sniffle season is with t us....- my kingdom for a box of kleenex ALL MY VERY OWN.... !!!--SNIFFFLES also make for people taking the day off.... which yesterday was helped with bella aND JUDY SHOWING UP TO FILL IN...
THE EXCITEMENT OF TEH AFTERNOON WAS JUDY WANTED A HUGE MONKEY FIST-- AND I DUG OUT an EXTRA CANDLEPIN BOWLING BALL-- AND WE-- BOTH -- MADE ONE... IT AIN'T EASY WITH THOSE BIG ONES. BUT WE GOT THERE.. I NOW HAVE 2 HANGING THERE TO BE " FINISHED" WITH 2 DROP[S OF HOT GLUE TO HIDE THE ENDS BETTER. THOSE FINISH at 6" across-- and i am told they are good door stops-- it does take 2 people to manage all the rope and bowing ball for the middle- they take 25 feet of rope-- and that rope is $.50 a foot-- with $12 for THE used bowling baLL ON EBAY..... JUDY AND I FOR AN HOUR... AND HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAIL IT.--I SAID THOSE ARE $10,000- AND A BARGAIN AT THAT !!
- BUT THE SMALLER ONES- I HAVE A BIG SUPP;Y-- I HAVE RUN OUT OF FRIENDS TO GIVE THEM TO AROUND HERE-SO I HAVE THE EXTRAS ON A BOARD $5 EACH FOR ANY WHITE OR RED AND $10 EACH FOR THE ORANGE OR BLUE PLUS POSTAGE-- WHICH I BET IS AT LEAST $5-
THOSE LITTLE 1" ONES ARE GREAT ZIPPER PULLS AND I HAVE BEEN GIVING THOSE TO ANYONE WHO BUYS A CHICKEN BRICK AND SENDS US A SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.. THEY COME WITH A BRASS SNAP... IF YOU WANT A BRASS SNAP OR RING FOR THE OTEHRS .. THAT IS $2
between calendars, monkey fists and donkey feed bags-- i hope we can provide a lot of gifts for those people for whom it is difficult to find things they don't already have... well they won't have any of these things. !!..
they might NEED to be educatd as to why they might want a monkey fist in the first place--
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THANK HEAVENS FOR EERICA'S EMAIL WHICH IS MORE INTERESTING
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erica asher
DAY 2 IN DC WAS JUST AS GREAT AS YESTERDAY, AND A LITTLE MORE FUN SINCE WE GOT TO EXPLORE THE AREA! THIS MORNING WE INTERVIEWED WITH TWO MORE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRMS AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT THE INTERVIEW WITH TODAY'S DISABILITY RIGHTS FIRM SEEMED TO GO PARTICULARLY WELL. THE CRAZINESS OF THE LAST TWO DAYS IS OVER - NOW WE WAIT AND SEE IF THE HARD WORK PAID OFF!
THIS AFTERNOON ASHER AND I HEADED OUT TO SEE SOME OF DC'S FAMOUS DESTINATIONS. I KNOW I SAY ALL THE TIME HOW PERFECT A TRAVEL BUDDY ASHER IS, BUT HIS COMPANY OVER YESTERDAY AND TODAY ENABLED ME TO ENJOY THIS TRIP IN WAYS I HAVEN'T BEFORE. I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WAS MY FIRST SOLO TRIP - I KNEW A FEW CLASSMATES WHO WENT AND SAW THEM A COUPLE TIMES, BUT I WASN'T MEETING UP WITH ANYONE OR STAYING WITH ANYONE I KNEW, SO 90% OF THE TIME I WAS ALONE. THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD HAVE HOPPED IN AN UBER AND EXPLORED AN UNFAMILIAR CITY ALONE FOR HOURS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID TODAY AND I SO ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO WANDER MOSTLY AIMLESSLY, STOPPING TO LOOK AT WHATEVER I WANTED.
THE WEATHER COOPERATED FOR US FOR THE MOST PART, WITH THE RAIN STOPPING AROUND NOON AND WE EVEN HAD THE SUN PEEKING OUT OCCASIONALLY. WHEN IT GOT TOO DAMP OR COOL, WE'D JUST HEAD INTO WHATEVER MUSEUM LOOKED INTERESTING - I LOVE THAT THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO FOR FREE IN DC! WE SPENT A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME IN THE CAPITOL AND THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - MAYBE A LITTLE BRUSHING UP ON US HISTORY WILL HELP OUR UNDERSTANDING IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CLASS! I ALSO REALLY WANTED TO FINALLY SEE THE SUPREME COURT IN PERSON AND THE NATIONAL MALL, SO WE DID A LOT OF WALKING, COVERING THE WHOLE AREA. I COULD HAVE HOPPED IN A CAB WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US MORE TIME TO MAKE IT TO DOWNTOWN DC AS I HAD PLANNED, BUT I WAS REALLY ENJOYING TAKING IN THE AREA AROUND US. SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SEE EVERYWHERE I LOOKED!
I'M A BIG FAN OF THE MET IN NEW YORK CITY, SO I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE MUSEUMS AROUND US AND FIND AN ART MUSEUM! WE SPENT OUR LAST HOUR OR SO IN SMITHSONIAN'S FREER AND SACKLER GALLERIES, AND I WASN'T DISAPPOINTED. POOR ASHER JUST WANTED A NAP AT THAT POINT (HE WASN'T THE LEAST BIT INTERESTED IN POSING FOR A PICTURE), BUT I PROMISED HIM HE COULD SLEEP THROUGH THE WHOLE FLIGHT TONIGHT!
THIS WAS A SHORT TRIP BUT IT WAS SO ENJOYABLE, DEFINITELY BECAUSE I HAD ASHER WITH ME TO TACKLE THE CROWDED AREAS YESTERDAY AND TO GO EXPLORING WITH TODAY. I'M SURE HE'LL BE THRILLED TO HAVE TOMORROW OFF AS I GET CAUGHT UP ON CLASS WORK - BOTH OF US STAYED INCREDIBLY BUSY THE LAST COUPLE DAYS! WE'LL BE STICKING AROUND RHODE ISLAND NOW PROBABLY UNTIL WINTER BREAK, AND ALTHOUGH I WISH WE COULD CONTINUE THIS STREAK OF TRAVELING WE'RE ON, IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKENDS FREE TO FOCUS ON SCHOOL WORK. THE BIG HAPPENINGS OF FALL SEMESTER ARE BEHIND US NOW, SO ALL THAT'S LEFT TO DO IS COUNT DOWN UNTIL THE END OF IT!
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THERE IS A VIDEO OF EVE AND FINN WHICH IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS BELLA ON THE STAIRS.. FINN IS MINCING HIS WAY ACROSS THE GRASS CAREFULLY MATCHING EVES STEPS.. NO LEASH.. PERFECT CONCENTRATION... MAYBE FIND IT ON THIER FACEBOOK... I CAN'T SEND IT WITH THE CONSTANT CONTACT EMAIL SERVICE...
