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Sue and Kyra, it must be something in the intermountain western air. Nothing upper respiratory for me, for once, just hurt all over and feel like death warmed over. Those body aches sure do pinpoint all one's injuries over the years... my lower back is screaming louder than everything else. Still, I...

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I never got round to getting my flu shot this year, what with one thing and another. Unusual for me as I am usually religious about it.

I woke up at 4am on Wednesday thinking "I don't feel so good..."

And yes, it's officially influenza.

I don't recommend this at all.

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My 2 cents... I think this horse has very different conformation than we have become used to seeing in the International arena. He's long as a bus behind the saddle so he's not going to look like he's tracking up like Valegro, for instance. It was a relaxed, clean, accurate test. Super nice pirouett...

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Such a lovely horse, Capstone!

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Well, you wouldn't know it--you both look very cool, calm and collected.

She's just gorgeous. Welsh?

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I have a Panasonic which does a decent job. Bread machine bread does tend to be a bit "fluffy," however.

Makes excellent pasta dough too

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Fergus, I will move at the end of March. 30 days notice at old barn.

I can't wait...

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True that. Healing major injuries knocks the stuffing out of you. I remember complaining to my doctor that my brain was putty--and (not complaining) that I'd lost a lot of weight, and her asking me what I expected--my body was far too busy using all those calories rebuilding my leg to make brain cel...

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Skating... I tried to learn in my 20's. I fell over a lot, and lying there splayed on the ice surrounded by people with sharp knives attached to their feet freaked me out. I could see my fingers getting sliced off by some other random beginner.

So I gave that up!

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Did it once, forced to as a corporate jamboree. I'd rather poke myself in the eye repeatedly with a sharp stick than ever go again.

But my idea of a vacation is a quiet mountaintop with no other people and a gourmet chef.

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I got my March bill from the old barn today, and sat down and ran the numbers between the two places just for the hell of it. When I add in all of the things that have become "extras" over the years, and add in the gas I will be saving even at $2 a gallon, I'm at about $60 difference betwe...

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Well, I handed in my notice at the old barn today. My dear barn owner, who has been a great friend and taken excellent care of my horses over the years, told me that she was actually quite grateful as she is stretched to the limit at the moment as she is care-taking for her 90+ year old grandpa who ...

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I still have the sodding oven's twin brother. It is still pretty, and still challenging as hell to cook with. But I'm not planning to burn down my house to get rid of it.

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If I'm having bok Choy with something like short ribs, I'll just blanch it in boiling salted water. If having it with something like chicken then I might saute it in some sesame oil and add some fresh ginger.

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Well, it's very interesting. Nice 10 stall barn, only 5 filled at the moment an she only wants 7 or 8, clean, organized, contented horses. Nice indoor, about 40 meters by 20, good, Premier footing. Enormous outdoor with apparently the same footing, but still under snow. Decent individual turnouts. I...

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Oh shit. I am so sorry. And yes, the best attitude you can take is that it's a fresh start.

I could send you a microwave.

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I love Bok Choy. Don't overcook it. We often have it with braised short ribs

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I guess I'm clearing my mind more than anything else here. Sorry for the ramble. I've been at my current barn for about 11 years, and I've been very happy there on the whole and the care has been great. However, we have no indoor, and I'm 11 years older than I was when I first moved in, and this las...

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Oh, we did lots of things with kale :) I got very good at massaging it... the field greens were actually more challenging. The problem here is that we have a very short growing season and we can get a frost or snow in just about any month but August (really, we have had snow on our July 4th parade b...

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Yes, we did this last year, and will sign up again this year. I will confess that we got a bit tired of kale and some of the mixed greens were a bit on the tough and aggressive side even for us ("Oh God, not bat wings again!"), but on the whole it was successful.

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Sometimes it would be better to have no picture at all! I'm roasting a chicken tonight. We will have buttered carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy with it. Comfort food. It's been a busy day. I just finished my lesson when my friends horse crashed with colic. Once we got her up, it took 4 of us an hou...

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On the off chance, I have used Pure Pleasure Horse Transport for my last two big cross country shipping experiences. Thy are based in FLA, so might be worth a call. I was very pleased with their service, and the price was right. (I was shipping from Michigan to UT in both cases, so somewhat off the ...

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Why would you assume she was going for some kind of feminism prize? That's looking at her work through a far too modern glass. She was equally sharply observant about all her characters, male and female.

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Haven't read since school. I will put her back on my reading list.

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I don't think the President of the USA is an all powerful political leader, though. He is still a figurehead of the party he represents. The candidates can all go out there saying "I'm going to do this, that and the other," but at the end of the day, it's mostly hot air. They don't really ...

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I think we tend to forget that she was simply observing the world around her, not campaigning for change.

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Place cat on edge of kitchen island countertop, bum firmly scrunched against your front, held in place by elbow. Use one hand to open mouth, ("like a teakettle," as my old vet used to say,) tip cat's head back a little, drop pill as far as possible down back of throat, close mouth firmly w...

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It's a brightly coloured plastic monstrosity that allows you to fire snowballs at some velocity over a fairly long distance. Looks like one of those giant supersoaker water pistols. More than that I cannot tell you as I have not handled one in person.

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I have known a couple of Friesian/Morgan crosses. Really good-brained (and exceptionally cute) horses--and nice movers, too.

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You will notice that my poster child is wearing a fly bonnet when there is snow on the ground in an attempt to dull his reactivity to noise... To be fair, the neighbors were shooting at each other with a snowball gun and then decided to make an ice slip-n-slide just over the fence from the arena, so...

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I'm not sure her irony translates well into American.

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I've been meaning to post a picture to thank Calvin. Laddie seems to like his new bridle, and I think it looks very sleek an modern on him. Excuse the hairy throatlatch...

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So, what to cook for Valentine's day dinner? I'm thinking lamb cutlets, maybe? Something pretty for dessert?

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I wish you a short, sharp winter! It'll kill the bugs at least. We have had snow on the ground since November, now have about 3 ft still sitting here at home in the mountains, even after a balmy week with highs in the 40s, which has done nothing useful except allow me to unblanket the horses for a f...

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It's nice to put a story to the pictures. You are rewarded for your dedication to your lovely horses, Chisamba!

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I'm so sorry. Losing one's mother is particularly hard.

I was there with my mother, and I'm so glad I was.

My father is slowly slipping away now, and I'm not necessarily going to be able to be there for him, and that's harder still.

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So far, loving the Bromonts, I have to say. Warm and waterproof and decent looking.
Luckily for me I have off the shelf legs and feet for Ariat boots.

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Snow-hardened veteran here. Steal your kids sled and use it instead of a wheelbarrow for mucking out.

Stay safe folks. We've had more than a few feet here this winter, but we are equipped for it.

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Oh, no. I am so sorry, Shirrine.

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Beats me, Chantal. The last one who no-showed on us had two young teenaged children at home, a fiancé and an apparently stable existence. Just no manners, it would seem.

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I have had both. For me, I'm not sure the benefit outweighs the additional cost and weight of the trailer. I keep thinking that if I had kept my old trailer, I could probably tow it with a slightly lighter vehicle. It's not like I go far, and I know I can pack an entire show's worth of stuff in the ...

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For me, it hasn't been just young people, or really anyone that is apparently marginal--I've had to learn the hard way that my small business can't afford to be Social Services, and that no-one is ever grateful for a leg up, favor or helping hand (I don't mean groveling grateful, I just mean continu...

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Oh, yeah. Just been through all of that looking for a new office manager. And now I'm sitting here composing an ad for a new designer that I expect will reap me the same results. These are responsible, well paying jobs in a decent environment. We are attempting to hire educated grown-ups. It's just ...

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I'm sorry. That's got to hurt, to say nothing of being incredibly inconvenient. I just hate ice.

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I leave for England on Saturday. I've been summoned home to my father who is very ill. I'm hoping he will know me, but there's no guarantee. He's been in and out of hospital--more in than out, since his ill-fated first admittance with pneumonia 8 weeks ago. He now has sepsis that they don't seem to ...

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I need a little waah, I guess. The weather has been impossible here for the past three weeks, so we've done some lunging and that's been about it. Now I have to make a sad and unplanned trip home to England, so the rest of this month is pretty much shot. He's getting turned out all day every day and...

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Boots, don't worry, already taken care of:)

I'm just hoping this one will be pony mad... Her mother used to ride, so I have a better chance, I think!

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Welcome to the world, Viola Alice!

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Could well be ringworm or some other fungal infection. A little Clorox will clear it up quicker than the fancy creams if so. (I caught ringworm from a rescue horse about 2 weeks before my wedding...)

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