Can it get any clearer?

I choose to live...

this one

thinks he's a cowdog


we actually got time to ride the other night
just barely before dark
and as the dust storm hit

following the child
as always...

Mounted Officers

The Mounted Officer Training Association


I'm wondering if Quinn will participate
in the August 8th clinic?

too late to ride in it
but
thinking about auditing it...

It really happened!!

My horse is on his way
to becoming a police horse

it was SO HARD for me
to let him go

all week I've been talking to myself
talking myself into it

but I know he's well taken care of
and will be used more often than he is here

and I will get him back someday

I'm just still in complete shock
that it actually happened!!

MY horse
a police horse

I just can't get over it

I fed him a carrot
hosed him down
and loaded him up

Goodbye my sweetie!

I am told within a week
I'll have pictures of him in his new digs
and learning new stuff
so stay tuned for that

now I must go try to swallow
the big lump in my throat

It's not just for drinking

So that stock tank
it's pretty big

certain children and dogs
can't stay out of it

shortly after they left
this pair showed up

I can't express
how much I love having this tank
right here

I can look out my window
while I'm typing
and watch the cows

for some weird reason
this completes me


then the regular evening storm started
rolling in

I was happily snapping pictures
and taking a short video
of the windiness

and I went outside and saw this
oh s***

so I went inside
and said to Wade

"Would you like your oh s*** moment for the day?"

he said
"Huh? What now?"

I told him to go out on the porch and look

and that's exactly what he said when he saw it

Life's a blur and that's a big drinker

Life just goes past me
these days

I take pictures
so I don't miss a thing
and neither do you

like the horse parade this morning

wouldn't want to miss that

or Princess Mercy
bequeathing a necklace on Little Dude

and pronouncing him "KING Little Dude"

I dare say he wore it proudly

this was my view off the porch this morning

Grandma insisted we put water out for the cows
she knows the natural tanks are now dry
despite our monsoon storms

we didn't know how many cows were out there
but we found out today
from the parade of cows nonstop

I filled that bucket too many times this morning

Wade had called the rancher to let him know
we were doing this
and the rancher said
"I can bring out a stock tank they can't move"

which we thought was a fine idea

and as I got home
Mom told me that there was
a lot of mooing coming from the house
this afternoon

uh oh

those buckets weren't enough to last
the afternoon

Wade beat me home by 10 minutes
to find a bull had jumped our fence
and was munching hay

how glad am I that he got home first, eh?

as he made the bull go back over the fence
the bull hooked a bale of hay
and took it with him

and at that moment
the rancher showed up with the tank

so it looked like we had just fed them
a whole bunch

wonderful

it was all ok
the guys set up the tank and float

while I provided entertainment
in terms of roping the elusive
night blind
stifle locking
Shetland pony

Racer
the lil brown one
hates to be caught

after he twice spun away out of my lead rope
I got a real rope
and attempted to rope
in front of two professional ropers

see
I'm not afraid to make a fool out of myself

and I did

damned if that pony didn't duck out on me
twice
all I got was ears

fed up
I had to ask Wade to rope him

Wade wasn't serious his first throw
or he underestimated said pony
and missed

then he got mad about missing
and got serious

again
wish I had my camera ready

he stuck a loop on this pony
around the neck
and figure eighted
around the front legs

I said
GOOD CATCH HONEY!!
as he hung on while that pony
tried to be a bronc

but could not do so
because his front legs
were perfectly crossed and locked up

he didn't fall down either
he was wrapped up like a
Christmas present

it really was a beautiful catch

and Wade said
"Can I get halter already?!?!"

oh
*that's the cue to quit gawking*
yeah
I'm on it

pony now put meekly away
in his new deluxe accommodations

and tank set

cows happy

in a few weeks we'll run an
underground line to this tank

rancher happy
we are a prime location to have water available

demon cows?

the back end of the bunch

if anyone wonders about Ferdinand
he is part of this herd
but he's out right now

he will return soon

we'll just have to make do with these lil guys

until then

not the best pic, I know
shot from far away and cropped

Quinn Update

The police were just here again

I had hoped they would take him today
but instead the sergeant came out
the bossman

and he has the final say

he hadn't seen Quinn yet

they showed up unannounced
which I think was great
cause they got to see me catch Quinn
and they got to ride him cold

Sarge also said they make it a point
to see a horse twice
and me being a vet tech
I told him it would be easy for me
to have drugged him

but of course you know I didn't

he said many times you see them the first time
and they're very mellow horses
and the next time is a different story

but it was all the same

Sarge rode him
and Sarge knows what he's doing

he had him bending and flexing
and sidepassing pretty good

they did the string of cans test again
and they fired the cap gun

oh how I wish you all were here for that
cause I got the distinct impression
that Sarge didn't believe his people
when they told him Quinn doesn't flinch

and people
he didn't flinch again

gun fired right in his face
he blinked
and tried to nibble the gun

I looked over at Sarge
who had his poker face on

I had to turn away and smile

then one guy rode him who wasn't
*ahem*
a great rider

he asked Quinn to high lope up the road
and boy did he

kinda scared us all
looked like a runaway for a minute

I told Sarge
"He might fall off"
and Sarge said
"Oh well, he has to learn"

I like this guy

it was all fine

one woman rode him also
and she loped up and down and all over
and she loved it

I had told her he has a rocking chair canter
and she got the full effect

it was very cool

so Sarge says he approves
he will personally come back next Wed or Thurs
with paperwork and the trailer

so that's that!

off to police horse school for Quinn!!

Super Duper Busy

If I haven't answered your email
don't fret
I'll get there

I'm way behind

we've been working like crazy
in between monsoon dust storms
to finish these stalls

Wade's done most of the work
I just stand around and take pictures

see?
he's got plenty of help!

actually my hands are so tore up
working yesterday I felt like I had
the capacity of a toddler

I could not work a pair of pliers
to save my life

while I was fumbling
I caught a moment between horses

this is what trouble brewing looks like

"Ladies, behave"

and there you have the reason
for us constantly fixing fence

I caught the sunset off the porch

and another version the next night

too bad I couldn't catch the lightning
that came with it

but we were too busy trying not to get hit

so pretty

and look at what's here this morning

hello girls

I hear tell
there's going to be a big drinker
put in right there next to our fence
so we'll see more of them

and I wanted to share one more thing with y'all

at work
I strive to be positive
upbeat
and personable

and every day I go around
to my co-workers and say
"What's for dinner?"

took them a few days to
get used to that

but we all know
working moms
about 3 pm
start thinking about
what's. for. dinner.

so now we share ideas
and recipes

one day I asked one of them
and she said
"Shrimp stuffed portabello mushrooms"

I said
"I feel like I'm talking to Wolfgang Puck"

she said
"No, it's really easy!"

those little salad shrimps
mix in some cheese
parm, mozz,
whatever you like cheese wise
stuff your shrooms
and broil till brown

I haven't tried that yet
but it's on my list

no
normally I go for gut bomb stuff
and
OH BOY
do I have one for you

yesterday I said
"You know, I feel like Thanksgiving in July"

cause that's my favorite holiday
hands down

and my co-worker said
"I totally have a recipe for you"

she had this a few days ago
courtesy of her cousin

take 2 cups instant mashed potatoes
take 1 box Stove Top stuffing (make the stuffing)
and some leftover turkey
in our case I used chicken

mix it all up in a big bowl
roll into balls
(1-2 inches)

dunk in beer batter
and deep fry

serve with gravy
and
cranberry sauce

GOT to have the cranberry sauce
it really makes this recipe work

I tell you though
they were
GOOOOOOD

The weekend project

We are some "can do" people

all weekend we've busted our butts
getting this barn built

for Arizona this is a barn
really it's a big ol' shade

the welder was here on Saturday
precisely at 6 pm
and I think he was real glad to work
at night
cause it's been 113-115 all weekend

he and Wade worked till midnight Saturday night
welding the pipe rail fence

each stall has plenty of room to move around
and shade all day

I hate to do anything permanent around here
I'm a chick and I like to move furniture
my furniture being panels mostly..

but I had to bite the bullet and do this

should we ever
heaven forbid get a pregnant mare
this is perfect for foals

we have no intentions of that
I promise

last night we worked till way past dark
getting one pen fenced
and Wade promptly put his heel horse in there

there's still much work to do
fine tuning and touching up
and I may very well paint it
but then I'd have to paint the rest
of the pipe rail fence too

I may wait till fall for that..

but I can say
my hands hurt so bad I can barely type
I worked thru popped blisters
and bloody fingers
and so did Wade

Saturday he went out in 114 degree heat
shod 8 horses
came home
went out again and got the last few
pieces of pipe (see below)
then worked with the welder till midnight

y'all can't have him

he's mine and he's a keeper

The things men do

Wade went today to pick up
just a few more pieces of pipe
for our barn we're building

apparently he needed to improvise
a caution flag

and this is what he rolled in with..

Sparkle? Is that you?

that's just not right

No Name doesn't know what to think...


I wanted to show you my entourage

but they scattered as I turned the camera on them
but you get the idea..

there was a horse too
of course

Kat with the fat hock
who if she wasn't accident prone
I could see as a police horse

she's afraid of nothing

and into everything

Here I'm saying
"Don't you dare do it"

I swear she'd load right up
right over the pipe
just to freak me out

Kat says
"You're such a drama queen. I would not"

she would too

here's tonight's
dust storm sunset

and one more thing

all you horse lovers
you should really read this story

I had to get kleenex
but it's good!!

I haz a wabbit

and you can't haz none

nom nom

iz mine!

So my mom ropes a rattlesnake today

So I wake up this morning
to that sound

not a rattling, sorry
a "urp, ulp, gag"
and I open my eyes

a dog is vomiting
right next to the bed

nothing like dog vomit
to keep you grounded, eh?

what's worse
I haven't cleaned it up yet
I'm getting to it, I swear

I got up
hustled the dog out
cleaned up a previous pile of vomit
in the living room

Mercy made me coffee
she knows Mama isn't all there
until she's had her coffee

then we went out and fed animals
I started the computer
started answering emails
and Mom calls

"Are you busy?"

YES!
that's my standard answer

She says
"Well I have a rattlesnake"

magic words

"OH? ok, I'll be right there.
Let me get my bra on and a pole and can"

she says
"No no, all I need is a can"

oh

she doesn't really need me
just my can - with a lid

I tell Mercy
"Get your shoes on. Grandma's got a rattlesnake"

and off we go

yep
that's a rattlesnake

Get him Grandma!

mostly she wanted to show Mercy
where it was
since Mercy plays on this porch daily

she deftly picks him up

Good catch!!

he had a slew of rattles

Be free little guy!


here's why I'm so glad to blog all this
cause this life is WEIRD

it's so weird it's normal to us

I never in my wildest dreams
thought my mornings would go this way

every day brings a new adventure

speaking of which

dog vomit.
aisle 3.

I'm on it

More about today

I'm still reeling a bit
from today's events

It was slightly surreal
ya know?
This is the Mighty Quinn

I took no pictures today
when the 4 officers came out

I know
I'm sorry

but I was trying to show the horse
and I don't think you can just put police officers
up without permission
and I wasn't about to say
"Can I blog about you?"

I was saying
"He's UTD on his shots and wormer
and he'll have fresh shoes"

but I can share with you what they did!

They came out in a dually w/lights (cool)
I had Quinn out and brushed
and noticed he had a ding on his leg
but nothing big
just a little swelling... ugh
but it was ok, really

they looked him over
we talked, etc

they took him in hand
and brought out a goodie box

out came the string of cans
with caution tape waving
he had a good snort at that
but then he figured out what it was
and tried to eat them

that's my boy

then came the cap pistol
and I thought
"This is gonna be real interesting"

he dry fired it multiple times
Quinn was still looking for a carrot
and then apparently there were caps in there
cause it fired less than 2 ft from Quinn's cheek
and I swear to you
I jumped
and Quinn just looked at it
he never. even. flinched.

ok
even I didn't expect that

and they all were impressed with that

they walked around him
firing caps
and Quinn just stood there
like it was perfectly normal

me - eyebrow raised

and of course Monte came over
and hung his head over the fence like
"Whatcha all shooting at?"

they noticed that too
but I said I wasn't parting with him

then they tacked Quinn up
in an Aussie police saddle
the total real deal with the badge
on the breastcollar as I said earlier
and I swear
it choked me up
I will forever have that image burned in my brain
it was like
"This is actually happening, right now"

then they asked me to hop on
and I did
and that was a thrill too
and I trotted him up and down the road
stopped, backed, etc

came back
both women got on
one rode him into the big black garbage can
quite successfully

again
wow

then the biggest guy stood tall and waved arms
and the woman ran him over with Quinn

that was interesting too

see why I didn't take pictures?
I was standing there with my mouth hung open

then the shorter woman did the waving arms
and making weird noises
and Quinn was more hesitant about
running her over

I said
"Little women are way scarier"
and one of the guys said
"Ain't that the truth"

they did a flex test
and agreed he would do well
they will be back within a week for him

and I will miss him very much

but dang
I can't think of a better thing for a horse
and
there is an agreement
that I will get him back
if he gets hurt or washes out
or just plain retires

I'm still just simply stunned by all this
I mean, it's a 30 day trial
but still
I'm pretty amazed

that cap gun thing
who knew ??

One of the women turned and asked me
"Do you hunt off him?"
I said "No, never"

totally crazy...

The verdict is in

THE MIGHTY QUINN MAKES IT!!!

yes folks
Quinn is leaving within the week
for a 30 day trial
as a Tempe Police Horse

it was SO COOL to see him
geared up
his breastcollar had a real badge on it

*sniffle - tearing up*

oh man

Pssst, the police are coming!!

YAY!!

somehow I never thought I'd
be so excited for the cops to come

but they are coming today
to see if the Mighty Quinn makes
the cut
to be a police horse

how freakin cool is that????!!

Best New Website

gotta give credit to Reader's Digest
for profiling this site

I used it this morning
successfully

wheresmycellphone.com

Go ahead, make fun of me

Little Dude and Thelma
when her face was still fat

she's much better now


I apologize for this next one
I nearly didn't include it
but I figured what the heck
give you guys a laugh

this is my
"I am tired and it's Sunday afternoon" look
and it's all wrong on so many levels...

That's Kat with the big hock I'm holding
and I know
BURN THOSE SHOES

I think they're indestructible

and what were we looking at?
probably Mercy..

then I did such a Sunday thing
I fried some chicken...

yeah
you don't want to enter the kitchen
when I'm cooking with hot oil..
seriously


and these things

are running full bore
for horses and dogs

Samba thanks me

Gymkhana results

We rode yesterday
even though it was 115 degrees at 5 pm

Carroll Farm did a great post about it too
that's how I know how hot it was

at 10 pm when we finished
it was 104 degrees

yes Mrs. Mom
a dry heat is better
cause you can hose down to cool off
the only problem being 30 seconds later
you're dry again

we love it

Carroll Farm caught us warming up

Wade left his regular horse at home
and rode Bo
his heel horse
who has never seen a gymkhana event in his life

Mercy heading for the flag race

and successfully completing it

Grandma came out to watch

it was a pretty good turnout

most of my pictures didn't turn out
I'm still learning how to work this camera
and I didn't have time to fool with it
when I was running

"Go Mama Go!"
That's what Mercy would cheer for me

"Go Daddy Go!"
Wade was cheered on too

we did pretty good overall

Mercy came in 2nd overall
behind a 4 yr old on a great old horse
after she came in 2nd on poles and flag race
she got competitive and won the barrels

Wade
because he rode Bo
didn't do quite as well
but they didn't do bad either
for having never done it on this horse

I took 1st overall
I think I only won the barrels
but I placed in flag and poles

the best part for me
is how much I love riding my horse
and how well he works

he's just push button these days

Here's Mercy and her friend Reina
they're about inseperable


Here's the new horse No-Name

he'll be getting a trim and comb-out this evening

we're so glad to own him now
he's a great lil horse
bout 14 hands

and here's Thelma today
still rockin' the fat face

it spread a bit into her cheeks last night
but it's not too bad
I expect her to be back to normal
in a week or so

Caught early

snake bites can be managed

here's how Thelma normally looks
swimming in the stock tank

and this is how she looks now

I called the clinic and said
"Hey ****, it's Mikey.
Is it super busy this morning?"

she said
"No, not too bad"

I said
"Oh good, can I add to it?"

she said
"Whatcha got?"

I told her and she checked
with the lady vet
who said bring Thelma in

see
even though I work there
I believe it's polite to ASK if I can get her in

we got in and Thelma got some
IV medications
and some take home pills

we agreed it was probably a snake bite
but she only got hit with one fang real good

the vet also said she usually see's these
a day or two later
when they're swollen like a pumpkin

we caught this so early that we
were literally watching Thelma swelling up
right before our eyes

but she'll be fine
the medication has worked and
the swelling seems to have stalled at this point

so everyone
if you even suspect a snake bite
get your dog to the vet

I should also point out
that rattlesnake vaccine for dogs
is available

however
it only covers sidewinders
not green mohaves

so only Little Dude has gotten that vaccine
this year

next year I will probably do all the dogs

I thought I was safe
since I haven't had a snake bit dog in 7 yrs

guess not

Like in a bad dream

my opportunity for a full night's sleep
was last night

anyone want to bet on whether or not
I got that sleep?

don't
cause I didn't

3 a.m
I hear this little voice
OUTSIDE
screaming
"Mommy!! Where are you?"

OMG

I leap out of bed to find
my sleepwalking 5 yr old daughter
outside on the back porch

scared the crap out of me
note to self:
lock and bar all doors tonight

then I get up this morning
go outside
see 3 of my dogs coming in from
the desert

saw that they came in thru a new hole
in the donkey's pen
made note to fix that this morning

Thelma comes up for pats
and I see this

oh sh*t

rattlesnake bite

heading to the vet clinic shortly...


gymkhana tonight!!!

Those 7 things

Carmon over at
Life at Star's Rest
tagged me with this beautiful award
thank you Carmon!
and challenged me to the "7 things"
a while back

I'm just now getting around to it

It's been an exceptionally long week
I've spent all of it covering for a co-worker
and managing the kennels and boarded dogs

So I hop up at 4 a.m.
deal with my own 10 dogs
drive into town
and deal with 15-20 more
plus cats
and sugar gliders
can't forget those

I'd get home mid-morning
sleep
wake up and go back for the evening
I barely saw the horses this week
except for brushing some in the dark

I can say this
I've had my fill of dogs and cats this week

Anyway
7 interesting things
here goes:

1.
When I was a kid
I hated cows

now I love them

there were 15 of them outside the fence
this morning

2.
I lost 5 pounds this week
I feel like a crackhead
and I think I'll gain them back
right now

3.
I might have an idea for
the Mighty Quinn horse

a local police dept is accepting donations
for their horse program
and he fits the criteria

I'm going to investigate this on Monday

4.
Wade and I laugh like crazy every day
right now we're covering our mouths trying
to hold it together

Mercy's watching some cartoon called
Ni Hao Ki Lan
that teaches them chinese or japanese or something
I suppose I should pay attention

and it's teaching kids the word for snow
and it sounds a lot like sh*t

especially when Mercy says it

5.
I hope this thing works out with Quinn
cause we bought another horse

No-Name was a ranch horse Wade used to ride
I rode him once when we were looking for a lost kid
he's a phenomenal little horse

he was sold from the ranch
and that home didn't work out
and resold

Wade came across him 4 yrs later
at our friend's place
who provides movie horses
No-Name is too small for what they want
and they offered him to us
at a can't say no price

as much as we don't need another horse
we can always use an all around back up
You can run barrels, poles, work cows
rope and shoot off him

and we've been talking this horse over
for 4 months now

we finally gave in
and he'll be here Sunday

6.
I work with a bunch of lunatics
anyone who's worked a vet clinic
will tell you
you need to be a little "different"
to enjoy that job

I fit in perfectly of course
and I have previous relationships
with people from shoeing their horses

this has led to conversations that
come back to haunt me

case in point

the other day
a former client came in
I hadn't seen him in a while

he's about 75 yrs old
and he and his wife run all over
the countryside
with their horses

they're quite something
and I aspire to be them when I grow up

he spies me
and says
"Get over here girl and give me a hug!"

I run around and give him a big hug
he leans back and booms out
"You look great! You still wearing a thong?"

the receptionist nearly fell out of her chair



7.
When I went back to work tonight
the lady vet smirked at me and said
"We got your note about the pit. Did he really
try to go over the fence?"

I said
"YES! He took a flying leap
and clung to the fence
well above my head
I thought for sure he'd try to climb over
but I yelled and he dropped off.
I figured he should be supervised"

She agreed and then she said
"What was with the cat this morning?"

I said
"OMG! She was insane"

this cat
with a sweet name like Sweetypie
that would lead one to believe it was a nice cat

was. not.

I went to pull the dirty litter box
and was rewarded with much growling

I noticed quite a bit of urine in the cage
*note*
I cannot wait for the regular girl to come back

so I grab a handful of towels and try
to reach in there

oh no
no way

cat goes berserk
and I'm saying
"Are you for real??"

I use a long handled ladle to
push the paper towels around
and sop the mess up

cat attacks the ladle
violently

and loudly

I'm kind of stunned
this little creature is so nutso

so I find a plastic bin
and use it to move the cat aside
while I reach a hand in there
and get my job done

total. complete. bonkers.
on the cat's part

really uncalled for
in my opinion

I got the job done though

the vet said
"It sounded like she went all African Lion on you"

I said
"TOTALLY!"

I told her
I nearly put a sign on the cage saying
"Call a priest. Schedule exorcism for 4 pm"


******************

That's my 7 things

I hereby tag

Paint Girl
who I can't get enough of

and

Pony Girl
whose style makes us all want to be her

and

Fern Valley
who has the prettiest horses
and the most beautiful life

Before 7 a.m.

I have had the following:

one big ol' pit bull nearly climb out
over a 10 ft fence

one dog squabble broken up

one cat from hell
who greatly disagreed with me
cleaning up her messy cage

one bite from an old dog
who thankfully had no teeth
and just gummed me real good

and I've been to the tire shop

and I got a nod of approval
from a Hells Angel

It was 91 degrees at 7:30 a.m.

estimated to be 113 - 116 today

no news on Sugarfoot

that's my day

I'm going back to bed now

I need ideas

Ok
we want to get custom plates
on the big dually

best we've come up with is

RYDNAKD

which I think is funny
but perhaps not appropriate

however
it is available

so my question is
do you guys have any ideas
or plates you've had
horse related hopefully

I've had
BIGMAMA
on my old VW bus

and I also had
SMOKEDM
on my Camaro
way back in the college days
when I drove like a maniac..

we need 7 letters or less

give me some good ideas!!

and Wade wants you to keep in mind
this truck is driven by both a man and a woman
so my personal favorite
OLHEFER
doesn't work for him

A show of hands

how many of you tried
to photograph tonight's moon
like I did?

it was magnificent!!

I did get a new camera
but it's a basic point and shoot
and I never can seem to shoot the moon

or maybe it's just me.

but I did manage to shoot Little Dude

He says "I was trying to sleep"

he gives the sweetest snuggles

*********************

Mercy's in rare form this evening

within 15 minutes she got
in enough trouble to get sent to her room
for the night

I shot some cell phone video that has terrible sound
you can barely hear her saying
"I'm packing my stuff to go live with Grandma
cause I hate you"

Little Dude wanders in and she says
"I hate him too. With his little french fry tail.
I hate him"

ahhh, she's a peach, that one...

she has her backpack, lunchbox
stroller and leftover from Halloween pumpkin basket
stuffed with clothes, blankie, books..

we had a very hard time not laughing

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I'm working crazy hours this week
I'm not sure whether I'm coming or going

the 2nd of four gymkhanas is this weekend
we'll be ready

no sign or word on Sugarfoot

Those 3X horses

passing along an update on some
of the Three Strikes Mustangs
that were rescued by
Lifesavers Wild Horse rescue

some great
before and after pics

amazing what a month of food will
do for a starving horse

Happy July 5th

I did miss posting on the 4th

Happy 4th of July all!

no news on Sugarfoot
no sign
no spottings
nada

I am a little amazed that I have
actually lost a horse

I'd like to say this is my first time
but it's not

I lost 4 horses in the Castle Hot Springs area
oddly enough
over a 4th of July years back

they all got loose while camping

I tracked them on foot
and ran out of water
as they ran circles around me

I had left one rideable horse at home

and I managed to get the paint pony back on foot
under a full moon
he got separated from the bunch
and into the cholla

when I found him wandering a canyon
he had cholla on his back
but was otherwise unharmed

the other 3...

I got smart and went to the local rodeo
found my friends little brother and his friends
and begged them to ride out with me and
rope my wild horses

and they did
they got a rope on Monte
and that stopped the whole bunch

I have a picture somewhere of him
being sheepishly led back in

I think Monte was 2 or 3 yrs old back then

ahh the days...

but I have never lost one for this long

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Wade went into to town this morning
to have a chat with his little brother
who recently graduated high school

now tell me if this sounds fishy

his brother Jeff has apparently found a job
he found this online
thru a friend of a friend thing

and he says he's going to Idaho
to work in a pizza shop
on a lake
and stay in a cabin or tent on the lake
and the owner is going to pay for his ticket
and fly him up there
to work for the summer

does that sound right?

we do not think so

and neither does anyone else

being a small town
we heard about this at the fireworks show
Friday night

it was quite the topic of conversation
and then Wade got a call today
from yet another person related
who wants to know
is Wade going to do something about this?

so off he went this morning
to try to persuade his little brother
that this doesn't sound right

I mean really
can't this pizza owner in Idaho
find a kid up there to work?

not right at all

needless to say
Jeff is very excited
ready to go right now

he's not exactly what I'd call
street smart

so we'll see what happens...

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Our personal Animal Planet show returns

our poisonous toad returns for the 3rd year
to eat bugs on our porch

he comes in thru the doggie door
and all the dogs ignore him

which is smart
these toads kill dogs every year
who are dumb enough to try to eat them

I am planning to buy a new camera today
I promise!!

and look

two!

Depressed and upset

I'm still very depressed
about Sugarfoot

Still no sightings
no tracks
nothing

she's completely disappeared

I've been moving on
but it's hard

and still no camera
I simply haven't had time
to go buy one

and then I am completely disgusting
to read this latest happening in AZ

read how Animal Control
SHOT 50 DOGS

what in the hell??

was there not a better solution?

sorry to be a Debbie Downer
but it's hard when you read stuff like that

I promise to be back soon with nice pictures
and a better mindset

promise!