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Was on the front page of our city paper. The word "suspect" wasn't used!!!! Sam and I went out swimming and a photographer found us. Here's a link to some pics, and his blog entry. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerdhole/sets...57621296704521/ http://zachgray.me/2009/07/13/arcadia-therapy/ Entry is titled Arcadia Therapy The one with Harley swimming was in the paper.

It's a little Sci-fi story of astronauts who head out in '39. They come back in '39, only 100 years later. (time dilation) He comes back and see's his wife (gone) thru his daughter. "Oh so many years have gone Though i'm older but a year Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me"

She called early this morning. Interview went OK, but no deal. She hit the pavement with her resumes and portfolio on Mon, Tue, and half Wed with no results. She was not a happy camper. Then, I get a call. She walked into a boutique and ran into a big time designer. Lady talked to her, sent her over to another woman for an interview. She said it was about 5 minutes long, then the designer lady said to her, "I like you, you have guts. Can you show up Monday morning?" She was impressed that an Oklahoma girl was in NYC showing her stuff. (and it's GOOD) She's fired up!! Not quite sure what's happening yet, so I'll leave the names out, but it's an international designer. We're praying. Whenever the shuttle goes up, this song hits my head. Queen- 39. If you know the story behind it, the slide show makes sense. Makes you think.

Last weekend my daughter had some of her jewelry shown at a show. She entered a bunch, 3 pieces were selected, 2 of those won awards!! Last month she was invited to a fashion show to display her designs. She arranged the models, did all the stuff. Went very well. Got a call from a place in NYC to do an internship. She called THIS MORNING to say she needed a ticket to LaGuardia on Sunday, to be there Monday. Thank God for airline miles. She has a friend that lives there, so she'll be OK. Oldest son left for chiropractist (sp) school this morning. Won't see him again until Aug at the earliest. Sam and I were out fishing yesterday and today. Did pretty well. Got into a bunch of crappies. 30 yesterday, 24 today. That is some GOOD eating. She just likes them baked, so it's also pretty healthy. Had a strange thing happen today. Got to the lake and there were a bunch of people standing around the ramp. Guy launched his jet-ski and his truck rolled into the water and they couldn't find it!! I put in and ran the depth finder and found it. It was 40' from the bank in 12' of water. I tossed out a marker, took a guy out and he dove in and hooked up a tow chain from a wrecker. They pulled up an '09 Chevy Silverado crew cab. OUCH!! That's gonna be expensive!

Whatever that is!! Sam finally finished the round of appointments that the fall generated. She's OK and I helped to put a bunch of Dr's kids through college again. She's back to standing, and I'm not even looking at the TV while she does it. Lesson learned, there!!! Took Rudy to the Vet. Had him checked out and "noodled" (as Sam calls it). Was a bit worried about heartworms, because he would cough and be short of breath when he ran with the big dogs. He's OK, too. A little slow tonight, but he'll be fine. We've been out fishing and doing well!! Sam caught a few walleyes and some crappies. Weather is warming, so we'll be spending more time outside.

After all the "stuff" Sam went through, we got the call from the Dr that there are no problems with her scans. She's OK fine. Scared the crap out of me, though. Last night, however. We're asleep and I wake to a "thump, thump, thump". I lay there and again I hear, "thump, thump, thump". OK! It's @ 3 AM, kids are not home, what's up? HMMMM! Dogs are quiet. "Thump, thump, thump" on the stairs again. I wander out to investigate, and sure enough, the 2 idiots are playing. Rudy takes the ball up the stairs, Harley spits it out down them, and Rudy chases it. Repeat over and over. The "thump" was the ball bouncing off the steps.

Sam has been doing great on her exercises. Working hard, getting stronger. On Sunday afternoon, she was standing up and down with her walker. She started up, lost her balance, and started to tip. I grabbed for her but only caught her sleeve, and she hit the floor. Bloody nose, bump on the forehead, she said her neck was sore, so I packed her up and took her to the ER. Dr did a check, nose bruised but not broken. Neck was just strained. X-ray showed no problem with anything, but a CAT scan had a spot he was worried about. We got an ambulance ride to a bigger hospital downtown where a neurologist was on duty. He looked at the scan, did another one, and decided to keep her overnight for observation. Another scan in the AM showed no bleeds, and they got her previous records to compare. The spot was there, too. Thankfully everything was OK and she was released. Scary stuff. It just takes a split second. Gotta be 100% on this stuff. Mess up once and bad things can happen. We were lucky on this one!!!

Been feeling bad for the past month. "Cold" that just wouldn't die. Dr says I have some kind of bronchiocrapolitis. He gave me a scrip for that. OH!! But the great news is that the BP finally caught up with me. Too high for the Feds and my medical certificate, so I got one for that also. Oh well. A couple years ago my arms got too short and I had to start wearing cheater glasses. This is just another one of those things. Can't go back to work for 2 weeks until it goes down. Good news: Sam has been kicking butt with her standing ability!!!!!!!!! She worked with her walker for over an hour today, and I didn't have to catch her ONCE!!! Up and down, in control, working both legs. She gets up, stands for a minute, then sits down. Biggest step in a while!!!!!!!!!!! She's got the DRIVE!! Dog wars continue. Until yesterday, the cat was a "disinterested third party". Last night, when Harley and Rudy started at it, the cat decided it was time to party. "Duckey" (my daughter named it) jumped in the ring. She started chasing both the dogs around the house. Caught me by surprise because she hates everybody, unless she's hungry. Gee!!! When I get used to THIS maybe I can find a pet badger or wolverine to add to the mix.

Anytime there's a dull moment around here, I'm looking over my shoulder because it's just the calm before the storm!!!

We have our little guy "Rudy" and our big one "Harley". They get along pretty well. Actually, they're now almost inseparable. Find one, the other one is there. Best buddies. That is, until Harley takes Rudy's toy. Then you can see some fireworks. The little dude turns into 3 1/2 pounds of concentrated anger. The thing can lay on the floor all day long, but let Harley pick it up, and Rudy goes BALLISTIC!! Harley weighs 50#, but can't take the onslaught of the little one. It's better than any TV show when they go at it. He gets it back, and all is peaceful in the house again. Well, until the cat shows up......

Sam is DETERMINED to WALK again. She's been working at it for the last few weeks. Got her standing in a walker by herself. The trouble is balance. She has the strength to get up, but when she does, she can't stay up for long. She's working hard, though, and I think she might just do it. Got us a "new" boat. Guy gave us a little 14' aluminum boat that needs a lot of work. When I get done with it, it's going to be great fishing tool. She loves catfishing and this will be the thing we need. I'm going to build a "handicapable" machine. Our little dog is coming along. What a hoot!!! He started listening now, not scared of people. GEE!!! What a concept!! Give him a stable home and he turns out OK. Trouble is, he "burrows" under blankets to sleep and we can't find him. One night I was sleeping and he crawled up into my shirt. Some things you're just not ready for at 2 AM.