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by Chisamba
Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:41 am
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Motivember Challenge- Week 1!
Replies: 23
Views: 18160

Re: Motivember Challenge- Week 1!

We have two? Threads I mean.
by Chisamba
Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:51 am
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: 30 day challenge goals thread.
Replies: 17
Views: 15822

Re: 30 day challenge goals thread.

I am changing one,

Test blood glucose,
No swearing,
Drink water. 10 glasses a day. I'll float away, but it's my goal. Starting now lol.
by Chisamba
Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:54 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: A few jingles for my dear old dad, please...
Replies: 36
Views: 22000

Re: A few jingles for my dear old dad, please...

Gosh, I am sure that is very stressful for you and painful for him. Many jingles.
by Chisamba
Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:21 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Happy Halloween from Paris
Replies: 10
Views: 10187

Re: Happy Halloween from Paris

I think its something most people celebrate, so happy is appropriate,
happy halloween, Paris
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:15 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Where we have failed....
Replies: 114
Views: 64168

Re: Where we have failed....

I work with people with behavior disorders, in other words at times they can be a danger to themselves and others. I am trained in restraining techniques and when it is appropriate to use them. Having, on multiple occasions single handed restrained and brought down a level four person younger and st...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:38 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: "What's for dinner?"
Replies: 808
Views: 620870

Re: "What's for dinner?"

I was late, brought rotisserie chicken home, deboned it, threw a bunch of stuff in for sauce Mashed white sweet potato, and made crunchy green bean salad. Tasted soo good I am trying to remember what I put in the sauce, curry, peanut butter and Chinese five spice, with coconut milk, but there was so...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:54 pm
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: 30 day challenge goals thread.
Replies: 17
Views: 15822

Re: 30 day challenge goals thread.

Test my blood glucose three times a day.
Ride my own horses four times... I am zealous about working my training horses but oft skip mine if I am a bit bushed.
Do not swear.

I am also doing nanowrimo. So I am skipping heathy eating goals this month.
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:18 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: So, how about a less contentious topic...Pit bulls!
Replies: 18
Views: 14655

Re: So, how about a less contentious topic...Pit bulls!

Chi, you have Bull Terriers??? OMG I am jealous. I love them, especially the smaller size. Patton had a white one named William, after William the Conqueror. Yes, had Bullies all my life, since before I was born, and never been without. They are clowns, and luv bugs, and twice Kenya has woken me wh...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:14 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: can i just say...
Replies: 8
Views: 8039

Re: can i just say...

I am sorry, hope it all works out.
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:59 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Sharing your horse... Yey or ney?
Replies: 18
Views: 16100

Re: Sharing your horse... Yey or ney?

The plusses, horse will get exercise and experience and you know the rider and the horse is still in your care and monitoring. Minuses, some of what the horse learns may be different from your method and skill set. Generally it's a win win, i would also recommend a gradual immersion, poster av ride,...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:31 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Challenged to Gallop
Replies: 12
Views: 13067

Re: Challenged to Gallop

I still think galloping with others would help her find more of a desire to go.
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:29 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Shareboard fell through
Replies: 17
Views: 14352

Re: Shareboard fell through

I am sorry, do not give up (except the smoking, lol, give up the smoking) but do not give up looking for a horsey situation that makes you happy.
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:31 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
Replies: 44
Views: 25446

Re: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter

Without any criticism for others making decisions, i do want to explain why I feel the way I do, and will act the way I act, if i am ever faced with a similar decision again. There are a number of routine things you have to do for your horses. they are not wild horses, so it is not okay to put them ...
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:31 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: The Big Black Freight Train - GOING HOME
Replies: 87
Views: 55504

Re: The Big Black Freight Train

it worked!! look forward to seeing you on your newly svelte horse working on patterns :)
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:21 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: A lesson pony
Replies: 35
Views: 22688

Re: A lesson pony

As an update, i thought i had a couple of months before things got bad, but I came home and she nickered and wobbled over, she has been neurologic, which was the first clue that something fierce was wrong. anyway, she wobbled over and i offered her slices of apple i brought from the tree near the ba...
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:05 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Where we have failed....
Replies: 114
Views: 64168

Re: Where we have failed....

So to answer the original question, where did we go wrong? i think that in more than one place. I think that it is increasingly evident that police officers should be taught, as much as possible how to enforce physical compliance with the least likelihood of injury, however with the understanding th...
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:39 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Where we have failed....
Replies: 114
Views: 64168

Re: Where we have failed....

I think she has a broken arm Chisamba. well then i would go to say that is proof that excessive force was used, and I will change my mind. i think he should have removed her, but not with sufficient aggression to actually hurt her. There are ways to physically ask for compliance minimizing the like...
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:32 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
Replies: 34
Views: 23191

Re: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?

well, since reading did not do it, sketching? i love doodling and sketching all you need is a pencil and paper, sorting photos, although in this mood it might be tearing the ex out of all the old ones, listening to music and napping are good ones too!

Hope you feel better soone
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Where we have failed....
Replies: 114
Views: 64168

Re: Where we have failed....

i looked and looked and did not see a choke hold, what i saw, and even the eye witness said, was the closing of the computer, the moving of the desk and then a very rapid flipping of the chair, and pulling the student out and arresting her. perhaps it was excessive, but i would like to know if she e...
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:48 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
Replies: 34
Views: 23191

Re: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?

Read i get lost in a book, snuggle with the doggies and nap
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:39 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: The Big Black Freight Train - GOING HOME
Replies: 87
Views: 55504

Re: The Big Black Freight Train

he sounds like a good natured freight train :) i too would love to see him
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:15 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Well, one milestone has been reached
Replies: 6
Views: 6881

Re: Well, one milestone has been reached

which one? the how to host the training forum one was locked within the first week i think, lol. welcome home,


oh it was my thread, sorry about that.
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:40 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Where we have failed....
Replies: 114
Views: 64168

Re: Where we have failed....

Maybe it's my phone but I couldn't see a darn thing on the fee second of video shown. I will watch on the computer. I am concerned about police violence, but I also dislike it when TV has to interpret what i am seeing... I feel likevf they have to tell you what it is, it's not that obvious. Now I ha...
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:35 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: It's That Time...Show Your Fall Colors!
Replies: 28
Views: 20668

Re: It's That Time...Show Your Fall Colors!

i snapped this one quickly on my walk today, its my neighbours tree and i have enjoyed it for a couple of weeks, the colors are fading now but the light was pretty
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
Replies: 35
Views: 23024

Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?

my husband reminds me to look forward, not back.

i should perhaps make this a goal, so on thinking about it, its not fair to come into something carrying resentments from the past, so forgive me for my blathering

I am in.
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:59 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
Replies: 44
Views: 25446

Re: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter

I had a mare like Mama. Got a diagnosis from a lovely vet chiro with a kind soul, he showed me the pain scenarios - turned out my mare couldn't carry weight. No matter how light. Like your mama things would set her off and she wouldn't stop the explosion until things got hurt, her, humans, other ho...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:52 pm
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
Replies: 35
Views: 23024

Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?

its okay, your thread inspired me anyway, i circled a day on the calendar, wrote down three goals, and will start scoring myself each day. they say twenty one days of success to make a new habit, so we will see how it goes. i have on two occasions joined udbb health challenge threads, and each time ...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:56 am
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
Replies: 35
Views: 23024

Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?

Okay, well count me out then, because I have no desire to be shamed into living up to some one elses hype. Measuring by other means obliterates the simplicity and level field of a point system. Be it weight loss, photos, or miles, immediately introduces an element of comparison that is a huge turn o...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:43 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Are any of the candidates, either party, electable?
Replies: 44
Views: 25847

Re: Are any of the candidates, either party, electable?

I too like Bernie. I like his stance on getting money out of politics. Once the big money is out of politics, a lot of our problems would be much more solvable. And I think that is an issue that many people, regardless of where on the political spectrum they fall, can agree on. And he seems to be t...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:34 am
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
Replies: 35
Views: 23024

Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?

So on Halloween we announce our three goals on a new thread and check in daily to score ourselves? It is my opinion, which may be unpopular, that no photos be allowed, or over boasting about how well you did or how much weight you lost, you score a zero, one two or three and realize if you score a n...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:19 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: ever seen rain rot that...
Replies: 14
Views: 13514

Re: ever seen rain rot that...

Sounds more like hives to me
by Chisamba
Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:07 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: So, this munchkin arrives tomorrow ... She's here! :-)
Replies: 36
Views: 23648

Re: So, this munchkin arrives tomorrow ...

hope she travels safely and is soon in your care.
by Chisamba
Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:47 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Ebola daughter update and advice.
Replies: 16
Views: 14451

Re: Ebola daughter update and advice.

What would it cost as checked luggage?
by Chisamba
Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:37 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: My week - complete with gory pictures
Replies: 36
Views: 21936

Re: My week - complete with gory pictures

I bet the bruising will come! I am glad you are recovering and that you had good help quickly.

Jingles for a good recovery
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:57 pm
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
Replies: 35
Views: 23024

Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?

interesting thought, and idea, i wonder if it would help me stay on track. i am willing to give it a try
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:32 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: A lesson pony
Replies: 35
Views: 22688

Re: A lesson pony

i just stood and groomed her for an hour today, as she munched on some hay, she nickered to me when i came, other than that she is not doing well, its so hard to know exactly when is a good time, and i am hoping she can 'tell' me. its a part of horse stewardship that is very difficult.
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:35 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: It's been a year!
Replies: 3
Views: 4709

Re: It's been a year!

life has to be better with that sweet face looking for you! and she is growing! ( of course she is growing lol)
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:04 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Introducing counter canter
Replies: 58
Views: 38230

Re: Introducing counter canter

thank you musical comedy, excellent article.
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:01 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Should I have been embarrassed?
Replies: 11
Views: 11661

Re: Should I have been embarrassed?

I have a very funny embarrassment story, or at least i think it is. my sister was ten years older than me, and very attractive, she drew glances wherever she went. she about seventeen, in her last year of high school and i was seven, and we were traveling by train from Zambia to South Africa to visi...
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:48 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: You have to laugh at dementia.
Replies: 23
Views: 17029

Re: You have to laugh at dementia.

it is best to find the humor!
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:37 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Introducing counter canter
Replies: 58
Views: 38230

Re: Introducing counter canter

i do not know if it just me, but the article posted does not open for me
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:03 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: A lesson pony
Replies: 35
Views: 22688

Re: A lesson pony

As Chantal said emotions are fragile, and with me carries over into other interactions.
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: nothing to see here, move along
Replies: 48
Views: 33309

Re: nothing to see here, move along

I did not think the link i posted would evoke any of the concern about litigation that the training thread did, but when it did, I did not want to endanger the new bulletin so I removed it.

Thanks for the support and humor. And threats of Christmas cards. You all are great!
by Chisamba
Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:15 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Introducing counter canter
Replies: 58
Views: 38230

Re: Introducing counter canter

I am looking at starting work on the counter canter as there is a loop to X in Novice 2.3 here (guessing you guys also have one in First 3?). I've just been researching the placement of the horse's body as I can't remember reading anything on this in this thread. The advice I have found is the posi...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:15 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: A lesson pony
Replies: 35
Views: 22688

A lesson pony

You are is a lesson pony Not too fancy, more inclined to take it easy than to show off, You have shown countless people how to ride, forgiven their poor balance Tolerated their learning aids. You patiently waited till someone found their half seat before taking the jump, You lovingly found the dirti...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:28 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Swiss ban
Replies: 13
Views: 12185

Re: Swiss ban

They have not been allowed in the US dressage warm up as long as I have been here, nor the UK when I showed there.
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:24 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Working like freeking crazy
Replies: 9
Views: 9401

Re: Working like freeking crazy

Hope you can reduce your stress!! Good luck with new renters. Congratulations on your efforts
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:36 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: nothing to see here, move along
Replies: 48
Views: 33309

Re: my personal favorite critique

Look, I have no dog in this fight but some seem to be shooting the messenger. Whether some object to their posts from elsewhere being posted here or on FB is not really the point, you are putting this site in legal jeopardy and potentially causing the new board owner headaches by doing things that ...

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