From Mom, July 25, 2010 5pm

Heyy Fav,



I haven't had the chance to email you for a few days. I was really busy at work friday because Joseph took the day off and I had to cover work orders for him, I barely had time to do my own work. Yesterday, Saturday I went with Mike and the littles to Shirley's like usual. I had someone drive down from the Ft Lewis area to see Gretchen' puppies. Her husband is in the Army, she grew up an army brat. They have 2 small boys about 3 and 4. So I'm waiting to hear back from her, she took some photos to show her husband cause he wouldn't be able to come see them until next Sunday. Shirley had puppy people too. Then we worked on the chicken palace until dark. So now all the finish electrical is done inside and the water line is all connected. Still gotta finish running the wire from the pump house. I drove back up to Shirley's again today because someone else wanted to come see the puppies, but then they decided to wait another week so the pups would be moving around and interacting with each other. They want to get a personality match. So I wasted gas coming up here. I'm getting low in my bank because of the whole dew claw thing for that dog. But I believe it is my responsibility and the owner has always been a good word of mouth for my puppies. Hope you made it back to Blessing okay and got all your stuff back without any trouble. Does it feel like you never left? Make sure you are using your foot power, the warmer the weather is the harder it is for your feet to heal. Catherine Anderson told me to tell you that you are in the Anderson family's prayers, to be safe, and to thank you for for your service. Isn't that nice? She is one of my all time favorite authors. She has a Kindle too. They have told me that you can save the books you read in an archive server so you can also go back and reload them on to the original Kindle you loaded them on. I've check it out a small bit and you can save about 2/3 the cost of buying a brand new hardbound book. So if your waiting for the next book in a series to come out, you'll only have to pay about what you pay for it waiting for it to come out in paperback form. That is so awesome. I'm a bit jealous. Another person on Catherine's site has a Nook, but the way I see it. If Catherine has one, it's because its the best cause she can afford the best. And if Lynda, who's gonna send you books, has one it's because it's the best technically wise because her husband writes computer programs so she always has the best gadgets. I'm watching Gretchen's pups wiggle around. It's very entertaining. Take care of yourself. I love you and miss you bunches and bunches Mom xoxoxoxo