February 1, 2005 - From Ms. Mary to SJ and MP:
SJ -- Well, you got to see the "box" in the convertible. Everything made it home with me safely. The new horse, "Giddyup" by name, spent nearly a week in front of the bookshelf looking out the front window before I put him out to pasture. We took all the stinky floral stuff off his neck and removed the big bow on the side of his hip. We kept the gold button thing and took the one off the other side and put them over the two holes on his right side. We left the small bows up by his ears because he said he didn't mind them. (He would have minded if they had made him look like a girl, but the stuffed ones on the bookshelves assured him that he looked wonderful -- and manly -- with them . . . sort of like guys when they have both ears pierced, only better because he is a horse, of course.) Then Giddyup pranced out to the patio. He replaced the plant just inside the gate so he can guard the gate and watch the people going up and down the stairway on the other side of the fence. His broken leg is not noticeable so I have a little time to figure out how to reattach it. HOWEVER, Giddyup would really really really like to have the gold ball for the top of his pole. He is absolutely certain he would look more like a carousel horse and less like a fancy horse on a pole if he had a gold ball on the top of the pole. Did you or AF have any luck finding Giddyup's ball in the motor home? (And it would be nice to have the wooden peg that keeps him from sliding down the pole because one of these days I am going to need my pencil that is serving that duty at present.)
MP -- the patio has one of those reed covers so Giddyup gets just the morning sun direct and then he is shaded. If we happen to get another rainy day this year, I can cover him with a garbage bag or set him inside the sliding glass doors for the day. He loves it in California and wants me to tell you thanks for finally getting him home. Oh . . . and the stuffed animals thoroughly enjoyed riding him during the day while I was at work. "Thanks" from them, too.