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They are cute!!!! All 8 of them!

Funny, I never noticed any "accent" differences between Canadians and Quarter Horses and Thorughbreds!

Bear in mind "suggested reading" turned out to be something you would not pass the course if you skipped!

Most Americans would not know a Canadian from a Quarter horse, until you tell them Morgans are Canadians with specific color requirements. The only Canadian I ever worked with was a sweetheart, but a mischievious sneek! Learned how to open the field latches, would let his buddies out for a merry game of Ha Ha, you can't catch me, and then stay in the field himself looking innocent!

Furlough - what happens when a bunch of over grown teen agers try and get their own way instead of coming to a compromise.

Quite understandable. I just didn't want people thinking its as easy as saying "I want to go riding".

Caio Bellas Well, no snow like they threatened us with overnight. Rained to beat the band though! If it had been snow I think it would be Tuesday or Wednesday before we managed to dig out! Two inches of rain translates to something like 22 to 24 inches of snow, right? Temps are supposed to drop faster than a rock tossed out of an airplane today, but so far that has been wrong too. Started out above the predicted high temp for the day, and the temp has been slowly climbing since I got up around 5am. Supposed to drop to the single digits *F which is negative teens *C, We shall see. I want a job I can be that wrong that often and make that much money!

I just want to mention here that Don's riding is not as simple as figuring out how to get him on and off the horse. Assuming he rode before the accident, and knew what he was doing, there would still have been a long period while he rebuilt his core strength and balance. The right horse would need to be found for him. Not any horse is acceptable. Special equipment is needed to get on and off. The horse needs to be tollerant of that, in addition to being well behaved and suitable for the types of riding Don wants to do. Now, if riding was introduced as a part of his rehab therapy, there is a whole other set of skills he would need to master on top of all the above! Sorry for hijacking the comments tim, but I work with this situation every day, and I did not want people thinking riding was easy for Don. He had to work hard for a long time before he was ever ready to get his own horse!

When will the terms "gay" and "straight" and by extension "bi", "trans" and the rest become obsolete? I hope that I live to see the day! Bottom line, You are Thorn, not anything else. Whom you choose to include in your sex life is no one's business but yours and your partners, provided you protect both yourself and your lover from all the nasty diseases out there. How you dress on any given day is also no ones business but yours. Jeans and flannels today? Cool! Silk skirt tomorrow? Go for it! The people who try to "erase your identity" are not worth the space to write their names down. What is important is family and friends. We love you just the way you are!

All my snow prep seems to have worked. Not a single snowflake! Did rain all night, but you don't need to shovel rain! Today's forcast claims temps dropping all day to single digits (*F) . Thats the negative teens ball park for you (*C) peeps. It's already wrong though. We started out above the forcast high for the day, and the temp has gone up over the last two hours! I want a job I can be that wrong, that often, and still make that much money!

Personal opinion - Goldens. I've had two and they were the best! Although my daughters new black lab pup promises to be just as good. Every time I think of a basset hound, I can't help but think of a line from Smoky and the Bandit, and now it will be indelibly welded together. "Frog, feed Fred"

Not snowing here yet, but they say its gonna, then rain, sleet, back to snow, and finishing off with temps in the single digits so everything freezes solid.

My horse was very curious when we introduced him to Wings' pup. Her horse just looked at her like "Why is she so small?" The pup was not afraid, but seemed to have a healthy respect for their size. That is either being territorial or horney!

You forgot the last two lines of that prayer! "Lord grant me the strength not to kill people today, A bat should it become necessary, And the wisdom to know if I should or should not!"

Anyway, this was all on my mind, so I thought I'd get it down while thinking about it. You have hit a key component here Renee. Finding the time to write will get more difficult as J grows. Grab several notebooks from the dollar store, and scater them around your regular paths through the house, along with pens. I also found it helpful to tie the pens to the notebooks! Then jot down notes as you think of them, and pull the pages to take to your computer when you are ready to write. In my case it was not fiction, but more like to do lists etc, but the point is to be able to physically "collect your thoughts" when you sit down and then say "what did I want to write?"

Oops, sorry A, but the editor in me kicked in!

I think what I like most about your stories is your ability to tell it like it is, not the way people think it should be. You don't sugar coat things. Max is going to have problems no matter how well he gets along with the guys. Louis feels a bit railroaded right now, which is also natural. You could almost hear Louis thinking "Here we go again!" Being the right thing to do does not make it easy, and you portray that well, right from the begining, before the real problems start cropping up. Looks like Louis' rock will be occupied more frequently for a while.

Yeah Gary! Collies are fantastically smart, mostly quiet, and soooooo pretty. Have you introduced her to your mare yet?

Not sure that is too much help though...

Woohoo! Governor Murphy declared a state of emergency so the horse show that first moved from Sunday to Saturday to avoid problems has now been cancelled completely. I get to sleep in and hide under my quilt till things settle!

Haven't had the first snowflake, but governor declared a state of emergency so horse show got cancelled That means I get to hibernate too!

You would be shocked at the number of people who think some detail is not important. We have a new therapy client who is being extremely resistant to getting on the horse. We are making VERY slow progress. At the end of the second session we found out the last time she was on a horse at the previous program she had a complete melt down. Umm...didn't you think that an important little detale?

Oh yes, for most domesticated creachers. Dogs, horses, children, spouses...

Think he needs a better sunscreen!

Power came back around 3 am. Crews are still out there working. When i got up to reset clocks etc i tacked a towel over the window. The shades just were not cutting it! Seriously thinking about calling out today too. Cold is not really bad enough to keep me in, but the lack of sleep... Hope you all feel better and are snug and warm.