We get asked to do a lot of things in our business. One of our most favorite things is re-connecting people who have lost touch. Sometimes it's people who get married for a couple of days and then disappear, sometimes it's finding old friends and relatives, and this time we found a former John Adams Junior High School PE teacher and his former student after way over 50 years.
We found Dave Heiser from the Santa Monica Paddleboard Club 1935 for our good friend Diane Carpenter. We found him in the nick of time, too. Another month and we'd really have to go digging…literally.
Enjoy the article in the Santa Monica Daily Press.
(Grandpa - click on Dave Heiser's name to get to the article!)
Love and kisses…
Mary-Margaret O'Brien
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Thanksgiving with friends who are like Family!
We went to my Aunt Margie's house today. Her daughter, Becky, was there with two of her kids, Jacob (15) and Abby (9 almost 10), and Becky's special boyfriend Mike. Also Catherine, Margie's daughter, who is 21. We got there and right away started watching the Dallas Cowboys vs the Raiders. I don't know a whole lot about football but it seems a lot like puppy school, when it matters who gets the ball.
I played a lot with Abby and Catherine. We went for a few walks and Mom went on one of them carrying her trusty plastic bag. She seems to know just when I need to have that kind of walk almost like she can read my mind. She sniffs, wrinkles her nose, grabs the baggie and away we go.
Then we came into the house and I hunkered down in my carrier until the grown ups were done eating. Then Abby and Catherine filled my little bowl with bits of turkey and ..oh yum..it was so good. I had seconds and thirds. Mom said I looked like I might explode. Naturally, I passed on dessert.
"Little Miss" is the house kitty there. She spent most of the time under the couch until Becky and her family left. Then she sort of ventured out and we checked each other out for a bit. Little Miss is very shy. I think I can work with her. By the time we were ready to leave she came out from under the couch and we made eye contact. We declared a truce and we both look forward to our next visit.
Dinner was delicious. There was turkey, dressing and gravy, candied yams, potatoes, corn, string beans, rolls and butter, cranberry, Mom's special Oregon sweet cherry gelatin squares with sour cream dressing. The grown ups had pumpkin and apple pie for dessert. Everyone laughed and hugged and got silly, and just had a very good time all together. We were there about 4 hours and then we drove home. We only live maybe 5 minutes away so even the drive was stress free.
When we got home Mom plunked herself into her big leather recliner and fell asleep. I started dozing off too. About 8:30:PM we decided it was time for bed and here we are, getting all rested up for tomorrow.
Hope you all had as great a day as we did, or maybe even better.
Love and kisses….
Mary-Margaret
PS - Back in October I told you that I was figuring out how to untangle my leash from the desk legs? Well, I've done it. I get stuck, I call Mom. She says "Silly puppy. Go back under the desk and untangle yourself!". So I do. No fluke there. I have mastered the art of disentanglement.
I played a lot with Abby and Catherine. We went for a few walks and Mom went on one of them carrying her trusty plastic bag. She seems to know just when I need to have that kind of walk almost like she can read my mind. She sniffs, wrinkles her nose, grabs the baggie and away we go.
Then we came into the house and I hunkered down in my carrier until the grown ups were done eating. Then Abby and Catherine filled my little bowl with bits of turkey and ..oh yum..it was so good. I had seconds and thirds. Mom said I looked like I might explode. Naturally, I passed on dessert.
"Little Miss" is the house kitty there. She spent most of the time under the couch until Becky and her family left. Then she sort of ventured out and we checked each other out for a bit. Little Miss is very shy. I think I can work with her. By the time we were ready to leave she came out from under the couch and we made eye contact. We declared a truce and we both look forward to our next visit.
Dinner was delicious. There was turkey, dressing and gravy, candied yams, potatoes, corn, string beans, rolls and butter, cranberry, Mom's special Oregon sweet cherry gelatin squares with sour cream dressing. The grown ups had pumpkin and apple pie for dessert. Everyone laughed and hugged and got silly, and just had a very good time all together. We were there about 4 hours and then we drove home. We only live maybe 5 minutes away so even the drive was stress free.
When we got home Mom plunked herself into her big leather recliner and fell asleep. I started dozing off too. About 8:30:PM we decided it was time for bed and here we are, getting all rested up for tomorrow.
Hope you all had as great a day as we did, or maybe even better.
Love and kisses….
Mary-Margaret
PS - Back in October I told you that I was figuring out how to untangle my leash from the desk legs? Well, I've done it. I get stuck, I call Mom. She says "Silly puppy. Go back under the desk and untangle yourself!". So I do. No fluke there. I have mastered the art of disentanglement.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
November Newsletter
Dear Grandpa - I know we haven't been writing much lately. Mom's been pretty busy at work and so have I. When clients come into the office I go and greet them, show them where to sit, and then I hint for a belly rub. Today a client came in and I sat and talked to her for the longest time. Finally Mom asked me who I was talking to. She didn't even see that we had someone there. Anyway, I did a really good job, our client said.
Here's the link to this month's newsletter. Click on it and then scroll down for my column.
The Yorkie Times
I love you, Grandpa.
Mary-Margaret
Here's the link to this month's newsletter. Click on it and then scroll down for my column.
The Yorkie Times
I love you, Grandpa.
Mary-Margaret
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