nov 18 2017

calendar is done.... and away to the printer  i believe-- whic means we are supposed to be delivered before dec 1st...  linda has ordrs all  orgainzed.. ***** also... it might be fun for some of you to write a thank you to  r&w rope----p.o.  box 50420---  new bedford  ma  02745-- they sent me a donation of a  big chunk of orange rope to do the orange monkey fists as a money maker for SDP..-- so notes from all over would be fun....and  nice to send them... it should mean over $100 to sdp. ***** i had a few emails  wrt  responsible pet ownership-- and then i had 2 about responsible child production  when in costco with a  sizzle or bentle,   for every 5 people who say  " i wish you'd train my dog," i have at lest one who says "i wish you'd train my grandchildren"  ... i don't see those "child leashes" much anymore-a kid with a strap around thier wrist an da leash to mom.     i used to be horrified to think that the child would grow up and vote.  the fine line between overactive and just  healthy active got smeared along the way.. when doctors started trying be "the answer"  -- to appease mothers by  offering a name and chemical solution to a  problem which might be solved by more exercse less  tv ---in my time...( now it's computer time) please do remember i am an animal person... but i know...  if we wear out the puppies, they will sleep.. if we don't, they will chew on each other's heads... or some other part-  there is an active part of living  for which kids have no feel.. and "we" caused  it.. eliminate teh music program in schools, eiminate the recess program so we can have more hours of scolastic stuff...and pretty soon we cant do the scholastic stuff because kids have not  moved around enough to deal with growing bones and muscles...  we went to laura's school for a "volunteer for community service" day--- and  all i had to do was sit there and think, if that school had any kind of forced physical activity they would need to have the ambulance on site...  from  guys in flip flop shoes to girls in high heels -- guys with pants sliding down  past their hips  to girls with skirts hardly covering the necessitites of life... the school  struggles with  individualism of  expression with dress codes-- which is entirely the wrong way to go.... i could fix it  quickly--- instead of letting them out to roam the halls--- give them 30 laps around the gym-- one teacher one magic marker and when they got their "card"   with 30 marks, they could go to lunch.--- if they didn't get the 30, well then ... that  would be thier problem  --no lunch-- and all those flip flops and drooping drawers would be history.-- i see track people out running the streets with no problem so my origional was to say run around  the building outside  but i was  sure  some parent would say  it was too dangerous-- and it might in some cases be... but not these kids who make it into town all by themselves to buy donuts...  there would. be some way around that..   30 minutes of running around outside in the fresh air would straighten out more than thier clothing. at some point we have to keep our eye on the end goal-- an educated kid--  not just a large  well fed one.----but also a kid who  has found out life is not fair so get over it...no   complaining  about  you getting  only one scoop of ice cream if somebody else got two...  i remember...... edinburgh---i was a math major- and by american standards, a pretty good one.. then i got to edinburgh where my education was more of a joke .  they get out of high school with our college education--  then they go to"  university"--- i was lost-- big time...- one of the classes i took,... the class was so big i could barely SEE  the professor let alone hear or learn from him.... too bad... my problem... basically my fellow students totally understood topics i could not even pronounce...  another thing.... there was a guy in a wheelchair, and if you came to him somewhere, you just pushed him in whatever direction seemed logical..he was doing fine. ***** my methods are the same with dogs in airplanes...a sign " all service animals must pass thru  the scanner alone with all harness removed..."   any trained service dog is supposed to be able to do that-- per that adi public access test... "remove all harness and regain control of the dog in a public setting" **************** i am goin g to leave here this morning... for an outing--big excitement---- maybe to costco... so far this week i have wasted  days waiting -- for animal control inspection 2 days-- 3 delivery trucks  computer to function for calendar reasons plumbers to call i want OUT.. ***** this was wrt animals---- Keep up the excellent work and please send my thanks to the many volunteers and to your great staff, which never fails to amaze. Sorry this is so long but just wanted you to know how much I agree with all you do.  Keep up the good work. Love to all,   Stephanie