Banner's Joy

 

Our city has a four acre dog park Banner loves. He visited this morning along with at least a dozen other dogs. Smart dog! Starts getting excited the moment I turn onto the F Street road.

 

He will mingle with other dogs if they come up to him but would rather patrol the fence. One lap around is enough to wear him out.

Eating grass is something he loves to do. Since he gets chlorophyll liquid on his food every other day I don’t think it is a nourishment need. At his last home he had to fight two other dogs for food and may have eaten grass there because of hunger. The park is the only place I allow him to eat grass as I know the maintenance people never spray weed killer.

Occasionally, but not today, he will find something to roll in.While he mingles with other dogs, I mingle with some of the ladies.

                                                                            Honey

My favorite beekeeper company was at the Farmers Market today and I was able to buy a one gallon jug of raw local flowers honey. That should last me for a few months. I put honey in my coffee. It helps with allergies, I believe. The theory is the bee’s pickup minute amounts of pollen that mixes into the honey. Taking a couple of spoonfuls of honey a day boosts your immune system.

 

Lottery

 

The profits from the Colorado Lottery are earmarked for recreation projects. Along the Cache la Poudre River, extensive hard surface trails are being built. Eventually the trail system will extend from Fort Collins to Greeley. The system sees a lot of use. Runners, bicyclists, walkers, and dog walkers are out most days excepting blizzards. After major storms the trails are plowed. The Greeley Police Department has a four person bicycle patrol unit for the trail system.

 

                                                                   Affairs of State 

 Other Bloggers do a better job than I can dissecting the foibles and malicious intent of our betters. That is why you haven’t seen much from me other than comments on other blogs.

The Lottery

Coffeypot recently blogged about NOT winning the huge Powerball.

http://johnjudyc.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-powerball.html

Once hit 5 of 6 numbers on the Washington State Lottery. The big prize was $3,000,000,  which had two winners. Oh well, while $1,500,000 would have been great,  I was happy with my $560 or so.  Then I learned one of the two big winners was Louise F., a woman who was a thorn in my side. We mutually detested each other.

She did the payroll at the car dealership where I worked. Every month my “washout” (end of the month settlement) check would be wrong, often by several hundred dollars. Strangely, I was never overpaid. I would go over my records, give the correct amounts per deal to my boss (we mere salespeople couldn’t talk directly to her) and have him get it fixed. Her usually response was, “I’ll put it on his next month’s check”. Bullshit! So, four or five days later I would get a supplemental check. She would have my boss pass onto to me her displeasure.

I did begrudge the miserable bitch her winnings, but consoled myself that she would now quit her job. Oh hell no! She put it all in the Credit Union and kept on working (and messing up my pay).

Guess it was all my fault for not responding favorably to her flirtatious behavior at a party. Alcohol was involved, on her part. On my part, there wasn’t enough alcohol ever distilled to ……. Ah well, enough said.

Once worked with a man who learned his ex wife won an Indiana lottery prize. He called her and said, “Darling, great news! I’m taking you back”! Her response, “Oh, you’re funny”.