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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Obviously a woman of intellegence :)
It's nasty here today too. We are in the forties with a light, stinging rain. The kind of stuff that muds up your windshield when you turn the wipers on.
Maybe she will wait for you:')
Well the way I see it, it isn't wasting water because it just goes back into the ground.
Sure - goes right back into the water table ;~D
I agree
I have a class to teach this afternoon and was thinking about heading up your way afterwards but the weather is just to bad to be driving at dark. Will be thinking about yall though.
I appreciate you thinking of comming up but it is just nasty weather up here, it's just above freezing today. Doc came by and got J up and moving. They are in the other room talking.
Well here's a smile for yall. I asked momma why she wanted knee surgery because she didn't seem like she was in that much discomfort. She told me she might as well get it done while she has insurance because if she waits until she needs it she might not be able to afford it:').
Well gosh darn it that is funny. Mom is a character. She bought some glucosamine and Mac is making her take it. Maybe that will help her and she won't need it.
It looks like she might wait for me - I just called home and she's not looking like she plans on foaling in the near future. I have to admit, I'd rather she foaled this afternoon without me, right now the sun's out and it's a gorgeous day, even if it is cold. It will be bitter again tonight.
I once lived in Michigan for a few years. The first winter that I was there I struggled with frozen hoses the whole dang winter. Every time I watered up I would drain the hose so that it would not be frozen the next time I needed it. Draining a stiff water hose in sub-zero weather ain't fun.
The next winter I was prepared. I bought two 100 gallon Rubbermaid water troughs and installed a 1500 watt electric heater in each. After the first snows hit I just shoveled snow in the troughs all winter and didn't have to fool around with the stinking hose but a couple of times.
Now that I'm back in Dixie that's just a fading memory.
:) Boy do I agree on the hoses and walking the water out. We have heaters in the troughs by the barn but those out further (four of them) are too far away from electricity. A real pain, breaking ice and/or filling them in freezing temps. One of these days, maybe I'll have power out to them or so few horses I won't need them (I can hope)
Spawn of Satan I tell you. What I wouldn't have given for a shot of that.
Yesterday was about 65 degF and I didn't ride because I was waiting on a stinking phone call that never came in. (some of the places I ride are down in little valley's and my cell phone loses service)
Now today it's rainy and 43 degF but tomorrow is supposed to be clear and cool so I'll probably straddle that gray horse tomorrow afternoon.
Hair, you just do that when it's cold?! lol. I do that every morning and every night. Warm from the tap. Has to be baby temp, you know. Not too hot, not too cold. Nothing's too good for my little angels. ;) You should hear me trying to explain that to someone else if (God forbid) they have to feed them. They think I am nuts! No argument there. ;)
Phoooey - and I thought I spoiled my horses.. :~)
Uh huh. It's not like we are talking about a scooter here. Yall, my Mom is worried that those republicans are going to bankrupt medicare. I tell her that it was bankrupted before GB came to office but... Anyway, she's planning for her old age. She bought a handicap access home. She has all kinds of equipment inside that she doesn't need (shower chair, raised commode etc) What else. Oh yeah a van with a lift and she's looking for a scooter. When I left the last time I drove she loaned me a bedpan , just in case:')
Well keep the camera charged. I just had a startle on the way home. A trailer just like mine passed and on first glance it looked like Okie and Sarah Lee. It wasn't them but it's kind of funny that someone could have a trailer and 2 horses almost like mine.
Ok? :')
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