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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 05, 2008
News
Wow - been a MONTH since I've posted....oops!
Here goes - Randy is very busy trying to get the new and much bigger tack room completed for our boarders. The cement was poured last week, and this weekend he built some of the walls, and insulated and drywalled the ceiling. We have an exterior wall to build and of course a "door"... I ordered saddle racks and bridle racks last week and they should be here soon. We are trying to do this as economically as possible, but I'm sure we have over $1,000+ into it already. Everything has gotten so expensive to buy as of late.
The next big item on the list for the barn is to bring the new stalls and aisle way up to grade and put rubber mats in all the stalls. We will be doing this slowly, as it will take several truck loads of lime stone, and each stall the mats will be around $300 each (yeah times 10 is $3,000..yikes!)...hopefully by winter those will be done.
The water line is in thru the new barn and the 2 hydrants are up and working... the plan is to have automatic waterers in each stall - but that is on hold for awhile, as each water is over $350 (yup times 10 again!).... but the water lines are there, for when we have the extra $ to put them in.....
It's been nice seeing everyone out riding - when the damn weather co-operates..... If we could PLEASE get more than 2 nice days in a row????????
Congrats to everyone that did well at their first shows this past weekend!!!
Gus & I will be heading to Fond du Lac this Saturday for our 1st show. I'm excited to be going, and hope to have good rides.
Charisma is laid up until mid-June after her minor surgery last week. We had tried everything short of the surgery with limited success.....so keeping our fingers crossed.
Heather (my niece) will be leaving this week for the sunshine state of California to go live with her dad & step-mother. We will miss her and wish her well. The "family" is planning on chipping in on a plane ticket for her to come back around christmas. Heather has really enjoyed riding the horses these last couple of months, and I hope to find a stable out there that she can continue to take riding lessons if she wants to.
Bo is struggling in school - mostly because he doesn't take the time to do his homework and turn it in... "Mom" is pretty much done with being the "nag"....Bo will have to find is own motivations. Bo is very involved in the golf program at school and has been spending most evenings on the golf course ..... Can you see the correlation here??? His father and I had sat down together with Bo at the beginnning of the school year and we ALL agreed that if Bo didn't have at least a C- in all his classes that he would NOT be going to any of the competitions. Well. lo and behold - last week Bo was invited to play at one of the bigger matches....BUT of course he had an "F" in Algebra.... I met with Bo's dad - and said to him - ok - he's got an F in Algebra - so no golf - right? WRONG..... His Dad decides that he should play - this was an "opportunity" of a life time..... and if Bo could get his grade to a D- by the end of the week.... well, that would be ok. I give up.......obviously - setting guidelines and sticking to them is a one way street.
Course if you ask Bo, I'm mean and don't like him much....... well, I won't like him much when he's 19 and living in my basement with NO job and NO prospects cuz he flunked out of high school....
Ok - enough ranting - at least its not drugs, drinking or girls right??? ........YET...............
Off to work I go......or actually I'm at work, not working.....he he ....
Here goes - Randy is very busy trying to get the new and much bigger tack room completed for our boarders. The cement was poured last week, and this weekend he built some of the walls, and insulated and drywalled the ceiling. We have an exterior wall to build and of course a "door"... I ordered saddle racks and bridle racks last week and they should be here soon. We are trying to do this as economically as possible, but I'm sure we have over $1,000+ into it already. Everything has gotten so expensive to buy as of late.
The next big item on the list for the barn is to bring the new stalls and aisle way up to grade and put rubber mats in all the stalls. We will be doing this slowly, as it will take several truck loads of lime stone, and each stall the mats will be around $300 each (yeah times 10 is $3,000..yikes!)...hopefully by winter those will be done.
The water line is in thru the new barn and the 2 hydrants are up and working... the plan is to have automatic waterers in each stall - but that is on hold for awhile, as each water is over $350 (yup times 10 again!).... but the water lines are there, for when we have the extra $ to put them in.....
It's been nice seeing everyone out riding - when the damn weather co-operates..... If we could PLEASE get more than 2 nice days in a row????????
Congrats to everyone that did well at their first shows this past weekend!!!
Gus & I will be heading to Fond du Lac this Saturday for our 1st show. I'm excited to be going, and hope to have good rides.
Charisma is laid up until mid-June after her minor surgery last week. We had tried everything short of the surgery with limited success.....so keeping our fingers crossed.
Heather (my niece) will be leaving this week for the sunshine state of California to go live with her dad & step-mother. We will miss her and wish her well. The "family" is planning on chipping in on a plane ticket for her to come back around christmas. Heather has really enjoyed riding the horses these last couple of months, and I hope to find a stable out there that she can continue to take riding lessons if she wants to.
Bo is struggling in school - mostly because he doesn't take the time to do his homework and turn it in... "Mom" is pretty much done with being the "nag"....Bo will have to find is own motivations. Bo is very involved in the golf program at school and has been spending most evenings on the golf course ..... Can you see the correlation here??? His father and I had sat down together with Bo at the beginnning of the school year and we ALL agreed that if Bo didn't have at least a C- in all his classes that he would NOT be going to any of the competitions. Well. lo and behold - last week Bo was invited to play at one of the bigger matches....BUT of course he had an "F" in Algebra.... I met with Bo's dad - and said to him - ok - he's got an F in Algebra - so no golf - right? WRONG..... His Dad decides that he should play - this was an "opportunity" of a life time..... and if Bo could get his grade to a D- by the end of the week.... well, that would be ok. I give up.......obviously - setting guidelines and sticking to them is a one way street.
Course if you ask Bo, I'm mean and don't like him much....... well, I won't like him much when he's 19 and living in my basement with NO job and NO prospects cuz he flunked out of high school....
Ok - enough ranting - at least its not drugs, drinking or girls right??? ........YET...............
Off to work I go......or actually I'm at work, not working.....he he ....
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