Monday, June 29 through Thursday, July 2, 2009

Monday - Moki's first shot (with me). I tried to get a different kind of vaccine . . . a simpler one . . . but, couldn't find anyone here or Durango who carried the simpler kind. Oh, well. I can only do what I can.

Late this afternoon when Moki and I were walking along, I looked up and saw a deer in the empty field we walked by. It was cool! My first deer in Mancos! Last week, I had seen tracks leading to the river, but this was my first real sighting. Since I am right by the river, I'm seeing all kinds of cool birds and today I saw the biggest butterfly I have ever seen. It just kept hanging around . . . it was so awesome. And when we walk in the early evenings, I can smell that wonderful rich, perfume fragrance.

Thursday - During our first walk this morning, I heard a big cow sound! I hoped it was a cow and not a mother bear! Someone's been telling me about bears and raccoons around here, but I haven't seen either one. This morning's was definitely a cow, cause I saw it a few minutes after the sound.

They have a farmer's market just down the street from me on Thursday which is pretty sweet. I bought some lettuce today.

Moki is doing much better behavior-wise. I read again and found out that I wasn't supposed to use the submission exercise as discipline. That helped, and the shaker can (full of pennies) helped, and more exercise has helped. He is such a sweetheart, following me around all the time. What a perfect puppy!

And speaking of doing unto others as you would want them to do unto you . . . I bought a breadmaker for $5 at a church garage sale. I downloaded the manual, bought the ingredients, and was very excited for making my first loaf today. I followed all the directions, set the correct loaf size, and crust darkness, and all . . . pushed the start button . . . and . . . nothing. Nothing! How can someone donate a bread maker to a church sale KNOWING that it doesn't work! Talk about religious hyposcrisy! OMG! But . . . I shouldn't jump to conclusions. In fact, I should give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they didn't know . . .