Good afternoon Bloggets. I have just got in from a lovely
meeting where deep and meaningful conversation were had. I love such get
togethers. Waggs was a good girl and members of the public were of great
interest. A coffee and sandwich with a friend was most enjoyable. Home now,
glad to see our house is still as locked up as it was when I left it as of
late, we have had some strange goings on. During the night our Little Fella,
who is only little in age not size, has barked at 4 a.m. and being spooked just
before midnight another night but last night about elevenish our door bell
rang. So late in the evening, I had to wonder as I had that dreadful feeling,
it was the Police my Son had been involved in some awful incident! I’m so positive…
Not…
No way I was answering the door so I shouted who is it? No,
answer. So, I repeated and again no answer, no car but I thought I heard a fast
couple of footsteps. So, I think we may have a chancer on the prowl.
There is no better feeling than to get home, know your house
is safe and feel comfortable. My heart goes out to all of the people who are
being affected by earthquakes and hurricanes right now. The news is full of
such sadness and fear.
As you may know, my Son was due to go on holiday to Cuba.
Thank God, the holiday company have had the sense to cancel it, but they have
chosen another holiday. This time to The Dominican Republic. As I learned
today, that too is due to be hit by hurricane Maria! I just pray firstly that
it won’t be hit badly if it has to be hit at all, people and all animals, will
be safe but secondly, if it is going to be dangerous there, my Sons holiday
will be cancelled again. As far as he is concerned, he is going unless the
holiday company will cancel. I just pray that if it is going to be dangerous,
they will, stop it from going ahead.
As I was talking today to my friend I agree with her, about
believing that our lives are mapped out for us and if he is not meant to go,
then I hope he won’t. Looking at the difference between Cuba and TDR, the
latter looks a much better holiday, though my Son loves culture and not sure
how much of that will be in The Dominica Republic! But, it looks so lovely
there.
Boy Wonder got up for work at half five this morning and Hub
twenty past six. It’s a very long day for Hub as he is hosting a dinner tonight
too. As for me, oh it’s great, I made a huge chicken pasta for the family last
night and there are left overs so easy peasy tonight. I’m going to chill all
day now as I was up early today and have done all of my housework. Fantastic.
Half two in the afternoon and apart from feeding my dog Waggatail, there is
nothing to do.
Out today with my guide dog with her harness saying in bold
writing. “Guide dog, please do not distract, and my friend is training a puppy
to be a guide dog so he wears a blue vest with Guide dog in training on, still
the public ask to stroke, play and chat to the dogs. If we were standing
perfectly still, then yes, but my friend was trying to get her lovely pup to
meet Wagga without jumping up on her. It was rather obvious that some training
was going on, but still this lady insisted that she would come over and when my
friend suggested it would be a good idea not to come over right now, she wasn’t
too happy. She didn’t say anything, but I can imagine what she thought. It’s a
funny one, as I have said before, it’s a fine line, we of course don’t want to
be rude and we are not, but there are signs saying don’t distract but people
just don’t read. For new Bloggets, reason being, if I am walking with my dog to
where ever, and someone just suddenly stops in front of us, firstly I will get
a shock thinking I’m about to walk into someone, then my dog will pick up on
that and it could disturb how our dogs continue on that route also if the person
talks to us and makes a fuss of the dog, the dog will get excited and possibly
try to turn around and around leaving us totally disorientated to continue on
our way, and, the next time our dogs may see that person, what if it’s across
the road on the other side and our dogs forget they are working and try to take
us across the road? Or, stand still refusing to move until that person comes to
chat again? If we are in for example, the cinema or theatre, well we want our
dogs to lay down and be totally quiet. If someone talks to our dogs, they are
going to get up and cry when that person leaves to take their own seat. Then to
get our dogs back down all calm again? In church, we don’t want our dogs barking
in the middle of a prayer. Smile, so it’s not that we are rude, it’s just how
it has to be. Of course, if we are standing still waiting for a friend for
example, and you ask first, then I am sure most guide dog owners will say yes,
it’s fine to say hello to our dogs, when that happens to us, I always keep a
hold of the lead and the harness, as nice as people seem, as a blind person, we
really don’t know who is touching our dogs and who can unclip them from us, but
that’s just me.
Our dogs are our lifeline and to us they are like legs to
the lame, hearing for those who are deaf and a way of getting out and about for
those who can’t see. We can’t pick one up at a shop, we can wait up to a year
and a half for a replacement as our dogs have to be matched perfectly for the
partnership to work. It’s no good giving me a dog that needs to be out for a
few hours every day walking for miles or a dog that is used to travelling on
trains every day or no good giving my Husband a dog who is active in harness
wanting to go go go. Not when he has to stand up in conferences to give a talk
or sit at a boring desk all day! I would not be able to work with a dog who
walks really fast as I am a moderate walker. Or a fast walking person a dog who
slowly walks along. And, it’s no good giving a dog who would eat a cat for
starters to a person who has cats, or a dog who doesn’t like children, to a
family with kids. Not that the dog will hurt the child, but the child may make
the dog anxious which will affect their work. So, this is why we can wait. My
first dog, I waited twenty months and my second, Waggatail, only two months. My
Husbands last dog had to be able to cope with London, on trains and tubes
getting him through crowds but this one doesn’t have to be too active as Hubs
job has changed, so this dog is quite different to his last one, our Long
Chops. Oh, she was such a good dog, I miss her so much and I looked today, at
my blog stats, for the first time, the blog I wrote about her passing, (The
most Difficult Diary) has disappeared from the top five most popular blogs. For
two years she was in the top five. For a year and a bit, she was the most read.
I hope it’s a very long time before I have to go through that pain again. I
lost my Black Beauty, my first guide dog, almost a year to the day, before we
had to say goodbye to LC. LC was only nine, where as BB, was 12. But, LC went
so fast within three days. To see my love in such a state too, was too cruel.
Our dogs are six and three now, I pray for a long life for them as we are
fortunate we are keeping our dogs after they retire.
Going back to stats on my blog, the US are double views to
the UK and have been for the past few months. Still there is a big gap between
the two countries though as far as views go. America is about 26 thousand
behind the UK who have read my blogs 93 plus thousand times! Poland are hanging
on in tenth position. Russia are third, Ukraine forth and Germany are fifth. 6th,
7th 8th and 9th? Canada, Australia, South
Africa, and France.
I’m going to catch up with your lovely emails to me now and
messages through other means. But before I go, some riddles.
David's father has three
sons: Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
Answer? Come on, read it again and see if you can guess the
other name of his Son?
David's
father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
Answer
David.
Mr.
and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many
people are in the Mustard family?
Now, I bet this one gets you it did me. Here it is again.
Mr.
and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many
people are in the Mustard family?
Answer?
There
are 9 Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, so
there are 6 daughters, one brother and Mr. And Mrs. Mustard.
You
live in a one-story house made "entirely of redwood". What color
would the stairs be?
I love
this one. As it’s so easy, but I still thought about the answer.
What
stairs? You live in a one-story house. There are no stairs.
Hhahahaha.
Who’s going to admit they got that wrong?
A
woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy
a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Answer
the woman is a photographer. She shot a
picture of her Husband, then developed him then hung him up to dry.
This is easy, even I got this one.
A
doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive
girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip, that would last
a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day, keeps the Doctor away.
Sending smiles.
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