Today I was told "The Alabama State Bird is the Mosquito".
Ack!!! I've got to many bites to count.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
My poor hands are a mess...
There is a 2" burn on the top of my left hand at the the base of my thumb from an encounter with the element on our toaster oven.
I've got a bruise on the palm of my left hand. Then somehow I acquired a really black bruise on the my right thumb. It looks awful...
There are ump-teen mosquito bites on both hands, AND then... I went and broke a nail!
YOWZA!!! Guess I need to wrap myself up in "cotton wool" and go to bed... :-)
Not to worry... The burn is from last week, and although it still looks bad, it's actually much, much better.
There is a 2" burn on the top of my left hand at the the base of my thumb from an encounter with the element on our toaster oven.
I've got a bruise on the palm of my left hand. Then somehow I acquired a really black bruise on the my right thumb. It looks awful...
There are ump-teen mosquito bites on both hands, AND then... I went and broke a nail!
YOWZA!!! Guess I need to wrap myself up in "cotton wool" and go to bed... :-)
Not to worry... The burn is from last week, and although it still looks bad, it's actually much, much better.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Hello out there... Viewed my second "comment" today... I LOVE you Suzanne!!!! xoxoxo
Things are going well here. Guess what? I'm learning about horses... :-)
Lynda and I went to a field, way out in the country, last weekend to doctor a colt's foot (his owners were out of town). It had been raining hard on and off all day, and I have to say - I've never had the experience of walking in mud that thick. Ick... A person could loose a shoe real quick that way. It was getting dark, and spooky - I was trying to hold onto the colt with a makeshift harness and shine a flashlight on his hoof at the same time, which was a problem because the mare wanted to get to him and was leaning on me (hard) and pushing me into the fence.
Fortunately, the land owner sent three young girls out on four wheelers to give us some light, and help us out. It was good that they did, these young girls just waved the mare off like it was nothing - they knew their stuff. What a relief.. I realized at that point that if I'm going to be a "real" help to Lynda I need to know more about horses. I need more control.
The girls gave us a hitch, on their muddy four wheelers, so we wouldn't have to troop through the muck in the dark to our vehicle. I have to tell you - it was fun.
So... Groomed my first horse Tuesday - including the mane and 1/2 the tail... Lynda did the first half to demonstrate how, and how not to get hurt in the process. The horse, Satin, is a dream baby... when I did her neck and face her eyes closed and she (gently) leaned into me. She was so relaxed, it was amazing how much she enjoyed it. Wed., Lynda started to teach me how to do Ring Training. Worked with Button, a chocolate brown gelding. Got hands on experience... and he is SMART! Ring Training is rather dizzy-ing, and I worked with him till I was ready to fall over. He had done a lot of "what horses do" while I worked with him, so I decided it was time to step out of the ring. Don't want to fall down in "that stuff". Ha!
Also, Lynda is going to be "baby sitting" some horses while their Mama is out of town, so will be learning to feed them too.
Well, I guess that's about all the equine business I've got to relate, and I'm typing this at the library as we are not on line yet. Hopefully we will be connected up soon.
There's lot's more going on here, but my time is almost up so I will say "Ta ta for now - I love you all".
Things are going well here. Guess what? I'm learning about horses... :-)
Lynda and I went to a field, way out in the country, last weekend to doctor a colt's foot (his owners were out of town). It had been raining hard on and off all day, and I have to say - I've never had the experience of walking in mud that thick. Ick... A person could loose a shoe real quick that way. It was getting dark, and spooky - I was trying to hold onto the colt with a makeshift harness and shine a flashlight on his hoof at the same time, which was a problem because the mare wanted to get to him and was leaning on me (hard) and pushing me into the fence.
Fortunately, the land owner sent three young girls out on four wheelers to give us some light, and help us out. It was good that they did, these young girls just waved the mare off like it was nothing - they knew their stuff. What a relief.. I realized at that point that if I'm going to be a "real" help to Lynda I need to know more about horses. I need more control.
The girls gave us a hitch, on their muddy four wheelers, so we wouldn't have to troop through the muck in the dark to our vehicle. I have to tell you - it was fun.
So... Groomed my first horse Tuesday - including the mane and 1/2 the tail... Lynda did the first half to demonstrate how, and how not to get hurt in the process. The horse, Satin, is a dream baby... when I did her neck and face her eyes closed and she (gently) leaned into me. She was so relaxed, it was amazing how much she enjoyed it. Wed., Lynda started to teach me how to do Ring Training. Worked with Button, a chocolate brown gelding. Got hands on experience... and he is SMART! Ring Training is rather dizzy-ing, and I worked with him till I was ready to fall over. He had done a lot of "what horses do" while I worked with him, so I decided it was time to step out of the ring. Don't want to fall down in "that stuff". Ha!
Also, Lynda is going to be "baby sitting" some horses while their Mama is out of town, so will be learning to feed them too.
Well, I guess that's about all the equine business I've got to relate, and I'm typing this at the library as we are not on line yet. Hopefully we will be connected up soon.
There's lot's more going on here, but my time is almost up so I will say "Ta ta for now - I love you all".
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