Good Saturday Morning

Good morning, what a wonderful day! Need to play catch up, need hay, grain, shavings, and groceries today. Laundry to do and hang out doors, just all the general housekeeping chores that didn't get done through the week. The girls and Max seem very happy for me to be home.

Took some great pictures the other evening and the next morning, will try to get them posted later in the day along with the quote.

TTFN L.

Ahhh Friday at last.

I can't believe that I'll be saying that and really mean it next week. Wow, my first week of work in a year. Dennis took me shopping last evening to get a couple of new outfits. This job is business attire only, not even a dress down day, haven't had that in years, so have to spiff up a little.

Just put the girls to bed, and while I was walking up from the barn the great horned owl was out hooting away. Love to hear him/her, such a beautiful sound.

Tomorrow I'm off to Rome to find out where I'll be working, then hitting an orchard on the way home, Dennis has decided that he has been deprived long enough of an apple pie. Not sure who's gonna bake that for him?? (hehehe)

He has a dinner/meeting to attend tomorrow night, so it's "fish" night for me, going to the store to see what's on special, I'd love lobster, but that probably won't happen. Maybe some haddock, or salmon, shrimp, crab..... just about anything would be great.

Been getting up at 5 am again, have to get the girls in a routine for work, waking Lakota up at around 5:30 is NOT a good thing, she's a little crabby when she has to get up that early and the sun isn't even thinking about coming out yet.

Everyone enjoy their night and weekend.

Qoute of the day:

"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride
a horse. This, however, I have. I get it about
forty cents a flask, and take it as required."

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
from "Literary Lapses Reflections on Riding"


 

Back to the list of employed

It's been a full year that I have been unemployed, left my last job on 9/30/10 and starting the new one on 10/3/11. Did have a nice year off, did not accomplish as much as I had hoped, but I learned a lot about myself and I'm working on my "fixes".

My girls are doing well, although we will have to say "Goodbye" to Flame soon, she won't make it though the winter and I can't make her suffer. Lakota is taking good care of her and watching over her during the day while she's outside.

I'm going to start posting here regularly as I am fed up with Face Book, pictures will be here as well. Dennis and I celebrated out 11th wedding anniversary this past weekend, and headed to Raquette Lake for brunch on the WW Durant. You could not have had a more picture perfect day if you had asked for it. I wish our wedding day had been half as nice.

 The cruise on the Durant was wonderful as always. We decided to take the Champagne Brunch  cruise so we could see the lake, as we haven't been out on it in 5 or 6 years. The food was delicious; there was a cold buffet table filled with smoked meats and cheeses, smoked salmon (which was to die for!!!), fresh fruit platter and a bread basket, the cinnamon sugar donuts were my favorite. Then later on the hot buffet table was quiche, bacon, sausage, potatoes, Belgian waffles and Seafood Newburg with rice. It was just yummy.

Lots more, but I'm running out of time this morning.

Quote of the Day:
"The hooves of the horses!
- Oh! witching and sweet
Is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet;
No whisper of lover, no trilling of bird,
Can stir me as hooves of the horses
have stirred."

Will H. Ogilvie

What a beautiful day!

10:00 in the morning and it is still in the 60's, dew point is only 54 - such a great start. Laundry is out on line, Flame decided she wanted in around 9:30 - which is OK, I think she needed a nap. Dennis mowed all the lawns yesterday so later I'm going to go out and get some up to date outdoor photos. All of the flowers are done, not that I do that much, but they look nice. Thanks K Mart, the price was better, and the quality wasn't bad either. My impatients, I did get at Anutto's, they always have the right color, I'm a little picky about colors.

Earlier this morning I discovered a box with old pictures in it. My parents wedding slides, along with a bunch of old family photos, and a couple from when my dad was on his ship in the Navy, quite a blast from the past.

For Father's Day, we took my father-in-law to Wendy's Diner in Cassville for b-fast. Very good food, I highly recommend it, prices weren't bad either. It was such a nice day for a drive, on the way home we drove thru Sauquoit and then down Higby, the view is great.

Tonight for dinner is Chicken-Eggplant Parmesan with a side of pasta and tossed salad.

Now to go hit the tread mill.



Quote of the day:

"He flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions."

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)

Summer

Wow, it's really hard to believe that summer is here already. Still light out at 9:00 pm. I've been having issues with Flame, her arthritis is really acting up, so much that she couldn't hardly walk. I've got her on 20,000 mg of MSM per day and what a difference it is making. She's walking so much better, she spends the middle of the day inside, a) to get her out of the sun and bugs, & b) so she can lie down and nap  - gets her off her legs for awhile. Thank you so much Colleen from Animal Wellness Consultants for the communication with my girls.

Before the arthritis issue the veterinarian was here to do shots and check ups and Lakota's coggins (so she can travel ) and Flame was not breathing very well. She has had breathing issues in the past and is on meds daily for this, but in checking a little farther we found that her heart is now the problem, she has a large edema and I will probably loose her sometime this summer. A valve is not working correctly and she'll probably have a heart attack. So I'm trying my best to make her as comfortable as possible. And if she is in pain or uncomfortable I guess I'll have to make the call.

Lakota is going to a trainers sometime late summer or early fall and then off to the boarding stable for the winter. I won't keep her here for the winter alone and I'm not ready for another horse. I've given her until next spring; she will either be trained enough for me to ride or she will have to go to another home. I can't pay board for a "pet" that I don't or can't ride. I'm praying everything will work out with her - I love her to pieces and it would really break my heart to give her up.

Max  -  he's doing well and driving me crazy as usual. He is a good boy but crazy so he fits right in with the rest of us. I guess he's decided to take over the bed.

I am very excited, next year I'm traveling to Memphis to go to the Memphis Film Festival - Gathering of the Guns 4. I have put away enough for my hotel room, now to save for the trip itself. It's 1200 miles away so I'm not sure if I'll drive or fly. I hate to loose a day each way for driving. Need to think on this.


Quote of the day:

"Look back at our struggle for freedom,
Trace our present day's strength to its source;
And you'll find that man's pathway to glory
Is strewn with the bones of a horse."

Anonymous

Update on Sami

My little Sami is doing very well, the kids LOVE her, she's getting ridden every day and seems to enjoy that. She does not like sheep, they say the sheep "freak her out". I am so happy that she is doing well, I must have been a stopping place until her dream home came about. Best wishes to you, I'm very proud of you.

Quote of the day:

"To be loved by a horse, or by any animal,
should fill us with awe - for we have not
deserved it."

Marion C. Garretty, b 1917

April Fool's Day

Woke up this morning to some snow, wasn't as much as they had predicted (thank goodness).

And by noon is was back to the way things were yesterday.

The girls went outside and both hit the mud as soon as they cleared the barn. with in the next couple of weeks I will have 2 brown horses instead of one red and a bay. They've started shedding out, which is going to make them itchy, so they roll, and roll, and roll, the mud dries on them, and they do it all over again.

Lakota moved into the other stall on Wednesday and seems to like it better. It's brighter, and will get the cross breeze when the windows come out. She has 2 views now instead of just 1.

She's quite a camera nut - as soon as I take it out she starts posing. 

Flame just hangs out by the hay, when she comes up for air, I snap a couple....she says she's camera shy; I tell her she's just a chow hound and can't be bothered with the attention.  

Max likes the camera also:

He is quite a handsome little boy!


Today's Quote:

"A horse can lend it's rider the speed and
strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is
wise remembers it is no more than a loan."

Pam Brown, b. 1928