Thursday

Until Jim comes this weekend to work on my computer AGAIN I can't get pictures to come up. In fact every thing I try to do I have to reboot in between. Just no memory to speak of. It is irritating me but I know it will be repaired over the weekend sometime.

We had a good Mustang Club meeting this evening. We have Mustang Days under control I think. Laura is going to check in about ribbons. Just getting a food vendor and I think things are progressing. If any of you want flyers to post for us, just let me know. I will get them to you. We had 3 new people. That was good. Am so glad that Andrea came again this month. She is a big help. She and Cathy are the computer people. We had someone donate $100.00 towards the insurance. It is 150.00. We have not paid it yet but just because I have not been way out in the valley for a while. We are open to donations. The buckles are not here yet but I know they are going to be lovely and something for everyone to compete for. We need some things to go with first place ribbons. We need 30 of them. I have a couple of things. Maybe we can get some things donated. Also we need things for the raffle which can't be called a raffle any more - its a door prize.

The snow this morning was a low blow. I am so sick of having to bundle up in muck boots, a heavy coat, hat and gloves to go outside. Most of it melted during the day. It is almost March for goodness sake. I know its winter but I am tired of it. I am glad Linda's snow is gone, ours is not. Other blogs talk about anxious to get on their decks and sit and have coffee. Well, I would like to be able to get ON the deck. It still is 3' deep or more on the deck and along the east side of our house. The arena is still covered. I was going to ride where it has melted but now it is supposed to be really cold at night and that will slow the melting process. Dang, I am whining again aren't I? Sorry.

Have a good day tomorrow.

Dreaming Time

This is a dream I had today. Lots of the ice is gone, lots of mud but it is ice that I was worrying about. I was going to ride Ditto but her feet are in need of a trim so decided to wait and Dixie is going to be like rideing a rocket and did not want to do that by myself. I could have ridden Pepper but my heart is set on riding Ditto more this year.

When I went out to do the feeding this evening the horses were running and bucking and snorting. It was so fun to watch them having fun. Liberty is a big girl and when she kicked her heels toward the moon, she is one big dudette.

We turned the cows out in the pasture today. The snow is mostly gone and both of them are due to calve in the next month so that will give them a better place. Their shelter is full of mud and poop and water that a baby would drown before it could get up. That worries me. Spot is getting really big, Candy is not so big but last year she had twins. We still have Molly and Polly which ever is which.

Tomorrow evening is our mustang club meeting. I hope we have a larger group.

Remember to go to Serenity Room. Most especially if you want a book about writing. That is her give away that ends Saturday night. Barbara is a sweet person and I encourage you to go to her blog and read it.

Have a great evening. What was the best thing that happened today in your world? The best thing here was no rain and watching the horses enjoying their lives.

Water water everywhere

And the rains came down and the floods came up, the rains came down and the floods came up, the rain came down and flood came up and the house on the sand when splat. I remember that from Sunday school. Actually our house is built on basalt so we won't go splat but there is alot of water and that makes alot of mud. We can not get to our mailbox unless we have high muck boots on. If we get more rain tonight it will be over the road.

Our son Tom is much better today. They gave him fluids because he was dehydrated and that helped alot. Christyn is doing better too. She expected to be all over it by now even though I told her that would not happen but what do I know, I am just the Mom.

I need to run to Big R in the next day or so to get Ditto's Senior Feed. It is expensive but she is old and needs it. Maybe we will go a little early on Thursday and stop on our way to Perkins and the Mustang Horse Club meeting. That will probaly work the best.

I do hope all of you in the area who can will come to the meeting on Thursday. We have lots to talk about. I finally have the class list done for Sunday of Mustang Days. At least the first list. We will go over it. Andrea will be getting it ready to be printed. I have the flyers printed. And the flyers just about the Mustang Club. Our meetings are fun and getting to gether is great.

Its Raining

Its raining, its pouring, the old man is snoring, he bumped his head on the foot of the bed and couldn't get up in the morning. Remember singing that old funny thing about rain. We have water, standing on top of mud, standing on top of ice. It is melting the snow though. At least some of it.

I felt so bad when I went out to do the chores this evening. The horses looked pathetic. However they do have shelter but most choose to stand out in the weather and look sad. Yuma is missing his old friend Sequoia. He will get used to it though.

Our son Tom is at Holy Family hospital. He was there almost 5 hrs. before he got in to see a doctor. They think he has pneumonia. He is a sick puppy. His wife will call in a while when the doctor gives his prognosis. At first they thought it was a heart attack. We adopted him when he was born and the biological mother gave us NO medical information. One of the hazards of private adoptions. This is not a good month for our kids.

What is your favorite season of the year. Mine is late spring. I would not care if we had spring, summer and autumn and forget winter except Christmas/New Year week. I miss being able to ride.

Sunday at last

I thought this week was endless. Some good things but just alot for one week. Sequoia finally left today. The other deal fell through at the last minute but he went today to 2 young girls who are so excited they can hardly stand it. He walked right into the trailer without a look goodbye. It was hard to hug and kiss him goodbye. He has been a great pony for us. He will love the little girls. She e mailed me earlier this evening that they arrived home just fine and he already had purple ribbons in his mane.

Kiyanna is doing well and our daughter is doing well. I can take a deep breath now and relax.

It is raining here and has been all afternoon and this evening. I am not a fan of rain but maybe it will help this snow to leave. We will be full of mud and water but the grass won't start to grow until the snow is gone. And the sooner the grass grows, the sooner the horses and cows will have pasture to eat and mosy around in.

Our Inland Empire Mustang Horse Club meets this next Thursday at Perkins at Argonne and Mission in the Spokane Valley. We will be talking alot about Mustang Days which is the last weekend of June at Valley Mission Arena at Mission and Bowdish. Saturday will be Come Meet our Mustangs. There will be mustangs to meet, pet, owners to talk to, some forsale and some for adoption. On Sunday there will be an Open Schooling Show. There will be open classes as well as mustang only classes. There will be awards for each class and then for the High Point Mustang and the High Point Open horse there will be engraved silver Belt Buckles. There will be no charge to come watch and please pray for a nice weekend. Last year it poured rain, not just rain, it poured.

Hope your week is filled with joy and love.

Saturday

Christyn went home from the hospital this afternoon. I think it was a little soon but guess that is the way it is now days. We went in to see her this morning and she was having trouble managing her pain without the little button to push. She would not take Oxycontin so I hope that being in her own bed resting will help.

It was sunny and beautiful today. I should have gone and rode my horse but had things to do inside. If its decent tomorrow I might. Do have some things we need to do tomorrow after church but I am hoping.

We will be leaving pretty soon for our Back Country Horsemen meeting in Hayden, Idaho. I hope I don't fall asleep. I want to have some of them put up posters that I have about the Albany Horse Fair in March. It will have and Extreme Mustang Makeover that I want to see badly and the Extreme Trail Race with Craig Cameron. Am looking foreward to see that too. I think Kathy Spring is going with me. It will be alot of fun. We have our motel reservations and I have accepted the fact that I have to drive in the greater Portland traffic. I don't like the thought of that but it can't be worse than Seattle and I drive thru there with no problem.

The following weekend in March we (Bob and I) will be in Lewiston at the fairgrounds at the Outdoor Show. Our back country group has a part in it. We have gone every year for 3 years I think. Do you live any place close to the fairgrounds Barbara?

It was fun to look out today and see all our horses either laying down basking in the sun or standing with their heads down enjoying it. The cows layed down and chewed their cud and Baxter and Clyde did that too.

Have a good evening.

Friday, February 20th.

Let me introduce you to Kiyanna Mae who was born at 7:15 AM this morning. She was about 5 hrs. old in the picture. She is our 5th. great grandbaby and the 3rd. girl in a row. It quite funny because the majority of our grandchildren are boys and they are producing girls. The oldes girl grand child has the boys. Any way she is precious. And her daddy when he called me this morning told me she was the most gorgeous, beautiful baby he had ever seen. Of course. Blessings to Robby, Tabby and Kiyanna.

Our daughter had her surgery yesterday. She is doing well. She was up sitting in a chair when I got there this morning but was glad to go back to bed and immediately fell asleep. She will probably go home on Sunday. I was so proud of her and how she has handled it all.

Nothing much with the horses. I was glad to go out and see them this evening. I am not sure they missed me but I missed them.

Not much else happening. That was quite enough for two days. It would be nice if they were both in the same hospital but of course not, clear across town from one another. I am tired and it is going to be an early night.