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Quiet in the Valley

All is quiet in our valley tonight. It seems that Affair has fit right in....who would have guessed?
Maggie is home, been sleeping on the bed most of the day and glued to my side on the bed right now. I don't think she feels real good. Being spayed has left her sore I'm sure. She is just happy to be home.
Wes got some outstanding pics this evening with the digital. Will have to take it to Walmart to get some prints to frame.
It's a beautiful night.

Today's pics.

Maggie

My Maggie came home this morning.  She was spayed yesterday and had to stay the night. They said she wouldn't eat or anything and she was crawling until she saw me then gladly walked to the truck and jumped in as soon as I opened the door. Love this girl. Missed her last night.

Savannah

Coming home.

Blk Ty Formal Affair

I am thrilled to have Affair home. Talk about sweet. She loves to be loved on. I'm glad to have a really nice homozygous black homozygous Tobi again. She is put together well with the temperament to match. Thank you Jennifer for such a wonderful mare.

Home

Affair is home!!!

Affair

Pretty girl.

Burrrr

It's a bit cold this morning. Suppose to be really nice though.
Gotta take Maggie in to be spayed this morning, then go sneak a peek at Granny to see if we have a foal yet and feed and clean her stall. I'll sneak a peak on everyone else as well. Go give Affair some loves.
Then home to do stuff here. I'm going to play with the little one and see how Cat does with her and let her hang with Josie and Cat.
More later. Got lots to do.

Interesting Day

Well it's been an interesting day to say the least. Had a come to Jesus with my son.....it did no good. I have no clue what his problem is but he has one, mostly just being blind to what is going on under his nose. Oh well.
On to better things that don't pissed me off.......
Moved the lumber today and caught 3 baby bunnies. I put them in with my other young ones. A couple got away but maybe I'll find them. The might have run under the firewood stack.
Got the new round pen panels set up and when the stud pen is finished those round pen panels will get incorporated with the others and I'll have a HUGE training pen. It's 60 foot now and can put in 11 more panels. Woohoo!!
Everything is coming together. 
Maggie gets spayed Tuesday. Yay!!!
I've been busy today and it felt good. Healing well. Hope to be released this week to go back to work. Not sure he will but I don't see any reason why not.
It's been a beautiful day. 

All set up

New round pen is all set up. Looks nice. I think I actually have enough to make a small arena if I decide to take out the round pen and just have an arena.

Granny is likely to foal tonight. Will go put her in her stall this afternoon.  She is waxed.

Affair is no where close so she will come home next weekend and foal out here. She isn't even close to foaling right now.

Checked on all others and they are doing fine. Savanna came to me for love. Still remembers mom.

Long day

I didn't get to sleep until after 3:30 this morning. Then woke up at 7 and fell back to sleep till 9. Ugh! Wes did breakfast while I fed horses then off to the auction for some rainy day fun. It's been icky all day.
It was worth it though. I got yet another roundpen. Yay! I have hunted auctions for so long to find one. Saved about 2 to 3 hundred dollars by getting it at auction. It's brand new and I can't wait to get it set up.
Weather is turning nice starting tomorrow. 
Going to go check my mare tomorrow along with others that belong to a friend.
Had a wonderfully long talk with my daughter today. My son will not be as thrilled after I talk to him again. The jig is up and the wrath of mom is fixing to hit. I'm tired of the lies and self pity on his part. It's come to Jesus meeting time.

What a fabulous day.

Well Friday (technically yesterday since it's now after midnight) was a good day. No pain pills at all. Feeling my best so far during this miserable surgery. Did a little mushroom hunting, rode the 4 wheeler, did a little fishing, did some cleaning and enjoyed the day.
Today I am going over to see Affair. I can't wait till she comes home. I am excited. Abby will be here Monday so I am excited to see her. Josie will be able to go out to pasture like she wants and Abby will be with Cat since Cat is not at all nasty to other horses.
Things are shaping up.
The cyst on Pistols nose is still gone which makes me very happy. Bo and Pistol both need a bit of an attitude adjustment again. But I have to say I love those boys. And if ever I am not breeding they will be our wonderful geldings.
Can't wait till Belle foals and she gets to have her hot date with AJ. He is such a stud muffin. That foal w I'll be a keeper no matter what. I think Belle will retire after next year and just enjoy her life as our pasture pet. She is Soooo sweet.
Pasha is gorgeous.  She has she'd off and I've dewormed her twice now and she is extra shiny and is putting on lots of weight. She is so smart, she comes at feeding time without being called, goes in her pen and patiently waits. Standing next to her on level ground today I realized I can not see over her back at all. Wow. I never would ride Rocket because he was way to big but I love riding Pasha. She is such a loving mare. I am so glad I got her. Thank you Ashly.
Our flowers are coming up like crazy around here. I love spring. The garden is growing like crazy to.
Everyone is doing great and I have enjoyed being able to sit and watch the horses everyday. I am so glad that I am feeling so much better.
Well I guess I should once again go try to sleep. Having issues with getting comfortable lately.
Have a fabulous weekend everyone.

Babies

I found these babies in the loft of my barn this morning.  They are about 24 hours or less old. They were very cold and at deaths door. I scooped them up, put them in my jacket pocket and brought them in and put them in a blanket with heat g pad. They warmed up very nicely and started looking for food. I fortunately found someone in Richmond with a lactating cat that had one kitten because two others didn't survive. They were also newly born this week. So now what was a mourning mother cat is now a happy momma because she has more babies. I will be getting updates on the kittens. We were actually at the store to get formula for the babies when I got the call so we didn't have to get formula after all. The babies were all doing great when I left them with their new mom.

All Good News

All today's news was good, better than good really. Now just to heal. Have to see the surgeon next week to just check things, stay on antibiotics one more week but mostly just heal now. The surgeon said it would be a year before any reconstruction could be done. That's fine with me. This has been the worst surgery by far that I've ever had. Will go back to work to a better position when I get released. Yay!!!! For now rest and boredom.
Other good news is a good friend of mine has 2 of her mares confirmed in foal!! Congrats!!
Chores done and worn out. It's been a long day.

Day 6

Well it's been an ok day so far. If drains come out I have a feeling that is going to suck. It's a royal pain in the ass to shower with drain tubes though.
It's sunny and pretty out today. Can't ride though. Turned Josie and Cat out to graze.
Speaking of cat.....well I guess we have a barn cat now. She is a beautiful calico and I found her in the loft of my barn. Oh and she is going to have kittens to. Oh joy!! It's a good thing the dogs can't get up to the loft. I'm guessing she will have them pretty soon.
Well I suppose that's it for now. Wes will be home soon.

Good Day

It's been a good day. Got up, fed horses, turned Cat, Josie and boys out. They were running and bucking tails high and some people stopped on the road to watch. I was out there with them. I waved at them. Lol. Guess they never saw horses playing before.
I went and renewed my drivers license since it was pointed out to me last Saturday that it had expired a week earlier. I forgot. So that is done now. I went to Walmart and got a few things including flea and tick stuff for the dogs.
Spent some time outside with horses, and rabbits. Drains are bothering me bad today. I hope the dr takes them out tomorrow.
Talked to Melissa today. Sis is getting a bag. So it will probably be Cinder, Sis and Rain that foal before long. She wants us to hit the rounds this summer to blue and gray, holden lake and knobnoster for trail riding. We will switch off between her rig and ours.
Looking at grain bins to get set up here at the farm.
I will be glad when I'm all healed so I can get Bella broke this year. Diamond has one more year before she will be ridden.
Belle will be bred to AJ on her foal heat this year and one of the tb mares as well I think. I want a couple of AJ babies.
Affair is to be bred to One Good Chip.
Next year we should have 3 or 4 foals on the ground. Maybe only 2. Depends on if I breed both tb mares or not.
Took a few pics this morning.

Rebel, I guess the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

Pasha lookin mighty fine

Diamond butt. Coming 2 year old.

Kai...sure has grown and is so handsome.

Bo being a lazy boy.

Pistol wants to know what's up. The cyst by his nostril is now gone. It was just under the skin next to his nasal passage. No longer there. 

Bad bad bad day

Today is finally at an end. THIS WAS A Bad one. I hope tomorrow is better. This has been the roughest of surgeries. Post op appointment on Thursday.
I did manage to make an appointment for Maggie to get spayed next Tuesday.  She is due to come in heat again so off to the vet we go. No more puppies.
Time to turn in. Not feeling well. Need sleep I guess. At least sleeping I don't feel so sick. Good night all. If I feel better tomorrow may take some more horse pictures.

Good days and bad

Apparently I have really good days and really bad days and they seem to alternate.  Today, day 4, is a really bad day. I can only guess it may be because of the antibiotics that I'm on. Ugh. This is not fun folks.

Maggie

Maggie is my buddy. She showed up at our place a year ago. She has attached herself to me and doesn't get far from me. She has turned out to be a really good dog. Very spoiled to. 

She learned early on that horses would hurt her so now she is careful but does love the horses. 

Morning/day 3

Good morning all. Well I'm seeing improvement, or rather feeling improvement.  Last night wasn't a real restful or comfortable night but that is because I have cut my dose of pain killers in half. Not bad for 2 days post op and I can cut down on pain pills. Have to call the dr. Office today to make my post op appt. Then call work, then call insurance company to see where my short term disability paperwork is.
Ugh!
Well that's about it for now. Drainage is very little now which is good. Yay!
More updates later today. I still would not wish this on anyone. I am happy with the way I am. To bad I didn't come to that conclusion 27 years ago. Could have avoided all of this.

Day 2 evening time

I'm doing a lot better. I'm taking only half the pain meds that I was. Pretty good for just being on day 2. Being outside helped a lot today and so did the shower.
I would not wish this on anyone, not even an enemy. This is going to be a road from hell to recovery. I think it will be a lot better once the drain tubes are out.
Had I even thought about this possibility 27 years ago I would have never done this.
I'm glad the implants have been removed. I will not get anymore. I will rehab what I have and in time will be ok. I'm good with this. I thought I'd be upset but I am really relieved. I think a lot of things will improve health wise.
Wes is the greatest. He is caring for the horses for me. I have to say I hate the fact I can't even feed.
One thing I have to say to anyone considering this type of surgical enhancement, think long and hard. They were not worth what I'm going through now.

Day 2 update

I've forced myself to be up. I went outside for a while which did me a lot of good. Pet Pistol and Bo. Watched Wes do some stuff. This watching thing is no fun. Having issues with nausea more today than I have had. Going to try and wean down the pain meds.
Hot shower helped. Felt really good.

Day 2

Omg!!!! This morning is worse than yesterday. Emptied my drains, got very sick had to sit down on the floor. Back in bed now which I HATE!!!
Only took pain meds once in the night. Went a complete 6 hours. Had to take them again though when I woke up. They have me on antibiotics as well. Yuck.
More later.

Update

Well this afternoon is better. Still have to keep up on pain meds every 4 hours and I can tell when it's getting close.
Laid down for a while and felt better when I got up. I will be glad when the drains are out.

Hate this

I hate that I can't help as much as I usually do. This sucks but I'd like to personally thank the person that invented oxycodone.

Morning/day 1 after surgery

No this is not horse related but I'm writing about it to serve as a reminder to me for the next stupid life changing decision I make. THIS SHIT HURTS!! I don't mean hurt as in take 2 kicks pain pills gotten from dr., I mean can't get comfortable, wake up every 2 hours, hurts to breathe kinda pain that the pills only help but not get rid of. This is a direct result of a 27 year old decision I made out of being 24 years old and out of vanity. Holy shit people this is painful. Up at 5 am because I've basically given up on comfort or sleep.
No lifting over 10 lbs for 6 weeks. Which means I have to have help feeding and riding is out of the question. I'm glad I rode Thursday.
I promised my dad no playing with the horses until I'm healed. That won't be a problem. Lol.
Update later.

Home

Home from the hospital.  I. Major pain. Drain tube everywhere.  But glad to be home.
Surgery ended up to be a lot more complicated that originally thought. It was a big mess. I am bound which is also a bit uncomfortable. Good pain meds though.

Pasha

Rode Miss Pasha this afternoon.  Woohoo! It was fun. Had to climb up on the round pen panel to be able to put my foot in the stirrup to get on. Lol. She is over 16 hands. I couldn't even look over her back. She is huge. I really like her. We just need more riding time so I think after I'm recovered wes and I will take her and trick out and ride.

Kai. Sure a huge difference from a year ago

Count down

I've enjoyed taking pics this morning. Now getting stuff ready for tomorrow.
Sent a cute pic of Bo to Wes for our daily lunch text.
Love some of the pics I took of Pasha. This is the pic I sent to Wes. Lol. Bo is pretty cute. 

Such a silly boy. 

Here is my two favorites of Pasha. 

She is beautiful. 

As you can see everyone else is out to pasture. She eventually wanted out with them. I had her with Cat and Josie but she wanted out with the others. I let her go.

I love the 2 TB'S we have. Just something about them.still have to get Caslicks removed.

 I hope the sun stays out today. It was so pretty this morning and the air smelled soo sweet.

Can't wait for Affair to come home and I'm going to enjoy Abby while she is here. They are both beautiful.  

I want to go ride.