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whodat111/susan posted an update Monday, Feb 21, 2022, 1:38am EST, 2 years, 2 months ago
Hi Potties. Thanks for the birthday wishes. I got birthday emails from Selena Anne & my friends in Lakeland & a call from Rhetta. Not a lot of folks left who know my birthday so the wishes mean more.
Shelly - Sorry to hear your sons' Shepherd is having issues. Shepherds are my favorite breed of dog & they have hip dysplasia (sp?) as a breed problem. Such smart dogs. I had one in the late 60's & loved him. Our Thumper must have been part shepherd - in her baby pictures she's a dead ringer for a shepherd. Her mom was pure Chow so the good stuff must have come from the father's side of the family.
None of my cats are familiar with outdoor life so I'll have to depend on Zac's for chipmunk control. He says Shadow, the female, is quite the hunter & I see her over here once in while. He's pretty much claimed Smoke, the male, as his now. I'm glad but need to convince him to get "our" boy neutered. Will keep him from fighting any other roaming males & will guarantee no unwanted kittens by females with irresponsible owners.
Think you & I must have gotten the short straw in the dad lottery. Mine was married 4 times. He wasn't that good looking but maybe available males were scarce where he lived.Marson - It sounds like your weather is absolutely terrible. Are you in, or near, a big city? I believe Gayle Hirst who used to be on the board was in the Toronto area. She's in Niagra On The Lake now. The only time I was ever in Canada was driving from Haines Junction, Alaska to get from the lower part of the state to the upper part when moving to Anchorage. I mostly remember it being hilly & there were some little creatures that may have been in the gopher family that lived alongside the road. My mom & I called them "tent pegs" cause that's what they looked like as we drove past.
I talked to Rhetta this evening & her current puzzle is one called "Tree of Life" composed of different animals. Believe she said it was made of wood by a company called Liberty Puzzles.I've done pretty much nothing but watch the Olympics the past 2 wks. I did get back to the fish the end of last week to add water to their home & give them a feeding. I did blow leaves off the decks last week. We've had a good bit of wind & leaves on the roof got blown onto the decks. Unfortunately most leaves stay on the roof & I'm no longer foolish enough to try & get them off myself. May see if Dennis' buddy, Tomas, would like to earn a little extra cash by doing it for me.
I really enjoyed the Super Bowl this year but I was disappointed in the commercials. So often they're better than the game but I didn't find that to be the case this year. Maybe I'm just getting picky in my old age.
I went to bring in the bird feeders last night & found Dumbo, the resident possum, standing beside the door. He was quite a bit too early for the evening scraps. He took off when I went outside but I'm hoping he came back for his treats. If not, I'm sure the 2 raccoons provided clean-up since the bowl was empty this morning.
I watched the NASCAR Xfinity race at Daytona yesterday. The driver I follow was in the top 10 until the big wreck on the last lap. His car got knocked out of position & ended up finishing about 15th. One car got hit so often the motor was knocked out of it. In all the years I've followed racing, I've never seen that happen. I celebrated my birthday by watching the Daytona 500 this afternoon - it helped me avoid having Olympic withdrawal. A rookie driver got lucky & won the race. Most of the drivers I follow got knocked out of the race in the 3 wrecks before the end. Now they all head for California to race at 3 western tracks.
A few small sales this past week that put me almost at enough to cover the rent this month. I may take a few small things over there on Tues. since the weather is supposed to be beautiful that day. I need to stop by the U-Haul room while I'm over that way to see if I can find a little more to bring home before I move things to the new storage room.Think it's getting close to time for feeding the zoo - they seem to be interested every time I move & that usually means they have hopes for a meal. Got a box of books to send to my friend in SC but will wait until I finish packing those going to my Lakeland friends so I only have to make 1 trip to the PO. I wish books sold better in the booth since I have so many here that need to go somewhere else. Have 2 fair sized bags ready to donate to the library but I'd rather give my extras to friends when I can. I do send sci-fi & cookbooks to EA, Selena's daughter but that's a small number. Doubt I'll live long enough to read all those that have accumulated over the years but I'm enjoying trying to read them all.
Everybody take care & try to stay out of any bad weather. Later.
Susan