Tuesday, November 14
Nov. 15th, 2023 01:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
A pretty nice day again, weather-wise.
I cut back some branches from the willows along the walk way. They were long enough that they brushed you as you walked past. I dragged the branches out to the edge of the property to rot in time.
The generally smooth transition of the guest animals. The little dog isn't housebroken, or at least not at our house. I really can't do much to change this, as he might only be here for a few weeks. The best I can do is just to keep him on a leash in the house so he can't sneak off to do his business.
I talked with Sister E today, and they seem to be doing well. She has been a little under the weather lately, but just some kind of scratchy throat.
I also spoke with Trainwreck, and she's been out at the trailer again, trying to sort it out. Her sons came out to take tools and things like that they thought they could use. I was surprised that there was still so much of that kind of thing left, as I thought she had been selling it.
It sounds like she's still bringing more things back to her new place, and I shudder a bit because it can't be a very big suite, and it sounds like she's been bringing a LOT into it. I hope she realizes that the people managing the lodge could evict her if her place is deemed a fire hazard.
She actually finally found a home for one of her cats, the one she thought would make the best house cat for someone. At least she finally did that.
The transfer of her property to the new owners takes place in two weeks, and she says she's going to be out there just about every day to make sure she gets what she wants out of there first. Sigh.
I have to say, a lot of conversations I have with people now are about getting rid of things in anticipation of needing to move to a smaller place, or, I guess, dying. Almost every day this is something that comes up.
It's kind of depressing, and contradictory for me, as it seems like we are all flooded with advertising, surrounded by shopping opportunities, and just conditioned to BUY MORE STUFF.
Then your house is so full you can't find anything, or can't put it all away nicely, and you get so overwhelmed by it all that you don't know where to start. I know that I personally don't "USE" a lot of what I have. So much of it is just little interesting things, sentimental items that I also never used back when it was new to me, it just looked nice, and things like jackets that are not worn much, but too ratty to give away that I would feel guilty about tossing out.
I try to keep up on tossing things or selling them or giving them away as it becomes apparent that I don't want or need them, but it takes up so much of my time.
I went to see River today, and I just can't win with regards to his feed time. I went later than usual today, because someone's lesson had to be switched around. I was there about 45 minutes later than usual, and I thought that maybe this would mean that River would have a chance to eat first, but no. Basically as I was going out to get him, K was like "oh yes, it's time to feed now".
Sigh.
Yes, there was still hay for him when I was done, but that does mean that I am riding him on an empty stomach, and he's likely very aware that the other horses are eating.
He did well overall today, and especially with being ridden with just the neck rope. He was listening to it really well today.
I came home and my Sweetie had supper covered, and we watched the second half of "Colditz". It was okay, but a pretty ho-hum plot. The sets/location was good.
I learned about "glacier mice"; balls of moss that are not anchored to anything, that roll around in what appears to be a "herd".
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/22/858800112/herd-like-movement-of-fuzzy-green-glacier-mice-baffles-scientists
A pretty nice day again, weather-wise.
I cut back some branches from the willows along the walk way. They were long enough that they brushed you as you walked past. I dragged the branches out to the edge of the property to rot in time.
The generally smooth transition of the guest animals. The little dog isn't housebroken, or at least not at our house. I really can't do much to change this, as he might only be here for a few weeks. The best I can do is just to keep him on a leash in the house so he can't sneak off to do his business.
I talked with Sister E today, and they seem to be doing well. She has been a little under the weather lately, but just some kind of scratchy throat.
I also spoke with Trainwreck, and she's been out at the trailer again, trying to sort it out. Her sons came out to take tools and things like that they thought they could use. I was surprised that there was still so much of that kind of thing left, as I thought she had been selling it.
It sounds like she's still bringing more things back to her new place, and I shudder a bit because it can't be a very big suite, and it sounds like she's been bringing a LOT into it. I hope she realizes that the people managing the lodge could evict her if her place is deemed a fire hazard.
She actually finally found a home for one of her cats, the one she thought would make the best house cat for someone. At least she finally did that.
The transfer of her property to the new owners takes place in two weeks, and she says she's going to be out there just about every day to make sure she gets what she wants out of there first. Sigh.
I have to say, a lot of conversations I have with people now are about getting rid of things in anticipation of needing to move to a smaller place, or, I guess, dying. Almost every day this is something that comes up.
It's kind of depressing, and contradictory for me, as it seems like we are all flooded with advertising, surrounded by shopping opportunities, and just conditioned to BUY MORE STUFF.
Then your house is so full you can't find anything, or can't put it all away nicely, and you get so overwhelmed by it all that you don't know where to start. I know that I personally don't "USE" a lot of what I have. So much of it is just little interesting things, sentimental items that I also never used back when it was new to me, it just looked nice, and things like jackets that are not worn much, but too ratty to give away that I would feel guilty about tossing out.
I try to keep up on tossing things or selling them or giving them away as it becomes apparent that I don't want or need them, but it takes up so much of my time.
I went to see River today, and I just can't win with regards to his feed time. I went later than usual today, because someone's lesson had to be switched around. I was there about 45 minutes later than usual, and I thought that maybe this would mean that River would have a chance to eat first, but no. Basically as I was going out to get him, K was like "oh yes, it's time to feed now".
Sigh.
Yes, there was still hay for him when I was done, but that does mean that I am riding him on an empty stomach, and he's likely very aware that the other horses are eating.
He did well overall today, and especially with being ridden with just the neck rope. He was listening to it really well today.
I came home and my Sweetie had supper covered, and we watched the second half of "Colditz". It was okay, but a pretty ho-hum plot. The sets/location was good.
I learned about "glacier mice"; balls of moss that are not anchored to anything, that roll around in what appears to be a "herd".
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/22/858800112/herd-like-movement-of-fuzzy-green-glacier-mice-baffles-scientists
