oct 7 2016

i am  overwhelmed by all i don't know and can not do anything about.

i drove richard to southstation for the train to dc...  we left at 6am-- and teh  traffic was solid but m oving

 no problem .. pulled aside south station- and tehre were so many people on the sidewalk you could hardly open that  door----

 to open the drivers side necessitated battling the busses which seemed to be carrying all the people that would not fit on the sidewalk.

 i dropped him in a wad  of people-and  he was about 10 feet from the building so he should be ok.( and he was)

... i turned to go north on 93  when the entire state of new hampshire had all got in cars one at  a time to sit in the parking lot which used to be called route 1-   going north,   i passed eight  miles of ss traffic ( solid sitting ) -- i wanted to yell to them that boston was already full..

if that is the real world today... we missed something in the planning department.  there has to be a better way...  one to a car makes it all worse...  richard tells me california is worse.  there is something very wrong.

maybe we should start piling newborns 6 to a bassenette to  condition them to riding 6 people in one car in thier later life.  get 'em young, train  'em early... of course- there are too many people to begin with...  doesn't the bible say lust is the problem?  so don't belief it when people tell you texting is a problem.  texting doesn't produce "huddled masses yearning to breathe free"....lust does.

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 then  there is the world of google.... it enables you to know any fact. without knowing any of the details which lead up to that.  where once you learned to crawl, walk and run, now-- with the aid of computers,  your run then  slows to a crawl, then fall flat on your face.

which is where i am with constanty contact-- that sends out this DD.

i am not sure it is worth your time to read this detail...

i once sent out  the dd to volunteers plus a few  like 300.... .-- it got too much for aol... so i "hired" constant contact to send teh emails..  and i added a few as we went along  to 1784 "sent"  by 2016--then added a bunch of chicken brick buyers  that wanted  to be gettin g the DD in their email box...2046  sent.. then all of a sudden  they told me 600 had unsubscribed all on one day-- at the rate of 5 per second...   and they sent out 1989.

gotta be teh new math cause it does not add up to me !!  and the customer support line did not support  the concept that 600 humans could not un-subscribe at the rate of 5 per second.....    and told me it was illegal now for them to send  the dd to them..  one of these people is debby gaffeney  who said she did not unsubscribe-- and  filled out the form to let them send it again...

so if any of you are in that boat,  email  constant  contact  and battle it iout-- in the meantime read this dd off our web.  i put it there right after i put it in  CC. 

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i made a nice neat tidy list of to do's  then realized  i don't know how to do any of it-- all these things i can look up on google-- but how to carry out the details-- jest ain't there !!

so many people send me ideas  which i love...  carrying them out is a whole new ballgame...

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so i take the easy way out and eat pie and whipped cream and wish i had the answers...

****we are needing to break up the 8 authors... they are getting rough..

i wish each of the pups could be taught to use the yuppy puppy... it wold be good for them to have something else to think about oth than chewing on each other...

oct 6 2016

no daily doggie--   taking richard to south station

6am   i should be ok... it is my alert time of day... !!

oct 5 2016

vituperative- I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT SIGNED UP FOR A WORD OF THE DAY, BUT I NOW GET ONE-- AND TODAY'S VITUPERATIVE  IS A WORD I USED TO USE IN NORMAL NORMAL CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO WHEN I WAS WRITING SOME ENGLISH HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT ON "ALL GAUL BEING  DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS." ...

I GUESS THIS CONCEPT STARTED YESTERDAY WHEN MEGAN TOOK SOME DOGS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A DEMO.. AND TEH KIDS WANTED SOME INFORMATION ABOUG VOLUNTEERING...SO SHE HANDED ROUND  A SIGN UP SHEET, AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE RESULTS WAS FORCED TO SAY " IF I CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING, YOU WILL GET NO EMAIL" I.E.  ONCE AGAIN TEXTING RAISES IT'S UGLY HEAD...  NOT ONLY CAN THESE KIDS NOT WRITE A PARAGRAPH, THEY CAN'T WRITE PERIOD-- THEY TEXT.....THE  SCRATCHINGS ON PAPER.... WELL... WALKING THE CHICKENS ACROSS WHITE PAPER WOULD BE MORE LEGIBLE.

 LORDY-- THEY CANT ALL BECONE  DOCTORS BUT THEY HAVE THAT "DOCTOR'S  HANDWRITING"  DOWN PAT. 

I ALWAYS FIGURED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS THERE TO TEACH READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC... THE REST WAS UP TO ME... I MUDDLED THRU THE PROCESS  BUT MY MOTHR WORKED HARD AT TI.. AND  USED  THE MIRRORS IN OUR BEDROOMS TO TRY AND  SHAPE OUR THOUGHT PROCESS... SHE WOULD PUT UP SOME WWORD- THEN WE WERE TO USE IT ALL DAY... LIKE THE SOUND BITES OF THE POLITITIANS TODAY  , WE WOULD WORK OVERTAIME  TO GET IT  INTO OUR DAILY CONVERSATION.  VITUPERATIVE WAS ONE OF THOSE WORDS.

THE OTHER THING WAS POETRY

"IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU

ARE LOSING  THEIRS AND BLAMING IT ON YOU" ( "IF"  BY RUDYARD KIPPLING  HUNG IN THE HALL AND EARNED ME $10 TO MEMORIZE IT)

I AM ASHAMED  TO THINK THE TIME WE SPEND ON HOLD, LISTENING TO "YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US" WITH HORRID CANNED MUSIC-- WE COULD BE LISTENIG TO  "WHO'S WOODS THESE ARE, I THINK I KNOW"

 I WONDER IF THERE IS A MARKET FOR CANNED POETRY TO ENTERTAIN?  IT WOULD HAVE TO BE GERED TO THE PROBABLE POPULATION  ON HOLD FOR EACH COMPANY-- FROM GREEK POEMS TO...

"A FREIND IS NOT A FELLOW  WHO IS TAKEN  IN BY SHAM

A FRIEND IS ONE WHO KNOWS YOUR FAULTS AND DOESNT GIVE A DANM" 

WHO WOULD TYPE IN ALL THAT IN A TEXT.  SO THAT CONCEPT IS LOST TO HUMANITY?  

 WE ARE LOSING OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN ANYTHNG MORE THAN VERY BASIC THOUGHTS WHICH CAN BE EXPRESSED BY OUR POSSIBLE WORLD LEADERS IN A  TWITT.

AND THOSE THINGS WE HANG ON HIGH SCHOOL KIDS USED TO BE CALLED  "BOOKBAGS"   WHAT A FARCE !.  WITHOUT ELECTRICITY TO RECHARGE BATTERIES, THE FUTURE KIDS CAN'T READ AT ALL.

PAPER IS ONLY PRINTED TO HAND OUT INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE THINKS YOU LEGALLY SHOULD  KNOW.

LIKE " CAUTION THIS MEDICATION MAY CAUSE YOUR TEETH TO FALL OUT" .

 FROM SHUTTERING TO THINK OF ALL THE THINGS I AM BEING WARNED ABOUT  IN THAT WAD OF PAPERS I PICK UP WITH EACH PRESCRIPTION... TO 5 SIMPLE WORDS  WORKING DOG. DO NOT DISTURB.  

THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT READING.

IF THIS PROGRESSION CONTINUES AND PEOPLE DON'T READ THE ONE WORD   STOP SIGNS WE WILL HAVE A MESS.

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WE APPARENTLY WILL ALSO HAVE A HURRICANE ( WHY IS THAT NOT A HIMMIACANE?) ALONG ABOUT NEXT SUNDAY ACCORDING TO THE GREEN AND RED GLOB SLIDING UP A MAP OF THE EAST COAST...

I AM SUPPOSED TO HAE GIVEN AN EVACUATION PLAN TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER-- I WILL DO THAT TODAY...ALL OUR DONKEYS COUL DBE SQUEEZED  INOT ONE TRAILER- AND A PHONE CALL LIST  OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERWS   IS AVAILABLE ON THE FRIGERATOR TO TAKE THE DOGS OUT ONE CARLOOAD AT A TIME... (ONLY 2  DOGGIE TESTICLES PER CARLOAD)

 HOW TO PREPARE????   WE COLD HAV E A PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH WIND... WITH 2 "BALLOON" TYPE BUILDINGS... SOMEHOW I DOUBT THE TIPI WOULD BE A PROBLEM...  LOVE THOSE TRIANGLES.....  

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I AM TOLD JANINE HAS FIXED TEH  WEB PAGE TO THE NEXT CHICKEN WALL...

http://www.memsaic.com/app/launch.cfm?sid=01D5CDB2AAE9D7

I  HAVE NOT TRIED IT YET....  BUT NOW WILL.... :)

OCT 4 2016

A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS TODAY----

i can't get logged in to change our web to the new chicknen wall   so here it is  

http://www.memsaic.com/app/launch.cfm?sid=01D5CDB2AAE9D7 

having waded thru all that muddy water, i can't remember the news of teh day...  i could write  %^&*()_ about my life with passwords and  technoologies, but that is hardly news...

speaking of wading....today is snail mail call day with the nutty professor at 1:00 and i have been expirimenting with siphon hoses for hours spilling water all over - having a wonderful time...  i wanted to build on the  "use" of various  charastics of water pressure..   today i will play with the  automatic  pet  watering devices...and why they work-- or might cease to work

i have not got very far with my see-saw water deal-- but i will work on it.

i am working toward that guy in michigan? who makes concrete blocks move upward  by  moving water around..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvx5gSnfW4   his family think he is nuts...  i know about that too.

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you all know  if for any reason a person who has one of our dogs is unable to  care for it  in an absolutely perfect  manner,- for whatever reason, the dog is to be returned to us...  thru the years- we have had a few... - the first i remember waas a woman who had several additional  strokes, and her family just could not cope with  her dog.  then there was teh woman who defrauded the boston  marathon bombing fund... she had one of our dogs we quickly took back... our concern is  firstly for the dogs involved-- we take them back and figure out the best solution for the dog..-- sometimes it is seamless-- sometimes  personalities get involved- we had one family who hired a lawyer and demanded  their donations back again even tho the recipient could no longer use the dog..  because our only concern is the dog... it can get messy..  and teh internet can boil with people mad at sdp... which is usuallty.. me.. so all i can say is  "be prepared"  and rest assured my concern  is all about the dog and i am willing to take the brunt of f the internet... hopefully with the cp's backing.

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this is a new notice from the attny gen office... (thanks donald....)

To Whom It May Concern:

 Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 180 ? 26A requires most non-profit corporations (except religious organizations, non-profit schools or colleges, charitable hospitals and certain library associations) to file an annual report with the Corporations Division on or before November 1st of each year. Upon review of the non-profit corporation records, it appears that your corporation may not be up to date. Our records indicate that annual reports for  SERVICE DOG PROJECT, INC. are owed for the following years:

2015, 2016

The fee for each annual report is only fifteen dollars ($15). There is no late fee. You may print a pre-filled form on-line or download the blank annual report form and complete it yourself. Mail the report to the Corporations Division along with your check payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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they really don't care how far behind you are-- way back   when i first learned i should have done this, i went in and they were happy to have me fill out 8 yearss of forms and pay 8 checks of $15- that  also allowed me to  get a raffle permit- before i learned that raffle is a bad word.. along with bingo.... there are reems of laws concerning raffles and bingos... which is why we do a  "shatting"   - no laws about shattings   at least yet...

also i am no longer the one to send that  ? 990 ? ...  that is what we have an accountant for... irene.... hpo[efully she reads this...

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DEAR CARLENE,

JUST A QUICK NOTE TO THANK YOU -- 3 WEEKS AFTER PAIRING WITH SEAGRAM, MY WALKING HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO IMPROVE. NOT ONLY HAVE I NOTICED THIS, BUT ALSO IT IS APPARENT TO OTHERS. MY HUSBAND HAS COMMENTED ON MY IMPROVED ABILITY TO WALK BETTER & FURTHER. AND ON SATURDAY WHEN WE WERE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, ONE WOMAN (A VENDOR THAT I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS), SAID THAT I AM "WALKING TALLER." I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS UNTIL SHE COMMENTED AS SUCH, BUT IT FEELS SO MUCH MORE NATURAL TO WALK WITH SEAGRAM'S HELP. 

THANKS AGAIN!!

AMY

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now...next problem..  i have to send out his DD  email with constant contact  because we send to so many-- aol can not handle it.

.a month ago when i gave everyone th opportunity to get the DD in thier email-- somenow constant contact messed up 600 email addresses and lableld them  "unsubscribed"---  i pulled out the list of those 600 emails-- debby gaffney was one of them... she never pushed the unsubscibe  button...-- but now... legally the constant contact company may not send any emails unless they have  permission  to revearse teh un-subscribe... it can''t be correct because 5 emails per second  were put on the unsubscribed list--- so it has to have been done  mechanically.

if any of you are reading this off teh web- and want to get it by email it is possible ( they tell me) to click to 

http://visitor.r20.constantcon tact.com/d.jsp?llr=k4yqt9nab& p=oi&m=1114363159530&sit= qdfjs6aib&f=bca7601a-1bf3- 4ef5-9667-75fe5a0bb7f4    where you type in just your email address and first name... and it puts you back on some system that i  can then access????? .... hopefuly 

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let us pray

oct 3 2016

i don't know if goldie had anythng to do with a chickens intestinal workings, but for whatever reason.. we have found that we must rush to get a third chicken on the table before the first chicken has "chosen" the winner..

yesterday was... a very successful shatting .. it was mentioned that i had to climb on th table to  pronounce the winner... and as judge, my wig and black cloak were missing...  must fix that...  they are around....

alot of other suggestions  were made --- forget the wig, concentrate on the  3 flimsy tables i was climbing on... and i should have some kind of ladder to more evenly distribute my weight. 

i do have a perfect ladder for that...it is one of my favorite strange things to have in this house----

long ago----  while out delivering magazines for a friend who was sick, i was in a territory completey strange to me and ran into lynn ladder---i knew about laddders long before thay had shiney metal ones, and to find a wooden ladder store was very exciting to me.. jewelery stores never had the fascination  to me  that a wooden ladder store had... and as i wandered thru the  orderly warehouse, i knew i had to have one....so  i  bought an extremely attractive 12 foot ladder.

not remembering a vw bug was not  capable of having a 12' ladder poking out any window etc..so.... tied to the front and back bumper with red flags. worrying about  the sideways shift,  i  tied 2 ropes on either side-- got in the driver seat and tied the knot over my head. which meant teh windows were open and door tied shut-- but we made it home.

i painted it bright yellow ---- ,( i have a cathedral ceiling )--upstairs in the laundry... leaning gainst the rafters it made a perfect  drying rack/ lightbulb changing device -- until i realized an 8' ladder was a great towel rack in the bathroom because it holds 5 towels in minimum wall space..  so i now have  2 ladders....4' and 8'.

i often made demands of my vw bug way beyond it's capabilities... maybe the worst was the day i found a full set of barbell weights at a second hand store for $5...  and i bought them, only to stand at the register and suddenly realize i had to get them out of the store and into my car...

another is....that long ( heavy)  bench now sitting by the front door was purchased in cambridge. and  carried home sticking out the front window of said vw bug...

 versatility has always been critical in my life...

i can not remember who once said to me " if  you can't  be a door, be a window"  .  i think it was a person with a handicap who said they were once an operating nurse, and now was a receptionist.. 

to be honest ... i groan.. when i  ask an applicant if they work, or volunteer  and they say "no, i am disabled"   like it is a right.  i think there is some strange law somewhere about if yo are on SSI  or disability from teh  VA   you can no t earn over a certain amt, or you loose your disability payments.  what a  plain  stupid law.... encouraging  inactivity and under the table cash.

there is an invention  to be made-- there is an army of people capable of saying to a company "let me answer the phone for you  so you don't have the "  your call is important to us"   %$^&*()_*&^%$#-- 

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speaking of oddities.. and finances.. i really need to think about this 930 million in losses decared by "a political person..."  i do not understand all teh ways....

but i remember i was at an auction of donkeys in kansas where a  lovely mini donkey sold for an impressive  $105,000   that was a fact....and published  widely... price of all donkeys went up considerbly...

what  was not published was the  fact that another donkey sold for $104,999- and those two donkeys rode  in the same trailer...    

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there is  another "WAIT A MINUTE.."  in this political scene... -- as a 501 c 3---i have learned that when you have donations of $20,000 you must file an irs form 990 ( that is the one that asks about if we own a tanning booth -- really..... question #14)  but  if your income gets to a certain point, you must  file that 990  plus  have an official audit by an official CPA which is also public...

there is a bunch of  details of this political atmosphere  which do not match the world as i know it...  because all those 990's and audits,   i must file,    are public information... readily available...

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add that to the donkey sales and  teh law "you are responsible for paying the least tax you can"  can result in creative accounting not available to the "average Joe"

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if it quacks like a duck.....

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 there is a  lot of quacking going on....

OCT 2 2016

SHORT DOGGIE.... IF DREAMS COME TRUE, I AM THRILLED WITH THE SOLD OUT CHICKEN BRICKS. BUT LAST NIGHT'S DREAM/NIGHTMARE  OF ALL THOSE SKUNKS IN THAT TREE TRUNK BLOCKING MY BICYCLE PATH COULD BE A CHALLENGE  TO REPLICATE  ? AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MAIL-- SOME OF THOSE CARDS  SHOULD BE SAVED FOR POSTERITY- RICHARD HAS ARRIVED... JUDY's  EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKING OF THEE AIRPORT MADE TEH PICK UP SEAMLESS...  SHE KNOWS EVERYBODY-- AND HOW TO CHECK ON WHICH PLANE IS EXCTLY IN PROCESS OF WHAT.- AND FURTHERMORE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT STICKER SHE HAS ON HER CAR... BUT NO ONE BOTHERED HER  CAR AT THE CURB. ( HUSBAND IS PILOT) .  IT WAS AMUSING TO LISTEN TO RICHARD  TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHY JUDY HAS HAD A TURTLE   FOR 17 YEARS AND SHE  HAD JUST MOVED IT TO THE CELLAR BECAUSE IT IS BEGINNING TO HIBERNATE....  WHEN SHE GOT IT  IT WAS THE SIZE OF A 50 CENT PIECE- AND NOW IT WEIGHS 40 POUNDS.... IF THAT IS NOT A TESTAMENT TO HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL, I DONT KNOW WHAT IS....JUDY COMMENTED THAT "HE' WAS GETTING AGGRESSIVE LATELY AND HAS TAKEN TO FLIPPING HER OTHER TURTLE OVER...- A PROBLEM I HAD NOT CONSIDERED IN MY LIFE....  PUTS DOG FIGHTS TO SHAME... **** AFTER ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT  MY TAKING RICHARD TO MCDONALDS FOR BREAKFAST STEVE HAS SUGGESTED  SOMETHING A BIT MORE UPSCALE-- LIKE THE IPSWICH B&B  IN TOWN... THAT IS 643 MILES AWAY- AT LEAST IT SEEMS  LIKE 643 MILES.---  THIS BEING A SHATTING SUNDAY... A QUICK RUN TO THE  DINER  OR TRUCK STOP AND COSTCO FOR  SOME SUPPLIES MIGHT BE MORE FEASIBLE TIME WISE... PROBABLY NOT A CROWD TODAY SINCE IT IS RAINING----- IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE NEARLY DESPARTE FOR RAIN, PEOPLE ARE TRAINED TO CALL THIS WEATHER "BAD" .   I WONDER WHAT THEY WOULD CALL "THIRSTY"? **** IT WAS REPORTED THAT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HAD MORE MATERIAL THAN IT HAS EVER HAD FOR LAST NIGHT'S SHOW-- SO I SET MY ALARM  11:25  AND WOKE TO WATCH-- BUT WAS ASLEEP AGAIN  BY 11:29 SO I MISSED IT.  I AM NOT GOING TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS POLITICAL CROSSFIRE, BUT  I HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN I SAW OBAMA WALK DOWN THE STEPS OF AIRFORCE ONE, IT WAS  A RELIEF TO KNOW THATH HE WILL BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY AND NOT COMMENT ON THE  WEIGHT OF ANYONE'S WIFE.... **** IT WAS ALSO REPORTED TO ME... ON THE INTERNET... SO IT MUST BE TRUE... THAT WHEN HILLARY SHOOK HANDS WITH DONALD AT THE START OF THE DEBATE, SHE MUTTERED OUT OF MIC RANGE "OH MY .. HIS HANDS ARE TINY" ...  **** WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AFTER NOVEMBER.?  HANGING CHADS? ***** THERE ARE NEW DD READERS... SO MANY MAY NOT REALIZE,.... ON EBAY  -- I BOUGHT ONE OF TEH VOTING MACHINES FROM TEH GORE/BUSH  CONTEST...  VERY INTERESTING... ******** I AM HAVING FUN WITH THE SIPHON HOSE PROJECT...

OCT 1 2016

GREAT NEWS-- SOMEHOW I DON'T HAVE TO GO TALK AT MIT TODAY... A MISS-COMMUNICATION...HAPPILY... 

AND ---HAPPILY---  RICHARD'S CLOTHING HAS ARRIVED ( I AM TOLD IT IS IN THE GUEST HOUSE) NOW IF HE GETS ON UA 824, HE SHOULD BE AT LOGAN ABOUT 5PM...(flightaware.com) 

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BY THE TIME I ANSWER ALL MY EMAILS, THE DAILY DOGGIE IS ½ WRITTEN....

I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR FROM DAWN ABOUT  THE NUTTY PROFESSOR.....

Hi Carlene,

     Oh wow!  snail mail was amazing!  We watched it today ! ( Friday at lunch)  I had a room full of kids to watch the recording!  Approximately 60 kids.  My current 32 and the rest were from past years!  They can't wait to try the experiment.  So I am on my way this weekend to pick up the supplies.  Several parents are bringing in dye and plastic water bottles.  I have the tubing already.  I can't wait to see them in action.  The older kids will pair up with my current class.  The older kids said, "  We know how Carlene works, so sit back, pay attention and learn!" A real bossy little bunch, but so talented thanks to your past Nutty Professor!  The kids were watching your every move.  Many of the older kids took notes!  They never take notes!  I guess that they want to make you proud!  I will let you know next week how it all turns out.  The older kids invited me to sit out!  They expressed " we have this Mrs. Romero, Carlene has taught us well and we can teach the younger ones.  So I plan on putting my feet up and just watching the kids interact.

     I can't thank you enough!  You have given my past years kids the opportunity to teach the younger kids!  They are so feeling empowered, something they have never felt before!  So for this I so thank you!!  Plus it gives  an opportunity to put my feet up!  I do think however, that I might need a bigger class for next week, perhaps the auditorium.

Dawn at Stedman.

FLATTERY WILL GET YOU ANYWHERE....

THE WHOLE CONCEPT IS ONE IN PROGRESS...

I AM THINKING MAYBE JUST TUESDAY  1PM  (EASTERN ST TIME)   AND THEN IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, WE CAN DISCUSS ON THURSDAY 1PM.. ????  THEN I WOUL D  HAVE A WEEK TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA AND SUPPLIES-- PLUS IF SHE TAPES THEM, WE HAVE A LIBRARY TO DRAW FROM IF I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER......

SEE----- I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH  OF THE KIND OF TOYS I WANTED AS A KID--- REAL THINGS  LIKE WOOD--TO DO THINGS WITH... NOT PLASTIC THINGS WHERE SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY HAD TEH FUN OF PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER....  I LOVE SIPHON HOSES....

MAKES YOU WONDER ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD.... MAYBE UNDERNEATH IT ALL I AM REALLY A FRUSTRATED  DISTILLERY OWNER.

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HI CARLENE,

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  WHEN I SAW YOU OPEN THE PACKAGE OF CARROT SEEDS FROM 

THE DIRTY GARNENER I JUST SCREAMED.  THE AMAZON "GOLDIE" HAS STRUCK AGAIN.

I ORDERED A POUND OF HEIRLOOM CARROTS FOR THE DONKEYS.  I SAW THE CARROT 

SEEDS AND WONDERED WHO WOULD WANT THAT.  I GOT A NOTICE TODAY THAT THE

CARROTS WILL BE DELIVERED BETWEEN OCT. 4, AND 7.  DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SENT

CARROT SEEDS.  WENT AND CHECKED MY ORDER AND IT DEFINITELY SAYS, HEIRLOOM

CARROTS.  COULD SOMEONE ELSE HAVE SENT THE CARROT SEEDS?  IT SEEMS UNLIKELY.

I TRY TO WATCH MAIL CALL EVERY DAY SO I WILL REALLY BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THE REAL

CARROTS ARRIVE.  SOMEONE TOOK A DARLING PICTURE OF MAY CHOMPING ON A CARROT

AND IT INSPIRED ME TO SEND THE REAL THING.  NOOOTTTTT SEEDS.  AMAZON IS USUALLY

SO GOOD.  OH WELL.

OSSICAT

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I HOPE GOLDIE IS NOT PLANNING FOR US TO HAVE  THAT INDOOR GARDENING BIT I SAW SOMEWHERE ABOUT GROWING 6000 HEADS OF LETTUCE WEEKLY IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER....

I ALREADY TRIED THAT...

LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGG AGO... WHEN I MY HUSBAND WAS IN HIS HORSE RACING PHASE ( HIS ENTIRE LIFE) 

HE BOUGHT A MARE - AND SUDDENLY WE WERE IN THE RACING BUSINESS...-WHICH I HATED.... I COULD DO A WHOLE  BOOK OF THE FALLACIES OF RACING...  BUT   FOR HERE....JUST ONE DETAIL.....

RACE HORSES ALL HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY-- JANUARY FIRST-- I DUNNO WHY-- THEY DO... SO A HORSE BORN ON DECEMBER FIRST IS CONSIDERED A YEAR OLD ONE MONTH LATER.... ( ALOT OF RACING HAS THAT LOGIC) SOO......A 13 MONTH OLD HORSE WOULD BE RACING AGAINST  A 23 MONTH OLD HORSE THAT WAS BORN FEB FIRST.   GOT THAT?

 SO THE OBJECT IS TO HAVE  THOROBREDS BORN AS EARLY IN THE YEAR AS POSSIBLE... PROBLEM  IS MOMMY NATURE DOES NOT ALLOW MARES TO HAVE A BREEDING CYCLE TIL SPRING...-- AND THE THING THAT TRIGGERS THE CYCLE IS... I AM TOLD... SOME GREEN GRASS....  THAT IS SORT OF AN ON BUTTON....

I HAD AN OLD REFRIGERATOR AND DECIDED TO TRY AND RAISE  SOME GRASS TO FEED THE MAARE HE WANTED TO BREED-- AND ENDED UP WITH A MOLDY SMELLY MESS.   BUT I TRIED....

 APPARENTLY  THEY HAVE REFINED THE PROCESS SINCE I TRIED...   THE PROCESS WAS REFINED NOT BY A GOV'T GRANT, BUT THE PGA (POT GROWERS ASSOCIATION)- AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL NOW... EVEN HAS A RESPECTABLE NAME OF HYDROSOMETHING... 

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FYI

ONE OTHER THING I FORGOT TO MENTION-- I HAVE NEVER HAD A HEART ULTRASOUND BEFORE... I DID... JUST AFTER DOG FEST--- I HAD BENTLY WITH ME   ... WHEN I WAS TIRED... IT TAKES A WHILE TO DO---- I WAS COMFORTABLE SO I FELL ASLEEP.  AS DID BENTLEY  BESIDE ME IN THE ROOM.... ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAT BOLT UPRIGHT BECAUSE  I HEARD THE NOISE OF A FLUID RUSHING THRU A SMALL OPENING.  THE NURSE HAD FLIPPED ON THE SOUND OF BLOOD GOING THRU THE VALVES OF MY HEART....

WHAT SHE DID NOT KNOW IS THAT IS  ALSO  THE SOUND OF  LIQUID  PROJECTILE  GREAT DANE POO.

 HOWEVER.... BENTLEY WAS STILL SLEEPING.... THANKFULLY...