postheadericon Catching up: February 3, 2014

The weather here has been brutal.  I used to love cold weather but the older  I get the more I  detest it.  I used to be able  to go out in the coldest weather without a coat and now I just don’t want to go out even when bundled up.  Even so, my area of Ohio has had it very easy compared to other areas of the country like the area in Michigan where my buddy Roxy lives who is always inundated with inches and inches of snow. 

Well, my I phone fell out of my nightgown pocket into the toilet and gave up the ghost or though I thought.  It was dead.  I used the hair dryer and put it in rice to no avail.  I then purchased a new I phone 5s which I really did not want to do.  I got the new phone all set up and my old phone resurrected itself and is as good as new.  So now I guess I will keep it for a backup.  I am technologically handicapped so setting up a new phone is extremely difficult for me and took lots of conversations with Verizon and Apple to do so.  I have all my apps and contacts transferred but for the life of me cannot get my old ringtone back.   So more calls are in order. 

The Cavaliers are fine.  I have not had puppies in awhile but think that my Alice is expecting a litter.  My Tillie did not become pregnant which was disappointing to me and to the people waiting for a Rattlebridge puppy as well as for me waiting for a show puppy.  Dog breeding is not for the faint of heart.  The Golden Retriever Club of America has put out an excellent video on responsible breeding.

Share this with all who don’t understand what responsible breeders do and with responsible breeders you know who may need a way to articulate how valuable we are.  Please watch the following.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxd1Ce0j8Vw

postheadericon When I am Old and Gray

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postheadericon Happy New Year

May 2014 bring you many blessings!

postheadericon Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from Meredith and all the Rattlebridges!

postheadericon Happy Thanksgiving

To you and yours on this day of thanks.

postheadericon HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

HAPPY

 

THANKSGIVING

 

 

When  we think of all the horror in the world and the troubles in our own country,

especially now those affected by the devastating Sandy, we still have much for which to be grateful

in our still wonderful country.

We are all in God’s hands. 

Let us count our blessings and be grateful. 

 

 

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:24

 

one thousand gifts

 

There is a wonderful book that has helped me count my blessing called A Thousand Gifts  by Ann Voskamp

What an eye opener to realize the many gifts small and large we receive daily.  Written by a woman who as

a young girl watched a delivery truck run over and kill her baby sister, the book chronicles an extended family’s

wrenching heartbreak and decline into what appears to be never ending depression and loss of hope. However,

hope is always there if one trusts in God.  We all experience loss and profound grief in our journey through this

life which is only a preamble to our eternal life to come. 

 

postheadericon HAPPY EASTER

  HAPPY EASTER:  HE IS RISEN!!!

As the entire Christian World rejoices in our Lord’s Resurrection and our salvation, we pray for Christ’s Divine Mercy for us and for the whole world.  May God bless us all with his Divine love and infinite mercy!

postheadericon We used to be like this.

I am in China to judge dog shows, more on this later.  Angie and Cindy are holding down the fort at home.  I am amazed at the development going on; construction everywhere.  A feeling of prosperity in the two areas I am visiting: Hong Kong and Guangdong Province.  We used to be like this—a healthy and growing economy. 

The following statement by financial guru Warren Buffett has been noted before, but it is worth reading again and again.  If you would like, copy and send to your friends or perhaps your congressmen!!!

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offered one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:
"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971–before computers, e-mail,cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land–all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each recipient to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2012
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressmen/women collect a salary while in office and receive no pay when they’re out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 12/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

This is how you fix Congress!

Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Don’t you think it’s time?

If you agree, copy and pass this on.

postheadericon Happy Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

When  we think of all the horror in the world and the troubles in our own country, especially now those affected by the devastating Sandy, we still have much for which to be grateful in our still wonderful country.

We are all in God’s hands. 

Let us count our blessings and be grateful. 

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:24

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There is a wonderful book that has helped me count my blessing called A Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

What an eye opener to realize the many gifts small and large we receive daily.  Written by a woman who as a young girl watched a delivery truck run over and kill her baby sister, the book chronicles an extended family’s wrenching heartbreak and decline into what appears to be never ending depression and loss of hope. However, hope is always there if one trusts in God.  We all experience loss and profound grief in our journey through this life which is only a preamble to our eternal life to come. 

postheadericon Look what happens when we cut down too many trees.

Look what happens when we cut down too many trees.
Global warming is one thing, but scroll down and look at what might happen if we continue to clear our forests!
We have to stop cutting down trees!
This is getting serious!

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