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I know a lot of you must be wondering about what in the world has
happened here this past week. Now that the tip of my thumb i cut
off making salad is healing well.... I can type .<br>
One week ago I woke up to a shock. My house was very cold and the
propane I checked .....tank Zero. Called for an emergency next day
delivery. Done.<br>
In mean time I had to check Shelter........check barn...check all
the animals...coats were put on.....extra space heaters borrowed
which blew out my electrical outlets/circuits. So much snow that I
had to call the fire dept. and cross pawsies they would come help me
save the shelter runs from being caved in. They can hold 2 ft of
snow, but if it rained at all......that frozen weight would do them
in. Only one other time many years ago did I have to worry about
that. 2 young strong firemen came happily and offered to help Basset
Rescue of MT> <br>
Then the electrical wall heater kept shutting off in the shelter
lobby and the water pipes are there so that problem became an urgent
situation. I had to call on backup for that!! One of my mountain
men friends who live way way up into the mountain came down to help
me. omg.... was I relieved as frozen pipes would of meant to
close the shelter till summer and hoping that none burst!<br>
With elect. problems in the house here, it ruined the t.v. dish
cables......too much snow and frigid weather got em.. The puter
was down. etc etc.<br>
At one point just to get heat inside the house here, orange long
extension chords I brought in to see which outlets worked and which
did not. I have the highest respect for Electricians!!<br>
I guess during all this I got stressed and so worried I called Chris
and Jim Bly over in WMBR. Friends for years now and I was
exhausted. Chris dived into action and helped me think of what to
do......especially needing funds.....Val, Trish, ..........well they
all got together and now we have the quilt fundraiser on
youcaring.com and the paypal for <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mtbassetrescue@yahoo.com">mtbassetrescue@yahoo.com</a> with funds
<i>ENOUGH NOW TO GET A FULL PROPANE TANK AND MEDICAL CARE FOR SMITTY
AND HANK.</i><br>
This overwhelming generosity shown to us from the Drool family has
blown me away. I cried to know that so many of you care . There
are just no words I can express from me or from the Bassets and
animals here on the ranch. To say THANK YOU to all of you just seems
not enough but its all we have besides much love from Basset Rescue
of MT> to each of you .<br>
Each one of you : an extraordinary person with a caring heart. I
know there are many more of you with harsher circumstances than us
here.....floods, fires, Bassets leaving for the
Bridge....ice.......roads not open...We have healing Drool to send
you .....its just not <i>warm </i>healing drool. Plus healing
drool goes out to you Debbie W. !!<br>
<br>
Doug D. i know I missed calling you for your Big Birthday. So I am
sending over to you a huge HUGE BIRTHDAY GREETING!! <br>
And Chris Bly.....you stepped in to make all this happen since I am
not a computer person much.....Your support and caring ......the
emotional help to help get me past this is something I will never
forget. YOU ARE MY HERO. <br>
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Basset Rescue of Montana
Leslie Ames - President & Shelter Manager
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bassetrescuemt@gmail.com">bassetrescuemt@gmail.com</a> - (406) 207-0765
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bassetrescueofmontana.org">http://www.bassetrescueofmontana.org</a>
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