Hello all! I haven't posted in quite some time, so I wanted to give a shout out to all my homies. Um......good evening, homies (I'm not very good at this shout out thing). I wish I could have seen more of you at Laura's house this past Sunday. Anita and I got to be in the boat parade, which was loads of fun. There was a brief moment of excitement when one of the boats sank, sending woman and dog asunder (sounds way more dramatic than it actually was), and the sinking boat (which was a small dinghy being pulled by a jet ski) won the "Most Team Spirit" award for their Hokie pride.
We picked up Nicole mid-parade after Laura, who was piloting, sped back to her dock to drop off Anita and Kayla, who had to go to work. I have seen Laura take off at top speed in the Expedition at least twice to chase after run away dogs; I don't know why it didn't occur to me that she can and will do the same in a boat!
Anita and I had already cleaned the cat condo that morning, and after the parade, we both had to run home to clean our own "condos." But I came back with Billy and Anita brought Chuck for the cookout and fireworks, and Nicole was still there (and was much less tan than I would have expected!). Anita's little nephew (Anita calls him Oopers; I can't remember his real name!) was also in town--I'm sure he wasn't expecting to be in a parade and see fireworks while he was here! I think Susan may have been watching from her boat. Evan and Ethan and a few others sent up the fireworks at dark--I would dare say some medium sized municipalities would be envious of the pyrotechnics display that night! Good job guys! And thanks to Laura and Jeff--great friends who are always willing to share home, hearth, and mixed drinks!
I hope everyone can make it this coming Sunday. If it helps to encourage everyone, I am bringing chocolate pie! I would love to see everyone. This whole employment thing has seriously cut into my shelter time, but we all know that where there are abused children, there are abused animals, so I get to intervene in both! I have already re-homed a soon-to-be-homeless cat and an abused dog, made a new friend at a new rescue, and handed out a ton of spay/neuter info from Margaret B. Mitchell clinic and Smyth County Humane Society. It never ends, but we keep plugging away. Which is why we all need to chill out at Laura's this weekend!
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I too was hoping to see more of our peeps there, hopefully more will be there this sunday. By the way was there a remark about my pastiness in there? It's hard to get my legs tan when I have to wear jeans all the time to keep the animals from scratching them all day ;)
Welcome back Rita and thanks now for what you do for the children. Not only are you an animal activist but a child advocate too, my hat's off to you.
I wish I could meet you all this Sunday but I'm up in MA, just outside Boston, and it'd be a bit of a jaunt for me but I hope you all have a good time. I'll be thinking of you all and lifting a few glasses with you. Cheers!!!!!
Hope everyone can come on Sunday so the fun can continue!! We're looking forward to it.
Hello David! Glad you're still reading our little blog. I was wondering from whence you hailed. Beantown, eh? Could be worse. Our county is known for oxycontin abuse (3rd worse in the nation according to Time magazine). And your MSPCA rocks! Top notch organization, I hear.
Keep in touch, and happy 4th!
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