Hiya Darlin'!
Had a great night sleep, didn't do much in the morning because I had an appointment for a massage this afternoon. My hosts gifted it to me in appreciation for all my volunteer work. Wendy did a great job, really listened to me and worked hard on my shoulder, should be interesting to see how it takes over the next few days. Stopped at Tractor Supply to pick up feed, they didn't have the Balance so I many be running out of that soon. Went to Lowes but didn't find the trailer hardware I was looking for (found it on Amazon later and ordered it), finally a stop at Walmart for a few essentials. Got tied up in traffic on the way back to camp, there's a big "Hulaween" event at Spirit of Suwannee this weekend, so I'll be hearing the sound of deep bass thumping all weekend. Good thing I wear earplugs at night! Settled down for the evening, watched a pretty bad movie with an all-star cast, go figure. Heading for my shower and bed soon! Love you, sweetheart! Good night!

Hi Sweetie!
Set the alarm to get an early start on the day, had a busy day planned. After chores and breakfast, I was raring to go before 9:00, starting with the biggest job, washing the outside of the trailer. The roof itself took over an hour and a half, what with the awning and slide-topper and hay box. Before coming down I let down the pressure washer and the grease gun, to finish the job I left when I changed the oil in the truck the other day. I did the rest of the exterior of the trailer, including the underside of the awning, then put some silver tape on the front end of the trailer. I've sealed that front aluminum panel six different ways, and the adhesive never stays, so now I've just put some silver duct tape on it, the good stuff with the backing, and I'm hoping that will keep the panel in the frame the way it's supposed to be. Not really counting on it, though. Then I pressure washed the water barrel in the truck, it's gotten full of algae lately. I left it dry for now, I'll fill it when I need it, that way it will stay clean until then. I pressure washed the tires on the trailer and truck, got a lot of grease off one trailer tire that was overflowing with grease since my last brake job. By then I was too tired to worry about doing the last couple of grease fittings, so I postponed that until tomorrow. Swept off the porch carpet, put all the tools and furniture back, finally wrapping up at 4:30, having only taken two short breaks all day. Feeling like my energy was well spent today, and happily, I'm physically tired, so I'm hoping to go to bed early and still get a full night sleep. Watched an old James Stewart movie with dinner, heading soon to shower and bed. I love busy and demanding days like this! And I STILL feel twenty years younger with my shoulder in a much better place. Still a few kinks to work out, but I have a massage scheduled for tomorrow, I'm hoping between the labor and the massage, I'll feel even better later in the week! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hey Babe!
I feel twenty years younger! After sleeping way too late again this morning, I got up and started doing my usual routines, and it was like a whole new experience! I was able to get dressed without pain in my arm, comb my hair without pain in my arm, feed the horses, have breakfast, drive my truck to run errands, all without hardly any pain in my arm! I had to almost force myself to remember that I didn't have to shift my shoulder before reaching for something, I could just reach for it! It feels GLORIOUS! There's the tiniest bit of pain when I reach to extremes, but everyday stuff is almost back to my norm from fifteen years ago. I hadn't realize just how much I was compensating with my shoulder, but am so glad that era is behind me. Better late than never, right? Anyway, I only did a few things today, I didn't want to stress it out, I wanted to let it settle slowly back in place, so I went into town to a computer repair shop for something I ended up not being able to do, then stopped for a few bales of hay at a feed store. It was only fifty cents more than the last bales I bought, but the hay is much nicer, so if the horses like it as much as I think they will, I'm going to stock up with than before I leave here next week. Anyway, otherwise a nice relaxing day, feeling so happy!! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
Had a good night sleep, thank goodness, and still set my alarm as I'm trying to retrain myself to get up earlier. Spent most of the early part of the day doing loads and loads of laundry, then Dave arrived in the afternoon to finish the wood pens. It didn't take too long with the two of us, they're just about good as new! Settled in for the evening in the usual way, dinner and a movie (the remake of Dune), already did my Spanish lesson, just have my shower and bed left! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hi Babe,
Finally got a good night sleep at a decent hour, and even slept through to the alarm I set, yay! Felt much better today. Dave came around and started working on the two wood pens, some trees that fell on them had knocked the posts out of alignment and broke a faceplate or two, but we moved the remains of the trees out of the way (most of them I had cut up already) and managed to straighten out a few of the posts. He had other things he had to do so we didn't finish the job, but we made good progress. Later in the day I gave Lola a bath, she's been scratching for a few weeks now, not sure what's causing it, but I washed her with some medicated shampoo and it seemed to help. Drained and refilled her little pool, and then decided to wash the truck while I was at it. Washed and then did some spray wax, so it does look better. Finally settled in for the evening, now it's time for shower and bed! Love you, darlin'! Good night!

Hi Darlin',
Don't know what happened last night, but I couldn't get to sleep last night for hours! Of course, that means when I finally did get to sleep, it was late when I finally crawled out of bed. For some reason, I just couldn't gather enough energy to do anything today. I mean, absolutely nothing! I figured, why fight the feeling? So I literally spent the day playing games on my computer, reading, and watching TV. To try to get back on schedule, I've showered early, I'm having a double dose of Sleepytime tea, and am going to bed the minute I've finished drinking it. I'm hoping that it will help me get back on a normal schedule. So, good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Sweetie!
Had another lovely night sleep, once again leaving the fireplace on because it was a very chilly night! Did a bit more work on the ride planning for the upcoming endurance ride at McCulley Farms, then met with Kaleigh, the ride manager, and the Fusion Buffet restaurant in Live Oak, where I showed as much restraint as I could in a buffet! It was a good meeting, we chatted for over 2 1/2 hours. She approved of my trail plan and otherwise had a grand time. She gave me all the markers she had, plus some extra ribbon, but I tend to use more markers than some, so I ran down to the dollar store and picked up some more clothespins so I can make some more. A quick stop at Walmart for just a few items I needed, then back to camp. An otherwise uneventful day. Settled down for the evening, watched a Pierce Brosnan movie, off to shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Darlin'!
Despite going to bed early again last night, it was well after 8:00 when I woke up this morning, even though I almost slept through the night! Guess my room-darkening drapes are doing their job! I felt completely well and refreshed, though, which is a good thing! David dropped off the little gas chainsaw while I was having breakfast, so it wasn't long before I was out the getting to work. Took me awhile to get it started, but once I did, off I went! I cleared out the wooden pens on the east side as much as I could, did a little burn of the small stuff, cut a bunch off the big tree that was still in the back yard, all into firepit size logs, which I stacked next to another stack of firewood that looks like it's been sitting there for years! No shortage of firewood for visiting campers, that's for sure! The good news, not a single long board on the pens have broken! The only broken board was a face-plate on a corner. Those parts of the fence came down because the posts shifted from the weight of the trees coming down on them. It should be a fairly simple matter to manhandle the posts back into place, shore them up, and re-screw the boards back in, I'll just need a little brawny help to finish it off. I quit just after 3:00, but certainly got in a full day of exercise. Speaking of exercise, a couple of hours later, I heard Flash running around the paddock and watched him running and jumping for about five minutes! This is what happens when we don't go riding for ten days! I'm going to have to take him out tomorrow, for sure! Settled down for dinner and a movie, took a long hot shower early, hoping to get to bed early, too. I don't think I'll have any trouble sleeping tonight after all the physical labor I put in today. At least, I hope so! Anyway, a quick Spanish lesson, my cup of Sleepytime tea, then off to bed with me! Supposed to get quite chilly tonight, down to the mid-forties! Fireplace is on! Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
Got to bed early last night, probably too early, woke up around 4:00 and didn't get back to sleep until the roosters next door were crowing. Deb texted me at 8:00 to see if I needed help, and I told her I didn't think so, but she stopped by at 9:00 and I had gone back to sleep, so she was kind enough to give the horses some hay for me, and open the door for Lola. I finally crawled out of bed around 10:30, feeling quite a lot better, but not 100 % yet. It felt like if I did anything quickly I might get dizzy, so I did everything in slow motion. I did managed to do a couple of loads of laundry and to vacuum, then later I moved the horses back into two new paddocks and gave them a bit more hay. By late afternoon I felt much better, back to almost normal, so it was a good thing I took the day off. No idea what that was about, but I hope it doesn't happen again! So I read and watched some TV the rest of the time while resting, very glad I'm feeling better. Lola was off roaming the neighborhood like she always does and one time she came back with, I kid you not, a hot dog bun and a whole corn on the cob in her mouth! I don't think she picked them up that way, I swear it looked like someone put them there. Which is highly possible, there are a few strange neighbors nearby... Of course, I threw them out, but I have a feeling the neighbors dog will probably come digging through that garbage tonight. Anyway, going to bed early once I finish my Sleepytime tea and taking my shower, I still feel a bit tired from fighting off whatever this was. Good night, baby! Love you!

Hi Babe,
Slept really late this morning, didn't have too much to do today. Don't have a chainsaw back yet, so I decided to change the oil on my truck. I bought what I needed shopping the other day, though it took me a few minutes to find the oil, because Rotella now comes in a wine box type container! Ran the truck up onto the Jiffy Jack just to get it a little higher, then did the job. Lubed most of the zerk joints as well, though I was a bit low on grease so I'll have to go back and redo them once I get another tube. Read for awhile, then had dinner and was just about to go out and feed the horses when I suddenly felt very dizzy. I stayed in my chair for awhile, and it seemed to improve, but as soon as I tried to get up, it came back. Broke into a sweat as well. I stayed in my chair another hour hoping it would improve enough to feed the horses, but it didn't. Thank goodness Deb was around, she came and fed them for me. I thought maybe I picked up something shopping the other day, so I did a covid test, but it came up negative. I also thought maybe it was artificial sweetener in the juice I've been drinking, sometimes I get a reaction to aspartame if I have too much, but that wasn't it either. No idea. I'm heading for a shower (thank goodness I still have that shower seat in there!), and heading straight to bed, where I'll stay until I feel better. I may have to get Deb's help again in the morning, though I'm hoping I'll be better by then. Sucked on a zinc tablet, that usually helps. Anyway, I'm off. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!