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It Really Snowed Here Jolene!!!!

 

I thought I'd go tracking today........

Ty & Soleil slept in the garage all night. I didn't see them til early this morning. In the middle of the night I saw the horses moving across the property really slow. It's amazing how easy it is to see them when they're surrounded by white! Tony was on the phone with several people this am telling them there was 2' of snow.....Of course I'm more anal than he is about certain things and measured....7". It must be an Italian thing.

 

Here's Parker. I think he thought he went to a very cold version of H E L L. He wasn't out very long.

 

T & the collies. 

 

Freezing Lana. Poor girl has no undercoat. She's inside now.

Zoe's foot was probably frozen so she wasn't complaining.

SeaB & Soleil.   

 

 

 

   
Blondie. The fluffy dogs had a LOT of snow stuck to their coats. Why wasn't I informed of this (Jolene???). I never saw pictures of Tate & Kort with snowballs glued to their coats like this!! Geeeezzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!

 

Tirzah was so bound up with snowballs she couldn't move!!! Poor Licky Licky!! This is crazy!!

 

 

Aaaawwwwwwhhhhhhhhhh........Squishy........

 

He was also stuck in the snow!

This is what my dogs look like when I chalk them for the shows. Gotta make sure you bulk up those legs.

 

Oh, and don't forget the Ducky White on the nose!

 

I went out to feed the horses. They were a little cranky. I don't know if Aura's ever seen the snow. And, don't ask me again why Ali'i has a blanket on. He's fluffy like a burro!

Feed ME!!!!! And, BTW I hate that Ali'i!!!

 

Sabi. He looks a little shell-shocked.

After I fed the horses I noticed the cows making their way towards our hay. The hotwire is half under the snow so I'm not so sure they won't just step over and have some free hay. 

T went over to herd them back where they came from. 

After 3 years he's become quite trainable!!! "Go By! No, Away to me!!!". He's the man.

 

All this excitement PLUS we put up our Christmas tree last night. 

All the retired dogs are in the house. SeaB had gone in a crate. Parker in the bedroom. The fluffy punkies in the garage with the snowballs still attached to them! What a life.

T's New Lawn AND We Sucked At The Dog Show Again!!!!!

Today, Squishy got 2nd to his brother Cory (which I was totally fine with) then Cory got reserve. (Not fine with!!!) Julie showed Soleil and I was pleased to see her bark and lunge around the ring ALSO with Julie, but she was not as bad as she was with me yesterday. So there is hope. Tirzah got dumped again for Breed to the WD but, I really was secretly happy as I didn't want to stay for another all-breed group. I'm beginning to see why collie people love to just show at specialties. She is a beautiful bitch and also a lovely mover, though I have to say she's not in full coat yet, but nevertheless, I am tired of those groups.I have been worn down.

So, I came home early to see Tony watering his new "lawn" which is actually a combination of just our land thou he threw down some grass seed today and started watering. We had so much rain over a week ago and it's amazing how quickly the grass will start coming up. Our grass looks like grass, so we're curious if we keep it watered and cut, will it be like grass????? It gets pretty bushy and later when it dries, full of foxtails and stickers, but I'm sure I'll blog the progress. It's the cheap way to grass!!

My manly man. Getting some sun.

This is from our porch. T flattened the ground with his Bobcat on Thursday and already there is grass! 

The horses were eating, then all of a sudden they took off playing. Aura is to the far right. She is such a cool horse. What a sweet tempered mare. They love their grass!!

That Sexy Viper....

This is my white knuckle in the Viper. T let me drive it today. I didn't ask to but I guess he figured after 2 1/2 years it was time. I just about pee'd in my pants! It goes like 80 mph in first gear!!

I took a cell phone picture in case we crashed. It's a very beautiful car and I told him I'd leave him if he ever sold it but honestly I'd rather he muscle it when it gets squirrelly! Some kid at breakfast told his mom that it was a Viper and said it was way cooler than their van. Poor kid. Yeah....it's way cooler than a van.....

The X-Pen House

I don't have a picture for this, but I should. I seem to have a talent for corrupting men who love me.

Last night it was pouring down rain and I had bathed 4 dogs. I didn't want them in the garage because it's very arctic down there. Tony suggested I take an x-pen and split up the living/dining/kitchen area so we can all be in the house together. What is up with that???? Like, even I don't want to do that!!!!! It's bad enough we have wall-to-wall dog beds in the bedroom for the dogs. I keep asking him if he's happy. He says he is. Ya shoulda seen that other life he used to live in!

The Statue Thingy Thing

The moving is going well. Tony's movers came this morning at 8:45 am and are professionally packing his stuff. Good thing, cause it's nice stuff. Nothing weird happening with them. I showed up about 10:30 to help put some of T's and Parker's stuff in my Saturn, then went to Subway to get us lunch. Nothing weird about that. Then we sat to eat and T came over to me with his face white as a ghost. His mom Carma (I thought it was Carmen but T couldn't remember...???) is very Catholic. T's very Italian and I guess Catholic enough ~ hence the white face. Carma/Carmen helped him sell his last house by burying the Statue of um, I think, Joseph (I'm not Catholic) upside down in his backyard. His house sold in 2 days. Wow. This house was on the market for 1 year and his mom kept bugging him about inserting the ol' magical statue in the yard. T finally agreed and his house sold in 2 months. (Wow....in this market.) Anyway, Carma/Carmen told T to make sure he dug it up to bring it with him so T did and he dropped it on it's head and broke the head off!!! I gotta admit I was a little weirded out. But gosh...frankly I think this little guy had some structural faults as not only did he have a really skinny neck, he was holding it sideways like it hurt! (Nothing a little duct tape couldn't fix.) But whay'da think that means??? T's losing his head moving in with me? Huuuuuhhhh...........

Dog Barf

Tony moved in some clothes to the bedroom tonight. I have been cleaning like crazy so I don't freak him out too much and I had made as much room as I could in my closet & dressers for him. Kaia was inside as she usually is and had already eaten dinner. Somewhere between trips to his truck Kaia had barfed up her entire dinner of beef ribs and chicken feet. It was a big pile. God bless her ~ she did it in the corner where we never walk. I thought Tony was going to pass out. I rarely have to pick up regurgitated food because the dogs almost always eat it right back up and Punky was a scarfin'!

She cleaned it up so good I could have never noticed!

Luckily Chantal has lived with me for many years and just laughed. I was laughing so hard at him and his horror I thought I pee'd my pants! What made me laugh more is Chantal made a big deal about us putting a new piece of duct tape on the refrigerator door (to keep it closed). Apparently I'm going to get a new refrigerator out of this. Frankly mine isn't that old. It's got a minor glitch but it makes him crazy. Ya shoulda seen his other life (and wife ~ she was very beautiful and I don't think she was a duct tape kinda gal!)...... Poor T. I know he's wondering where that life went.....

Auburn Overlook

T's been riding with me recently. I have to say it's quite fun to have him go. He's been riding Tahoe, who is doing well. Tahoe, in my opinion has always had demons in his head, always concerned about everything. I told Tony he is not like a quarter horse, that when he spooks, it'll be like being on a deer bolting....so far T's had good legs, though after 2 days of riding, he was whining about how sore he was.....it pleases me greatly to see my boyfriend has a, um, weak side.

Tahoe couldn't get real close to the water, because it was just so scary....after a few more times, he'll probably be more relaxed. We didn't have water like this in Southern California ~ something I really love up here!

Tony on Tahoe

Here's Tony on my 17 year old arabian gelding Tahoe. He hasn't been ridden in about 5 years and T said he hasn't been on a horse in about 25 years. He'd be pissed at this photo of himself, but since he doesn't ever look at the computer, much less my blog I can put whatever I want!!! Hahahaha!!! He's not the boss of me!!

Here I'll put a better picture so he won't be mad!