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Well I finally got my wireless stuff hooked up and can get back on here and bother you people.  Hope that there is more excitment going on here than there has been in the last month or so.  How the heck is everyone doing?

Good to seeya Val! How was the move?  How's the new place?  It's been DEAD in here lol!

I've been bad.  It's been so dead in here i don't even check regularly... :-\

Well you all better start checking in again regularly.  The move is still going.  We have an offer on the place in Indiana just hope they can get the financing.  The people that want it are going to put a horse rescue in there.  We go back every other week to get little stuff and throw accumlated trash away.  Please all of you are welcome to come for a visit.  I am looking for a part time or full time job now but not real hard.  LOL 

Val a visit definitely on the to-do list but it might be a while for me at least!

I thought the State brought your property?

The state only bought my house and 1/2 acre of the frontage.  I am hoping that the peoples loan goes through so we can get this over with. 

Rams how is your horse doing?   I haven't heard from you in quite a while.

Wild, how are yours doing?  Bossy is getting really friendly, she is going to have to go to the trainer to be broke this spring along with a couple of others. 

Has anyone every heard from Shannon or our lost buddy from the west coast? 

I talked to HorseHappy last weekend, she had her youngster gelded, has been having some type of virus go through her horses but she loves her new job and she is getting stuff back on track again.  She is planning on coming out for a visit so we can go to one of the big futurities out here and she can watch. 

I am going to a horse sale at Tulsa, almost all working bred stock in it.  Not even any pleasure breds in the sale.  I am like wow these sales are really more specific.

Please you all keep in touch.

 :clap2:  I miss all of you!  I haven't heard from Shannon or TTB. :(

All mine are good!  I saddled Fran for the first time  on Sunday.  I think she was more upset her friends left her in the barn, and somethinng new was happening to her.  I just threw the old saddle on, cinched her up alittle and left her loose in the stall.  She walked around a bit, but didn't hollar too much for the other horses.  She is more of a head shaker.  Bullwinkle still isn't growing,  and has hair like a billy goat.  He is eating good, can't feel his ribs and had been wormed.  I'm hoping he will sprout up alittle soon.  I'm going to my parents this weekend to bring my other yearling home, Bullwinkle is going to ride along!  I'm glad to hear HH is still on the right track!  I miss chatting with hr on line.  How many you bringing home from the sale??? ;)

LOL, a head shaker.  Lets see Shot was a head shaker took about a year to ride her out of that, she finally quit it when we quit messing with her about it and she figured out she was going to be ridden anyway.   Renee (Frans mother) was a head shaker too.  Sounds like it is going to run in the family.   Bullwinkle will start growing a lot once he is gelded.  Most TB's are slow maturing anyway and really don't fill all the way out until they are like 6 or so and Shot didn't mature out until she was like 4 and the same way with Renee.   

I haven't heard from anybody here either, except you two.

Trav is doing pretty good!  I really think he'll be rideable (trails anyway) later this summer.  Maybe next year I can work him on ring work and bring him back to being a barrel horse.  He has a long way to go but he's doing pretty good with his feet/legs.  I think he'll always be "off" on the one side where he lost so much muscle tone.

Pigs is doing good.  Fat as ever and still a little broncy.  I may have a girl who can help me work her this spring.  We got a "border" kind of - one of my best friends' daughters had to have a place to move her horse quick and he ended up at my house.  I really am getting to like him.  He's about 16hh and I'm guessing a TB/Perch and maybe a little arab.  He's cool but a little goofy.  We'll see how things go, and who knows, I may end up owning him if she can't come up with enough $ or work for board.

I traded Kippy for a kid broke pony for Jaron and for the next Rodeo Ramsey Offspring.  He's a sweetie and as soon as we get some weight on the little sucker he'll be good to go!  I do miss my Kipster though!

Glad to hear that Trav is doing better.  Piggy got over her bonc stuff after she gets ridden on an everyday basis for a while but with you being in the family way that may be awhile.  You do not need another horse to feed.  Let the boarder ride Pigs while you are preggers and do some other work for you.

I was affraid the head shaking ran in the family! LOL!  I'm prolly gonna saddle her again this weekend.  Bullwinkle, lets just say he is a dead head.  We took him with us to my parents this weekend to pick up my other yearling.  He took everything in stride.  Matt loaded him in the trailer with the rope over his butt and pulled him in, he never fought just let Matt put him in.  When we got to my moms we turned him out and he just stood there looking around.  My other yearling Vinney wanted to play but Bullwinkle just wanted to stand there. LOL.  On Sunday we took the 2 yearlings to my good friend who has an eye for WP prospects.  I don't think Bullwinkle got out of a trot, lol.  My friend kept commenting on how calm he was.  Both yearlings were actually both really calm and good.  I got to see Shot over the weekend also, she was good.  Enjoying her time off from being a mom.  We might breed her next year.  With all these studs in KY, I might just have to save my money and pick me out a nice HUS stud!

Oh breed her to my favority Kay Cee Leauger.  I always wanted one of those out of her.  Most of those colts seem to be level headed out of shot, haven't had one yet that wasn't with the exception of the Nik Dell colt and he wasn't goofy just naturally dead mouthed and a little on the lets go side.  Only one she had that was like that and I blame that on the Hancock in his pedigree, LOL

I'm thinking maybe an Artful move bred stud, or Last Detail.  If I win the lottery that is!

The last detail would be good, but I think I am the only person around that looks poor old Kay Cee Leauger.  I hope I get another filly out of renee and ziggy again.  Going to keep that one if it is, if not guess I will sell it when it is 2.  I am keeping her as my only AQHA broodmare anyway except for Gary's lena mare.   let me know who you end up breeding her to.  Shot is such a sweet heart.   Never bothers much and cracks me up when she starts nursing all the colts in the field.  Have you ridden Fran yet?  We have had some really weird weather here, 78 on Monday, colder on Tuesday with an inch of rain and this morning it is snowing?  Goodness sakes.  Then supposed to be back in the normal 50's again.  :dontknow:

I must admit I'm not a big fan of KCL.  Having said that though I have only been around one of his foals, but it was nothing to speak of.  Oh trust me you will know! ;)  Your still her "mom" I just feed her and take care of her for ya! :D  I have been on Fran about 5 times bareback with a halter and lead rope.  Matt has led me around.  When he lets go she doesn't like to move.  It will come!   I can't wait to see Frans lil bro or sis!  How is Bossy doing?

Bossy is a pain in the butt.  She wasn't friendly when she was younger but now she follows you every where you go and you cannot do anything with the other horses out in the field because she is there.   I told her she was going to go be broke in a couple more months.  I am sure she won't be hard to break but she has a little bit of a different personality than Fran had.   Sometimes I want to choke her.  I have learned not to go out in the field with treats because then you are in trouble.  LOL, must be like her grandmother

Fran is a treat hog also!  :clap2:

They have to get that treat thing from grandma Shot because Renee will eat them but really could care less one way or another.   I mean zero in on you when you have them.  I think Bossy has a smeller like a bloodhound

How's your weather been out there Val?

It gets cold for a few days then gets into upper 50's and 60's for a few.  Supposed to be around 50 this time of year, said it was another cold winter and going to be another wet spring.  Horses are like giant mud animals and so is my dog   :(

Sounds like here!!!!!!!!  I am so ready for things to dry up!

Ok so when are you and Rams due?  Not at the same time I hope.  My neice in WY lost hers and she is a little bit bummed out right now.

I'm due in October and Rams is due in August.  Close but not the exact same time, lol.  I always hate to hear that when it happens.  I go Tuesday for a early Ultra Sound, we are excited.  They normaly don't do one this early but the doc said she would sneak me in since this was our first.  I'm hoping we can see or hear the heart beat, then I will feel a little more at ease.

The horses are doing good!  Bullwinkle may be growing a tad, but he is SO hairy.  He looks like a wooly mamouth.  I wanted to put him back online but he seriously isn't doing himself any justice with all that hair!

Oh maybe you will have yours on my birthday, LOL.  All my horses are starting to shed and some are about 1/3 of the way there.  Spring must be coming.  The hairiest ones I have are the weanlings except for Lena's baby, here just don't seem to grow hair.  I am sick of the mud around here and all the dang wet weather.  Time for summer then I will be cmplaining to you all that it is too hot.  Just can't seem to make me happy.   :P

I noticed Rosie is shedding alittle yesterday.  The mud will be back here today and then it will freeze back up mid week!  Gosh I just love it!  NOT!  Have you started your job yet?

It is already in the mid 40's today and we are an hour behind you on time.  Mud everywhere.  Ponds are running out the overflow drains in a river.  I have been working through Manpower for 3 weeks already.  Have to work there for 90 days for them to hire me.  They already told me I have the job and are trying to work out something with manpower to get me out of the 90 days.  The junior college has excellent benefits, health, dental, eye, retirement, 1.6 days vacation for every month you work 1.4 sick days for every month you work and you can bank them indefinitely.  That is like 4 weeks vacation a year and 3 weeks of sick pay a year.  Work really isn't bad at all.  The local newpaper has a job opening that would suit rams to a tee, since she is a puter whiz.  LOL.  Are you and Rams having morning sickness yet?

That sounds really nice!  I'm glad you are liking your job!  I get 6 hours of personal time off every 2 weeks, and 4 hours of sick time off every 2 weeks.  I have about 12 weeks of sick time banked for the baby.  It will be weird being home every day!  I'm positive I will have PLENTY to do! LOL!  I haven't been sick at all, and I don't think Rams has eaither.  She is kinda outta the morning sickness stage.  The mud will be here before we know it too!  I feel bad for the horses!  Fran thinks Bullwinkle is HER baby!  My FIL bought my neighbors horse and is boarding it at our house.  Well Bullwinkle got alittle too close to the new horse and it pinned her ears at him, well Fran came fly up with her ears back and got between the two of them and pushed Bullwinkle outta the way! ::)  Crazy horse! Good news!  My friend Jenny said she would help me start her this summer!  I really like the way Jenny rides and treats her horses, so I'm excited about that!  Along with Matt he said he would help me also.  I have been on her, had her saddled so she will be super easy!  I want to work on lunging, and now that im knocked up i might ground drive her!

Well at least you can get her started.  And you won't have to do much I am sure.  If she has a good 90 days she could be turned out again until you are able to ride.  I really hope you will enjoy her.  I think it is funny that she mothers Bullwinkle.  I bet he will surprise you and be a lot taller than you think.  Some of Shot's babies mature so slow and hot was 3 when I bought her and is about 2 inches taller now than she was then.  Glad to here that you and Rams aren't having morning sickness.  The college bought my contract out from Manpower so I started offically with them yesterday.  I found out that you get 9 days off with pay during Christmas and New Years and it doesn't count as vacation and you get another 2 days off during spring break that doesn't count as vacation.  I actually am a employee of the State of Kansas and it is mandatory that they withhold 4% (which they match) for retirement.  Oh well, it will all count up in the end.   Yes, you are going to have plenty to do once the little one comes along.  Hope the pups don't get jealous and the horses are going to feel left out too.  Get ready for loss of sleep.  Is your mother going to come and help you the first week so you can get some rest?  :)

I sure hope Bullwinkle grows.  He looks like a scraggly weanling now. LOL!   My Rose didn't stop growing till she was 4ish.  And I think every year she fills out.  I already enjoy Fran, so I can only imagine once I start riding her.  Yeah I imagine everyone is going to be jelous of the little one. lol!  I'm glad the baby will be young going into winter, that way we can have fun playing with it in the winter and get our systems down, then in the spring and summer we can get out side some.  My mom I think is planning on comming down the 2ned week.  Matt is taking the first week off with me.  I will be off work till the first of the year!!!!  Congrats on the job!  Sounds like a good one!  Extra time off is always great and retirment, wow!  Do you think the horse market will ever go back up? :-\

You will enjoy your baby but it does change your lifestyle.  Raise your kids to fit your lifestyle is what they say.   Are you going to find out what you are having?  The horse market is still strong depending on what you can do with the horses.  Weanlings and yearlings are cheap cause nobody wants to feed them.  I have noticed out here that well bred green broke 2 yr olds are pricey but what they are willing to pay for is really broke horses.  Either have to sell em cheap as young ones or keep them and make sure they are started well then sell them.  The mid range horse has really been the ones taking the hit.  The cheap and high end range are still the same, but I have noticed that horses that used to be sold in the 3500-8500 range are now like 1500-2500.   Doesn't affect me much, I always priced my babies to move anyway and the ones I keep I really don't intend to sell.  The TB's will more than likely get claimed at the track. 

Yeah we are going to find out what we are having!  My mom has already went NUTS shopping.

Hey do you know why my horses are eatting my trees?  Actually the bark?  They get free choice trace mineral block, 12% feed, and a graa/alfalfa/timmothy mix hay.  Same thing they have always gotten fed.  My FIL's horse is the one who started it now Fran seems to be joining in...

Horses her don't seem to be selling at all.  Unless they are KY bred.

sometimes horses do it because they want more fiber and sometimes it seems that they sap is rising this time of year and they want the green.  They are missing something.  Mine won't do it if they have access to hay 24/7 or are left to run on the pastures.

Let me know when you find out what you are having.  I bet your mom has went nuts shopping.  First grandchild thing you know.  :o

Yeah I talked to my feed man last night.  He said give them more hay.  He didn't think they were nessisarly lackying any minneral, just forage.  He said alot of horses do it this time of year with snow on the ground.  So I uped there hay by about 2 flakes each.  Mine never did it when they had a round bale or even before this other horse came along.  Thanks for the info!

I will let you know!  Don't you worry!

So this summer I am wanting to show Roses Yearling in a few Longe line classes.  Don't you know I have only found ONE and it's in Sept when I will be huge!  So frustrating.  When I showed my on yearling all those years ago it was like I was showing him everyother weekend, or once a month.  GRR..  I so have the show itch.  I would be at the AQHA Regional Expericance this year if it weren't for my "condition", LOL!  Are you finding any races out your way?

Well you should be able to find a few lunge line classes in Indiana, I think the Indiana State Quarter Horse show has them in their circuit in June or July. 

There are all kinds of barrel races out here almost every day of the week if you want to haul like that.  They have a lot of the fun type shows at the saddle club too and they even put on regular barrel races.  Seems like a lot of people out here have their own arenas that are lighted because of all the roping going on out here.  Not for me, I like my fingers to much and all that.  LOL

So when will your filly be ready to start running?  I have to live through you this year! ;D

It isn't a filly it is a gelding.  I am hoping to have him ready for a start this fall out here to get his gate card and all that then ship him to run in Indiana nest year as a 3 yr old.  I am not a big fan of racing 2 yr old TB's.  They grow a little slow for me.  You could get some growth on Bullwinkle by giving him some wheat germ oil.  It is a natural steriod and the old timers used to use it to push growth in the old days before all the synthetic stuff came on the market.  Buy 100% and not blended.  I used to order it by the gallon.  Don't want to feed any to a stud tho, kind of makes them rank after about 30 days or so on it.  LOL.  found that out the hard way.  Rex's 100%, not blended.  Bossy has grown quite a bit this winter, she is scheduled to go to the trainer in May along with all the others, going to leave her about 60 days and leave Snort (Lena's baby) 60 days the TB gelding will only stay for 30 then go to track for his education then come home for the winter.

http://www.runninghorses.net/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,108/topic,1169.0   i was talking about that filly!  But i didn't know you had a gelding you were racing!

Sun Tzu's oldest is a 2yr old that we gelded.  He is heading for a hopeful career at the race track.  I know what filly you are talking about now, my Christmas present.  She isn't ready to run barrels, have to start her on the pattern.  I have been working with her some but she has no personality at all, but that is okay.  I am hoping to start riding on a regular basis sometime n the next week and will make a report then. 

 ;D Good!  At least you are getting to work with her!  Mine are a muddy mess. 

I have been sick for about a week.  Not morning sickness sick, but more like upper respitory sick.  It has really drained me.

There is a lot of flu that has been going around, be careful of that.  The mud is starting to dry up around here but then it has been really warm and sunny.  Like in the upper 50's and lower 60's.  Winter should be over for you all too.  Then you really get to look forward to a muddy mess.  I hate mud.  :nailgun:

HA!  With the blizzard we had this weekend!  Winter hit us HARD!  Hopefuly for the last time!  Snow = Mud though. ::)  I feel alot better!  :clap2:

What blizzard are you talking about, didn't know you guys got a blizzard?

Yup!  12-15 inches in places, mostly southern ohio.  Wind and snow, friday afternoon into Sat afternoon.  It's all starting to melt now.  below zero one day, 40's the next. ::)

Wow  :o  Sure glad I wasn't there for that.  They say 76 today and at 9:00am I am in a t-shirt outside so it must be!  Supposed to only be arund 59 this time of year.  Some people have already started planting gardens and looks like we are going to have to mow the yard this coming week.  I sold Sissy, the old crippled barrel mare I rode last year, she goes to her new home next week.  Going to be a broodmare and I am glad of that, she really does try but I only want to keep one quarter horse as a broodmare and that is Renee

WOW!  It is warm out there!  It's been in the 40-50's here the last few days.  I guess we have more rain coming, thats just what we need.  :bash: The mud is starting to suck up alittle (not much though).  My barn has flooded the last few times we got rain.  It's too wet to get more gravel in.  Hell by the time it drys up I will be too fat to ride!  I'm not a good broodmare! :D  I have 2 horses to sell myself but it's too flipping muddy to be showing them or take any desent picts of them.  Is Sissy staying in the area?

Well we are due for about 5 days of rain but this time of year that is to be expected.  The mud finally dried up and now, rain!  Sissy is going to MO.  There is someone there that has mares that are of her breeding and said she should fit just fine.  Hate to see her go but she is the one mare that doesn't quite fit the breeding program.  Lena doesn't either but Gary is planning on riding her this year a little so it shouldn't matter.

You don't make a good broodmare?  How many of those are you planning on having?   :o

 :clap2: I'm back!  I didn't even know I was logged out till Val e-mailed me!  I kept checking the site, seeing nothing new and moving on!  Well it wasn't showing me the "new horses" because i wasn't logged in!  DUH!!!!!!!

Um no- I'm not planning on having a heard.  1 is perfect for me!  I just joke about being a broodmare and refering the kid as a colt.  Just being silly.  We get to hear the Heart Beat today at 4:30.  Thats kinda exciting.

The horses are doing ok.  Surviving all the mud we have.  It's starting to dry alittle, just in time for more rain mid week. 

Sissy make it to MO ok?  How is the rest of your crew doing?  Did you breed Sun Zu to any out siders this year?

We haven't delivered Sissy yet.  Gary is taking her when he makes the trip home to get taxes done.  You can have a herd of kids if you want.  Are you having a colt or filly?  Or, since it is a kid would it be a billy or nanny?  Sun Tzu doesn't stand to the pulic other than people that will let me pasture breed.  That is how we breed him and he has changed so much you would not believe it.  He is a happy boy.

Kids are alot of work, and people (imo) should NEVER have more then there is adults in the family.  SO 2 should be the limit, LOL!  I have to make it through this fist one before I ever think about #2.  We won't know what we are having untill June.  It will probably be a filly.  Healthy is what we want, but I have always wanted a boy first.  However I have a feeling it's a girl.

Sounds like things are going well for you out there!  Good to hear Sun Tzu is loving his breeding days, LOL!  How is your job going?  Here at our office my boss is on the verge of a break down.  There is me, another full time chick, a part time chick, and boss.  Well the other full time chick applied for another job to eventualy become a boss.  So she is leaving in 28 days.  Then when I leave in Oct. for Mat leave, that will really put boss in a crunch!  Just hire someone else you say, WRONG!  We can't hire anyone untill boss to be chick passes her "boss test", which will be 6-8 months.  Lots of fun stuff going on here! LOL!

Wow your job sounds like a zoo now!  Mine is going pretty good.  Got my uniforms today.  College requires all personnel to wear them with the exception of the teachers. LOL!  Oh well free laundry and saves on mine I guess.  Actually it is not that bad of a job.  I earn 20 vacation days a year and 12 sick days a year.   Not bad huh?  I get to use my sick days as I ern them but have to wait until I have been there 6 months to use any vacation days.  Bummer.  Did you ever find out what you are having and has Rams found out yet?  I haven't heard from her in a while.

Do you like the people you work with?  A Zoo is a good way to put my work!

We won't find out till June what we are having.  Ramsey found out yesterday on her birthday that she is having a girl!  She it so happy, she was wanting a girl! :clap2:

Most of the people I work with are very nice.  How many people work in your office?

I would rather raise 15 boys than ever try to raise one girl again.  But I am glad that Rams is happy about having a girl. 

On the news the other day it says if you have a baby now that it costs 204,000 just to raise them till high school grad  :o  Sure glad it ain't me  :)

In our department there is only 4, but our office is connected to 2 other departments.  There are 4 in the one and 8 in the other..

I'm a better truck player then i am a barbie doll player! LOL!  but as long as it's healthy thats top prority for me!  *faint* on the cost!  We will have some major budget cuts for our kid.  I wonder what they figure into that cost... The basics or extras?  And what area..

It was on one of those national news segments so I don't know where they came up with their figures or anything like that.  I know having kids is expensive and really changes your lifestyle.

Thats what they say!  LOL!