The Inaugural Address:
And President Obama’s First Proclamation:
Jan 202009
Jan 152009
Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. Taking a few minutes to sit back and consider what you can be thankful for can give you a new perspective. It is all about focus. Even if things seem bleak, here is always something! I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.
Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.
How:
Post about gratitude on your blog, link back here and leave a comment. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do. Feel free to tag other bloggers to give thanks in their lives.
If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments here instead.
I know that I risk sounding trite and ‘cutesy’ here, but that is not my intention. Even so, if it’s funny, go ahead and laugh! No harm in that. There’s more harm in taking ourselves too seriously! Now on to business…
Abstract #1 1999 Oil on canvas 15 1/8" x 20" © Simrat Khalsa
Today I am thankful for the wonderful friends that I have made recently and the existing friendships that have deepened. They have truly kept me inspired and moving forward to a world of unknown and imagined possibilities.
I am going to tag a couple of those friends:
Amy Jo and Sally at Tired Dog Ranch.
Susan at The Pony Expression.
I was inspired to do start Thankful Thursday by by this blog post.
Jan 122009
A few images for your viewing pleasure… inspired by Macro Monday on Lisa’s Chaos. Her images today are quite interesting, to say the least!
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Jan 112009
Simrat and Gurunam
After our Gurdwara service today, a friend took these photos of myself, my lovely, grown up daughter and my dear husband. We don’t often get decent pictures, especially not with me in front of the camera, so I thought that I would share them.
Simrat and Sarbjit
I’m not sure where my son had run off to. Probably already back at home battling with his friends on Super Smash Bros. Melee.
If I look tired, I was. I’ve been laid up for a few days with a strained low back. I’m on the mend with new found resolve to get fit, so it doesn’t happen again. There is way too much to do this year to allow physical issues to get in the way!
Jan 042009
Now I have my horses at two different barns. The plan was to move Cirro by 2/1, but I’m not sure now. He has an acre paddock with 14 x 24 run-in and gets fed twice a day. I also have most of my hay stored there. If I move him, I have to move it as well.
Lily has settled in at the new barn well. She was lame the first day and I ended up having the vet out. She did not react to hoof testers in the front. Dr. C saw no signs of laminitis. I’m very happy about that, but I’m going to keep her on a low carb diet for now. I do think that she might be prone to it, so she will be watched on that front.
Waiting for Dr. C in the new Pink Halter
She was lame on the left hind though. Dr. C did flexion tests on her hock and fetlock. She was positive on both… dead lame at trotting off. And she was sensitive all up and down her left hind leg. Next she did x-rays of the fetlock area. I wanted her to get the entire hoof as well. For that Lily had to stand on blocks behind, so she got a dose of dormosedan, which made her pant. The films were fine, so it seems to have been a soft tissue injury. Dr. C recommended a week of stall rest, 1 gram of but/day as needed, cold hosing and a little turnout in the arena, as long as she stayed quiet.
I'll behave. 
It’s been two days and the swelling is down, she’s walking better and only needed one day of bute. I am so glad that she is back to her perky self! I think that she really likes seeing me more and getting breakfasts. At the old barn, she only had beet pulp for dinner. Now she had a nice, clean, dry stall, all the hay she can eat and a little window to see the outside.
I had hoped to ride at Pisgah this weekend, but just spending the time with Lily has been fine. In a week or two, we should be out on the trails.
The trick for me will be keeping to the schedule I made for both barns. I think I can get to check on Vin at lunch time two days a week and once on Saturday. Then see Lily 6 days/week. If it goes well, I’ll keep Vin where he is for a while. Eventually, he will be moved, but he’s happy where he is and I don’t have to rush getting him gelded or moving hay.
Lily's stall is on the left there.
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