I am showing you my pretty fingernails

This morning I had an appointment with.....non other than, Gini....(If you don't remember Gini, read my back blog).  She is one very, awesome person, but don't take my word for it, just make an appointment and find out for yourself.  : )  After that we went to the "Dollar store" and then home for lunch.  Today was "Senior Expo Day" at the Red Lion in Kennewick.  We go every year except this may be our last time since it has really gone down hill from when it started years ago.  It used to be held in a large building with many vendors showing whats to offer around the Tri-Cities for Seniors.   Now the vendors are just funeral homes, nursing homes, insurance companies, how to invest your money, senior center, cascinos, and more stuff, not to say all of this is bad, just not fun things to do as it used to be in the past. And to top it off, the things they had to hand out, to everyone, was mostly junk.  They used to hand out fun trinkets that we could use and lots of it. We used to leave with a bag, full of ideas, and chocolate candy.  Now it's just jolly ranchers.  Bah humbug!  I went home and crashed.



WHY WE LOVE CHILDREN
While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old.  Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "are you a cop?"  "Yes", I answered and continued writing the report.  "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. "Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her.  "Well then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"



HOWDY PARDNER
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.  He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard.   As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls.  He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.  "Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."  "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."  The boy dropped his head for a moment.  Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.  "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?" "Sure," said the farmer.  And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly! " he called.  Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly, followed by four little balls of fur.  The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence.  His eyes danced with delight.  As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.  Slowly another little fur ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller.  Down the ramp it slid.  Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up...."I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.  The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy.  He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."  With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers.  In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe.  Looking back up at the farmer, he said "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands."  With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup....Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.  "How much?" asked the little boy.  "No charge," answered the farmer,  "There's no charge for love."