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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Ah ha, that is where I went astray then. The next time I will get it right.........
I'll be here to field any questions along the way :~D
We have an ice storm here . . . lots of people with power out. But we didn't get much ice right in our neighborhood - apparently the river acts as a bit of a buffer and moderates the cold. We were hovering right at 32 and didn't get any ice to speak of on the trees and our power has not even flickered (we're ready if it does).
But my son goes to school a good ways north of here, about 20 miles up GA Highway 400 due north and slightly east of town and west of I-85. That quadrant always gets the worst cold around here, and sure enough as we crossed the river the trees were full of ice and heads hanging low. My son and one other kid from our neighborhood were going "Oh, boy!" as we pulled up the hill and all the traffic lights were out. One of the teachers was standing in the driveway with an umbrella and a blanket around him. The kids were going, "Oh, boy! Oh, boy!"
He said, "The middle school has no power . . . but the high school DOES so you boys go on in." "Oh, )(*&(&^^%$" said the boys. (The school is kind of spread along a ridge above GA 400, and the front buildings take their power off the access road which had no power . . . but the rear buildings have a power line that runs straight up the hill from GA 400. So not much likelihood of their losing power, ever. But I didn't tell the boys that . . . )
I'm going to put on my Lab's cute little camouflage neoprene vest and take her for a walk in a minute. What she really needs is a little neoprene hood like a horse's . . . she HATES to get her ears wet!
It comes from not washing after you eat!
If you can catch them at the blackhead stage, put warm wet compresses on them, and then gently pull the blackheads off (I used a small thin piece of plastic card, but if you have fingernails (I don't) that should work), you can avoid the red infected stage.
I got in the habit of washing Mackie's chin with warm water and PhisoDex once a week as a preventative. Worked really well. He finally got used to it, but for awhile there he would RUN and HIDE whenever he heard water running.
Good morning. Cold here this morning, the bird bath was frozen. LOL, that's how I've started telling how cold it is out there.
I went to bed at 8 last night, but was awakened around 10 by strange noises that seemed to be coming from behind our shop, which is by the gate into Harleys' pasture. I got up and listened at the window, and could definitly hear voices, and it sounded like someone was telling someone else to "get him up" and making strange hollering sounds. The last thing I heard was I swear somone hollered my name.
I got Mack up who was asleep too, and he went out and patrolled but never saw anyone....Really strange.
Becky
EGADS! Do you think there was really someone out there in the yard?
Good morning... it's not so much zits as it is a generalized infection now... the whole thing just got meaty all of the sudden. But it's already drying up. I can see that it might have something to do with dirty eating or the bowl or something.
I don't know. It all stopped so quick, of course just when Mack was heading out there, that I wondered if I was dreaming, or if the neighbors who built the big house next door were out. But I don't think they know my name, and why holler it anyway!!!????? I truely don't know what/who it was.
Becky
Heree she is in her better days a few years ago. A most affectionate hug-loving horse. Now the vet says she may have lymphoma. She's 22. This doesn't look good.
And Cav, I hope you are better. It's no fun to be hospitalized!
I'm so sorry... but you don't have to lose hope. I know a 28 year old horse who has been living with a swollen and rather unsightly, yet painless swollen lymph gland for years.
Hey Cav! Great to see you on the thread! I hope that you bounce back quickly!
I'm glad y'all didn't lose power! I hate ice storms and that's all we ever seem to get over here in NW AL. We've been lucky for the last few years though and haven't had one. We just got lots of rain yesterday and last night.
That's funny about the boys thinking they were going to get out of school. I know how they feel. Every time they think it might snow over here I find myself wishing that it would so I wouldn't have to go to work. My only problem is that we don't get free snow days like we used to at school so it ends up costing me a vacation day. Bummer!
I never heard of a Lab that didn't like to get wet. Poor girl!
Well I'm glad Mac didn't find anything! Even if you were just dreaming, I'd rather it be that than some strange hollering people really out there in the shop. Confronting people like that can get you killed, coz you never know if they're hyped up on something or are just plain mean. But I'd do an inventory in the light of day to see if anything's missing. Didn't y'all have some stuff stolen not too long ago?
I hate to hear that about your mare, but hopefully she'll be like the horse that Hair knows and she'll have lots of good years to come. That's what we'll pray for anyways! Great picture too!
thanks all for your good thoughts. Am waiting for vet to call today with the results of the biopsy.
The food is awful to say the least and besides, it is almost Christmas........... : )
Thanks Beaker but I do not bounce anymore. Nowadays it is more like a splat.........
I did good today, my mine brought a Carmel cake to help me feel better. My cousins sent some pecan divinity candy and chocolate fudge. Hmmmmmmmm---good!
Hey that's cool! Looks like it's beautifully made and really heavy!
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