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• Apr. 18, 2005

  evile: hey :) How was your weekend?
  SkyeDS: overloaded :)
  SkyeDS: how was yours?
  evile: Pretty good.
  evile: did y'all end up in G'town or waco on Sunday?
  SkyeDS: we left Valley Mills, picked Jubilee up in Waco, went to
  Georgetown, and I threw an impromptu party at Duke's that everyone
  involved enjoyed (two birthdays this weekend, sonar0m and keject)
  evile: *nod* I wasn't sure if you were going to be at G'town or Waco,
  so I didn't bother to make the drive to Drandmir on a 50-50% that
  you'd be there.
  SkyeDS: we didn't get there till 4:30 or 5 anyway
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: we made GT at 4:30 and stopped at Albertson's to get
  cheesecakes so was closer to 5 when we hit the park
  SkyeDS: and it started to rain so we loaded up right after having
  unloaded and went straight to Duke's.
  evile: heh. That was the other thing about yesterday, it kept looking
  like it wanted to rain and I didn't want to be out in it.
  SkyeDS: it rained enough to persuade us to pack up and go to Duke's
  (covered patio and pavilion in the y ard)
  SkyeDS: and when we got to Duke's it stopped
  evile: Sounds about right :P
  SkyeDS: I fed 7 people on $30 so that isn't too bad (not counting the
  cheap two liters and the cheesecake)
  evile: cool :)
  SkyeDS: coupla more from Drandmir came with us so keject, sonar0m, Mike
  and keject' friend Sean ditched, Jubilee sewed, we took turns riding,
  and every waitstaff there was glued to the door and the windows the
  entire time we were there
  evile: heehee!
  SkyeDS: it would be the perfect place for a mini event.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: their pavilion is lit and up all the time, all you ahve to do
  is show up and take over
  evile: awesome.
  SkyeDS: people can be fed there for $8 - 10 which is what a Drandmir
  feast usually costs anyway
  SkyeDS: no cooking, no cleaning.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: yard big enough to ditch AND run an Equestrian list
  SkyeDS: and then there's the patio on top of the pavilion
  SkyeDS: and obviously, flushy toilets and sinks
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: only thing you can't do is camp, and a lot of people for the
  sake of money, time and gas don't do three day camping events as
  often as they did before anyway
  evile: yeah...
  SkyeDS: at the trail ride, we got a prime site on the No Generator
  hill, right between the portapotty and the water faucet
  SkyeDS: under a million trees, and completely surrounded by
  bluebonnets on all sides
  SkyeDS: shade all day long, 20 degrees cooler than anywhere else
  evile: nice.
  SkyeDS: what happens when you get where you're going on time.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: there was the usual stupidity there, which is what happens
  when you get hundreds of stupid people and their poor horses together
  evile: that's frustrating...
  SkyeDS: and as usual, all of the bad habit therapy ended up coming to
  me for problem solving...which I usually get paid for, but oh well.
  SkyeDS: I need to learn to say no. like that's ever going to happen,
  lol.
  SkyeDS: I feel too bad for teh horses to say no.
  evile: pass out a bill and/or business card, along with the advice, I
  guess.
  SkyeDS: that little boy mechanic who helped me didn't do that
  evile: *shrug*
  evile: and will you know where to take your stuff to, next time,
  since he didnt' give you a card?
  SkyeDS: yep
  SkyeDS: I intended to go to where he works in Taylor and give him one
  of my cards with one free ride written on back in case he has a kid
  or a ladylove who might lkike to ride if he doesn't
  SkyeDS: follow through is not my middle name :|
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: but it's still in my memory so it will get done, sooner or
  later
  SkyeDS: too many people give to me, for me not to give back, and I
  know I don't give back as much as I'm given, and that's not good
  evile: I guess that's a good way to look at it.
  SkyeDS: to pay back a good deed, I should be doing three good deeds
  for people other than the one who did me the good deed
  SkyeDS: so I've got a long way to go by that system
  evile: I count "I didn't kill anyone today" as one of my good deeds.
  SkyeDS: lol
  SkyeDS: I feel so sorry for these poor horses
  SkyeDS: I can make their lives easier for three days, but what is
  three days in the span of their entire existence
  evile: lots of people have them that shouldn't that's for sure.
  SkyeDS: I'm always more grateful for my own children when I come home
  than I was before.
  SkyeDS: Not once but three times I've been given what I want, not
  what I deserve.
  evile: *nod*
  evile: crap. It's raining. I wonder if our walk is going to get
  rained out...
  SkyeDS: :|
  evile: I guess we'll wait and see how it's going after work.
  evile: The safe place walk was fun; I walked with LadyDreamtime and Onyxlynxx,
  and we had a nice visit & good walk. the memorial display at the end
  made me cry a bit...someday I fear I'll be walking with "in memory
  of [brother A]" on the back of my shirt.
  SkyeDS: superlative company (don't know what to say about ...that...)
  evile: nope. If she kills [brother A] or drives him to kill himself, she is
  dead.
  evile: and then I won't be free to walk in the safeplace walk (if I
  get caught, that is...)
  SkyeDS: getting caught is the operative phrase as I have said many
  times about many thigns
  evile: *nod*
  evile: Tomorrow I'm hanging out w/[sister H] and [Aunt L], so I will get to
  hear all about [sister H]'s cousin's wedding, and whether or not [sister H] got
  to see [brother A] while she was in SA.
  SkyeDS: I don't ask because I figure if something happens you think I
  should know you'll tell me
  evile: *nod*
  evile: The story now is that [brother A] has disowned us, but *[Rubber Pig]* is
  going behind his back to try and get us all together for some kind of
  family gathering/reconciliation.
  SkyeDS:
  http://public.fotki.com/Gabercrombie/gulf_wars_05/img_0218.html
  SkyeDS: there's my kuchi belt and my tassel belt I bought at War
  SkyeDS: http://public.fotki.com/Gabercrombie/gulf_wars_05/page14.html
  (whole series)
  SkyeDS: please don't take this the wrong way
  SkyeDS: but I'm not interested in S------ family drama
  SkyeDS: I don't know how exactly to put it other than that
  evile: OK
  SkyeDS: I've had enough, and all I want at this point is to shelter
  Sineatr as best I can
  SkyeDS: which is to say, it isn't that the morbid Gemini curiosity
  doesn't want to hear all about it, because of course I do
  SkyeDS: what I'm NOT interested in are whatever machinations she's up
  to now
  SkyeDS: so whatever she's planning, she might as well leave me and
  mine off the guest list.
  evile: I will just avoid the topic, because you've stated your
  boundary and I dont' want to cross it.
  SkyeDS: no no no no
  SkyeDS: I knew that was going to come across wrong
  SkyeDS: not boundary between me and you
  SkyeDS: between me and her
  SkyeDS: I don't care if the family gets mad that Sineatr and I don't
  intend to attend whatever little dysfunctional soiree she intends to
  throw
  evile: *shrug* I am not going to upset you unnecessarily; youv'e said
  you don't wanna hear it, so I'm not gonna talk about it.
  SkyeDS: I do want to hear about it
  SkyeDS: what I don't want is to attend whatever she's planning to do.
  evile: that kind of goes without saying, for ALL of us....
  SkyeDS: and I don't want anyone guilt tripping Sineatr because we aren't
  going.
  SkyeDS: no more walking on eggshells for the sake of peace and quiet.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: I hate combat as much as the next person, moreso than most,
  but sometimes if you don't have reasoned and mature confrontation
  that leaves nothing but combat
  SkyeDS: this isn't like your teeth
  SkyeDS: they don't just go away if you ignore them long enough
  evile: I hope you don't plan on shutting out [Aunt L] and [Uncle B] if they
  invite you to a family gahtering simply because the pig will be
  there.
  SkyeDS: oh no
  SkyeDS: she's enlisted L&B?
  SkyeDS: after they cursed L&B out???!!!
  evile: we are *ALL* done with her. And Done with [brother A] until he pulls
  his head out of...wherever...
  SkyeDS: why, why, why would L&B have her in their castle again after
  that, I don't understand
  evile: [sister H] called over there and tried to make brunch plans w/[brother A]
  while she was in town for her other family wedding. She does want to
  see [brother A], and the baby, but isn't interested in the rest.
  evile: What's to understand? we love [brother A], forever and always and we
  will do whatever we have to do ...if he brings the pig to
  thanksgiving or xmas, then we put up with her.
  SkyeDS: I'm trying to get my mind around this, bear with me, I'm sorry
  evile: Anyway, nice pictures. Thanks for sharing them. :)
  evile: who's the girl on Mirage?
  SkyeDS: that's the princess of Glen Abhan (AR)
  SkyeDS: she wasn't authorized and so those pics got me into trouble
  evile: oops.
  SkyeDS: I had multiple requests for royals to be on Mirage all week
  long, and so after a while I made the assumption that if someone in
  authority told me it was ok for someone to be aboard, I took their
  word for it
  SkyeDS: and everyone WAS authorized, except her.
  SkyeDS: so from now on, I don't care who says otherwise, it's my
  horse, and my ass in the sling, and I"m going to make sure for myself
  that someone is authorized to be up there
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: I won't be a hard ass and ask to see the card, if I get lied
  to, it isn't my fault.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: I don't want to be personally responsible for the loss of the
  entire Equestrian Charter
  evile: that would suck!
  SkyeDS: even Mirage knew something was wrong, that's why I was
  (visibly, I think) having to calm her down
  evile: aww...
  SkyeDS: she was all, what is this side saddle shit, you tell that
  woman to put her legs where they belong
  SkyeDS: and what do you mean you want me to walk with her like that
  evile: not good.
  SkyeDS: I sit side saddle all the time, BUT, I don't ask her to move
  when I do, she knows NOT to move when I'm like that (it's like,
  parade rest)
  SkyeDS: come to think on it, I sit indian style with both legs up all
  the time
  evile: yeah. she's got a good sense of the stability of her 'load'
  SkyeDS: I am overhorsed. twice over.
  SkyeDS: Dr. Magnusson said, there's nothing better for the inside of
  me than the outside of Mirage
  evile: I guess that's a good thing :)
  SkyeDS: I'm still trying to track on the whole holiday thing
  SkyeDS: so the "conciliation effort" is going to be attendance at
  holidays, is that correct?
  evile: .No.
  SkyeDS: I thought invite would be from [Rubber Pig], not from L&B
  SkyeDS: we would never boycott L&B
  evile: Pig is trying to organize some kind of family visit, where she
  gets all of us togehter without [brother A]'s knowledge, and then I suppose
  we'll all make up ...or something.
  SkyeDS: that's insidious
  SkyeDS: if she knows that if the invite comes from L&B that puts us
  east of a rock and west of a hard place
  evile: No, where I got confused was in your boundary-setting
  statement of being tired of  Family Drama. If that meant you
  were boycotting L&B as well.
  SkyeDS: no.
  SkyeDS: I didn't realize she would be able to use L&B
  SkyeDS: after what they did to them
  evile: she is trying to invite L&B to whatever reconciliation
  gathering she is trying to organize. as far as I know she hasn't
  asked for the gathering to be at L&B's or in any way hosted by them.
  SkyeDS: that would be, I don't know, like X trying to use Sineatr to
  make up with you, or something (flailing around here for a proper
  analogy)
  evile: *shrug* she called [Aunt L] to ask for phone #'s, mine and whoever
  elses, to call us and invite us to whatever she's planning behind
  [brother A]'s back.
  SkyeDS: we would never turn down an invite to L&B's holiday or no
  SkyeDS: (assuming we weren't already committed obviously)
  evile: [Aunt L] gave me a heads-up that she'd given [Rubber Pig] our home #, not
  my cell, and that I might get a call from [Rubber Pig] sometime soon. So
  that's what I was attempting to pass along to you.
  SkyeDS: that's odd. they already have #s.
  SkyeDS: unless [brother A] has them and [Rubber Pig] has no access to what he knows.
  evile: No, [brother A] has numbers. [Rubber Pig] does not. And [brother A] (supposedly)
  deleted all of his family's #s out of their phone.
  SkyeDS: of course, I don't know [Dad]'s #, but if I asked Sineatr for it,
  he'd give it to me
  evile: well, that was part 2 of Pig-Drama, she told [Aunt L] that if [brother A]
  finds out she's speaking to his family, he "will leave her."
  SkyeDS: <makes jacking off gesture>
  evile: oops, misplaced quote m arks. anyway, you get the picture, and
  I'm done talking about that mess now.
  SkyeDS: well, of course we're not going to ignore L&B or anyone else
  in the family if A&L happen to be there.
  evile: it will not come up again. Do you want me to set up a pig
  filter on LJ so you don't have to read about it, either?
  SkyeDS: no no no no no
  SkyeDS: what i meant was, this whole thing where everybody guilt
  trips you to make you play along with her
  SkyeDS: because the rest of them are
  SkyeDS: they've done that to Sineatr too
  SkyeDS: although, either not as badly as you
  SkyeDS: or he isn't as susceptible
  SkyeDS: (or both I suspect0
  SkyeDS: I already told [Dad], we aren't playing the game anymore
  SkyeDS: and I meant it
  SkyeDS: they want to keep playing that game, go right on ahead, but
  I'm not letting them make Sineatr play it anymore.
  evile: yup
  SkyeDS: they aren't getting to Sineatr anymore in any way other than
  past my sword.
  SkyeDS: so funny that keject and Kaleon thought they were worth all the
  ire in my rant, when I was speaking as much of A&L as them if not more
  SkyeDS: I was just more specific about them because I couldn't even
  begin to address the specifics of A&L in one post.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: as fond as I am of storytelling there are some stories too
  long and tedious to be told
  evile: yup
  evile: not to mention crazy.
  SkyeDS: I knew I was going to give the wrong impression, I'm sorry
  evile: Don't be. I'ts probably healthier for all concerned not to
  have them come up as a topic.
  SkyeDS: I truly did mean just to reiterate what I told [Dad]. We
  aren't playing as a team anymore. We're playing everyone for
  themselves.
  SkyeDS: I'm sorry if he, [Mom] or anyone else doesn't like that, but
  that's the way it's going to be
  SkyeDS: their way didn't work.
  SkyeDS: (I never thought it would in the first place, but now we have
  incontrovertible empirical proof)
  SkyeDS: were it my place, I would have already put you behind the
  sword too and said, you don't get to force evilE either. but that is
  not my place.
  evile: I haven't been forced to do anything.
  SkyeDS: not from lack of effort.
  SkyeDS: and I really don't like effort that includes guilt trips and
  other emotional manipulations.
  SkyeDS: I've had enough "if you loved me (us) you'd (whatever)" from
  Kaleon to last a lifetime (and from my own family for that matter).
  evile: a boundary was stated. It would have been healthier to hear it
  directly from mom, instead of [Dad] saying "Your mom doesn't like to
  hear you talk about ___" but it's no different than you stating the
  same/similar. And me choosing to honor you and our relationship by
  abiding by that boundary is not me being manipulated.
  SkyeDS: looks like manipulation to me
  SkyeDS: this is the family playbook and you're not a good family
  member if you don't play from the same playbook
  evile: *shrug*
  SkyeDS: I'm not going to play from a failing playbook, and I don't
  care what mud is flung at me because of it. I just think that the
  mud shouldn't be flung at all.
  SkyeDS: they devalued you, or made you feel devalued, because you
  wouldn't play the game with the rest of them, and that was wrong, and
  that's my opinion, I'm sorry.
  evile: You're entitled to your opinion.
  evile: A lot of topics should be limited given proper
  time/place/audience, the pig goes into that bin. Along with "you
  don't talk about whips in front of people with abuse issues" and "you
  don't lick pudding off your friends in front of children and god-
  fearing families in the middle of the san marcos river on a Sunday
  afternoon" Time & place. Very important.
  evile: there are some things that are never appropriate to discuss,
  with anyone, ever, and many many more that you just have to be
  careful of time, place & listeners. That's all.
  SkyeDS: still will be insidious if she manages to use L&B to further
  whatever she's up to
  SkyeDS: we're not going to stop attending family functions, I mean,
  if she's invited, it isn't our function, so we'll do the best we can,
  like we did at TG
  evile: they're going to be invited to whatever, same as everyone
  else.
  SkyeDS: we get an invite from L&B, you, or whomever, we're there if
  we aren't already elsewhere, as we have always been
  SkyeDS: invite comes directly from her, she can kiss my morbidly
  obese ass
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: and I will still enjoy the idea of making her a permanent
  denizen of my stockpond should she step foot on my piece of dirt
  evile: I don't think [Aunt L] really could think of a polite way to NOT
  give [Rubber Pig] my number when she called and asked directly for it....
  SkyeDS: poor [Aunt L]
  SkyeDS: I know I keep saying that, but I don't know what else to say.
  evile: me neither.
  SkyeDS: matches and kerosene would nicely and neatly (well kinda)
  solve so many problems - but people keep telling me no, LOL
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: my number isn't unlisted, so, if she knew where to look she
  could find it, no point in being upset if someone else gives it to her
  SkyeDS: I don't care who calls, I have call registry and answering
  machine for just such reasons among others
  SkyeDS: re [Aunt L], until she sets and defends her own boundaries,
  nothing to do but feel sorry for her.
  evile: *nod* She and [uncle B] have both done more for [brother A] than anyone
  could expect or ask for. No one would blame them for shutting down
  the gravy train at this point.
  SkyeDS: I suspect they won't though.
  SkyeDS: and I don't expect I'll ever get my mind around [Rubber Pig]'s
  internal logic. But it seems inconsistent that she would be so
  stupid as to attempt to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
  SkyeDS: that would be like, I don't know, I like evilE's gift giving,
  so, I'm going to curse her out. That makes a whole fuckload of
  sense, right there.
  evile: *shrug* [brother A] did the cussing, and I guess we weren't supposed
  to see the little puppet strings tied on.
  SkyeDS: I keep trying to do right, which I think is, avoiding
  negativity as much as possible, saying a small blessing and trying to
  move away from the energy
  SkyeDS: it ain't easy
  evile: sounds like a good thing to try, anyway.
  SkyeDS: too many facets of my nature to fight against, my misplaced
  maternal instinct to protect my family, my miss fixit tendencies, etc
  SkyeDS: now if I can just keep consciously trying to link for my
  subconcious that this is the best way to protect and fix, etc
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: I thought we done good at TG.
  SkyeDS: all of us.
  evile: My liver can't take much of that kind of good. :P
  evile: glad they live in SA and we don't see them often.
  SkyeDS: sounds like to me everything's about to go back to the status
  quo of TG if that's what you would call status quo.
  SkyeDS: ask me 10 years ago and I'd have said, I'm not going to be
  anywhere they are, after they attacked Sineatr and me, without an apology
  SkyeDS: I'm old fat and lazy now (as opposed to young, not fat, and
  lazy) and I don't care
  SkyeDS: I take situations as they come, and if I run into her
  socially, if she behaves, I'll behave.
  SkyeDS: she wants warfare, I can oblige that too
  evile: *nod*
  evile: I just want her to finish out her pattern and kick [brother A] to the
  curb...and we'll pick up the pieces and go on from there.
  SkyeDS: I thought she had, I thought there was already an I"m taking
  my kids to my sisters and leaving you, but it doesn't seem that that
  lasted long
  SkyeDS: just annoying. like flies. doesn't matter how good your fly
  spray is, you have to apply it regularly, it doesn't work to just
  apply it once and hope for them not to come back.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: that would be amusing. spray her in the face with horse
  flyspray and say, shoo!
  SkyeDS: amusing to me, anyway, probably not to anyone else.
  evile: *shrug* I've got somethng in my mind more like my doc martens
  meeting her throat, that would amuse ME.
  SkyeDS: can of OFF and a match. hm.
  SkyeDS: (bad Skye, bad, I know...)
  evile: heehee.
  SkyeDS: we were in GT last night till past 11 pm
  SkyeDS: we went over to Sonya's house after Duke's BBQ and were
  sitting out in t he driveway for a while, and someone said something
  I put a privately amusing spin on, so I turned my head away and bit
  my tongue
  SkyeDS: Mike said, Skye's smiling again, something is a foot. And I
  said, strangled, no I'm not, and it was obvious that I was trying not
  to laugh
  evile: sounds like a fun time :)
  SkyeDS: just not very convincing when you turn your back, and say
  you're not smiling, and you're trying not to laugh out loud.
  SkyeDS: poker face is not my middle name (neither is grace)
  evile: I wish I'd gone..but I knew for sure Jinx wasn't going to be
  there, and with only a 50/50 of y'all, I wasn't sure it would be
  worth the trip.
  SkyeDS: wouldn't have been. good call.
  SkyeDS: you're always welcome to call my cell phone any time and I'll
  tell you exactly where we are should you ever want to join us
  wherever that may be.
  SkyeDS: I'm trying to do better at having it on me rather than
  leaving it in the truck.
  evile: I wouldn't have driven to WAco for nothin'
  evile: (well, nothing fun, anyway, if a blood transfusion was needed,
  I migh tthink about it.)
  SkyeDS: I think you would enjoy some parts of the cbar ride.
  SkyeDS: you'd enjoy the scenery anyway
  SkyeDS: I don't know that you'd enjoy what they consider an "easy"
  ride.
  evile: I had plans for Saturday, so I wouldn't have been able to do
  that at all.
  SkyeDS: they have two every year, april and october, if you ever want
  to, and if you don't, you don't, was just thinking out loud
  SkyeDS: you know the first time we went, I had the sense to say, I
  want the baby ride
  SkyeDS: and then the outrider got us lost
  evile: April is Scarby and October is TRF, so the chances of me
  having a free weekend in either month aren't good.
  SkyeDS: and then gave us over to the advanced ride to get us home
  SkyeDS: which put us in stuff that was not Kansas, toto.
  SkyeDS: but then we went on a baby ride that went the way it was
  supposed to, but it still wasn't what I would call easy.
  SkyeDS: and in succeeding years, every time we take the baby ride up
  and down serious inclines with rocks and into and out of creeks, a
  number of very loud complainers say, t his isn't where we want to be
  SkyeDS: and of course at that point it's a little late
  evile: *nod*
  evile: I really can't ride until I lose weight.
  SkyeDS: so, this time, they had four rides initially
  SkyeDS: the baby ride was supposed to be road only
  SkyeDS: nothing that if you didn't like, you couldn't go around, or
  turn back
  SkyeDS: and that worked wonders on Saturday
  SkyeDS: Sunday morning they put the baby ride with the intermediate
  ride
  SkyeDS: and I thought they were supposed to split off before we did
  inclines, rocks or water
  SkyeDS: and let me explain inclines
  SkyeDS: riding straight up and down rocky cliff faces.
  evile: so who all went on the trail ride? You, sonar0m, Sineatr, and
  keject, and only 2 horses?
  SkyeDS: anyway, they didn't split off, and one of the easy riders
  came down and got hurt, and the scouts didn't handle it the right
  way, which could have gotten a whole lot of us hurt
  SkyeDS: keject and Jubilee couldn't go after all so it was the three
  of us
  SkyeDS: which is about perfect
  SkyeDS: sonar0m and I rode on our own Friday afternoon, Sineatr didn't
  come until dinner
  SkyeDS: Sineatr and I rode Saturday morning, we all slept through the
  Saturday afternoon ride, none of us are capable of two three hour
  rides in one day
  SkyeDS: and sonar0m and I rode on Sunday
  SkyeDS: and Arthur did well when he was alone (during meals) and had
  one of us with him at all times except meals
  SkyeDS: and they had a folk band that played music I grew up with and
  haven't heard forever, and so the band/dance was cool. Wished I'd
  packed my dulcimer, bodhran and tamborine, but since when have I ever
  needed those on a trail ride before.
  SkyeDS: they offered to share a microphone and I said, no that's
  ok, I'll sit over here by the fire (next to them) and just sing on my
  own loudly if that's all the same
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: this works much better, because Arthur can come with, rather
  than be at home with a sitter, and everybody gets as much riding (or
  more) than they can handle
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: everyone wanted pictures holding Arthur on their horses.
  SkyeDS: if you're into wildflowers, canyons, waterfalls and
  breathtaking scenery, cbar has it all in spades
  SkyeDS: the cowboy ambience might drive you crazy
  evile: *shrug* the rocky river ranch girls campout thingy was pretty
  cowboy-ish, and it was fine.
  SkyeDS: I tend to be pretty comfortable in any situation I choose to
  be in, but I"m a chameleon that way.
  SkyeDS: I come home from trail rides sounding like my grandma
  (accentwise)
  evile: *nod*
  evile: an entire half of my bloodline lives in bumfuck Oklahoma, I
  can deal with countryfried shit, and even fit in with that milieu; I
  just prefer not to if I don't have to.
  SkyeDS: I thought that might be the case.
  SkyeDS: you've probably already seen the pretty pics on their website
  right?
  evile: yup
  SkyeDS: and they're open to the public year round, you could always
  go by yourself
  SkyeDS: either just camp, rent a horse, whatever you wanted to do,
  completely alone
  SkyeDS: be a great place for War for that matter, but ya know.
  evile: I can't ride until I lose some weight and/or gain some muscle.
  I'm so heavy & flabby now that I'm not in charge of my own inertia,
  which is dangerous when you're not on your own 2 feet.
  SkyeDS: I know :(
  SkyeDS: I don't think I should be on Mirage at this point after my
  last weigh in
  SkyeDS: I was worried I'd bring her down going up the cliffs
  SkyeDS: but then she CROW HOPPED all the way up one and I had to
  pause and think about that
  SkyeDS: crowhopped AND sidepassed, at the same time, at a gallop, all
  the way up to the ridge (200 foot cliff face)
  evile: wow.
  SkyeDS: but it's like this
  SkyeDS: if you're comfortable with the way you hold your own weight
  without foisting it all off on the horse, you're fine
  SkyeDS: if you aren't comfortable in your own skin, you aren't fine
  SkyeDS: so you're right on the money
  SkyeDS: one of the greenies was riding this clyde one day, not an
  attractive one at all, and then the next day he was riding the
  prettiest, most muscular chocolate Perch
  SkyeDS: but he honestly didn't know what the red in the tails meant,
  so Jesse instructed him
  SkyeDS: by telling the Perch, when he stuck his nose where it didn't
  belong, in no uncertain terms, that "nice girls don't do that"
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: my horse buying seems to go in pairs. I want a Frieisan and
  a Vanner together.
  SkyeDS: a drum would be too big, I think
  SkyeDS: a cob would be pretty, but not the same size as the friesian
  SkyeDS: although welsh cobs are gorgeous too
  SkyeDS: and then I want an andalusian, and either a shire or a perch
  to go with
  SkyeDS: Mirage and Jess are in their own way very aesthetically
  pleasing together, having similar size and build, and even Bridget
  was pleased with them in Ballet du Cheval class.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: so much gorgeous scenery and other stuffs in the world, so
  little time (and $)
  evile: yup
  SkyeDS: cooking vacations in Italy seem to be popular now (drool)
  SkyeDS: "I'd like one horseback/cooking combo vacation in Italy
  please?"
  evile: that woudl be cool.
  SkyeDS: [Sharjinka]'s digs are cool. She went on one in Italy as well as
  Greece.
  evile: Belize, too.
  SkyeDS: this year's events calendar seems to be less full than last
  year's, which I think is a good thing. We were full tilt all year
  last year.
  evile: *nod*
  evile: I am totally done with work now....*sigh* ready to go. Oh
  well, I took tomorrow off so I guess I should tolerate the next half
  hour-ish with good grace.
  SkyeDS: :)
  evile: I'll be happy to hear about Kristy K's wedding, and we're
  going to Clarksville to look at engagement rings for [sister H].
  SkyeDS: love retail therapy :)
  evile: [sister H] and Jimmy are talking Marriage. Jimmy hasn't proposed
  yet; [sister H] is insisting on 'a ring and a scene' before she considers
  it Official.
  SkyeDS: smart girl, head on her shoulders right
  evile: We looked at rings at the mall on Thursday, Helzberg, but she
  didn't like the settings that stick up very high off the ring.
  SkyeDS: I don't either. I don't like how high off my hand mine is
  set, but it is set in 6 prongs and not 4, so I felt a little more
  secure about that
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: I didn't want a traditional diamond at all, I wanted a pearl,
  but Mom threw a fit and it was just easier to give in. and we found
  a flawless little one at a pawn shop of all places
  SkyeDS: I'd rather have one small and perfect than big and glassy
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: we didnt' go in the pawn shop looking for a ring, btw, we saw
  it while we were in there I wanted a tamborine
  evile: that's the way things happen, I've noticed. Find one great
  thing while looking for something completely different.
  SkyeDS: I am not the least bit ashamed of our "dumpster diving"
  tendencies though.
  evile: nah, it's fun.
  SkyeDS: one man's trash is another man's treasure
  evile: yup. I really like the idea of Freecycle.
  SkyeDS: tis good to get a ring that flatters the finger, such a thing
  as too small, but also too big
  SkyeDS: specially diamonds, that lose quality as they get bigger
  evile: *nod*
  evile: I don't like diamonds, and they still come from South Africa,
  which is still a shitty place to give money to, so ... if I ever get
  a big pricey ring I'll get a Yogo Sapphire or something unusual like
  that.
  SkyeDS: as far as diamonds go, I like what I've got. I wanted a
  pearl though.
  evile: pearls aren't good on rings because they're soft & scratch
  easily.
  evile: well,not on a daily-wear ring like an engagement or wedding
  ring, anyway.
  SkyeDS: an amethyst would have been good too
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: or for that matter, carnelian, garnet, lapis or malachite
  evile: lapis is fairly soft, too.
  SkyeDS: I admit that I have my rings off as often if not more so than
  on, because of all the stuff I do with my hands
  evile: *nod*
  evile: I don't know if you saw it, but girls night tonight is an
  exploration of the new Whole Foods
  SkyeDS: that's right close, I haven't gone over there yet
  SkyeDS: I used to take Arthur over there and to Book People
  SkyeDS: (he stayed outside of WF of course)
  SkyeDS: (we take turns)
  evile: *nod*
  evile: anyhoo, we'll be there around 7:30
  SkyeDS: just now getting around to reading LJ
  evile: *nod*
  evile: after taking Friday, I figured you'd be pretty swamped today
  SkyeDS: I am so tired too. I can't promise I wouldn't fall asleep at
  dinner. I might fall asleep on the road if I didn't have my cell
  phone.
  evile: *nod*
  SkyeDS: thank you for thinking of me :)
  SkyeDS: time fer you to git?
  evile: pretty much. *hugs* talk at ya later.
  SkyeDS: wind to your wings, ciao belleza :)