When the NoMads, Mari B. and Lori G. arrived, we went—straight over to the Lodge, to see Kinky! Kinky was outside, by the gate, waiting to greet our guests. After the greetings were done, Mari told Kinky that she had a gift for him, from The NoMads! Then Mari went back to the van and returned with a small box, that she gave to Kinky. Kinky opened the box!
Inside the box was a beautiful, handmade Native American necklace, made of sterling silver and turquoise! “That’s a real bear claw, Kinky,” Mari pointed out. “It is against the law to buy or sell bear claws—unless you are a Native American, and I asked my brother, who has a Sioux friend, to make this necklace especially for you.”
“I love it,” I said, and Kinky agreed. He removed the necklace from the box, and with Mari’s help, Kinky was wearing it within two seconds! “Kinky it looks great on you, and it is too cool!” Everyone agreed.
“I’ve got something to show you,” Mari said. Lori and Mari then opened up the back hatch of the van! In a huge kennel, stood two of the most adorable Blue Heeler pups! “Their names are Tim and Chase and they are about three months old,” Mari said. Then she got Chase out of the kennel, and asked if she could take a picture of Kinky holding the pup. Then she handed the puppy to Kinky and it started squirming, while Mari got her camera ready, while Tony held Tim in his arms.
The happy, hefty, healthy puppy was all over Kinky with kisses, so he handed Chase off to me, and sidestepped over to me, for the photo shoot. As I held the wiggling puppy, Mari snapped two pictures of the three of us! Then they returned Chase to the kennel, and asked Tony and Kinky to stand together, so Tim could get his picture taken with Kinky and Tony.
After the shooting was over, Mari and Lori told Kinky that they had brought the pups with them, because Lori wanted Tony to see Tim, and she was hoping to give Tim to Tony—if Tony wanted him. “This is too weird,” I said. “The dog’s name is Tim. Kinky rescued Blue from a man named Tim. Tim had heard about our new rescue ranch, so he called Kinky, to ask us to take his dog, because if we didn’t, he was fixing to put a bullet in his dog’s head! And, get this—he was going to kill Blue, because he was afraid Blue would get run over!”
Tony told them he needed to think about it. Forty minutes later, after a fun visit with Kinky, Lori and Mari followed us back to the rescue ranch. As soon as The NoMads climbed out of the van, they asked to see my Space Ship—they couldn’t wait! I proudly gave them the grand tour of it, and they were totally impressed with it. Then they asked if they could go into Outer Space with Tony and me!
As Tony and I, led Lori and Mari on the final steps, before entering Outer Space, I pointed out the sign, that I had made, that reads: Welcome to Outer Space... They loved my sign and Outer Space more!
For special effects, when everyone was seated, I turned on my iPod, and the music from the Bose iDock filled the air. Tony decided that it was Happy Hour, so he asked The NoMads if they wanted a beer or some of my expensive fine boxed wine—they chose water, but on one condition— as long as it didn’t come from the creek. Their request was easily granted. I served them cold Ozarka bottled water.
We had much to talk about, and I am certain that Mari is now the funniest person, that has ever gone into Outer Space with us! And, she is now tied with Little Jewford, as being the funniest person on the planet! Her stories were absolutely hilarious and I bet I lost at least two pounds from laughing! At one point Mari had me laughing so hard—my rocking chair, was rocking me so fast—I came close to having motion sickness! And, Tony was laughing so hard, he had to go take a couple of Tylenol for his backache, and go to bed!
I am so glad Mari and Lori came out to visit! It was a blast! Lori Rules! And, Mari literally—Rocks! I love The NoMads!
P.S. Tony really liked Tim, but declined Lori’s generous offer. He told me this morning, there will never be another Blue.
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ahhh, Tony, why not.......
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