12/14/08

I arrived in Sedalia Missouri at Canine Design Grooming Studio on November 19. Boy was I glad to get out of that box. It's nice and all but I was starting to get a little hungry. Marci let me snack out of the treat bowl on her counter.

It was a very busy week in her shop with all the other pooches getting ready for Thanksgiving. She said I was the best behaved Cocker Spanial she had ever met, but then she mentioned something about how that was because I have no bodily functions and am full of stuffing and most other cockers are full of something else that started with an "S" whatever that means.

She let me taste the turkey on Thanksgiving, it was a little dry but what do I know. I'm a dog and to me cat poop sounds delicious! She was used to her mom cooking Thanksgiving dinner and her just bringing a casserole and rolls she said but her parents were visiting her sister in Germany so she had to wing it and hear the comments from her kids about the lumpy potatoes and watery gravy. But anyway she said she was very thankful for so many things. Her family is doing well and are all healthy, her business is successful and close to being paid off, and it only cost 38.00 to fill her tank from empty when before it was costing 105.00 which is good because her husband works in the automotive industry and she is hoping that will help and maybe he will be able to keep his job.

I had a good time with Marci, she took me places with her, though most of the time she didn't have her camera she didn't take many pictures. She is a bit of a scatter brain but she said it is because of a combination of too many brain cells being killed during her high school years and concussions from horseback riding accidents. I just think she has too much to do, she is always on the go. But I got to go with her so that was good. She likes to listen to the radio really loud in her SUV and is usually playing a CD by Kid Rock or Alice Cooper, she said she plays it loud because she can sing along loud and shut out everything else so it gives her an outlet. I howled along a few times when she wasn't looking.

I went to see 2 movies with her and her daughter Shelby. She said they always see a movie every Saturday afternoon. Last week we saw a movie called Twilight, and today which is December 6th we saw one called 4 Christmases. Both were good movies, and I especially liked the big tub of popcorn! Not quite as tasty as kitty crunchies but pretty darn good! Marci and her daughter Shelby also took me with them when she was teaching Shelby to drive. She is turning 16 on December 11 and wants to get her license soon. I was a little scared, especially when Marci got in on the passengers side after doing the sign of the cross. Shelby just rolled her eyes and called her dramatic. But sometimes Shelby would have a close call, I swear I saw Marci cover her eyes at least once or twice, yikes!

I really liked Marci's horses. She has 3 and they all have their own little quirky personalities. She said Tejano is silly horse with a sense of humor. The other day he ripped off a piece of Poeta's blanket during turnout and followed Poeta around with it in his mouth. He kept flapping it in front of his face just daring Poeta to try to get it. When Poeta would try he would run off with it and come back for more. Once he dropped it on the ground and just held his mouth over the piece of blanket. When Poeta tried to get it Tejano pinned his ears, snapped at Poeta then took off with it again. She really got a kick out of it. I don't think it was anything special, us dogs play like that all of the time. Today was the most fun day of all. It was the Christmas parade. She rode her horse Talon in the parade. She was thinking about strapping me to the saddle and letting me go along for the ride, but decided I might get dirty and smell like horses forever which she said she wouldn't mind but others might not like it so she just promised me a quick ride on Talon back at the stable after the parade. That was a lot of fun! Talon is such a sweet horse, but he was a bit tired after the parade and kept thinking about laying down and rolling while I was on him so we had to make it a short ride so he could go to his stall, eat his lunch and take a nap.

I like it here in Sedalia. They have these huge planes in the sky you see them all the time. They look like big kites. Sometimes they are so close to the ground they barely clear the trees, and sometimes they are way up in the sky. Marci called them B-2 Stealth Bombers. They are really cool to see!!! We went to the Chamber of Commerce here which is in a old restored train station to pick up some brochures about Sedalia. It's a cute little town with lots of history. She said she is going to put those things in my box to give me stuff to look at on my way to my next stop. She has been busy making Christmas collar scrunchies for her customers and promised me she would put one on me before sending me on my trip. I really liked it here but I can't wait to see where I get to go next!!

Love,
Rose