Here it is a new year and I’ve been bad about posting for the past few months. Last year saw many opportunities and disappointments. For a while, I was so despressed about the riding accident and then the subsequent recovery for Isis and me. We did finally get her in shape, and it has seemed that every time I was ready to start riding again, we ran into a snag.
Here is hoping that 2006 looks better!
Funny thing happened today: I inherited my Mom’s eyes. My parents had eye sight from opposite ends of the spectrum: Dad was horribly myopic, and Mom was slightly farsighted. My sister inherited Dad’s eyes: she was legally blind (without her glasses) before she entered high school. I was slightly nearsighted in middle school. I got…
There is a full Eclipse tonight. I’m taking pictures when we go out and uploading them. If the cloud cover stays minimal, we’re supposed to have a great view. Very mild outside too. First picture at approximate 9:10 PM. Taken with a Fujifilm FinePix S9100, shutter speed 1/13, F4.9 (Yup, auto mode.) The entire family…
I woke up by grabbing my cell phone and then dropping it by running out of power cord length. Dropped it. Alarm reset and then never went off… and well I’m late today. Not feeling great. Would rather stay home but might as well go to the barn. Heck of a way to start a…
Tack cleaning time, so I always watch a horse movie when cleaning the saddle and bridle. The choice for tonight was Hidalgo. It is such a pleasure to see Viggo Mortensen ride. Because he can actually ride and is a horse person. He apparently did most of the riding himself, including the bareback gallop at…
Before you give thanks on Thanksgiving, you first shop for food and clean. The cleaning part is what always gets me. I’m not messy, but I tend to leave things incompletely unpacked for as long as possible. You get to where things you need are out but the rest of it isn’t put away. The…
Today is NUTS: Horse sitting at 8:00 AM. Plumber at 10:00 AM to fix the toilet. House cleaning/laundry until 1:00 PM. Cat-sitting for another friend at about 3:00 PM. Shopping for last-minute items for Christmas party. Co-hostessing a party starting at 5:00 PM. Cleaning up after said party. Driving home and collapsing in bed. It…