The past is the past
2 years ago
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Poor Kitties
We are down to 3 kittens. Unfortunately, Mulligan managed to get in their room and thought they were squeeky toys. He killed one right off the bat and the other two didn't pass until later. It was so sad and I felt so guilty for not making SURE he couldn't get in there. We allowed him to come in with us a couple of times so we could teach him to be gentle with them. He did great when we were there. I think he just tried to pick them up and crushed them. We are left with the light grey male, 1 black male (runt), and 1 black female. So so sad!
I think I forgot to add last post that Lily, the coonhound, killed our last chicken too. She kept flying over into her pen and finally, I guess she couldn't get away fast enough. We are looking for a new home for Lily. She also chewed through the satellite cord and we were without satellite for a week! Ugh!
Ponies are behaving though!
On a lighter note, Steven and I made some progress in the kitchen. I finished painting the cabinets and he put up the bottom doors. It looks so good! I can't wait to see before and after pics when it's all finished!
Steven's family is coming into town this week. I'm so excited! Hopefully, the rain will hold off and we can get some play time in! The forecast doesn't look great though. At least 30-40% chance of rain with two days having a 60% chance.
I think I forgot to add last post that Lily, the coonhound, killed our last chicken too. She kept flying over into her pen and finally, I guess she couldn't get away fast enough. We are looking for a new home for Lily. She also chewed through the satellite cord and we were without satellite for a week! Ugh!
Ponies are behaving though!
On a lighter note, Steven and I made some progress in the kitchen. I finished painting the cabinets and he put up the bottom doors. It looks so good! I can't wait to see before and after pics when it's all finished!
Steven's family is coming into town this week. I'm so excited! Hopefully, the rain will hold off and we can get some play time in! The forecast doesn't look great though. At least 30-40% chance of rain with two days having a 60% chance.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Crazy weekend
Wow, this past weekend and first part of this week has been a little crazy! On Friday when Steven and I got home, we couldn't find our cat. The cat was named Barack and he lived in our barn for the past year at our old place. The mom of our past boarder told me he was male and quite frankly, I never bothered to look. I also figured since he was male we would have a little more "time" until we had to get him neutered. Well, my friends M and E came over to help me pack up the horses for the move and picked up Barack and said, "I think he's pregnant!"......What?? ...........Well, sure enough Barack is not male but female and has been renamed to Michelle. She has gone from a barn kitty to an inside kitty and is loving life. Back to Friday, Steven and I couldn't find her so we started looking in the guest bedroom that isn't finished yet (by isn't finished I mean only has one coat of paint on the wall and the floors are still covered up, etc.) There she was, behind the blow-up mattress we still haven't taken down from when my parents were here. She looked at me and meowed a couple of times and I told Steven that she would probably have her kittens that night or the next for sure so I put down a towel. Sure enough, we went to Lowe's, our second favorite store only falling short to tractor supply, and by the time we got back, we had 3 baby kittens! We sat around and watched the next 2 births and by the next morning, we had 6. Poor momma, she did so well though! I don't think she got up for the first two days but now is finally taking breaks by coming and napping on the couch for awhile. She's a great mom too. We have 3 greys and 3 blacks, 3 girls and 3 boys, all long hair like momma I believe. Anyone want a barn kitty? I will try to get pics soon!
On Saturday, we finished the chicken pen and put up gates for the dogs so we could let the coonhound Lily off the run and just let her have the whole back yard.
Sunday, friends M and E came over to ride a little. E did well on Ronan and I gave her a short lesson. Afterwards, steven and I decided to ride out on top of the hill behind our house. We already knew that there was a pretty good view from up there but we had no idea how good! It is absolutely beautiful. You can see mountain ranges west and north from the hill and you can see for miles and miles and miles! I didn't think to bring my camera since it was a last minute horseback ride up the mountain. We continued on along the fence line and down to the bottom of the hill by a small watering hole. Ronan and Twiggs both did really well considering they haven't been ridden in awhile and it was the first time either one had been out of their pasture at the new place. I can't wait to go back up there, it's so pretty!
Monday, Steven and I had a pretty good scare. I got a text message from our landlord that read, "Apparently, one of your horses has jumped the fence." I couldn't get her to answer her phone to get more info so Steven left work and came to pick me up (we commute together) and we drove out to the house. (45 min drive) Turns out, Twiggs (surprising because we were sure it was the knucklehead) had, I think, walked through the hot wire fence because it wasn't hot. We put her back in and stopped by the co-op to get a charger on the way back to work. Thankfully, she did not get out again before we were able to get the fence charged.
Tonight, I'm going to my former supervisor's house to go over some issue I have at work so she can explain some stuff to me. Steven is going with and J, her husband, is cooking burgers and taking him fishing. I hope the rain holds off!
On Saturday, we finished the chicken pen and put up gates for the dogs so we could let the coonhound Lily off the run and just let her have the whole back yard.
Sunday, friends M and E came over to ride a little. E did well on Ronan and I gave her a short lesson. Afterwards, steven and I decided to ride out on top of the hill behind our house. We already knew that there was a pretty good view from up there but we had no idea how good! It is absolutely beautiful. You can see mountain ranges west and north from the hill and you can see for miles and miles and miles! I didn't think to bring my camera since it was a last minute horseback ride up the mountain. We continued on along the fence line and down to the bottom of the hill by a small watering hole. Ronan and Twiggs both did really well considering they haven't been ridden in awhile and it was the first time either one had been out of their pasture at the new place. I can't wait to go back up there, it's so pretty!
Monday, Steven and I had a pretty good scare. I got a text message from our landlord that read, "Apparently, one of your horses has jumped the fence." I couldn't get her to answer her phone to get more info so Steven left work and came to pick me up (we commute together) and we drove out to the house. (45 min drive) Turns out, Twiggs (surprising because we were sure it was the knucklehead) had, I think, walked through the hot wire fence because it wasn't hot. We put her back in and stopped by the co-op to get a charger on the way back to work. Thankfully, she did not get out again before we were able to get the fence charged.
Tonight, I'm going to my former supervisor's house to go over some issue I have at work so she can explain some stuff to me. Steven is going with and J, her husband, is cooking burgers and taking him fishing. I hope the rain holds off!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
This morning, I was reading http://ihateyourhorse.blogspot.com/2009/07/tell-me-please.html. The topic was animal communicators. I was extremely surprised to find that every single post by someone that had used one gave them good reviews. One story was especially emotional.
* The comment below was borrowed from the comments section on the ihateyourhorse blog.
Everytime I read this, I get goosebumps!
Susan said...
I actually have a good communicator story. I used to ride at this barn years back. The woman who owned it had a gelding she loved more than anything. He was getting on in years and started to have some health problems. She had out vets, chiropractors, and pretty much any one else she thought could help her. Well she ends up bringing out a communicator.The woman talks to him and hits on a lot of things that are true about his life and personality. When they got to the big health question, the woman paused and then looked at his owner and said, "He's ready to go, but your not ready for him to leave. He's staying here because you ask him every night not to leave you yet. When you are ready, he'll let go."The owner started crying because she actually did in fact have a nightly ritual of asking the gelding not to leave her yet. She always did it alone and none of us knew this was going on.A few weeks later as she went to leave for the night she put him out in his favorite pasture,gave him a kiss, and said, "I love you, it's OK if you want to let go now. I'll be alright."They found him dead in the pasture the next day. None of us thought it was a coincidence that he died the very first nigth she told him he could leave.I wish I'd kept that psychic's name...
July 15, 2009 4:48 AM
WOW!
Do you have any animal communicator stories?
* The comment below was borrowed from the comments section on the ihateyourhorse blog.
Everytime I read this, I get goosebumps!
Susan said...
I actually have a good communicator story. I used to ride at this barn years back. The woman who owned it had a gelding she loved more than anything. He was getting on in years and started to have some health problems. She had out vets, chiropractors, and pretty much any one else she thought could help her. Well she ends up bringing out a communicator.The woman talks to him and hits on a lot of things that are true about his life and personality. When they got to the big health question, the woman paused and then looked at his owner and said, "He's ready to go, but your not ready for him to leave. He's staying here because you ask him every night not to leave you yet. When you are ready, he'll let go."The owner started crying because she actually did in fact have a nightly ritual of asking the gelding not to leave her yet. She always did it alone and none of us knew this was going on.A few weeks later as she went to leave for the night she put him out in his favorite pasture,gave him a kiss, and said, "I love you, it's OK if you want to let go now. I'll be alright."They found him dead in the pasture the next day. None of us thought it was a coincidence that he died the very first nigth she told him he could leave.I wish I'd kept that psychic's name...
July 15, 2009 4:48 AM
WOW!
Do you have any animal communicator stories?
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