MORIAH IS RED  DRIP --- FOR REAL----SHOULD BE FINE... IT IS ALSO HER FIRST AND YOU COULD REST A LITTLE EASIER  ABOUT THE OUTCOME IF BOTH  DOGS ARE "PROVEN"  BUT YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWEHRE. 

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THIS ACCREDITATION IS GOING TO TAKE UP A GREAT DEAL OF MY TIME-- AND MOST OF MY ENERGIES ----TIL I GET DOWN ON PAPER WHAT I WOULD  LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN 5 YEARS FROM NOW- WHEN I AM NOT TOO SURE WHAT SITUATIONS WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES.

SO BACK TO  TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO VARIOUS BUSINESS TYPES  I CAN NOT SERIOUSLY  DEAL WITH  CALCULATIONS INVOLVING 7.2 DOGS--- WHO GETS  THE .2 ONE.??

I MUST TREAT THIS SERIOUSLY---LIKE SOME KIND OF EXERCISE.   GET IT DONE AND IGNORE IT. THE ONLY THING I CAN EQUAT IT TO ... IS DRINKING THAT GALLON OF AWFUL TASTING LEMONAIDE IN PREP FOR A COLONOSCPY  .

IF I HAD FOLLOWED THE LAST ACCREDITATION PLAN  WE WOULD NEVER BE WHERE WE ARE NOW.  AND I LIKE WHERE WE ARE NOW.

MY SAVING GRACE MAY BE  DONNA-- WHO IS ACCUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH SCHOOL BOARDS AND 5 YEAR PLANS...  DONNA  AS IN HUGO'S DONNA..

EXCEPT WINTER IS MOVING IN TODAY... I WILL ROLL DOWN THE EISENGLASS CURTAINS ON MY GOLF CART AND GRIN AND BARE IT.

AWFUL--- I HATE THIS PAPER BIT   --- IT IS NO FUN AT ALL--- AND I ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL PAPER PROJECTS WHICH ALSO NEED MY ATTENTION...  TAXES AND INSURANCE AND ALL KINDS OF REALLY FASCINATING %^%%$$#@@,

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SPEAKING OF INSURANCE-- AND TRYING TO GET MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR A COUPLE OF OUR  VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEES....  I HAVE A MEETING WITH AN INSURANCE PERSON TOMORROW MORNING--IT IS NOT AS BAD AS THE RUMORS I HAE HEARD-- COURSE WE ARE NOT THERE YET... AT LEAST THE MONEY'S NOT AS BAD--- THE PROCESS IS HORRENDOUS.

A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED PLAN IS NEIGHBORHOOD SOMETHING WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT $300 PER PERSON PER MONTH FOR  WHAT 2 HOSPITAL AND 1 DR'S OFF ICE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS SAID WAS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES.

ANYONE WITH REAL EXPERIENCE PLEASE SEND COMMENTS.

I AM ASTOUNDED AT THE ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF XXXXXXXXX BETWEEN SICK PATIENT AND  MEDICAL CARE-- THERE IS THE INS SALESPERSON WHO COMES TO YOUR HOUSE-- AND COLLECTS INFORMATION WHICH HE SENDS TO A BIG  COMPANY IN BOSTON WHO "BROKERS" ALL DIFFERENT  INS COMPANIES WHO THEN CONTACTSTHE ACTUAL INS CO.

IT IS NOT LIKE BUYING SOMETHING ON EBAY-- THERE YOU LOOK AT A BUNCH OF STUFF-- PICK ONE -SEND MONEY AND YOU GET IT.

ONLINE ALL THESE "GET A QUOTE FOR HEALTH INS" - WANT YOUR NAME  PHONE EMAIL ETC AND THEN THEY CALL YOU--- OH BOY DO THEY CALL YOU---- 

ALL I WANTED WAS A LIST OF POSSIBLE PLANS...  YOU HAVE TO SUFFER  FIRST.... AND IT WILL TAKE HOURS.

SO ANYONE IN OUR GROUP WHO MIGHT NEED INSURANCE--  TELL ME  --- NOW IS THE TIME-- AND I AM TOLD I MUST GET THE PAPERWORK IN THIS NEXT WEEK TO HAVE COVERAGE START DEC 1.

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I QUIT FOR THE DAY

I AM GOING  TO GO TO THE DINER FOR A FRIED EGG SANDWICH.

nov 13 2014

I MAY AS WELL HIT IT HEAD ON  

 THERE ARE ARGUEMENTS THAT WILL NEVER BE SOLVED... POLITICS, RELIGION, DOG FOOD AND dog   BREEDING.

A CP SENT ME THIS(the italics) 

i feel very strongly about this. i hope you have another option other than walter. 

this is text from a discussion on color genetics of great danes with jp yousha (aka chromadane) on the great dane coat color facebook group page. ( I KNOW JP-- WE HAAVE TALKED-- NICE PERSON...-- BUT WE ARE JUST TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLDS.)

THIS GOES ON FOR MANY PAGES OF BIG WORDS AND STATISTICS...  IN WHICH THERE IS A COMMENT
       the breeding of pi's will eventually result in the loss of correctly marked puppies,

WHAT'S CORRECT??????     I THINK THE LOSS OF SHOWABLE PUPS PER THE AKC STANDARD IS AT THE BASE OF TEH OPINION....  JUST MY THEORY----

i do not have good internet references but i am sure someone with access to that kind of research could forward some to you. maybe you could keep track of your own lines and partition out the cancers to see what the percentages are. ( I HAVE DONE ALL THAT-- IT IS  POSTED ON THE WALL OF THE GUEST HOUSE)

i'm sure an epidemiological study, no matter how un scientific, would be valuable. ( MY OPINION IS UNSCIENTIFIC STUDIES JUST SCREW UP THE GENERAL PUBLIC)

THERE IS AN OPINION FLOATING THAT THE PIEBALD PATTERN CARRIES A HIGH RISK OF BOWEL CANCER.

I HAVE READ ALL THIS BEFORE-- AND AM VERY  FAMILIAR WITH THE TOPIC

MY DOGS HAVE BEEN STUDIED  COLOR WISE/HEALTH WISE

AND JUST SO THE GENERIC DANE POPULATION CAN NOT CRITICIZE WHATEVER I DO,  I AM THE ONLY ONE BREEDING MY LINE OF DOGS----BECASUE MINE ARE SPAYED IF THEY LEAVE... WHICH IS ABSOLUTE... PASSING OF LIMITED ACCESS PAPERS WITH A BREEDABLE DOG  DOES NOTHING  TO STOP SOMEONE WANTING TO BREED THE DOG. PAPERS WANDER AROUND.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME - BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER..

I HAVE THIS PIEBALD GENE IN  " MY "LINE--- CAME THRU THE BMW KENNEL DOGS.. 

BAILEY- IS TECHNICALLY A PIEBALD....SAME BLACK PATTERN AS WALTER---HEAD  TAIL ROOT.--- AGE 11 AND RELATED TO AOT OF THE OTHERS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER... MANY  ARE TECHNICALLY PIEBALDS.. 

OUT OF ABOUT 300 DOGS I MAYBE LOST TRACK OF 6---- THE REST... I KNOW.   WE HAVE HAD ONE GASTRIC TUMOR-  A  WELL MARKED HARL  SERVICE DOG  BORN IN 2005 FROM HARL   HARL PARENTS .

 THAT IS NOT THEORY... I KNOW THOSE DOGS-- EACH ONE.  AND JULIET DEMOS THE COLOR OF DOGS IN OUR FAMILY TREE ( ALSO IN THE GUEST  HOUSE.)

I DO NOT SEE NUMBERS IN MY RESULTS TO SUBSTANCIATE MANY OF THE RUMORS SURROUNDING COLOR AND HEALTH.   UNLESS YOU BREED BLACK TO BLACK THERE IS SOME % OF WHITE- AND OF THOSE SOME DEAF... IT IS POSSIBEL TO BREED HARL TO HARL AND GET ALL HARL PUPS-- BUT THAT IS NOT VERY LIKELY EITHER...

I AM NOT SAYING THESE VARIOUS STUDIES ARE WRONG--  I AM SAYING I DO NOT THINK THE SCIENCE IS SUFFICIENT YET TO BE ABLE TO PROVE ANYTHING.

I DO KNOW THAT MY  3 MERLES THAT A TYPICAL AKC BREEDER WOULD CALL " BUCKET PUPPIES"   TO BE DROWNED IN WARM WATER-- WERE SUPER SERVICE DOGS WORKING FOR 9, 10 ,11 YEARS.   

 PLUs---- 2 SUPER MERLES I KEPT --- BROWNIE AND PURPLE---  LIVED TO A RIPE OLD AGE OF 10.  SUPER DOGS EACH ONE.

HOWEVER  ONE SERVICE DOG AND BROWNIE BOTH DEVEOPED BONE CANCER IN THE RIGHT FRONT LEG...   NO HARL  OR BLACK OUT OF THE 300 DOGS HAD RIGHT FRONT LEG BONE CANCER.

AH--- 40% OF MERLES IN THIS TEST DEVELOPED BONE CANCER...!!!!  right :(

YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU  WANT TO PROVE AND I WILL DREAM UP THE STATISTICS TO PROVE IT...

 THAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU LEARN IN  STATISTICS 101-  

BREEDING ANYTHING IS A CRAP SHOOT--- PEOPLE  INCLUDED.

BAILEY AND WALTER BOTH HAVE SKIN ISSUES-- 

I AM A FAIR HEADED RED-HEAD WITH SKIN ISSUES...   make that i was a red head...

WHERE DO YOU START AND STOP????

 walter's ORCAS LOOK LIKE SUPER WORKING DOGS- WE NEED MORE OF THOSE

BARRING THE UNFORESEEN--- IT WILL BE WALTER

    SPARE ME THE 20- 20 HINDSIGHT. 

SCARLOT ( WALTERS SISTER)---HAS 8  POTENTIAL SERV DOG PUPS AND 3 WHITE PETS--- I AM NOT THRILLED WITH  THE 3 WHITES  BUT THEY HAVE GOoD HOMES AND WE HAVE 8 POSSIBLES THAT LOOK VERY STRONG/STURDY..

got to go for it----( making list for fabulous failures just in case  -- contact ann( maybe   ann.nadeau@verizon.net, )

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in the meantime--- the calendar progresseth- and should be ready to mail about thanksgiving

barring the unforeseen-- it iwll be $20 each and $5 to mail  any number from 1 to 8

don't forget we still have janine's book in the doggie bag off the web  - which is a s funny as it was the day she wrote it.- another good xmas present.--

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we need to redo our web-- it is not easy to get around-- but there is some nice omnkey fist silver jewery of betsy's    and we still have some earlene bottled puppy breath- for those who have everything.

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yesterday's visiter was dida hagan-- a fluffie haired friend from the days of 23 puppies..- and i learned she winters in..... vero beach..

.( my #1 fluffie haired friend's  home away from home)

what is with this vero beach stuff?-- only time i ever heard of it before was how it gets blown away on alternate years by the various hurricanes...

if you google dida's acting credentials-- note   a SAG member---- she can whistle thru her fingers and make a really big noise-

we all have to be famous for something.

NOV 12  2014
IDLE  MINDS, THE DEVILS PLAYGROUND--

TROUBLE  ( MUSIC MAN)

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT  WHILE WAIITNG FOR CAMERAS AND SOUND AT MAIL CALL THE CONVERSATION  WOULD  DISINTEGRATE TO 

"TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR SOCKS "  AND 

"SHOULD WE SEND HER SOME"

START WITH  NO-- PLEASE NO MORE SOX AT THE MOMENT--  I HAVE SOME ---  THANK YOU ( MOST OF THEM ARE FROM CAMERA PEOPLE)

THE REASON I DID NOT WEAR ANY SOX WAS I HAVE SEVERAL SCRATCHES FROM PUPPY TOENAILS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBE HEALING-- AND I THOUGHT FRESH AIR UNENCUMBERED   MIGHT HELP.

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WITH THAT DISASTER OUT OF THE WAY.....

ON RE READING IT, I NOTICE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY I HAD TROUBLE PASSING THE 500 WORD SPELLING TEST PRIOR TO GRADUATION FROM COLBY COLLEGE-- SPELLING CONSISTENCY IS NOT MY STRONG POINT.

THIS ALSO CAUSED A FLASHBACK TO THE TOTAL EFFECT OF 4 YEARS OF SPANISH ( 2 HIGHSCHOOL THEN 2 COLBY)  THAT JOKE ABOUT  "ESSO SI QUE EST"

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I SWEAR 4 YEARS AND ALOT OF MONEY, AND THE ONLY VALUABLE THING I LEARNED WAS --- A DEADLINE WAS A DEADLINE !  WEDNESDAY   11/12/2014/ AFTERNOON AT 4PM OCCURS JUST ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME... IF A PLANE IS LEAVING AT THAT  TIME  "I WAS ONLY 2 MINUTES LATE"  DOES NOT COMPUTE.

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WHICH BRINGS ME ONCE AGAIN TO  THE TED  LECTURES ON  THE VALUE OF LESS EDUCATION, MORE EXPERIENCE..  FROM KEN ROBERTSON---- AND THEN MIKE ROWE ( DIRTY GUY)-- TO  BRIAN ( SHEILA'S HUSBAND WHO RUNS A LARGE HOME MAINTANENCE OUTFIT WHO CAN'T FIND TRAINED  HELP--)-- 

BRIAN GOES TO CONFERENCES OF SIMILAR BUSINESSES AND THE DISCUSSION IS ALWAYS HOW TO FIND HELP?

WHICH CONNECTS TO  SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY BY INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE-- IS NOT GOING TO WORK IF YOU CAN NOT FIND ENOUGH PEOPLE  WHO KNOW HOW TO MIX CONCRETE..

I KNOW FROM AROUND HERE--- THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE PERSON OF HIGHSCHOOL AGE- WHO IS WORKING HERE AS SOME COLLEGE PREP REQUIREMENT- WHO  KNOWS WHICH END OF A NAIL TO HIT-  

WHICH BRINGS ME TO MEGANS SISTERS BOYFRIEND  RYAN--  SOMEHOW HE HAS A HUGE AMT OF EXPERIENCE FROM WHICH TO DRAW-- AND IS VERY CLEVER... A GODSEND....

HE IS HELPING OUT  AROUND HERE--- SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING I HAVE ASKED HIM TO DO---FROM  REPAIR OF THE YUPPY PUPPIES TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE  FREEZER ANNEX.. 

I HOPE  HE NEVER GETS ANOTHER JOB  --- AND  MEGAN SAYS HE COOKED A GREAT MEAL FOR 12 PEOPLE WHILE SHE WAS SICK.

HANG ONTO THAT GUY..

MY HUSBAND  COULD TAKE OUT YOUR GALL BLADDER BUT COULD CHANGE A LIGHTBULB ONLY IF I HANDED IT TO HIM AND THEN HELD THE LADDER...

MAYBE I SHOULD NOT GET STARTED ON THAT ONE.

LIKE KEN ROBERTSON TO HIS WIFE---"GET THE CHILDREN OUT OF THIS KITCHEN- CAN'T YOU SEE I AM TRYING TO FRY AND EGG IN HERE?"

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I DO THINK THE IS A GREAT MANY QUESTIONS TO BA ASKED ABOUT THE COST EFFECTIVE VALUE OF A COLLEGE DEGREE- AS OPPOSED TO A $200,000 BANK ACCOUNT--- THE CHILD'S OR PARENT'S----

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SO AS WE CLEAN OUT THIS SHED BEHIND THE CHICKEN COOP--- IT IS LIKE THE PAST  IN REVIEW..

THE 3 WAGONS THAT ROLL EXACTLY IN THE  TRACK OF THE TOWING VEHICLE-- WERE MY PARADE VEHICLES FOR THE BUSH CLINTON PEROT SIGNS-- 

THE SMALL 4TH WAGON .. WITH BUCKET AND SHOVEL HAD A SIGN "THEY ARE ALL FULL OF ..IT"..  WE CLEANED THEM UP AND PUSHE THEM BACK IN... YOU JUST NEVER KNOW....  WE STILL USE ANOTHE OF THOSE WITH THE BED.. INTHE ARENA-- WIERD WAGONS WHERE BOTH FRONT AND BACK WHEELS PIVOT IN OPOSITE DIRECTIONS-- PERFECT FOR PARADES IN CROWDS...

I LIKE PARADES--  WE COULD ALWAYS MAKE PEOPLE SMILE WITH SOME CRAZY RIG--  

LIKE THE  "HALF FAST FIRE DEPARTMENT"   PULLED BY IETHER MY HITCH OF 8 MINI DONKEYS -- OR MARY

IT WAQS FUNNY...

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 AND   THEN MY CONSTANT CONCERN ABOUT KEEPING WATER IN FRONT OF THE ANIMALS -- IN SUMMER AND WINTER... MADE FOR A HUGE COLLECTION  OF HEATED AND UNHEATED WATER DISPENSING DEVICES... SOME OF WHICHI CAN USE FOR A NUTTY PROFESSOR SKIT NEXT FRIDAY AT 5PM MAIL CALL...

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 NOW THAT I THINK OF IT  I COULD HAMMER NAILS AS A DEMO  TOO.

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THE LARGEST CONCERN OF THE DAY IS WE HAVE A ROVING MASSIVE DIARHREA --- SO THERE WILL BE NO TRAINING IN PUBLIC TODAY !!!   PROBABLY FOR A WEEK.....  THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE PROJECTILE DIHRREAH IN A GREAT DANE...  AND I BET WE HAVE 12 ...   IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONES WHO HAD THE MASSIVE BEEF BONES.

I KNEW THIS BEFORE--- SO IT IS A RIDE IT -- OUT AND NOT RUN TO TOO  MUCH MED--

MARROW BONES-- THEY LOVE THEM.  BUT THE DO HAVE A RESULT...

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I HAVE PROOFED THE CALENDAR AND IT SHOULD G TO PRINT--- 

SINCE WE DO HAVE THE  MAILERS WE COULD START TAKING ORDERS-- SO WHEN WE GET A CHECK WE CAN MAKE OUT THE ENVELOPE RIGHT AWAY- WITH HOW MANY--- AN HOEFULLY TAY ORGAIZED.

THEY WILL BE A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT...

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 NO CUT AND PASTE

NOV 11 2014

MY SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO TWO OF OUR CAMERA PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TRAGIC DISASTERS IN THE PAST 2 DAYS..  IF IN ANY WAY WE CAN HELP........

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I KNOW COURTNEY WORKED OVERTIME TO GET OUR HOUSE CMAERA LIVE FOR MAIL CALLLAST NIGHT SO WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION-- AND THEN THE SOMEWHAT TYPICAL DELAYED MAIL CALL

MY ROOM IS NOW DE- DOGGED-- I HAD 7 CARTONS OF  MAILERS AND MORE OF "MY FLUFFIES" THAN I NEEDED--- ALSO BECAUSE THE ONES COMING IN THE MAIL NOW ARE VERY MUCH NICER THAN THE ONES I HAD SQUIRRELED FOR MY USE.

I HAVE SWEPT WALL TO WALL- A MONUMENTAL CHORE- GLAD THAT'S DONE FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS

EARLY SANDY SAVED US $100 BY CALLING ULINE ABOUT DONATING THE CALENDAR MAILERS..  BLESS YOU...  I ALSO REMINDED THEM ( PREVIOUSLY TO HER CALL-- THT THEIR  TRUCKING INS COMPANY HAD NOT DONE A THING ABOUT OUR  10 FEET OF STONE WALL...

MEGAN IS NOW BACK-- WALKING WOUNDED-- HAD TO TALK WITH HER...

RUSHING NOW-- 

I HAVE A BIG SLAB OF PORK RRIBS AND SOME VEGGIE SPRING ROLLS TO FEED WHOEVER SHOWS UP TODAY--

NOV 10,2014

 

I WAS NOT AS SICK AS WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED---

IT WAS COMPLICATED-- BUT THERE IS A LESSON.....

I DECIDED I WAS EATING TOO MUCH SUGAR-  YOU KNOW-- THE WHITE POWDERY STUFF THAT GOES IN COFFEE ETC...( CAN'T DO TOO MUCH ABOUT THE HIGH FRUCTOSE VAARIETY-- IT IS IN EVERYTHING--  FROM KETCHUP TO PRINTERS INK)--SO I'LL GO WITH  TEA--WITH HONEY- AND WHILE I AM AT IT I'LL GET SUPER HONEY  WITH THE STUFF FROM NEW ZEALAND  THAT HAS SOME ANTIBIOTIC PROPERTY--  MAYBE IN THEORY?

I DID HAVE A SMALL COLD- SO I 'D STOP THAT RIGHT AWAY  AS EVERYONE TELLS ME  --IF I WOULD JUST  DRINK TEA  ETC.

SO I DID THAT--- WITH HONEY-- AND I GOT A LITTLE WORSE--- MORE TEA AND HONEY --- MORE OFTEN 

THEN  ON SUNDAY  I DECIDED TO HAVE SOME OATMEAL FOR LUNCH...- I USUALLY ADD MAPLE SYRUP-- BUT SINCE I JUST  GOT 3 JARS OF THIS SUPER HEALTHY HONEY... I ADDED A SCOOP  OF THAT-- AND MY "COLD/FLU" TOOK A TURN..

I WAS CONGESTED,  MY SALIVA  WAS LIKE ELMERS GLUE-- AND I WAS HAVING TROUBLE TALKING-- MY TONGUE WAS THICKENING TOO..

I RAN THRU  "OLD PEOPLE SHOULD GET THE FLU SHOT BECAUSE A CASE OF THE FLU COULD  BE VERY SERIOUS"

WELL I HAD THE  FLU SHOT-- PROBABLY MY FIRST EVER--- AND PNEMONIA  SHOT ALSO...

SO I SAT AROUND MOANING ABOUT GETTING OLD WAS SERIOUS WHEN MY   TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT BEGAN TO ACT UP  AND I COULD NOT CHEW THE MOUTHFUL OF PEANUTS I HAD--  WHILE TAKING STOCK OF THE LAST TETNUS SHOT--- (I HAVE HAD MANY OF THOSE--- VERY REGULARLY..)-- ---I HAD TRISMUS ONCE AND SPENT A WEEK SHOVING TONGUE DEPRESSORS BETWEEN MY TEETH TO HOLD MY MOUTH OPEN...  SO I KNEW THAT KIND OF THING--

SUNDAY STEW WAS IN FULL SWING DOWN AT THE T T ENT- AND I HAD NO ONE TO THINK WITH---

 IT ALL OF A SUDDEN HIT ME--- I WAS HAVING A REACTION TO SOMETHING-- AND ALL I HAD WAS TEA HONEY AND OATMEAL.

I AM ALERGIC TO PENNACILIN-- MAYBE THAT HONEY  DOES HAVE SOME ANTIBIOTIC PROPERTIES..   WHATEVER... IT HAS TO BE WHAT I WAS REACTING TO.

BENEDRYL ! ---     I HAD A BOTTLE NEXT TO MY BED-- I KNEW THAT.....I RAN....... GONE !!

SO THEN BEGAN THE  "GREAT BENEDRYL HUNT"   OVER/UNDER / AROUND... CALL MEGAN " I SAW IT ---IT IS NEXT TO YOUR BED" 

 NO--- NOT THERE--

I  CALLED TRACY  WHO IS OUR FINDER OF LOST THINGS----" TRY THE FEED ROOM IN THE BARN...."

I SAID "^&#$%^&*()-- I CAN NOT GET THERE  - CAN YOU BRING ME SOME  FROM ANYWHERE" ( SHE LIVES 3 MILES UP THE ROAD.)--  SHE FLEW IN HERE  WITH HER BOTTLE---AND 1/2 HOUR LATER I BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER-- AT LEAST IT STOPPED GETTING WORSE..

SOOOOOOOO.  I NEARLY HAD TO PUSH THE BUTTON -- WHICH I WEAR - AND HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME HERE  BECAUSE MY  BENEDRYL  GOT TAKEN TO THE BARN BECAUSE SOME PUP HAD A RASH...

AND I HAD THE NERVE TO MAKE FUN OF MEGAN FOR TAPING GASSX TO THE WALL OF HER BATHROOM...

THERE ARE THINGS AROUND HERE WHICH HAVE  EMERGENCY STATUS.. WE NEED TO REVISIT THOSE THINGS AND DISTRIBUTE THEM AROUND THE PLACE-- GASSX AND BENEDRYL  PHONE NUMBERS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.  THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS  -- WE NEED TO RESTOCK AND RE THINK THE FIRST AID KITS  TO BE MORE THAN JUST BAINDAIDS- ( ALTHO THOSE CONSTANTLY NEED RESTOCKING).

EXPERIENCE COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCES... 

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DID I POST THESE ALREADY?

Hi Carlene, Onyx will be turning two on Sunday and I thought I would give you an update since it has been awhile. She has adjusted so well to home life with my husband and I and we couldn't love her more. She has such a fun personality and has really become a part of our family. Everyone we meet absolutely adores her and thinks that she is beautiful. We have a lady in the park we go to every morning who can't wait to see her each and every day. She is has one of the funny dane personalities I read so much about before we got her, she really is larger than life. She is smart and so easy to have with us, her recall is great, and she just seems to want to please us 99% of the time. She enjoys morning and evening trips to the park, we can barely use the word park in house anymore because she goes crazy with excitement, loves to ride in the car, and hasn't meet a person or another dog that she didn't like. I've attached some pictures for you. Thank you again for allowing us to have this wonderful dog in our lives.

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I WISH I WERE A MILLIONAIRE... SO I COULD GIVE YOU ALL MY MONEY! YOUR MISSION STILL SUCCEEDS EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE A "FAILURE"  -- IT IS A SUCCESS--  I AM NOT A MILLIONAIRE BUT I GIVE EVERYTHING I CAN, LOVE, POOH SCRAPERS, FUN FUND & CHICKEN BRICKS FOR NOW. THEN, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... POOH SCRAPING & CRAZY ACRES! I OPEN THE DD WITH TISSUE IN HAND TO START MY DAY WITH JOYFUL TEARS. 

NOV 9 2014

EITHER I AM GETTING BETTER OR I HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT COMBINATION OF PILLS TO TAKE.

AND  NOW  7AM....GRACE IS SQUEEKING---THROAT STUFF--  MINE IS NOT THROAT YET  AT LEAST...

AND I HAVE LOST 6 POUNDS-- NOTHING LIKE A GOOD CASE OF THE FLU TO HELP THE DIET ALONG... SHEILA SAID SHE IS LOOKING FOR A 10 POUND LOSS..

WHICH BRINGS TO MIND WHAT MY HUSBAND WOULD SAY EVERY  COMPLAINT I EVER HAD  EVEN IF IT WAS AN EAR ACHE....  "WELL IF YOU'D LOOSE 20 POUNDS YOU WOULD FEEL BETTER."  

 MAYBE WE CAN RUN MORE PUPS THRU THE HOUSE TODAY TO PLAY WITHTHE YUPPY PUPPY  AS I SIT ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE HEATER...  THERE ARE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE PLACES TO BE THAN THAT BARKER DOG BED...

NOW THE ODD NEWS--- STEVE SAID THIS-- AND I DID NOT BELIEVE HIM TIL I HEARD IT ON THE WEATHER  AT 3AM...  NICE WEATHER FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN WINTER WILL ARRIVE WITH A VENGENCE LATER IN THE WEEK...- THAT NASTY 4 LETTER WORD... SNOW.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WE ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

MOST ESPECIALLY BUD 1 WHO USUALLY LOOKS LIKE HE IS DOING NOTHING.. LEST THERE BE NO MISTAKE--- HE IS THINKING AND PLANNING AHEAD-- HE CAN EVEN BE SEEN  TO BE READING MANUALS-- I AM ASHAMED THAT WE NEVER GOT HIS WORK AREA CLEANED OUT OVER THE SUMMER-- I HAD EVEN PLANNED THAT TO BE A DOGFEST PROJECT--- TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF THAT SHED AND PACK IT   BACK IF NEEDED...

WE NOW HAVE TWICE AS MANY KENNELS TO HAND SHOVEL OUT I THINK WE TRIED VARIOUS SNOW BLOWERS   AND THEY WERE TOO CUMBERSOME INSIDE  THE CHAIN  LINK AREAS...

WHICH MAKES ME WONDER IF WE SHOULD USE SOME OF THE FUN MONEY TO BUY SOME CHAIN LINK PANELS SO THE BACK DOGS CAN RUN UP ONTO THAT HILL-- WE STILL HAVE NOT SOLVED THE "RAIN OFF THE ROOF"   PROBLEM THERE

SO THAT WILL BE MY SIT AROUND CHORE TODAY--- FIGURE OUT THAT 

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AND MAYBE WORK ON THE QUICK BOOKS CONCEPT

I SOUNDS SO EASY--- YET WITH THE EVENTUAL TAX NUMBERS NEEDED ...

TO SUB CATAGORIZE OR NOT-- THE MORE SUBCATAGORIE- THE MORE ERRORS INTRODUCED...

TAKE  AUTO EXPENSE  GAS, REPAIRS, AND THEN INSURANCE???

OR DO YOU MAKE INSURANCE A SEPERATE CATAGORIY-- HOW WOULD YOU GO LOOKIN FOR IT IF YOU NEEDED TO....

A PACK OF PAPER--- OFFICE EXPENSE?-- SUPPLIES?---OR IF YOU USE IT ON FLYERS,, FUNDRAISIING???  990 ALWAYS IS VERY PARTICLAR ABOUT FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

HOW ABOUT A DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM--- REMEMBER THINGS LIKE LIBRARY CARDS?

I THINK WE WILL BE DOING AS MARK SUGGESTS-- HIRING A PAYROLL COMPANY-- WHICH IS GOING TO  MEAN THEY DO THOSE TAX FORMS..

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NOT A VERY EXCITING DD--  PAPERWORK NEVER IS....

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Hi Carlene, I wanted to fill you in on what Denim has done for me recently. On Tuesday, I had surgery. Though I spent Monday night unable to sleep and watched her try to sleep on the live-cam, I had the peace of mind of knowing that she was in good hands. After I picked her up on Wednesday, she slept constantly. It wasn't until some time Friday that she started perking back up. However, no matter how tired she was she was always there for me when I needed her. It's so nice knowing that you're not alone. And she sensed things weren't quite the same as she seemed to know not to jump up on me and to let me sleep. Donna

nov 8 2014

    I CAN ALMOST BREATHE- AND  I MAY JUST HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO PACK UP ALL THE EMPTY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES THAT ARE KNEE DEEP JUST INSIDE MY DOOR--  I WAS LYING IN BED LISTENING TO THE TED LECTURES --- "PUSHING FLUIDS" AND PITCHING THE EMPTY BOTTLES AT THE DOOR.

I WONDER HOW MEGAn s doing...  she has the quiet sick kind of thing-- mine is noisy..  she took a camera picture of her tonsils- and she was worse than when she started so was on her way to an md-- one of those "doc in a box" deals.

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i am old enough to see the transition from a house call being paid for with a coffee can of home made beans (a preferred payment with my husband) or  a 15 minute  office call for $20-- to an insurance paid office call ( 80% of  $20) to an insurance person standing with the receptionist saying you have to  book patients 2 every 15 minutes .  when he quit private practice the ins people had  it down to  the patient had a co-pay of $10 and tom got $6.83  per visit to runbetween exam rooms..  and teh ins company  built a huge new office building in boston.... and hartford... and tom's nephew decided not to become an  md.  

and now i see the ins business sneaking in on the practice of vet medicine--- sounds so logical at the start. 

take bankers-- please do-- another system which a bunch of paper pushers get someone else to do all the actual work- 

heaven help the person who puts a vet bill on a credit card they can not immediately pay off--- and the credit card has a fancy name for charging 39% interest... i call them  indentured servants.

should be criminal.

i get that from my father -- he always hated bankers.

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i've been inside too long....

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i have also noticed that when you don't do much... nothing happens that is amusing to anyone.

my amusement has been reduced to collecting dryer lint in a toilet paper tube  because steve said to do that to start a fire.

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the people at the school wheere steve works  box up all the left overs on friday afternoon... so when he arrives  here sat morning, he has 2  piles of tinfoil pans--  one for the chickens- they will eat anything-- and one for us people-- this week diced ham...

he has gone to see if the hens have any eggs-- we have been known to have the kind of omlet-- 2 eggs and 4 pounds of diced ham--  the egg just glues the ham into a lump..  but it tastes goooood.

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and so it goes

from janine 

ALSO - we need to start promoting our Fall Clean up at 9:00am - 11:00am on Sat Nov 15th.