one of the problem of the [political scene ???? as we morph from the actual voting, the tv channels lack the political commercisals and therefore run charity ones over and over and over.. i have to run and shut off the cold dogs of teh aspca-- and i just yell at the girl who broke up with her boyfriend in the adopt a kid one...my kingdom for a clever geico ad.
our camera people are many and varied... from the crazy texan group to the legion riders 101... who got togethere qnd bought us some "staples" which is why teh huge pile of towels ,500 washcloths, laundry and papergoods... is so piled in the living room .. wonderful bunch of people...lots good humor.. love that laughter as they piled in 3 carloads of "stuff"
it will take judy at least 20 minutes to stash it somewhere... why teh washcloths???? we find the cheap, thin washcloths are perfect for birthing pups.. the right roughness and absorbancy to stimulate and clean up new borns. we must have 500 new ones in that pile.... all to be washed and folded in prep for puppy production///
reese is in heat !! finally --- hope is here...plan is to get her down here around this storm.. and have her checked our first by vet then by watson... they made a perfect litter lst time 10 pups ---- one saved for breeding ( tigger) one pet and 8 having a wonderful time paired with people... if we got even one more Roo or Hoodsie it would be worth it. we are all set with not only washcloths but we have enough powdered goats milk left over from the last timel.
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there are those...... who make fun of me and the goats milk/ spoon feeding that we do... but yesterday george( dvm) commented that the 2 pups in the kitchen , not raised "my way" are showing entirely different appraoch to life than the 15 we already have.. i have ot admit these 15 got a little short changed of my methods from my litters of 2004 to 2008 whe n enitre letters would follow me around the fairgrounds every nmornig then jump back in the ambuoance or vqan for the trip home.. took all of not much more thatn 30 minutes....but i grew away from that... as i got older. and relied on others......... well this time round.... i will sit around and be more insistant that people pay more attention to some of the crazy details...
want proof???? watch all the hours now spent trying to get each of the 15 into a car for a car ride... all of our old ones got over that by the time they were 8 weeks old.... between "puppy marches" around the house to rides to the fairgrounds........ now these 15....at 100 pounds each .. we have a time consuming project.... just get in !!!
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four degrees???.. bring on the northeaster with 12 inches of snow... at least it will be 33 degrees... a regular heat wave...speaking of statistics ,,, last week one weatern=man /woman... said the ice on the great lakes was 3" when last year same day it was 10" and 2 years ago it was 23" i have trouble believing that ,,, but if it is true we can boil eggs in lake eire in 5 years..
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i wrote a daily doggie on the concept oif stuff that does not need to be kept in heated and aiconditioning... and how everyone should have a huge closet to accomodate those things... like our front porch... well with this supply of towels and paper plats.. we have now outgrown not only th e overflow room, but also the front porch.. what next??? another shippiong container...?? probably not... but the idea is there.. we will use it all !!
i used to be a motorcycle rider from vespa scooter to 225cc honda to 350 to a 600.
an interesting progression... like the "peter principal" in employment practices... i went from being an accomplished rider with 225cc and really enjoyed it up to the 350cc but that 600 was too big... i tipped it over at west point and had to get 2 cadets to get me back on my wheels...
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finally i remember what my fyi of the day couold be...
computer technology is teh only profession i know of where you can be an expert one minute and total beginner if you blink twice. it's like a jet pilot being set back on a tricycle... and frequently falling off that besides ..
