How could he be any cuter?? I went over to see him the other day. The paddocks are a muddy mess so no one had turn out. First I got him a big heap of hay and then mixed his supplements with some warm water and he pigged out on that. Then we went wandering around so he could eat some grass wherever he wanted.
No one was in the covered arena so I took him in there and took off his halter and pointed off to the side and said, "trot" and he took off running. Every time he stopped, I would just point again and off he would go!! And he was going in which ever direction I pointed. Then my cell phone rang so I was kind of walking around looking at the ground and talking for a minute or two and then turned around and looked up to see where he was and I was nose to nose with him! He was about an inch behind me!!! He followed me all around the arena while I was talking and stayed with me like he was tied to me.
I left him in his stall munching his hay with his blanket on and went back to my real life which is some kind of bad dream right now.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Flute
I have been practicing my flute playing and really enjoying it. By some miracle yesterday I was able to hit all the high notes without any trouble! I was playing Christmas carols and some old songs that my old Italian flute teacher, Mr. Iascone, wrote out for me. He was my teacher when I was in the 6th grade and when I look at the music and exercises I played then, I just can't believe it. All hand written by him!
I have been needlepointing without stop due to being sick and having to sit around. This morning is my class and I hope to get some stuff finished up but still have to go down to the Westheimer area to buy a certain color yarn that my shop does not want to order for me because I just need a little bit of it.
Getting sick has been a huge pain since I can't seem to get anything done and plus have not been able to ride. I actually feel much better though. I don't think I had the flu but just a bad cold and cough. Now to get myself off Afrin!
I'm actually doing well in a thorough cleaning of the house. In between feeling sick and just wanting to rest, I have been getting a few things done. Got oh to help me wash the family room windows inside and out the other day in a spurt of energy and moved the furniture to really clean that area of the family room but ran out of energy and nothing has been put back so the fr is kind of an obstacle course.
I still want to buy a new mattress for my bed but do I have the money? I would rather spend it, if I can come up with it, on a trip to SF but don't want to take two trips in December and we are going to FL over Christmas week. Still, I would like to get a good nights sleep for once.
OH is loving his German class! I think he has a slight crush on his teacher. He gets that naughty little boy look on his face!
I have been needlepointing without stop due to being sick and having to sit around. This morning is my class and I hope to get some stuff finished up but still have to go down to the Westheimer area to buy a certain color yarn that my shop does not want to order for me because I just need a little bit of it.
Getting sick has been a huge pain since I can't seem to get anything done and plus have not been able to ride. I actually feel much better though. I don't think I had the flu but just a bad cold and cough. Now to get myself off Afrin!
I'm actually doing well in a thorough cleaning of the house. In between feeling sick and just wanting to rest, I have been getting a few things done. Got oh to help me wash the family room windows inside and out the other day in a spurt of energy and moved the furniture to really clean that area of the family room but ran out of energy and nothing has been put back so the fr is kind of an obstacle course.
I still want to buy a new mattress for my bed but do I have the money? I would rather spend it, if I can come up with it, on a trip to SF but don't want to take two trips in December and we are going to FL over Christmas week. Still, I would like to get a good nights sleep for once.
OH is loving his German class! I think he has a slight crush on his teacher. He gets that naughty little boy look on his face!
Monday, October 12, 2009
too much stuff
I've decided to get rid of lots of stuff I own that has no possible use in my life now. I've started in my clothes closet. Old purses that I like but never use -out. Shoes - out. Well, except the cool boots and 1960's fancy madras espadrilles with wedge heels (haha).
I've already taken one bunch of clothes to the resale shop. There are lots more I can take. Or just give away. I mean, who takes their clothes to the cleaners in prep for the resale shop??? I would rather just give them away. I just want to be living in a house that is not, under the surface (think closets and drawers), just a holding place for a past life.
I'm a bit of a hoarder. A square of cardboard? Must save. Why?? I won't use it and if I ever ever ever by some unforseen event need a piece of cardboard, I can go buy one. Boxes, pads of paper, old magazines, old t-shirts, and especially old blue jeans - saving them is a very annoying habit. If I ever fit in those jeans again, they will be sooo out of style!
Old pillow, old blankets, old sheets, old sweaters that I love and fit and look nice but haven't worn in years, old files (who cares what my scores were on the sats and gres??), scrapbooking crap (should give to my niece), omg, the boxes of old photos, two gigantic boxes of hotel pads, old Christmas cards, a paper grocery bag full of pantyhose (haha), sandals that are cute and fit but that I never wear, 3 adorable pairs of dress shoes that I could gets lots of $$ from at the resale shop- I could go on.
I have gone thru my house in the past and taken truckloads to the Good Will and Salvation Army centers, so why do I still have all this stuff? All I do is re-organize it periodically instead of getting rid of it.
I will keep my huge pile of old flute music, just in case I ever decide to become a flautist for real. (have the flute, the one I got in 4th grade and have had reconditioned twice already). :P:P
I've already taken one bunch of clothes to the resale shop. There are lots more I can take. Or just give away. I mean, who takes their clothes to the cleaners in prep for the resale shop??? I would rather just give them away. I just want to be living in a house that is not, under the surface (think closets and drawers), just a holding place for a past life.
I'm a bit of a hoarder. A square of cardboard? Must save. Why?? I won't use it and if I ever ever ever by some unforseen event need a piece of cardboard, I can go buy one. Boxes, pads of paper, old magazines, old t-shirts, and especially old blue jeans - saving them is a very annoying habit. If I ever fit in those jeans again, they will be sooo out of style!
Old pillow, old blankets, old sheets, old sweaters that I love and fit and look nice but haven't worn in years, old files (who cares what my scores were on the sats and gres??), scrapbooking crap (should give to my niece), omg, the boxes of old photos, two gigantic boxes of hotel pads, old Christmas cards, a paper grocery bag full of pantyhose (haha), sandals that are cute and fit but that I never wear, 3 adorable pairs of dress shoes that I could gets lots of $$ from at the resale shop- I could go on.
I have gone thru my house in the past and taken truckloads to the Good Will and Salvation Army centers, so why do I still have all this stuff? All I do is re-organize it periodically instead of getting rid of it.
I will keep my huge pile of old flute music, just in case I ever decide to become a flautist for real. (have the flute, the one I got in 4th grade and have had reconditioned twice already). :P:P
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Lonny
Feeling so sad that my BIL died. He would have been 58 on August 18th. I can hardly sleep or do anything. I wake up every morning thinking about him. This morning - up at 4:30. RIP Lonny.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
paint!
Okay, painting my kitchen today. There has been a big green splotch on the wall for over a year - hehe
Monday, July 20, 2009
My sweetest horsie!
Yesterday, he came all the way across the paddock where he was standing with his buddy when I came in the gate. Then later, after my lesson, after his bath and after grazing for a while, he came over to me and stretched out his head and put it right in my arms so I could pet his forehead. He just stood there like that really soft and quiet.
He looked like this:
He looked like this:
Monday, July 06, 2009
Poor horse
Pictues of a horse at our stable. How can the owner let this happen?? Why will no one do anything?
Grandma's china
Grindley Creampetal - pattern: Oban
border
gravy boat
coffee cup
2 platters
covered casserole dish
There were originally 12 place settings and most of it is there! My mother says she got the set as a wedding present (1916) but according to an internet site, the mark on the back was not produced until 1936. Hmmm.
Anyway, I'm glad I had it sent from Florida last week. Thank you ups store man!!! If, in the future, anyone needs bubble wrap or packing peanuts, just ask me for some.
Serious cost cutting trip to FL this time. Way too much money is being spent. I got my mother 4 pairs of wash and wear pants and 5 new tops (Target) and for my father 4 pairs of no iron Dockers. Sister, no more linen pants and silk shirts and fancy tops and skirts from t-albots for them!!! No more $100/week cleaning bills please, plus the cost of the errand lady.
Next is to figure out the actual living situation. I was supposed to look into it last week and did not do it and did not do it today either. lasis is disgusted with me.
border
gravy boat
coffee cup
2 platters
covered casserole dish
There were originally 12 place settings and most of it is there! My mother says she got the set as a wedding present (1916) but according to an internet site, the mark on the back was not produced until 1936. Hmmm.
Anyway, I'm glad I had it sent from Florida last week. Thank you ups store man!!! If, in the future, anyone needs bubble wrap or packing peanuts, just ask me for some.
Serious cost cutting trip to FL this time. Way too much money is being spent. I got my mother 4 pairs of wash and wear pants and 5 new tops (Target) and for my father 4 pairs of no iron Dockers. Sister, no more linen pants and silk shirts and fancy tops and skirts from t-albots for them!!! No more $100/week cleaning bills please, plus the cost of the errand lady.
Next is to figure out the actual living situation. I was supposed to look into it last week and did not do it and did not do it today either. lasis is disgusted with me.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
pacemaker!
Father went for pacemaker check up today and the battery was dead! So the whole thing was replaced and he was sent home. Ugh.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Closet Project
OH's closet before and after. Before, it was the classic nightmare closet that you would typically see in a closet organizing ad. Everything shoved on the top shelf. So I have been mentioning for about 2 years that I am going to put some shelves in and lo and behold, little by little, he got used to the idea. But even the day I was going to start it, he would not come to the Container Store and look so I went myself and figured out what I needed. The next day, I drove while we were out doing errands and just drove there with him! We got the stuff and will only a couple of times did I have to walk out of the closet due to our differing ideas about how to measure. The CS is so great, we just put 6 drywall anchors in and the rest just snapped into place. Note the cool wallpaper from Anthropologie (previous project done entirely against his will and costing $250 for that one little wall!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
sick
I woke up yesterday with a stuffy/runny nose and got worse during the day instead of better. Now OH has a sore throat. Can it be allergies? It's hard to tell but I guess I will just rest today and hope it goes away! I have not taken any meds except Afrin because I always can't sleep when I take something and I was super tired last night.
I still want to work on putting up some shelves in OH's closet today. I have all the stuff, bought at the Container Store. But I need to get out the drill and drill a few holes for the one bar that goes across the top. Then everything else just snaps into place. OH was NOT happy about doing this project (how unusual, lol) but is now coming around (as usual). I guess I will just have to get everything ready and start and he will come to "supervise" and then start helping. Oh, the manipulation!!! hahaha I am an expert.
I finished some very small needlepoint projects but still have one really hard one that I need VERY good light for, one big one started but hardly worked on at all and one canvass that I have not even bought the yarn for. I think I also have another one not started from a long time ago and one on a rack that is about half done from absolutely ages ago. The problem is that I need to work on them during the day to have good light but then I feel like I should be doing something else rather than just sitting around with needlepoint. I will pick one today and do some work! I will bring the small difficult one with me to fish camp. I really really want to get that one done.
Why am I addicted to crossword and sudoku puzzles? What a stupid waste of time.
I still want to work on putting up some shelves in OH's closet today. I have all the stuff, bought at the Container Store. But I need to get out the drill and drill a few holes for the one bar that goes across the top. Then everything else just snaps into place. OH was NOT happy about doing this project (how unusual, lol) but is now coming around (as usual). I guess I will just have to get everything ready and start and he will come to "supervise" and then start helping. Oh, the manipulation!!! hahaha I am an expert.
I finished some very small needlepoint projects but still have one really hard one that I need VERY good light for, one big one started but hardly worked on at all and one canvass that I have not even bought the yarn for. I think I also have another one not started from a long time ago and one on a rack that is about half done from absolutely ages ago. The problem is that I need to work on them during the day to have good light but then I feel like I should be doing something else rather than just sitting around with needlepoint. I will pick one today and do some work! I will bring the small difficult one with me to fish camp. I really really want to get that one done.
Why am I addicted to crossword and sudoku puzzles? What a stupid waste of time.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Lets see, what has been happening? Not much really. Took a trip to Florida with risis which went well and have another one planned for the end of June.
Had my baby for a week and he was super cute the whole time. He seemed to love every minute and his favorites were eating nasty pre-cooked sausages for breakfast, playing in every room of the house, playing chase downstairs, playing on the twin beds (put together) upstairs with all the stuffed animals, playing with the cars and legos and little people and toy animals in the playroom, going to toy stores to play on the bikes and big cars, pushing the button to close the garage door, and bringing OH the remote to turn on cartoons. I will see him again next month when we go to Fish Camp!
Will get to have my other grandson for a week in August and have several things planned. I think he will want to ride the same horse he rode 2 years ago, the children's museum, the pool of course now that he can swim, I'm hoping to borrow a bike so he can try to ride it, he may like the dogs next door (?!), there is the library, the natural history museum, the Potter's Wheel, the playground, and secretly OH has planned an Astro's game (heh, liz if you are reading this don't freak out). Of course it will be very hot and he will probably just want to hang out and read. We have so many books for someone his age so I hope he will be interested in some of them! I am looking forward to this visit because I feel like he is growing up (9 now) and not a little boy any more. Oh, and the original "hide the animals" puzzle will be fun!!!!!
I got horse to get next to the gate yesterday and then got it open! I have been working on this for a while. He got a big piece of watermelon for his efforts :P
Today I think I will clean the outdoor grill and hope OH will work on the practically green pool water. The we are going to see Star Trek! Can't wait. I also want to sneak in a visit to horse but not sure. We have decided to do something together every Thursday (my effort to get OH out of the house). He has signed up for a German class at the community college for this summer! He will miss the first class due to Fish Camp.
Had my baby for a week and he was super cute the whole time. He seemed to love every minute and his favorites were eating nasty pre-cooked sausages for breakfast, playing in every room of the house, playing chase downstairs, playing on the twin beds (put together) upstairs with all the stuffed animals, playing with the cars and legos and little people and toy animals in the playroom, going to toy stores to play on the bikes and big cars, pushing the button to close the garage door, and bringing OH the remote to turn on cartoons. I will see him again next month when we go to Fish Camp!
Will get to have my other grandson for a week in August and have several things planned. I think he will want to ride the same horse he rode 2 years ago, the children's museum, the pool of course now that he can swim, I'm hoping to borrow a bike so he can try to ride it, he may like the dogs next door (?!), there is the library, the natural history museum, the Potter's Wheel, the playground, and secretly OH has planned an Astro's game (heh, liz if you are reading this don't freak out). Of course it will be very hot and he will probably just want to hang out and read. We have so many books for someone his age so I hope he will be interested in some of them! I am looking forward to this visit because I feel like he is growing up (9 now) and not a little boy any more. Oh, and the original "hide the animals" puzzle will be fun!!!!!
I got horse to get next to the gate yesterday and then got it open! I have been working on this for a while. He got a big piece of watermelon for his efforts :P
Today I think I will clean the outdoor grill and hope OH will work on the practically green pool water. The we are going to see Star Trek! Can't wait. I also want to sneak in a visit to horse but not sure. We have decided to do something together every Thursday (my effort to get OH out of the house). He has signed up for a German class at the community college for this summer! He will miss the first class due to Fish Camp.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 05, 2009
New year
2008 year of opposites! The bad: parents. The good: riding.
This year I would like to go riding in Wyoming but I'm sure that will not happen. So next best (maybe better) is going to spend a while hanging out in RI at the beach.
There is nothing else like it. You can have your tropical beaches (altho severely tempted by Maui). In RI, you get cold, deep water. If you are hot sitting on the beach, go get purple in the nice cold water! Get on some suntan lotion, get an iced coffee, get a book and veg on the beach all day. Watch the people, watch the kids completely preoccupied digging in the sand and dumping water into holes, watch the surfers, take a long walk, have a Del's lemonade and some French fries with vinegar or some Italian pizza, shake the sand off your blanket periodically or just lie in the warm sand and get it all over you. In the late afternoon, the peope will start leaving and the sea gulls will swoop in to look for food. Now it's warm but not hot. Don't leave til it gets dark.
This year I would like to go riding in Wyoming but I'm sure that will not happen. So next best (maybe better) is going to spend a while hanging out in RI at the beach.
There is nothing else like it. You can have your tropical beaches (altho severely tempted by Maui). In RI, you get cold, deep water. If you are hot sitting on the beach, go get purple in the nice cold water! Get on some suntan lotion, get an iced coffee, get a book and veg on the beach all day. Watch the people, watch the kids completely preoccupied digging in the sand and dumping water into holes, watch the surfers, take a long walk, have a Del's lemonade and some French fries with vinegar or some Italian pizza, shake the sand off your blanket periodically or just lie in the warm sand and get it all over you. In the late afternoon, the peope will start leaving and the sea gulls will swoop in to look for food. Now it's warm but not hot. Don't leave til it gets dark.
Monday, December 15, 2008
another horrible florida trip
This time it was a heart attack and stroke, all combined. Thank goodness lasis came with me and mostly did the hospital thing. They are now spending a fortune in 12-hour shift aides with no end in sight.
I did not do any of my holiday baking altho I will probably do some and send them out late (but maybe not!!!) I do have to go to the post office with 2 more gifts this week. I'm hoping to send OH - he is used to going and has all kinds of strategies for when to go!!
I have so many projects around the house started - 2 rooms are all upset with started things and they are not getting finished. And what is up with the 9X12 rug rolled up and on the floor of the front hall???? We do not want it and it is too heavy to move. Our only tribute to Xmas, a little light up tree about 2 feet tall is not lighting on the top half. Plus, the end table i used to put it on is now doing another duty so the tree is on the floor next to a plug but of course is not plugged in since the lights don't work. Must make cookies this morning for a barn lunch thingy. omg, 2 sticks of butter and a package of cream cheese, not to mention the sugar and chocolate chips. The sad part is that they are really good and I will probably eat several of them.
How many times must OH say, "Where's my corgi?" ???? He is in love with kb's puppy!! I will try to put a picture of him up if i ever download them from my camera.
I do not want to go to this lunch today. Plus, I did not do my rda care-taking this weekend due to hanging out with W most of Saturday (much nicer I must say). He showed off his fabulous clicker skills to his pasture mate's owner and her niece. What a cute little girl! She was all giggley because W was nosing her all over looking for treats.
It is getting light out now. Must make SF reservations today!!! I want to see my babies!
I did not do any of my holiday baking altho I will probably do some and send them out late (but maybe not!!!) I do have to go to the post office with 2 more gifts this week. I'm hoping to send OH - he is used to going and has all kinds of strategies for when to go!!
I have so many projects around the house started - 2 rooms are all upset with started things and they are not getting finished. And what is up with the 9X12 rug rolled up and on the floor of the front hall???? We do not want it and it is too heavy to move. Our only tribute to Xmas, a little light up tree about 2 feet tall is not lighting on the top half. Plus, the end table i used to put it on is now doing another duty so the tree is on the floor next to a plug but of course is not plugged in since the lights don't work. Must make cookies this morning for a barn lunch thingy. omg, 2 sticks of butter and a package of cream cheese, not to mention the sugar and chocolate chips. The sad part is that they are really good and I will probably eat several of them.
How many times must OH say, "Where's my corgi?" ???? He is in love with kb's puppy!! I will try to put a picture of him up if i ever download them from my camera.
I do not want to go to this lunch today. Plus, I did not do my rda care-taking this weekend due to hanging out with W most of Saturday (much nicer I must say). He showed off his fabulous clicker skills to his pasture mate's owner and her niece. What a cute little girl! She was all giggley because W was nosing her all over looking for treats.
It is getting light out now. Must make SF reservations today!!! I want to see my babies!
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
i really meant it but
I just can't apply for the library shelving job!!! I went there very determined but just a couple of questions to the circulation guy solicited such a sad stream of complaints from him. The pay, the people, the administration who don't care about the branches, etc. No thanks. Plus, I looked around for about 30 minutes and could not find one book I was interested in. I took out a library card but left without using it. One book about horses (mustangs), no movie I cared about, only a level 3 French language tape, NO free computer to even check the catalog!!!! I could not wait to escape from the building. I forgot how much I can't stand the jr high age crowd. I can't stand the way libraries like that are all geared to kids and people who just want the popular novels. I used to love hanging out in the storage floor at my old library - they had such a fantastic collection of every old book and magazine. Sadly, they had to weed so much of it - I am glad I was not there to see it.
So OH was kind of relieved that I came back disgusted and said, "I'll apply for SS and share the money with you!" That made me laugh since there is really no question of sharing per se. Anyway, I'm still planning to keep my riding since it is the only thing I have ever done for myself and I am definitely going to RI this summer. I don't mind going by myself if I have to. I can rent a car and stay at Bonnet with whoever is at the house. A stack of books, a beach chair and that's all I need. Of course OH will come (not really caring about going to the beach) but maybe I can stay longer on my own and set my own schedule.
I have to do a ton of baking this week to send everything out before Xmas. I am rapidly losing interest in doing it though. Plus, I forgot all about that when I bought my mailing boxes so will have to go and buy some just for that.
Oh why did I get up at 4:15 a.m. this morning????? Anyway, I am making plans to go to SF in January. I tried to figure out a Florida schedule for the 3 of us for 2009 but it seemed to complicated. If lasis goes at least twice that would be great and since risis goes every 6-7 weeks, and I go 4 times, that should cover it. The only problem is that there are some months that no one wants to go or can go, esp towards the end of the year. It is pointless to even try to plan it though since 2 of my one-week visits this year turned into a much longer stay.
So OH was kind of relieved that I came back disgusted and said, "I'll apply for SS and share the money with you!" That made me laugh since there is really no question of sharing per se. Anyway, I'm still planning to keep my riding since it is the only thing I have ever done for myself and I am definitely going to RI this summer. I don't mind going by myself if I have to. I can rent a car and stay at Bonnet with whoever is at the house. A stack of books, a beach chair and that's all I need. Of course OH will come (not really caring about going to the beach) but maybe I can stay longer on my own and set my own schedule.
I have to do a ton of baking this week to send everything out before Xmas. I am rapidly losing interest in doing it though. Plus, I forgot all about that when I bought my mailing boxes so will have to go and buy some just for that.
Oh why did I get up at 4:15 a.m. this morning????? Anyway, I am making plans to go to SF in January. I tried to figure out a Florida schedule for the 3 of us for 2009 but it seemed to complicated. If lasis goes at least twice that would be great and since risis goes every 6-7 weeks, and I go 4 times, that should cover it. The only problem is that there are some months that no one wants to go or can go, esp towards the end of the year. It is pointless to even try to plan it though since 2 of my one-week visits this year turned into a much longer stay.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Another morning spent on the phone!
How many phone calls does it take to decide if we don't need the aides/therapy anymore??????????? Still waiting for 2 more phone calls back.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Another day spent doing things for parents-
Bought a wheelchair on ebay! I just have my fingers crossed that there is nothing drastically wrong with it. If it was up to the others, it would never have been bought - never mind as cheap as I got it. (lets hope not too cheap!) Then the drama with the amount of money spent on the woman who does their errands, dr appointments, etc. Now I still need to figure out how they can be spending almost $100 a week on dry cleaning! I mean they don't even go anyplace. So between food, dry cleaning and the fees for that and dr appts, it cost between $1-2K per month. Is that possible????
Well, those two items meant tons of phone calls and emails. Including the physical therapist in Fl to make sure the wheelchair was not too small. Then OH would not get off his butt and clean up the mess in the pool after 4 days away so I had to do it plus the laundry (not completely done yet).
Throw in grocery shopping and cooking and I did not get to go ride my horse which I really wanted to do. Tomorrow I will go first thing.
Well, those two items meant tons of phone calls and emails. Including the physical therapist in Fl to make sure the wheelchair was not too small. Then OH would not get off his butt and clean up the mess in the pool after 4 days away so I had to do it plus the laundry (not completely done yet).
Throw in grocery shopping and cooking and I did not get to go ride my horse which I really wanted to do. Tomorrow I will go first thing.
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