Archive for August, 2009

FO and First Collegen Injection

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Well - I have 2 very lovely finished objects to show you.  One I will be keeping and one that I will be gifting.  I will show you the gifted item first:

I made this vest from Cleckheaton Merino Supreme.  The yarn is soft and scrumptious.  I purchased this at Coldwater during one of her wonderful [...]

The need for speed

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Well, another week, another horse show.  We picked Sophie up Saturday from her week at horse camp.  It was a beautiful, sunny day so we did see what she learned.  This is Sophie with her horse Ditter.

They had a special bond.  They were actually built quite a like - long and lean.

I have many more [...]

Colorguards Advance!

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Well - I guess you never really know what goes on in your child’s mind - do ya?
Zoe - our new high schooler - has discovered that she really wants to participate in marching band.  Now she does play piano, but I don’t think any of us has seen a piano rolled out onto a football field [...]

A Thorn in his side

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Meet the happy camper:

Meet Thorn:

Thorn is an elderly, stubborn gent of a horse.  They did manage to get along during the week even though Thorn bit Alex in the side when he was using the curry comb on him, just like he was supposed to be doing:

On Saturday when we picked him up there is [...]

Another procedure for a “nuance” of the surgery

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Well there is a reason my voice is still not working.  My right vocal chord is not moving at all.  The nerve was probably bumped during surgery. So - on Monday, 8/31, I am going back into the hospital for a same day surgery procedure so that the ENT doc can inject my vocal chord [...]