Bonnie Progess

Rode Bonnie Saturday & Sunday. Lunged her on Saturday because she had a couple of days off and was in full heat. She did well though. Just some walk and trot and rode a little outside. It was near dinner time so she was a little focused on the food truck. Sunday was a better day. Got on her right away. Walked and trotted at first. She gave me some attitude going into the trot but I quickly pushed her through it. Time to get real tough on her. Then there was the fun part. We started cantering around the arena. Good thing my balance is coming back and the saddle had a horn. Lot's of attitude, rock and hump bucking for part of it. Once we got through that she did a lot better. Reluctanting willing and minimal steering but she'll get better. We ended by walking once around the track. I thought she was going to roll under saddle in the crass clippings a couple of times.

Weekend of 5/28/05

This past Memorial Day weekend was extremely busy for us. Cleaned out every closet. Got the second bedroom ready to be worked on. Cleaned out and organized the last of the garage and shed. Bought carpeting for the bedrooms and a childen's bedroom set. Picked out paint for the bedrooms. Power washed the outside of the house and trimmed everything. Fixed sprinklers and organized the outside. Rode horses two days. BBQ some nice rib eye steaks on Sunday. Paperwork for the business. Did normal errands. All in all we got a hell of a lot done. The bedroom set should arrive in three weeks. Lisa will start painting this week. I just have to move furniture. Lisa will pick up blinds.

On a sad but good note. I went to the shelter on Friday before going home. Miko was out for adoption. One hurdle down. He had picked up a small cold and they were treating him for it. His spirits picked up greatly when he saw me. I got to hold him. I just hope and pray he uses his box there and he finds a good home. He deserves it.

Donna wrote me and told me that Nana had a real hard time remembering where the family graves were for Memorial Day weekend. I guess Nana's mind is really starting to go. I told Donna it may be time to yank her driving license. I'm afraid she'll go out and not remember how to get home. She is starting to show signs of dementia.

I'm going to try and get to the County Clerk & Superior Court on Wednesday and The Guatemalan Embassy on Thursday or Friday.

My Meal Replacement Shake

1 Cup drinkable yogurt
1 Cup Almond milk
2 Tbls of Mixture.
1 multi-vitamin capsule or 1 cap of liquid vitamins
Mix together well. This isn't for everyone. Texture can be a problem for some.

Mixture = 2 parts (Wheat Germ, Flaxseed Meal, Whey Protein) 1 part Soy protein.

General Update 5/27/05

Talked to Tony Lage today. Good to hear from one of my childhood friends. Got an update on what was going on with people. He's going to get me some Bose speakers for my computer. I'm considered "family." :) Been a busy week. Some ups and downs. Our neighbors and friends Joy and Marty moved to Arizona yesterday. The new neighbors move in this weekend. I was able to get over to the Santa Clara County Clerk on Wednesday. Everything OK except one document and I got that fixed today. Need to go back and also need to go to Superior court to get copy of Divorce decree. Almost paper ready on adoption. Lisa went to hospital yesterday for multi-CT scan. Hated the preparation as usual. Had some hives after the procedure so need to warn doctors if CT scan done again. Might have shellfish allergy. Lisa seems to think maybe part of her problem is an egg allergy. Some type of rare disease. Got caught up on a lot of work. However, underpaid a couple of Reps. System problem. My fault for not anticipating it. Went to see if Miko was available at shelter yet on Wednesday. Not yet. I'm afraid he might not make it. Hopefully, I'll see some down time this weekend. Gabe says T did very well the other day. There is hope yet for him. I'm going to have him trained one more month to cement things in. Need to clean up wood, garage and get as much stuff organized and stored as possible. Going to put up American flag for Memorial Day and maybe cook some Tri-tip. All in all it was not a very good week.

Weekend of 5/21/05

Did a number of things this weekend. Saturday - took Paladin & Bonnie over to the vet's for shots. Dr. Seal says Paladin needs his teeth done badly. I guess Down Under Equine did not do as good a job as they should have. Both were good for their shots. Went up to Indian Hill Ranch with Ellie & Tanner. Both were well behaved. I took Tanner out on trial for a hand walk. Practiced going over streams and mud holes. Of course, Bill had to be a vulture and reminded us to pay the $15 fees plus $1 for the trailer. I ended up getting 5 ticks on me though. Not fun.

Saturday night I saw Star Wars at the theater. Great show. So so dialogue. Excellent special effects. Tied everything up fairly well. A bit dark. Well worth it. I had to laugh at the comparisons to the movie versus our current political situation. Maybe not so funny after all. There are time line differences but after 6 movies and 28 years, I think Lucas can be forgiven.

Sunday - Fixed the retaining wall out back. Going to have to do more later since original wall is not pressure treated. Need to fix back fence post. Broken at bottom. Also not pressure treated lumber. Need plan for shed.

Bonnie & Tanner got trimmed. Tanner fine. Will need shoes soon. Bonnie a bit of pain but better than last time. She's learning. Used squared off shoes to help breakover.

Missing Miko

Today started out a little rough. Not much sleep last night thinking about how much I miss my cat, Miko. I've had him for eight years and even though he wasn't in front of me all the time like the dogs, he was an important part of my daily life.

Opening Blog

Well, I thought I'd try this. Something of a personal diary. A place to put my thoughts and things that are going on in my life. I felt the need not to express myself so much as to create my own little therapy and to put in writing some of my life so that I wouldn't forget later on when the mind goes numb. It's also a place where my future daughter might have a little insight into her father.