Freezing Rain

I just won a championship. Rosie and I were (are) quite a pair.
Yuma shortly after we adopted him. He was so cute..Still is of course but he was little and sweet.

Our oldest granddaughter Deanna and our oldest great grandson Andrew. He turned 18 yesterday. That does not seem possible. They live in Delaware.

Our Chrissy on her Adoption Day. She and Tom were adopted the same day but have not come upon his picture yet.

My Daddy -the shorter one- and Uncle George. Uncle George is celebrating his 95th. birthday this year.

The home I lived in and started school from. Went through the 6th. grade. It is in Parkland, Washington which is a suburb of Tacoma.

The last of the kitties to be dumped off here. Hate it, not the kitties, the dumping off.

Rough and Ready our young roosters.

Bob coming back from feeding cows this morning. I did the horse/chicken chores and he did that. He did it all this evening because my stomach seems to have got some kind of a bug.

All the snow that is left.

Sunning themselves yesterday morning. Don't they look relaxed.

Am just laying around because I don't feel good at all. Be back tomorrow.

Blessings.

A Suny Day

Bob's leg kept him awake most of the night so we didn't go to church. I had a Horse Show meeting at 1 so I layed around till then. Bob insists on trying to do things outside and we had a real "discussion" this morning about him taking something for the pain. He finally did. He hates pills but if you can't sleep because it hurts so bad it seems to me, and what do I know I am only the wife, that he should take something. Oh well. He will just have to live with it. Are all men that stubborn.

Sage is just sweet as can be. She really tried to find an apple in my hand tonight when I put her in. I didn't have any. She still walked beside me like a perfect lady. Hope tomorrow is as nice so I can work with her some more. Just did not have what it took today.

Loved the sun today. The little dogs lay on the floor in our bedroom soaking it up this morning. It was cute.

Hope your weekend was great. Blessings.

Happy Day

A much better day. Bob's back is fine, his calf still hurts. I am wondering if wrapping it would help. Don't know. Anyway, a good day in this neighborhood.

My sweet Sage waiting for her apple. She is a little spoiled. That's OK.

The view from my front porch this evening.

Our Chickie's getting ready to go to bed. We must find a market for our eggs. We get about 15 a day.

What the footing looks like outside the barn. Not fun.

Cody. His mom hasn't been out for a while but she will be when the roads are OK.

Emma. Still a question about her.

Yesterday the ice on the front steps. We didn't use that door.


The sun shone today. What a relief.

Blessings

A better day Maybe

What would I take pictures of today, it rained. Ugly rain and it froze the instant it hit the ground. That left us with ice covering everything. I went to get the paper across our road and thought, I should have ice skates. A solid glare of ice shone back at me. I inched my way over and back without falling - a miracle maybe. There were 45 accidents in a half mile or so on the freeway downtown. The police could hardly walk. They finally told everyone to get off the road and stay home. It was better this afternoon.

Bob's leg is still very painful but his back is better and he can walk gingerly. He is frustrated with his leg but the doctor told him it would just take a while to get it well. He is not known for his patience. I still am doing the chores night and morning with the neighbor taking care of the cows. I don't mind at all. Love my ponies. I did not put the two out today. I did not want them to walk on frozen icy mud.

Nothing much else around here. I tried a recipe I found in a Western Horsemen magazine. Potatoes, bacon, jalapenos and onions and 2 cans of lemon lime soda. Of course some spices. I liked it a lot, Bob not being crazy about potatoes wasn't so sold on it.

Have a good Saturday - Blessings.

Tough time

Well, Bob is on the road to recovery. Sometimes it seems like things come in a pile. Yesterday we spent a good part of the afternoon at the ER at Deaconess Hospital. Bob's leg swelled up big. I was so afraid of a blood clot. After an ultra sound, x rays and exams by several doctors his leg has muscle damage from him dropping a bale of hay on it a couple of weeks ago and pinning it against the bucket of the tractor. Now it is just time. He is walking better today. He has used a cane a little but the walker is folded up. I don't know what I would have done about the chores if John our neighbor did not come and help me with the things that are tough for me.

He has been feeding the cows and doing the watering. I am so grateful. Consequently I have not had time to work with Sage. Just put her in and out every day. I took her an apple yesterday and today she kind of mugged me looking for apples. She likes horse cookies but is crazy about apples.

To top it all off today coming back from the mail box I was walking west and one foot went north and west and the other south and east. I didn't fall but have kind of a sore knee. I am glad no one was watching.

Tomorrow must be better: Blessings.

Hard Day

On Sunday evening Bob began telling me his back and leg hurt. He got progressively worse until this morning he could not walk. I took him to his chiropractor who worked on his back but was told if his calf got worse to take him to the ER. So I am watching it. He borrowed a walker, that gave him more support walking than a cane or crutches. And then to top it off, we got 2/3 inches of fresh snow this evening. It was tough driving home from the Spokane Valley at peak rush hour time with snow falling like mad. People on the freeway just seem to drive the same speed no matter what.]

So that was my day. Darn. Just put Sage out and in and picked her and Amelia's stall. Other than feeding them that was my horse time today.

Blessings

On the road again------------------

Getting Closer

653 - Quail
654 - Paula Deen
655 - Cardigan sweaters
656 - Grandchildren that just call when there is something exciting in their lives
657 - Figuring stuff out on the computer by myself occasionally
658 - Lide Hamilton
659 - A saying I heard in church "The Titanic was built by professionals and the Ark was built by an amateur
660 - Not falling on the ice
661 - The presidents speech in Tucson
662 - Healing
663 - Days to work with Sage
664 - Good mud boots
665 - The gift of taste
666 - A step stool because I am vertically challenged
667 - Celebrating a daughters birthday
668 - Orca Whales
669 - Old Valentines
670 - Woodland Park Zoo
671 - Pt. Defiance Zoo
671 - Meatloaf
672 - San Juan Islands