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Hi, guys.  How are all  of ya’ll?  We are just fine.  We are still having lots of ice and snow on the ground.  We have had snow and ice on the ground since the 12th of Jan.  We are tired of  it.  It is very dangerous to walk outside now.  Lot’s of people her have fallen and broken bones.

 Our pup dog is soooo cute.  She will be four months old on the 8th of Feb. 

she is so funny to watch. 

Jer…I ordered a machine that transfers cassette tapes and phonograph record onto cd’s.  It looks like an old phonograph player, and it has internal speakers, and jacks for external speakers.  It says in the literature  that it does these things in  ”three easy steps”  but, they don’t know me, do they?

It was expensive, ($400)  but, it will be used a lot.  I have lots of cassette tapes that me and friends and family have made, and lots that I have made alone.  I do not have a cassette  tape player in my car, so this way I can listen to cd’s  while  I  drive.  As ya’ll know, cassettes are on their way out.

Anyway, I guess that is all I have to say right now.  You all behave,

Anyway,

My Buddy Seiko

I have to coolest dog in the world… His name is Seiko… I named him that because I wanted him to be a “watch” dog… Anyway… He’s never been very athletic, but he is smarter n’ heck… He could never learn to catch a ball… When he was a puppy we would all be in the front yard and Steve would toss him a ball over and over again yelling “Catch”, but he usually didn’t even see it coming and it would just bounce off his head, or if he did see it coming he would dodge it… Finally we figured a way to not make him look stupid and if anyone happened to be walking by we would yell “Duck” when we threw it and then he’d appear to be following instructions… He has always gone out and gotten the newspaper every day since he’s been big enough to drag it in… He still to this day can “Go find my cigarettes” when I tell him and it’s been  8 years on the 14th of January ‘07 since we quit smoking… He sits, stays, lays down and when you say “Shake” he shakes like he does after a bath… He’s just the bestest dog ever…  He’s pretty old for a Golden Retriever… I had to stop taking the newspaper about 5 months ago, but I take the time each night to put a newspaper in the driveway so he can go get it in the morning… He puts up with anything I dish out… Even his brother Larry Dean (the Bushbaby)… Larry jumps on his back and rides… If Seiko is sleeping Larry sits on his head and pulls his lip up with his little hands and licks inside of Seiko’s mouth or holds his ears up and licks all down in there… Sometimes when Seiko is standing up Larry will latch onto Seiko’s back leg with his legs and one hand and use the other hand to swat Seiko in the balls… Then when Seiko starts trying to walk away he hangs onto his tail, which makes Seiko turn in circles, and he swings… Sometimes I swear I hear Lar going “Wheeeeeeeeeeeee”… LOL … Anyway… What other dog would put up with all that?… I love Seiko so much… He has been a great companion… He probably won’t be around much longer cuz he is 14 as of the 31st of January ‘07 and has hip dysplasia badly… He takes two pain pills a day… But he still gets the paper and even insists you throw a toy for him daily… Of course he used to fetch as long as you’d throw for him and now he only goes 1 1/2 to 3 trips, then he stops… I sure will miss him when he goes… Like I said… He’s the bestest dog ever…