Archives for 2012
Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 – PERFECT Ride Day from Fell Hunt Camp in Sumter National Forest
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 – Travel Day to Fell Hunt Horse Camp in South Carolina
Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 – Rocky Ride Day from Cane Brake Camp
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 – Errands and Problem Solving
Spent a little time in the morning trying to set up the satellite dish, Hubby finally had to give up because there were too many trees in the way. Several messages and emails came in late yesterday about the trailer design, plus we still had shopping to do that we missed yesterday, so I spent most of the day running around or sitting in the parking lot of Walmart on the computer. Made a little progress, but not as much as I would have liked. Got back around 4:00, helped Hubby with the chores before settling in for the evening.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 – "Challenging" Self-Inflicted Disaster Day, Travel to Cane Brake
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – Cold and Damp, Rain Diminishing
Wet and foggy this morning, more rain overnight than we’d had yet, a repeat of yesterday mostly. Despite the storm, UPS managed to deliver our package from Valley Vet with Hubby’s new horse boots. Considering the cable failure of the Boas, Hubby decided to try a pair of Cavallos like mine. These have worked incredibly well for me, and despite my initial worry that they were held on with “only Velcro,” I’ve never had any trouble with them despite some challenging terrain. Now’s he’s looking forward to seeing how Clio likes them. Not sure when that will be, hopefully later this week.
Monday, October 29, 2012 – Rain and Wind and Little Else
More off and on rain and some wind today. Nothing too bad here, the worst of it stayed east of Richmond before heading north, never getting this far west. Another day on the computer, not much else to do.
Sunday, October 28, 2012 – Unspectacular Entrance of Hurricane Sally
With morning there came little sign of the approaching hurricane, with just a few gusts of wind. In fact the day started out quite sunny, clouding up later in the day as we tried to rest from our busy schedule the last few days. The wind and rain came in a bit later, nothing serious, just a little bit of a blow here, though it seems the NYC area is likely to get hit pretty bad. Relaxed most of the day, not a good day to be outside, but Hubby had managed to set up the satellite in such a way it was protected between the van and the RV, so we didn’t lose our signal. We took one side trip over to the horses’ pasture to put on their rain sheets, for when the horses came out of the shelter to eat grass, which they were doing when we arrived. Not much else to do when we got back but curl up with a warm computer in my lap and look to solve impending challenges, which lately has become the solution to our trailer swap. We’ve been looking at new trailer units since July, including communicating with several custom builders in an effort to get a floorplan we really like. It’s been a very slow process, with long delays between emails and difficulties in trying to get what want, so painstaking it’s starting to take its toll. Somewhat productive today, however, we feel a breakthrough coming soon, hopefully. Otherwise an uneventful night, which is just what we needed.
Saturday, October 27, 2012 – Move to Belmead, Spaghetti Dinner and Astronomy Night
Friday, October 26, 2012 – Runaround, Doctor, Nice Dinner, Postponement of Job
Started the morning by heading out to a nearby ENT as a followup to the exam I had at the clinic in Rhode Island back in September. My hearing is somewhat improved, but still a long way from normal, so I made an appointment to have it looked at again. Not a very helpful visit in the end, they did an exam and a hearing test, couldn’t seem to find anything in particular except that my hearing wasn’t 100%, which we already knew! The only thing the doctor recommended was a choice between doing nothing and taking a two week course of steroid pills to reduce what MIGHT be inflammation in the inner ear. I usually don’t like to take medications unless I have to, but we were on the outer limit of time according to the doctor, if we didn’t take them soon we’d beyond the 8 week window when it might be effective, so I decided to give it a go. We picked up the prescription on the way back to the house. Meanwhile, I got a call from the guy in charge of the job we have scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, and after much deliberation, the company had decided to postpone it because of the threat of an incoming hurricane, Sandy, which was stirring up a lot of concern. The best laid plans! After a few more errands, we arrived back at the house, where we had a fantastic meal that Toni prepared, along with the company of their neighbors, another very pleasant evening (and why we like to visit them so much!) Stayed up later than we probably should have, but we didn’t need to be anywhere early, as we had already made arrangements to just go back to Belmead and camp out there for the weekend. What a whirlwind week!