Christmas & Horses - Kathe

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Hi Kathe,

Yesterday when I knew I had to take the kids shopping agian, I

thought, " Hey, I'll get one of those little-old-lady wire carts that

you can put your bags in to save my shoulders and hands from

carrying bags. Guess what? I couldn't find one anywhere! Oh well,

yesterday at least I had the kids with me, so they did the

carrying. And the traffic was so bad we didn't even get near the

mall... we went in the other direction and just went to Target

instead. I think they got their shopping done. Today, I'm not

going ANYWHERE!!!

Oliver and Dillon are off to their winter homes. Oliver is at the

indoor ring, and Dillon went back to stay with my friend that I

bought him from. He lives on the edge of a big state forest, and

has a retired horse that Dillon can hang out with. If I want, I can

go over and ride Dillon in the state forest. Dillon is so fuzzy you

can hardly see his ears. Oliver never gets THAT furry, and he's

trace clipped now anyway, because he works all winter.

Oliver has been off work for a couple of days because he had his

hocks injected on Thurs. Poor guy, he was so drugged that he

couldn't move when I went to check on him a couple of hours later!

<g> He doesn't have anything seriously wrong with his hocks, but

he's 11, and seems to do better with an " annual oil change " . He's

not lame without it, but you can really feel the difference in his

movement once it has been done.

What I don't get is why they don't use Hyaluronic Acid on most human

joints yet... it works SO well for animals, and doesn't have any of

the down sides of steroid injections. I know they are using it on

human knees now, but I haven't heard of them using it on other

joints.

Hope you are more successful pacing yourself than I've been so far,

and have a quiet, peaceful Christmas!

--- In , Kathe Sabetzadeh <lv2ryd@...>

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> Hi :

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> Sorry to hear that you are feeling overwhelmed by the

> holiday crunch - you are not alone! I have not even

> begun shopping - I am dreading those lines and the

> crowds, trying to find parking, walking through malls,

> all of the ho, ho, ho biz! I have some decorations

> up, lights on the windows, but no tree as of yet. My

> daughter and I usually end up putting on all the

> decorations, and then taking them off, putting them

> away, so at least I have some help with that. The

> menfolk think putting the tree on the truck and then

> carrying it into the house is their only part of the

> event - and then they do the heave ho when it is all

> undecorated - by the women! Anyway, just wanted to

> let you know that I understand what you are going

> through! How is Oliver and his buddy making it

> through the winter? My horse gets all big and fuzzy,

> and then our weather goes from warm and sunny to cold

> and windy seeminly overnight - such is the southern

> california christmas weather! Hang in there!

>

> Kathe in CA

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