My own thing...

Wildflower and I were having a discussion the other day about our Significant Others. Wildflower thinks it's a deal-breaker if her SO doesn't share in her foremost passion, horses. For me, it's a little more flexible...

While it would be nice to share that part of my life, it's not a necessity. Ex-hub didn't share it and that was OK with me. I liked the idea of being to go out and do something that is just uniquely mine. The problem with Ex-hub is that he resented the time I spent with my horses and didn't want to be a part of anything I was doing with them.

I don't think Rebel is like this. He helps me feed, stack the hay and take care of stuff around the farm. He just isn't that into riding and I'm totally OK with that... I think when it comes time to start to go to some endurance races that Rebel will be open to going with me. Ex-hub never really was.

The other bad part of my marriage was that the things that Ex-hub and I enjoyed together he stopped doing. That was very frustrating!! Again, I really don't see that happening with Rebel. He doesn't do stuff he doesn't want to do in the first place. He's a total what-you-see-is-what-you-get kinda guy. And I love that aspect of him.

So, for now, horses remain my own thing. And I'm totally fine with that...

Winter fluff...

Jewel mentioned to me the other day that she was starting to get concerned about Storm and the amount of extra "padding" she's carrying around this winter. So I decided to take stock of my stock and see where we are at.

Storm is positively padded. She needs to go on a diet STAT. I've decided to cut her back to a flake in the morning and a flake at night.

I'm not fat. I'm big-boned...

Flash is looking positively plump. Even for him. Typically he is a svelt equine. Not so much right now. But after the last few years of inexplicable weight loss, I'll take it.

More food, less talk...

Noelle has lost her girly figure. Totally. She is, once again, a marshmallow.

Marshmallows are nomz...

Daisy has even started to look a portly. I guess I need to cut her kibble back too.

Cut my kibble? That's depressing...

The only animal that I have that isn't overweight is possibly Goodwin. But even he's starting to really pack on the pounds.

I look gooooooood....

And they aren't the only ones. Rebel and I probably need to think about cutting down the calories, as well. But that's a whole other blog...

Better times have been had...

Talk about a crappy weekend.

Well... I guess it wasn't all bad. True, I felt like death warmed over for most of the weekend. But I also spent the whole weekend with Rebel and didn't want to kill him (or him, me) by the end of it.

That's progress, my friends.

The new English...

If you hang around my friends and family long enough, you will start to learn that there is a whole other English language that you were unaware of. Pretty soon you start using these terms around "normal" people and they look at you like you have sprouted another head...

Let me give you some examples...

Goombah: It's like goodbye, but better.

Assholic: Not quite as bad as an asshole... he (or she, I suppose) just has assholish tendencies.

Nose snoggle: A giant booger in your nose... usually peaking out the end.

Scritchity: Like scratchy, but much worse.

Well, you get the idea...

Crater Lake & the random waterfall..

It was a fun weekend. But first it was an amazing sunset on Friday night...

Can you believe I get to work here?

On Saturday, Rebel needed to make a trip down to K-falls to install a starter on his sister's truck. The pups and I decided to tag along... and take a detour. To Crater Lake. By random back roads. With giant snow ruts...

But once we actually got there, it was beautiful :)

Wait... I wasn't ready.

A little better...

Now that is a view. And a long way down...

Rebel enjoying the sites...

Too many shadows...

What is that small rat-like thing next to me?

Better. Kinda...

A cute couple...

A cute couple... in the shadows.

The moon above the lodge...

The sun setting over Upper Klamath Lake...

On Sunday, Rebel and I decided to hike out to a random waterfall. Well, it was random to me. He knew exactly where we were going. And the pups, Rebel and I had a great time...

Squirrel!!

How do you eat this stuff?

What's over there?

Nothing. What's over there?

Rebel and the girls. The random waterfall is somewhere in the background. I swear...

I think it's over there...

Or is it over there?

I will pose on this rock...

And be the cutest dog ever...

Daisy going incognito...

You don't see me. I am a figment of your imagination...

There's the waterfall. Finally...

You call this a bridge?

Doesn't look like much of a bridge to me...

Zooooooooooooooooooooom....

Rebel trying to show Daisy how it's done...

Rebel is the only one I could actually get to pose on the bridge...

After hiking up to the waterfall and back down, we then decided to go and find a Christmas tree. We might have gotten a tad bit ambitious...

It fits. Right? Right...

For the record, that's a 13' ceiling. It seriously didn't look that big when it was tied to the SUV... I swear!! Once we get lights and decorations on it, I don't think it will look that big.

Can't wait to get it all decorated. This is my favorite time of year...

What? It's Friday already? Where did the rest of the week go?

It snuck up on me. One minute it was Tuesday and the next thing I know it's Friday. Don't get me wrong... Friday I am happy to see you. Kinda.

Today is also the day that I have a Doctor's appointment. Can't tell you how not excited I am by that...

But what I am excited for is the weekend. I have a lot on my plate. Riding, getting a Christmas tree, cleaning the car, more riding... the weather is supposed to be beautiful and I can't wait.

Have a great weekend...

Goals...

I have goals. Achieve financial independence, enforce world peace, clean my car... you know, goals.

This weekend I am going to tackle the toughest of those 3 mentioned above... clean my car. Sure, it seems like a VW Beetle can't possibly have that much square footage to clean, but it's deceptive. Just when you've finished cleaning out a little corner of it, time and space warp and now that space is 100 times the size it just was and way more dirty. How does this happen? I'm not sure. But I bet a lot of Star Trek geeks will be beating down my door to see the worm hole...

I think the most challenging part will be getting the teflon-coated dog nose prints off the rear windows. I'm wondering if pure acid is the way to go? Or maybe just replace them...