sept 15 2017

mOm is still standing -- this is a good thing.. if we can just make it to the 5 days of meds, she will stand a much better chance of survival ..she eas slightly better when bryan checkeD her YESTERDAY...so at least we are going in the right direction... i even bought her some shreaded carrots-- but she does not know what they are-- nor grass-- she is eating hay . and it is very good "race horse" hay.---and some grain.  THE  grain being purina's omelene #200  which is what i had on hand for mo....and she is eating it... i went and got some highER powered feed... and she wouldn't touch it-- which made it the lowest powered kind...   i never went  and checked the exact  ingredients of omelene before -- but i did this time... and it was totally boring... except----are you ready????   TODAY'S FYI------ IN THE LIST OF HOW MUCH TO FEED ---  IT IS BASED ON ENERGY NEEDED AND EXPENDED....--- A BREEDING STALLION SHOULD GET 4 QUARTS-- AND A MOTHER 7.5 QUARTS....OK........NOW HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WORKING MOTHER--- OR MORE COMMONLY .. THE SINGLE MOTHER... STILL PAID LESS THAN THE MALE COUNTERPART.----AT LEAST THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY ACKNOWLEDGES THE  FACT THAT A WORKING MOTHER DESERVES MORE PAY   ***I  I ONCE WONDERED... AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT,-- BUT...LATELY... 2 OF OUR PRESIDENTS WHO WERE NOTED FOR ADVANCED DEGREES.... WERE RAISED BY SINGLE MOTHERS.... ONE WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THE STATS DUE TO THE  CHANGE IN STATUS OF  SINGLE MOTHERHOOD...  BACK WHEN  I WAS  IN HIGHSCHOOL... SINGLE AND MOTHERHOOD, WERE WORDS HARDLY EVER USED TOGETHER IN POLITE SOCIETY.... YOU WOULD THINK , SINCE WOMEN ARE 51% OF THE POPULATION , THAT WE WOULD NOT STILL BE CONSIDERED A MINORITY... THE PUT DOWN IS INSIDIOUS... LAST SUNDAY I SAT AND SMILED ( FOR A SLIT SECOND) WHILE  I LISTENED TO SOMEONE EXPLAIN  HOW  "SDP MUST HAVE BEEN STARTED BY  HER HUSBAND"  -- I FELT IT WAS MY SOLEMN  DUTY TO  ADJUST HIS THINKING , WHILE KNOWING IT WAS HOPELESS.. MY HOW WE HAVE CHANGED...... I BETTER GET OFF THIS TOPIC...  QUICKLY.... WITHOUT QUOTING THE APPLICANT WHO  FILLED OUT OUR APPLICATION FORM WITH   PLEASE LIST MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLD:   WIFE, NO OTHER PETS... ****** SPEAKING OF OUR APPLICNTS-- I FELT WE NEEDED TO GO THRU OUR FILES AND  REMOVE THOSE  THAT WE FELT  WERE NOT    GOING TO GET A SERVICE DOG FROM US....  CHANGING  CONDITIONS... NUMBER OF DOGS AND APPLICANTS   MADE THIS NECESSARY..   WE CLEARLY STATE  ON OUR WEB... PREFERENCE IS GIVEN TO VETERSNS AND THIER FAMILIES....COMING HERE OFTEN ALLOWS US TO ASSESS WHAT DOG MIGHT WORK IN ANY  SITUATION... BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME WHO WE ( MEGAN STEVE AND I)CAN SEE... JUST ARE NOT GOING TO WORK.. FOR THOUSANDS OF REASONS...  THIS IS VERY UPSETTING-- SO I AM GETTING A FEW NASTY LETTERS-- MOSTLY SAYING  "MY DOCTOR SAID I SHOULD GET A SERVICE DOG SO I AM ENTITLED..."  THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS-- IT IS AN UNEXPLAINABLE MATCHING PROCESS-- AND.... I HAVE TO ADMIT... HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOR AND A SMILE ON YOUR FACE IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS BEING THE PERSON WHO'S FAMILY VETERAN WAS A GREAT GRANDFATHER.   WHAT I CALL "DEBBIE DOWNERS"   CAN NOT DO WELL WITH A DOG-- AT LEAST ONE OF OURS.... *********** REPORTS----- FROM FLORIDA SOME VERY STRANGE THINGS DURING THE STORM WAS PICTURES FELL OFF THE WALL AND WE COULD NOT FEEL ANY REASON FOR THEM TO FALL. ALSO JUST ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE IRMA HIT US FULL FORCE THE WATER IN THE TOILETS STARTED SWIRLING, IT WAS THE STRANGEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN  ! *** OK ALL YOU SCIENTISTS.... DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE LOWERING OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.. AND TEH SIPHONING OF THE WATER IN THE TOILETS??? ***** Today was the first day of school for all of us!!  Eve woke up pain free so all is good from last nights fall! She even said I think I was more scared that there would be a broken bone than felt the pain of one! So that's good that once she settles down that she can articulate the difference.  Eve said school was great! And that she felt like she was only there for 30 min rather than several hours. Finn was good except for not wanting to lay down during outside lunch. Last year it was a slight challenge too but give it a couple days and he'll remember the routine and that she means business.  Thanks all for checking in ❤️👑🐾 ** DID HE HAVE A COMFORTABLE PLACE TO LIE DOWN OUTSIDE????  DANES ARE FUSSY... YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT COMMANDING HIM TO DO SOMETHIGN THAT MIGHT MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE... MAKE SENSE?? **** SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 KRINGLE AND I GOT OUR ANGIOGRAM OF BRAIN AND WE GOT WONDERFUL RESULTS! EVERYTHING IS STABLE! SUCH GREAT NEWS! SO NOW WE JUST WAIT OUR 6 HOURS TO BE RELEASED. ALL THE MEDICAL STAFF IS COMING TO MEET KRINGLE. AS WE WAIT !!    BEST THURSDAY EVER!

SEPT 14 2017

BABY OK... THIS IS A TOUGH ONE  NOT ONE OF THE 2 PREGO'S WE ALREADY HAD....

.. I WENT TO SEE JANINE  AND SHE HAD JUST GOT QA TRAILER FULL OF RESCUES -- WHICH INCLUDED 3 ORPHANED FOALS WHICH ALL SEEMED TO BE NURSING OFF ONE  TERRIBLY THIN MOM.. IN THE LOAD WAS ANOTHER JENNY EXXTREMELY PREGO.. SO RATHER THAN HAVE HER FOAL IN JANINE'S CONFUSION, WE BROUGHT HER HERE.. SHE HAS A COUGH SO WITH BRYANS ADVICE WE SHOTHER WITHTEH ANTIBIOTIC OF CHOICE ( WE HAVE A BIG BOTTLE INTHE FRIDGE) -- AT ?10:30pm SOMEONE CALLED ME TO SAY SHE WAS DYING, WHEN IN FACT SHE WAS IN LABOR. AND DELIVERED A  NICE BABY...  BUT THEN DIDN'T GET UP--  WASN'T FLAT OUT DEAD, BUT NOT GETTING UP SO THE FOAL COUED NURSE-- JANINE WAS THERE AND I WAS ON TEH CAMERA END... BRIAN WAS CALLED... AND BETWEEN HE AND JANINE, THEY GOT MOM UP AND JANINE NURSED ABOTU 8 OZ  FROM MOM-- SOME OF JANINE'S COMMENTS WERE PRETTY GOOD... HE SLOWLY POURED TEH MILK INTO THE FOAL-- WHO THEN PERKED UP CONSIDERABLY-- MOM HAS STAYED ON HER FEET SINCE... BUT SHE IS IN TOUGH SHAPE-

 IIF WE CAN KEEP HER ALIVE AND ON HER FEET FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS,  IT WILL BE A SMALL MIRACLE--AT WHICH POINT WE COUD REARRAINGE THE 3 NURSING FOALS OFF THE ONE AT JANINE'S  WHO ARE OLDER AND CAN EAT FOAL REPLACER--  MOTHER DONKEYS ARE VERY AGREEABLE ABOUT THAT USUALLY.

SO... BASIC PLAN IS TO DO WHATEVER TO KEEP THIS MOM GOING... AND PUT  THAT OTHER MOTHER AT JANINE'S ON WHATEVER DIET SHE WANTS AND VITAMINES..... WHATEVER...  I HAVE HEARD OF BEER BEING  A  GOOD TRY...  IT IS GRAIN BASED...

JUDY IS SHANNON TODAY- SO SHE WILL BE RUNNING THE BARN...

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CUTTING SHORT... THINGS TO DO ....

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I am  in SW Florida. The hurricane didnt do any damage to our houses. However my parents and I were ordered to evacuate and went to an evac shelter sat afternoon, where my dad got sick. At around 11pm I called 911. The worst part of the storm had not started. Unfortunately my dad had multiple pulmonary embolisms and died right in front of us. The EMTs worked on him and got him to the hospital but once the clots moved he was essentially dead. My 10 yr old dane was the most well behaved dog in the whole shelter including all the service dogs. When they were working on my dad, my dogs best buddy, he laid at attention on his mat and didnt move or say a word. He did not take his eyes off my dad. Its like he knew something was wrong. We were there for 48 hours, almost 24 on lockdown, no communication or news, knowing my dad was dead, with a storm outside that we thought might be destroying our homes. It was pretty horrible but I had a comforting dog next to me and so did everyone else in our section, including the children who came to see him for pets and hugs. My dog didnt have one accident, didnt pant or get anxious. He helped me up and down the steps very slowly just like the best of them. He was such a trooper. 

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

BALANCE: KRINGLE PROVIDES THIS FOR ME WHEN I WALK AND IN LIFE. BALANCE IS COMPARING THE VALUE OF ONE THING WITH ANOTHER AND KEEPING SOMETHING IN A STEADY POSITION. KRINGLE AND YOGA HELP ME WITH BALANCE. ITS FUNNY THAT IT TOOK A HEALTH ISSUE TO BRING BALANCE TO MY LIFE BUT MY LIFE IS MORE BALANCED NOW THAN IT EVER WAS. I ALWAYS TRIED WHEN I WORKED AND THOUGHT THAT I HAD BALANCE BUT I JUST WAS RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. LIFE IS NOT PERFECT NOW BUT AT LEAST I TAKE THE TIME TO BREATH AND APPRECIATE WHAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR BALANCE IN MY LIFE. MY ANGIOGRAM WAS MOVED TO 6:30 AM ON THURSDAY NOW. SO SOMEONE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR ME AGAIN BY LETTING IT HAPPEN JUST A LITTLE BIT SOONER.

SEPT 13 2017

NOW ON THE TOPIC OF PREGNANCY...... APPARENTLY  A BLOOD  TEST FOR PREG... WITH A DONKEY IS ... OVER 5.. JODY HAD A VALUE OF 7  AND BRIAN SAID "PROBABLY PREGNANT"  WELL THE PAINTED LADY HAS   28.06 AND  GG  IS..38.24 THE ONLY THING I WORRY ABOUT IS SOME DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN HORSES AND DONKEYS THAT THe  LAB IS UNAWARE OF WE ARE PROBBLY THE ONLY OUTFIT IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WOULD WANT TO VERIFY A DONKEY PREGNANCY  SO IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THE LAB IS FAMILIAR WITH--   FOR RACE HORSES-- MAYBE YES..-- SOME PEOPLE FIND THEM MORE VALUABLE THAN DONKEYS...   PERSONALLY.... I DON'T. ** BUT---- ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL... COULD BE.......  NOW THE EXCITING PART..... I THINK JANINE SAID THEY WERE IN  A "LOAD" AT THE KILLER PEN THAT CONTAINED A PONY STALLION... -----THAT WOULD MAKE THEM HAVING ... MULES...... mini mules... **** HOW QUICKLY I CAN BECOME A PURE IDIOT-- MAIL CALL  5PM  YESTERDAY I REFERRED TO ORDERING ORANGES HOW QUICKY I REVERTED TO  "PLEASE LET LIFE BE NORMAL"  HOW COULD I FORGET THERE PROBABLY IS NOT ONE ORANGE  ON A TREE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA... *****   BETSY'S BROTHER ( A VIDEOGRAPHER) IS COMING HERE SUNDAY THRU TUES TO FILL IN SOME THINGS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY HE IS THINKING OF...  ANNE ASKED SEVERAL OF OUR RECIPIENTS IF THEY WOULDN'T MIND COMING TO BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA-- I AM NOT TOTALLY SURE  OF EVERYTHING... BUT I WOUL D LIKE TI TO BE A  HOW WE  BRING THESE DANES ALONG TO BE SERVICE DOGS. ANOTHER EXPERIMENT... ****  fyi----The sugar substitute xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs and is being added to a longer and longer list of products, including chewing gum, breath mints, peanut butter and even nasal sprays." ****** FROM IIa  who has been serving the fire dept cakes for many months ....... Dear Carlene, Time can really drag when one isn’t having fun.  That was me since I entered the hospital August 8th and by the end of the month and 6 days in September, I was at home only 8 days. The last admission was on the 25th of August. I was in extreme pain, caused by imbalance of my electrolytes.  I didn’t know being low on calcium would cause pain, however, all my electrolytes were messed up.  My husband called 911 and the firemen arrived first -- low and behold, the firemen were from Cottleville Fire Station #4.  MY FIREMEN.  They were just great; one knelt down and held my hand, asking what was wrong and all the time comforting me.  Another had the oxygen, another the stethoscope and the other was doing the charting.  They were so professional and working together like a well oiled machine. Captain Ken assisted in getting me to the ambulance and just before they closed the doors, all four firemen where standing there----   Ila , Charter CP of Missouri * ****** IT WAS A SCHOOL DAY. TODAY WAS BELLA'S FIRST GYM CLASS AND SHE PUT GEORGE IN THE SAME SPOT SHE DID LAST YEAR BY THE BLEACHERS. TODAY THOUGH GEORGE GOT UP AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY AND LEAVE THE GYM. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. BELLA CALLED HIM AND HE WENT RIGHT OVER TO HER. HOPEFULLY IT WAS JUST FIRST GYM CLASS JITTERS HE HAD AND BY NEXT WEEK HE WILL REMEMBER THE ROUTINE FROM LAST YEAR. OTHER THAN THAT SCHOOL HAS BEEN GOING GREAT. HE HAS A FLUFFY NOW IN EVERY ROOM AND A BED IN SOME. ONE HAPPY PUPPY. TOMORROW IS SCHOOL AND THEN WE ARE BACK TO AFTERNOON INFUSIONS. SO SHE WILL HAVE INFUSION FROM 2:30-8:30. IT MAKES FOR A LONG DAY BUT IT'S WORTH IT. WELL I AM OFF TO BED NOW. THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AND HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE ***** i have also heard from one of her teachers, that george is the best behaved STUDENT  in his class. ***** JUST read DD. At the end, not sure if I might be the FL CP Tina Might be waiting to hear from. I didn't know she wanted To hear from us after Irma.  I'm in Fort Myers which took a direct hit. I'm fine.  Uncomfortable without electricity, but so grateful my house And brother's house are fine. Minor damage. Husband, Brother and I are unharmed. No flooding in houses. What More could I ask for? Susan  Fort Myers, FL CP since 7-2-13.  (Pi's litter) ****** As a silent CP living in Florida, I wanted to let you know that I survived the hurricane.  I have roof and water damage, but am thankful that is all.  It was truly a harrowing ordeal -- and I've been through every hurricane since 1955! ***  Handle every Stressful situation like a dog.   If you can't eat it or play with it,   Piss on it and walk away.

SEPT 12 2017

so much so soon.....

firstly   i wish people would stop trying to define a service dog... that is proving to be nearly impossible.. however it is a piece of cake to  define what is NOT  a service dog-- one that is more than 24" from it's owner- one that barks at dogs or people- and one that you can not leave alone  in a down stay for 15 seconds  to get thru the airport search...---

those 3 things would cure about 98% of the problems with who is which ....

in costco there was a woman ( almost myt age) with a tiny poodle-- which could have been a hearing ear dog... however it was 6 feet away from her  barking...-not paying any attention to her.. and i heard her say " they can not ask me what is wrong with me"  -- oh how i wanted to say " what is wrong with you is obvious.. you are a nut case"   but i was afraid sizzle would bite her dog and ruin my case.

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i had a bunch of dd  topics  and someone sent me a question on that so i forgot the rest..

wellllll

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I DID THANK  PURINA FOR THE 8 PALLETS  OF DRY NOW CAREFULLY STORED IN THE SHIPPING CONTAINER....- EACH PALLET IS  ABOUT  1000 # ---THE  LIMIT OF WHAT ATH FORK LIFT'S ON THE TRACTOR  BUCKET WIL L HANDLE....   IT WILL NOT HANDLE THE WET FOOD PALLET-- THEY GET THAT ON THE GROUND AND WE CAARRRY FROM THERE... ONLY OTHER FYI... SOME OF THE TRUCKERS WILL TAKE BACK THE PALLETS-- SOME WON'T-- THIS FEDEX GUY DID...   OTHERWISE...THEY DO PILE UP

REPORTING ON THAT  "DOC IN A BOX" THAT I WENT TO YESTERDAY---?MEDICAL MINUTE?  URGENT CARE?    WHATEVER.... REALLY WELL RUN NURSE PRACTIONER.. BETTER THAN WHAT I WOULD HAVE HD AT LAHEY-- 

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THE WOMAN IN FRONT OF US-- WHO CALLS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT DOGS BARKING AT MEALTIMES  HAS JUST CUT AND SHREADED ALL THE VEGETATION BETWEEEN HER HOUSE AND  NTHE NUTT HOUSE KENNEL... NOW SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM MUCH BETTER !! 

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betsy with teh  videographer relative is due here shortly.. HE MIGHT BE HERE THIS WEEKEND...

anne is writing on some patriots project is more a lunchtime project...  

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r&w rope is offering a $100 for a story for their news... what do you do with the ropees?  THEY WON'T BELIEVE THE REPLACING CANES AND WALKERS AT HOME...

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nothing is leaking ..but,....somebody moved a curb in front of my car yesterday and i hit it with a pretty good whallop-- front and back... 

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megan has alot of good stories about traveling with 2 perfect dogs... having found strangers  on both coasts that recognized the danes and knew about  sdp.....

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PUPPIES... MEGAN DID GET THE BUGS TO THE V PEN FOR THE FIRST TIME...  SHE GOT ALL READY-- AND TEH TRASH GUY ARRIVED... SO WAITED UP TOP WITH THE PUPS... ALL READY TO GO..A DT HE TRASH GUY DIDN'T APPEAR AS PREDICTED... SO I WENT DOWN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.. AND THERE HE WAS ... WASHIG THE DUMP TRUCK AT OUR DOG WASHING SPOT...

WHERE ELSE  BUT AT CRAZY ACRES????

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I HOPE WE HAVE ALL THE DOGFEST DINNERS ORGANIZED... BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE A FINAL NUMBER BY FRIDAY....IT SHOULD BE GOOD FUN...

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TODAY I WLL CALL THE COMPUTER DOCTOR-- I CAN NOT STAND HE CREATIVITY OF THIS COMPUTER...  I COPIED AND PASTED THE COMMENT FROM TINA.. AND THERE IN THE MIDDLE IS   Jump to Toolbar-   I AM SURE THERE IS A REASON... BUT I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS...

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IRMA FROM INGRID  VIA TINA...

I  EMAILED INGRID AND SHE SENT THE BELOW.

Hi TiJump to Toolbarna - aok - trees down and fence damaged but avoided flooding - water was standing in garage and front porch but didn't make it up over the step. No power for likely weeks but office power is on!!!  Hope everyone else is ok.  Please let me know in case there is anything I can do for someone else.

Thanks!

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ALL CPS BUT 1 ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND OK, STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM 1.

Thanks much,

    Tina

SEPT 11 2017

HOLY COW-- THE 11TH...  WITH DOGFEST THE  23rd?-- SO MUCH TO DO... .. WHAT ON EARTH AM I THINKING.. ALL I DO IS RIDE AROUND ON A GOLF CART AND SMILE AT EVERYONE - WHO AM I KIDDING?  ( HOPEFULLY EVERYONE)

WELL YESTERDAY ------ AT  SUNDAY STEW-- I WAS  REEEEEEALLY HAPPY ABOUT  WHAT WE ARE DOING... STEVE AND MEGAN ARE TURNING OUT WONDERFUL DOGS... DOING MORE THAN GREAT WORK.... WHICH .. EVEN THO I CARRY THE TITLE AS MASTER TRAINER,  WHAT HAS ACTUAY HAPPENED IS ... WELL... I HAVE TRAINED THOSE 2 TRAINERS VERY WELL... SO ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SIT AROUND AND EAT ALL THE FOOD PEOPLE BRING ON SUNDAY FOR  "POT LUCK" ---- BETWEEN A POT FULL OF SAUSAGE AND BEANS  MIXTURE AND CREAM CHEESE ICING ON PUMPKIN CAKE WE DID PRETTY WELL.

A NEW "GROUP' ARRIVED.. FOR SUNDAY STEW.... I NEVER DID FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS A GROUP... ONE FEMALE  PERSON  WITH A WALKER.. ONE GUY  IN BLUE JEANS AND 2 OTHER GIRLS/WOMEN.... THE PERSON WITH THE WALKER WANTS A DOG--  -- SHE WAS MINCING ALONG WITH  A SECOND PERSON KEEPING THE WALKER FROM SCOOTING  AHEAD OF HER DOWN THE HILL.. SO I SUGGESTED  HALF WAY DOWN THE HILL FROM THE HOUSE- THAT SHE TRY HOLDING THE GUY'S BACK POCKET-TEH WISER WAY WOULD HAVE BEEN TO GET ON THE FLAT SURFACE FIRST... HOWEVER... OPPORTUNITY BEING WHT IT IS... SHE GRABBED ON , HUNG ON.. AND WAS THRILLED TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE T TENT....  STANDING UP STRAIGHT-- GOING FASTER THAN WALKER SPEED... MUCH EASIER.. SMILIG LAUGHING... AND EVEN BETTER, SHE HAD ONE HAND WITH WHICH SHE COULD GESTICULATE --  BEING OF MEDETERAININA ORIGIN, SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO BE SO EXPRESSIVE....

NOW THERE IS ONE BENIFIT TO  HAVING A SERVICE DOG AS OPPOSED TO A WALKER THA T I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF.    SO THE 5 OF US SAT AROUND AND TALKED IN THE T TENT.. AND AS SHE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS PROBLEMS SHE WAS HAVING  WITH HER PK TYPE NEURO... I TALKED ABOUT THE HANGING ROPES I HAVE ALL OVER THE PLACE -- WHCH I -- AND OTHERS-. USE CONSTANTLY FOR BALANCE---  SHE REFERRED TO  GETTIONG INA AND OUT OF THE SHOWER AND ROLLING OVER IN BED.... BOTH PLACES I HAVE A  FAT COTTON ROPE TO HANG ON AND PULL.. WE WENT ON .. ABOUT A ROPE IN THE KITCHEN AT LEAST GAVE YO ONE HAND FREE AS YOU WORK AROUND.....SHE SAID  THE INFORMATION  SHE ALREADY GOT  ON  "GRABASS AND  ROPE SWINGING"  TO MAKE HER LIFE EASIER WAS WORTH THE TRIP... EVEN BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT A DOG...  I WAS HAPPY ABOUT  THAT...

SHE WAS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WITH HER "HEY I COULD....." ATTITUDE--- AS OPPOSED TO " I CAN'T BECAUSE I AM HANDICAPPED...." WHAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH  MAKES SOME OTHER APPLICANTS LOOK ... WELLLLLLL.... TROUBLE IS, I CAN NOT TELL YOU SOME OF THE REASONS PEOPLE THINK WE  SHOULD GIVE THEM A SERVICE DOG..I COULD NOT MAKE SOME OF THIS STUFF UP....   ...  MOST OF THE TIME IT GOES BACK TO SOME DOCTOR TELLING THEM THEY SHOULD BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME MINOR AILMENT WITH A LATIN NAME.  THAT LATIN NAME DOES IT  !!!

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I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO GET A DOCTOR TO SIGN A LETTER SUGGESTING YOU NEED A SERVICE DOG WHEN THAT DOCTOR DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE EVEN WHAT A SERVICE DOG DOES...   I KNOW THAT ONE FOR SURE.  IT IS THE MODERN EQUIVILANT TO MY LATE HUSBAND'S SOLUTION OF B12 SHOTS  "WHAT  AM I TO DO ...  THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT ( USUALLY OLDER)  WOMAN.....SHE  WANTS ME TO DO SOMETHING..  SO I LISTEN AND  GIVE   HER  A  A B12  SHOT...WON'T HURT... AND SHE  GOES  AWAY HAPPY"   I AM SAFE SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG AGO THERE CAN'T POSSLY BE ANY ISSUES.

NOW ADAYS.. "GO GET A DOG" IS OFTEN THE CASE. WHEN ACTUALLY GETTING A REGULAR DOG OUT OF THE RESCUE AND GETTING THE PERSON OUT OF THE HOUSE WALKING IS A GREAT START AT FEELNG BETTER...

PROBLEM  THERE IS... ANY WELL BEHAVED DOG IS A JOY TO OWN... A POORLY BEHAVED  DOG IS A PAIN IN THE NECK.

NOT UNLIKE CHILDREN........

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MEGAN AND COLLEEN SHOULD BE BACK FROM  THE  "MOBILITY CONFERENCE...."   IN SANFRAN AS OF LAST NIGHT...I AM ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE EVENTS OF THE EPISODE...  6 HOUR FLIGHTS ARE TOUGH ONES TO ORGANIZE WITH A DOG....  AND I WONDER IF ALL THE PLANES BEING DIVERTED FROM FLORIDA'S IRMA SCREWED UP THE REST OF THE COUNTRY???

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 WE HAVE 3 LITTERS OF PERFECT AGE FOR ME TO VIDEO/ VOICE OVER  WHAT WE DO-- NOT THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY... IT MIGH MAKE OTHERS THINK A BIT...  MAYBE THE VIDEOGRAPHER THAT IS  BETSY'S RELATIVE??????  BETSYYYYYYYY??????

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SPEAKING OF MAKING PEOPLE THINK..... I DID WATCH CNN'S  IRMA REPORT---AKA CHRIS CUOMO'S WET TEE SHIRT REPORT...

IT WAS ALSO AN ILLUSTRTION OF A GOVERNMENT WORKING VERY WELL. WEATHER REPORTING, COAST GUARD, FUEL DISTRIBUTION,  STUFF LIKE THAT....

NOW TO CLEAN UP THE MESS... ANYBODY ELSE WONDERING WHAT ... AS A NATION ... WE CAN POSSIBLY  DO WITH ALL THE TRASH BETWEEN HARVY AND IRMA????..

I KNOW-- AGAIN FROM A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH  KATRINA-- TRASH GOT TO BE A HUGE CONTROL ISSUE.. THEY ASKED FOR DUMP TRUCKS-- AND SOME WENT FROM HERE... BUT COULD NOT GET A "PERMIT" TO HELP...   SO CAME HOME...

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Clark and I have been adjusting well to a new semester.  It takes us both a while to get used to a new routine.  I have an anatomy class this semester and do dissections in the class, so I was wondering if Clark would be bothered by the smells.  He's been great so far.  He just settles in for a nap most of the time.  Sometimes he perks his head up for a minute and watches the lecture as if he was a student in the class (this professor is very animated).  

The other day we had a funny episode.  The professor put a dissected brain on the projector, which then appeared on the screen at the front of the class, about 12 feet tall.  The professor was pointing out parts of the brain that we needed to know, moving the brain around.  I think Clark thought the giant brain was going to come out of the wall and get him where he was next to me.  He squeezed himself behind my chair and stayed there the rest of the class!  I just had to laugh.  I can't imagine what he must have thought it was.

It feels like fall already here in Ohio, and the weather has been beautiful for walks around the neighborhood each day.  Over the summer, Clark and I started walking up one street (with a steep hill) that had previously been too hard for us.  It's not so much the going up that's difficult, as it is the coming down.  But, we've worked a lot, figured out the right pace and where the trouble spots are, and we walk up and down that hill nearly every day now!

Caroline

SEPT10  2017

JANINE'S DONKEY DERBY---  WHAT A DELIGHTFUL SCREWBALLED IDEA--  IT WAS A  SMALL REALLY BIG DEAL.....HOW BIG???THERE WAS ONE FAMILY-- ABOUT 4 CARS-- WHO SET UP A BBQ  TAILGATE EPISODE WHICH WOUOD DWARF MANY TAILGATE PARTIES. AT FOOTBALL GAMES..  NO ONE BUT JANINE COULD HAVE PERSUADED THE PRESTEGIOUS MYOPIA HUNT TO ALLOW A BUNCH OF DONKEYS EVEN ON THE PROPERTY.. YET THERE WAS MO.... CAREFULLY PARADING AROUND   CARRYING A RED COATED HUNTSMAN WITH A 3 FOOT LONG BRASS HORN TO CALL TEH RACERS TO THE POST...99 % OF THESE EQUINES WERE RESCUED BY THE EQUINE RESCUE NETWORK  --ERN---  

THE EPISODE STARTED WIHT A LOVLEY BLACK HORSE GALLOPING IN  A HUGE CIRCLE WHILE THE RIDER DISPLAYED THE  AMERICAN FLAG.... AFTER WHICH JANINE EX[LAINED THAT HORSE WAS  BATTERED UP SKIN AND BONES AND DECLARED UNRIDEABLE A YEAR BEFORE WHEN JANINE  INADVERTANLY RESCUED IT... FOR   30 CENTS A POUND--- NOW  BEAUTIFULLY  TRAINED AND RIDDEN BY A YOUNG GAL, IT WAS A SPECTACULAR TEAR JERKING  OPENING... TH E MODE WAS NICELY RESET BY  MO-- STRAIGHT OUT OF  PLOWING THE FIELDS IN AMISH COUNTRY- WITH THE SCARS  ON HER SHOULDERS TO PROVE IT- WITH THE RED COATED  RIDER STRAIGHT OUT OF CURRIER AND IVES.  THE INTELECTUAL FACT THAT WAS  AMAZING WAS... IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, IT WAS MAYBE THE FIRST TIME MO HAD EVER  HAD A PROPER SADDLE ON... AND HAD BEEN RIDDEN ONLY A COULE TIMESS HERE AT THE FARM... AND THERE SHE WAS..  CAREFULLY PICKING HER WAY AROUND IN FRON T OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF BUCKING THE GUY OFF IN A HEAP.  MIND YOU SHE  DIDN'T REALLY STEER TOO WELL.. THAT WASNT NECESSARY  

ALL THE DONKEYS WERE PARADED IN FRON T OF THE  "PATRONS TENT"  AS JANINE INTRODUCED THE HISTORY OF EACH.. SOME STILL LOOKING LIKE THEY HAD NOT BEEN IN  PROPER CARE FOR VERY LONG... OUR BUNCH WERE VERY RESPECTABLE-- EVEN TEH VERY SKINNEY MRS.HARL,

THE RACES WERE RUN IN "HEATS"  -- SOME PEOPLE HAD OBVIOUSLY CHEATED BY PRACTICING AHEAD OF TIME...  RUNNING ALONG IN FRONT OF A DONKEY WITH A BUCKET OF GRAIN....  THERE WAS ONE KID IN A FULL CARROT OUTFIT TRYING TO GET HER DONK ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.  EACH DONK HAD 2 HANDLERS AND A FLY SWATTER -  

I HAVE TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE... A FRIGHTENED DONKEY STANDS STILL  AND A FRIGHTENED HORSE RUNS... A DONKEY HAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON BEFORE HE/SHE WILL MOVE MUCH... THEY ARE CAREFUL-- HORSES ON THE OTHER HAND DO THE  OPPOSITE.. THEY PANIC AND RUN- THERE WERER A BUNCH  OF MINI HORSES THERE ALSO RESCUED- NOW  INCREDIBLEY FAT- WHO RAN THE COURSE AT FULL SPEED..

 THE CROWD-- AS CROWDS CAN OFTEN THINK... THOUGHT THE HORSES WERE WONDERFLYLLY OBEDIENT RACING AROUND... WHILE  THE DONKEYS WERE BEING STUBBORN... IN ACTUAL FACT THE HORSES HAV E A MINDLESS WAY OF REACTING TO THINGS.. WHLIE A DONKEY HAS TO THINK ABOUT STUFF. A CARLENE QUOTE " YOU CAN'T OWN A HORSE FOR A MONTH  WITHOUT HIM CUTTIN HIMSELF ON SOMETHING.. AND I HAVE HAD DONKEYS ( ALOT OF THEM) FOR 40 YEARS WITHOUT A SCRATCH..."  SO AS THE SHOW WOUND DOWN, AND PEOPLE WER JUST STANDING AROUND  DRINKING WINE AND TALKING... THERE WAS OFTEN A DONKEY  JUST STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GROU[P.. YOU COULD NOT DO THAT WITH HORSES-- WITH ALL TEH CHEERFULLNESS GOING ON AROUND THEM... A HORSE WO ULD HAVE TURNED ON CIRCLES AND DRAGGED THEIR OWNER ACROSS THE FIELD.. WHE ALL THOSE DONKEY-- MANY BEING HELD BY A CHILD OF 4 YEARS OLD.. JUS T STOOD AROUND VERY RELAXED..  THERE WAS NOT ONE KID HOLDING A HORSE.... HORSES WERE PROMPTLY TRAILERED.

I HOPE THAT POINT WAS NOT MISSED ON EVERYONE...  YOU COULD NOT DO WITH HORSES WHAT THOSE DONKEYS ACTUALLY DID-  JUST PROVIDING AN UN COMPLICATED FUN AFTERNOON WHILE BEING ALLOWED TO CAUSE THEIR HANDLERS TO  LOOK  INEPT?  ??

I HAD ONE EAR OPEN FOR ANY "ANIMAL RIGHTS"  PEOPLE WHO MIGHT THINK- CARRYING A FLY SWATTER WAS ABUSIVE... NO... TEH DONKEYS WERE NOT THE SLIGHTEST BOTHERED BY THE FLY SWATTERS...   HOWEVER  THEY MADE THE PEOPLE LOOK VERY STRANGE.  

IF ANY PEOPLE WERE  REALLY THINKING.. I WONDERED HOW THOSE FLY SWATTERS LOOKED COMPARED TO THE WHIPS CARRIED IN THE NORMAL HORSE RACE...  WHY CARRY WHIPS IN A HORSE RACE?    WITHOUT WHIPS ONE HORSE WOULD CROSS THE FINISH LINE BEFORE THE OTHER... WHY ARE THEY NEEDED?  GOOD QUESTION.

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GOING BACK TO  THE DOGS ??

 HAD ANOTHER  PANIC'D PHONE CALL LAST NIGHT-  I WAS ASLEEP... 8PM ISH...  - THAT IS 3 NIGHTS ON A ROW.....  AND NOW THAT I HAVE HAD  MORE SLEEP I MIGHT CONSIDER BEING MORE REASONABLE... BUT I DID SAY ONE MORE NONSENSICAL PHONE CALL AN D I WAS GOING TO SWITCH  OFF THE PHONE AND THROW A TOWEL OVER THE CAMERA...  I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM  CALLING IF THEY HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE GOUP OF EXPERIENCED CP'S--A FIRE IN THE BARN IS AN OK. PHONE CALL..... A BIRD IN THE BARN IS A BIRD IN THE BARN.

WE TRY AS BEST WE KNOW HOW TO RAISE EVERY ANIMIAL WTH ALL CARE AND CONSIDERATION... HOWEVER I NEED MY REST OR THE WHOLE THING COLLAPSES.. I LIKE MY SLEEP AND FOOD... AFTER THAT I CAN WORK.

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AN INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE DONKEYS... IS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME  CHARACTISTICS AS A GREAT DANE SERVICE DOG... YOU DON'T  (EASILY) TRAIN TRICKS TO A DONKEY-- AND THEY ARE BORN TRAINED IF YOU DON'T WRECK THEM TRYING TO GET THEM TO BEHAVE LIKE A HORSE.

 ENJOY WHAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE -- THEY ARE ALOT LESS STRESSFUL THAN A HORSE .. BECAUSE WHEN TEH SH1T HITS THE FAN, THE FASTEST ANIMAL OVER A 30  MILE  COURSE IS A DONKEY-- AND  THE CROSS COUNTRY RACE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED HORSES AND ONE MULE... WAS WON BY THE MULE....  TORTOISE  AND THE HARE???

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DEAR CARLENE ~~    PLEASE DO PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SDP'S DOG TRAINING.  IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT!  YOU HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO GET ENORMOUS DOGS TO BEHAVE IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM A JOY TO BE AROUND.  AND THE BEST PART IS THAT THEY SEEM REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT ALL.

PLEASE DO THIS!   I THINK THE WORLD NEEDS IT! 

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I AM THINKING 

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PIXIE AND I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE CASINO AND SHE DID WONDERFUL. SHE WAS SO WELL BEHAVED AND ALL THE STAFF AND THE PEOPLE JUST WHERE BEYOND THEMSELVES WITH HOW WELL MANNERED SHE WAS WAS. IT WAS A FUN TIME. WE PLAYED SOME GAMES AND PLAYED BINGO AND LUNCH AND DINNER. 
IT WAS A BIT CROWDED IN SOME PLACES AND SHE WOULD STEAL ME OUT OF THE CROWDED WAYS TO A LESS CONGESTED AREA TO WALK.
 PIXIE SHOWED OFF HER SKILLS OF IGNORING MISBEHAVED DOGS. I WAS SO APPLAUD THAT A OFFICER HAD TROUBLE KEEPING HIS K9 DOG UNDER CONTROL. THE DOG WAS YANKING AND PULLING HIM AND NOT OBEYING HIS COMMANDS. PIXIE LOOKED AT ME, LOOKED AT THE WILD BARKING DOG AND LOOK AT ME AGAIN GOT UP TIGHT TO ME AND CARRIED ON WITH HER JOB. SHE SHOWED THEM HOW A WELL TRAINED DOG ACTS. I HAD A STAFF MEMBER STOP ME TO COMPLIMENT ME ON HOW SHE WAS BESIDE HERSELF WITH HOW PIXIE HANDLED THE SITUATION AND KEPT ON WITH HER JOB AND STILL MADE SURE SURE I WAS SAFE. SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED.
PIXIE WAS MY SHINNING STAR 

SEPT 9 2017

PUPS ARE FINE...POOR SARA WAS ON ALONE TIL 1AM... SHD HAD TO FEED THE MONSGERS IN THE KITCHEN.... AND GABBY DID VERY NEARLY SIT ON ONE-- SO SOMEONE RIGHTLY CALLED AN I GOT UP FOR A WHILE... I WAS AWAKE ANYWAAY.... SO I SHIELDED TEH LENS WITH POO PICKERS AND NAPPED THERE TIL BETH ARRIVED.

NEXT LESSON  WHEN CALLING..... ONCE SEVERAL OF YOU DECIDE I MUST BE CALLED-- SKIP THE POLITE CONVERSATION...  ONCE THAT YOU HAVE DETERMINED I AM FULLY AWAKE...JUST  GIVE ME WHAT WHERE-- ALL I NEED IS " WAKE UP LOOKS LIKE SHE IS SITTING ON A PUP-- "   AT WHICH POINT IF I SLAM THE PHONE DOWN, I AM AWAKE... IF I CARELFULLY PLACE IT IN TH EHOLDER, I MIGHT NEED ANOTHER CALL.

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I CERTAINLY HAD LOTS OF 2AM BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR THIS DD... MOST OF WHICH I HAVE FORGOTTEN... EXCEPT.... 

I WATCHED GRACE SPOON FEED THE PUPS IN THE KITCHEN-- THEY ARE DOING WONDERFULLY-- AND GRACE HAS IT DOWN PAT...

I WISH------ I HAD THE CAPABILITY OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE SEGMENTS OF OUR TYPE TRAINING AND SEND IT TO SHEILA O'BRIEN

FOR HER TO PASS ON FOR  DISCUSSION..  PROBLEM IS..I GET " SPOON FEEDING??? WHATAREYOU  NUTTTS?"  BUT IF I COUDL PUT TOGETHER A 3 MINUTE VIDEO STARTING EITHTHIS BUNCH OF PUPS... AND CONTINUING WITH MEGAN MARCHES... TO STANDING FOR FEEDING .. RE-ENTERING THERI KENNELS.. WALKING AROUND WITHOUT LEASHES.. TO ENTERING A CAR FOR TRAINING...FINISHONG WITH GEORGE GOING DOWN THOSE STAIRS WHILE BELLA TALKS TO HER SISTER.... I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD CAUSE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OTHER PATHS... CHUCK PUT IT WELL... YOU PREPARE THEM TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM..... THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERNT THAN TRICK TRAINING.

DON'T TELL ME I COULD TAKE SEGMENTS ON MY PHONE AND DROP IT ONTO MY COMPUTER-- BECAUSE.. I JUST PLAIN CAN'T... PUTTING THING ON THIS COMPUTER IS LIKE DROPPING THINFGS IN THAT BLACK HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE/.

I COULD BUY 6 DIFFERENT PHONES AND DO TEH 6 DIFFERNT SEGN=MENTS THAT WAY...-- BUT EVEN THEN I WOULD HAVE THE WRONG PHONE WITH ME AT A RIGHT TIME .. AND GET THAT SCREWED UP TOO.

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YESTERDAY'S OTHER EXCITEMENT WAS TEH ARRIVAL OF A PALLET OF DRINKING WATER FROM KATHY GROVER-- WHO IS KATHY SOMETHING ELSEE FROM GROVER CA...ALONG WITH A BOX OF GOODIES...--AT FIRST I THIOUGT THE LONG BLACK THINGS WERE STRANDS OF LICORICE-- TURNS OUT THEY ARE  HUGE ELECTRICAL TYE WRAPS-- GRACE FORTUNATELY POINTED THAT OUT TO ME JUST BEFORE I BIT INTO ONE OF THEM.-- THEY WILL MAYBE FREE UP ALL THE LEASHES THAT ARE HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER AROUND THE FARM. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE WATER WILL BE WONDERFUL FOR DOGFEST...

NOW WE HAVE TO FREEZE SOME BLOCKS OF ICE INTHE WALKIN FREEZER AND GET A COOLER OPERATIONAL,.

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TOM-IS QUIETLY DOING A NICE JOB AROUND HERE.. ALL THE MESS MADE BY THE TREE CLIMBER WAS MIRACULOUSLY GONE- AND TEH FOOD CONTAINER ORGANIZED FOR THE PURINA DELIVERY WHICH I WAS TOLD WILL BE MONDAY.

-- WHICH REMINDS ME... SOMEWHERE I HAVE A PICTURE OF SOMEONE HOLDING A POO PICKER OF POO... AND TEH CAPTION WS  "THANKS PURINA"  -- DOES ANYONE KNOW WERE THAT SHOT IS????---I MAYBE COUOLD USE  IT...

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 WHICH BRING S US TO  THE DONKEY DERBY-  TODAY  STARTING ABOUT 1:30 -- COULD EASILY BE A CLASSIC...JANINE IS DUPING THE KENTUCKY DERBY COMPLETE WITH "CALL TO THE POST"  AND JOCKEY UNIFORMS ETC-- FOR A BUNCH OF LOVELY DONKEYS WHO DON'T  LEAD AND  HARDLY STEER- I WAS TOLD TO COME UP WITH LEAD ROPES-- WHICH I HAVE DONE-- AND FLY SWATTERS ( NO WHIPS ALLOWED) IT WILL BE HELD -- WITH POLICE COVERAGE-- AT  THE POLO FIELD--  AS IN THEEEEE POLO FIELD OVER THERE IN THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT...

I WANT TO BE SURE TO BE THERE WHEN MO GETS THERE TO BE SURE SHE DOENT GET UPSET..... NOTHING LIKE AN 1800 POUND UPSET ANIMAL THAT YOU ARE COUNTING ON TO BE A VERY CASUAL PERFORMER.

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 MEGAN ANC COLLEEN ARE IN SAN FRAN FOR A CONFERENCE ON MOBILITY-- THEY AHVE A TABLE SET UP WHICH LOOKS SPIFFY WITH THE 2 HARLS LYING IN FRONT.... APPARENTLY WE GO T INTO THIS BECAUSE OF PETER'S SISTER...  AS IN PETER.... WHO WILL BE ONE OF THE JOCKEYS IN TODAYS DONKEY DERBY... SO I AM TOLD..

SMALL WORLD...

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Long day for Bellow and Edgar yesterday . ( THEY FLEW TO SAN FRAN...)

They went from romping and running in flat field to a 6 hour plane ride , a very bumpy/scary bus ride , squished into a cab and now lounging in the hotel room on the bed with me. We have found a good size area of grass a short walk from the hotel and both of them have approved that it is a good "bathroom spot" 

We have mingled and met some really nice people already and we will be meeting up with Molly( peters sister) at noon. After that we will be setting up our table where we will be talking about SDP till around 4

Meg

***I WONDER IF MEG HAS RECONSIDERED MY CONCEPT OF A BABY WIPE IN THE BATHROOM IN THE HOTEL --- OR AIRPORT)