Hey everyone, sorry I have been out of pocket for so long. I have been busy like you wouldn't believe and I am preparing for our new arrival in April. Lacy is huge and I can't wait to see the foal. I am very excited.
Whisper will be coming home but Cat will remain in New Mexico. They wanted to keep Whisper too but I just can't allow that. I raised her from the time her dam passed away and am very attached to her and she is to me as well. So it looks like I will be busy with her continued training as well as having the new foal to work with too.
Things are starting to look up. The weather is getting nicer everyday and I hope to have everything settled in the near future. The horses and I are very happy and I am enjoying being my own person and building my life again.
Those of you that know of my website, it has been unpublished for the time being. It needs to be completely redone and so it will be down for a while. I am not sure that I will even put it back up to be honest. Since that particular farm is no longer Hidden Meadows I just don't think it will go back up and I really am not interested in people knowing where me or my horses and dogs are at this point in my life. I think I would rather just stay to myself. There are to many people out there that have nothing better to do than start crap for others so I will remain out of reach for a while.
Right now I do not have internet access so I will not be updating this blog much unless I am at a computer where I can. South of KC is very beautiful and there are so many places to ride and have some fun and this summer I am going to be doing just that.
Future updates on the blog will be limited to the horses and what is going on with them and how their training is going, provided I take the time to update it and/or get internet service at my home. Its just really not that important to me. I'd rather spend my time building my future and doing a little bit more relaxing. This blog has been going for a long time now and its been fun. If I choose to update it, I will be doing it for my own records of what is going on so it might become a bit boring for anyone to follow. Like I said before in the last blog in January........Lots of changes for 2012.
My ex and I have remained friends and we talk on occasion. Its all good. I visit with my daughter and grand-daughter all the time now and its great to be back where I can do that again.
Well with all that said I will bid you all a fond farewell and say thanks for following all these years and maybe someday I will start up the website again and expand the blog. Until then.........enjoy your summer!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
New Year and Big Changes
I know I have been awol for a while, well since Christmas. Its been really busy and I have been really busy looking to relocate somewhere south of KC. It 2012 now and I am seeing that as a new year for big changes.
I will be starting my life anew once again. Things just have not worked out the way it was planned, which is fine. No harm no foul and no one is to blame. Just is not working out. I sincerely hope that the one that once was my better half finds happiness and joy with someone that is more suited for him. I am apparently not the one to do that. No harm done, we just both need to move on. The farm has not really been like home since I got back anyway and I want to build a home for myself for a change. I am really tired of trying to live my life for someone else and make them the happy one. It just doesn't work out very well. Time for me to be happy too.
All of my horses are going with me as well as my dogs. I am currently looking for a place (pasture) that I can lease until I can find a place to buy and perhaps build a house. Whisper and Cat will be returning home to Missouri this spring and I am looking forward to having them back. I miss them terribly. I hear that Whisper is getting bigger and bigger everyday. I haven't seen her in over two months or Cat either and I really wish they were home now.
I am really looking forward to this new chapter in my life. I know there will be some bumps in the road but nothing that I can not overcome. For the first time in a long time I am looking forward to life. I will still be around to see my daughter and my grand-daughter and I won't be leaving Missouri again.
I hope everyone is having a great new year so far and hope that 2012 brings happiness and great things for everyone.
To all my friends that have stuck by my side.....thank you. You are all part of the reason I don't leave Missouri again. It has really become my home. And even if I do live a couple hours away its better than being out of state.
Have a great day everyone!
I will be starting my life anew once again. Things just have not worked out the way it was planned, which is fine. No harm no foul and no one is to blame. Just is not working out. I sincerely hope that the one that once was my better half finds happiness and joy with someone that is more suited for him. I am apparently not the one to do that. No harm done, we just both need to move on. The farm has not really been like home since I got back anyway and I want to build a home for myself for a change. I am really tired of trying to live my life for someone else and make them the happy one. It just doesn't work out very well. Time for me to be happy too.
All of my horses are going with me as well as my dogs. I am currently looking for a place (pasture) that I can lease until I can find a place to buy and perhaps build a house. Whisper and Cat will be returning home to Missouri this spring and I am looking forward to having them back. I miss them terribly. I hear that Whisper is getting bigger and bigger everyday. I haven't seen her in over two months or Cat either and I really wish they were home now.
I am really looking forward to this new chapter in my life. I know there will be some bumps in the road but nothing that I can not overcome. For the first time in a long time I am looking forward to life. I will still be around to see my daughter and my grand-daughter and I won't be leaving Missouri again.
I hope everyone is having a great new year so far and hope that 2012 brings happiness and great things for everyone.
To all my friends that have stuck by my side.....thank you. You are all part of the reason I don't leave Missouri again. It has really become my home. And even if I do live a couple hours away its better than being out of state.
Have a great day everyone!
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Day After..........
Good morning to all. I hope Christmas was good to you all. Everything here is frosty this morning and its pretty cold. Its suppose to warm up and I actually hope it does so I can go ride.
Christmas was good here. I cooked most of the day and then we ate and ate and ate. After dinner I went and got the horses fed and the chores done and then came in and got ready to go to the movies. Its funny, Fred and I had never been to the movies together in the 20 years we have known each other, dated and been married. Kinda weird don't ya think? Anyway can't say that now. He got movie tickets for us to go see War Horse last night. It was a good movie but you certainly need Kleenex. Wish I had taken some. It makes you want to come home and immediately go give your horse and extra big hug. But it was good. Spielberg never fails to accomplish what he sets out to. We got some popcorn and a large drink to share as if we needed anything else to eat but who can go to the movies without getting popcorn? It was fun and I enjoyed it, except for the parts where I cried.
Christmas dinner was fabulous. We always deep fry our turkey and oh boy is it ever good. Fred got a nice deer for Christmas. Apparently on Christmas Eve he asked Santa for a nice big deer and well he got it. That set christmas dinner back a couple hours. He texted me said he had a deer and he would be late getting back to the house. I just laughed and said ok. Heck all the food reheats, right?
We didn't even have room for cookies and fudge. It was a beautiful day yesterday. It was warm enough to just wear a light jacket if you were going to be outside long and if you weren't you could just go out in a sweater. The sun shined very brightly.
Today its mostly cloudy, I hope that changes. I'd love to enjoy more of the sun today since I cooked most of the day yesterday.
I guess it will be time to pack up Christmas decorations for another year. Do I leave them up till New Years or put them away??? Oh well I guess I will put them away when teh moment strikes me to do so.
Here is to hoping that everyone is enjoying today and for those that HAD to return back to work today, I'm sorry.
Christmas was good here. I cooked most of the day and then we ate and ate and ate. After dinner I went and got the horses fed and the chores done and then came in and got ready to go to the movies. Its funny, Fred and I had never been to the movies together in the 20 years we have known each other, dated and been married. Kinda weird don't ya think? Anyway can't say that now. He got movie tickets for us to go see War Horse last night. It was a good movie but you certainly need Kleenex. Wish I had taken some. It makes you want to come home and immediately go give your horse and extra big hug. But it was good. Spielberg never fails to accomplish what he sets out to. We got some popcorn and a large drink to share as if we needed anything else to eat but who can go to the movies without getting popcorn? It was fun and I enjoyed it, except for the parts where I cried.
Christmas dinner was fabulous. We always deep fry our turkey and oh boy is it ever good. Fred got a nice deer for Christmas. Apparently on Christmas Eve he asked Santa for a nice big deer and well he got it. That set christmas dinner back a couple hours. He texted me said he had a deer and he would be late getting back to the house. I just laughed and said ok. Heck all the food reheats, right?
We didn't even have room for cookies and fudge. It was a beautiful day yesterday. It was warm enough to just wear a light jacket if you were going to be outside long and if you weren't you could just go out in a sweater. The sun shined very brightly.
Today its mostly cloudy, I hope that changes. I'd love to enjoy more of the sun today since I cooked most of the day yesterday.
I guess it will be time to pack up Christmas decorations for another year. Do I leave them up till New Years or put them away??? Oh well I guess I will put them away when teh moment strikes me to do so.
Here is to hoping that everyone is enjoying today and for those that HAD to return back to work today, I'm sorry.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to my friends and family! I hope this special day finds you all well, happy, and enjoying the reason for the season. Lets be thankful for the blessings in our lives for if it weren't for this day we would have none. Bless everyone and may those that have lost their way, reflect and find your way before its to late.
Thank you Lord for all the blessings in my life, they are abundant. Bless my friends and family and may all of you find peace in your hearts and lives.
Merry Christmas to:
Rebel, Trick, Rocket, Buck, Little Man, Josie, Jock, Cisco, Napoleon, Sugar, Dream, Jazz, Belle, Lacy, Whisper, Pal, and Princess.
Max, Teaka, Mouse, Sadie, Titan, Bear, Annabelle, Izzy, Shelby, Jax, Rusty, Rowdy, Allie, Molly(we miss you), Emmy, Bandit, and Lexie.
My birds too.
I love you all.
Its been a long year and I look forward to 2012. It is very nice to be back home with my family and back on the farm.
May the Christmas spirit warm your hearts all year around.
Thank you Lord for all the blessings in my life, they are abundant. Bless my friends and family and may all of you find peace in your hearts and lives.
Merry Christmas to:
Rebel, Trick, Rocket, Buck, Little Man, Josie, Jock, Cisco, Napoleon, Sugar, Dream, Jazz, Belle, Lacy, Whisper, Pal, and Princess.
Max, Teaka, Mouse, Sadie, Titan, Bear, Annabelle, Izzy, Shelby, Jax, Rusty, Rowdy, Allie, Molly(we miss you), Emmy, Bandit, and Lexie.
My birds too.
I love you all.
Its been a long year and I look forward to 2012. It is very nice to be back home with my family and back on the farm.
May the Christmas spirit warm your hearts all year around.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Merry Christmas
Today I am going to wish Merry Christmas to all my friends because starting today I am going to start cooking for Christmas Day. Yes it takes 3 days with everything I am doing. So this will probably be my last blog till after the holiday. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and thinks about the reason for the season.
This Christmas I am very blessed to be home in Missouri with my family and friends. I don't even mind the cold (to much). Its nice to be able to walk out the door to love on the horses or look out the window to see them enjoying their round bales and playing in the pasture.
I am so very blessed that now I can see my daughter and my grand-daughter any time I want to, I can get those sweet hugs from my grand-daughter when she runs from their car to throw her arms around me and tell me she loves me. Its great to be home.
I am blessed that I have a man in my life that will unexpectedly come into the kitchen and put his arms around me and kiss me on the cheek, that will endure the grocery store right along with me and help me gather the stuff we need.
The cooking begins today. I am going to make some homemade chocolate chip cookies, homemade fudge (this is the season standard) along with the usuals of stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, broccoli and rice, homemade cranberry sauce (which is my fav), dinner rolls and whatever else comes along. Fred is deep frying our turkey (YAY) there is nothing better. I can't wait. So much to do. Might even make deviled eggs because Fred loves them like no other. Christmas morning will consist of Biscuits and Gravy, which he also loves. I need to get the stereo hooked up so that we can have Christmas music during the day.
A few updates: Teaka's puppy (Sadie) is doing wonderfully. She looks to be silver and black. Her little face is all black and she has a stripe down her back but her under coat seems to be silver. This, of course, is subject to change. But she is a butterball and doing great. Teaka has been an outstanding mother. She is spending more time away from Sadie now, curled up in my lap as she always does. When she knows its time to feed Sadie she goes back to the bedroom and gets in the bed with Sadie and does her motherly duties.
If Christmas Day is half way decent weather wise I might saddle up and go for a Christmas ride with Trick.
I found out yesterday that my filly , Whisper, might be put on a transport in January to come home. I can't wait and I hope it will happen in January as well. She will go in the barn with a blanket and then come spring we can resume our training. She had come a long way before I left Texas and was almost ready for her first ride. I can't wait for her to be home.
Well everyone, Merry Christmas. Feast and enjoy family and friends.
This Christmas I am very blessed to be home in Missouri with my family and friends. I don't even mind the cold (to much). Its nice to be able to walk out the door to love on the horses or look out the window to see them enjoying their round bales and playing in the pasture.
I am so very blessed that now I can see my daughter and my grand-daughter any time I want to, I can get those sweet hugs from my grand-daughter when she runs from their car to throw her arms around me and tell me she loves me. Its great to be home.
I am blessed that I have a man in my life that will unexpectedly come into the kitchen and put his arms around me and kiss me on the cheek, that will endure the grocery store right along with me and help me gather the stuff we need.
The cooking begins today. I am going to make some homemade chocolate chip cookies, homemade fudge (this is the season standard) along with the usuals of stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, broccoli and rice, homemade cranberry sauce (which is my fav), dinner rolls and whatever else comes along. Fred is deep frying our turkey (YAY) there is nothing better. I can't wait. So much to do. Might even make deviled eggs because Fred loves them like no other. Christmas morning will consist of Biscuits and Gravy, which he also loves. I need to get the stereo hooked up so that we can have Christmas music during the day.
A few updates: Teaka's puppy (Sadie) is doing wonderfully. She looks to be silver and black. Her little face is all black and she has a stripe down her back but her under coat seems to be silver. This, of course, is subject to change. But she is a butterball and doing great. Teaka has been an outstanding mother. She is spending more time away from Sadie now, curled up in my lap as she always does. When she knows its time to feed Sadie she goes back to the bedroom and gets in the bed with Sadie and does her motherly duties.
If Christmas Day is half way decent weather wise I might saddle up and go for a Christmas ride with Trick.
I found out yesterday that my filly , Whisper, might be put on a transport in January to come home. I can't wait and I hope it will happen in January as well. She will go in the barn with a blanket and then come spring we can resume our training. She had come a long way before I left Texas and was almost ready for her first ride. I can't wait for her to be home.
Well everyone, Merry Christmas. Feast and enjoy family and friends.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Almost Christmas
In case I am not on here for Christmas due to massive cooking, MERRY CHRISTMAS to my friends.
Good monday morning everyone. I am finally back online once again. I got everything all set up and my original computer seems to have an issue so it will go off to the computer doctor. In the meantime a very good friend of mine told me to come over and get the tower that she had that she never used. It is fantastic. Thanks Melissa. It is much appreciated. Now my job search can continue.
I am charging my camera so that I can get some new pictures of everyone up. Stay tuned.
Life back in Missouri is good. Fred and I are doing well and work hard continuously to put things back together. Its working. We are doing more together including playing the Wii together and boy is it hard for me to beat him at anything. LOL. Thats ok, we laugh and have a great time. He has been a great help to me with my back being all messed up. There is something terribly wrong with it.
Saturday I did saddle up Trick and went riding with my brother in law. I have been wanting to go riding so badly since before I moved home. I rode Rebel a bit before I moved home but to get home and have Trick to ride again was great. Don't get me wrong, I ride Rebel too and will ride him a lot more this summer. But I took my Tricky for a nice long ride on Saturday. It was a really nice afternoon to ride so I took full advantage of it, and as usual Trick was just like I had ridden him every single day. He is my short fat horse that I absolutely adore. He enjoyed going out to ride too. Rebel and Rocket were a little put out that I had taken Trick but they dealt with it. Can't wait to take Rebel out on trails this spring/summer. They are my best boys ever.
New pictures are coming soon so check back.
Have a Merry Christmas and be safe.
Good monday morning everyone. I am finally back online once again. I got everything all set up and my original computer seems to have an issue so it will go off to the computer doctor. In the meantime a very good friend of mine told me to come over and get the tower that she had that she never used. It is fantastic. Thanks Melissa. It is much appreciated. Now my job search can continue.
I am charging my camera so that I can get some new pictures of everyone up. Stay tuned.
Life back in Missouri is good. Fred and I are doing well and work hard continuously to put things back together. Its working. We are doing more together including playing the Wii together and boy is it hard for me to beat him at anything. LOL. Thats ok, we laugh and have a great time. He has been a great help to me with my back being all messed up. There is something terribly wrong with it.
Saturday I did saddle up Trick and went riding with my brother in law. I have been wanting to go riding so badly since before I moved home. I rode Rebel a bit before I moved home but to get home and have Trick to ride again was great. Don't get me wrong, I ride Rebel too and will ride him a lot more this summer. But I took my Tricky for a nice long ride on Saturday. It was a really nice afternoon to ride so I took full advantage of it, and as usual Trick was just like I had ridden him every single day. He is my short fat horse that I absolutely adore. He enjoyed going out to ride too. Rebel and Rocket were a little put out that I had taken Trick but they dealt with it. Can't wait to take Rebel out on trails this spring/summer. They are my best boys ever.
New pictures are coming soon so check back.
Have a Merry Christmas and be safe.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Teaka
Well I got up yesterday and got ready to head into work to watch some video things. I found that I couldn't do that till the afternoon so I headed back home. All of this took about a half an hour.
Now this is about Teaka so let me tell you that Teaka is my 2 lb long hair chihuahua. She is the love of my life and my little traveling companion not to mention ever since I got her she has been with me non stop. She would even go to work with me when I was living in Texas. I was lucky enough to have a job that allowed that. Teaka is my best little buddy. Teaka was accidently bred by another one of my Chihuahua's but as far as I knew it was only one time and I immediately started keeping them seperated. I started calling around where I lived in Texas to see about the chances of her being pregnant, what about a shot to keep her from being pregnant and so forth. They said the shot is very hard on them and she would have to be hospitalized for several days and they said something about spaying her. So I started asking how much to do that. Well I called several clinics and the cheapest was $300 and the rest were around $400. Now come on, she is 2 lbs, not like she is an elefant. So I decided I would wait till I got back to Missouri and check and well it didn't appear after some time that she was pregnant anyway. About a week after I got back to Missouri she started really getting plump. Which was odd because if she was pregnant she was due to whelp in about 2 to 2 and a half weeks so I would have thought that she would have shown sooner. Well in the last two weeks she started growing like crazy and I started feeling the baby or babies move. I thought there were two of them. Since I have a vet I have used for years here in Missouri I decided to wait and see and just keep a very close eye on her for any problems with delivery. WELL GUESS WHAT???
I get home from town yesterday morning only to find that her water bubble is sticking out and she is having contractions. Her water broke about 10 a.m. and she was contracting for a little while but then it stopped. It did not appear to be progressing. I waited till 11:30 a.m. and still nothing so I called my vet. They said yes bring her in so we can give her a shot to start things back up so I loaded her up and off we went. They gave her a shot and contractions started again. Upon being checked we didn't think there was any progression so they gave her a second shot. Labor continues and upon being checked at 1:00 p.m. still no progress. At this point it is the 3 hour mark which is usually the cut off time for waiting. We make the decision to go ahead with surgery to deliver the pup/pups and spay her. I was not going to risk losing her and I didn't want to put her through this again. I asked if I could stay, they said absolutely and I asked if I could assist in surgery and they said yes, which wasn't the answer that I was expecting but they knew I had grown up in the veterinary field and knew that I was experienced in the field. So I carry her into the surgery room and I put the little mask over her nose to sedate her then one of the techs inti bated her and I helped get her ready.
Surgery begins and the doctor has to enlarge the incision because the pup is to big to get it out. It turns out there is only one puppy and Teaka would have never been able to deliver it herself. The puppy is still encased in its sack and so there is a great chance its alive and ok. In the meantime Teaka's vitals are doing great on the monitors. She also had some puppy teeth that never came out so while she was under they pulled those. We get the pup out of its sack, clamp off the cord and tie it off and I am massaging the pup to stimulate it. Its a little girl, it is sable colored and very cute.
We get the puppy up and going and its nice and pink and doing great. I wrap it in a towel till Teaka is done with surgery. While she is waking up from surgery I go into town to take care of work stuff and come back and she is awake but not wanting anything to do with her baby. We all talked about the fact that it could be because she is still dopey from surgery because she will let the baby nurse. Its agreed that we watch closely to see if she will come around.
Well by last night she was cleaning the baby, feeding the baby and being very protective of her new daughter. She would have had a better chance of being able to give birth on her own if there had been more than one puppy. The one puppy got all of the nutrients and therefore grew bigger than if there had been two or three of them. Either way, she won't be having anymore. She will just be my little companion and sweet little girl that will have many many years ahead of her. She is on antibiotics right now as a precaution because of surgery but is eating again and doing fabulous. She is eating like a pig again, drinking a lot and the puppy seems to be getting everything she needs. I have them next to my bed where I can watch them throughout the night.
I am so thankful that my little girl is ok and taking care of her baby.
Today I start my job and now I can go without worrying if she is going into labor or not without me being there.
Life is good and our little Christmas present is just precious.
Now this is about Teaka so let me tell you that Teaka is my 2 lb long hair chihuahua. She is the love of my life and my little traveling companion not to mention ever since I got her she has been with me non stop. She would even go to work with me when I was living in Texas. I was lucky enough to have a job that allowed that. Teaka is my best little buddy. Teaka was accidently bred by another one of my Chihuahua's but as far as I knew it was only one time and I immediately started keeping them seperated. I started calling around where I lived in Texas to see about the chances of her being pregnant, what about a shot to keep her from being pregnant and so forth. They said the shot is very hard on them and she would have to be hospitalized for several days and they said something about spaying her. So I started asking how much to do that. Well I called several clinics and the cheapest was $300 and the rest were around $400. Now come on, she is 2 lbs, not like she is an elefant. So I decided I would wait till I got back to Missouri and check and well it didn't appear after some time that she was pregnant anyway. About a week after I got back to Missouri she started really getting plump. Which was odd because if she was pregnant she was due to whelp in about 2 to 2 and a half weeks so I would have thought that she would have shown sooner. Well in the last two weeks she started growing like crazy and I started feeling the baby or babies move. I thought there were two of them. Since I have a vet I have used for years here in Missouri I decided to wait and see and just keep a very close eye on her for any problems with delivery. WELL GUESS WHAT???
I get home from town yesterday morning only to find that her water bubble is sticking out and she is having contractions. Her water broke about 10 a.m. and she was contracting for a little while but then it stopped. It did not appear to be progressing. I waited till 11:30 a.m. and still nothing so I called my vet. They said yes bring her in so we can give her a shot to start things back up so I loaded her up and off we went. They gave her a shot and contractions started again. Upon being checked we didn't think there was any progression so they gave her a second shot. Labor continues and upon being checked at 1:00 p.m. still no progress. At this point it is the 3 hour mark which is usually the cut off time for waiting. We make the decision to go ahead with surgery to deliver the pup/pups and spay her. I was not going to risk losing her and I didn't want to put her through this again. I asked if I could stay, they said absolutely and I asked if I could assist in surgery and they said yes, which wasn't the answer that I was expecting but they knew I had grown up in the veterinary field and knew that I was experienced in the field. So I carry her into the surgery room and I put the little mask over her nose to sedate her then one of the techs inti bated her and I helped get her ready.
Surgery begins and the doctor has to enlarge the incision because the pup is to big to get it out. It turns out there is only one puppy and Teaka would have never been able to deliver it herself. The puppy is still encased in its sack and so there is a great chance its alive and ok. In the meantime Teaka's vitals are doing great on the monitors. She also had some puppy teeth that never came out so while she was under they pulled those. We get the pup out of its sack, clamp off the cord and tie it off and I am massaging the pup to stimulate it. Its a little girl, it is sable colored and very cute.
We get the puppy up and going and its nice and pink and doing great. I wrap it in a towel till Teaka is done with surgery. While she is waking up from surgery I go into town to take care of work stuff and come back and she is awake but not wanting anything to do with her baby. We all talked about the fact that it could be because she is still dopey from surgery because she will let the baby nurse. Its agreed that we watch closely to see if she will come around.
Well by last night she was cleaning the baby, feeding the baby and being very protective of her new daughter. She would have had a better chance of being able to give birth on her own if there had been more than one puppy. The one puppy got all of the nutrients and therefore grew bigger than if there had been two or three of them. Either way, she won't be having anymore. She will just be my little companion and sweet little girl that will have many many years ahead of her. She is on antibiotics right now as a precaution because of surgery but is eating again and doing fabulous. She is eating like a pig again, drinking a lot and the puppy seems to be getting everything she needs. I have them next to my bed where I can watch them throughout the night.
I am so thankful that my little girl is ok and taking care of her baby.
Today I start my job and now I can go without worrying if she is going into labor or not without me being there.
Life is good and our little Christmas present is just precious.
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