Indy's blog

It is nearly zero but thank heavens the heavy winds and snow are done for now.  This may sound really stupid but I was smelling my horses tonight.  I went down to feed and I stay with them til they are done with their grain so that chubby Abby does not run lean and muscley Riley off his grain and get ever fatter.  We don't lock them in their stalls at night.  They can come in the barn and their stalls at will.  So, I was rubbing them and talking to them and going from stall to stall and sniffing.  Then I decided to compare scents because years ago I noticed that there was a huge difference between the scent of my arabian and the scent of a thoroughbred that I was boarding for a friend.  The difference was so apparent that I could have picked them out by scent blind folded.  Riley definitely has a stronger and "spicier" scent than Abby.  She has a very mellow scent.  They are all horse but different but similar.  Am I making sense?
How weird I am, but I remember being a little girl and fighting my mother about washing my hands after stroking a horse.  I wanted to keep the scent as long as possible but she wanted me clean.  Now I can just bathe in the scent and get as high as I want, and it is all legal.
How wonderful.

This past spring I had a couple of heart related blips on my horizon.  I am a long time blood donor - over 8 gallons in my life so far.  The blood bank refused me because I had an irregular heart beat.  I've always had an irregular heart beat - always!!!!!  Long story short, I was so incensed that I went to the doc and said FIX THIS!!  After a gazillion heart tests later, I was told everything was good except my cholesterol was slightly elevated.  I was given a prescription for a statin  and that sent me into an emotional tailspin.  No way! 

I have had a weight problem for most of my adult life and have battled the demons that force food down my throat with ever increasing intensity.  I lost 40 pounds in 2003 on South Beach Diet, but it had been creeping back on slowly.  I had gained half of that loss back.  I knew if I got that weight off, my cholesterol levels would go back to normal.  I carry most of my excess weight packed tightly into my midsection right under my ribs.   I have lost the 20 pounds and am losing more.  I never did make a goal weight on South Beach.  I have one more month before I go back in for another cholesterol test.    I feel terrific - more energy than I've had in ages.

Why do you live where you live?
Submitted by memtony.

I live where I live on a a farm because of, YEP you guessed it HORSES!!!  I stayed in the area where I was born and grew up because unlike other teachers, moving from one job to another was never a good idea. I had tenure and every place I thought about moving to was overloaded with teachers and letting many go.  I also bought a horse when I started working and moving them is not that easy.  Selling him and getting another later on was not an option.  They quickly become family members.

Have you ever had a dream that came true? 
Submitted by rescout.

Do you mean a dream I had while asleep?  In a way -  When I was in my early 30's I used to have a recurring night mare that I called the "DeadMommyDream".  I would have a dream that my mother was being killed, dieing in an accident, or just being gone in some undefineable horrific way.  I would be trying to reach her, screaming my lungs out.  I would waken to a sore throat, muscles in knots and sweating.  I stopped the dreams by instructing myself to wake up when they got too bad.  Also in my DMD's I would, in mid-dream, tell myself to wake up that this was too horrible to be true and to check it out.  I would then wake up, rationalize the dream and go back to sleep.

Mom did die on July 19th 2005 at 94 years old.  She was diagnosed with bone cancer and I was able to have her here with me and take care of her with Hospice's help til she passed away in peace.  Did she die, yes.  LIke my dreams, no.

I had a "DeadSonDream" last week.  I dreamt that I got a call that he had been killed in Iraq.  Before going hysterical, my conscious mind took over and said, "Jeff is in Flint, not Iraq."  Now it is true that there is some question as to which place is more dangerous Flint, MI or Iraq. (no joke).  If I dream that I get a call that he was killed in Flint, then I will freak out. The USA has some very dangerous places.   This is in no way disrespect towards our soldiers in Iraq.  They are amazing people doing a job they must do.  I pray for them everyday.  God love and protect them. 

Now if we are talking about life dreams, yep, you betcha it came true.  I always wanted to live on a farm (medium sized-city girl here) and have animals and mostly horses.  I am living my dream.  We have 2 horses, 4 dogs, 6 cats, plenty of chickens that lay brown and blue eggs. Up until a couple of weeks ago, we had a really neat pygmy goat.  I looked out of our kitchen window this evening  and saw ten deer grazing in the field.  Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.  That dream I am living and am oh so grateful for.

1. What's your average sleep time?
   5-6 hours
2. Are you an early bird or a late sleeper?
   late if I can swing it.  But 7 a.m. is late
3. Do you find it hard to fall asleep, or do you go right out?
4. Usually, I fall asleep fast, but if I wake up in two or three hours, I might as well get up, no more sleep even if it is 3am.
5. Have you ever slept somewhere other than a bed?
   Who hasn't!  I'll sleep anywhere.
6. Show us sleep.
7. 

   Sleeping Beauties
   
    

What are you going to do with your tax return?
Submitted by KB.

I paid off my one and only credit card.  One step closer to debt free.

What is your favorite term of endearment? 
Submitted by lostdwarf.

Hey, Buddy!