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Hi folks,<br>
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I hope you all had a great weekend. I took Friday off which gave me a
little bit longer to enjoy mine. It all went pretty well except for
the close encounter I had with a snake mere feet from my front door. I
noticed one of my cats staring intently at something on the ground just
inside the rock border of the flower bed right in front of the house.
My first thought was that it was about to pounce on some little
unsuspecting mouse or something, so I went over to check it out and see
what was so interesting. At first, all I saw was what looked a small
area of gray fur, so I waved my hand at the cat, and it jumped like it
had been shocked, spun in midair and was gone. I thought that it was
overreacting pretty much from just being shooed away from a mouse. It
did cause me to look a little closer though, and then I noticed that
what I had taken in the fading light to be gray fur was actually gray
scales, and it wasn't just a little patch either. Of course my husband
wasn't at home at the time and he had taken most of the yard tools that
would've done any good with him for a cemetery cleanup project, and had
left the cell phone at the house, so I called his mother's cell and got
no answer. I did leave a message that I had a project for him when he
got home and that I hoped he was hurrying. Of course he didn't. I
went inside and when I checked later, it looked like the snake had
taken off somewhere, since I couldn't see it anywhere. Then my husband
called and while I was talking to him I walked outside to look for the
snake again and our little dogs ran out with me. Of course <u>they</u>
found the snake! And I immediately started screaming at them to get
back in the house. I certainly didn't want them getting snake bit, and
on a weekend when it's hard to find a vet anywhere. I managed to throw
a plastic cat litter pan over the snake and set something on top of
that to hold it down. Of course, by the time Gary got home, the snake
had managed to wriggle out from under all that and head for parts
unknown, and I hope far away. I still don't know what kind it was. I
couldn't get a good look at it's head, it didn't rattle at me, and I
couldn't find my field guide anywhere. It might not have been the kind
that will hurt you, but it very definitely was the kind that almost
made me hurt myself!<br>
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Our menu for today includes:<br>
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<font color="#996633"> Smoked pork chops</font><br>
<font color="#cc9933">Mashed potatoes and gravy</font><br>
<font color="#999900">Okra</font> <br>
Rice<br>
<font color="#ffcc00">Corn</font><br>
Mixed vegetables<br>
Baked potato bar<br>
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And our fast food is:<br>
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Chicken fajitas<br>
<font color="#996633">Refried beans</font><br>
<font color="#cc6600">Spanish rice</font><br>
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And for dessert you can't beat a yummy piece of <font color="#663333">Chocolate
Cake</font>.</font><br>
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See you at lunch,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s11"><span> 8-) </span></span><br>
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