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Go Pros, Snow and Horses!

Tonight I really wish I owned a Go Pro camera. The boyzees, Princess (our cow dog aka feeding partner) and I went down to the barn to do chores. It was after dark, the moon was full and bright and we were all a little tired from the week. The boyzees each had sport practices tonight. At the barn we needed to feed, fill waterers and move hay around for the next week-we had been putting off moving bales of hay for quite a few days!

Diamond, our 7 month old filly is now full time in a pasture-we never stall her because of what we thought was muscle probs. We now think maybe she just needs to be in a large run/pasture always! We have been hauling water by bucket fulls for a while as she is in a large run with a shelter that is no where near water or electricity. So tonight we moved a large water trough and started hooking hoses together. Four VERY LONG hoses later we had the hose long enough to reach from the water spigot to the water trough. Little side note: HUBS had to fix a hose and he thinks this past summer he had a great reason to put two female ends on one hose. So the boys and I are in moonlight only (we finally broke down and used the flashlight on the cell phone) to put the hoses together. After a long laugh we figured it out and got the hoses organized.

I do think the horses were all wondering what the he** we were doing laughing, hollering and carrying on. That Go Pro would have come in handy tonight just because it was all funny to the boyzees and I!!!

We also moved had to all the pastures to make feeding (especially in the mornings) a little easier on HUBS!

Boyzees and Hubs think I am a bad driver. EVERYTIME the snow (currently from the night before last) drifts I seem to get stuck in a snow drift in my one ton truck. All the males in my household think it is me. So driving back up to the house from the barn took three tries-which gave the boyzees a good laugh when they told hubs!

Tonight I am thankful for the laughs and memories I made tonight night with my boyzees. It was the absolute highlight of my day! It just doesn’t get any better!

So horses are watered and fed and we all are sleepy…Have a GREAT evening!

Alisha (aka Wild Woman of the West)

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P.P.S.S. Does anyone own a Go Pro? How do you like it? What do you use it for? I was thinking I should get one. Lots of uses-spying on the horses when I am gone at work; wearing on my head while I feed with the boys to capture laughs and memories with them; and I am pretty sure the boyzees could think of ways to use it too!

Ice Skating Disaster

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My Sr Peepette is a hockey fanatic. It is his favorite sport and he is VERY good at it-and actually if he could skate all day, everyday I am sure he would! Jr Peepette started hockey years ago and then after an injury walking into the rink stopped playing. After four years he thinks he should try it again!

So he has been going to community open skate. Their friends go with them and they skate around and have a great time. I remember doing the same thing growing up but our ice skating rink was outside.

I had an open house early afternoon so Hubs dropped the Peepettes off to skate. The teenage girl working at the front counter started cussing at the peepettes-apparently one of the boys they were with yesterday got in trouble so the young girl was taking it out on my peepettes. I think it scared Jr Peepette more than Sr, but it really fired me up. Good thing I was “stuck” at my open house. How can a young girl think it is okay to cuss at little kids? That thought would never even cross my mind. I hope and pray by the time my peepettes and little lady are teenagers (and obviously even now) working they always respect others whether or not they are younger or older.

My peepettes tried to stick it out but the young girl knew they called their mom, so she continued to harass them and even got another teenage boy involved who then teased them for calling their mom. SERIOUSLY! Hubs will take it up with the Manager during the week (he is taking care of it as I am a little bit of a momma bear when my kids are messed with-which he has learned over the years! So to save him embarrassment he takes care of stuff like this now-part of the division of labor ;))

I am so proud of my peepettes. Instead of cussing back or getting in other trouble – they called me and they were still respectful. Good job peepettes! Mom is VERY PROUD of you!

My Boots are made for walking FAST!

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Someone told me once that I don’t walk slow EVER-I walk everywhere with purpose. This is completely true. EVERYWHERE I go I have things to do-who doesn’t these days! This can cause a few issues-like almost knocking down the most senior real estate agent in the office. Now he is watching for me the next time I fly around the corner! (VERY embarassing-now I try to watch who is walking around where I am walking).

It got me thinking that life is a lot like hockey-going somewhere fast ALWAYS! LOL! I am not sure I could stay up on hockey skates-but if I could get everywhere QUICKER you never know! There are those that are competing with us in business-the defenseman. There are those that are on your team that are helping you score goals-the offense. The puck is passed back and forth constantly. Also like life-as most of us constantly juggle the work, the kids, housework, the chores outside (feeding horses, goats, the two cows) and the list goes on. Then there are the officials that are reffing the game. At a game in Denver I remember my son saying that the refs were completely unfair-I had to act like a mom and tell him “LIFE ISN’T FAIR.” (I think I may have told myself that I would NEVER say that to my child as my mom said it ALL THE TIME!). Then of course continued saying Ref are like BOSSES-they don’t always make the right call…hence I work for myself…oh hmmm, I may not always make the right call either, but I learn from those bad calls.

As for what I think…I will stay with my fast walking COWGIRL BOOTS!