Saturday Ramblings

Hubby and I can hardly see anything without our glasses. I am blind as a bat and he comes in a close second. This morning was one of the reasons why we should put our glasses on the minute we get out of bed. I used my Vavoom Freeze Spray hairspray for deodorant and he put cortesone cream on and used it to brush his teeth (briefly)! Are we pathetic or what?!! (Don't answer that!) Sigh.......

It's terribly foggy here today. Going across the bridge to go to the camera shop the fog was so thick you could hardly see anything. The haze was rising off the river just like in a Stephen King movie, very spooky. It's much warmer then usual for this time of year too which makes for big potholes to try to drive around if you can without hitting someone head on. Otherwise you go through them and are lucky not to knock a tire off or at least blow it. Spring like weather in February just doesn't cut it for me. If it's February I want to be out snowmobiling and playing in the snow not dodging potholes.

Whether you are a horse person or not you have to go over to Donna's and watch a 5 minute video that she has posted on her site. It may be a couple back by now but it's well worth the time to go take a looksy. It's called An Awesome Horse Video. This gal comes out on this incredible Quarter horse without a saddle or bridle and does a reining pattern sometimes at a full gallop plus a couple of slide stops that will just amaze you! I have never seen anything like it and I have been around horses for a long time. It's very heartwarming as this gals Dad passed away just 24 days before this and he must have been her trainer. Trust me, it's well worth seeing. Thanks Donna for posting it!!!!!!!

Was cleaning out some drawers the other day and came across this picture from 1980. We used to go to a small local horse show every Saturday night called Hermon Boots and Saddles. It was such fun and didn't have the stress of the large shows that we gradually started going to. We had an old ratty trailer, that probably wasn't fit to be on the road and carried our stuff on the back of the pickup. A real high class deal! lol! That's my son who is now 32.

Also found this picture of me in 1964 (I know, most of you weren't even born yet!) jumping my mare over a pretty bleak looking jump, bareback even! We never wore helmets back then, I just had a scarf over my hair. I was very brave back then or stupid......... Notice the old trucks in the background!


I don't know how old I was in this picture but by the looks I was pretty happy with that chemistry set! Can you even get those now? Notice the wall paper in our living room!

This was my dear grandmother in 1945. She had red curly hair and was the sweetest woman you would ever want to know. She passed away about 10 years ago due to Alzhiemer's disease.

This was my uncle, looks like he just got a new car! Don't know what year it was, oh I bet Cliff will know! What about it Cliff????

My FIL lives next door. He is 91 years old and an amazing man. He goes to work every morning at 7 o'clock and doesn't get home until 6 pm. He lives by himself as my MIL passed away about 15 years ago. The only household help he has is a gal that comes in once a week to clean and do laundry. We keep an eye out on him and he comes over and eats with us some but for the most part he does his own cooking too.

He needs a hip replacement. He has a lot of pain due to this hip but can't decide if he wants to have the operation done or not. He told Hubby last week that the replacement hips only last 20 years and he doesn't want to have it done again!!! Now is that a true optomist or what????

Hope you're all having a great weekend! :o)