Oh why did I make my goals so high, there's so much to get done before my husband visits. This place is a nice place but it just needed a lot of tender care and now I want to do EVERYTHING so my husband will see how nice it is and maybe want to stay with me. They'll be here on Sunday and I have so very much to do.
For instance, I'm still working on the house. I got the outside all pressure washed and the house is white again. Looks totally awesome now. I've started on the yard and that will take a while. There's all kinds of small limbs, twigs and buried around all that is little bits of trash and stuff that you don't see until you're right up on it.
I had mountains of poop to pick up yesterday because the tire on the dump cart was flat for a couple of days. I took both tires off and took them to go get repaired yesterday. All the while I was waiting for the nice young man to do that, I kept thinking..."Here I am wasting time when I could be working."
I know, I know,..how silly of me.
Will and Lily are looking great! Finally down to regular horse size instead of being so fat. I've lost weight too....ten pounds.
Will can canter around me in both directions and be happy about it. That's awesome.
But what's REALLY awesome is what happened on Saturday.
Jim Crew came and trimmed my horses. For the last four years I've watched Will's hooves and legs bow and him start winging. My own barefoot trimmer is a good guy, but nothing he did made a difference. He kept saying that it's just the way that Will moves.
After Jim trimmed Will, the difference was astounding! Will would actually stand with his leg straighter! And he's had no pain or reaction from the trim whatsoever. I literally almost cried. Two more trims and Will will have straight legs and shoulders again. I'm so very happy.
I want to have Jim come to Virginia this summer to do a clinic. I think everyone should know about this stuff!
And the icing on the cake is that he plays golf. He plays at least twice a week, so we've made plans to play together.
So not only will my horsemanship improve this winter...so will my golf game!
Last Saturday I scoped out the golf course where the window guy gave me rounds of golf. Turns out he's the head pro there. So we've got tee times set for Valentines Day. :)
Speaking of Valentines Day, while I was in town I also got a bikini wax and facial. (Both very much needed.) I then bought Valentine cards and chocolates for my family. So I'm all ready!
On Sunday I replaced a broken window pane on the mobile, cleaned the bedroom and spent an hour removing old cracked caulking from the bathroom tub. I caulked it with new stuff the next day.
Today, since it's raining, I'm cleaning and scrubbing the bathroom top to bottom. I did the other bathroom right after I got here. Now, they're both good to go. I also went to town for groceries, and bought some mulch for the weedy flower beds. (I have to weed them first I know.)
Tomorrow, I'm going to build a drag to smooth the sand on the playground. Since it's rained it won't be dusty when I do it. Yay.
I'll also work again on the yard until I "get er done".
I do want to mention something else that was so wonderful for me.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. I'd worked pretty hard and hadn't spent any undemanding time with the horses since I've been here. I got Will first and gave him a good grooming. He's losing hair so fast. It's also itching and he's rubbing himself a little too much. I put some cream on the places where he rubbed himself.
Then we just took a walk... wherever he wanted to go and graze. I sat in the grass and we just enjoyed each other's company.
After an hour it was Lily's turn. I put Will in the playground and got Lily in the barn to groom her. Will didn't like that he couldn't see her and went running up and down like a loon. Because he doesn't ever get really right brained I just let him get the exercise. Lily could care less.
After I groomed her, we just strolled along too. She wanted to eat in one place. I was standing beside zone three. She's short enough that I could lean my weight on her back. And I just left it there. I was so very comfortable. There was a very slight breeze kissing my face and she smelled so good. Her hair is so soft. (This stuff I bought to wash them with is really great.)
Anyway, I was in heaven and it so very much reminded me of when I was a kid. This is exactly what I'd do. I realized that there was no one there to watch me, or come bother me, or tell me what to do. I had all the time in the world and you just can't imagine how much it meant to me. I felt like crying but I was too happy.
This is what I hoped it would be like. My dream is coming true. I do love my husband so much but somehow, deep inside me, I knew I had to get away and be by myself somewhere. Here, in my own little three month world, I can focus on just the here and now, not anything else. It's what my mind and body needed. And my horses needed it too of course....whether they thought so or not. Hehe.
Lily is turning out to be so much more sensitive than I once thought. Since I've been doing so much more with her than I ever have, she's revealing herself to me. I "WAIT" for her all the time and she just can't believe it. The bracing is going away little by little and the licking and chewing is happening faster and faster.
Oh my, look how I've rambled. Better get back to work.
I loved all your comments. Wish there was a way I could respond to you individually.
Til next time... take care.
P.S. You'll never guess where I'm writing to you... in my mobile home! Yep, somehow I'm picking up the landlady's signal! Shhhh...... don't tell. :) And here I thought it couldn't get any better...as long as this lasts I'll for sure post more often.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Escape artist!
As you know I was sitting on the porch yesterday evening trying to catch up on the computer. My landlady had just left for hand bell rehearsal when I heard a car....I thought she came back because she forgot something. But it was her daughter delivering some hay. I saw her put the car into
reverse and then went back to posting. I looked up again just in time to see Will slowly walking past the yard and her car!!!!!!! What the....!!!!!!!!
I left the computer and got out of the yard and to the entrance gate and got it closed before he discovered it. My landlady's horses ran up to the fence so Will was busy with them.
I went to the gate of his paddock to get his halter and I saw that his gate was closed. Closed????
I've pondered and pondered and can't figure out how he escaped. I'd noticed him itching his butt on the gate but if he'd jumped it, I'd have heard it. The gate only opens to the inside and there's a lot of sand I have to drag it through every time I open and shut it. And a post keeps it from being opened to the outside.
All I can think of is he must be magic.
Today was a work day and I'm pooped. I picked up a ton of manure out of the playground today. I'm making progress with that. It's looking better and better, and I'm gaining more and more room to play with the horses without rolling my ankles on hard poop.
After that I went to get gas for the JD, then proceeded to finish the pressure washing of my little house. My arms are in constant use when I do that and they were about to fall off when I finally got done hours later so I didn't play with the horses. I don't think I could've lifted a carrot stick.
I did some mowing and picked up some leaves and such and called it a day.
This gal's pooped....a shower is going to feel great.
I talked to Jim Crew, the guy from Healthy Stride today and he's going to come and trim my horses on Saturday if it's not raining.
I'm going to be very interested to hear what he has to say about my guys. Hope it doesn't rain or we'll have to reschedule.
Later gators.
reverse and then went back to posting. I looked up again just in time to see Will slowly walking past the yard and her car!!!!!!! What the....!!!!!!!!
I left the computer and got out of the yard and to the entrance gate and got it closed before he discovered it. My landlady's horses ran up to the fence so Will was busy with them.
I went to the gate of his paddock to get his halter and I saw that his gate was closed. Closed????
I've pondered and pondered and can't figure out how he escaped. I'd noticed him itching his butt on the gate but if he'd jumped it, I'd have heard it. The gate only opens to the inside and there's a lot of sand I have to drag it through every time I open and shut it. And a post keeps it from being opened to the outside.
All I can think of is he must be magic.
Today was a work day and I'm pooped. I picked up a ton of manure out of the playground today. I'm making progress with that. It's looking better and better, and I'm gaining more and more room to play with the horses without rolling my ankles on hard poop.
After that I went to get gas for the JD, then proceeded to finish the pressure washing of my little house. My arms are in constant use when I do that and they were about to fall off when I finally got done hours later so I didn't play with the horses. I don't think I could've lifted a carrot stick.
I did some mowing and picked up some leaves and such and called it a day.
This gal's pooped....a shower is going to feel great.
I talked to Jim Crew, the guy from Healthy Stride today and he's going to come and trim my horses on Saturday if it's not raining.
I'm going to be very interested to hear what he has to say about my guys. Hope it doesn't rain or we'll have to reschedule.
Later gators.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Poop, Poop, and more Poop.
Haha, the John Deere riding mower went back into the shop last Thursday and I've been without it until today. So I had all those days worth of manure to pick up.
This morning I used my truck to go pick up a gate and some salt for my landlady. She bought herself a new gate and is going to let me use the old bent one so I'll have a gate down there where my house is so my husbands dog won't be able to escape the yard.
Then I picked....and picked ... and picked. My arms are a little tired tonight.
But I think that's only because yesterday I scrubbed and pressure washed the siding on the outside of my little house. It was green and black and wow, what a difference. It sparkles now.
No horse time yesterday but today was great. Lily's circling game was a little broken, but not for long. She figured out that every time she broke gait or stopped she had to change direction and get outta Dodge. Pretty soon she was circling nice and calmly. Since I taught her to come get me on the pedestal I climbed aboard today after our play session. I, of course, tested the driving game first and all was well. I'm beginning to really love this little horse. (Although I really should sell her.)
Well, it's a beautiful evening as I sit on my landlady's porch typing away, but it's time to put the horses into their night-time paddock and go take a much needed shower.
Oh, I heard from my husband yesterday who is in southern Florida with his friend having a great time.
Nothing else to report. Gosh, I think I'm a boring person.
Maybe I should go back to the library and embarass myself again!
This morning I used my truck to go pick up a gate and some salt for my landlady. She bought herself a new gate and is going to let me use the old bent one so I'll have a gate down there where my house is so my husbands dog won't be able to escape the yard.
Then I picked....and picked ... and picked. My arms are a little tired tonight.
But I think that's only because yesterday I scrubbed and pressure washed the siding on the outside of my little house. It was green and black and wow, what a difference. It sparkles now.
No horse time yesterday but today was great. Lily's circling game was a little broken, but not for long. She figured out that every time she broke gait or stopped she had to change direction and get outta Dodge. Pretty soon she was circling nice and calmly. Since I taught her to come get me on the pedestal I climbed aboard today after our play session. I, of course, tested the driving game first and all was well. I'm beginning to really love this little horse. (Although I really should sell her.)
Well, it's a beautiful evening as I sit on my landlady's porch typing away, but it's time to put the horses into their night-time paddock and go take a much needed shower.
Oh, I heard from my husband yesterday who is in southern Florida with his friend having a great time.
Nothing else to report. Gosh, I think I'm a boring person.
Maybe I should go back to the library and embarass myself again!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Fantastic horse time!
Hi everyone. I didn't play with my horses over the weekend so when I took them out today I didn't expect much, but it was awesome!
Will learns so darn fast! I taught him to spin today. :)
He got it on the third try! I'm not kidding...the look on his face on try three was "Oh, that's what you want." The paddock we play in is large, (like three arenas put together), so I very carefully tried liberty with him today. OMG, it was so incredible. He never left me even once.
And Lily learned how to come put her side up to me so I can mount. I didn't mount of course but now she knows.
Awesome day.
You know what else is awesome?..... RV's. :)
My landlady and I spent over 5 hours at the camping and RV show yesterday. I learned a ton about them and met some really nice people. I put a fold up camper in place in less than 30 seconds all by myself with no strain at all....literally 30 seconds! These things are awsome and it makes me want one. Except I need one hooked to a horse compartment. Hehe.
Maybe someday.
It cooled off a little here and it was nippy this morning. It doesn't bother me though because by 9:00 it's starting to warm up beautifully. Besides, our weather is going back to really warm this week so no worries.
The riding lawn mower I use to get work done has been in the shop since Thursday so I picked manure in a bucket and rolling cart today. It wasn't so easy and I'm a little tired.
Also it was a little more difficult doing my exercise video this morning. I just felt tired. Hmmmm....I don't know what's going on with that.
I guess these weekends are just screwing up my mojo. :)
The reason I'm on the computer on a Monday is because I'm sitting on the porch of my landladys house. The signal isn't great but it's okay. Maybe I can post more often now.
Her little Dalmation, Annie, keeps coming over to check me out. She's really cute.
Well, Will is looking over the fence at me and telling me it's time to go into the night-time paddock. He knows it's dinner time. Such a smart boy.
Will learns so darn fast! I taught him to spin today. :)
He got it on the third try! I'm not kidding...the look on his face on try three was "Oh, that's what you want." The paddock we play in is large, (like three arenas put together), so I very carefully tried liberty with him today. OMG, it was so incredible. He never left me even once.
And Lily learned how to come put her side up to me so I can mount. I didn't mount of course but now she knows.
Awesome day.
You know what else is awesome?..... RV's. :)
My landlady and I spent over 5 hours at the camping and RV show yesterday. I learned a ton about them and met some really nice people. I put a fold up camper in place in less than 30 seconds all by myself with no strain at all....literally 30 seconds! These things are awsome and it makes me want one. Except I need one hooked to a horse compartment. Hehe.
Maybe someday.
It cooled off a little here and it was nippy this morning. It doesn't bother me though because by 9:00 it's starting to warm up beautifully. Besides, our weather is going back to really warm this week so no worries.
The riding lawn mower I use to get work done has been in the shop since Thursday so I picked manure in a bucket and rolling cart today. It wasn't so easy and I'm a little tired.
Also it was a little more difficult doing my exercise video this morning. I just felt tired. Hmmmm....I don't know what's going on with that.
I guess these weekends are just screwing up my mojo. :)
The reason I'm on the computer on a Monday is because I'm sitting on the porch of my landladys house. The signal isn't great but it's okay. Maybe I can post more often now.
Her little Dalmation, Annie, keeps coming over to check me out. She's really cute.
Well, Will is looking over the fence at me and telling me it's time to go into the night-time paddock. He knows it's dinner time. Such a smart boy.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
My hands look like a man's!
No kidding, they really do. I've been working very hard and it's taking a toll on my ravishing beauty! Hehe, kidding of course.
The good news is that I'm losing weight, I can tell by my clothes. So I've got to keep it up.
I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post...a whole week!
The time is flying by! There's still a lot to do before my son and husband visit next month, but I'm finally beginning to feel at home.
While my landlady was away in California I worked to make her large front yard look better. Picking up sticks and debris, raking leaves, etc... I've made a huge pile behind the barn, (so people can't see all the junk when they drive in), and will be taking a huge load to the county dump pretty soon.
The washing machine problem is over. Instead of making my landlady pay for a repair person I told her it would be cheaper to get one from craigslist. And I was right. I talked some people into selling me their machine for $50.
I asked her son to go help me get it and we got it in the house and it works fine. Yay! (I've been doing laundry today.) The people I bought it from were astonished that I could lift it into my truck. :)
A few days ago, it rained and I decided to work inside the house. It took one full day to take the stove apart, scrub it clean and put it back together. It now looks new. And boy, I sure feel better about cooking on it.
Some of my friends know I'm a clean freak.
Yesterday was spent scrubbing paint and grime off of the windows in the kitchen and dining room...including the storm windows on the outside. The blinds were sticky and grimy from years of grease I guess so I gave those things a bath in the bath tub. I had to sponge each blind individually but it was worth it because they look like new as well. The windows sparkle when I look out and it makes me smile.
Will and Lily are doing so great. They're losing weight and looking like horses again. I brought out the pedestal the other day and I can't get them off the thing! I got Lily to put all four feet up on it, if only for a few seconds.
Will is cantering on the 22 and 45 and keeping it! I only let him go about four laps though and then praise the hell out of him.
He learns so fast that boy! He's really acting more like an extrovert right now. I'm loving that!
I think the saddle's coming out in the next few days. :)
I'll have them wear the saddle for over a week before ever mounting up. It will just become part of their daily routine.
I continue to faithfully do my exercise videos and I'm feeling stronger.
I'm so sorry I can't reply to your responses to my posts. I don't see any way to respond, but please know that I always look forward to reading them and enjoy them very much.
I just saw on the TV while I was eating lunch today that there's so much more to do in Orlando beside the normal Disney World etc. My son, husband, and I may need to check that out while they're here.
Oh! That reminds me....
A couple of days ago I went next door because I saw a worker's truck parked outside another mobile home. Since I wanted some tips on how a mobile home works, (you know, windows and such), I decided to go ask.
The people there were very friendly and the worker guy had brought along his brother-in-law who was deemed to be THE expert on windows and doors so he volunteered to go over to my mobile with me to give me some tips on how to repair my broken window.
Turns out he's a big-wig over at one of the golf clubs and gave me his business card.
On the back of the card he wrote....
Good for 4 - 18's with cart. Val.
How cool is that! We'll get four rounds of golf at his club, that's so exciting! Golf clubs are busy places around here during the winter.
Anyway, I got a two-fer. Lucky me.
The next time I get to report here I hope I can tell you that I've got the siding on my little mobile home scrubbed down and the yard all raked of leaves and twigs, AND the weeds pulled. AND that Lily will be better at not bracing against the pressure on her nose.
Til then. TaTa.
The good news is that I'm losing weight, I can tell by my clothes. So I've got to keep it up.
I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post...a whole week!
The time is flying by! There's still a lot to do before my son and husband visit next month, but I'm finally beginning to feel at home.
While my landlady was away in California I worked to make her large front yard look better. Picking up sticks and debris, raking leaves, etc... I've made a huge pile behind the barn, (so people can't see all the junk when they drive in), and will be taking a huge load to the county dump pretty soon.
The washing machine problem is over. Instead of making my landlady pay for a repair person I told her it would be cheaper to get one from craigslist. And I was right. I talked some people into selling me their machine for $50.
I asked her son to go help me get it and we got it in the house and it works fine. Yay! (I've been doing laundry today.) The people I bought it from were astonished that I could lift it into my truck. :)
A few days ago, it rained and I decided to work inside the house. It took one full day to take the stove apart, scrub it clean and put it back together. It now looks new. And boy, I sure feel better about cooking on it.
Some of my friends know I'm a clean freak.
Yesterday was spent scrubbing paint and grime off of the windows in the kitchen and dining room...including the storm windows on the outside. The blinds were sticky and grimy from years of grease I guess so I gave those things a bath in the bath tub. I had to sponge each blind individually but it was worth it because they look like new as well. The windows sparkle when I look out and it makes me smile.
Will and Lily are doing so great. They're losing weight and looking like horses again. I brought out the pedestal the other day and I can't get them off the thing! I got Lily to put all four feet up on it, if only for a few seconds.
Will is cantering on the 22 and 45 and keeping it! I only let him go about four laps though and then praise the hell out of him.
He learns so fast that boy! He's really acting more like an extrovert right now. I'm loving that!
I think the saddle's coming out in the next few days. :)
I'll have them wear the saddle for over a week before ever mounting up. It will just become part of their daily routine.
I continue to faithfully do my exercise videos and I'm feeling stronger.
I'm so sorry I can't reply to your responses to my posts. I don't see any way to respond, but please know that I always look forward to reading them and enjoy them very much.
I just saw on the TV while I was eating lunch today that there's so much more to do in Orlando beside the normal Disney World etc. My son, husband, and I may need to check that out while they're here.
Oh! That reminds me....
A couple of days ago I went next door because I saw a worker's truck parked outside another mobile home. Since I wanted some tips on how a mobile home works, (you know, windows and such), I decided to go ask.
The people there were very friendly and the worker guy had brought along his brother-in-law who was deemed to be THE expert on windows and doors so he volunteered to go over to my mobile with me to give me some tips on how to repair my broken window.
Turns out he's a big-wig over at one of the golf clubs and gave me his business card.
On the back of the card he wrote....
Good for 4 - 18's with cart. Val.
How cool is that! We'll get four rounds of golf at his club, that's so exciting! Golf clubs are busy places around here during the winter.
Anyway, I got a two-fer. Lucky me.
The next time I get to report here I hope I can tell you that I've got the siding on my little mobile home scrubbed down and the yard all raked of leaves and twigs, AND the weeds pulled. AND that Lily will be better at not bracing against the pressure on her nose.
Til then. TaTa.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Lovin it!
Oh my gosh, the weather is everything I dreamed it would be...in the mid seventies all this week! I had to buy some sun screen. :)
I missed getting to the library this past Thursday as I was working on a project. I wanted to finish it and didn't have enough time to get there and post before they closed.
I've been working very hard this week on this property...it's beginning to look better. I wish I had a dime for every leaf I've raked up and I've got loads more to go. And twigs.....millions of little twigs and limbs. Oh well, it's making me lose weight. I don't have a set of scales so I don't know how much yet but my clothes are more loose.
This past Wednesday it rained all day, so I took that opportunity to drive into Ocala for some shopping. The items I needed for the house were many and I figured I'd have to go to Walmart and grab them all. Not so. I passed by a very large "Goodwill" store and stopped in. Wow, I got most of what I needed in there and it was so cheap! Two big bags of stuff for less than $50. The only thing I couldn't find that I had to get at Walmart was a timer for an outlet.
:)
I also drove around to see what was where and Ocala has everything a person could want. My last stop was the healthy market, (very much like the one at home) and I stocked up on more food.
I've been faithful with my exercising. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I get up, go outside to feed, then head back in to do my "Buns of Steel" DVD. Then breakfast and out the door again to go do horse time.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays I do my Ab workout DVD. I do feel stronger, but can't get all the way through the BOS DVD yet. I'm trying.
Will and Lily are doing very well. Will was full of spit and vinegar today. He's so funny. He's doing so well I have to come up with some more things for him to learn fast. :)
Lily is my shrinking violet who doesn't want to be. I think it pisses her off to be unconfident. She'll snark at me when asked to do something, but I'm giving her plenty of time when she does it well and comes in to me. This has proven to be very effective. We have to stand there for quite a while sometimes, but it's getting better every day and she's licking and chewing a little faster than before.
My husband sends me a packet each week containing the newpaper from home, my "Chronicle of the Horse" magazine, and any mail that's come in for me. I keep hoping he'll put a love note in there for me one of these times but it hasn't happened yet.
He did report that my younger son now has a girl he's dating!
This is HUGE news! The kid will be 27 this year....it's about time! :)
While I was at the Goodwill store I stocked up on some cheap CD's. Now I'll have music to clean house and do laundry by today.
Oh, speaking of laundry...the washing machine in the house where I am doesn't let any cold water in. It's a gigantic pain in the ass. I have to fill pitchers of water at the sink then poor it into the machine...it takes forever! I'm looking on craigslist to see if I can find a really cheap one out there. If we called a service man it would be over $100 I'm sure of it. The landlady doesn't want to spend much. I don't blame her.
I also need a 12 foot farm gate with wire on it so my husbands dog can't get out of the yard when they come to visit. I'm even looking for a dog house so she'll feel secure.
My husband will want to let her in the house, but I won't let him.
I talked to one of the 3-star instructors that's down here for the winter and she and I have plans to have dinner together. She's been living in her horse trailer so a home cooked meal would make her feel really good I bet. I'll try to get more work done on this place before I invite her. It'll take me another week or so to have the place where I think it's presentable for company.
Okay, I'm off to enjoy my weekend. After all the hard work this week, and getting the cleaning done today, it'll be nice to relax tomorrow. I think I'll listen to the Parelli DVD's that came in December. I haven't had a chance to do that yet.
I missed getting to the library this past Thursday as I was working on a project. I wanted to finish it and didn't have enough time to get there and post before they closed.
I've been working very hard this week on this property...it's beginning to look better. I wish I had a dime for every leaf I've raked up and I've got loads more to go. And twigs.....millions of little twigs and limbs. Oh well, it's making me lose weight. I don't have a set of scales so I don't know how much yet but my clothes are more loose.
This past Wednesday it rained all day, so I took that opportunity to drive into Ocala for some shopping. The items I needed for the house were many and I figured I'd have to go to Walmart and grab them all. Not so. I passed by a very large "Goodwill" store and stopped in. Wow, I got most of what I needed in there and it was so cheap! Two big bags of stuff for less than $50. The only thing I couldn't find that I had to get at Walmart was a timer for an outlet.
:)
I also drove around to see what was where and Ocala has everything a person could want. My last stop was the healthy market, (very much like the one at home) and I stocked up on more food.
I've been faithful with my exercising. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I get up, go outside to feed, then head back in to do my "Buns of Steel" DVD. Then breakfast and out the door again to go do horse time.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays I do my Ab workout DVD. I do feel stronger, but can't get all the way through the BOS DVD yet. I'm trying.
Will and Lily are doing very well. Will was full of spit and vinegar today. He's so funny. He's doing so well I have to come up with some more things for him to learn fast. :)
Lily is my shrinking violet who doesn't want to be. I think it pisses her off to be unconfident. She'll snark at me when asked to do something, but I'm giving her plenty of time when she does it well and comes in to me. This has proven to be very effective. We have to stand there for quite a while sometimes, but it's getting better every day and she's licking and chewing a little faster than before.
My husband sends me a packet each week containing the newpaper from home, my "Chronicle of the Horse" magazine, and any mail that's come in for me. I keep hoping he'll put a love note in there for me one of these times but it hasn't happened yet.
He did report that my younger son now has a girl he's dating!
This is HUGE news! The kid will be 27 this year....it's about time! :)
While I was at the Goodwill store I stocked up on some cheap CD's. Now I'll have music to clean house and do laundry by today.
Oh, speaking of laundry...the washing machine in the house where I am doesn't let any cold water in. It's a gigantic pain in the ass. I have to fill pitchers of water at the sink then poor it into the machine...it takes forever! I'm looking on craigslist to see if I can find a really cheap one out there. If we called a service man it would be over $100 I'm sure of it. The landlady doesn't want to spend much. I don't blame her.
I also need a 12 foot farm gate with wire on it so my husbands dog can't get out of the yard when they come to visit. I'm even looking for a dog house so she'll feel secure.
My husband will want to let her in the house, but I won't let him.
I talked to one of the 3-star instructors that's down here for the winter and she and I have plans to have dinner together. She's been living in her horse trailer so a home cooked meal would make her feel really good I bet. I'll try to get more work done on this place before I invite her. It'll take me another week or so to have the place where I think it's presentable for company.
Okay, I'm off to enjoy my weekend. After all the hard work this week, and getting the cleaning done today, it'll be nice to relax tomorrow. I think I'll listen to the Parelli DVD's that came in December. I haven't had a chance to do that yet.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The program has begun.
Hi everybody.
A funny thing happened, well, not so funny, on Saturday after I'd posted here. A member of another forum I belong to had posted a website where a woman was recounting how she had tried to explain sex to her eight year old daughter. I was trying to catch up a few pages back because I hadn't been to this forum in some time.
I don't own earphones and the library was busy with people studying and being very quiet. So I turned the volume down as low as it could go without being off and put my arm over the speaker and layed my head near. Nobody could here so I didn't think I would bother anyone.
Toward the end of the video I must've hit a button or something because the computer's volume came very much back on, and at the loudest setting! And of course it happened as the woman was using very sexual words! I was absolutely mortified as I tried like mad to find a key, ANY KEY that would shut it off! I couldn't do it! It just kept on screaming to everyone in the place that I was listening to some kind of porn!!!! OMG, I was jerking the cord out, trying to turn it over to pull the battery out, everything, to no avail!
Everyone was looking at me! I was trying to explain to everyone but I was so embarassed that my efforts to do so just weren't working.
So, let this be a lesson to all of you who don't own earphones for your computer..... GO BUY A PAIR!
Now the whole little town here thinks I'm a pervert!!!!!
I started playing with my horses yesterday. They got to go out on a 22 to explore their new environment. Will always does the same thing when taken to new places....he marches right out in the middle then stops dead with his head up looking. I waited.... and waited......and waited.....and waited, then he looked at me and said okay, let's go somewhere. And away he went. I was at zone 4 and he took me all over that place with not one ounce of unconfidence.
Lily, went out there a few yards at a time. Once she knew that I wasn't going to ask her to go anywhere, her confidence came up and she got brave and went and explored as well.
Today, after another exploration, I played with them on some figure eight, circling, and sideways. They act like their at home, so I'm very pleased.
I won't bore you with the other work I'm doing. Just clearing property and sprucing things up as I said. The riding lawn mower I use to pull the dump cart around started acting up so it got taken in to the John Deere place this morning. Hope I get that thing back soon as I can't do much work without it.
My landlady will be gone for a week to California. Her daughter will be around so my week will be a normal one.
Oh, and it was 80 degrees today. :) This is just awesome. I'm so very glad I'm here. When I think of the cold at home, I just laugh out loud I'm so happy. :)
A funny thing happened, well, not so funny, on Saturday after I'd posted here. A member of another forum I belong to had posted a website where a woman was recounting how she had tried to explain sex to her eight year old daughter. I was trying to catch up a few pages back because I hadn't been to this forum in some time.
I don't own earphones and the library was busy with people studying and being very quiet. So I turned the volume down as low as it could go without being off and put my arm over the speaker and layed my head near. Nobody could here so I didn't think I would bother anyone.
Toward the end of the video I must've hit a button or something because the computer's volume came very much back on, and at the loudest setting! And of course it happened as the woman was using very sexual words! I was absolutely mortified as I tried like mad to find a key, ANY KEY that would shut it off! I couldn't do it! It just kept on screaming to everyone in the place that I was listening to some kind of porn!!!! OMG, I was jerking the cord out, trying to turn it over to pull the battery out, everything, to no avail!
Everyone was looking at me! I was trying to explain to everyone but I was so embarassed that my efforts to do so just weren't working.
So, let this be a lesson to all of you who don't own earphones for your computer..... GO BUY A PAIR!
Now the whole little town here thinks I'm a pervert!!!!!
I started playing with my horses yesterday. They got to go out on a 22 to explore their new environment. Will always does the same thing when taken to new places....he marches right out in the middle then stops dead with his head up looking. I waited.... and waited......and waited.....and waited, then he looked at me and said okay, let's go somewhere. And away he went. I was at zone 4 and he took me all over that place with not one ounce of unconfidence.
Lily, went out there a few yards at a time. Once she knew that I wasn't going to ask her to go anywhere, her confidence came up and she got brave and went and explored as well.
Today, after another exploration, I played with them on some figure eight, circling, and sideways. They act like their at home, so I'm very pleased.
I won't bore you with the other work I'm doing. Just clearing property and sprucing things up as I said. The riding lawn mower I use to pull the dump cart around started acting up so it got taken in to the John Deere place this morning. Hope I get that thing back soon as I can't do much work without it.
My landlady will be gone for a week to California. Her daughter will be around so my week will be a normal one.
Oh, and it was 80 degrees today. :) This is just awesome. I'm so very glad I'm here. When I think of the cold at home, I just laugh out loud I'm so happy. :)
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