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Well I shouldn’t have jinxed myself - of course I didn’t get to ride yesterday; I was running around trying to prep for the relatively mild winter storm we’re gonna have: everybody freaks out when temperatures drop below freezing around here, whether or not we get precipitation. Clear skies, but windy and cold this morning…

So, Chewie lives up to his name?? My sweet Willow lost her first two happy homes by being a destructive chewer. Thankfully by the time I got her, she was about 8 mos old, had probably outgrown the worst of it, and had lots of buddies around here to preoccupy her & help keep her out of trouble! Now she’s the perfect lil’…

Great photo!!! This morning is overcast but thankfully the Arctic blast won’t come through until Monday… So I’m planning a short ride w/my padawan Tony, a young man who used to ride w/me several years ago, he’s decided he’d like to hit the trails again… It’s always nice when your little chickadees come back “home”! I’m…

I think my recent headaches are from the old moldy wood that Hubby has been burning in our stove… This morning, a slight headache, nowhere near as bad as New Year’s Day. That’s good bcz “friend of a friend’s” old mare is down, sounds like I’m going to have to go help lay her to rest (poor old thing is 32) A few more…

So my 2025 ain’t off to the best start - I woke up shortly before 7 AM with a splitting headache**, even though I didn’t drink a drop last night. I made cornbread & black-eyed peas with ham so my weight was sitting at 192 even this morning. Maybe I can blame the nitrites in the cured meat?? ** Took some ibuprofen & laid…

So let me get this straight, Mocha got bred by her father? I’ve seen many such cases over the years where people, for God knows whatever reason, don’t think animals will commit incest… There are increased risk of birth defects but other than that, it’s icky but harmless! And I’ve spayed many a pregnant female - no ethical…

Happy New Year’s Eve!!! No big plans for us - the clinic is open half a day and then I have to go gather up some clothes to take over to my mom at rehab. I got the new registration sticker for her car so we’ll be good to go next week when she has to go get the cast put on her arm. I spent last night watching PBS’s…

Yesterday evening I met up with 3 of my riding buddies for Tex-Mex, but Susie was in a wreck as we left - thankfully she’s unhurt but it ruined a rear wheel on her truck. We had pretty much given up on riding this weekend anyway, with all the rain & mud… I’ve got to get on up into town in a bit, so I can help mom eat at…

This is one morning I’m glad NOT to be in horse camp - severe thunderstorms started rolling through about 3 AM. But that meant I didn’t get much decent sleep either, since I had storm-phobic dogs crawling all over me, slobbering & panting! (My own shepherd mix Willow & my mom’s little MinPin Abby) I’ve been giving out…

Looks great!!! Here I am belching with indigestion after being a polite wife & having a bowl of hubby’s French onion soup (he made it with yellow onions) Blergh! I’ll go grab myself some Tums in a few moments. Hoping for better-quality sleep tonight; my sinuses have been draining like a faucet; ain’t nobody got time to be…

I’m surprised I got as much sleep as I did - but little-to-no deep sleep leaves me feeling crappy… This has not been a fun festive season! The highlight was my conversation with my dear old friend last night who always manages to be uplifting & supportive despite his own health issues - he has had chronic vomiting, has…

Whelp, so much for a peaceful holiday! My poor mom fell Monday night; didn’t seem to bother her too much at the time but yesterday her wrist was painful so long story short, we spent yesterday afternoon in the ER; she has a hairline fracture in her wrist and pneumonia so they admitted her to the hospital. Merry Christmas!

I just took the tamales out of my freezer to defrost for Xmas Eve… This is the closest I’ll get to sending any Xmas cards: Happy Holidays from Val & Silas!!!

My sleep last night was “fair” - I think it gave me a score of 73? I had a hard time unwinding because it turned out the Cowboys game was the best they’ve played all year - it pleasantly surprised me that they won! It felt like a case of divided loyalties also because I have a soft spot for Baker Mayfield (the Buccaneers’…

Well, let we just saying I am not a fan of the “quick n’ easy, cook a steak in your air fryer” method I read about somewhere! I had read about popping a frozen steak in the air fryer & cooking it in about 20 minutes but that did not out work for me… I had to finish it off on the grill and it seem to toughen the meat…

I’m pleasantly surprised that my ol’ carcass does work correctly sometimes if it’s given the proper tools: my weight is down 2 lbs this morning after a single day of intermittent fasting so I’m back down to 191. But what isn’t cooperating this morning is my coffee maker I always set it to brew “strong”, but my coffee came…

I scored an 85 last night, which is about the highest for me… I lounged around that last hour & a half or so, just snuggling with the little dogs, not fully asleep. But I was holding really still since Izzy had her head on my forearm, I didn’t want to disturb her ;-) Dropped my car off with mechanic this morning, hoping he…

Here we are, 1 week before Christmas - ho ho ho!?! (I’m noping out). My car has another coolant leak so I’ll see about dropping it off at mechanic’s this afternoon; let’s hope it’s nothing too tragic. Heard nothing from my son during his “weekend” (he’s off Mon/Tues, then he forewarned me he’ll be working 12 days straight…

My sleep last night was fairly decent - pretty good for the first half with restlessness in the early morning hours. And, as I mentioned, diet was indulgent so no surprise that the scales are up 2 lbs this morning… I woke up to the text and I’ll be shorthanded again today. I understand that K is struggling after losing her…

LOL’ing at Jacques & his granddaughter flipping crepes tonight… My cousin & his wife successfully caught the semi-feral dog & delivered her to my clinic for her surgery mañana. Dee brought beef stew, spaetzle, & a very rich chocolatey-brownie creation. I only had like 2 T of the spaetzle (pure carbs!) but a brownie square…

And I’ll sometimes buy TV dinners for horse camping trips - thanks for reminding me of beef Merlot; I like that variety! I’m not a fan of most of the frozen poultry options… But last night, I just heated up on Eckrich sausage link so of course this morning my weight is up 1 lb. As soon as I finish my coffee I need to…

Yep, it was weird how that figure got stuck in my subconscious? I bought a 3-pack of ribeyes at Costco which looked fairly decent; I froze 2 & threw one on the grill, but the propane cylinder ran out so it was even more rare than what **I** usually like, and it had a fair amount of gristle. Disappointing even at what today…

Whelp, we went to our block Christmas party last night: ate some snacks, drank A beer, so of course my weight is up 2 pounds this morning… My sleep was better, but I had a horrendous nightmare: took my truck to the shop, they presented me with an invoice for $230 K!?! I don’t know where my subconscious came up with that…

I was shocked & amazed (in a good way) to see my weight at 190 even this morning! I did sleep fairly well last night, but my diet has been marginal. Far too much fast food ingested while running up & down the road, but I guess in the end it is all about the calories?? Tina Fea is also doing very well - she’s actually…

Ugh, I sympathize on the crappy sleep - as soon as I said something about my own sleep being decent, Monday night was restless; last night I dozed deeply right before my alarm went off which made it hard to peel myself off the mattress… And it isn’t as if I keep on complaining about the cold, anything is going to happen! I…

Sleep has been fairly good; diet continues to be fairly crappy but I’m holding steady at 192. I rechecked Tina Fea’s bloodwork and her liver values are a little bit worse, but she’s back on the upswing with a good appetite & normal BM’s so I am adding medication to her arsenal and we’ll keep trudging onwards… I found a…

Tina Fea pulled another mini-hunger strike, this time with bloody diarrhea… This lil’ dog is breaking my heart, but I threw some more pharmaceuticals at her - she slept through the night, didn’t have any diarrhea and ate this morning. I’ll repeat her bloodwork tomorrow and try to see where we stand, which seems to be on…

My body does weird things - even though my diet was far from ideal (I had a couple of tacos for lunch yesterday; when I tried to go by my favorite Chinese place to get hot & sour soup, they were closed) - this morning my body had decided to release a couple of pounds so I’m back to 191?!? Even with the high-stress…

I didn’t even bother to look at last night’s sleep - I feel better this morning than I did yesterday, probably got a bit more deep & REM sleep, but still tossed & turned a bit after an initial (exhausted) “nap” period. (Couldn’t stand the suspense - had to investigate! & yep, I got 1 hr 17 min of deep sleep, about twice as…

Thanks - while mom is feeling much better (it’s amazing what the appropriate antibiotics will do for you!), I’m not sleeping well or eating well and I’m living proof of what your body under stress will do (up another 3 lbs) Took me forever to get to sleep last night & I didn’t sleep well - only 41 minutes of deep sleep,…