SyndicationMar/10/2009
FARM LIFE
FARM LIFE
Good Morning everyone! It's going to be a gorgeous day. A friend of mine has a Tennessee Walker stallion that I'm going to go ride at lunch today. I've been asked for an update on Amanda and a couple of horses I have. so here goes.
my daughter, amanda, was seeing a guy that had been in the marines, but that fell apart because he caught in a web of lies, and he had an affair on amanda with his boss's daughter who happened to work for the same company as he and Billy. Well 'Casey' lost his job. The other woman also lost her job. and amanda told him in short order to take a hike and she's not looked back since. However, she is now living with a guy who spent some time in the army. He's 28, disrespectful to me, prejudiced, and a bonafide smartass in every facet of the meaning. I don't like him as much as amanda does not like Billy. We have simply agreed that we each hold no fondness for our significant others and have agreed to not talk about that part of our lives with one another. Mike, her fiance, butted in where he doesn't belong during some arguments between Amanda and me, where he had no place to be. He stood in my own home and got very disrespectful & I just cannot overlook that. She has a beef with Billy because he called her on her lack of help toward me when i had gotten sick and was in the hospital. And Amanda also does not have her boys with her right now. They don't seem to be welcome at Mike's aunt's, where they are living right now. So the grandsons are living with their daddy's mama for now. I go see them, and spend time with them from time to time. We grandmothers have been able to put aside our differences for the sake of the grandchiildren. That's a good developement in all this. I'm just afraid that Amanda is really making some bad decisions right now regarding this "Mike". Why is she with someone who is not working, is not taking care of her, and where her children are not welcome?
Now, about my horses. Several months ago I bought a Tennessee walker stud colt. the friend I bought him from let the mare and colt come out to our farm when he was only 1 month old. At 3 1/2 months old he was weaned and the mama sent back to her own farm. I toyed with several names for this colt. One was Ace. That's his nickname now. But officially his name is "Cash's High Dollar", and I call him Dollar now. Dollar's father is named Cash. His mother is Push Lady. Cash's High Dollar sounded like a regal name for a money-maker to me. It is my hope to do some cross-country competition with him, but he has to be 4 yrs old before allowed to enter one of those competitions. He's only 9 months old.
Dollar is very smart. He will walk up to me or back off away from me on command. He will do change directions in the round pen on cue and do what I call 'switchbacks'. That's the instant change of direction without change of gait, and without a rope. He will follow me at my shoulder without a leadrope. and i am currently teaching him to lay down. I am able to make him lie down now with little effort, but I am trying to teach him to do it on cue by voice command. From that he will learn to sit, bow and play dead like my dog does.
I have a new mare whose name is Sassy. He former name is Farrah. She lived in a barron area, with a half built fence, bad hay, and stale water and no companion. The man who owned her worked out of town a lot and simply had not time for her. She's underweight by about 150 lbs. So i'm having to try to fatten her up. I bought her for a mear $200. He was needing the money for an emergency situation of his own, and to simply get rid of her as his brother was not giving her the care she needed, and Wayne was out of town driving trucks all the time. He just was not able to be home and care for this little horse.
Well, she's an ordinarry looking little bay, about 15 hands tall. But to ride her, it's something else. she's a Tennessee Walker/Saddlebred/standardbred mix. She's got a smooth gait that's very comfortable and she can get on down the road quite nicely. I changed her name though, as Farrah always reminded me of Farrah Fawcett, and she doesn't look nor act like a Farrah. I first called her Dakota because she looks much like Shakota, my little Standardbred. But I decided that the names would become confusing to them as they sound so similar. Then one evening I was feeding Farrah and she got a little sassy with me and showed some spunk and attitude. That's the moment I decided her name is Sassy. And she's been "Sassy" ever since. It just suits her. Sassy is a calm mare, spooks at nothing ..... so far.....from dogs to big loud garbage trucks and 18 wheelers. If she can handle all that then she's alright in my book. She just gets a little willfull at times and "talks back" about what I'm asking of her. But she'll respond to me quite well. It seems that she does not like men very much. I finally let her out to run the pasture with Mama and Jubilee. they're getting along nicely. I have to keep shakota put to himself though because he wants to fight. Dollar has to be separated too because I can't take the chance of his being kicked and hurt from the larger, older horses picking at him.
tomorrow i am taking all 5 horses to the vet. that's a horrendous vet bill. between $500-$600. shakota's got a cold so that will take some penecillan and antibiotics. and Mama horse I HOPE is pregnant by Dollars daddy - Cash. We bred her last year and she didn't take. I hope she took this year. I'll be greatly disappoinnted if she didn't. I want a foal out her very badly.
It's been so cold down here. I ride when it warms up to 50-60 degrees. But am known to take out at 40\45 degrees. I haven't done that lately. Lazy I guess. I'm ready for the spriing trailrides to start up. I miss riding with my friends.
A couple of firefighters from Kilgore were killed this week during a training operation. they fell apparently from one of the high rise college dormitories. One man was Kyle Perkins. I knew him. He was only 45 yrs. old. He and his family were our neighbors when our kids were growing up together. His daughter and Amanda were friends when they were little. they moved out of the neighborhood when the kids were in their teens. He was a city volunteer, owned a tire shop that he inherited from his father, was in a barber shop quartet, and had been a firefighter for 4 yrs. It's sort of a shock to lose Kyle. He was a well known man around our little town. It's a real loss to have his light go out in this world.
Well, that's about it for now. I've gotta get myself together and get ready to go ride bear's stallion. That's going to be fun.
Take care. I hope the sun shines for each of you today.
Good Morning everyone! It's going to be a gorgeous day. A friend of mine has a Tennessee Walker stallion that I'm going to go ride at lunch today. I've been asked for an update on Amanda and a couple of horses I have. so here goes.
my daughter, amanda, was seeing a guy that had been in the marines, but that fell apart because he caught in a web of lies, and he had an affair on amanda with his boss's daughter who happened to work for the same company as he and Billy. Well 'Casey' lost his job. The other woman also lost her job. and amanda told him in short order to take a hike and she's not looked back since. However, she is now living with a guy who spent some time in the army. He's 28, disrespectful to me, prejudiced, and a bonafide smartass in every facet of the meaning. I don't like him as much as amanda does not like Billy. We have simply agreed that we each hold no fondness for our significant others and have agreed to not talk about that part of our lives with one another. Mike, her fiance, butted in where he doesn't belong during some arguments between Amanda and me, where he had no place to be. He stood in my own home and got very disrespectful & I just cannot overlook that. She has a beef with Billy because he called her on her lack of help toward me when i had gotten sick and was in the hospital. And Amanda also does not have her boys with her right now. They don't seem to be welcome at Mike's aunt's, where they are living right now. So the grandsons are living with their daddy's mama for now. I go see them, and spend time with them from time to time. We grandmothers have been able to put aside our differences for the sake of the grandchiildren. That's a good developement in all this. I'm just afraid that Amanda is really making some bad decisions right now regarding this "Mike". Why is she with someone who is not working, is not taking care of her, and where her children are not welcome?
Now, about my horses. Several months ago I bought a Tennessee walker stud colt. the friend I bought him from let the mare and colt come out to our farm when he was only 1 month old. At 3 1/2 months old he was weaned and the mama sent back to her own farm. I toyed with several names for this colt. One was Ace. That's his nickname now. But officially his name is "Cash's High Dollar", and I call him Dollar now. Dollar's father is named Cash. His mother is Push Lady. Cash's High Dollar sounded like a regal name for a money-maker to me. It is my hope to do some cross-country competition with him, but he has to be 4 yrs old before allowed to enter one of those competitions. He's only 9 months old.
Dollar is very smart. He will walk up to me or back off away from me on command. He will do change directions in the round pen on cue and do what I call 'switchbacks'. That's the instant change of direction without change of gait, and without a rope. He will follow me at my shoulder without a leadrope. and i am currently teaching him to lay down. I am able to make him lie down now with little effort, but I am trying to teach him to do it on cue by voice command. From that he will learn to sit, bow and play dead like my dog does.
I have a new mare whose name is Sassy. He former name is Farrah. She lived in a barron area, with a half built fence, bad hay, and stale water and no companion. The man who owned her worked out of town a lot and simply had not time for her. She's underweight by about 150 lbs. So i'm having to try to fatten her up. I bought her for a mear $200. He was needing the money for an emergency situation of his own, and to simply get rid of her as his brother was not giving her the care she needed, and Wayne was out of town driving trucks all the time. He just was not able to be home and care for this little horse.
Well, she's an ordinarry looking little bay, about 15 hands tall. But to ride her, it's something else. she's a Tennessee Walker/Saddlebred/standardbred mix. She's got a smooth gait that's very comfortable and she can get on down the road quite nicely. I changed her name though, as Farrah always reminded me of Farrah Fawcett, and she doesn't look nor act like a Farrah. I first called her Dakota because she looks much like Shakota, my little Standardbred. But I decided that the names would become confusing to them as they sound so similar. Then one evening I was feeding Farrah and she got a little sassy with me and showed some spunk and attitude. That's the moment I decided her name is Sassy. And she's been "Sassy" ever since. It just suits her. Sassy is a calm mare, spooks at nothing ..... so far.....from dogs to big loud garbage trucks and 18 wheelers. If she can handle all that then she's alright in my book. She just gets a little willfull at times and "talks back" about what I'm asking of her. But she'll respond to me quite well. It seems that she does not like men very much. I finally let her out to run the pasture with Mama and Jubilee. they're getting along nicely. I have to keep shakota put to himself though because he wants to fight. Dollar has to be separated too because I can't take the chance of his being kicked and hurt from the larger, older horses picking at him.
tomorrow i am taking all 5 horses to the vet. that's a horrendous vet bill. between $500-$600. shakota's got a cold so that will take some penecillan and antibiotics. and Mama horse I HOPE is pregnant by Dollars daddy - Cash. We bred her last year and she didn't take. I hope she took this year. I'll be greatly disappoinnted if she didn't. I want a foal out her very badly.
It's been so cold down here. I ride when it warms up to 50-60 degrees. But am known to take out at 40\45 degrees. I haven't done that lately. Lazy I guess. I'm ready for the spriing trailrides to start up. I miss riding with my friends.
A couple of firefighters from Kilgore were killed this week during a training operation. they fell apparently from one of the high rise college dormitories. One man was Kyle Perkins. I knew him. He was only 45 yrs. old. He and his family were our neighbors when our kids were growing up together. His daughter and Amanda were friends when they were little. they moved out of the neighborhood when the kids were in their teens. He was a city volunteer, owned a tire shop that he inherited from his father, was in a barber shop quartet, and had been a firefighter for 4 yrs. It's sort of a shock to lose Kyle. He was a well known man around our little town. It's a real loss to have his light go out in this world.
Well, that's about it for now. I've gotta get myself together and get ready to go ride bear's stallion. That's going to be fun.
Take care. I hope the sun shines for each of you today.