Sunday, December 2, 2018

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2002. Mattie was 8 months old. That evening we visited our sister-in-law's home. In the threshold between their dining and living rooms, was this hanging gizmo. It was called a jumper, but it could also be used as a swing. It literally clamped to any door jam. We had one at our home, but my sister-in-law also had one for her children. Mattie loved this thing, because his feet could touch the floor and he could move around independently which he loved. I can't tell you how many nights we spent with Mattie in this jumper, as we tried to rock and swing him to sleep. 


Quote of the day: If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside. ~ Jim Kwik 

One of the things we accomplished this weekend is our Foundation's annual mass mailing to 400 of our loyal supporters. This is a major operation that takes over a month to plan, as it involves the creation of a gift that is included in the envelopes, it requires materials (envelopes, mailing labels, stamps), the development of the actual letter (which then needs to go to the printer to be professionally printed out) and of course an update to our annual fund database. 

We worked on all of this starting at the end of October, so that by this weekend, we were ready to assemble the mailings. 

I am grateful for Peter stuffing and stamping envelopes all day yesterday. Check out his assistant.... Indie!

There is no doubt that Indie is Peter's cat. She responds to him and wants to be where ever he is, even if it means being surrounded by hundreds of envelopes and paper. Perhaps Indie was overseeing the mass mailing operation, but to me it looked like she was lying down on the job. 

We took Sunny to Roosevelt Island today. I love going to the Island on cold days, because fewer people are there. Which means you can walk in peace and more wildlife appear. Can you see this wonderful female deer staring at us? Or I should say, watching Sunny. 

This deer couldn't take her eyes off of Sunny. Which is understandable, as some visitors take their dogs off leash on the Island. I have seen numerous dogs running and chasing deer, despite the fact that dogs are required to be on leash at a national park. So this deer has learned from experience..... all dogs are suspects. 

Sunny loved his walk and despite another grey day in DC, we were determined to get out in it and walk. This is the beauty of owning a dog, because whether you want to or not, the dog must go out for a walk. Sunny gets us out and interacting with the world at all times in the year.