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Hi folks,<br>
<br>
Boy, that rain we got the other day was wonderful, but the accompanying
storm knocked the Cafeteria air conditioning off, so it's still pretty
warm over here. I can see my little flag under my vent blowing,
though, so maybe it'll cool off in here for me shortly. It seemed like
everything was "out of whack" over here Friday. The AC was off, the
veggie cooler had to be worked on, as it wasn't cooling like it should,
there was a puddle of water in the Coffee Shop and one in the hallway
to the side door here. It was just one thing after the other.
Thankfully, the guys came and worked on everything that needed it, and
today everything appears to be back on track. <br>
<br>
We had chickens squawking in the yard again last night, but by the time
I was able to waddle out to see what was going on, the mystery critter
was gone, and chickens were running in several directions. I did
manage to catch one little hen and put her in the hen house without too
much fuss, but the rest of them were on their own. As I was leaving
for work this morning, I looked over toward the automatic dog food
feeder, and saw a raccoon look up and see me looking at him and go
waddling off. (Mystery solved.) When he was gone, however, I could
see that he had brought a friend with him this time. There was
another, smaller raccoon still sitting there wishing I would go ahead
and get gone so they could finish their snack. At least it didn't look
like they had to knock the whole thing over this time to get anything
out of it. Maybe the smaller raccoon is the brains of the bunch.
Unfortunately, I found our outside dog, Cocoa, dead in the back yard
this weekend, so it looks like the raccoons may have free rein until we
can find a suitable replacement. Whatever she died of, it was pretty
sudden as she had seemed fine just the day before. I suppose it
could've been from the heat, but with us functioning on just a little
window unit in the bedroom, she wouldn't have been much better off in
the house, and I always keep at least 2 big tubs of water filled up
outside for all our critters. At least she won't have to suffer
through the rest of this heat wave. We're just not having a good year
where our animals are concerned, the furred ones or the feathered ones.<br>
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Our menu for today includes:<br>
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Chicken fry steak<br>
Mashed potatoes and gravy<br>
Corn<br>
Sweet peas<br>
<br>
Our fast food is Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, and chips.<br>
<br>
And for dessert come and get some Peach Cobbler.<br>
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Keep cool,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s11"><span> 8-) </span></span> <br>
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