Possum here, do you humans have any idea how much work can be done with 20 extra hands? That's 5 humans for those of you that don't know how to count. Lots and lots; let me tell you! First let me say thank you to Miss Cathy R. for getting these humans together! Thanks Miss Cathy R. So! Yesterday was shelter work day; we had old shelter friends and new shelter friends show up to help mum get some things done that she does not have time to get done with the everyday duties she has to do. They started pulling in at 8:15 am so each of the humans that came picked a job off mums list and went to work. Miss Mindy chose the play porch she got the floor scraped; swept and painted it took all day. Miss Ginger took all our dig boxes out emptied them; power washed them, dried them and refilled them with corn starch peanuts then brought them back in to us. Then she painted the other side of the ferret room barrier that never got done when it was put up several years ago. Master Carl is Joe and Ginger's son he power washed all the donations that came in over the winter so they could be stretch wrapped and put away in the BIG barn, for later use. Mr. Pete went out to the play yard and decided it was going to be his mission to get it cleaned up and ready for clinic day in just 4 weeks. He emptied the sand because it was buggy, emptied the balls they were broken. He raked, cleaned, mowed and raked again. It is ready to set up for clinic day. Mr. Joe had to work at his job in the morning so he came later in the day, he went out to mums veggie garden and mowed between the rows, showed mum how to start the weed eater (so far she has only been able to start it once) so she can keep the weeds down around the edge of the garden. Cut and helped mum get the new tubes on the sides of the cages so when we climb up the front of the cages we have a safe way do get down. Mr. Joe helped Master Carl with power washing too. All in all the work got done even with a lunch break in the middle! Everyone was gone and on their way home by 5 PM. Mum was beat and we are pretty sure everyone that came to work were beat too. Everyone put 110% into the jobs they picked to do; everyone left dirty and really really tired! Here are the pictures mum took of the humans hard at work to help mum take care of us. http://community.webshots.com/album/571943565KzRknK?start=0 Now that I have work day reported I have some other things to tell. It is just 4 weeks till clinic day if you want to know more, see pictures or sign up Miss Mindy has made that possible by going here www.ferretfarm.org <http://www.ferretfarm.org/> it is all on the front page of our site. If you would like to join us just for the fun we would love to have you, mum asks that you bring a dish to pass for the picnic. The raffle is also just 4 weeks away so if you want a chance to get this special stained glass piece go here www.kwlatbed.com/brenda/raffle.html. NOW I have a really really REEEAAALLLY special request, when Miss Ginger cleaned our dig boxes (with mum's permission and request) all the beans and rice needed to be dumped, mum did not have any to replace it so I was wondering if when you guys come to clinic day would you bring me and my friends a bag of beans and a bag rice so we can have different dig boxes like before? We need to defiantly get the rice box back because the DMK AKA Category 4 crew can move the box that used to have rice in it and now has corn starch peanuts in it and they are moving it to jump the barrier to the other room!!!!! Shhhhhh don't tell mum I asked for the beans and rice, she told me I needed to keep this on a professional level NOT PERSONAL! But the idea for each of you bringing us a bag of rice and beans each was Miss Mindy's idea and she told me I could do this on this special report. Ta ta for now. Super Snooper Possum Lakeroad Ferret Farm Rescue/shelter <http://www.ferretfarm.org/> www.ferretfarm.org Petfinder Page <http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NY559.html> Newest Shelter Video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0GEYL02fnU> Shelter Video <http://www.kwflatbed.com/videos/ferretfarm.wmv> One of a kind stained glass piece http://www.kwflatbed.com/brenda/raffle.html [Posted in FML 6329]