let me get at least one thing strainght- i do not twit, link, face books, drop boxes...,or any other of the miriad of complications to sending a simple letter. i send this daily doggie out in bulk with constant contact- --CC-- only because aol would not send it out to teh number of emails on sdp list- there is some spam law- ( tho from the #$%^&* i get, i can't say the law is very effective.)
CC has some way of "unsubscribing" from the constant contact-- and they apparently do some checking for duplications... i don't.,, ocaSIONALLY ONE EMAIL GETS DROPPED AT RANDOM AND I/ OR YOU HAVE TO SWEAR YOU WANT TO RECIEVE IT .. STATISTICS??? OVER 1000 PEOPLE OPEN AND READ IT DAILY--- AND I CAN CALL UP EACH ONE BY EMAIL ADDRESS... AND I DO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE -- LIKE WHEN I AM "ON HOLD" AND CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO DO. I HAVE A FEW HIGHSCHOOL FRIENDS I KEEP TRACK OF BY SEEING JUST WHEN THEY GET UP AND READ THE FOOL THING.
BACK TO LINKING AND TWITTING-- I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ANSWERR THE "INVATtions" i get in my emails--- i am not ignoring you-- i just don't have a clue. and it is no where near as important to me as keeping the dumpster where the truck driver can reach it.
got to keep things in perspective.
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teh contents of teh "shop" physical size has been reduced by 50%- by just throwing out things like bent NAILS OR pieces of string too short to use...--
case in point -- mondaay being trash day---- janine came home with a huge sign holder upper-- made of 4x4's-- i used it to mark where i thought the 4 foot shop extension would go- thus making teh space between teh donkey cafe and what may become teh blacksmith shop pretty narrow... so i made a plywood sign telling the driver i was planning to build out the shop that would make his access to the dumpster more of a challange-- so i clipped a $10 bill to the sign- the trash is gone. the $10 is gone and he left a note saying he would try darn hard to manage.
good fellow
in the process i detected a need... the plywood was too heavy for me to lift to that 4x4 sign holder upper-- the solution... 2 pieces of hay string ! a loop in one end- and that simple quick release knot we use all over here- and i could raise teh sign alone about 1 foot at a time til it hung at teh height of the trash truck's door.
soooo.... i have added a chore to the laundry folding volunteers.... of hay string preparation. assuming the string around teh bales has been cut next to the knot ( an absolutely critical detail----) it helps teh general farm function to be able to grab a KNOWN PIECE OF carefully twisted stong stuff-- to hinge a gate, hold up a fence-- or yesterday raise up a sign for my friend teh trash truck driver.--
THER SHOULD BE A 4" WAD OF BLUE HAY STRING IN EVERY VEHICLE/ TOOL BOX -- THERE ARE SOO MANY TIMES YOU CAN SOLVE A PROBLEM WITH A "ROPE WITH A RING" AS TEH SCOTS WOULD SAY.
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elvis and person.
"ENJOY THE GOOD MOMENTS. STAY POSITIVE IN THE BAD. KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT."
6 MONTHS AGO I WAS IN THE OPERATING ROOM HAVING ONE OF MY ORGANS REMOVED. MY TEAM AND I FOUGHT AS HARD AS WE COULD, WE TRIED ALL THE MEDICATIONS BUT MY SITUATION WAS RAPIDLY DECLINING. I COULD NO LONGER EAT OR DRINK, WE COULD NOT RUN ANY TUBE FEEDS, I COULDN’T BE OUTPATIENT FOR MORE THEN A WEEK AND WHEN WE TRIED I WAS HEADED STRAIGHT BACK TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I WAS LEFT GOING TO THE OPERATING ROOM EVERY 2 WEEKS AT LEAST, I HAD TO HAVE ALL MY NUTRITION DIRECTLY INTO MY BLOOD STREAM BECAUSE MY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM STOPPED FUNCTIONING. MY SURGEON AND MY DOCTOR MADE THE DECISION THAT WE HAD NO OPTION BUT UNDERGO A SURGERY THAT ALMOST DOUBLED IN LENGTH DUE TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
WHILE THE PAST 6 MONTHS HAVE DEFINITELY NOT BEEN WHAT WE EXPECTED INCLUDING HAVING A NUMBER OF URGENT ADMISSIONS DUE TO CRITICAL BLOOD WORK RESULTS. I HAVE BEEN RUSHED INTO THE TRAUMA ROOM. I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MY TEAM ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IF I HAD A HEART ATTACK AND TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATED THINGS MY BODY KEEPS THROWING AT US. BUT 6 MONTHS LATER I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN ALIVE FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO DOCTORS WHO FOUGHT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR ME. IT’S BEEN A JOURNEY AND CONTINUES TO BE BUT I AM SO PROUD OF LIFE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE THESE PAST 6 MONTHS. THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE BEEN GIVEN, THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET AND THE GOALS I ACHIEVE MAKE THESE TOUGH MOMENTS WORTH IT.
TODAY I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE RALPH AND THERESA ANSELMO RESILIENCE AWARD GIVEN TO A NORTHEASTERN STUDENT WHO SHOWS RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE. ❤️
SO ELVIS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE LIFE TO FULLEST AND APPRECIATE THE GOOD MOMENTS, AND WORK THROUGH THE NOT SO GOOD, WHILE WE CONTINUE ON THIS CRAZY JOURNEY! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN APART OF THE PAST 6 MONTHS!
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HAVE AT IT-- BETWEEN YOU AND BELLA, I EXPECT ONE OF YOU TO FIND THE CURE FOR THE CANCER MYSTERY.
