On an assembly line, where there are many moving pieces, I submit that no part in the system is more indicative of its health nor as crucial to the practice of continuous improvement than the pause. This seemingly simple concept in its execution is quite complex, but profoundly value-added. In the Toyota Production System, it’s […]
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 Well. Lemme ‘SPLAIN! I asked for this. I asked the universe for the privilege of these phone calls and to be able to help in this way. I just thought, naively, the queue would wait until we were ready. Until AFTER the bake sale…. Dr. Baker just called me for a possible […]
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 It’s time to tell you a bulleted version of my history in the arts!! – I hated art class and everything about it. I hated the paint and the paper and the RULLLLES and the wearing the stupid smelly SHIRT. I did not understand color palettes or why we cared to study […]
September 24, 2023 Noon-4pm, EDT
If you are in the area, please join us for this incredibly fun-filled day, and help us get Cookie the Cardiac Pup to the Cath Lab. If you are not in the area, you can still participate. You do not have to be on-site for this Ruffle.
FEBRUARY 1, 2023 I have done it again. Crazy Town was at capacity and then a tiny little husky mix baby got returned from foster due to … hind end weakness and had no place to go. So now we’re at capacity + one whittle Hascal who doesn’t know anything is peculiar about himself, and that […]
STATUS: Not Eligible for Adoption (yet) January 2024 * Follow-Up Exam & Echo @ Virginia Tech* Pressure @ stenosis / determine long-term success post-cath* TBD: Whether Atenolol will be D/C’ed* Spay Status & location* Anesthesiology protocol for spay (if @ Littlepage) TBD Schedule spay according to recommendations from cardiology team MEDICAL EXPENSES JULY 17, 2023 […]
JULY 13, 2023 Tomorrow we meet Laverne; today we prepare. JULY 14, 2023 Welcome, Laverne, to Ani’s Orphans! No close ups for this sweet girl as she needs time and space to feel like her best self. Thank you, Bunny and Rhonda for fighting for her life. JULY 14, 2023 Laverne in the dern is […]
FEBRUARY 2, 2023, Greene County FEBRUARY 17, 2023, Greene County APRIL 6, 2023, Greene County APRIL 13, 2023, Greene County APRIL 22, 2023, 1st Adoption, Greene County APRIL 25, 2023, Returned to Greene County APRIL 25, 2023, Ani’s Orphans JUNE 16, 2023, Greene County JULY 4, 2023 BoBo doesn’t know it, but this 4th of […]
JUNE 27, 2023 Time for more dog magic. It was last November. The night was cold; Lana and I both in our coats. Her parents were on a well-deserved vacation in Mexico, and I, the auntie, got to “dog sit.” Except with Lana….it was hardly a duty, but a respite in which I took great […]
March 28, 2023 Happy Birthday, Jax! I love you. I’ll never stop being grateful you came to help me.
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