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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>I
will admit that at times, well many times a day Bazzle, Sadie Maye and Abby Gale
will raise my </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000
face=Antique>blood pressure to above the high limits. Then there are the
other times that we all know they lower</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000
face=Antique>our blood pressure and bring a huge smile to our
faces.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000
face=Antique>This is one of those times. I am laying on the couch with
legs up to rest. Sophee Maree is at my feet. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000
face=Antique>Nelly Belle who is Momma's girl wanted on the couch.
She tried and tried to entice Sophee Maree </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000
face=Antique>off with the "let's </FONT></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Antique>play",
"someone is at the door" and even the "there is a critter in our
backyard" fake outs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Nothing works! My girl is not about to give
up. No way is Sophee Maree going to get the couch with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>her Momma!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>So she backs herself up the two steps to the
couch. Slowly and surely, little by little she inches the
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>little couch </FONT><FONT color=#000080
face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Antique>Diva over. First one
leg then one hip is on the couch, then the other leg and another hip
with</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>front feet still on the steps. I am sitting
here giggling quietly as she does the tushy wiggle to gain more</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>inches of the sacred couch perch. My little
senior girl is so sweet that she would never start an argument</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>or even snarl to get her way but she is so very
quietly determined to get her way. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>We are sending drool to all in need. We are
asking the drool fairies to help with the delivers as we send</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>out ducky drool in all directions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Karen and The Dog House Gang</FONT></DIV>
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