Posted in Horses on Aug 27th, 2009 Comments Off
He kind of looks a lot like Blaze, doesn’t he? That’s because he is Blaze… or at least he used to be. After a full 3 minutes of careful thought and consideration, R and I decided to change his name to Murphy. Why? Because it fits… “Murphy’s law is an adage that broadly states: “Anything that can go [...]
Posted in Psychiatric Stuff on Aug 26th, 2009 Comments Off
… on psychiatrists and psychiatry in general. (I can’t remember if I’ve posted this here before, if I have I’m sorry… but I think it’s a good time to post it again.)
Posted in Chickens, Special Days on Aug 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
No time to blog…. we are busy celebrating! M turned 17 (gasp!) on Thursday, and this weekend is full jammed full… with his (small) party and Special Olympics today, and tomorrow his sisters take him shopping in the morning, and we are going to a big family get-together in the afternoon. Squeezing into the “extra” minutes we [...]
Posted in Chickens on Aug 18th, 2009 Comments Off
…but only by a tiny bit. We went to visit our friend Al the other day. That is always a dangerous past-time, but we like Al so much we keep on doing it. Al has a little farm just north of us, and visiting him is dangerous because he is forever giving animals away, or [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Horses, Outside Work, Psychiatric Stuff on Aug 15th, 2009 Comments Off
I’m happy to say that Blaze is doing fine after his scary run-in with the cattle panels. His leg still looks terrible, but it doesn’t seem to be infected and hopefully it will start looking better soon. We’ve spent the past two days taking the cattle panels down and replacing them with regular horse panels. [...]
Posted in Horses on Aug 13th, 2009 Comments Off
I was sitting outside yesterday afternoon taking some pictures to post here, when we had an equine emergency. Blaze had laid down to roll and got both back legs caught in the fencing around the run. (The run is made of cattle panels… from the days when we had goats.) He’s just getting ready to roll here… [...]
Posted in Home Remodel, Homeschooling on Aug 9th, 2009 Comments Off
Every Sunday night the kids and I watch “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” together. It’s pretty much the only prime time TV we watch. I know… it’s kind of sappy and sentimental… but I love watching the houses being built, I love the “before and afters”, and I really love imagining how amazing it is for those [...]
Posted in Special Days on Aug 5th, 2009 Comments Off
… we were blessed with our fourth daughter. She’s gone from this… (she was 4 months old here and still living at Granny’s house) … to this…. … in the blink of an eye. (This is a picture of her at the Miss Colorado Pageant… she was an escort) She’s sweet… … and fiesty ….and [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Aug 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
We are fortunate to live in an area that is rich with wildlife… We regularly see everything from tiny hummingbirds … to majestic mule deer. Yesterday we heard a noise in the chimney. I opened the damper and two small black (or maybe just sooty!) birds dropped down into the fireplace. This happens fairly often (birds seem to like [...]
Posted in Special Olympics on Aug 1st, 2009 Comments Off
The kids have been keeping busy this summer with Special Olympics. They’ve played bocce ball and softball during the summer season. The regional softball tournament was today and they had a blast. They both had fun and made some good plays. Here they are warming up before the first game… … and with the mounted deputies patrolling the park. They enjoyed [...]
