AM PRETTY SURE THE BENTLEY WARREN TRUCKS ARE ON 48 HOUR DUTY ( THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DELIVER THE STONE DUST ETC...).. IF I COULD GET ONE TO DRIVE IN AND LOOP BACK OUT AS THEY WENT BY ON BOXFORD ROAD IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL-- STORMS LIKE THIS MAKE MONEY IMMATERIAL-- THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE MADE PLOWING THAT THE DRIVERS AND TRUCKS GO STRAIGHT OUT FOR 48 HOURS. THIS "STELLA" IS TO NEW ENGLAND WHAT 1 INCH OF SNOW IS TO ATLANTA GEORGIA-
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WHERE I NEED HELP IS... IF TEH PUPPY HILL CAMERA DRIVERS WOULD PLEASE KEEP THEIR CAMERA ON ME WHILE PLOWING I WOUOLD FEEL BETTER... THAT WHOLE AREA WHERE WE NEED TO GET THE SNOW BACK FOR PARKING VOLUNTEERS IS OUT OF RANGE OF THE HOUSE-- AND I LIVE IN FEAR OF GETTING STUCK... THERE IS NO WAY I COULD WALK THRU THE SNOW FROM THAT AREA TO THE HOUSE- OR SOMETIMES EVEN ANOTHER BUILDING... IT WOULD HELP TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL THE HOUSE IF I AM PLOWING AND THE TRACTOR DOES NOT MOVE..-THE REST OF TEH AREA THEY CAN MONITOR ME FROM THE HOUSE.. AND COME GET ME AND WALK ME BACK IF NEED BE...
THE CAB OF THE TRACTOR IS TOASTY WARM--- BUT I DO NOT DO WALK IN THE COLD....I DON'T EVEN WALK IN THE "COOL"...
OVERALL PLAN IS TO BACK MY CAR ( GAS TANK FULL) TO THE GARAGE AND KEEP IT PLOWED OUT TO THE STREET--GOOD CAR 4WHEEL DRIVE- IN CASE OF EMERGENCY..
AFTER THAT ... CLEAR TO THE STREET- A FEW PARKING PLACES AROUND THE HOUSE ---WE NEED TO GET HELP IN HERE-- AND THEN CLEAR THE AREA BY THE BARN AND SHIFT CARS DOWN THERE- TO BE PULLED OUT TOWED AROUND AS NEEDED AFTERT THE STORM
LOCATE SHOVELS? PRAY FOR TEENAGERS TO SHOW AND SHOVEL KENNELS... LINE UP SNOW BLOWER ( THO THIS SI SUPPOSED TO BE HEAVY WET.)
I DEBATED PUTTIN THE PLOW ON HTE TRACTOR BUCKET--, BUT THAT IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE 4"-6" TYPE- AND I NEED TO GET SNOW BACK FROM THE DRIVEWAY- SO WHEN ALL THIS PROPOSED WIND BLOWS IT AROUND WE STILL HAVE ROOM TO PUSH IT AROUND.
TEH BUCKET IS TIRING WITH THE FORWARD/BACKWARD JOUSTING.. BUT WILL EVENTUALLY GET THRU ANYTHING.
TODAY IN PREP ---FIREWOOD IS LOADED-- PANS FOR MAKING COFFEE/HEATING FOOD IN FIREPLACE-- IN ORDER.. GO BUY FOOD EASILY HEATED ( COSTCO?)TO KEEP VOLUNTEERS FED--- HOPEFULLY OUR BUNCH OF TEENAGERS CAN GET HERE-- EVEN TODAY--THEY NEED FEEDING EVERY FEW HOURS... WE HAVE LOTS OF OVERNIGHT ROOM NOW--- SO A OVERNIGHT TUESDAY CREW IS MORE THAN WELCOME.
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WOW......ANOTHER GOLDIE MOMENT....A SILENT CP HAS NOTICED I LOOKED AT SKETCHERS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND DID NOT ORDER... SO SHE IS SENDING ME A PAIR... BLESS HER....
MY CURRENT SKETCHERS ARE GETTTING TIRED-- AND I WORE MY NEWBALANCE SNEAKERS YESTERDAY.. THE HEEL ON THE SNEAKERS STICKS OUT BEHIND THE HEEL ANOTHER 1/2 INCH.. AND I ALMOST CAUGHT IT GOING DOWNSTAIRS AND GRABBED THE LAUNDRY CHUTE TO CATCH MYSELF... SO I DECIDED TO GIVE THEM AWAY TODAY...... I LOOKED AT THE SKETCHERS AND THEN COULD NOT REMEMBER IFR I HAD ACTUALLY ORDERED THEM--APPARENTLY I DIDN'T AND THIS MORNING I WAS WISHING I HAD A NEW PAIR..
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AND A REACTION TO TEH DD ON "STARVATION" A CP WROTE....
YES, OVER POPULATION IS THE PROBLEM!!! EVERY TIME I RECEIVE A SOLICITATION FROM A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOR MONEY TO SAVE THE CHILDREN IN AFRICA (OR WHEREVER), I IMMEDIATELY EMAIL THEM BACK, TELLING THEM THEY’RE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY FROM ME UNTIL SOMEONE FIRST STARTS A SERIOUS BIRTH CONTROL PROGRAM; THAT SENDING MONEY IS AKIN TO PUTTING A BAND AID ON A DAM.
I’VE ALSO WRITTEN TO BILL GATES IN THE PAST, THANKING HIM FOR ALL THE CHARITABLE FUNDING HE AND HIS WIFE DO AS PERTAINS TO PROBLEMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT WHAT HE REALLY NEEDS TO DO IF HE’S SERIOUS ABOUT STOPPING SUCH THINGS AS DISEASE AND FAMINE, IS TO START BIRTH CONTROL PROGRAMS, BECAUSE AS LONG AS PEOPLE IN THESE DEVASTATED AREAS AROUND THE WORLD CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY LIKE RABBITS, THE PROBLEMS OF STARVATION AND DISEASE ARE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND THAT HE MIGHT AS WELL JUST FLUSH HIS MONEY DOWN THE TOILET - OR, SEND IT TO ME!
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IN ONE OF MY ABREVIATED NEWS EMAILS FROM WSJ, THER WAS A BIT ON SOME USEABLE FARMALND OVERCOME WITH SCAVENGERS FOR ?JADE STONE?
YA CAN'T EAT THOSE !!
