12/20/2018
It was an early morning again, we are dog-sitting with Ollie. Ollie is a special dog. She came to our house about 3 years ago and decided to sit on the front porch till Sarah and Barbara decided to help her out. so they gave her food and water, then put her in the car and went neighborhood shopping to see if they could find the owner. They couldn’t. The options were not so good from then on. They, along with Sarah’s daughter Greer adopted her and after a few days of debate, named her Miss Olive Longbottom of Fischer-Lookout! Ollie. She doesn’t live with us, but she likes us, so we’re the dog sitter. Ollie let her discomfort known this morning at 3AM. Naturally, being Triple A rated as a sitting service meant that I must hop out of bed, care for her cries and fail to go back to sleep.
But now it is late enough to let you in on all this frivolity going on in our house for the next 5 days. I’m betting it’ll be hilarious!
Our grandson from Germany arrived safely last night, so glad for his safe travels. We’ll see him later today, and until his holiday is over. Should be a glad reunion.
SIMH this morning was a seasonal offering, I think from a play, which makes me wonder why it’s in my head: “Toyland” —From Babes in Toyland. But, the song was first sung by Doris Day. Mixes me up about the timing of it, though I guess I don’t need to keep this information handy. (Why would that get into my head, I don’t go to toy lands, I don’t buy toys, not even big-guy toys?)
Oh, by the way, the rain is back for a few days. The sun shone for 3 days and that’s all we get, I suppose. Maybe again soon. I really shouldn’t ever gripe about the weather. Not only can nothing be done about it, every year it’s the same. Mark Twain was first to say, “everybody gripes about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” He was first in a lot of things, a great American and a great American writer. I’m not sure why his books are in such a discredited atmosphere today. I never saw anything objectionable in any of them. He wasn’t an ideologue or politician or religionist, just a writer of humorous stories with a touch of the fanciful. We live in a really strange time.
Working more toward getting the Gadsden store open this morning for just a little while. The owner had a minor illness to overcome this week and it slowed us down. But, we’ll get ‘er done soon! It’s a great looking little store with good access and an easy front door for every one who comes for water.
Sorry this is a short note on here, but I’m going to be late if I don’t get going. Hope everyone does what they’re supposed to do today!
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