Ride like you been drinkin'!

It was two days before Christmas and all through the town

The skies opened up and the rain sure did come down!

A quick stop at the liquor store,

Some toasted Marshmallow I sure did score!

A couple shots in some eggnog sounded mighty fine.

As I sipped it and drank it, Visions of Clinton Anderson filled my mind.

“Ride like you’ve been drinkin” he always proclaims.

 So after the second one I did so with no shame.

I threw on my hat, the cute one that’s all black.

Shoved my feet in my boots, no room for slack.

Staggered out to the pasture, and what did I find?

Libby and the donks were all hunkered down from the rain.

Sloshing thru the mud I grabbed her quite quick

Trying not to fall as the mud was so slick.

Grabbing the saddle and heaving it up high

I missed the mark by a hair and a mile and over her back it did fly.

Just when I swear I saw some reindeer in the sky.

Quick as I could I ran around behind

As the donkey let out a bray, my foot hit a rock and I fell flat on my face.

With a mouth full of dirt, I gave Libby the eye

She turned and looked at me and heaved a big sigh

As I stumbled and picked up the saddle, I thought,

“Clinton Anderson! You got be rattled!

Ridin’ your horse after you’ve been drinkin is for the birds!  Is what I’ve been thinkin!

SO all covered in mud from my head to my toes

I walked back to the house to clean up my clothes

I heard Libby and the donks proclaim as I walked out of sight

Merry Christmas and have a good night.

Who is that visitng?

 Libby: "Mom? There is someone new in our shed!"

Buddy: "Yeah, what is SHE doing here?"

Well, she has come to visit.

 She did a very nice job of making your beds, didn't she?

 Libby: "I'm just going to mess it up."

Buddy: "And I will then poop in it."

Star: "She better make it soft and fluffy!"

 

Now kids, you should appreciate all the hard work!

 Star: "Hey this should have some hay in it. Sorta looks like one of those things that carries our food around!" 

Buddy: "Nope, I think they are planning something else!"

 Buddy: "There is that person again! 

She keeps hiding.

I don't think she is working very hard."

 "And staring off into space!"

 "Do you think she is having fun!"

"There she is staring off into space again."

LOVE YA!

MISS YA!

AND

THANK YOU!

It WAS good therapy wasn't it?

So enjoyed our visit!

Miracle Healing:

About a year ago,

a very good friend of ours, 

had some major medical surgery.

I won't go into all the details, 

but I do know he was very very sick.

Crashed three times, and nearly lost him.

To the amazement of his doctors and nurses, 

he recovered and is now back home and doing good.

Well except for one this:

This is a scar left from the surgery on his tummy.

He would NOT heal.

A scab would form, but then come off when he took a shower.

He conversed with his doctor and was told that 

it would never heal, but they could fix it when he has his next surgery.

It oozed continuously.

He could not put a bandage on it, nor keep it covered either.

All his shirts were ruined from the seepage.

So he took to wearing black.

NOT his favorite color.

He came over and was telling us about it, and then showed it to me.

EEEEKK!

So I ran to my tack room and grabbed THIS:

from my supplies.

Took it to him and told him to try it.

TWICE A DAY!

I explained all the miracles I have seen and read about on the internet

with flesh wounds on horses!

That it was amazing stuff!

So I sent him home with some.

TWO WEEKS LATER!!!!!

IT IS HEALED!

That VETERICYN is amazing stuff!

He is anxious to show his doctor the results and is happy now to be able to wear shirts in other colors besides black.

He did say there was one side effect of using the stuff:

"He now has an uncanny craving for Hay and Oats!"

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Our friend still needs the surgery which is scheduled some time in March.

So this spring if you are out in your garden, or you are sitting outside.

Send a little prayer "his" way, 

for a good surgery and an even better recovery.

Please help Ramsey!

Ramsey is a little donkey that has grown near and dear to our hearts. His blog has followed his life from Birth till now.

Now, his human needs some help with surmounting doctor bills to help make Ramsey well again.  The prognosis is very good, and Ramsey will be able to come home in about a week.  

Please check out this link, and if you can even only spare a dollar it will help!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

CHECK ON RAMSEY

 

He really is a cutie and very special!

Trail ride!

Boy the days fly by. Seems the older we get the faster they fly. Kind of like the feeling of flying when you are cantering your horse.
This year, I have been taking riding lessons, and my instructor has made Libby and I work really hard this summer. Cantering in 100 degree heat! Why the total of three laps around the arena had us sweating buckets of moisture! And the first time, I had a death grip on the saddle horn! In my minds eye I felt like I was all over the saddle, and I remember thinking how Libby could stay standing, AT A CANTER, with me moving all over the place! WHEW! That was a stretch.
The next lesson, instructor thought I did so well, and looked so well balanced in the saddle, that NOW I had to hold my right hand out, and point my fingers. This was interesting, because now I was forced to sit balanced. Libby caught the tips of my fingers out the corner of her eye, and startled for just a half a stride, and then she remembered she had this lop sided, unbalanced rider on her, and she better pay attention.
During the cantering sessions, I thought I would NEVER remember the rythum that I felt as a kid, riding a horse at break neck speed! But during my last lesson a week ago I felt it!!!! No hands on the saddle horn. My hips rocked with the beat of the hoofs. Yep! It was pure joy! Libby knew it too, and that was an added bonus.
Then because my instructor is instructing me to ask more of Libby at each lesson, Libby is getting a bit of an attitude, when it comes to loading in the trailer. She has two donkey's for pasture mates, and I think she is getting a bit of an "Ass-ah-tude"! But we are working thru this and I am not as intimidated by her as I was this spring.
Libby is a very well trained horse with a kind soul. I can tell when I ride her, and know that she is surprised that I am knowing just how much she does know.
Last weekend, I finally got to do the one thing that I have longed to do like in FOREVER!!!!! Ride the sandy trails down along the Columbia River! (relaxed!) She got quite a work out walking in that sand, and my butt and knees did not get tired. At one point I could of even fallen asleep the walk was so rhythimatic! THREE hours we rode! When we got to the waters edge, Libby needed no coaxing to get in the water. It was great! Before the weather gets really nasty, I would love to get in a couple more rides along the river this year.
Expanding my horizons, 1 year at a time.

(Thank you Shannon Ternes for the pictures! Added to my treasures!)