Friday Happenings

It's KC's birthday today! Happy Birthday KC!!!! :o)

It's Friday night again already. Where do the weeks go? This has been a busy one but they usually are. Don't let anyone tell you that retirement is boring, I think I am busier now then when I was working.

T wanted to come here after school again today so I went and picked her up. She is going to the school where my son went when he was in kindergarten and his teacher is still there! She is one of the sweetest ladies you could meet and was so good to my son when he was in her class. Being an only child he was around adults probably more then kids so he didn't speak to anyone other then Mrs. T for the first six weeks of school! He's made up for it since, he has a good gift of gab like his mother........ahem.....

T and I went to the grocery store on the way home. She wanted a frosty when we got home and I didn't have any ice cream in the freezer ( someone who will remain nameless ate it all. I need a 12 step program for sure!) We picked up some groceries as you never can go in and get just the one item you went in for right?!

Dad and I went for our second mile walk when we got home. T chose to stay with Old Mimi (my mother) while we went. She took her crafts in and worked on them while we were gone for about 20 minutes. I think it is such a blessing for my grand kids to have their great-grandparents here to see often. They love running in there and visiting and then coming back in here with us. Usually they come back with some treasure that Mom has picked up for them.

I have been getting out Thanksgiving decorations this week. All Halloween is put away for another year. I still have some more to go but have a good start. We are hosting Thanksgiving this year so there are some things I want to get done before. I have mostly hardwood floors but the living room is carpeted and under the kitchen table is a rug and they both need cleaning. Badly. Grandchildren you know. Cats. Shoes that have been out in the barn. You get my drift. Now don't get me wrong no one wears muck boots in the house. Those stay in the garage where all manure covered boots should live.

Our hay is coming tomorrow. Now I know it doesn't take much to excite me but new hay always does. There is something comforting when the loft is full of nice fresh hay and shavings. As you know my horses are at the riding stable in the winter but if something unforeseen should happen there I can always bring them home if I have to so I want a loft full of hay! Of course I would need the blessings of the city fathers to bring them home in the winter. City Hall.........grrrrrrrr.........

Yesterday when I was at the barn I had to go see all five guys. I called to the ponies and they came running over to see me (actually to see if I had a carrot for them......) Kipper put his head right on my shoulder and his nose right on my check and just kept sniffing. It was like is it really you Mom! I loved it! I go again in the morning and will ride Buddy again, maybe a few more minutes then yesterday. What a thrill to be back on him again, I just can't describe it to you. It seems like the hours and hours of nursing him back to health has paid off and makes it all worth it even though I got very discouraged at times this summer. It was like a roller coaster with some good days and some very bleak looking days. I wish I had kept a daily journal of all the things that we did to get him through this bout of laminitis.

Son, D and T were here for dinner tonight. DIl is doing fine now and had a jewelry party to go to. T helped make the rolls so we all bragged her up. They were the Pills*bury Cres*cent rolls that you just roll up but she thought it was the best. I made an apple pie and had that warm with ice cream for dessert. T had her frosty.

I should be sewing tonight as I got a big order from one of the tack shops in town for totes with horses and horse related stuff on them. I have some made up but not enough. They think they will sell really well for the Christmas season and they only charge 10% consignment fee. That is almost unheard of, most stores want 50% which isn't worth our time but 10% is great so back to the sweat shop!!

I finally got some pictures of the craft fair downloaded but only had three! Guess we were too busy wheeling and dealing to take a lot of pictures. These are DIL, me and her mom Mimi. We found the best looking man in the place and grabbed him! heehee!