What would be your "Dream Job"?

I've been doing a lot of thinking about jobs as of late, can't you tell? LOL Anyway, I'm curious, what would be the ultimate job for you?

Here's mine ~ PT hours for a full time pay. A minimum of 25 hr. Work 3 to 4 days a week for eh, I don't know, 6 hours? With a nice lunch break in there too. Just enough challenge to keep my brain stimulated, just enough exercise to keep the muscles working. An area that's at least open to the outside so I can get fresh air. And somehow involve horses? There is no such job..... Sigh

OLD BROADS' RIDING RULES

1. We DO NOT need to show up with our hair combed, make up on and wearing a clean shirt.

2. Moaning, groaning and complaining about aching muscles is perfectly acceptable,as is taking Motrin prior to a ride.

3. Helping someone on or off the horse does not mean the rider is an invalid. It only means the horse got taller overnight.

4. No one will comment about how big someone's butt looks in a saddle.

5. Everyone will wait, patiently, while someone dismounts and adjusts equipment. Everyone will also wait, patiently, until that person remounts and is ready to move on...no matter how long that takes.

6. When a horse is acting up we will accept that the horse is just having a bad hair day and it is not the rider's fault.

7. Mentioning it is too hot, too dry, too humid, too wet, too buggy, etc., is considered self expression, not whining.

8. Wanting to be first, last, walk, or just stop does not mean the rider is a wimp. Sometimes it is necessary to teach a horse who is in charge.

9. We will take the time to discuss the important issues of the day like who is dating who, who is cheating on who and any other relevant information which needs to be passed on.

10. Not keeping your horse in gait (as we all ride gaited horses) is not a Federal Crime. With all that is going on today, the FBI has too much on it's plate to follow us around.

11. We will acknowledge that horses are very strange animals and sometimes for no reason at all we fall off of them. If this happens to any rider the other riders will ascertain that the person is okay and then not mention the incident to another living soul, especially husbands and significant others.

12. We will acknowledge, without apology, that riding more than 2 1/2 hours increases our grumpy level far more than any ego benefits we may get from riding longer.

Stuff

One of the 4 kittens I was left with trying to find homes for
or taking them to Animal Control.... Pisses me slam off!
I hate that kind of crap! This particular kitten is a female
and SUPER sweet!




Side Picture of Tink... She's a cute
little girl, it's to bad she's a redhead!
She's going to be
One Hell of a hunter jumper!

Peppy and Shasta waiting ever so patiently for me
to get their grain together.
They usually "hang" together.
Especially since Tonka has left.

Sometimes I amaze my self with my stupidity

Yesterday, I thought ~ It would be easier for me to feed everyone if I opened the gates and let all the horses back together. Now Why would I think it would be easier? Less traveling time so to speak, meaning that the 4 mares in the back field could get in the barn Should it start raining, which it did last night and most of today. Well, in my Brilliance, I didn't take into account that Dolly being the lead mare is a regular biotch... If she's not, Opal is and both were in the far pasture. This is stuff I Already know, I was Hoping that since they were all separated for quite awhile, that Dolly would mellow out a little. What was I thinking?! Obviously my brain went on vacation and forgot to tell me.

Tonight after coming home, I'm out there tossing hay and I notice Ms. Doll throwing kicks at everyone, being a total turd, backing up like she's going to double barrel Elly. Etc. So I yelled at her, she looked at me with a "what" expression, I didn't do anything wrong. Hmph! Butthead mare! So, hopefully tomorrow, if it's not raining and I'm not totally dead when I get home, I'm going to separate them back to the way they were. Tink is happy cause she's hanging out with her mom, so is Peppy and Shasta. Sandy's been in with the foals for awhile and they've not had any problems or trying to nurse at all. So Sandy will stay in there with the foals as well as Zelda and Elly. Just the 4 big boss hoss's will be in the back area again. I don't like it but they aren't cooperating, so there's not a whole lot I can do about that right now. Not until I've had a chance to sit out there with them for a bit and get them over whatever issues they are having.

Busy Weekend.....

Well of course the baby was born early on Friday so that started the weekend here off with a Bang! He's a lot more animated today, but is still quite the quiet one compared to his brother. Thankfully! I can see though, where Collin is going to give Gregory a run for his money later down the road. He's built to be a football player. LOL

And today, while I was at the hospital, my sister in law calls to say they want to come and pick up my nieces colt. Dang it, I just got to the hospital! Which it did turn out best that we left, since Gregory and Hannah were a bit wide open in the room, getting into Everything. Gregory mostly. He was being a real turkey. My son David had bought everyone lunch, so this was keeping them busy temporarily. LOL But it didn't last to long, unfortunately.

So Gregory and I came home, I put him down for a nap, HMPH! When David comes in to tell me that someone was outside on the road looking at the horses. OK..... this is something that does happen, just not all the time. So I head out there, they didn't want to talk to me so they took off. I hate that when ppl do that. I would rather have them stay and chat. Makes me less suspicious. Well, I figured, since I was up and out, I might as well get Tonka ready for his departure. So I put a halter on him, and he Flat refused to walk anywhere. About 10 mins of trying to go somewhere, backwards worked for about 10 steps, sideways for another 5, my brother showed up with their trailer. He came in and helped me get him out. It took about 10 mins maybe to get Tonka loaded his first time ever in a trailer. Bribed the boy with grain, worked great! He was so Leary, but he did it, as soon as all 4 were safely on the trailer, I secured the butt bar, and closed the door quietly. He was on! We gave him about 5 mins to get used to it, then they were on their way. One down a few more to go. Sigh...... Their timing sucked, as far as me being at the hospital, but, it worked out for the best in the long run. David got Gregory to sleep for his nap, I fed the horses, then took a nap myself. Boy howdy did that feel Goooood! I could have slept the whole day I think.

A Little Early....

Well at 12:10 am Sabrina's water broke. So.... we b lined to the hospital. They checked her in, got her in a room all by 12:30am. The doctor arrived at about 1:30am. She was prepped for the surgery and taken to the OB operating room. Only one person was allowed to go in with her, I was "it". Although they wouldn't allow me in there until they had everything in place and they were about to start cutting. It's a good thing I went in there with her, cause she was VERY scared! I just wanted to hug her and say It will be AOK, but.... that would have been a really bad thing. :) So..... I just held her hand, wiped her tears and talked to her.

At 2:30am, we saw -----
for the first time! Enter Collin Lee.....

**Weighing 10.43lbs officially and is 20 1/2 inches long! Wow!



Mother and Son are both doing quite well. Collin is just perfect! 10 fingers, 10 toes....

Boy He has a Healthy set of lungs.... He's just the most precious thing!