Miscellaneous

I'm advertising for a free place to live for two humans, two dogs, and five horses in Dallas or the Atlanta area.  I should be able to get a hardship winter transfer from work.  This would just be temporary.  All the above predature and prey animals would be there and boom be gone in the Missouri spring!  You would hardly get to know we were there. If you know of such a place, my household can be there in less than a month! This morning the water pump in the barn froze and…

Have I mentioned that I got to be one of the official bloggers during the 2010 Missouri Fox Trotter World Celebration show Official Blogger I'm sorry if I did mention it before.  On the other hand, it's winter now and you might have time to read my official blog stories. I represented the versatility events. After you have spent a little more than a week in the high energy World Celebration, you manage to make it home and then you are trashed for at least a week. Not only does this…

Just Wanna Have FUN! Remember when you were excited about the snow.  It was during the time we called childhood. Remember childhood and snowsuits?  Dogs still have fun in the snow and it is fun to watch them. Maybe grandchildren can make you excited about snow again, but I have my doubts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YalKsQwE_Xc Horses seemed to be doing well with their wet backs and frozen manes and tails. Living on a long dead end gravel road has made me scared of snow.  One year we got a car and two tractors stuck…

It's cold here. Getting the water from the pump into the heated horse water buckets is a big deal. Getting the hose cleaned out of water, so the next time I use it, it works is a big deal.  Using the sprayer is a big deal. Otherwise I have to kink the hose to stop the water until I get from the pump to the bucket.  Eventually, the kink makes a hole in the hose. Get the picture? Sometimes the pump freezes up because I didn't manage to make the…