Dogs, Guilt, and Horses
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liminal_space* In just a few moments, Neil deGrasse Tyson will be on Art Bell's show and I'm full of squee and happy. Love!
* I'm feeling a tremendous amount of guilt about leaving the dogs for as long as we do each day. When we get home, Finnegan acts like she hasn't seen us in DAYS and Onslow runs around like he's been kept in shoebox the entire day. =( Tomorrow the man is getting some dog toys and treat dispensers for them -- hopefully they'll be happy with that and will survive until Thanksgiving break.
* Sweet Smitty <3 loves those soft peppermint balls that are ubiquitous around the holidays. His lower lip gets all quivery, his ears swivel forward, and he looks at me with big, melty chocolate eyes as if to say, "I LOVE YOU." Obvs, we are kindred spirits.
* Only a few more weeks until break and I am falling over from the anticipation. Or maybe it's exhaustion. Not sure. Anyway, we may have company here and although I'm all YAY COMPANY I'm also FUCKITALL, COMPANY.
* Today our cheerleaders were out doing their whatever with their shakey things and I snuck in, grabbed a set of shakey things, and...shook them. They giggled and were all freaked out and happy I was there. I got a round of applause. =D GO ME.
* The search is on for a tack box for the kid. So get this -- a real tack box will run about $1000 with all the bells and whistles and drawers and stuffs. WHAT the fuck? I have a line on a used one in Ventura for $500, but still. The problem is that we need one for STUFF...but I don't want to pay that much for one until she shows a LOT more. And is older. And earns it. We'll figure something out.
* The Sweet Smitty needs a stall sheet and blanket, a new halter that fits his skinny-assed head, peppermint balls, and a toy. The child needs another pair of breeches and that's about it. One time I jokingly said that kids were the most expensive things IN THE WORLD. Oh, I was wrong: It's horses. o.O
* My pretty Ruby car may not be mine for much longer. :( We're looking at Outbacks for weather/horse reasons....mostly weather reasons ATM. Because we're upside down on Ruby's lease, it's problematic and expensive to get into one, but we need to figure something out; this season promises to be very Donner Party. =( Fuck.
* I think I'm ready to go vegetarian again. This is happy news to me. HAPPY NEWS.
* Trader Joe's extra chocolate chips chocolate chip cookies are vegetarian. I'm just saying. =P
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xo
* I'm feeling a tremendous amount of guilt about leaving the dogs for as long as we do each day. When we get home, Finnegan acts like she hasn't seen us in DAYS and Onslow runs around like he's been kept in shoebox the entire day. =( Tomorrow the man is getting some dog toys and treat dispensers for them -- hopefully they'll be happy with that and will survive until Thanksgiving break.
* Sweet Smitty <3 loves those soft peppermint balls that are ubiquitous around the holidays. His lower lip gets all quivery, his ears swivel forward, and he looks at me with big, melty chocolate eyes as if to say, "I LOVE YOU." Obvs, we are kindred spirits.
* Only a few more weeks until break and I am falling over from the anticipation. Or maybe it's exhaustion. Not sure. Anyway, we may have company here and although I'm all YAY COMPANY I'm also FUCKITALL, COMPANY.
* Today our cheerleaders were out doing their whatever with their shakey things and I snuck in, grabbed a set of shakey things, and...shook them. They giggled and were all freaked out and happy I was there. I got a round of applause. =D GO ME.
* The search is on for a tack box for the kid. So get this -- a real tack box will run about $1000 with all the bells and whistles and drawers and stuffs. WHAT the fuck? I have a line on a used one in Ventura for $500, but still. The problem is that we need one for STUFF...but I don't want to pay that much for one until she shows a LOT more. And is older. And earns it. We'll figure something out.
* The Sweet Smitty needs a stall sheet and blanket, a new halter that fits his skinny-assed head, peppermint balls, and a toy. The child needs another pair of breeches and that's about it. One time I jokingly said that kids were the most expensive things IN THE WORLD. Oh, I was wrong: It's horses. o.O
* My pretty Ruby car may not be mine for much longer. :( We're looking at Outbacks for weather/horse reasons....mostly weather reasons ATM. Because we're upside down on Ruby's lease, it's problematic and expensive to get into one, but we need to figure something out; this season promises to be very Donner Party. =( Fuck.
* I think I'm ready to go vegetarian again. This is happy news to me. HAPPY NEWS.
* Trader Joe's extra chocolate chips chocolate chip cookies are vegetarian. I'm just saying. =P
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;)
xo
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Date: 2015-10-30 01:50 pm (UTC)Lucky you-both!
I can't speak to Outbacks but I love, love my Forrester.
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Date: 2015-10-31 04:18 am (UTC)What size blankets do you need for Smitty? I have some in the garage that have never been used...probably too big...I believe the are all 78s.
You know about this place, yes?
https://www.valleyvet.com/
There are also these places (but they keep not working for me, tonight)
statelinetack.com
horse.com
I used to have so many, but now it's been enough years that I've kind of forgotten them.
You may know all of those, anyway. :)