Busy Weekend

Famly Photo
Originally uploaded by Xena~.

Well here goes, I am heading to the Northern Kettle Moraine unit to ride my first LD [Limited Distance] Ride of the year.
I've worked so hard to achieve this goal. One non-invasive surgery on the left shoulder and then one orthoscopic surgery on the very same shoulder.
Horror of horrors, I had more than 4 weeks of summer riding that I missed out on. Hours of Physical Therapy, pain, frustration, anger, more frustration....
Until I demanded to go to riding, promising my surgeon that it would MAKE me do so much better.
I took to 'conditioning' Badger [my mule] by riding him every other morning before sunrise in the hills and timber near our home.

The sunrises were incredible and the sites were something else. I know next year that I will be using the same training!

Well happy hoofing.
Next post...I hope to tell you how I did!

To finish is to Win

Back to School

Somehow I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I am right now. Oddly enough going through a software textbook that wieghs in at 8lbs in 6 weeks is a pretty daunting task. Although when I look at the work I realize there is quite a bit to learn and I know much of it already.

How interesting that part of today's asignment is filling out a resume..hah! That should go nicely with the application I am filling out for VMH [Vernon Memorial Hospital].

Take strides forward as often as you can! The job is similar to what I am doing now except at the Health and Wellness [fitness] portion of the hospital.

I find it interesting that one of my physical therapists called home to hubby to tell him about the opening so I could apply.

Now I could use a little bit of luck.

Quiet weekend

Here he is! Dennis~what a face, what a character! 6 months old and full of smiles and facial expressions. He is not like his sister at all. ;-) Grandkids are so much fun to have overnite except when they don't sleep. Then Grandma gets to be up with them.
I guess I wouldn't have it any other way. I see the smiles on 'grandpa's' face and know it is worth it.
Our weekend was quiet and un-newsworthy. Rain, cold, rain, and more cold.

I sure hope it gets nice for my first endurance ride of the season this weekend.

A day without sunshine!

Here it is Saturday and I just turned in my first assignments and took my first test. Ariel is staying over, it is cold, rainy, and yucky.
Dang we had to turn our heat on today!
I hope this is not what is going to be the start of a long cold winter.

Thursday I escaped on Badger for a couple of hours of riding PeeWee's land. It was picture perfect gorgeous. We went down into the back valley. At one point Badger had o jump a downed tree...
totally cool, I loved it. We cantered and galloped, trotted and weaved ... and just generally had a blast.

Yesterday I had Morris in at the vet for an 'ER' visit. Morris has been coughing so hard that he was well -- getting sick. Doc thinks it is 'seasonal' which may mean he has allergies? Oh goodness a dog with allergies. So he put Morris on Prednisone [steriods]! He seems much more comfy now.

Tomorrow it looks like we'll be riding with the 'kids'...I hope. Then it is on to week #2 of school which I hope to get a start on Sunday nite. I wonder why so many of my classmates are having such a hard time with these two simple assignments?

Crickets sing...

I had an interesting Labor Day. I went out in the morning to hike in the light rain and look for fungus to take pictures of.
I found a 'ground bee' nest. Since Morris the dog and I didn't disturb them [I tied Morris up]--I was able to observe them and wished to heck I'd had my long lens on my camera!
In the afternoon we went for a drive and ended up at the Amish community in Cashton were we visited with Chrissy M. and his kids in his tack shop. We stopped by Lester's. His brother was there and when he said he had to go to a BBQ I volunteered to come along.
He gave us the time and directions. I was floored. But we didn't go and settled on winding our way home.

As evening settled I watched a beautiful sunset and listened to the evening grow quiet ...
and the crickets began to sing.
The moon rose.

And I smacked myself in the head with my hand...I'd forgotten my son's wedding anniversary!
doh...

Rainy Days are for...

Rainy days are for creativity...I think. Well that is what I am doing. Playing around in photoshop to make some artwork and reading my textbook on Microsoft Windows XP and Office 2003. I've loaded the software and am now going through it to see what is new and different.

I start class to learn what is contained in this 8 lb book starting on Wednesday.

I think if I can do photoshop and learn it by trial and error, I can probably handle this class...

Imagine my surprise....

Well you are probably tired of this by now but I just have to explain how strange it is to have someone walk up to you in a grocery store and tell you that they saw your 'dad' on TV last nite.
Of course the History Channel had a small segment and some snippits from the interview my nephew did with Dad a few days before he died was included.

You should have seen the woman's face when I explained that my dad, Tom Rogers was dead [should I say deceased?--heck I don't know which is politically correct]. She said that he looked alive to her!

Okay, so like I went into the canned food isle and starting throwing Starkist Tuna cans at every shopper.

OK.
I didn't.
But I thought about it.

I find myself wishing I still had some of those 'dumb' things dad brought home. Today I acquired the Pillsbury Doughboy doll [one like I put in the closet]--at a rummage sale. I apologized to him profusely. He'll now have a special spot near my computer where he can oversee what I do.

Heck, I did name my dog, a Jack Russell Terrier: Morris the Cat. Yep, I put it on his registration papers. I wanted to name him Charlie the Tuna, but hubby said he looked more like a Morris.

Thanks dad, once again you tickled my funny bone.