just 10 more

while I strangle my dh.  I came home yesterday to find MORE  cookies on the kitchen counter.  The little hooligans were selling them in front of Farm Fresh and he got sucked right in.

The week-end was pretty uneventful.  A. went to her usual Sat. am lecture.  Then I watched her play soccer for hours; team try-outs this week.  A family friend gave her a late Valentine’s gift $15.00 which was immediately spent on a bottle of something for Gracie’s fur; do horses have fur, or is it hair???  Well, maybe a coat.  Anyway, something to make it shiny.

Sunday we went to the barn.  The owner has a new Appoloosa, a 4yr.old, just cut stallion—still has to be kept separate till the testosterone is all out of his system.  She was working him a bit when we arrived in the round pen, absolutely beautiful animal.  Gracie’s owner has been out at sea so she was a bit rough to work with at first–did a quick groom and took her to the round pen where we put the bareback pad on her and A. hopped on–not too bad: trotted but refused to cantor this week, bucked once, A. stayed on.  Then she lunged (?) her a bit and finally we took her back and gave her a real good grooming before turning her out again.  It’s so muddy the grooming won’t last long, it’s mainly to keep her used to the handling.  During the first grooming she had some snotty moments, was tired and behaved much better for the second.  I’m getting better with all this, but I don’t think I’ll ever be a horse person or be truly comfortable around horses.

Reading Nicholas Sparks’  “The Notebook” and Alan Alda–”Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself”.  Both good.

Gym today:  Stretch and exercise mat, weight machines, 3.15 mi. on tm., 16 min. on rower.

Food: Grapenuts Flakes w/skim, decaf tea……..snack: vanilla yogurt, turkey…….. lunch: turkey shephards pie and a big salad, 3 peanut butter cookies………….will update later  dinner: V8, 3 slices deli turkey, microwaved slice of Alpine Lace broken up to use as dippers for Newmans Salsa, 1/2 pear…………snack 1/2 pkt. Instant Bfsk. in about 4 oz. f.f. milk

G’nite, chickadees!

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