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• evilE

  May 21, 2004

 

evile: TGIF!
SkyeDS: amen, sister
evile: Looking forward to your family visit? :)
SkyeDS: kinda?
evile: good.
SkyeDS: long as nobody tells me how to eat my eggs before 6:30 am
I'll be ok :)
evile: heh
evile: I'm catsitting for Uncle B & Aunt L this weekend. No major drama,
just feed in hte evenings and take care of their litter
SkyeDS: sitting is a nice job when you can get it
evile: Yeah. I get to go over & watch the big TV :)
evile: I got the most bizarre card from my dad's mom yesterday. $2 in
singles, plus a note about how all of my OK relatives have lost
massive weight and are feeling so healthy & good. ... Whatever...
evile: "Happy Birthday ya fatso"--GEE THANKS GRANDMA!
SkyeDS: lol
SkyeDS: one spring semester I pretty much existed on ramen and oatmeal
evile: That woman put me on diets every damn summer from age 6 to age
14 or so when I stopped visiting OK in the summertimes.
SkyeDS: so for my birthday my mom makes me fried venison, mashed
potatoes, gravy, rolls, cabbage, corn, black eyed peas, and a baskin
robbins ice cream cake
SkyeDS: and the next day she takes me to Sams', buys me kingsize
ultra slimfast and says happy birthday.
evile: Between her and my mom's mom "You're fat!// Why aren't you
eating what I cooked for you!?" BS, it's a wonder I didn't end up
anorexic or bulemic. I consider it a blessing to be 'just' fat.
SkyeDS: you could be "morbidly obese" which the current standard says
I am.
evile: Me too, actually. Anything above a certain percentage of your
total body weight is 'morbidly obese'
SkyeDS: maybe it's normal for grammas to send weird things in the mail
SkyeDS: my gramma sent me this real estate listing for redwater
texas, which I guess is close to txka somewhere, never heard of it
evile: Tell it to my cholesterol and blood pressure, says I. If I'm
morbidly anything, I'll eat my shoe.
SkyeDS: 14 acres with big house barn etc for 150,000
SkyeDS: which would be nice but I can't move to redwater texas.
evile: nice
evile: yeah..that would be too far from EVERYTHING.
SkyeDS: I don't even know wtf redwater is.
evile: I didn't know where Rockdale was before y'all moved there.
SkyeDS: when I bought Mirage I tried to explain the diff between an
desert bred Egyptian and other Arabs
evile: But being halfway or more to TXKA pretty much makes commuting
to Austin impossible.
SkyeDS: and I think she thought i was making it up
SkyeDS: so in the mail shortly thereafter comes this writeup in the
txka paper
evile: heh.
SkyeDS: on the local egyptian arab farm.
evile: perfect timing!
SkyeDS: I'm like....ok, I'm not going to say I told you so...
SkyeDS: well you know what they want, which is for me to in effect
move back home.
evile: It's always tempting, isn't it?
SkyeDS: the head equestrian from Dallas asked me if Mirage was half
arab.
SkyeDS: I quietly told her, she's full blooded desert strain Egyptian
SkyeDS: (hmph)
evile: heh
SkyeDS: only 4% of the Arabs in the US are pure Egyptian.
SkyeDS: and the 5 desert strains are even rarer.
evile: wow. I didn't know that.
SkyeDS: lol, well, this came on the heels of a "I know everything
there is to know about Arabians be impressed" lecture she was giving
someone else at the time
evile: oops
SkyeDS: and if she truly did know *that* much, she wouldn't have had
to ask, a knowledgeable person can tell by looking
evile: hee!
SkyeDS: a very knowledgeable person could have told you which of the
5 strains she is (Hamdhani).
evile: wow..
SkyeDS: before you get overly impressed...the five different strains
have distinctly different conformation.
SkyeDS: so it's a matter of lookin at pictures.
evile: Well, that, and caring enough to do the research before you go
shooting off your mouth..
SkyeDS: no different then looking at pictures to be able to tell diff
between Egyptians, Spanish, Russians, Polish, Shagya, Anglos, etc.
evile: I look at pictures but don't generally memorize anything.
SkyeDS: sok
SkyeDS: if I'm looking at Trahkeners, Hanoverians, Oldenburgs, Dutch
and Swedes all together I can't tell difference by looking
SkyeDS: but then Tracie says, you have to have papers to know diff
because they're all warmbloods.
evile: I like to see pretty horses, that's about it. If I was
shopping for one, I imagine I'd educate myself a little further, but
since I'm just looking, I may as well save the brain-space for
valuable 80's lyrics.
SkyeDS: if you were investing in a Vanner or a Lipp you'd be doing
lots of research I'm sure.
evile: absolutely :P
SkyeDS: it's hard for example to tell diff between an Andalusian and
a Lusitano by looking. They're the same breed, different countries.
Spain, and Portugal.
evile: My next Horse Pilgrimage is to see a farm up near Houston (I
think) that has Andalusian AND Vanners...woo!
SkyeDS: is that the one in Katy?
SkyeDS: Twin Lakes?
evile: *shrug* it's a 713 area code, but I didn't see any physical
address on the page
SkyeDS: there's a Friesian Farm in Katy named Twin Lakes
evile: nice :)
SkyeDS: and I thought I saw where they were starting Vanners too
evile: That's probably it then.
SkyeDS: I would like to go with if it wouldn't be too much trouble
evile: I'll keep ya posted. I still don't trust any of Sweetie's cars to
make it any distance out of town.
SkyeDS: there's always mine.
SkyeDS: and I can write it off as ranch trip
evile: They seem to want people to schedule in advance & such, not so
open to 'drive bys'
SkyeDS: that's industry standard.
evile: I would hate to make someone feel like I was there to buy when
I was just looking...
SkyeDS: but I am not just looking
evile: I should probably just watch their website and keep an eye out
for upcoming events they'll be participating in. shows & auctions &
such.
SkyeDS: the Friesian Farm in Waxahachie is more than happy to see
potential clients too
SkyeDS: they offer discounts at hotels and restaurants just for
coming to see the farm.
evile: that's cool.
SkyeDS: I was gauche enough to visit the foundation stallion sans
carrots <hangs head in abject shame>
evile: Waxahachie isn't that far from Austin, it wouldn't need to be
an overnight trip for me.
SkyeDS: wasn't overnight for us, we were on way to Txka
evile: Usually when I go to faire up there, It's just a long day trip
SkyeDS: good private camping up there, had to ask the locals to find
it.
evile: awesome :)
SkyeDS: y aknow you're welcome to come along on any event we go to
right?
evile: thanks :)
SkyeDS: the next three planned are Dallas this next weekend, also the
second weekend in July, and CRW in July
SkyeDS: actually it's Canton, and CRW is Camp Ben McCullough out by
Salt Lick
evile: I still haven't decided whether or not to go to CRW
SkyeDS: I plan to have a good time at CRW despite everyone else not
doing so.
evile: One of my LJ buddies is working the SCA event next weekend, I
think.
SkyeDS: constable_sca seems to be on a lot of lists with us
SkyeDS: polys, gwynn, sca, etc
SkyeDS: think he said he's with the viking group there and is helping
the autocrat
evile: Is that Dobie? or Dobbie or however he spells it?
SkyeDS: may be
evile: I've met him.
evile: (if it's the same person)
SkyeDS: our circles are very small
evile: heh. true dat.
SkyeDS: Jinx is also friends w/ Lil' Lamb (the autocrat)
evile: yup.
evile: Lil' Lamb sounds so awesome, but seems every time she's down here
visiting, I'm off somewhere else!
SkyeDS: that need for a social secretary again :P
evile: clones.
SkyeDS: that hour glass Hermione Granger had in Potter
SkyeDS: allows you to be in 2 places at once
evile: heh.
evile: I don't have any plans for Mem Day Weekend yet, but it's end
of the month so I don't have much $ either. Sweetie & I may just cook out
or go to the park or something.
SkyeDS: I haven't even thought about what this is going to cost us
SkyeDS: I refuse to
evile: yeah..
evile: I am fighting the plastic addiction pretty hard right now. Did
my MT vacation cash-only, that was cool.
SkyeDS: nods
SkyeDS: doing Dallas cash only
evile: good plan :)
SkyeDS: food & reps <sigh>
evile: good ?

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evilE

May 21, 2004

 

 

(ICQ dropped carrier!)

SkyeDS: the whole business of collar on, collar off, reps and pain
that worsens throughout the day is getting real old real fast
evile: I can imagine. Being sick & owie SUCKS!
SkyeDS: I always start the day feeling fine
SkyeDS: and always end feeling like I'm going to die
SkyeDS: last night was worse than in the very beginning
SkyeDS: so I called my therapist this morning and said look, you have
to do something
SkyeDS: if I go completely without the collar, I have no meds,
nothing cuts the pain
SkyeDS: and she said, well, go without collar and without meds till
thursday
SkyeDS: I said, no honey, I'll be having one or the other thank you
evile: lovely
SkyeDS: if things don't improve shortly I'm going back to Dr.
Magnusson and asking him to refer me to a back specialist.
evile: sounds like you definitely need somebody besides 'no medicine
& no brace' lady..
SkyeDS: you know I'm not a hypochondriac and you know I have a high
tolerance for pain
SkyeDS: but dammit, I need darvo/perco/vicadin or something
SkyeDS: last night I nearly died coming home because I could not
drive, and I knew if I pulled over, I'd pass out before I got to a
phone to let sineater know I was pulling over and passing out
SkyeDS: 60 miles is a long ass drive at 30 mph.
evile: suck!!
SkyeDS: and then spent the rest of the night flat on floor immersed
in ice from neck up
evile: ouch!
evile: It sounds like definitely a good time to seek another opinion.
evile: Are you able to teach horseback lessons OK with your neck now,
or is that also giving you trouble?
SkyeDS: since I don't do anything rigorous no problems with lessons
evile: thats a blessing :)
SkyeDS: nods

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evilE

May 21, 2004

 

 

evile: that was odd! I got disconnected by ICQ gremlins!
SkyeDS: lol
evile: Usually I get some kind of warning about 'you've been idle too
long' first
evile: I'm going to see if Sweetie has any plans for the long weekend
next weekend. if not, I may end up trying to tag along with y'all
SkyeDS: :)
evile: Usually we plan something far in advance for Memorial Day
weekend.
SkyeDS: don't usually like to travel on holiday weekends, however, I
don't get to choose when Steppes is
evile: If you go early/late enough you'll miss traffic, hopefully.
SkyeDS: nod
evile: shouldn't be too bad. Plus once you get there you don't have
to go driving anywhere & risk the drunks :P
SkyeDS: need to buy the new tent before we go.
evile: yeah.
evile: Academy had some good ones last time we went.
SkyeDS: walmart has a good one on for 70$
SkyeDS: like 12 x 16
evile: awesome.
evile: I love our big dome tent. Not that we'll use it much now that
w'eve got the vanagon, but if I go and do something without the
vanago it's good to know it's still around.
SkyeDS: the 12 x 16 is a dome tent, kind of elongated
SkyeDS: the yurts sharjinka likes look cool but spensive
evile: Dome tents rock. They are great & easy to set up.
SkyeDS: what we're hopin
evile: If you camped a LOT a yurt might be worth it.
SkyeDS: looked at a dome tent for back of truck
SkyeDS: but decided against
evile: they're expensive, for what they are.
SkyeDS: they are more expensive, not as big, and would mean I had to
untrailer
SkyeDS: which I have decided not to do again if I can possibly help it
evile: right.
SkyeDS: you gets to go home now?
evile: Yuppers, pretty soon. Guess I better truck paper around
evile: I hope you get to feeling better, darlin'.
SkyeDS: hugs, ciao bella, and ty
evile: Have a good weekend with your fam. call me if you need to vent
or whatever :P
SkyeDS: tyty