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fore thanksgiving all that worry all that schlepping from store to store searching for turkeys and it turned out that there were more than enough for everyone i haven t felt quite that conned since the days after the beanie baby craze and i could blame that one on my kids no one who knows me well would ever call me an optimist but even i have had enough of the doom and gloom predictions that seem so relentless these days yes there are very real issues to worry about and i m quite sure that there really are bad things coming our way but i also know that not every dire prediction comes true the predicted turkey shortage certainly didn t and that perhaps the time has come for me to be a little more discerning when i decide how i respond to the constant reports of how the sky is falling because maybe it is but maybe it isn t we actually had a rather nice thanksgiving this year the vaccines allowed us to gather as an extended family and for that i was thankful i was even more thankful that my husband s long battle with cancer finally seems to be over and that we will soon be welcoming another grandchild into our family also i managed to cook the turkey without setting off the smoke alarm which doesn t always happen all of which is to say that even in these troubled times there is still a whole lot of good going on we just have to be willing to see it share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading home at last november 18 2021 december 17 2021 ann coleman 70 comments when mom and dad first brought me home from the animal shelter i was still young and very naive i didn t realize that people have tons of rules and that i was expected to memorize and obey all those rules if i wanted to live in peace with my human family i had to learn where i was allowed to sleep my dog bed my crate or the floor and where i wasn t allowed to sleep everywhere else apparently i had to distinguish between the dog toys that i was encouraged to play with and the children s toys that i was forbidden to chew on most importantly i discovered that while it s perfectly acceptable for humans to potty inside the house and that they even have designated rooms for it i am expected to go outside every single time i have to relieve myself and if you think squatting in the yard first thing in the morning when it s ten degrees outside is easy you ve obviously never had to do it luckily for me i m a pretty smart dog i ve memorized almost all of the rules and i ve also figured out that if i do need to break one or two it s best not to let mom or dad know take my sleeping arrangements for instance i know for a fact that the most comfortable place to sleep is the living room couch but mom and dad don t like to see me on it so i make sure they never do i wait until they are out of the house before i climb on the couch for a nap and when i hear them returning i just jump off and run to the door to greet them it s a great system that keeps all of us happy i ve also figured out that if i m a little hungry all i have to do is go stand by the back door until someone lets me outside because every time i come back inside i get a dog biscuit mom and dad argue all the time over who started that tradition but it doesn t really matter because it s set in stone now so whenever i want a snack i just ask to go outside then i stand on the back porch for a few seconds scratch at the door to let them know i m ready to come back in and voila i get a dog biscuit but one of the nicest things i ve learned is what happens when the holidays roll around thanksgiving is next week and already mom is bringing home tons of groceries in preparation for the big feast there will be lots of food and i know some of the leftovers will go in my supper dish and this year there will be two little ones at the table who i can count on to toss some tasty tidbits my way during the meal itself a few weeks after thanksgiving comes christmas which is even better because christmas means extra food and presents what more could a dog ask for i m actually pretty proud of myself for how well i ve adapted and i know that i m lucky to have found a loving family because there are lots of dogs still living in shelters who would give their right paw for a chance to finally have a real home just something to think about for those of you who might have room in your hearts and home for one more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading walk away november 11 2021 ann coleman 93 comments a couple of weeks ago i was trying to make prints of the photos from our recent family vacation but the local camera store s site which i often use wouldn t upload over half of them frustrated i called the store and asked for help the man i spoke to was very nice but said that the site must be acting up and suggested i come into the store and load them directly onto their equipment from my phone i drove to the store and asked the young woman behind the counter for directions on using their equipment she told me bluntly there was no point in doing that because obviously the files for my photos were corrupted which was annoying enough but the little smirk that accompanied her words made the situation worse i wondered aloud how some of my photos could be corrupted when others taken at the same time and with the same phone seemed to be just fine she began a long explanation of the many ways photo files can be damaged but none of them pertained to my situation when i tried to tell her so she told me sharply not to interrupt her before she was done speaking and that was when i realized there was absolutely no point in continuing our conversation she was not going to admit that the problem could be on their end and i was not prepared to believe there was anything wrong with the photos that wouldn t upload to their site i would have asked to speak to a manager but i knew that i was very very close to completely losing my temper and i didn t want to take my anger out on someone else so i simply turned away and walked out of the store the older i get the more i believe that simply walking away from confrontations is often the best way there is rarely any good that comes out of arguing with people who have already made their mind up or trying to negotiate with those who treat others like idiots while i will always believe that being in relationship with people who are different from me is a good thing and that the world needs more not less communication i also know that true communication can t be one sided both parties have to be willing to respectfully engage which means that there is no point in trying to talk to someone who refuses to listen so i went home and logged into the site of a company i ve used many times to make photo books and you know what all of my photos uploaded successfully even the supposedly corrupted ones i didn t even have to wait for my prints to be mailed to me as i was able to pick them up at a local drug store about two hours after i ordered them i ll admit that there s a part of me that wanted to take the prints back to the original store and show them to the rude clerk saying see i was right but i resisted that urge because i know it would be both petty and pointless i have my vacation photos neatly displayed in an album and that s good enough for me share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading lost and found november 3 2021 ann coleman 77 comments i thought i lost my wedding ring this morning i had just finished walking a dog at the animal shelter where i volunteer when i noticed that the ring wasn t on my finger the dog i d been walking seemed to pride herself on pulling very hard throughout our walk so it was very possible that it had somehow slipped off my finger while i was clutching my end of the leash i searched for my ring diligently carefully retracing our steps and even doing a thorough if rather disgusting search through two trash cans full of used doggie poop bags but i didn t find it my wedding ring is a plain gold band that s not particularly valuable and not a family heirloom but it has obvious sentimental value to me and i wasn t happy about the thought of it being lost forever a couple of my fellow volunteers suggested renting a metal detector to look for it and while i thought that was a good idea i wanted to go home and search my house and car first and lo and behold we found the ring hiding in my jewelry box how it got in there i ll never know because it s the one piece of jewelry i always wear i never put it in my jewelry box as far as i can remember but it s a mystery i can live with because it has a happy ending i ll admit that while i was looking for my ring i didn t really believe i d find it there were so many places where it could have slipped off my finger that i thought the chances of finding it again were very small even if i used a metal detector i had resigned myself to the fact that the ring i ve worn for decades was well and truly gone and thought that i just needed to accept that fact but it was found and now it s back on my finger where it belongs the truth is sometimes things that we believe are lost forever can be found again and as we are starting to cautiously move out of a time when the pandemic dictated so much of our lives i m hoping that some of what we lost during the past several months can also be found again i m hoping that we can find the patience and compassion that has been sorely missing as we deal with people whose reactions to the pandemic were not exactly the same as ours i m hoping that we can find our sense of community again and remember that we really are all in this together and that what affects one of us often affects all of us there is no doubt that we have been through some very trying times and that some of us have faced devastating losses it s easy to believe that most of the good things we took for granted before the pandemic have been lost forever but i honestly don t believe that s true there are still so many reasons to be hopeful we just have to keep looking until we find them share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens 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