Well it was a nice sunny day today . . . we didn't ride the horses, instead we hauled hay and set up another stall in the shelter and move the animals around. It was fun and now we are headed to the church to enjoy the talent show. Anna isn't showing her talent, I couldn't talk her into playing the saxophone, but we'll watch the others perform anyway.
Enjoy the evening . . .
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Time for the IRS
It appears to be time to work on taxes again so that's what I'm doing this morning. I think I have all the W2's and 1099's I need so off I go.
Providing I get the taxes done early enough today we will likely take the horses out for ride. They haven't been out since last Sunday and it's time. We had something going on every evening this week that kept us from riding them. I have been doing ground work with Dustie though almost every day. She is definitely showing improvement every time I work with her. I think the sun is going to come out today again and if it does I'll give her a bath. She is filthy from laying down in the mud and in the manure in her stall. Even though I clean her stall every day she still manages to make a mess then lay in it. Sometimes I think she is part pig. :)
Friday evening we went to the Roseburg/Sheldon basketball game to watch Anna play in the pep band. Anna is doing well with her saxophone though right now she is using a borrowed horn from the school while hers is in the shop for repairs. Her horn should be done at the end of February. It needed new pads and some general adjustments so we took it to a repair shop in Eugene. The price tag on the repair is around $750 (ouch) but that is much less than buying a new instrument and besides Anna loves that horn. When we get it back I'll post a close up shot of it. We bought it from a from of ours about 30 years ago and it's set in the case most of those years until a couple years ago when Anna started playing it in band.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and don't forget to get on your taxes, if you haven't already.
Providing I get the taxes done early enough today we will likely take the horses out for ride. They haven't been out since last Sunday and it's time. We had something going on every evening this week that kept us from riding them. I have been doing ground work with Dustie though almost every day. She is definitely showing improvement every time I work with her. I think the sun is going to come out today again and if it does I'll give her a bath. She is filthy from laying down in the mud and in the manure in her stall. Even though I clean her stall every day she still manages to make a mess then lay in it. Sometimes I think she is part pig. :)
Friday evening we went to the Roseburg/Sheldon basketball game to watch Anna play in the pep band. Anna is doing well with her saxophone though right now she is using a borrowed horn from the school while hers is in the shop for repairs. Her horn should be done at the end of February. It needed new pads and some general adjustments so we took it to a repair shop in Eugene. The price tag on the repair is around $750 (ouch) but that is much less than buying a new instrument and besides Anna loves that horn. When we get it back I'll post a close up shot of it. We bought it from a from of ours about 30 years ago and it's set in the case most of those years until a couple years ago when Anna started playing it in band.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and don't forget to get on your taxes, if you haven't already.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Posse Fun
Yesterday we got to work at the Bulls and Barrels rodeo at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. It's always fun to do these types of events because we get to be involved with all the action and meet face to face with several hundred Roseburgites. It always amazing me how many people with try to get into the place without paying for admission. For sure it's a very small percentage of the folks that go but still . . . come on people it's only ten bucks to get in and it takes a lot of work and a lot of folks to make it happen for our enjoyment. Anyway it was fun. The top bull rider last night was a man from Washington and scored 86 points! The top barrel racer ran the barrels in 14.03 seconds and nobody else even came close, I forget where she was from but I know she wasn't from this area. They had team roping going on too but I didn't get to see that because I was out in a corner of the building. It ended around 10:00pm and we headed home for some popcorn and relaxation.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Back Home
I made it home safe and sound . . . It was nice of Zach to take me to the Salt Lake airport and drop me off. My flight was on time and the 2 hour trip was uneventful. I had to wait at the Portland airport for Mom and Anna to pick me up since I was about a half hour early getting in. On the drive home we stopped at Burgerville for lunch, I had a pepper bacon, Tillamook cheese burger and fries. I love the burgers there, they really know how to make a good one, it may be equally as good as a Benny Burger in its own way.
On Tuesday evening we took the horses out to the fair grounds to ride with the posse and Dustie did a good job once she got in her thinking mode. I really enjoy her lope because she is so smooth. I've been working on slowing her down at the trot and at the lope . . . she hasn't quite settled into that nice slow motion I want yet. We are going to do our drill routine again this summer and I really want Dustie to be able to participate so we've been working hard to get good control.
This Saturday evening we are going to help with the Bulls and Barrels at the fair ground. Last year I was one of the rakers and worked from behind the bull riders gate. It was fairly interesting working back there with all the bulls and the riders. They have a different mind set than most of us. It's a kick and we're looking forward to it.
On Tuesday evening we took the horses out to the fair grounds to ride with the posse and Dustie did a good job once she got in her thinking mode. I really enjoy her lope because she is so smooth. I've been working on slowing her down at the trot and at the lope . . . she hasn't quite settled into that nice slow motion I want yet. We are going to do our drill routine again this summer and I really want Dustie to be able to participate so we've been working hard to get good control.
This Saturday evening we are going to help with the Bulls and Barrels at the fair ground. Last year I was one of the rakers and worked from behind the bull riders gate. It was fairly interesting working back there with all the bulls and the riders. They have a different mind set than most of us. It's a kick and we're looking forward to it.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
New Mexico
I got some things done that Mom needed help with today. She is going to get rid of her king sized bed and bring back in the full size as soon as she gets a new mattress so I got her full size bed frame down from the top of the shop. I also got a huge box of Irish pictures down so she can start looking through them. I'd like to go through them too, but I don't have time this visit. I'll be flying out tomorrow evening to spend the weekend with Devin and Ryan and attend the Clinton Anderson clinic in Ogden. I did something I've been wanting to do for a long time now and that was to get rid of the switch box on the side of Mom's TV. I got all of her components connected directly to her TV and it's a whole lot cleaner now. Tomorrow before I leave I'll look to see if she has the right gear to receive digital signals come February.
Road Trip
Okay, so we made it all the way back to Peralta. Got in last evening around 5:00pm. We spent two and a half days on the road and spent two nights in motel rooms. We stopped to visit with Tara and Sami for about and hour on Tuesday afternoon and ate some of her chocolate chip cookies. Yummy, they were good Tara and thanks for sharing . . . We spent Tuesday night in Green River, Utah where it got down to 5 degrees. brrrrrr . . . Yesterday we stopped to visit with uncle Darrel and aunt Jackie for a while and they took us out to lunch at the "64" Mexican cafe. After eating enchiladas we headed down 550 to Peralta. It was a good trip with no outstanding incidents, though it was very cold all the way and we saw multiple spots of ice on the road as we traveled. We were protected from harm the whole way. It was very nice to have the sun shining the whole time too, I got a chance to wear my sunglasses.
Now I'll work around Mom's place for a bit the fly out Friday evening.
Now I'll work around Mom's place for a bit the fly out Friday evening.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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