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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Hi Everybody -- Nick Here!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Today was truly an adventure. Granny Pat came over this morning and we left in her van to go to the dog show in Ashland Ohio. In mom's van I always ride in a bottom crate. Today, they put me in a top crate, right behind Granny Pat. My goodness ... it was HIGH up there ... I thought I was going to get a nosebleed ... and that is just the beginning of it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>We left my house and in a very few minutes, Granny Pat and mom were grumbling about traffic tie ups. It took us forever ... about 97 hours .... to even get out of town. Then we had a detour because someone broke the road. Well by now, Granny Pat and mom were worried about not getting to the show on time. I told them that they would wait for me ... but they said "No, Nick, they won't wait for anyone". Then the strangest thing happened. Granny Pat turned into Barney Oldfield. She turned on this funny thing that beeps whenever someone points a radar gun (GUNS ARE SCARY!) at you, mom said. Then she started driving really fast ... about 90000 miles per minute .... well actually the speed thing said 90 ... that is still fast. The road signs only said 55. Trucks were pulling off the road, dust was flying everywhere, little old ladies in 1957 Chevys were going in ditches, birds were flapping around us and bugs were splattering our windshield! But we got there on time ... just barely!!! We whipped into the fairgrounds and she slammed on the brakes ... I almost got whiplash. Before we were even stopped, mom had my crate open and I was being propelled into a building. WOW! It was close. Actually, I had time for a quick potty stop and a very quick nap, while they were taking somebody's picture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Then I went in the funny square again and got lots of ribbons. Mom said I was good cause I got two more points. Now I can have my ladybug and fish pinwheels!!!! YAY!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>The ride home was much quieter ... Granny Pat drove like a sane person and mom didn't bite her fingernails. But if you see a blue GMC van or a white Ford van coming up behind you REAL FAST, I would get out of the way ... you never know ... it might be us on the way to a dog show!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Slurps,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>