board meeting's capital decision ---buy 2 cars.... does make sense... to get rid of the big ford and teh 300 mile highlander.- so wade's job today is to clean them up--(big job--- we have a good vacuum cleaner- that back pack one ) and go see what kind of deal we can get on buying 2 both highlander and pizza delivery thing-- small van-- we only drive short trips locally and that little ford van would work fine- the rest was many discussions about becoming more efficient ... there is no reason megan should sit waiting for a car to be repaired... we have to keep the trainers doing what they do best.
janine is stepping down from chairman of the board-- she has her own equine rescue network to deal with - along with a job.. no time to concentrate on sdp. her sunday donkey walk got large coverage in boston newspapers last week.. it is certainly an interesting thing- enlightening for many-
there was a dull and boring discussion about data-- gwen uses a different style then i do-- she is more ADI compliant i am sure-- with all kinds of info on individual papers/file... i like one sheet of paper that i can understand in order to make decisions- but it is way too involved for the normal person-yo0u want a dull and boring example.... our data files are very similar-- i sort mine, and it count what i need to by filling a series.. gwen filters desired info, but filtering eliminates my computers ability to count or add things- as i said-- doesn't make sense to a normal person. and then there is ADI wanting papers just filled up with unuseabe data.-- so we have it all-- we are ready-- at least in that departmet.-- linda struggles on.. with chaos help
chaos does know when her car is in the driveway-gets all excited... but can not undeerstand why she is off sunday monday... so she lives on the edge of waiting to hear the car-- or to have me say linda's here... or paul's here ( which means earlene... chaos other favorite)
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Shauna and Kringle
Thank you for the gift of Kringle and beautiful life I am now having. You have changed my life.
February 20, 2019
The blessings of Service Dog Project are mixed. Kringle and the other dogs give the recipients the gift of mobility but you also get the gift of a new family. Yesterday not only did we have a lovely day with friends in Wisconsin but we got to meet a beautiful fifth grader, Eve with her dog Finn. My heart grew with how kind and happy this young lady was and her mother. I would never ask for my health issues but it is a mixed blessing because I meet wonderful people and experience great things. Thank you SDP and Eve's mom for making the magical meeting possible. It was a great afternoon. Eve is a lovely young girl who makes your heart grow!❤❤❤Kringle and Finn are brother and sister and tales were wagging.
and from eve
Such a great day! Eve & Finn had a fun at Blended learning! Plus Eve has been trying to get some walking in more regularly! But the icing on the cake was the impromptu reunion of Finn and his sister Kringle!!!!!
How awesome is it that on their way to another destination Shauna and Kringle we’re stopping in the next town over from where we live!!! They even got to experience small town WI! They walked into a local establishment and their server was like “hey I know a little girl with a Great Dane Service Dog!” Yep it was Eve and their server a friend of ours! Annette Rude 😃
Then this afternoon we got to get together with them!! And visit! ❤️❤️❤️ so so glad we got together!
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then.... the cake deal on the 19th---i was in the "big cake store"( not th esupermarket kind) buying two artistic and delicious cakes- one for sdp-- the other for gerogetown fire deopt... who have come to expect it. standing around in teh store , a couple standing there heard me ask for a top whichsaid happy 19th - they asked why 2 cakes both appy 19th.. which gave me a chance to tell them about the fire departments getting cakes in42 states just on a whim.. they said they live close to the ipswich fire dept-- so i gave tehm a cake to take there-- they were a jolly couple a dn got right in the spirit of the nonsense.. then delivered mine to georgetown-- . and the guy was all smiles...
cheers everyong up..
