I`m Sorry..... I Try To Be Kind

@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
December 15, 2019 11:21am CST
I often out my foot in my mouth using words, I don`t mean to be so strongly opinionated and I think I know why I am. I love animals, I own animals, I once had a farm like place with goats and chickens and dogs and cats, all outside. I began to take care of people, in their homes, and I had to make sure things were clean, I mean really clean, so they would not catch anything. Most did not have pets. When I left that life behind I changed, again. I began to run a different business and I was in super clean mode. Everything had to be clean, if I would not live there I would not expect anyone else. That is just how I am as a landlady. I had no pets at this time, my sister took my cat because I moved and couldn`t take her, she was a yard cat but my sister made her a house cat. Years passed and the i finally took in a couple animals that were not wanted or their owner died, they live outside, however, I do allow the cat inside to eat and he will sleep on my feet or in his own bed, but wants outside sooner than later. I have ran my business of care giving out of my home, once again I had to be super clean. With the cancer Tony had he should have died within 5 years, that is the entire life of lung cancer, his was found at the end of that 5 year expectancy, however, he lived an additional 3 1/2 years. Did a clean environment help? I don`t know. Then I started up my online business, Sunshine`s homestead creations, I have to keep things clean, super clean! Its a must. I mean I have dust here and there, even grocery stores do, one reason I keep most of my stuff in tubs. I am talking about keeping the surfaces and utensils cleaned with bleach. All free of animals, dogs and cats. I don`t try to be mean about animals inside, I am just running a business from home, so I think, would anyone want to eat out at a restaurant that has a cat sleeping on the cutting board? See? I try hard to be kind and often will apologize after I think about what I said, it was from a business point of view.
Joan Osborne - What If God Was One Of Us Lyrics If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to his face? If you were faced with him In all his ...
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 19
It's very commendable that you are so meticulous about being clean and I think it is very important. I don't like to hurt anyone and If I think that I have offended someone then I will seek them and apologize.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
15 Dec 19
Very commendable indeed.
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@tammys85 (29952)
• Baltimore, Maryland
15 Dec 19
I agree on her being commendable for apologizing. But I also understand her POV, as a lot of businesses don't allow pets/animals inside.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
Thank you. So do I.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
15 Dec 19
Especially cats. Man, those things shed like crazy. I swear, we have found three additional cats more than a year after we buried the last one in the corners, under the TV stand... I am not a clean freak by any means. But if you are running a certain kind of business it surely makes sense to have a level of sanitary standards. That's just good business. How are you holding up since Tony's passing by the way?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
I am doing okay, I am working as much as possible, learning to get back out to life.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Dec 19
@porwest Yesterday I took another step to get away from grief, but I can`t tell till its all done.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Dec 19
@porwest That is what will happen when I die.
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• Pamplona, Spain
15 Dec 19
Some dogs will live outside better than in like ours would be out all day long but in for the night.
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• Pamplona, Spain
16 Dec 19
@andriaperry I never did that with ours he would go freely into his kennel as I called it then.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
I know some that crate their dogs at night.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Dec 19
You have a right as a business person to expect, and even demand, that rules of cleanliness be followed. And I'm sure you let people know that up front, so no one should be able to say that you are a meany-head.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Dec 19
@andriaperry I guarantee those people sign the checklist without even bothering to read (or care) what language it contains about cleanliness.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Dec 19
@moffittjc Ha! you don`t know about me. I read it to them and ask.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
They have to sign a check list that the house is clean.
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@NJChicaa (116002)
• United States
15 Dec 19
Sandy was allowed up on the island in the kitchen and he also would get up on the kitchen table too. Interestingly he never jumped up on the other counters in the kitchen. He would jump up on my ex's desk too when he was working there.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
But you had a maid back them too.
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@NJChicaa (116002)
• United States
15 Dec 19
@andriaperry The cleaning lady came once every 2 or 3 weeks.
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@LindaOHio (156178)
• United States
15 Dec 19
Cats tend to walk wherever they want. Dogs can be kept on the floor. I don't have a problem with dogs in the house...just cats. No offense to cat lovers out there. I totally understand your views, Angie.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
I have a cat and 2 dogs, all know the rules.
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@LindaOHio (156178)
• United States
16 Dec 19
@andriaperry That's good! I would hate litter paws on my counters!
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
16 Dec 19
I felt cleaner in the time I was without pets. I also was more motivated to clean. I need to get some of that motivation now.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
The kitchen is in a cookie mess, I have to clean that tonight.
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@vandana7 (98830)
• India
15 Dec 19
One has to live. I understand. I wish - I really wish, I could be clean. But I have lost the need completely because my father is a hoarder. Anything I settle any day leads to a war between us, and me getting worked up. Then I told me. Of what use the cleaning if I end up in hospital because of blood pressure or dad does. I am hoping one day he realizes.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
I understand your position, live the best you can.
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• United States
16 Dec 19
Oh I am super nuts about clean let me tell you. People in general despise me for it.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
Some people despise me about some cleaning too.
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@jstory07 (134465)
• Roseburg, Oregon
16 Dec 19
It is hard to keep things clean when you have pets. I love my two cats so I clean the house real good every day.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
Yes I agree.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Dec 19
I have never wanted to and I think I have never offended anyone. I love that song. Once or twice in my mind, I have actually thought I felt Jesus right there beside me.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
I have felt the same way, as though he was holding me up.
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Dec 19
It is commonsense to have a clean environment in the circumstances you've described - in fact in any circumstances.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
I am used to this way.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Dec 19
I feel you did have a lot to do with Tony's life being extended. Love the song.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
Nope, that was all God, he went to heaven when he was supposed to.
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
15 Dec 19
I absolutely understand you. I love animals, but I can't imagine animals walking around the kitchen or table.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
I was not raised with animals doing it either.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
16 Dec 19
We all have our own preferences about that..and they should be respected. However, your house, your rules.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
That is the reason for this, I was judging.
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@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Dec 19
I think your method would be necessary for a business like yours and care giving and yes I do think Tony benefited from that. I don't want a business because I prefer to keep my kritters indoors with me most of the time, the pup goes out to run the fence with her buddies and do her business but I keep the cats indoors so they can't destroy the wildlife on my property. Lizards live here and I don't want the cats to kill them. I think you done really good.
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@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Dec 19
It helped that you took good care of him @andriaperry God created the Lion, Wolf, Horse and Rabbit, it's his will that the Lion and Wolf eat meat and that the horse and rabbit eat grass and such.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
I do not agree with animals killing each other, however, that is the chain of life. I am allergic to animals and that is another reason I have pet rules. God is what kept Tony here.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
16 Dec 19
Certain areas should definitely be off limits to pets.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Dec 19
Yes I agree and my kitchen is one.
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@AkoPinay (11544)
• Philippines
15 Dec 19
I don't like animals inside house because I am lazy cleaning. They can't help me clean.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
LOL, you have a wonderful point of view.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
15 Dec 19
I think you are doing the right thing. Doing a business, you have to be careful that no pet hairs would come to what you are selling.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
Yes I have to be this way.
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
15 Dec 19
You have nice habit to accept your attitude
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 19
Thank you.
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