NOV 17 2014

PROBLEMS OF THE DAY-- I STARTED TO SAY 2 PROBLEMS OF THE DAY, BUT THEN I STARTED TO LIST THEM-- AND 47 PROBLEMS IS MORE LIKE IT.

THE FIRST-- EXPENSIVE ONE......

ALL THIS FURNATURE WE NOW HAVE LINING THE DRIVEWAY IN PREP FOR THE DUMP RUN... IS STILL THERE-- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE TOO MUCH--- EXCEPT-------- IT IS GETTING HEAVILY  RAINED ON--- SOFAS SOAK UP FLUIDS BIG TIME-- AND  SINCE WE GET WEIGHED IN AND OUT, THIS RAIN IS GOING TO COST US MONEY... UNLESS I LEAVE IT IN THE DRIVEWAY TIL A SUNNY DAY WHEN IT WEIGHS LESS...

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 BRIAN AND PAM WERE HERE YESTERDAY-- AGATHA HAS LETERALLY SAVED BRIAN'S LIFE... APPARENTLY

THEY WERE FULL OF STORIES ---- HE WAS HAVING 5 SEIZURES A DAY- AND IS DOWN TO ONE IN THE PAST MONTH-- SLEEPING 6 HOURS A DAY-- THINGS LIKE THAT-- THANKS TO HIS DANE PARTNER.  LIFE HAS TURNED AROUND... AND AGATHA LOVES HIM-- AND HAS STOPPED CHASING SQUIRRELS !!!

WHEN IT WORKS -- IT WORKS--- WHEN IT DOESN'T , IT DOESNT- AND WE JUST HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND DO OUR BEST .

AND I FOUND OUT FROM PAM THAT SHE HAS BEEN SENDING ME EMAILS TO INFO @ OR CARLENE@  AND I AM NOT GETTING THEM

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RE  FINANCES..

THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS I NEED TO PULL EXPENSE REPORTS AND THIS QUICKEN  PROGRAM  -- IS HARD TO DESCRIBE--

THE CLOSEST I CAN FIGURE IS, IT HAS A BAD DRINKING PROBLEM.

I PRINTED OUT ONE TRANSACTION-- IMAY HAVE TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE...

I SIMPLY ENTERED A CHECK TO AM EXP FOR 8333.04  AND IT LISTED THAT IN THE "CHECK REGISTER"  LOOKED NORMAL-- BUT THEN IT POSTED 2659.62 TO "AUTOMOTIVE EXPENSE"  17,000.00 TO EQUIPMENT AND POSTED A DEPOSIT OF 11,326.54 --- ALL BY ITSELF- THERE IS A GOOD MATH PROBLEM FOR THE PUZZLE PEOPLE--- I CAN NOT SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE NUMBERS.. CAN YOU??  AND IT IS NOT "CALLING UP" THOSE NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS TRANSACTIONS--  

THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO QUICKBOOKS NEXT-- ALTHO I AM NOT SURE WHY-- A SIMPLE SPREAD SHEET WOULD BE LOVELY !! GIVE THEM CATAGORIES AND SORT BY THOSE-- THAT IS ALL I USUALLY NEED...

WHAT I DON'T NEED IS "CREATIVE ACCOUNTING"

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WHICH THEN BRINGS ME TO SETTING UP THIS QUICKBOOKS- LONG AGO WHEN THE SCREEN WAS ONLY BLACK AND WHITE-- AND YOU WROTE PROGRAMS TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WANTED= AND IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IT WAS TOTALLY YOURS TO FIX.... AND YOU COULD... I WROTE A PROGRAM TO DO ALL THAT -- AND #38 WAS TEH CATOGORY FOR UTILITIES  23 OFFICE EXPENSE  51 ANIMAL FOOD  10 AUTOMOTIVE---18 INSURANCE ----36EQUIPMENT-- LIKE THAT...

 THERESA HAS THIS CRAZY IDEA THAT WE JUST USE THE ALPHABET--  THAT IS GOING TO BE ROUGH THAT WOULD PUT ANIMALFOOD (51) BEFORE  EQUIPMENT(36)  -- AND MY MIND WOULD  BALK AT......? IS THAT FOOD, ANIMAL  OR ANIMAL,FOOD....IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD PUT EQUIPMENT BEFORE FOOD,ANIMAL WHERE THERE IS A CERTAIN PERMANENCE ABOUT 38 AND 51.

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CLUTTER WILL ACCUMULATE TO FILL AVAILABLE SPACE---  BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY------REGARDLESS OF ALL THOSE COMEERCIALS THAT SAY "GET RID OF CLUTTER"  --  CAN NOT BE DONE

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I BENT THE AXLE ON THE HORSE TRAILER HITTING THE CEMENT BLOCK GOING INTO TH E DUMP... DO WE  FIX- OR JUST GET A NEW ONE AND REPLACE..??? ANY TRAILER EXP PEOPLE OUT THERE?  JANINE WANTS TO DRIVE TI THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TO THE SLAUGHTER PENS IN PENNA AND BRING BACK A COUPLE HORSES..

 CROOKED AXLE WILL BLOW TIRES-- BAD THING.

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AND THE MEDICAL INSURANE FIASCO-- TRYING TO  INSURE MEGAN WHO OUTGREW HER MOTHERRS COBRA PLAN AT 26 YEARS OLD.

I AM CERTAINLY  NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB ON THE TREE, BUT I FIND MEDICAL INSURANCE  OFFENSIVE TO BEGIN WITH.. TOO MANY LAYERS OF PEOPLE EARNING A LIVING BETWEEN THE CUT FINGER AND THE DR SEWING IT UP.

WHY, PLEASE TELL ME... DO I- AS SERVICE DOG PROJECT -- GET A QUOTE OF $321 FOR SOME DEAL- WHEN IF THEY BOUGHT IT ON THEIR OWN IT WOULD BE $311--  SAME PERSON... SAME DEAL..  BUT ONE MORE LAYER OF PAPERWORK BETWEEN THEM....  AND THE CONCEPT THAT THEY WOULD HAE TO WAIT A COUPLE MONTHS FOR COVERAGE TO TAKE EFFECT.....

WHEN  I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I ALWAYS SUSPECT "RIP OFF" -- ESPECIALLY WHEN I TURN AROUND AND THE BIGGEST BUILDING IN BOSTON IS .... THE INSURANCE BUILDING.

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I THINK I SHOULD QUIT NOW AND GO PLAY WITH MY  MENTAL BLOCKS..

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HERE IS THE MEDICAL VET LESSON OF THE DAY-- AND MAYBE PEOPLE MED TOO... GIVE OLD MOMMA NATURE A CHANCE...

Hello Carlene & SDP,

  Just an update on Manny. He is doing so much better! Your advice Carlene to let nature take care worked just fine with his terrible limping that he was experiencing. I have been taken him on daily walks and the loss of even more weight all seem to be working in our favor. He occasionally has a hint of limp in his right quarter but it is ever so slight and usually at the end of a walk. So he is feeling better, his symptoms are better, I'm feeling better knowing he is back to his silly and smart self. It was heartbreaking to think the worse right away but the bond that he and I have is the "magic" candidates and their partners experience. Thank you for your support during my difficult time. I have one question. Manny, my aunt & myself attended the Dog Fest a couple of months ago and when his annual service animal re certification was sent shortly after to me it was only for 2 months. Do you want me to bring Manny back up to the farm? It expires 11/15/14. I have always kept up with Manny's paperwork and re certification and I am planning a trip down south and as a courtesy would like to have his current certification in hand as you know the problems that just one uneducated person can cause. Thank you again for the patience that you & SDP have always been available to me and my feeling much better partner, Manny!

Sincerely,

    Maureen & Manny

 I NEED TO  REMIND EVERYONE TO  GET A BRICK OR TWO....  I WOULOD LOVE THE RED THERMOMETER TO BE AT THE CHICKEN'S WINGTIP ( ON THE FREEZER)  BY THE 20TH OF THE MONTH....  THERE ARE SOOOO MANY NEW NAMES AMID THE OLD ONES...  IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK AT FIRST EVERY DAY...

NOW.... THINK....  "THE SH#TTING OF THE BRICK"

GO DO THAT...
 

NOV 16 2014
OUR CHICKEN WALL  IS ABOUT 25%  -- I AM REALLY COUNTING ON ALL YOU TO  "ENCOURAGE" EVERYONE WHO CAN AFFORD A $10 BRICK OR TWO TO  DO IT NOW... SO I DON'T PANIC..  MOST OF YOU REALIZE HOW  CRITICAL THE CHICKEN BOARD IS---  IT IS REALLY CARRYING  THE BASIC COSTS OF THE DOGS...( AND I GET NO SALARY  OR RENT... SO IT IS ALL GOING TO BASICALLY FOOD ... VET... AND  $3200/WEEK  PAYROLL)

THE BOOKS ARE OPEN AND PUBLISHED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE...--  SLIGHT DELAY ON THE 2013 BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION OF NEEDING AN OFFICIAL AUDIT OR JUST A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW... 

AN OFFICIAL AUDIT WAS TO BE $14,000-- BUT SINCE OUR FANTASTIC INCOME OF 2013  WAS UNUSUUAL- AND MUCH LOWER ON EITHER SIDE ---  2012 AND CURRENTLY 2014 WE CAN ... APPARENTLY  GO WITH JUST  A LOOK OVER BY AN ACCOUNTANT... AND WE HAVE THAT.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE $14,000 TO SPEND ON AN OFFICIAL AUDIT-- THAT WOULD CUT INTO OUR EMERGENCY FUNDS BADLY... SO LET US PRAY...

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I HAVE CLEANED MY DESK IN PREPARATION FOR CLEANING MY HEAD..   ACTUALLY I HAVE HIDEN ALL THE PAPERS IN  A FUNNY  DESK ORGANIZER WHICH I THINK IS HIDDEN FROM THE CAMERA.. RIGHT !!!!  IT IS A NICE 3 SHELF ONE  WHICH HAS BEEN HANGING AROUND FOR ?2 YEARS? IN NEED OF REPAIR-- SO I DID THAT- AND IT IS NOW TIED TOGETEHR WITH ROPE,,,  BUT FUNCTIONAL.

IN MY CAREER, I THINK I HAVE PURCHASED EVERY  DESK ORGANIZER KNOWN TO MANKIND.... OR WOMAN KIND AS THE CASE MAY  BE.

AND IN THIS NEW WORLD OF PAPERLESS SOCIETY, THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR A WAY TO STORE ALL THE PAPERS  WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LESS.

YOU SEE I HAVE HAD YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT  MAKING CLUTTER-- AN D ONE THING I CAN RECOMMEND  ARE THE PLASTIC/ CLEAR FRONTED FILE "POCKETS/ SLEEVES"  ---

YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY ME AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY TO  "ADVERTISE" HERE, BUT WHEN I USE SOMETHING- I PASS IT ON-

 I WISH I COULD TELL YOU WHERE I GOT THEM--- THERE ARE MANY NOW-- BUT THE SIMPLE POCKETS WORK BEST. 

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YESTERDAY'S "JANINE/MEGAN INDUCED CLEANUP" DID RESULT IN MUCH CLEANER/ORGANIZED    BUILDINGS-- AND HAS MADE A MESS OF THE YARD= AS THERE ARE STILL PILES OF SOFA'S TO GO TO THE "TRANSFER STATION"    MEGAN LIKES SOFA'S--

YESTERDAY THEY HOOKED THE HORSE TRAILER TO THE DURANGO - AND I HOPPED IN TO DRIVE TO THE  WEIGH IN SCALES--- THE DURANGO IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THE TOYOTA I USUALLY DROVE -- AND I MISCALCULATED THE WIDTH OF THE HORSE TRAILER- BANGING ONE WHEEL ON THE CONCRETE BLOCKS THEY HAVE THERE TO KEEP YOU ON THE SCALE- I REALLY WHACKED/DENTED THE  WHEEL-- MAYBE BEYOND REPAIR-- BUT WE HAD A SPARE -- WHIHCH WAS QUICKLY REPLACED BY SHANNON'S- OTHER, BUD AND STEVE..

TODAY I WILL HOOK THE TOYOTA AND SEE IF I CAN DO BETTER.

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I DID MANAGE TO DENT 2 TRAILERS AT THE SAME TIME ONCE.. THE REGULAR HORSE TRAILER WAS PARKED BY THE HOUSE   AND I WENT TO GO ROUND IT WITH TEH BIG 53' ONE AND HIT ONE WITH THE OTHER...... SUCH TALENT !!

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INSIDE  WEATHER----- I AM TRYING TO TEACH YUPPY PUPPY TO SEVERAL DOGS.. I CAN SIT IN FRONT OF THE HEATER AND TRAIN DOGS... MY IDEAL SITUATION...  

I DO NOT DO COLD ANYMORE... FURTHERMORE ... I HAVE NOT YET LOCATED MY SKIMOBILE SUIT-- NOW THAT IS ANOTHER THING I COULD RECOMMEND-- IT IS LIKE LIVING IN YOUR OWN  ENVIRON MENT.  SKI MOBILE SUITS  ARE THE ONLY REASON MY KIDS EVER GOT TO COLLEGE... WE WERE PAID HANSOMELY  FOR MANY SANTA AND JESUS  JOBS AROUND CHRISTMAS-- BUT WE SUFFERED FOR   IT.   STARTING THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING- WE  WERE SANTA'S SOMETHING SOMEWHERE-- AND USUALLY OUTSIDE... REGARDLESS !!

SO I WORSHIP THE BARKER BED IN FRONT OF THE HEATER...

WHICH IS WHERE I WILL NOW GO.... TIL IT THAWS A LITTLE

NOV 15 2014
TODAY IS CLEAN UP DAY--- ALL HANDS ON DECK...  

I THINK THEY (PAULA AND MEGAN) GOT A RUNNING START YESTERDAY BY BURNING ODD THINGS TAT COULD NOT BE NEATLY FOLDED AND RECYCLED--

BIG PROJECT OF THE DAY IS TO  MOVE THOSE ... WELL THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE CAGES--- BUT STORAGE UNITS FROM THE BACK OF THE ARENA TO THE AREA BY THE OIL TANK...

THEY LOOK LIKE WE CAGE  DOGS IN THEM-- WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE TO CAGE THINGS WE DO NOT WANT THE DOGS TO GET AT---   THEY ARE FROM BROOKSBY VILLAGE APTS-- "STORAGE UNITS" OR IN OUR LANGUAGE "OVERFLOW UNITS"-- WE  ALSO HAVE A COUPLE HUGE STAINLESS STEEL HOSPITAL "CAGES"-- ONE IS EVEN FOR MONKEYS BECAUSE IT HAS A MOVEABLE SIDE TO CAPTURE AND HOLD AN ANIMAL... 

WE USE THOSE FOR TOWELS , FLUFFIES...  AND   THOSE TREATS THAT SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT DONATE THEM.   

SO GETTING THAT CLUTTER OFF CAMERA WOULD PLEASE JANINE... WHO GETS FUSSY ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING EVERY SAINT SWITHENS DAY.  I NEVER SAID SHE WAS WRONG...  JUST  RANDOM..

WE HAVE TO BE NICE TO HER THO-- SHE WILL BE THE ONE TO PUT MY SOMEWHAT TERSE ACCREDITATION CONCEPTS INTO POLITE, EDUCATED, BUSINESS LANGUAGE-- LIKE THE 7.2 DOGS-- OR THE BIG RED SIGN THAT SAYS FIRE EXTINGUISHER   WHICH I HAD TO PUT NEXT TO THE BIG RED CYLINDER WHICH HANGS ON THE WALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING OUT FIRES...

IT IS THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS WHICH MADE ME PUT EXIT SIGNS ON THE T TENT WHICH BASICALLY HAS NO WALLS.

OH, I KNOW THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEH DOG TRAINER WHO TRIES TO DO IT ALL RIGHT, AND ONE WHO HANGS A SHINGLE AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WHO KNOW EVEN LESS... BUT EXIT SIGNS SEEMS TO BE AN ODD WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO.

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 --- DO YOU SUPPOSE WE COULD GET THAT BENNINGTON VEHICLE BACK TO TH EOWNER IN HAMILON...  I KNOW THEY DON'T USE IT ( OR  SHE WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR IT LONG AGO...)  IT TAKES A CLEAN TRAILER AND AT LEAST 2 HEFTYPEOPLE ALONG WITH A PROPERLY REG CAR AND TRAILER-- ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE JUST NOT COME TOGETHER IN THE PAST YEAR... 

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WELL......... MY LAST GO ROUND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WAS WHEN THEY SENT ROUND A VERY SIMPLE SOUL  AS  "ANIMAL  INSPECTOR"  I HAVE ALWAYS WELCOMED THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE  I AM PROUD OF THE CARE OUR ANIMALS HAVE ALWAYS HAD--- ALL BE IT SOMETIMES STRANGE---

BUT THIS WOMAN WAS HERE FOR 2 HOURS AND HAD NOT YET EVEN LOOKED AT ANY ANIMAL-- SHE WAS ALL HUNG UP INTHE FACT THAT I DID NOT HAVE NUMBERS FOR ALL MY DOGS-- I SAID "NO... THEY HAVE NAMES"  BUT SHE DID NOT  LIKE THAT ANSWER  AND TOLD ME I MUST.. ( THERE IS THAT WORD AGAIN)

THAT IS WHY-- SOMEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY IS A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A BUNCH OF HOOKS ON IT  WITH  NUMBERED BRASS "TAGS" AND A BUNCH OF RABIES TAGS ON THE SAME HOOKS.  SOMEWHERE THERE IS ALSO A PLASTIC BAG WITH LOVELY UN NUMBERED BRASS TAGS.

PERCEPTION IS MORE THAN HALF THE CASE.

IT IS LIKE THE KEYS THAT HANG ON THE 24" SQUARE BOARD IN THE CELLAR STAIRS .  THOSE HAVE PAPER TAGS WITH NUMBERS-   VERY OFFICIAL LOOKING----AND I DON'T HAVE A CLUE  WHAT ANY OF THEM ARE...  THERE ARE ALOT OF KEYS  AND ONE LOCKED PADLOCK-- WITH NO KEY---

I LOOK ON IT AS A WORK OF ART.

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I HOPE I CAN JUST RIDE AROUND IN TH E  HEATED TRACTOR AND CARRY THINGS HITHER AND YON AND LEAVE ALL THE HEFT AND LUG TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION

HAVEN'T THEY BEEN TELLING ME TO DELEGATE?????  

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--