My to-do list keeps getting longer, not shorter. ARGH! 8 days until I leave for CT...

Bad pony - Vaquero bucked with the trainer and dumped her. She's doing ok though and plans to be back on him next week (after a little more work on STANDING at the mounting block). Prior to that, she had him going at the walk under saddle, and he was starting to understand leg aids, soo he's coming along nicely ( Read more... )

"Sat on his back today (leaning over his neck, not sitting straight up in the saddle yet)!!! He is still very skittish, but after several tries, (leg over, weight, etc), he cooperated very well! Stood still to let me off. Next step, the walk. He is standing very well at the mounting block."

Vaquero got his furry butt loaded on a trailer and sent to the trainer on the 11th! He was a brat to get ON the trailer, but offloaded and went into his stall beautifully ( Read more... )

Last year, I signed up with a friend for a CSA. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and is a system where you subscribe to a farm before the growing season, and then you receive regular allotments of the crops grown. Our subscription was about $420 for a 25 week growing season, and each week we got 1-2 bushels of assorted fruits and ( Read more... )

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Cooking for Lucy

I adore Sarah Haskins! Contains some NSFW words.

R.E.M, Stone Temple Pilots, and Nine Inch Nails. (Plus other bands)

Oct 24-26. New Orleans. $100.

www.thetenthritual.com

Since I'm not making it to the earlier R.E.M. concerts, I am going to this one. Anybody coming with me?

Such a good poem - wish I knew who wrote it! Fuglyhorseoftheday found it on Seattle Craigslist pet section ( Read more... )