Fantastic Friday

I think I have four different colors of thes pretty little flowers. I don't know really what their proper name is but the come up in the lawn every spring. I love them. My one and only daffodil does not appear to have any blooms on it so this is what I have for the moment. I know this is supposed to be a horse blog but when you are banished from the horses for a while......well you get the picture. I love my little flowers.Today it was warm and sunny and I planted a nastursium bed with 3 different kinds and colors. I can't wait for them to grow now. I planted poppy seeds in another and sweet peas behind chives in another. I need another bag of potting soil before I can finish the others. I want to get things like this done before I go to Tennessee on the 25th. because when I get back I thing we have a Quarter Horse mare coming in for training and I want to have time to put into her and our own horses. I have got to get Bob motivated to get the arena worked up good. We have different ideas of how it should be done, just like we have different ideas how to bed a stall. Deep is good. Not to him.

I started cleaning the deck. It has accumulated alot of stuff over the winter. I want to get my little fountain cleaned out and hooked up too. That is my goal over the weekend plus giving a couple of riding lessons. I can do that from the ground. And it does not mean I have to life anything heavy.

Still some headache, I think the insurance company thinks I am faking it but I AM NOT. I found a lump on my head this afternoon but don't remember hitting anything. Maybe I did. It is sore so don't know where or when it got there. Maybe I just have a lumpy head.

Wishing you a sunny Saturday.

Thursday

A short post and a long day. Tried really hard to get some things accomplished today. I still am working on the frying pan trying to get the melted plastic out of it. Don't think its working though. It is a cast iron frypan that is older than me and I hate it that I may have ruined it.

Looked at the Internet Adoption again today to see how it is going. I thought I will pick 5 that are my favorites. You will have to go to that site to look which ones they are. I ended up with 6 however. The lst. on is at Ridgecrest which is in California. #1950. The ones in Burns, Oregon ar #'s 8844, 8861, 8928 and Rock Springs, Wyoming #'s 2871 and 3600. Some of them have bidders and some don't. Of course I did not count the two yearling Burro's at Ridgecrest. One's color is called pink. Now he does not look pink to me, nor have I ever seen a pink burro. It struck me kind of funny. Yuma would curl up in a corner and pout if anyone called him pink.

I went to a Northeast Zone meeting this evening. It was kind of short but some things accomplished. It is our last meeting until September. I would not have gone had I not had to report on the WSH meeting in April. That is my job. I could just as easily gone to bed but thank goodness it was not really dark when I came home.

Have a Friday worth remembering.

Wacky Wednesday

This is Spring in my front yard. Love the dainty little blooms.

Today was truley one of THOSE days. One of those days when you wonder where you left your brain. I scrambled some eggs for lunch. Ate them in the living room while watching the noon news. Heard something outside so just set my plate on the table and went out the front door. When I came in I thought I needed a nap so I went and lay down and went right to sleep. Skeeter barking woke me up barking and the house was filled with a weird smelling smoke. I dashed for the kitchen and I had not gotten the stove turned all the way off and the pancake turner and the frying pan will never ever be the same. In fact the spatula melted. It was all ready to burst into flames. The house still reeks.

We did go out to eat with friends this evening so got out of here for a while. I have had the fan over the stove and in both bathrooms going since noon. Did not smell it so bad until we came back home. It is gross but we did have a good Mexican dinner. I really love Mexican food and I ate way too much but it was scrumtious.

A small correction on yesterdays blog. It is Spring Creek Basin Weblog. I think I called it Spring Creek Mustangs. Her pictures are wonderful.

All the animals here are just fine. I think they are all glad for shelter after the rain today. If we would get another nice day I would go on a grooming tangent. If I can't ride, I can brush.

Hoping your Thursday is hunky dory.

Another Thankful Tuesday

Spring on the West Plains

Today I am thankful beside the obvious of being up and around and mostly recovered from the rear ending last Thursday, I am thankful for the blogs that I read. I can't list them all, There are simply too many but each and everyone give me enjoyment and insight. There is The Serenity Gate that always gives me a peaceful feeling and Barbara is a dear person. I have been blessed to meet her. The Life and Times of Penny the Neighborhood Dog is life at my sisters house thru the eyes of her chocolate lab Penny. My daughter writes Life with Boys about her l stepson, 6 sons, l daughter in law and 2 grandaughters. She is way more talented than she thinks. Wagonteamster Home has given me some ups and downs. He started out driving 4 beautiful horses, not knowing where he would end up or when and in April was rearended in his wagon by a semi going 60 mph. 2 horses were killed and he nearly but he is up and going again, not driving his team yet but planning trip #2. Mustang Saga is written by my friend Andrea . Nienie Dialougs is inspiring. She was in an airplane piloted by her husband and it crashed nearly a year ago. They both survived but she was severely burned and in a coma for a long time. Her blog about her recovery makes me so greatful for each day. Motherhood is not for Wimps is a really funny blog written by a lady that just had her 3rd. baby girl. She really is funny and articulates it in a hysterically funny way. If you love great photography particularly of mustangs, Spring Creek Mustangs will make you happy. Her picturers are beautiful. Mustang Diaries is written by my friend Tracey and is the first blog that I read on a regular basis. Backroad Chronicles is written by my cousin Joy. I am traveling about the country vicariously with she and Phil. That is a drop in the bucket to them all and I am thankful for each one. I would love to sit down with the authors of all of them and talk about their lives. Of course I do with Sharon and Nikki - my sister and daughter but all the others, I would love to meet. What they all write blesses my days.

Nothing much too exciting going on around here today. The wind blew like a wind tunnel most of the day. The horses were running and romping and playing like Pegasus. Looked like fun to me. At least if I didn't have to be on them. Even old Ditto was kicking up her heels.

Have a blessed Wednesday.

Monday

These are Bob's violets. They were in a basket of plants that he got when he had his colon surgery 2 years ago. It has bloomed pretty continually. It quit for a while and I repotted it into a larger pot and now it is off and running again. It sits on my kitchen window sill in front of the sink so when I am doing dishes its what I get to look at. Love it. I don't touch it, I kill violets quickly - Bob tends it.

The doctor had good and bad news this morning. One he grounded me for 2 more weeks from the horses or doing anything too strenuous. He is most worried about my shoulder when the seat belt crossed. It is not anything permanent but is black and blue. The headache is attacking this evening too.

I did go out and pet the horses and talk to them a bit this afternoon. I was hoping to ride this weekend. Oh well. I would rather be well than go against the doctor. Rosie wanted me to brush her some more today so I did for a little.

A terrific Tuesday to you all.

Sunday

An almost do nothing day. Did get outside and walk around. Bob was grooming Rosie and I went and helped him a little bit. We walked around looking at things. The raspberries that we planted last fall are coming along. A couple of the sticks we planted are now dead sticks but the rest look encouraging. I worked a little on the bed that I am going to plant the nastursiums in. The pentunias that I planted a couple of weeks ago are still thriving.

It was nice this afternoon but I slept thru most of it. Am going to try and not take any medication tomorrow. It makes me so sleepy. The worst today is my right hand and the headache. I am going to go see my doctor tomorrow and hope I hear from State Farm so I can get this procedure going. I am going to start cleaning out the car tomorrow. If they don't total it, we don't want to send it to a repair shop with stuff in it.

You probably don't want to hear any more about "the wreck". I really want to get outside and do something tomorrow. Have a great start to your week. Well the work week anyway.

Super Saturday

I hope you all don't get bored but today we went to our great grandaughters 2nd. birthday party. Her Nana - our daughter Nikki - could not come and she really wanted to so not only for my blogging friends but for Nikki too these pictures are here. The above picture is her birthday cake. One of her other great grandmas baked it. Below is Miss Lilianna herself with her daddy Joel.

She was being a typical 2 year old and decided she did not want her picture taken. I could not cokes a smile out of her for anything.

This is our other great grandaughters mother, Raselle. I thought Arawyn would be tired of us after last weekend but she ran to me and leapt into my arms. I needed that little hug today. I had to drive there and so I could not take any medication so a big hug from a little girl was wonderful. Her mother is a sweetheart too and tries hard.

Our younger daughter Christyn. I was so glad to see her. She and her family came out yesterday to check on me and to see if they needed me to do anything. I appreciated that although she didn't need to.

Lilianna's daddy Joel. He is a great young man who got himself into a real mess a few years ago and moved to Spokane and got himself clean and sober. He is so talented. He has his drums out here in a little shed. He comes and entertains us every weekend. Actually he can play any instrument that he want. He is left handed but taught himself to play a right handed guitar upside down. Plus horns and he plays the piano beautifull.

Our grandaughter Nikki. She obviously is named after her aunt. They (her aunt Nikki and Uncle Carmen) call her Pocahantas. She is 15.

Nikkis brother Skyelor. He would not smile for me. When he couldn't help but smile he turned his head. He wants you to think he is a thug. He is 13.

The birthday girl. It was supposed to be nice and warm but it wasn't.

Nikki and Skye's sister Jadeyn. The most girly girl of the family. She is 12. She talks so fast I have to ask her to slow down because I can not understand her.

Lili and her mother Heather. She was attatched to her today. Heather is such a little thing. I thought she was going to freeze to death. She did go get a jacket on.

Arawyn - our great grandaughter that we took to see ner Nana last weekend. She looks to much like her dad its funny

Thanks for looking at my family album. I am much better today. My biggest thing is the headache and my right hand. Again I did nothing outside. Miss my critters. It is raining here and we really needed it to make the pasture grow. It can do it all night and then be nice. Good idea don't you think.

Have my clothes laid out for church in the morning if I can get up and get moving OK. This morning was so much better that I am hopeful that tomorrow will be better yet.

Have a blessed Sunday.