July 2

A new computer and I get befuddled. It is hooked up for me to use, sort of. We are having trouble getting stuff off so have both set up. This one is getting the essentials on it so I can use it. It has Vista instead of Windows XP and things are different. There won't be pictures until after Monday when Jim will be back. I am not connected to the printer and that is what reads my camera card. So, don't despair, I haven't gone anywhere.

The house is coming along and today the wiring is going in for the outside lights on the patio and the ugly porch which isn't so ugly anymore. I am so happy with how the house looks. Not like the same place at all.

Have not done anything with the horses this week except put them out on grass and back in. Yuma was so glad to get back out into the pasture.

I will try to keep up with this blog minus pictures. I just have to get stuff loaded on this computer and get the printer hooked up. Cross your fingers that it will work with Vista.

Remember: It is noit fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Monday June 29th.,

These pictures are from Mustang Days which is where I have been. Katie (not our Katie) got on Yuma for the very first time ever. I thought he might buck but he didn't. He wondered what the heck she was doing. For the first time he has ever been anywhere he did marvelous. He talked alot which made people laugh but I was very proud of him. He looked so handsome all duded up. The bottom picture is Katie (our Katie) showing Yuma in the halter class. He got 2nd. I was so proud of the little guy.

Mustang Days was very successful. I am so proud of our entire club. We worked so hard and it all paid off. Hip hip hooray for everyone and a big special thank you to everyone for all the hard work. Most of you are totally unfamiliar with horse shows and you pitched right in. Thank you thank you thank you. We had 21 entries. The Open halter class had 11 horses in it. Wow. Our judge was Tracey Westbury. She did a good job. Even helped me out when I forgot the trail pattern and the showmanship patterns and got them for me. Thank you Tracey.

We about had a disaster here a little while ago. The hose blew off in the cooler and it was blowing water all over the dining room. Could have been worse but it scared us. The floor got a good washing. Am glad we do not have carpet in there.

If I am gone for a day or 2 don't be alarmed. I GOT MY NEW COMPUTER TODAY. Jim is coming tomorrow to help me get things off here first. Maybe we can do it all tomorrow. I am excited about it.

This has been a day to regroup, do the stuff I needed to do to finish up the horse show and get a deposit ready to take to the bank. I sure do get more tired quicker than I used to. And it takes longer to recover.

Remember: True friendship forsesees the needs of others rather than proclaims its own.

Andre' Maurois.

A good days a comin...............................................

Thursday, I am pulling out my hair.

Dixie and her Mom. She left this afternoon. I know Kristi was thrilled to see her. Dixie did let her hug her and kissed her on her nose. I hope it all works for them.

We body clipped Yuma today to take to Mustang Days. I think Katie will show him in the mule and burro class. He was pretty upset with us by the time we finished but was good about standing there. Bob trimmed his little feet up too. He is very good about that. Bob was working on feet and I was clipping and he just let us. I probably should bathe him but that would be a terrible blow to his dignity.

Our Mustang Horse Club meeting was this evening. I wish more had been there but we got done what we needed to. I am a wreck worrying about stuff. But at this point it will either happen or not.

Granny has a new name. My brother in law who is sponsoring her. In fact she is his but lives at our house named her Amelia. A pretty name for a pretty old girl. I just have to remember to call her that.

If you are in the Spokane/northern Idaho area please come visit our mustangs on Saturday at Valley Mission Arena or enter our Open Schooling Show on Sunday or just come watch.

Remember: No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

Robert Half.

Have a great Friday.

Wednesday

It is hot, but I am not complaining.

The entries are trickling in for the Mustang Days Horse Show on Sunday. I know some have not sent their entries in and will just bring them. It makes it a little tough entering them on class sheets but that is OK. I will do it.

I am going to body clip Yuma tomorrow and take him to the show. That will be interesting. He has never done that before and we will be taking Pepper to show off. I think Katie is going to ride him in one class. I don't know how he will like it but he will do it.

I started painting my purple things yellow today. It takes a while to cover the purple. It will be pretty. Now if we just get to the new patio. Steve will probably get to the ugly porch siding tomorrow. It is so beautiful. Tomorrow, I think #l on Bob's agenda with Steves help is to get the cooler back in the window.

I am kind of muttering along this evening so guess I will call it at night. Remember: It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do Yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Hope you Thursday is better than today.

Thankful Tuesday

Today, on this Thankful Tuesday, I am thankful for the time I have had with Dixie. She just has not aged as I have. I talked to the lady who gave her to me. She called the lady who had, had her for 12 years and missed her so much. Her circumstances have changed for really really better and when she found I was going to find Dixie a new home called me immediately and on Thursday is coming to get her. She was sobbing when she talked to me and I am so happy they are going to be reunited.

So, these are my last pictures of Dixie. She will be going back to her real mom. She really has more go than I want in a trail horse so it is really a God sent miracle for them to be reunited.

Ramona from the BLM took this picture of Dixie and I at an adoption in Odessa, WA a year ago. We had a good time. She did give me a ride when she got a piece of bush caught in her tail and tried to spin it away. We both survived though.

This was the first winter she was here. The icecles in her mane don't show up too much. I have enjoyed her and am thankful I could take care of her until Christine could have her back. It will be sad to see her go but its been my choice and I am thankful to have had her.

This is where our house is today. Steve should finish the end tomorrow. We are getting ready to install the new kitchen door and change some wireing around. An electrician came by today to see what she will need there and to change lights around on the ugly porch. This is Bob's days to work so he has not had too much time to work on stuff.

This evening was spent trying to get the neighbors bull home. I was looking at our cows and there was an extra black bull. He is huge - he lives behind us and jumped the fence. Amazingly Billy did not seem to really be bothered by him infringing on his territory. He belongs behind us. We could not get him back thru the fence. We will try again tomorrow.

Remember: A friend is a neighbor of the heart.

Blanche Harris

Monday

While I was gone we had a hail storm. My poor zuchinni. It looks like it got shot with a shotgun. It will recover though. The tomatoe plants still have little tomatoes growning on them. I am glad to have missed the store however.

A news alert about Granny, the old horse. We are going to buy her and have a sponsor that will pay for her food and care. So she will be staying here. She has been wormed and we have purchased the shots. Will give them to her this week. She is looking more content.

I had a great weekend in Milton Freewater, Oregon and Walla Walla. The shows were both small but good competition. There are some really nice horses down there. I was tickled with an 8 1/2 year old boy riding a good sized appy mare and competing with the adults. He is so little. He only rides english. I asked if he was going to ride western and he gave me a funny look and said nah, I don't like that. He is so cute. Another small competitor named Nicholas caused me to crack up. He was dead serious. He is 4 1/2. Someone told him he had grown a foot since they had seen him last. He looked at his feet and said no, I only have 2. Funny.

I also met a gentlemen this weekend that read my blog. He is interested in mustangs. He is coming to the right place. He also could read Mustang Saga and others too. Andrea actually talks more about her horses. I get side tracked.

Please remember that next weekend is Mustang Days. Saturday we will just be there with our horses for people to see, pet and talk about and the Sunday an Open Schooling Show. It will be fun.

Remember: Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. Washington

Have a Tuesday that is not filled with obstacles.

Thursday

The siding is going on. I love it, love it , love it. This was taken yesterday. Its a little further today. Steve will not be out over the weekend so it will be Monday until more gets done. Our new door should be here on Monday too.

Linda and Beautiful. And she is beautiful. I did her Compliance Check today so she will soon get her title. It was fun.

Linda did not want me to take a picture of this side because she had layed in the manure but it was OK. She is truley a wonderful young horse.

This is Granny's brand. We shaved it to read it to make sure it was correct. She is so gentle and cooperative. We have her on grass, Sr. feed, and grass hay. I am going to mix a little beet pulp to see if she will eat that. That should put some weight on her.

I am leaving in the morning to have my PT appointment and then off to Walla Walla. Saturday I work a horse show in Milton Freewater, Oregon and then Sunday at a show in WW. I hope its not too hot Saturday. There is no shade at the Possee Grounds.

Remember: Friendship is the gold thread that ties the hearts of all the world.

John Evelyn

Friends are very important to me - hope they are to you too. Have a wonderful weekend.