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Progress not Perfection

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  • Sun_Addict
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    I've tried something along the same lines with a note on the door reminding him to take his stick. A lot of it is he can't be bothered to change his shoes so he'd probably choose to ignore any notes. It's not as if he's short of pairs of shoes to at least keep one pair for indoors only.

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    Is he still going outside into garden frequently to feed the squirrels?

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    Yes he’s still got that obsession, costing a fortune in monkey nuts 😐

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    Pity you can't send him to daycare…

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    Good job you noticed the Coke all over the floor 😳

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