Once again, it's been awhile since I've been here.
So much has happened in the last year, actually the last year and a half.
The biggest thing is that my son joined the Army. He left for Afghanistan on Wednesday. I am a thankful American, a proud parent, and a very scared mom. I am finding some support through some groups and individuals on facebook. The people where I work are also being very supportive. A couple of them have children who are in or have been the military and spent time deployed in the Middle East or Africa or somewhere far away. Please pray for the safety and well-being of my son and all his "battle buddies."
The horse life, which is why this blog was originally started, is still suffering. HubbyHoney went back to work in April of this year. His schedule and my schedule conflict. We are very thankful to both have jobs though. So, NO complaining. The horses get fed and maintained for now. I am thinking of trying to find a closeby riding companion, but will need to get alot of groundwork done before I will have the confidence for that.
So, life goes on here at the ranchette.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Yikes!! It's Been a Month
Yikes!!! It's been almost a month since I've blogged.
In that time I've found Facebook. In that time I've gone back to work. In that time I've ridden Bear.
Facebook is fun. It is a shorter version of a blog, with much more interaction with the family. I still haven't figured it all out, but there's plenty of time.
Going back to work. Wow!!! I like the people contact, sort of. But there seems to be a lot of drama right now. Is it just the people I work closest with, or is it really the whole place? Three people have been fired (let go) since I came back on June 1. Yikes!! Who's next?
Bear. What can I say about Bear? What a great horse! Since my accident he has been ridden one time. HubbyHoney rode him along our fence line once in that time. So, I decide it's time to get back in the saddle. I go down to the horse pen. I put a halter on him, then take him to our round pen. I put a blanket on him. I put a saddle on him. I put me on him. No problem!! We go around the round pen about twice. Each direction, once. No problem!! I get off. What a great ride! Thank you, Bear!!!!
In that time I've found Facebook. In that time I've gone back to work. In that time I've ridden Bear.
Facebook is fun. It is a shorter version of a blog, with much more interaction with the family. I still haven't figured it all out, but there's plenty of time.
Going back to work. Wow!!! I like the people contact, sort of. But there seems to be a lot of drama right now. Is it just the people I work closest with, or is it really the whole place? Three people have been fired (let go) since I came back on June 1. Yikes!! Who's next?
Bear. What can I say about Bear? What a great horse! Since my accident he has been ridden one time. HubbyHoney rode him along our fence line once in that time. So, I decide it's time to get back in the saddle. I go down to the horse pen. I put a halter on him, then take him to our round pen. I put a blanket on him. I put a saddle on him. I put me on him. No problem!! We go around the round pen about twice. Each direction, once. No problem!! I get off. What a great ride! Thank you, Bear!!!!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Life's Been Busy
Howdy! Finally I'm back. Been awhile.
We finished up our volunteer days with Horses for the Spirit. That was alot of fun. The girls were great! We are looking forward to helping out again next fall. It will be different girls, (we will miss the ones we already met and got to know a little about), but we will enjoy meeting new ones and introducing them to horses and natural horsemanship.
We attended the Parelli Celebration here in Reno. Three very full days of good horse stuff. We learned alot and can't wait to get back out and play with our horses. I also now need to save up my pennies to purchase some of their new stuff. Isn't that the way? Just when you think there can't be anything else, they come out with new, very interesting stuff. Oh, well.
Got finished with the book I was typing for a guy I know. He is plenty excited about getting it published. Hope it all works out well for him. He has worked on this a long time. Took him alot of research time and just studying about grammar and spelling and then the writes and rewrites. My own books were no where near as complicated. By the way, just got a message from my publisher, my book, "Jasmine's Secret", has been put in Amazon.com. Sounds kind of impressive, but with the price they are asking I really don't think it will improve my sales. Guess that makes me an official published author though. I don't really know how to feel about that.
The down side, I go back to the office on June 1. Yuck! I've been very spoiled working at home. Guess if my leg and shoulder are well enough to play with horses (still very cautiously), I am well enough to drive into work. Drove in halfway on Tuesday. My leg wasn't real happy, but feels like it will survive. I tried to bribe the Doctor to say it wasn't ready, but he wouldn't go for it. It will all be okay. Seems to be some drama going on their right now, so could be interesting. I just need to stay out of it. Sometimes that is hard to do, but I have to.
Okay, back to work time. I have some stuff to do before disconnecting my computer and getting it ready to be moved.
We finished up our volunteer days with Horses for the Spirit. That was alot of fun. The girls were great! We are looking forward to helping out again next fall. It will be different girls, (we will miss the ones we already met and got to know a little about), but we will enjoy meeting new ones and introducing them to horses and natural horsemanship.
We attended the Parelli Celebration here in Reno. Three very full days of good horse stuff. We learned alot and can't wait to get back out and play with our horses. I also now need to save up my pennies to purchase some of their new stuff. Isn't that the way? Just when you think there can't be anything else, they come out with new, very interesting stuff. Oh, well.
Got finished with the book I was typing for a guy I know. He is plenty excited about getting it published. Hope it all works out well for him. He has worked on this a long time. Took him alot of research time and just studying about grammar and spelling and then the writes and rewrites. My own books were no where near as complicated. By the way, just got a message from my publisher, my book, "Jasmine's Secret", has been put in Amazon.com. Sounds kind of impressive, but with the price they are asking I really don't think it will improve my sales. Guess that makes me an official published author though. I don't really know how to feel about that.
The down side, I go back to the office on June 1. Yuck! I've been very spoiled working at home. Guess if my leg and shoulder are well enough to play with horses (still very cautiously), I am well enough to drive into work. Drove in halfway on Tuesday. My leg wasn't real happy, but feels like it will survive. I tried to bribe the Doctor to say it wasn't ready, but he wouldn't go for it. It will all be okay. Seems to be some drama going on their right now, so could be interesting. I just need to stay out of it. Sometimes that is hard to do, but I have to.
Okay, back to work time. I have some stuff to do before disconnecting my computer and getting it ready to be moved.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
And The Politics Thereof
Today is the 15th of April, we all know what that means... However today was a bit different for Reno Gamma and me. We loaded up in our truck this morning despite the wind and snow and headed off to Carson City (the capital of Nevada for those of you in parts unknown) and attended our FIRST EVER political rally or event, whatever you want to call it. Yes, people, we went to a T.E.A. Party. We took our flags and joined thousands of other Nevadan's to voice our disapproval of the direction our President and Congress is taking our country!
Now to be honest, I did protest the hair policy and the barring of boys in home ec while in high school, but I'm not sure that really counts as a political protest.(Yes I can sew and cook. I even make up some of my own recipes.)
We found ourselves in the midst of alot of people just like us. People who go to work(wish I had a job) every day and don't have time to attend these kinds of things. We did see and thank our Congressman, Dean Heller, one of the good guys, who doesn't think our President and the rest of Congress has a right to spend my (our) Grandkids money (we now have 4 1/2, #5 due in September) but we also saw lots of Veterans, Grandparents and kids, ranging from the very young to high school, along with several very cute dogs with signs of their own.
Now that I don't go to work every morning, I have time to pursue my other passion, politics. Now I've been told I'm not very politically correct. No kidding! I make no apologies for that, but I am really proud of the fact that I had a dad who taught me to stand up for what I believe in and to stand up for what is right!
I'm mad as HELL and for the life of me I can't figure out how or why some of our elected officials think they are above the laws they write or that they have a right to take what I've worked hard for and to take away any chance my Grandkids have of making it to the top.
They say that some of us may be extremist, well if believing in God and Country and The Pursuit of Happiness is extremist, so be it, and if the Department of Homeland Insecurity thinks that is so then they should not have any problem finding me, and if they think they can take what I believe in, yes, that would include the right to own guns, then come and get me and them (Warning: you had best make sure I have the dogs put up! yea right.) So for now keep in mind that some idiot out there may actually believe in the Constition and think that the Government is suppose to work for the PEOPLE not the other way around, and if you find one of them make sure you vote for them in 2010!
Now to be honest, I did protest the hair policy and the barring of boys in home ec while in high school, but I'm not sure that really counts as a political protest.(Yes I can sew and cook. I even make up some of my own recipes.)
We found ourselves in the midst of alot of people just like us. People who go to work(wish I had a job) every day and don't have time to attend these kinds of things. We did see and thank our Congressman, Dean Heller, one of the good guys, who doesn't think our President and the rest of Congress has a right to spend my (our) Grandkids money (we now have 4 1/2, #5 due in September) but we also saw lots of Veterans, Grandparents and kids, ranging from the very young to high school, along with several very cute dogs with signs of their own.
Now that I don't go to work every morning, I have time to pursue my other passion, politics. Now I've been told I'm not very politically correct. No kidding! I make no apologies for that, but I am really proud of the fact that I had a dad who taught me to stand up for what I believe in and to stand up for what is right!
I'm mad as HELL and for the life of me I can't figure out how or why some of our elected officials think they are above the laws they write or that they have a right to take what I've worked hard for and to take away any chance my Grandkids have of making it to the top.
They say that some of us may be extremist, well if believing in God and Country and The Pursuit of Happiness is extremist, so be it, and if the Department of Homeland Insecurity thinks that is so then they should not have any problem finding me, and if they think they can take what I believe in, yes, that would include the right to own guns, then come and get me and them (Warning: you had best make sure I have the dogs put up! yea right.) So for now keep in mind that some idiot out there may actually believe in the Constition and think that the Government is suppose to work for the PEOPLE not the other way around, and if you find one of them make sure you vote for them in 2010!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
New Adventure
HubbyHoney and I are embarking on a new adventure.
We are volunteering with a group that uses horses and natural horsemanship methods, to work with kids.
We are still in the training portion, but start with the kids this Wednesday.
Should be interesting.
We have also started going to the library. Wow!! I really love books, but like to buy them and keep them so I can read them at my speed. No worry about late fees, or not finishing a book cause I didn't get the chance to finish reading it. In the present economy though, and HubbyHoney not employed, the library will be a great place to go. And actually, we might read more books because it won't cost us anything.
We are volunteering with a group that uses horses and natural horsemanship methods, to work with kids.
We are still in the training portion, but start with the kids this Wednesday.
Should be interesting.
We have also started going to the library. Wow!! I really love books, but like to buy them and keep them so I can read them at my speed. No worry about late fees, or not finishing a book cause I didn't get the chance to finish reading it. In the present economy though, and HubbyHoney not employed, the library will be a great place to go. And actually, we might read more books because it won't cost us anything.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Am I showing my AGE???
Rindy,(Renogamma) is on the phone with her son Arlo and some where in the conversation they started talking about electricity and how it flows, then came the example of the flow of (water) same same, streams and damns, resoviours, breakers and such, the idea of a FUSE? came into the chatter, for those of you under the age of???? we used to have in the "Breaker box" a series of, get this SCREW IN FUSES, kind of like a light bulb only different, or some that looked like shot gun shells with copper ends and a lever that you pushed or pulled depending on whether or not you were brave or STUPID.
Today we have BREAKERS that flip when something isn't right, the little red line tells you "oops", flip right and then left and by golly look at that. Well usta be you had to go look and check for the blown out fuse, which one is it? Without a flashlight, well that would be blind man's bluff! Really been there and done that... seriosly I really mean it! Just ask.... well never mind.
Now for todays lesson: Oh wait I need to go start the generator...
Today we have BREAKERS that flip when something isn't right, the little red line tells you "oops", flip right and then left and by golly look at that. Well usta be you had to go look and check for the blown out fuse, which one is it? Without a flashlight, well that would be blind man's bluff! Really been there and done that... seriosly I really mean it! Just ask.... well never mind.
Now for todays lesson: Oh wait I need to go start the generator...
Saturday, March 7, 2009
My Horseanality
The fabulous quater horse? Funny I thought I would have been a mule!
What breed of horse are you? Find out!
What breed of horse are you? Find out!
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