There is nothing so fatal to learning than to have a closed
mind. I find so many people who will not even try
anything new or different. I think the secret of aging
gracefully is to never say never. As an avid Democrat, I
still admire George Bush, Sr for jumping out of an airplane
on his eightieth birthday.

I make a lot of bloopers but then I am constantly multi-tasking while answering the phone and attending to Ted's
requests and unfortunately answering the door to my pesky
neighbor.

There is true pleasure in doing things for other people. I
have often thought that Rex would certainly make an excellent
therapy dog if I had time to take him to obedience school.
He doesn't see me as the dominant person in the household,
he minds Ted very well and is pretty deaf to my commands.
That may be my new thing to learn this year.

One of my unfulfilled dreams is an African photographic
safari. Speaking of Safari's, our zoo is ranked very high..
about 3rd in the nation. We have a mama and a baby elephant, an auntie elephant and a male elephant. The
baby is adorable. If you have ever seen the meer cats on
tv, they have them at our zoo and they are such terrible
beggars. They fight a lot...but don't hurt each other.
Time for bed!!