A Cold Got Me

He was strutting for the girls. There were a dozen or more and he was really showing off. Isn't she pretty. No matter show many we see, the just touch me.

Our newest baby - Brady. His mother is Martha. He is a lively one, at the point of the picture he was about 3 hrs. old.

He was showing off for us.

This a heifer, she will have a baby next year. We named her Andi because that is who we got her from last October.

This is Patrick and his mom. She was observing us watching Brady. Both the baby boys got their BO C shot today and bands put on them. Now they can just eat and grow.

I miss the boys a lot. But am enjoying the quiet also. Guess we can't have both. Unfortunately Lane left me with a relative to his cold. Didn't even get dressed yesterday but it was better today.

I know everyone is suffering with the gas prices. When they said on the news there was plenty of gas and the high prices are due to speculators. That really ticked me off bad. I knew that but today it just really ticked me. My Camry gets wonderful gas mileage - almost always over 30 mph- but it cost us over $50.00 to fill it 3/4 of a tank this evening. We have been planning a trip to Oregon with the truck this summer to ride in the Steens Mountains with friends but with diesel approaching 5.00 a gallon, no way will we be able to go. Won't be able to go to Montana to ride either. We don't go much of anyplace at all. When you live on SS it does not leave much extra. I know I am spouting off but I just am so angry. Knowing the current administration could do something if he wanted makes me more angry. I know we are not alone, but its our budget that I know about.

And to top that off, we got a letter from our doctor who has been our doctor for 40 years, yes 40 years is retiring in a month. To find a doctor I like and trust again is going to be tough. He knows everything about me, saw me through our baby girl dieing and my heart problem and stroke and on and on. He knows our kids, our animals ect. I don't begrudge him retiring, he has earned it but I hate the process.

Enough venting. Blessings

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I have typed and retyped the 100 blessings but can not get it to go in a list so am sending it this way. Never have had this problem before. Sorry

Onward to 1000 Blessings

757, Cranraisens 758. Cranraisens infused with Pomegranate juice 759. Strawberry Milkshakes 760. Learning to give injections to the animals 761. Quiet 762. Fresh crisp green salads 763. Pepper survived colic again 764. Sunday afternoons 765. New friends 766. My washer and dryer 767. Our well that is deep and pure. 768. Scones 768. Blueberry muffins 769. Psalm 40:5 770. Alexa's 18th. birthday 771. White Chili 772. Life's Healing Choices by Tom Baker 773. Pink headphones 774. Finding a box of pictures I had been looking for 775. Apple Crisp 776. Raspberry Lemonade 777. Safe arrival of Patrick (calf) 778. Bob's brothers safe surgery 779. Tulapia 780. Equine Nutritionist 781. Sweetly Broken by Jeremy Riddle 782. Warm towels 783. Watching grand kids eat S'mores 784. Crisp bacon 785. Home made burgers 786. My girls going through old pictures together 787. Our small group from church 788. Little ones first horseback ride 789. Angels 790. Eagles live stream from nest from web cam at nest 791. Wendy pruned the apple tree 792. Grandsons roasting marshmallows 793. A week with two grandsons 794. My new slippers 795. Julies Chicken Logic (blog) 796. Tim Hawkins Comedy 797. Hash Browns 798. One on one time with Nikki 799. The Washington State Horsemen publication the "Canter" 800. Jelly beans 801. Breakfast Burritos 802. Romans 10:17 803. Cowgirl granddaughter 804. The first ride of the season 805. Green leaves sprouting out 806. 2Timothy 2:15-16 807. Green grass finally 808. New baby calf Brady

Tune Up Clinic and weary bones

At the Red Top Stables today the Back Country Horsemen had their Tune Up Clinic. This baby was 2 days old today. He was so cute, I just had to take pictures of him. This mare kept peeking around the corner at us. She had such a soft eye.

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The view from the back door of the arena. It is looking north. The arena is off Idaho Rd. If anyone knows where Terry Toms arena was before he died, this is it. It is not far from Rathdrum.

Isaac did not look too happy here but he was, we were talking. I promised him a ride but I am just too tired to ride so I walked him around.

Bob picked up my camera and took some pictures. Most would have been better with the long lens on but am glad anyway that he took some.

Rosie was thirsty so stopped at the pool that never got turned over this winter. All the water in it is a result of rain and snow..

I think I walked 110 miles today or at least my feet and legs feel like it. We sold about half of the burritos and the rest are in our freezer. Everyone said they were good so I am assuming they really thought that. I thought so anyway.

Tomorrow we take the boys to Wenatchee to see their mother. It will be good to have the house to ourselves but I will miss them terribly. So does their mother however.

Blessings

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

I had to enlist Bob's help to get Sage going. She was not going to the right no matter what I did. She just was not cooperating at all so Bob asked if he could help and of course I said yes. He had a little fight with her but got her going both ways all right. Then I took back over and she went for me. I worked her both way of the pen and got her to woe for me and look at me. Then I groomed her as good as I could with all the mud balls on her. They are coming off though. When I had done that and even brushed her face. She seemed to really like that. We played with the ball. I would roll it and she would follow it. That was progress I am telling you - progress.

Sheya and I on a ride. I ponied her for a couple of reasons. One, she had not ridden any where but the arena and around here by herself. Second, I could not find her bridle. I knew it was in the tack room, not her bridle necessarily but a snaffle bit bridle. I did not trust her hands to put more on Rosie but could not find one except Katie's so I just ponied her. It worked and we rode a couple of miles and had a blast.

So besides the sunshine and nice day we had a most blessed time with our grandchildren. Some really wanted to help with the chores some didn't but that's OK. It was a great time. They are all in at Tom's house tonight because we have a horse thing in the morning and have to leave at 6:30 AM. Not a fun thing for them to do so we let them go. Sunday we will take Lane and Isaac to Wenatchee to meet up with their mother.

Blessings,

A lost tooth and more burritos

Every time Isaac comes to stay with us he loses a tooth. The tooth fairy forgot to come last night though, hope he remembers tonight. He had to call his mom to tell her "I lost a tooth".

Today I finished 90 breakfast burritos. I hope some are left over so we have some on hand but I really don't expect there to be. I can roll one up pretty fast with experience.

Sheya wanted to ride today really bad so Bob led her around on Pepper. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice and I will ride him and pony Rosie until she gets used to riding alone again. She is nine and has been riding alone since she was 6 but has not rode for quite a while so I think that's safer. She was having a hard time getting on....................

but she made it.

Sage had an absolute tantrum when Bob took Pepper out of his pen and she thought he was going to get fed and she was missing out. Bob is going to pony her soon when we have a nice day and the arena area is dried up enough to ride in.

Had a Northeast Zone of Washington State Horsemen this evening. It was a good meeting.

And we had dinner. I try to avoid places like that because I always eat too much. Good food though.

Blessings.

Overflowing with grandchildren

Our snowflake appaloosa. Actually its Pepper, we didn't get him in before the storm hit.

The house is full of boys and one little blue eyed girl. She is a tomboy though so no fear. They are down playing in the barn. Lane is beside himself to have his cousins here. The sky before it opened up.

I am doing a Photo Challenge on Facebook and today was something I would like to change. This is my picture - the weather. Hate this for the kids spring break. Its awful.

Today I made 55 breakfast burritos. Have 35 more to do. We need 90 on Saturday morning at our Back Country Horsemen Tune Up Clinic. We sell them for $1.00 for a burrito and a cup of orange juice. I have never made them before but the person who does told me how. They are going in the freezer for now. Quite an undertaking.

A storm of lightening and thunder is coming by so off goes the computer. Blessings to you all.