Sums it up!

MINNESOTA POEM

IT'S WINTER IN MINNESOTA
AND THE GENTLE BREEZES BLOW
SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR
AT THIRTY-FIVE BELOW

OH HOW I LOVE MINNESOTA
WHEN THE SNOW'S UP TO YOUR BUTT
YOU TAKE A BREATH OF WINTER AIR
AND YOUR NOSE GETS FROZEN SHUT

YES, THE WEATHER HERE IS WONDERFUL
SO I GUESS I'LL HANG AROUND
I COULD NEVER LEAVE MINNESOTA
CAUSE I'M FROZEN TO THE GROUND!!

Hatchlings

I just wanted to post this to see if I really would get the 100 shells. But I wonder what would happen if I delete this AFTER I get those shells?!?!?

Please excuse me while I make some adjustments on here!


Thanks!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Get Your Own! | More Flash Toys

NEW HOMES

Katie and Ginger are now in their new homes.

It has been a difficult morning with horses not loading. Though I do not like the idea have having to use any methods, we did have to give Ginger some B-Kalm and Katie 5cc of Acepromazine. We still had to get some way to get them loaded in the trailer while in their stuper. We took out our lunge line and clipped it to one side and when the horses were near the the door the line went behind their legs and they stepped in. It was disappointing with Ginger because we worked her over and over in the fall and was able to load her. I don't know may be she knew she was going. We really did not want to see her go but she wouldn't get ridden and she NEEDS to be ridden.

So we left later than we wanted and it was snowing pretty hard, too. Not something neither of us wanted because of road conditions. But with Mr.Truck Driver Barry behind the wheel it went fine. Katie ended up getting dropped off first in Jordan. They put her in with a whole bunch of new friends. So I am sure she will forget the ones she had here first. Then off to Cambridge to drop Ginger off. Guess the gal that will be riding Ginger has been smiling from ear to ear and very excited that her husband bought her Ginger for a Christmas present. She took Ginger in her new pasture and showed her around. Rather cute. She didn't want any help at all with her THAT is how excited she was AND she was already to tack her up and go for a ride. My advice was get to know her and ride her at a slow pace so you can get familiar with everything she does. I just hope Ginger will be a great horse for her as she was for us. SHE will be missed.

It has been very hard to see any of the horses we have had go. Ask if I kept it together when we dropped them off?? NOPE!!

We/I will get use to it and hope that everyone will keep in touch with us.

To Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Marijuana'

7. Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy'.

9. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify That Your Drive-thru Order Is 'To go'.

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'

18. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling' Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'

20 And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity is to --
It is Called ... THERAPY

NEW BABY NEWS!!!

HOORAY!!! Congratulations Jimmy and Denise! Your baby girl is here! Welcome Little Ronni Josephine. Can't wait to see those pictures.

SOON TO SAY...Good bye =(

Ginger....Now this one we will miss the most. Oh Tori was another one that we miss a lot but Ginger was our first saddle up, go for a ride horse. In 4 years we have worked her to the point she has become an awesome trail horse. The decision to sell her was very hard. She was going to be our back up horse for when we become "full" members to our Counties Mounted Patrol. But we have 2 now that are going to need tune ups and that will take up most of our time. all Ginger would do it sit. She needs to get ridden to keep you on the path of being a REAL good horse. We don't have anyone else to ride her and it wouldn't be fair for her to just sit. She is leaving us on Sunday to her new home. She is going to an Artists home. AND he is a great one at that. He does air brushing, pencil, etc. What is so cool about this...his specialty is horses and of course other animals. I am so excited but yet Sunday will be a sad day.



Katie....She was actually our first horse we were able to bring home and say "Now we are horse owners!". She was almost 2 years old when she came to us. Our plan was to have her trained for Brian to ride. But as more horses came the time he had was less. Now we had 3 horses to train. Kate is our last "original" one to see go. She is 6 years old now and she really needs a job to do. So I gave her away.... She is headed to the Minnesota Apple Orchard and she is going to be a trail horse for their riding stable. We will miss her. She became such a big, stocky pretty faced girl. I hope they love her like we have.

Belated!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Hey got this off my cousins blog....those that say "check" behind them and in bold letters, I have done. Copy and post and see what you have come up with


1. Started your own blog...check
2. Slept under the stars...check
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii.....check
5. Watched a meteor shower...check
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/Disneyworld......check
8. Climbed a mountain...check
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea...check
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch...check
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables....check
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21.Had a pillow fight...check
22. Hitch hiked...check
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill....check
24. Built a snow fort...check
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping ( maybe, maybe not..Who is really going to answer this truthfully???)..check
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen an eclipse....check
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset...check
31. Hit a home run...check
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community...check
36. Taught yourself a new language..started anyways
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing....check
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight...check
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling...check
52. Kissed in the rain...check
53. Played in the mud...check
54. Gone to a drive-in theater...check
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business...check
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason....check
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check....check, check
68. Flown in a helicopter....check
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone....check
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car, new to us at least...check
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper...check
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating....check (Deer hunting Season, Duh!)
88. Had chickenpox...check
89. Saved someone’s life, indirectly...check
90. Sat on a jury...check
91. Met someone famous...check
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one...check
94. Had a baby...check
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone...check
99. Been stung by a bee...check
100. Talked your way out of a ticket...check

Birthdays

To all the November Birthday's....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!


Especially to you Kris!

Celebrating 7 years today....

We decided to spend the day together. Will eat out a couple times and do some shopping for hunting. Sound like fun?? YOU BET!

Ah, yes...Last day of October

Hey, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

AND since this is the last day and once again I have been nothing but a busy bee...

Happy Birthday to-

Mike
Jackie
Jimmy
Dolly

and to everyone else who I may have forgotten

Happy Anniversary to-

Jim and Julie

WHY WE LOVE CHILDREN

1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'

2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'

3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the bottle. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.'

4) MORE NUDITY A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'

5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop? Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'would you please tie my shoe?'

6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked. 'It sure is,' I replied puzzled. The boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'

7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'

8) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he goooes.' (I want this line used at my funeral!)

9) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'

10) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'

What nice MEA weekend.....

It was a fabulous MEA weekend. The family I use to Nanny for came up for 4 days. It was so much fun. The highlight of the whole weekend it that we saw a wolf on the driveway and then later that night Barry started to howl. There had to be about 5-6 wolves howling back. COOL! Then we went to explore the big bog that we have nearby. NEAT!


Dad.....

He continues to do well. He now has the Okay to drive again. Good thing, too, because he drives Mom nuts by being that "back seat" driver. Though he never says anything when I drive =)


Sad news...

We have sold our 3 year old Appaloosa. It is not what we really wanted to do but we didn't have the time to train her and she needed to have something to do. Someone came out to see her Saturday and fell in love with her. I delivered to to her new owner on Monday. We will miss her terribly and we hope that the new owner will stay in touch with us so we know how and what she is doing.

"Law of the .........."

I recently received a comment about my post, The Law of the Garbage Truck. The comment was from Chris... Thank you for letting me know about the author, Chris. I have since then checked out David's blog.

So everyone..Check out www.davidjpollay.typepad.com



***And if anyone is following any of the updates about my Dad...He continues to do well. We had a minor issue arise but he is doing good! We found out that every time he would exercise and push himself, he would complain about some discomfort or burning in the upper chest area. He had to visit the ER while he was at Rehab. All his tests and Xray checked out normal. But the Doctors at the St. Cloud Hospital suggested he come in for the night just to make sure there were no new developments. They had him do a stress test. Come to find out that the area of his heart that has the bad block is what is causing him to have this sensation. What has to happen is that he needs to do these exercises so new blood vessels for in that part of the heart so it can receive the oxygen it needs. Weird but Okay, I get it. They have added more meds to what he already takes and increased some of the ones he started out with.

Also, they decided to "fine tune" his ICD. That was scary and I am sure he was a little nervous because they pretty much had to put him "cardiac arrest" again to make sure the ICD did its job and zapped his heart to beating normal. It did its job! He did have to be somewhat put out for this because they said it would hurt. My poor Dad has been through so much these last 6 weeks. We hope that things will be a little back to normal soon.

The next news is that I have made a decision, rather late in my life, but what the heck, better late than not at all. I am checking into becoming a CPR/Heart Saver Instructor. I saved my Dad by using CPR and I feel that I need to get a message out there. You may someday have to help someone by doing CPR and you can't just sit there. It may work and it may not but you will never know if it worked or not if you don't at least try.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

Boy, with SO much going on I thought I had better get this posted.

Wishing all of you who have had Birthdays AND Anniversary's in the months of August and September. I apologize for not staying on top of this but with what happened to my Dad we wanted to stay focused on him.

LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK

Someone emailed me this and I had to share...


One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car backed out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. He was really friendly.

So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Have a blessed, garbage-free day.






--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NEWS

Bonnet.....

We welcome GENUINE LIL BONNET! She is such a super sweet horse. We decided to search for another horse and had hopes of finding another one that was registered. We did! Bonnet was listed on craigslist and we could not believe how much this gal was selling her for. Her pedigree can be found on www.allbreedpedigree.com/genuine+lil+bonnet She has some great breeding and she will make a super Mounted Patrol horse for Barry. She is 5 years old and the training she has is unbelievable. All she needs is a tune up.




Dad.....

He is doing great!!! He doesn't have to have PT, OT or Speech Therapy. He is going to Cardio Rehab 3 times a week. He thinks he is going Deer Hunting this year. However we first have to see what the Doctor says on November 3rd.
The other news we found out is that he does have other build up in some arteries in the heart. But he does have medications to help slow it down. That we will take because we feel what he did was a warning sign that something was wrong and it was time to get it checked. Now we will be on top of it!