For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
As they were nearing their destination Ken noticed blood on his leg. “Mike, take over here,” he said. “Sure thing Ken,” he answered. Ken got up and went back to Muffin, gently picking her up and cuddling her close so he could feel around that leg. There was blood, but not a lot, however it felt like broken ribs so he did not feel around anymore. He sat with Muffin, she looked at him and purred a bit. “I wish you could have told me you were hurt so bad little lady,” he said quietly to her.
Then he called Baldwin and told him about Muffin. “What!?”, he yelled, “don’t you dare let her die, or you’re fired!” “I am sure trying boss,” said Ken, “I will keep holding her until we get there.” “Tell her that there is a big surprise waiting for her,” said Baldwin, “and tell her to keep fighting!” “Um, yeah, I will do that,” replied Ken. So he told Muffin what Baldwin said and she purred weakly again. Fortunately there was a place for helicopters to land at the hospital.
Ken brought Muffin out and gave her to a man standing there waiting. “Hey my little kitten,” I said gently to her, “I’m here with you now.” Meow,meow=My human here with me, she said very weak. “And someone else too,” I said. Meow!=It me Muffin, MC, I here too! Meow,meow=My MC here too. She was unable to open her eyes so we rushed her inside to the local vet that was waiting impatiently in a room. Two of Baldwin’s men followed and guarded the door.
“About time you got that cat in here,” he grumbled, “I have not got all day.” He felt around and must have hurt Muffin when he did so. She yowled and managed to scratch him. The vet had raised his hand to hit her, but I stopped him and broke his arm when I did. He started yelling something about suing me for that. The guards then came in. “This guy wants to leave,” I said, pointing to the vet. They quickly escorted the vet out.
Chung was just coming then to see how Muffin was doing and he took over looking after her. We had all flown over after hearing that Baldwin had not heard from them for 2 hours, we figured there must be a serious problem, though we never expected this. Apparently a bullet had ricocheted off a stone and hit Muffin and it was still in her. Chung removed it and fixed her broken ribs. He said she would be fine, but would need lots of rest. “What about the others?”, I asked him out in the hall. He shook his head, “it is not so good, maybe some live, not all though.” Baldwin had a large jet waiting to bring us all back once the others could travel.
Moving ahead… Well, it has been a month since all that castle case finished and everyone is doing good. Muffin is playing with MC on their play structure again but MC is still making sure Muffin does not overdo it. He has been waiting on her day and night for the past month. Kat is doing fine now, so is Carine. Kara was really the first one back to normal and was able to look after the rest of us. She is an excellent nurse. Annelie is doing great after her hip surgery.
Rock is back to his exercising, complaining about all the weight he gained lying in bed for so long. Jennifer is fine now, though she had been shot 3 times. We almost lost Angel, she had a bullet close to her heart, but she has recovered very well. Kristina bounced back very quickly as well. Candace seemed to get it worst, 3 bullets like Jenny.
She lost part of her stomach and her left arm was hit bad so she still has trouble moving it. Harris lived as well, but he will have a permanent limp. He went back to Scotland, seems he has a girlfriend there. Baldwin and Shirley are now engaged and are getting married in a few days. Work is progressing fast on the addition to our clinic, Baldwin knows how to get things done.
And we have a new addition to our team possibly, a friend of Kara’s joined us a couple weeks ago, her name is Kira. I think she will make a great addition to our team. Ken will also be available to help us any time we need him, but he will keep his regular job with Baldwin too. There was no treasure found at the castle, likely it had been found a long time ago. What we all need now is a vacation. Rock and Annelie need to finish their honeymoon as well. So that is next for us, some nice relaxation far from people.
The End.
Another story of The investigators, Inc. will be coming soon!
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Great Ending!! I’m soooo happy that Muffin pulled through!!😁😊 Now…. where to next??🤔🤔🙄🙄
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Thanks Dusty! Now, off to a nice relaxing spot away from people. Except Annelie and Rock will be off by themselves enjoying their honeymoon and so will Baldwin and Shirley. Now, we just have to decide where to go, that’s always fun!😂😹😹
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Somewhere warm with tropical breezes and palm Trees!🌴😎😁😊
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Those places usually have too many people, but maybe we can find something. Maybe a desert?🤔🌵🐫🏜️
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LOL That would work!! Maybe Baldwin could buy an Island where you could all go to vacation without any possibility of running I to a case?😂😂😉😁
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Hey, I like that idea, our own vacation paradise to use whenever we want!😂😂🌞🌴🌴
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Huh??? How about that??😂😂😁
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Yeah, amazing ideas I get sometimes!
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I know!! Where do they come from??🤔🤔🤔😳
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They roll around the floor with the dust dinosaurs!😂😂
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The old ones huh??🤨😂😂😂
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At my age I can’t get young ideas!😂😂😹😹
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Okay then….😛😂😂😂
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Glad you agreeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!😂😂😹😹
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I’m very agreeable tonight😁😊
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Wow, I just woke up, I had started to answer your comment and fell asleep! Sorry about that.🙄
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Perhaps I should let you rest?
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I thought I was doing that already.😂😂🤣🤣
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Well I didn’t mean to wake you up!😬
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That’s okay, I needed to wake up so I can go to bed!🤔🙄😂😂
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Probably more comfortable than sitting in your chair 💺
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I can’t disagree with that.🙄🙄
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If you need to go to bed… you should go..
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I think maybe I should, sorry about that.
Good night Dusty!😁🌙 Talk tomorrow when I’m awake!😊😴😴🌙
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No worries.. I hope you can rest well..
Good Night
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😁😁
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🥱😴
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Good Morning 😁
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Wow, you answered fast!
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Sitting here waiting to hear from you!😂😂 How ya doing?
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Great, nice morning, snow kinda melting, but it’s a cold north wind blowing.
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At least the snow cover is melting away! Then you might be able to get outside.😁
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Well, the sun is trying to shine and the temp is 34, that’s supposed to be it for today though. Tomorrow will be our warmest day for the next 2 weeks. Maybe I will try a walk to the river then.😊🌞
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That’s great!! Are you rested well?
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Didn’t get much sleep again until after midnight, might try for a nap this afternoon. I’m already tired.😂😹
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Then that’s what you should do 😁😸 That north wind made its way down here!
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Oh good, we do like to share you know.😂😹
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I thought you might have left the fridge door open?😂😂
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Hey, maybe that would warm things up a bit!😂😹
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It’s above freezing so….😁😁😁😂😂😂😂
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Yep, you’re right, it’s 39 right now!🤔😁🥸
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I meant the fridge 🙄😂😂😂
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Oh, right, that too I’m sure.🥸 How was your day?🤔😁
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It was a good day!😁 I even finished my grocery shopping!😁
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Hey, good for you! I didn’t get much accomplished today, sorted some junk, a few pictures, swept the floors, played with Muffin. I was going to do some sewing, but my back was too sore to lift the sewing machine onto the table.🙄🙄😕
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Best that you didn’t try it then! My hip is hurting tonight. Not sure why though.🤔 Doesn’t feel like it’s muscles. I’ll keep an eye on it.
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Hmm, yes, don’t ignore that, if it stays around get it checked. Just got two comments from you at the same time, but this one says 14 minutes ago, must be that north wind!😂😹
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It’s stiff head wind going north!!😂😂🤣
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And uphill too!😂😹
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All the way!!😂😂
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Hmm, you might be right there!🤔🙄😂😂
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Well the Mississippi River starts up there and goes to the gulf of Mexico so that would be proof!😉😂😂
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Hey, you have something there! But the Red River starts in MN and flows north, which is uphill!🤔😮
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Yes but it’s on the northern side of Laurention Divide! Which means that those rivers flow north and the Mississippi is on the south side so it goes south! So… it’s all uphill until you reach Hibbing and then it’s all down from there!😁😉😊😂😂
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I think there’s something wrong with your logic, it’s all uphill all the way!🙄😂😂
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Check out the Lauretion Divide.. it’s the truth! But you’re right! It is uphill!😉😁😊😂😂
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Just look at a globe, it’s uphill all the way. Gotta watch those dividers!😂😂
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So o guess water really does flow uphill!😲🤔😂😂
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Yep, sure does, of course the fish help.
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They push it all the way to Hudson Bay!! Hey hey!!😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Keeps them in shape too!😂😂
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I’ll bet does!!😂😂
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I have developed a cough and a little dizziness now and then. I never get dizzy so that is odd.🤔
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You should get checked out by the Doctor! That’s not good..
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Forget it, I might end up in the hospital and never get out!
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Yeah or maybe it’s something easy to treat with medication. I had a bout with vertigo when I was about your age. It was miserable! I had a tumbling sensation and then I would fall over!😂😂 They gave me some medicine to take for awhile and it went away.
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Possibly, but I’ll wait a bit and see what happens first. I think the coughing is from the smoke next door, always happens to me.😬
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Maybe that’s what’s causing the dizziness 🤔🤔
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I thought about that too, seems to happen when he smokes his weed.
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That’ll do it!!😂😂
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It has been known to have that effect.🙄🙄
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Yes it has from time to time!😂😂
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But I don’t want it on my time!
Time to say good night Dusty, so, good night Dusty! Back again tomorrow with more indescribable chatter!😁🌙😴😴🥸
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Good Night Steve I hope you start feeling better. 😴 🥱
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Thanking you!
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Welcoming you!😁
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Good morning Dusty! Awake yet?🤔😂😹
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Ha and Ha ha! I was at my desk and working at 6 am this morning!😁 🌞 ☀️ How’s it going today?😊
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Wow, good for you! Going for a walk? I want to, but not sure yet, I would like it to be sunny for a change to get better pictures. I think I answered that question already?🤔🙄😂
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Yep! I’m walking now. I’ll take you with then you can do your walk too!😁
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Oh, a virtual walk, great! Would you like a coffee cupcake while you’re walking? Fresh out of the oven, almost.😁🧁🧁
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Absoposalutely yes please 😋😋😋
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Take 2, you don’t have to worry about calories. When you eat while walking you don’t gain calories because they can’t keep up with you and just fall away.😁😁🚶♂️🚶♂️🧁🧁
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Oh boy!!😁😁 can we do this again tomorrow?? Now I can have treats and lose weight!!😁😁😊😊😊😊😋😋😋😋😋😋😋
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Sure, I should still have some left tomorrow too! Yep, calories don’t have legs so they can’t keep up when you walk, so it’s a good time to eat snacks!😁😁🚶♂️🚶♂️🧁🧁
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Sweet!!😊😊😋😋 oh, can I have tea tomorrow? I think I have an allergy to coffee ☕️ 😬😬
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I have never made cupcakes with tea before, tea leaves don’t dissolve like coffee does.🤔🙄🙄☕☕
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Oh boy all these problems what am I gonna do all I want is a cupcake🙄🙄🙏🙏
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Well, I do use decaf coffee if that helps.🤔😁☕☕🧁🧁
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Not instant coffee?😝
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Of course it’s instant, otherwise it wouldn’t dissolve properly and there would be crunchy bits of coffee in them. But you can’t tell in the cupcakes. I sure enjoyed mine, four of them. Yum!😋😋😋😋🧁🧁🧁🧁
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Now you have to go walk!😲😲 do you use stevia in them instead of sugar?🤔
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I would if I could get it, but no one here sells the stuff. Some people don’t like it because it does give a different flavor to baked goods, but I like it.
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Me too!! I use it in my oatmeal
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Hmm, never tried it in oatmeal, that would be good. I should check Amazon, they likely have it. I notice prices there are going up a lot these days, but they are going up a lot here too! Food is getting terrible. Well, better get ready and go for my walk. It is still only 34, it was supposed to be 45 today, won’t make it, the next 3 days the temp stays below freezing even during the day! Talk later!😁🚶♂️🌞
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Okay have a great walk and be careful!!😁😉😊
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Hmm, too bad I didn’t read this before I went for that walk. Sigh.🤔🙄🙄
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Uh oh!😲😳 What did you do?🤨
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It was a good walk, except for the walk!😬😮
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The ice again??😬😬
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No ice this time, though it was certainly slippery in a few places. But it had been very soft the last time people walked on there, probably on the weekend so there were footprints 6 to 12 inches deep all over, it was hard to keep out of them. Even today it was amazingly soft and I would sink at least 6 inches in places. I fell to my knees a few times and really jarred my back twice. Now I have muscle spasms.
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That stinks! I am really sorry that it didn’t go better 😔 I know you were looking forward to it very much. No pictures then either huh?
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Yep, I got a lot of pics, but no birds, all scenery, got some interesting shots though. I posted one tonight.
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Oh… I’ve been watching but missed it. I’ll brb
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It’s there, saw it myself.😂😂
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And now I can confirm it also!!😁😁😂😂
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Good morning Dusty! You awake yet?🤔🙄😁
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I am!! How about you??🤔🙄🤭
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I’m beginning to wonder!!😁😂😂
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Just beginning?😂
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Yep, yep, yep! What a day out there! Started at 32, now its 19 and that wind, 35 to 40mph and even stronger gusts. Its going to be cold the next couple days.😮😬😟
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Winters last gasp!😂😂😂 I hope 😬😬😂😂
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It’s snowing too, about 2 inches so far. We won’t get back above freezing until next Friday!😮😮❄️❄️❄️
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What flavor??😊😋
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Um, I said it, coffee.🤔🙄🙄
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No golf ball the cupcakes
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What do golf balls have to do with my cupcakes?🤔 The cupcakes are made with real coffee, that’s the flavor, plus they have maple icing (you might call it frosting, but it’s colder up here).😁😁🧁🧁
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Oh yum 😋 my phone doesn’t have the word goof in it.. so it substituted golf!😖😖
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Your phone needs to be updated, goof is a very common word.🤔🙄🙄
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Maybe I need a new one??🤔🤔🤔
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My brother keeps saying that about his phone too. But he never gets one. He can’t even answer his phone when someone calls him, so he has to call back. Very strange indeed.🤔🤔🙄🙄
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Maybe you should show him how to answer it?🙄🙄
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I tried, he says it doesn’t work. I think he’s just doing something wrong but he won’t go in and ask someone to show him.🙄🙄
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I don’t have that problem Because no one ever calls me🙄😏
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That’s what my brother says too. But I have phoned him, then I have to wait for his return call. I can’t even leave a message since he doesn’t know how to set up the answering service. I can text him though, but I hate texting.
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Maybe he doesn’t answer because he blocked you??😳😲 No that can’t be it he would see your name pop up
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Yep, he says his blocking doesn’t work either.😂😂😹😹
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Maybe you should just write them a letter instead😂😂😂
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Good idea!😂😂😹😹
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He does know how to work the mailbox right??😂😂
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Hmm, not sure.🤔
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I’m sure he’s got it figured out!😂
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Let me know when you’re able to chatter.😁😊
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I think that will be tomorrow, sorry about that. I’m deflabitated tonight.😟😬
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No worries..😉 I supposed you were under the weather..🤧 I wonder why they say it’s under the weather and not over the weather?🤔🤔🙄🙄
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I’m under just about everything! It was a nice walk, but, it was hard walking! Didn’t think it would be that bad.😮🤔
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Slushy?🙄 that’s almost worse! Wet heavy and slippery!! Well now you can rest a few days with the cold weather moving in.
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Yep, it will be impossible to walk along there once it freezes hard over these next 4 days! It will take some time or very warm weather to get that melting again, it will be as bad as ice. Too bad really. I was sure hoping it would stay warm.
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Perhaps the forecast will be wrong or change to a warming trend.😊😁
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That would be nice. Anyway, got to go, getting late. Good night, sleep well! Chatter tomorrow!😁🌙😴😴
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You too! Rest Well!
Pleasant Dreams 😴 😴 🥱🥱
I’ll be waiting!😁
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Good Morning Steve!😁
Are up and at’em today??😊😊
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Yep, I’m up, was up early today. Had to get my garbage out for pickup and hurt my back. Sigh.🙄😮 I still want to go for a walk, but…😬😕
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today? What ya can😉
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Um, could you try that again?
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It was supposed to say do what you can
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Now that makes more sense. Yep, that’s what I’m doing. The sun is coming out, so maybe I will go for that walk, least as far as I can without upsetting my back too much.😁🚶♂️
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Anything that you can do is good you know if it’s not very far😁
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Yep, that is true! These cupcakes are soooo good!😋😋🧁🧁
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I believe it!!😋
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Hope you enjoyed them!
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I enjoyed the walk along with them!😋😋😁😉😊
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That’s good!
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But they’d all been shot, I thought they were dead. I don’t know, but I’m so glad Muffin pulled through 🙂
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Yep, they were shot, but fortunately none died, though Harris and Candace have lasting problems from their wounds. Yep, Muffin is a tough girl and now for some relaxation for us!😊😺😺👩🕵️
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I meant to add that it doesn’t take a lot to confuse me haha 🙂 I think it might be time for Baldwin to supply bulletproof vests!
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Actually we already do have those vests, it’s just hard to get our team to wear them! Rock keep saying it makes him look fat, he does need a large vest. Jennifer says the same thing, and Kat. We are going to get vests for the cats too now.😁😺😺
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With all the cutting edge technology nowadays, I’m sure Baldwin can find someone to create ‘lite’ bulletproof vests 🙂
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Well, Baldwin owns a company that makes them and they are working on something new for us.😁
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Well, I hope that all is okay with everyone ! I do not think your body can take any more hits ! Rest is what you and the others need…waiting for the next new adventure ! 🕵️♂️😺😺👩👩👩👩
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Oh well, we are a tough bunch and get a chance to heal between cases! Yep, a nice relaxing vacation away from people. With Annelie and Rock finishing their honeymoon, and Baldwin and Shirley going on theirs. Nice and quiet for a change.🤔😺😺👩🕵️
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