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Horse Lessons Adventure

We are still having an amazing time learning all about horses.  One of our friends from church is teaching us.  Last week it was raining and thundering on our day to go to the stables.  Nothing could hold us back as we are completely smitten with the horses.  We were learning all about saddles (my daughter can do this, there is no way I can pick up a saddle right now) and enjoying the horses.  My daughter took to putting the gear on the horse like she had been doing it all of her life.

In the midst of all of this I heard some sounds in the field behind us and one of the horses we were working with sounded a warning.  Our friend is deaf and she had no idea what was going on.  On a side note, the horses completely know she can not hear and it is obvious they keep a watch on everything for her. 

So, I told my friend that her horse was telling her something and she needed to check out what was happening.  It turns out that 2 of the horses had broken out of their field.  They had actually broken a link in the chain that closes the gate.  She thought that was very strange because they had not done that before.  She guessed that it was the storm that spooked them.

As soon as she got the horses back in the field, we began to understand what was going on.  We hear a helicopter coming closer and closer to us.  (Of course, my friend could not hear it.)  Eventually, they came right above us and it was clear they were chasing someone.

In one of the fields right beside us is a cut out portion where a mobile home is located.  No one is living in it.  However, I looked out and there was man leaning up against the mobile home.  We watched as he disappeared inside the mobile home and a swat team surrounded the building. 

It was quite a sight to see a swat team so close to us!  Eventually, all of the swat team vehicles pulled out but we did not see them leave with the suspect.  We wondered if he was still in there.

Later, we discovered that he was caught and that he had been picked up for armer robbery.  Quite an eventful time at the stables.

The take away for me was how clearly my friend's horses watch out for her.  Actually, all of the horses that she takes care of seem to have a deep connection with her and they not only trust her they take care of her as she cares for them.

This is why they are addicting!!!!

I got the most AMAZING gift in the mail today!  It was from my vintage cigar box swap partner Suze.  We were to decorate and fill a cigar box with vintage items.  I got this amazing HUGE wood box that was hand painted and personalized for me and it is filled with incredible vintage items.  You can see the box in all its glory on Suze's blog, right here.  Thank you so much, Suze!

New Love Affair

My dd finally got to start hanging out with horses.  :)  She will be at the farm one day a week for the entire summer!  We are thrilled!

Grandma Journal Project

Grandma:
Did you like to read when you were a child?  What else did you like to do?

Her Response:

YES, I liked to read when I was growing up but books were limited and I didn't know how to find the kind of books I liked in the library.  I
still don't unless I know the author.

We played some games at home at first using pots and pans to make a
parade.  We were allowed to play Old Maid but No games with a regular deck of cards.  We cut out paper dolls a lot from catalogs and played games with them.  We also play games during lunch hour at school.  There was one we played in the snow called fox and geese.  There were other ones too but I can't think of what they were called.  I think one was called Red Rover cross over which meant we had to have sides but that is all I remember about it.

Happy Father's Day!

I hope you all have a wonderful Father's Day!

The muscle jerks are still happening.  They did a bunch of tests this week.  Apparently, there is a brain in there somewhere.  :D  The biggest problem at the moment is the sleep disturbance this is causing.  I keep going back to take another nap only to wake up even more sore than when I went to take the nap and just as tired as I started.  They are doing a sleep study in a couple of weeks but it will take a month after that to get the results.  My dh tells me that the jerks are going on all night.  (They are just like hiccups but with other parts of my body.)

I will be back to the regularly scheduled programming as soon as I can.  Please don't give up on my poor blog.  ;) 

Grandma's Thoughts for the Day

"The Lord.....has told you what He wants from you: to do what is right to other people, love being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying God."  Micah 6:8 NCV

From Our Daily Bread :
" Great victories are won when ordinary people execute their assigned
tasks."

"Spiritual battles must be fought with the very weapons hardest to wield at the time : prayer, meditation, self examination and repentance."
--Philip Yancy

Prayer Request

I have been having spasms/jerks/seizures? They are like hiccups but with my shoulders, arms, legs, etc. They happen over and over again. My dh counted to 50 times but then got tired of counting. I have called my drs and my pharmacist. The DR will see me on Monday. The pharmacist thinks it is OK to wait until then. I also have another appointment on Tuesday with the pain specialist. (This is about my back, shoulder, hip injuries from a drunk driver smashing into us.)

I am absolutely exhausted and so sore from all of this. I sure don't want one more thing to be wrong. Could you pray?

Scrapbooking.com Article

Please check out this article they did using my pages.

One of my favorites.

King James Version (KJV)

14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.