General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...For Monday, March 13, 2006 =^..^=, 1 by MaryE

MaryE wrote:
Good morning. What a beautiful day. Beeeeuuuteeeeful day. I'm going riding early today because I have a chiropractor appointment this afternoon to get me straightened out again. This time I hope the adjustment stays adjusted. My money went to the vet last month, this month the chiropractor and my farrier get their turn. Two of the horses get shoes tomorrow but I will be taking a couple of days off from riding to take care of my new allignment. Maybe one of those neoprene back braces would help, I have one somewhere but haven't seen it in a long time. I might have loaned it to my brother in law who has far worse problems than I have, and they are not too expensive, about $20, way cheaper than another chiro visit.

The weather channel had some terrible pictures of the tornado damage. Leaflady, I'm glad you checked in to let us know you are ok. Come in more often, we haven't seen you for quite a while.

V Ann, you saw it coming for sure! It's good to have it in writing that he is expecting you to do his work. Delegating works ok when it's a paid staff, but with volunteers running the place and doing close to 100% of the work I think the lad needs to readjust his thinking to the reality of the job. Let him stew awhile, and then as somebody else said, make him do the work while you only coach. And do it when it is convenient for you as he seems to have plenty of time to do something (but what?).

Meezer, LOL at Sammi and the toilet cover monster! Better than the toilet paper. Has he discovered that yet? AmandaPanda hasn't but it's only a matter of time.

Maria, a few horses tramping through your yard can sure leave a mess. Around here we fence some things in and other's out. My yard has a fence around it so that if the horses get out of the pasture or if the neighbor's sheep or cows come visiting they will not trample my flowers or my vegies. With so much livestock in the area, everybody has fenced yards or no yards. Samson is a good boy for letting you know somebody was there, but it was probably a bit unsettling to open the door in the middle of the night not knowing who was out there. I do suppose anybody who had less than honorable intentions would have left after hearing the dog.

Yes, Sarv, pack rats are real things, they love to carry small objects around and save them. They will fill a space and then start on another space. Yep, just like some people who never discard anything. Pack rats have also chewed leather straps on my saddles, ate the insulation off stored Christmas lights, got into the grain in the metal garbage cans in the barn when I forgot to fasten the lid down, made a nest on top of the air cleaner in a pickup that had been sitting for a while, etc, they are pests and I'm always happy when the cat catches one. I need to set my haveahart trap and see if I can catch some before they raise babies. And no, I won't turn the darned thing loose elsewhere.

This morning I saw something purple in a flower bed, went to investigate, and found one lonely looking iris reticulata blooming! The leaves are only about 2 inches high and I didn't expect blooms so soon. I'll see if I can find a pic from last year when they were all in bloom at once. Ok, now you can see.

Laundry needs tending, the woodstove needs more wood and then I need to get outside. ~~~ to all I missed, have a great day!