Friday, October 14
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
That I remembered before I went to bed last night to check the Liberty Horse website for when I needed to submit my videos, and it was today, so I did it last night so I wouldn't forget. I need to be more on top of things with these shows, because they have a short window of time where you can register and submit videos, and then they close the window. R no longer reminds me, but she shouldn't have to.
Windy today, but not cold. It made things harder for the contractors, but what can you do? It IS autumn now.
Having the contractors need access to the main part of the house is exhausting. I got up early again (8:30 am) to put the cats in the sun room, and I went back to bed fully clothed and shut the door.
The contractors come in, and put styrofoam in the inside of the window so that when they pull out the old ones they don't leave a gaping hole while they put in the new one.
I said "if you know what window you are going to be working on next, why not put the styrofoam inside that frame before you leave for the night, so you don't need access to the house until later in the day?".
I am going to insist that they do this from now on. They do NOT need to walk in here in the morning. If they put the styrofoam in the night before, they have HOURS of work before they are installing the new window. By then I would be up again.
I feel like John is getting a little too comfortable just walking in and out of the house all day. Today I was having breakfast and sitting in front of the computer, when he walked in for no real reason other than to talk out loud about how is approaching the windows, and you know what? I don't need to know how he's doing that. I am trying to wake up and have a moment of peace, I don't need him standing there talking about window frames.
He needs to remember I have some boundaries, and need to have some control over how people come in and out during the day.
Anyhow, they did get two more windows seated.
I am not super pleased that already, my husband is talking like we "have all winter" to work on actually finishing the window frames nicely inside. I hate this part. The windows are functional, and only shimmed into place, but they work. That means if my husband doesn't want to pay the contractors to finish the frames inside, I could be stuck for months and months with very rough looking window frames.
Dear lord, he'd better not do that to me.
I know that we don't exactly have a plan for how to finish these window frames properly, we aren't doing this the way most people would. I sincerely will get pretty ugly if this becomes one of those things he just keeps dragging out because he doesn't really know what to do.
I went to see River, and it was quite windy. I wasn't sure how he would be today; distracted from the wind and hard to work with?
He was pretty calm, considering that the indoor arena's cover was snapping and shifting in the wind.
I didn't work too hard on the ground work today. We've pushed pretty hard over the summer, and I was so worn out today mentally that I just wanted to relax and connect with him. We did some very basic groundwork, and I walked and trotted with him at Liberty, and we were nicely in tune. There were some obstacles inside (different from the outdoor ones) and we did those.
Funny how at one point before we came to this barn, we tried obstacles at the other barn, and they were quite a challenge. We've done these same ones so many times now that it is just part of our day. He walked with me at liberty through pool noodles, and over an exercise mat, and things like that.
He seemed very calm and focused, so I decided just to ride with the neck rope and not bother with a saddle. He was nice and responsive and we did the obstacles mounted too.
It was a good day with him, mostly just feeling connected with him and enjoying being with him.
I came home and didn't do much. I needed a nap in the worst way, so nap time it was.
The contractor says he will be back tomorrow for a half day, and plans on doing one window in the sun room. He should be able to come in and out from the door in the sun room that goes outside, and I can close the door to the house, and he shouldn't need to come in at all past that point.
I might be able to sleep through it, and I shouldn't have to lock up the cats anywhere.
Today I learned that Sirius, a star that is part of the dog constellation(Canis Majoris), is the brightest visible star.
It is actually a binary star system (two stars that revolve around each other).
The Egyptians followed its movements, and at the same time every year, the star's time of rising into the sky just before dawn (heliacal rising ) would coincide with the season that the Egyptians could expect their annual floods.
Thus the star was worshiped as Sopdet (Sothis to the Greeks), the goddess of fertility of the land, since it heralded the bringing of the floods that deposited rich soil each year.
It's cycle is 365.25 days (from the time when it rises just before dawn each year), and was the basis for the calendar rather than lunar months.
In Egypt and Greece, it's heliacal rising heralds the beginning of summer. For Polynesia, it heralds winter, and is useful in navigation as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopdet
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sirius-star
That I remembered before I went to bed last night to check the Liberty Horse website for when I needed to submit my videos, and it was today, so I did it last night so I wouldn't forget. I need to be more on top of things with these shows, because they have a short window of time where you can register and submit videos, and then they close the window. R no longer reminds me, but she shouldn't have to.
Windy today, but not cold. It made things harder for the contractors, but what can you do? It IS autumn now.
Having the contractors need access to the main part of the house is exhausting. I got up early again (8:30 am) to put the cats in the sun room, and I went back to bed fully clothed and shut the door.
The contractors come in, and put styrofoam in the inside of the window so that when they pull out the old ones they don't leave a gaping hole while they put in the new one.
I said "if you know what window you are going to be working on next, why not put the styrofoam inside that frame before you leave for the night, so you don't need access to the house until later in the day?".
I am going to insist that they do this from now on. They do NOT need to walk in here in the morning. If they put the styrofoam in the night before, they have HOURS of work before they are installing the new window. By then I would be up again.
I feel like John is getting a little too comfortable just walking in and out of the house all day. Today I was having breakfast and sitting in front of the computer, when he walked in for no real reason other than to talk out loud about how is approaching the windows, and you know what? I don't need to know how he's doing that. I am trying to wake up and have a moment of peace, I don't need him standing there talking about window frames.
He needs to remember I have some boundaries, and need to have some control over how people come in and out during the day.
Anyhow, they did get two more windows seated.
I am not super pleased that already, my husband is talking like we "have all winter" to work on actually finishing the window frames nicely inside. I hate this part. The windows are functional, and only shimmed into place, but they work. That means if my husband doesn't want to pay the contractors to finish the frames inside, I could be stuck for months and months with very rough looking window frames.
Dear lord, he'd better not do that to me.
I know that we don't exactly have a plan for how to finish these window frames properly, we aren't doing this the way most people would. I sincerely will get pretty ugly if this becomes one of those things he just keeps dragging out because he doesn't really know what to do.
I went to see River, and it was quite windy. I wasn't sure how he would be today; distracted from the wind and hard to work with?
He was pretty calm, considering that the indoor arena's cover was snapping and shifting in the wind.
I didn't work too hard on the ground work today. We've pushed pretty hard over the summer, and I was so worn out today mentally that I just wanted to relax and connect with him. We did some very basic groundwork, and I walked and trotted with him at Liberty, and we were nicely in tune. There were some obstacles inside (different from the outdoor ones) and we did those.
Funny how at one point before we came to this barn, we tried obstacles at the other barn, and they were quite a challenge. We've done these same ones so many times now that it is just part of our day. He walked with me at liberty through pool noodles, and over an exercise mat, and things like that.
He seemed very calm and focused, so I decided just to ride with the neck rope and not bother with a saddle. He was nice and responsive and we did the obstacles mounted too.
It was a good day with him, mostly just feeling connected with him and enjoying being with him.
I came home and didn't do much. I needed a nap in the worst way, so nap time it was.
The contractor says he will be back tomorrow for a half day, and plans on doing one window in the sun room. He should be able to come in and out from the door in the sun room that goes outside, and I can close the door to the house, and he shouldn't need to come in at all past that point.
I might be able to sleep through it, and I shouldn't have to lock up the cats anywhere.
Today I learned that Sirius, a star that is part of the dog constellation(Canis Majoris), is the brightest visible star.
It is actually a binary star system (two stars that revolve around each other).
The Egyptians followed its movements, and at the same time every year, the star's time of rising into the sky just before dawn (heliacal rising ) would coincide with the season that the Egyptians could expect their annual floods.
Thus the star was worshiped as Sopdet (Sothis to the Greeks), the goddess of fertility of the land, since it heralded the bringing of the floods that deposited rich soil each year.
It's cycle is 365.25 days (from the time when it rises just before dawn each year), and was the basis for the calendar rather than lunar months.
In Egypt and Greece, it's heliacal rising heralds the beginning of summer. For Polynesia, it heralds winter, and is useful in navigation as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopdet
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sirius-star
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Date: 2022-10-16 02:58 am (UTC)Remember the story of the extended relative who built his house in 1987 and.... the trim is still not up?