You can watch the horses eat. The two bay horses (the darker ones) are mine. Blue is the alpha horse, and he arrives first. You may notice that Tude, one of the boarders and the last to arrive, has a pretty pronounced limp. He suffers from arthritis in a back leg, caused by an injury when he was young; he gets supplements (glucosamine) for that. Often, after a few minutes of activity, the limp will disappear.
Also notice there's only one of them hamming it up and posing for the camera: that would be Libby. The others are too interested in eating to look my way, but nothing stops my little ham from putting those ears up and looking pretty.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
I don't usually post the same thing on both of my blogs, but things are dull around here and I found something I thought many of you would enjoy. So here goes.
As you probably surmised by my last few entries, there's nothing of interest going on around here. So today I'd like to share a touching entry on one of my favorite blogs, "In The Midst Of This Season". Toni and her husband will soon officially adopt their fourth child, and if you go to THIS POST and then follow the links she added there, you'll be amazed, as I was, at the way things have fallen into place for them. You may even get teary-eyed.
Don't miss the link that takes you HERE; click on the picture of the sleeping dad and baby so you can see it better, and look at the resemblance.
Wow.
As you probably surmised by my last few entries, there's nothing of interest going on around here. So today I'd like to share a touching entry on one of my favorite blogs, "In The Midst Of This Season". Toni and her husband will soon officially adopt their fourth child, and if you go to THIS POST and then follow the links she added there, you'll be amazed, as I was, at the way things have fallen into place for them. You may even get teary-eyed.
Don't miss the link that takes you HERE; click on the picture of the sleeping dad and baby so you can see it better, and look at the resemblance.
Wow.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
not much going on
Cliff and I are getting routine things done as winter drags on: you know, things like my mammogram (done) and going to get new glasses (this Friday). We take our daily walk, but honestly the weather right now isn't conducive to anything fun outside.
I get two Netflix movies each month; the first one for March came today, and I didn't recall ordering it.
"Is this a movie somebody at work told you about?" I asked Cliff.
"I don't think so."
So I figure I must have read something about it and put it at the top of my lineup of movies. Whatever. Lacking motivation to do anything useful after Cliff left for work, I settled in to watch it.
I must say, Waitress is one of the most memorable movies I've seen lately. It's PG-13, so there's nothing too raw. Don't watch it hungry, though; you'll be wanting pie from the moment it starts.
There are very few movies that both Cliff and I like, but I'm pretty sure he'll share my opinion of this one.
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Now playing: Pat Boone- April Love
via FoxyTunes
I get two Netflix movies each month; the first one for March came today, and I didn't recall ordering it.
"Is this a movie somebody at work told you about?" I asked Cliff.
"I don't think so."
So I figure I must have read something about it and put it at the top of my lineup of movies. Whatever. Lacking motivation to do anything useful after Cliff left for work, I settled in to watch it.
I must say, Waitress is one of the most memorable movies I've seen lately. It's PG-13, so there's nothing too raw. Don't watch it hungry, though; you'll be wanting pie from the moment it starts.
There are very few movies that both Cliff and I like, but I'm pretty sure he'll share my opinion of this one.
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Now playing: Pat Boone- April Love
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
I had never thought about this
I received this in email. Because there is a study mentioned that was supposedly done in a lab, I checked it out on snopes.com, and indeed there have been scientific studies.
"Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet floors, then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table? Happens a lot!
It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.
Sometimes "what you don't know will hurt you"!
Read on...
Mom got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.
It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day?
"I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets."
"I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts and on the floor of the toilet," says another woman "and of course in my home which should be clean."
We decided to find out if handbags harbor a lot of bacteria. We learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake , and then we set out to test the average woman's handbag.
Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their handbags were at least a little bit dirty.
It turns out handbags are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked.
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the handbags could make people very sick.
In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the handbags" says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception.
The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. "Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.
So the moral of this story is that your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat.
Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a pair of shoes.
"If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your handbag on the countertops" - Your handbag has gone where individuals before you have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!
Do you really want to bring that home with you?
The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help. Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather handbags."
I don't put my purse on the floor of rest rooms if there's a place to hang it, but it's always on the floorboard in the car, right there where my feet have tracked in farm dirt that contains who-knows-what. And guess where my purse is sitting right now?
On the kitchen table.
"Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet floors, then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table? Happens a lot!
It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.
Sometimes "what you don't know will hurt you"!
Read on...
Mom got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.
It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day?
"I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets."
"I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts and on the floor of the toilet," says another woman "and of course in my home which should be clean."
We decided to find out if handbags harbor a lot of bacteria. We learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake , and then we set out to test the average woman's handbag.
Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their handbags were at least a little bit dirty.
It turns out handbags are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked.
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the handbags could make people very sick.
In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the handbags" says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception.
The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. "Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.
So the moral of this story is that your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat.
Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a pair of shoes.
"If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your handbag on the countertops" - Your handbag has gone where individuals before you have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!
Do you really want to bring that home with you?
The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help. Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather handbags."
I don't put my purse on the floor of rest rooms if there's a place to hang it, but it's always on the floorboard in the car, right there where my feet have tracked in farm dirt that contains who-knows-what. And guess where my purse is sitting right now?
On the kitchen table.
Pay-it-forward challenge
A few days I saw the Pay-It-Forward Challenge on another blog and thought it sounded like fun. I took the challenge.
Here's how it works: I leave a comment saying I want to participate, and the blogger will send me "something" in the course of the following year. Then I post an entry stating that the first three people to comment on my P.I.F. entry will get "something" from me.
I got three people to respond, and now I'm having fun thinking about what I'll send them. Hey, it could be something as simple as a local post card. I'm just waiting for inspiration to hit me, something different for each of the three, hopefully something appropriate.
It's as much fun waiting for that inspiration as it was waiting to get my three "commenters". And of course, I'm also waiting to see what that other blogger is going to send me! I like the idea of having plenty of time to plan what is sent; it gives me something pleasant to think about.
One of my responders has a private journal, and I'm sure that's why she only got one person to play the game. That's OK, she'll have fun with the idea anyhow.
I haven't received my "something" yet, nor have I sent my "somethings" to my J-land friends. But it's a fun activity that I'd highly recommend.
Go ahead, try it. You know you want to.
I'm not taking any more applicants, but you can start this thing from scratch. Change the rules to only one or two commenters instead of three. Whatever. The project is already brightening up my winter days.
I mentioned the other day I was making my mammogram appointment. I knew I was a year overdue, and reading a breast-cancer survivor's blog nudged me into action.
When I called The Breast Center to schedule my appointment, I learned it has been three years since my last mammogram. In my defense, two years ago at the time I should have been having another one, Cliff had open-heart surgery. A distraction, to say the least.
I know some of my readers have put this off just like I did. Please call and make your appointment today.
Here's how it works: I leave a comment saying I want to participate, and the blogger will send me "something" in the course of the following year. Then I post an entry stating that the first three people to comment on my P.I.F. entry will get "something" from me.
I got three people to respond, and now I'm having fun thinking about what I'll send them. Hey, it could be something as simple as a local post card. I'm just waiting for inspiration to hit me, something different for each of the three, hopefully something appropriate.
It's as much fun waiting for that inspiration as it was waiting to get my three "commenters". And of course, I'm also waiting to see what that other blogger is going to send me! I like the idea of having plenty of time to plan what is sent; it gives me something pleasant to think about.
One of my responders has a private journal, and I'm sure that's why she only got one person to play the game. That's OK, she'll have fun with the idea anyhow.
I haven't received my "something" yet, nor have I sent my "somethings" to my J-land friends. But it's a fun activity that I'd highly recommend.
Go ahead, try it. You know you want to.
I'm not taking any more applicants, but you can start this thing from scratch. Change the rules to only one or two commenters instead of three. Whatever. The project is already brightening up my winter days.
I mentioned the other day I was making my mammogram appointment. I knew I was a year overdue, and reading a breast-cancer survivor's blog nudged me into action.
When I called The Breast Center to schedule my appointment, I learned it has been three years since my last mammogram. In my defense, two years ago at the time I should have been having another one, Cliff had open-heart surgery. A distraction, to say the least.
I know some of my readers have put this off just like I did. Please call and make your appointment today.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
My multi-talented husband
Blue only wore shoes for a couple of months last year. The rest of the time he's done fine barefoot. The only reason I had him shod last spring was that his hooves started breaking off on the gravel and I felt he needed protection.
When I can ride him three or more times a week, he keeps his hooves pretty sell worn down, except they get a little long in the toe. I guess that's because of his gait. So I call Randy, the farrier, to trim him up. Last time I did this, it was $35. I wouldn't be surprised if it's gone up, since everything else has.
We were at Orscheln's farm store today and purchased a rasp, or file, for horse's hooves, and also a hoof cutter. Together I don't think they cost more than $25. I think Cliff did a fine job, and as I told him, just this one trim more than paid for the tools he bought. I rode Blue after Cliff got done, and he seemed quite comfortable.
I'll guarantee you Libby won't be so easy to trim. I've never seen a horse any more patient than Blue: he's willing to stand all day on three feet, if that's what it takes to make us happy.
When I can ride him three or more times a week, he keeps his hooves pretty sell worn down, except they get a little long in the toe. I guess that's because of his gait. So I call Randy, the farrier, to trim him up. Last time I did this, it was $35. I wouldn't be surprised if it's gone up, since everything else has.
We were at Orscheln's farm store today and purchased a rasp, or file, for horse's hooves, and also a hoof cutter. Together I don't think they cost more than $25. I think Cliff did a fine job, and as I told him, just this one trim more than paid for the tools he bought. I rode Blue after Cliff got done, and he seemed quite comfortable.
I'll guarantee you Libby won't be so easy to trim. I've never seen a horse any more patient than Blue: he's willing to stand all day on three feet, if that's what it takes to make us happy.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
A motorcycle ride, finally!
The temperature got into the upper 60's today, and in spite of very strong wind, we headed out on the motorcycle. Cliff hooked up the trailer we bought to pull behind the bike, so he'd know if it would cause any problem. He says he couldn't even tell it was back there.
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