Crochet Me Crazy

Thank God for RAIN!!

We had a pretty good storm a few nights ago. Some places in the area got almost 3 inches! We are thankful for the rain. The pond at the stables was full the next morning and the horses were frisky and happy.

This week and weekend went by so fast. So much has been going on! We had a lady fall off a horse with her son. Flash and April came home from the trainer this week.




Flash started reaking havock on the herd when he got back. I guess he feels he needs to re-establish his position and he's been causing all kinds of trouble. Cowboy was limping and we had to take someone off him when we saw it. He was hurt while getting in a scuffle with flash. They also got a new little Welsh pony on Friday! He's so cute and his name is Little Danny.

Then, on Saturday they got another new horse named Honey.

Then, the worst part of the week was that on Thursday I noticed that Summer was not acting normal. I was watching her and I saw she seemed to be breathing really hard. Beverly agreed and took her to the vet. She spent two nights at the vet and had us pretty worried. She came home and was going back to the vet to be checked today when Alison noticed that Princess was breathing heavy and her mouth felt warm to Alison. They loaded Princess up and took her to the vet with Summer. I think we caught Princess earlier than we caught Summer's sickness. Princess has a fever of 102. We are watching all the other horses carefully...Now, this afternoon we've got another horse showing the same symptoms. I hope this doesn't spread through the whole herd! Please pray for the horses! We don't want to lose any of them!

No crochet pictures to show. I haven't had a chance to work on my bag anymore but I do have some cute crochet flowers I am inspired to make from Stitch of Love Blog I think I'll make one to put on my crocodile stitch bag.

I made my first voyage to town to grocery shop by myself yesterday without Jeff. Alison and I went together yesterday. I feel a little more secure making the longer trip in my Saturn. I was always too afraid to go myself in the Tercel, for fear I would end up breaking down. It was nice to go grocery shopping and get back before dark!

Well, here's a few pictures from the stables to take up some space.

Alison grooming Silver...

Alison riding Princess...

Princess sniffing Michael's hat....Pew!

Boy, did I mentioned that it is HOT!! The temperature has been over 100 every day. If I was sitting inside the air conditioning during the day, I guess it wouldn't seem so bad but all of our waking hours are spent outside. Thank God for the free ice from the park.

Jeff has been trying to get finished up on a second job he is working on in the evenings. He's adding a breaker box and some lights to a friend's shed. Alison and the other hand, Roberto, have been handling the horse rides while Jeff has been busy with other projects around the stables. He added an a/c to their house and today he's working on an old RV trailer they bought. My husband just keeps getting skinnier and skinnier with all the sweating and hard work he does now. He is smaller than he has ever been with the exception of our wedding day! I wish I could say the same for myself!

Michael has started taking his driver's ed online. We are hoping we can fix the Tercel for him to drive when he gets his license.

Well, the weekend is upon us already! Hope everyone has a good one!

I did forget to mention that my son turned 18 the other day! We had his birthday at the stables...the same as last year. Trying to get my son in a picture is next to impossible, much less getting him to smile. I got him to sit still long enough to snap a picture.




Here is my completed crocodile stitch purse front. It's a fun stitch to do and I'm thankful to it for the motivation it provided me. I've got some inspiration back now!

Well, I finished the front of the Crocodile Stitch Purse and have started on the back. I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to get pictures taken yet. That will be my goal for my next post. Just staying busy. Tonight, Alison and I will be serving the refreshments for the Cowboy Sunset Serenade Hayride. I'm waiting for Alison to get back from a trail ride and then her and I will take off to go home and get ready. I have to clean out my "Gator" and clean up before I serve people lemonade! There was an 18 wheeler full of hay that came in today and Alison, her dad and the other hand have been unloading hay ALL DAY long. It's really slowing up around here this week. I think people are starting back to school activities....football practice, etc. I guess the tourism will continue to slow down around here as people get ready to go back to school.