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Rise and Shine in the Dogpound
there was bacon in the pan and the and has her brother watch her cat. On
Dogpound eat flavor just bled over to the rolls. Then the second day, when she calls her
I took another small bite …and yes…
brother to see how things are going he
and sleep there was actually bacon in the roll! I tells her that the cat is dead. The woman
untwisted the roll and there…wrapped
immediately goes into hysterics, really
upset and says, “You can’t tell a person
inside each fold was a piece of cooked
bacon. Actually, after the initial shock, bad news like that. The first day, you
it did not taste half-bad at all. Talk about should have said that Fluffy was stuck
a “breakfast for champions”…this is on the roof and couldn’t get down. The
it! On another note…I read this article second day, you could have said that she
By Walter “JR” Wilson about how our wonderful government had fallen, but the vet said she would be
is spending our hard earned tax dollars. OK. The third day you could have said
ello and welcome back to break room one morning to get my The Las Cruces High School in New that she died from complications.”
the wonderful world of the usual Diet Coke when I spotted a cake Mexico was given a grant to buy The next day the brother calls the
HDogpound. It is hard to believe pan filled with home-made cinnamon $14,000 “nap pods.” They are exactly woman up and says, “I have news.”
it is already August, and at times it is rolls. Cinnamon rolls are one of my what you think they are…they are quiet “What?” “Grandma is stuck on the roof
hard to believe what you find in my weaknesses, and I knew I should not places with piped-in music where a and can’t get down …”
company’s break room. Note…most get one…but their little voices kept student can get 20 minutes of nap time
of the time it is “not” what their family calling to me…until I had to give in. I to help them get through those crazy That is all for today. As always, be
refused to eat last night. LOL Many grabbed a paper towel, picked up a roll classroom days. A follow up report good, do good, play safe, and remember:
days the workers will bring in potluck and headed back to my office to enjoy showed that the students gave favorable sleep has its place, just not at work or in
to celebrate a birthday or just because my forbidden treat. I take a small bite… reviews [now that is no surprise, backed the classroom.
it is a Friday….then others will just hmmm…very good! I take another small by a doctor and nurse practitioner
feel like making something and sharing bite….whoa! Did I just taste bacon? who pointed to the research that stated JR
it with everyone else. I went into the My first thoughts were that maybe adequate sleep can boost memory
and attention thus improving school
performance [another no surprise]. I
personally thought that was what the bed
at home was for. Who knew the schools
had to pick up that tab as well? We kind
of had the same thing in our school sans
the fancy sleep pod; we just folded our
arms and put our head down on the desk.
The alarm was either the class bell or
a piece of flying chalk or chalkboard
eraser from the teacher. Fortunately
they were pretty poor shots. LOL
Heaven forbid if they tried anything like
that today!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“Sleep doesn’t help if it’s your soul
that’s tired.” – Dogpound Wisdom
I HAVE NEWS
A woman goes away on vacation
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