Feeling poopy

[Empty Pocket]

Hmmmm....I am having a serious case of winter blues. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

What do you all do to pick yourself up?

[Empty Pocket]

Hmmmm....I am having a serious case of winter blues. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

What do you all do to pick yourself up?

[AllWeatherGal]

I go for a trail ride or finish a project (one of my "resolutions" was to finish the bazillion unfinished craft/quilt/beading projects I've started over the years).

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[Phaxxton]

Read this TRUE story about my horse....

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> This is from a email that is sent to our turtle doctor. here at
the vet school. This happened about 2 years ago.

Was watching my horses in the pasture yesterday morning
and noticed my little arab, Phaxxton, was acting funny. Looking
at something, head bobbing, pawing. (I thought maybe he is colicy)
Went out to investigate and of course had to take my two shelties
with me. As I got closer I thought he had killed a small critter that had
got in the way, but at second glance it was a huge snapping turtle,and
he was mad. As soon as the dogs saw him they started in on the herding
thing, barking, snapping at him, circling him. That brought all the other
horses over to investigate. I am trying to get this turtle out of the field
before
someone gets hurt but he is so big I can't budge him. I call the dogs off and
was going back to the house to get the husband to remove him but before
I could turn my back Phax stuck his nose down and that turtle leapt at
him, grabbed him by the muzzle and Phax reared up with a turtle stuck to
his face. Took off at a gallop and that turtle hung on, finally I think
Phax's nose ripped and the turtle fell to the ground. I was so mad at
that point, I picked up the turtle by his tail and slung him out of the
pasture. (amazing how strong you can be at moments) Went into the house
told my hubby to go out and shoot a turtle that had just ripped my horses
face off. He thought I was insane. I grabbed my medical supplies and went
outside to clean up the damage on my pitiful horse. I think Phax was more
embarrassed that the other horses had witnessed this episode than he was
hurt. Cleaned him up and luckily it was just a superficial tear on his muzzle.
Went back in the house and wanted to know if the husband had killed the turtle
yet. No he let him go into the lower pond because he thought I was kidding!
I wasn't...but to late now. I will have be watching for him in the spring
when he
treks back though the horse pasture to the upper pond.

Warning: Beware of those turtles.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Snapping Turtle: 1
Phaxxton: 0

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[MyShadeOfPink]

Phaxxton that is too funny...

I walk on my treadmill... go for a drive (BECUASE I CANNNN!)

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[Empty Pocket]

Oh my....I guess that I should explain my poopiness.

I finally decided what I want to be when I grow up (I'm 25, almost 26) - a teacher. So my hubby and I sat down and did the math and we agreed to sell our house (no big loss as we don't really like it anyways) so that we can afford for me to go back to school.

So I applied in October - and I knew that my chances weren't the best because my University grades weren't the fabulous, but I have done lots of volunteering in class rooms, as well as teaching children's riding lessons, so I thought there was a chance.

Well, I was WRONG!!!! I got rejected by 0.5%!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif Can you believe it? They said in the letter that they liked my past teaching experiences, but they were basing the entrance on grades.

I will feel better tomorrow, but for now I feel poopy.....I couldn't even go and cry to my horse because it was snowing too hard to drive. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Thanks for being a shoulder to cry on....

[Pocket Pony]

I thought your thread said "feeding poopy" and I wondered why someone would either a) try to feed poop to another animal, or b) try to treat poop like an animal and feed it.

I'm sorry you're FEELING poopy. Spring is on its way, maybe that will help!? I'm sorry you didn't get in to the school. Is there such a thing as an emergency credential in your area? I don't know much about it, but in California, there was a teacher shortage, and it seemed like just anyone could get an emergency credential and teach...but I don't know the exact details.

"Both rider and horse must enjoy the work. This is the essence of success" - Reiner Klimke

[Stace]

I'll share my poopiness as well. This will be a good venting thread.

Ok, so to start off....i have an assignment due, i don't want to do it, therefore, have something weighing on my shoulders that i don't want to.
I'm tired, miserable, and in pain. Tylenol has not helped yet.
My hubby is in LasVegas and has been there since Saturday, went for the Superbowl and has only called once to say hi...not even an "i miss you" or "i love you"...so i'm kind of mad at him now too.
I ca'nt go ride tomorrow, no time. laundry is piled up, no food at home...just...poopy. Vent over...thank you http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[nightsong]

Seasonal Affective Depression (I may have gotten the words wrong, but th e initials are Great -- S.A.D. is something that happens for lack of light (sun) in the winter. Can you getoutside (skiing, or something) to see if THIS is the problem? EASY to make this one go away.

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[foursocks]

Wow, that stinks about your .5% grade thing- at times like that, you almost wish you didn't know how close you were to succeeding! Hopefully you can work something out- my husband didn't study at all before his GREs and got *terrible* scores, so when he applied to his Masters program, they sort of gave his application pitying looks. So he took some graduate classes that next term as a continuing ed student, got to know some of the profs, took his GREs over again, and re-applied, this time with a letter or two from some of the profs in that department. He got in that time!

Maybe you can try something like this...?

I am feeling poopy because I haven't ridden in over three weeks- I ride for a trainer and there is no indoor and too much snow and ice to ride in the ring or in the fields. It sucks so bad i can't even think about it for too long. My dissertation is, quite literally, giving me headaches, and I'm two months behind my deadline....

I hate February.

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Blugal]

I hate February too. It really is the horrible-ist month. Uh, I'm feeling poopy b/c I can't afford to board at an indoor - so I haven't ridden in 6 weeks (3 for an abscess, 3 for ice/deep freeze), but have all the same spent the $$ on gas to get there and shovel snow and poop and haul hay the whole time. I have 4 midterms next week, for which I'm not ready despite the amount of work I've done (a lot!). My car just got a $250 repair on it and the starter apparently needs to be replaced too. I graduate in 3 months and don't have a job lined up.

ARRGGGG!!!! BIG http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif
Thanks. I feel a bit better now. Misery loves company right?

Blugal

Anything easy has its cost. -Barenaked Ladies

[Dancing Lawn]

I'm adding up the good things about this winter:
I have lost 5 pounds.
The sun was shining last Saturday.

less hard work, more fine dining.
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If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[Dancing Lawn]

It's a short list, I know. Repeat after me:
spring is coming.
spring is coming.
spring is coming.

less hard work, more fine dining.
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If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[Shameless Alter]

This is a poopiness thread, not a cheerful thread dancing lawn.

If you don't have anything poopy to contribute, don't post http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[Dancing Lawn]

It's snowing, again. (BIG surprise.) It was 30f, but in the lst hour, it's dropped to -20. One of my mares has taken a big chunck of flesh out of her fetlock. My driveway is drifted over, and I can't get out. I'm out of milk. I had someont e-amil me about my rescued ponies last week, but I haven't heard back.
There. I hope you're happy. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

less hard work, more fine dining.
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If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[Shameless Alter]

THAT's the spirit DL!

Don't you feel better already? Let all that poopiness hang right out there.

[Nauset]

I'm right there with you guys. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif. Nothing in my life makes sense right now, and the weather is NOT helping things very much.

Boyfriend and I just broke up about 2 weeks ago (It's still just setting in), I really need to make some new friends because basically I don't have any, don't have my licsense to go places to make new friends, need a job, and I need to figure out what I'm gonna do with Sam. (Sell him, move to a new barn & work through things with him, etc)

Does the winter depression ever end ???? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif Things just seem to be piling on top of eachother and I dont have my boyfriend to help me through it. UGH.

I'm going in the other room to pout. Thanks for listening.

Edited to add: Oh yeah, and I just can't wait for Valentine's Day. Yippee. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

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[ShowJumps]

The tanning booth works wonders for me! It's like summer in 20min http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Besides that I workout and try to get to the barn as much as possible. I'm really sick this week so I've resorted to bright lights, listening to Buffet and the heat turned WAY up http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

I need an intervention...

[smoothsailinhntr44]

life is always poopy when i cant be with my pony! and i have to go to school, do homework, do chores, and fit in riding my greenie all in one day. some sleep between that is good. just keep yourself busy to feel un-poopy. usually i clean around the house it makes me feel accomplished. also make something like a ribbon belt. and always fit in time to see your horse, even if you can't ride him/her it's good to see their non-poopyness!

[Dancing Lawn]

Hey, Nauset! What are we, chopped liver? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gifI thought most of us here were considered friends. I spend more time with everyone here, than I do with my "real" friends. So, whine away. We can all be miserable together. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

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If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[Pol]

Well, I have been taking care of our 4 horses at home all alone all winter with broken ribs. It has been the coldest January in Massachusetts on record. Last week I was going to start riding. Good thing I didn't, I guess, I fell down 3 times in 1 day and completely re-wrecked everything. Today it is going to be 45 degrees so the frozen topsoil will turn to mud and then tonight it is going down to 20 so the whole place will freeze so tomorrow I will probably fall down some more and my chiropractor has gone to England. I guess that's about all I have to complain about. On BarbaraG's thread I could talk about a whole lot of good stuff, but I WON'T do it here! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

[suz]

me too,,,i'm stuck at home with a badly bruised back. supposed to be laying down,but yesterday i spent hours on the forums,so my back really hurts. wanna know how i got hurt? well,i'm guilty of drinking and riding! two weeks ago we had the first sunny and over 20degree day in weeks. my husband and i were celebrating the birth of his grandaughter with a nice brunch,complete with mimosas. a couple of hours later we decide to take the ponies out for a walk in our woods. all went well and we were all feeling good when towards the end of the ride ,i let my little haflinger canter. well,pretty much immediately i can feel we are both unbalanced,so i start speaking to her softly and asking her to slow down. i forgot that she has been trained to drive and that whoa is really her best gait. as soon as i said the whoa word,she obediently stopped short and i didn't. went somersaulting over her head and landed flat on my back. knocked the wind right out of me and i've been in pain ever since. chiro and physical therapist agree no riding or pilates for at least another week. so,that's my tale of whoa(get it). wow,i feel better now!

[Kels]

OK here I go!

Boyfriend STILLLLLLLLLL lives w/ my parents and I while we anticipate the new job we are HOPING he gets. I need my space!

I haven't ridden my mare in a bit because she's nuts without turnout!

I am taking one class right now (dropped 2) and barely going. I think I'm probably going to not do so well http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

I applied to get into a better college but can't- my GPA in HS wasn't good enough because I screwed around. So now I am screwed, it'll be 2005 before I can transfer at the rate I'm going at.

I have to be out of my house by May. My sister and her son are moving back to Ohio from Hawaii and my mom is letting them live there until my sister moves to WA (military crap, she'll be home for 8 mos.) I can't afford to move out and so I will basically not have a place to live.

There's more, but I won't bore you all! I have gained 5 lbs in the past week. Great.

Edited to add that I HATE, HATE, HATE Ohio and I HATE cold weather. PLEASE can I move to Texas and live with one of you?! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

-Kelsey-

[*In Your Dreams*]

Well, I was having a great week...then I missed the bus this morning so I am stuck at the house until mom checks her cell phone messages. Geez. I woke up and then fell back asleep, I guess I needed that extra hour.

As far as horses go, Dream is probably fat and furry, I haven't seen him much lately. Someone is interested in leasing him, so that is good and bad.

Andrea
Music the great communicator ~ use two sticks to make it in the nature-RHCP

[4cornersfarm]

My six year old son fell flat on his back this morning walking out of the house. (He's okay.) My barn has 8 inches of water in it. Three of the six stalls are flooded and will have to be stripped, which means using a bunch more shavings (at $3.25 a bag.) http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif Somebody came to see the place interested in boarding (desperate, needed a stall right away) haven't heard back from her. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif My idiot horse destroyed her stall last night. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif My lovely tub heater for my 100 gallon tub quit working last week during the super cold temps, and I don't think my horses are drinking as much as they should now. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif My elderly foxhound pooped in her crate. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif Spring will just bring mud up to our eyeballs, not to mention the black flies.

Woe, despair and agony on me. (Was anyone else subjected to Hee Haw as a child?)

If I had a snappy sig, this is where it would go.

[foursocks]

Does anyone else who isn't riding have this nagging fear that when you get on again, you will have lost all of your skills? I don't ride enough as it is, being nearly 70 miles away from the trainer's barn for whom I ride (check out that grammar!). So, since I just started riding again last spring, every week I miss, I feel as if I'm going one more step back into sucksville. My jumping skills were fairly crap before winter- I shudder to think about what things will be like once the ring is rideable again....boo....wahhh!!

I've been driving my husband crazy- we can't afford a horse, I can't ride the ones that need to be ridden, and I keep checking my muscles to see how blah they are getting. I haven't worried about my weight in any serious manner since I was a kid, but now, I'm freaking out, watching my hard-earned muscles turn to flab. This isn't like me!

[edited to add, just to take it up a notch in the poopiness department] Oh, plus- I'm lonely and have no friends where I live now. We moved up here for my husband's job, and I'm just sitting around writing my dissertation all day at home- riding got me out of the house, as does my dumb little part time job, but I'm shy and weird and don't make friends very easily. I miss my academic friends, who don't look at me like I'm odd or boring when I talk like an academic (which, you know, I am- can't help it). Plus, I'm a political scientist, which for some reason makes people want to argue with me non-stop, and then get mad when I argue using the skills I have learned as a political scientist. To make matters worse, my former best friend, who I have known since I was 15 (I am now 33), and who lives up here, had a falling out with me and now we barely talk (although she seems to think everything is fine, which is sort of strange in and of itself).

Of course there are positive things happening in my life, but I'd rather just continue to wallow for a little bit... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[This message was edited by foursocks on Feb. 04, 2004 at 09:44 AM.]

[fargonefarm]

Thank God for this thread - I've been dying to vent!!!

*My new indoor arena and barn, which were supposed to be done last June, don't even have a roof or walls yet. The Township I live in F*&k$#d me over. Thus, my lessons are at a stand-still (I'm a professional trainer, offer boarding, etc.)

*It's cold and gloomy and has been for a full month.

*I'm broke. My horses eat. I don't.

*I have nine horses and three stalls. All because of said barn construction problem.

*seven of those horses are my own. Two of which I love and event but will probably kill soon.

*I too, have gained 15 pounds. I'm the new J-Lo.

*I live in Michigan.

Thanks.

Riding: the art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.

[RodeoHunter]

JCS I'm sorry to hear about not getting into school. That really sucks. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

All throughout university I wanted to get into a fourth year pharmacology honours program, worked my a$$ off, then missed getting in by like 0.5%. I was soooo upset but it ended up for the better as everyone hated it and the profs were terrible. Not to mention I got to take almost all of the same courses as them without taking the crappy ones.

So....my point is, even though it may seem terribly wrong right now that you didn't get in, somewhere along the line eventually you might realize it's for the better for one reason or another. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**

[Shameless Alter]

Hate to admit it, but this thread is really cheering me up.

Particularly like<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> My elderly foxhound pooped in her crate. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

and

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I keep checking my muscles to see how blah they are getting. I haven't worried about my weight in any serious manner since I was a kid, but now, I'm freaking out, watching my hard-earned muscles turn to flab. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh do I know what you mean about that!!!

[RugBug]

oh..my turn!

I am in serious danger of losing my job. I'm on "formal probation" which really sucks and this is the first time that I'm 'the bad seed.' I've always been the star employee before this.

The worst part is that I would love to leave, but having bought my first horse 7 months ago I can't. The job market in my town is quite depressing...unless you are a lawyer, accountant or engineer, your pretty much up a creek. I have enough education for two people and yet I can't get a decent job here. The idea of having to sell my horse makes my heart hurt terribly.

Not only that, but my best friends are moving in a few months so my social life (which I don't really have anyway because of the horse) is quickly approaching non-existent.

My horse was a POS last week but is upping his approval ratings daily this week. However, I'm freaked out about the possibility that he has sacroiliac subluxation...(God, I'm such a hypochondriac when it comes to him) that I just sit and stare at him and analyze every little thing he does.

Is that poopy enough for ya? Do you all think I'm neurotic now?

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[Nauset]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dancing lawn:
Hey, Nauset! What are we, chopped liver? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gifI thought most of us here were considered friends. I spend more time with everyone here, than I do with my "real" friends. So, whine away. We can all be miserable together. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

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<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Okay yes, you're right. I love, adore, cherish, and appreciate all my COTH BB friends. I guess I should have clarified... friends I hang out with and do stuff with. I can't have a night out with the girls because I have none. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

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[LazyTrot]

Well, here goes. I have had a DEAD COW in the driveway since Friday nite, (not mine, but an unfortunate victim of the extremely cold weather we've had), because the dead cow truck has not yet picked it up. And, it is right in the path between pasture and barn, where we have to lead our mare in and out every day. She is not happy, despite the great job I did covering said cow up with a tarp (yuk). And the weather is warming up. Need I say more?

"We don't rent pigs."

[oldfogy]

ok i'll bite. haveing surgery tommorrow. depressing have to have thumbs fused because of arthritis. have tried everything but what i give the horses. rideing whats that thimk i have forgotten how,and our show season starts in march. have to probably have a cast on for appox. three months to make sure it heals. there that feel better . A little nervious about surgery.

[Risk-Averse Rider]

LazyTrot - I think you win ;-)

I've been sniveling about a sore shoulder, but at least there are no bovines (deceased or otherwise) in my driveway!

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[Shameless Alter]

Well, I can beat that.

I'm sitting in an office in dt Raleigh and a cockroach just climbed up on my keyboard.

dead cow. cockroach. can't see that much of a difference. Oh, except we don't have dead cockroach trucks.

[Shameless Alter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> *I'm broke. My horses eat. I don't.

*seven of those horses are my own. Two of which I love and event but will probably kill soon.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Are you the lady everyone is trying to prevent from eating your horse? I think you should read the thread before you decide to eat your horses.

[TakeChargeLady]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by fargonefarm:
*I have nine horses and three stalls. All because of said barn construction problem.

*seven of those horses are my own. Two of which I love and event but will probably kill soon.
.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Can I have one???? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I'm an equine-less equestrian, a horse-less horseperson... I haven't been on a horse since last Aug. I'm having major equine withdrawals! It's all very depressing http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif

I wish I had a horse of my very own http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Later http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif ~~Caren (KY)~~

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[imissvixen]

Hey JCS, You aren't feeling poopy, you are feeling angry and rightly so. If you want to feel better, call the head of that program that you applied to and firmly tell them the sacrifices you made, the devotion you have, and the effort you expended to prepare yourself for that program and the ensuing career! Tell that person that you want to be reconsidered and why you are such a great candidate! Don't give up -- I am telling you -- do not give up. If it really matters to you, make that call, write a letter, do what it takes to let them know that they made the wrong decision. You will feel better and you may be surprised at the outcome.

[RugBug]

JCS,

If I remember correctly, I called and talked my way into the teaching credential program. I got in for a winter entrance date, but the way the classes worked I needed the fall entrance. I called, shmoozed (which I am soooo not good at) and got myself moved to the top of the line waiting list for fall. All I needed was for one person to not accept admission...and it happened.

To add more poopy...I got in, incurred a bunch of debt to get that stupid credential and then hated teaching. Argh! I'll auction off my credentials (I can teach four subjects and they're clear even) to you if you want it. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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[Risk-Averse Rider]

JLaS - that cockroach wasn't by any chance named Archie, was he?

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[LazyTrot]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Just Learning (and slowly):


dead cow. cockroach. can't see that much of a difference. Oh, except we don't have dead cockroach trucks.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You never lived in NYC did you?! Tuesdays were dead cock roach pick-up day. (kidding.)

"We don't rent pigs."

[PiedPiper]

I'll take another one of the soon to be dead eventers! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Hmm, let's see, I have just opened a boarding facility so am not mucking 9 stalls with snow and ice, never having done that many before, and my body is screaming, "What is going on!?!" My guy is still on lay up from a torn suspensory ligament that will probably be retired from when he heals. Trying to work two part time jobs onto of the boarding facility. Hubby is having to work tons of hours to offset this new adventure of mine so we don't see each much and when we do it can be a little dicey. And I keep praying for a balmy 40 degrees right now! Okay, my pity party is over.

Grab mane and kick on!
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[Shameless Alter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Risk-Averse Rider:
JLaS - that cockroach wasn't by any chance named Archie, was he?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm afraid to ask.

That's either the cow's former name ... or your ex's. Either way, I'm screwed.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> and my body is screaming, "What is going on!?!" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's what my body is going to be screaming when I wake up at 5:00 so I can exercise.

Just got on the scales. Former: 139. Now: 153. I'm just disgusted. Im so disgusted I'm changing my screen name.

[jumpforjoy]

This is great therapy. NOW, I can get all these poopy feelings off my chest.
#1 I haven't ridden my green mare since September and I am sure she is going to do something that results in my severe discomfort when we do start up again in the spring.I was stupid to buy a green TB mare and I am feeling enormous self doubt.
#2. Bought a farm and started remodeling before selling our current house; 6 months later and still paying the builder,I am feeling stupid and full of enormous self doubt.
#3.My daughter who is a H.S. senior, assures me that I am horribly selfish because I will not buy her a new snowboard (after all, I have a stinking horse). And if that weren't bad enough, I am also the worst mother in the world because I will not let her go out to the bar in Cancun with her friends during spring break, even though she promises that she will not drink. She thinks I am stupid, and I am feeling enormous self doubt.
#4. I have gained at least 5 lbs over the winter,but can't stop eating those chocolate chip cookies. Knowing it is stupid to eat two desserts, I am filled with carbohydrates and enormous self doubt.
Ok, thanks for letting me vent...but I admit to worrying that you will all think my complaints are stupid and am filled with enormous self doubt about posting. (sigh)

[Elkene]

In 3 weeks, I will be laid off... with no job prospects in sight because the economy that's allegedly picking up hasn't made it to this area. Everyone is closing plants or if they are hiring you can work like h#$# for half the money you made before.

I just spent a bunch of money to try to get my back fixed - didn't work all that well, and now will have to fork out the big bucks for KOBRA insurance - which means I won't be able to afford to keep getting my back worked on.

We're supposed to get more ice/rain tomorrow which means my mare will be incredibly wild the next time I can get on her.

How will I pay my bills on that whopping $200/week unemployment?

Yikes, this is way too depressing!!

Oh did I mention I need to lose 25 pounds which I can't seem to get rid of - I guess it could be all those "pick-me-up" cafe mochas http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[LazyTrot]

Jumpforjoy, I think teenage daughters' purpose in life is to make us feel stupid and filled with self doubt. So there. We'll show 'em.

"We don't rent pigs."

[jumpforjoy]

Its not fair that teenage girls should look so good,and be so poopy. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Shameless Alter]

Elkene

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Oh did I mention I need to lose 25 pounds which I can't seem to get rid of - I guess it could be all those "pick-me-up" cafe mochas <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I do the Mochas without the water and coffee. I guess theyre called Godiva chocs and my boss keeps getting gifts of them.

Or are you talking about starbucks mocha *TwitchTwitchTwitch* No, I'm not addicted. Nope nope nope. No way no how *TwitchTwicht*

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Dancing Lawn]

I ran away from home, today. I went shopping. Iam addicted to thrift shops, and little baby blankets, that I use under my new,clean saddle pads, so I don't have to wash them so often. I bought 7 of them, for .50 each. The lady at the counter gave them to me for half price, when i told her what they were for. Her daughter has horses. Then I went to Liquidation World, my second most favorite place to shop. I bought t-shirt transfers for my printer, for $5.00. ten of them. then, I bought half-fold cards and envelopes, also for the computer. $5.00. Now I have to learn how to use them. I want to make greeting cards, and maybe t-shirts, with my logo, that I re-designed this summer. (you can see it on my web-site). I felt moderately better. I came home to find that my dog peed in the dining room, either before or after she ripped apart the garbage. She found a styrofoam tray, and made confetti out of it, in my sitting room. My clyde x colt jumped out of the paddock, and was wandering around my yard. Good news is, the fence is 5' high, and he jumped it out of a snow bank, and cleared the garden border on the other side. It's nice to know he has scope. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[LazyTrot]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dancing lawn:

My clyde x colt jumped out of the paddock, and was wandering around my yard. Good news is, the fence is 5' high, and he jumped it out of a snow bank, and cleared the garden border on the other side. It's nice to know he has scope. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

HaHa! It must be the weather. My husband called before to say my neighbor's Arab gelding broke through his wooden fence, then into our mare's pasture (breaking hers as well!) Fortunately my daughter's school bus arrived shortly after, so, they were able to round them up and fix the fence before dark. And, best news, the dead cow (see previous post) was removed! Good times ahead.

"We don't rent pigs."

[TheBunnyStomper]

I locked my keys in my car with my cell phone and all my riding stuff in it on sunday, when I was at the barn, and forked over $50 CASH to have tow truck man do something **I** could have done if I had a stupid wedge of wood an a hanger.

It's snowy - and cold - my mom may not have a practice come June, I do not have time to get a job to help out with my horsey bills, so I'm feeling very guilty.

I can't stop eating...and eating...and eating

I HATE driving 2.5 hrs round trip to the barn sat and sun, where I just seem to beat my head against a wall every time I ride.

I hate school...and now this thread has me depressed. I'm gonna go have some of those water-less, coffee-less mochas and some cheesy popcorn...the cycle continues...
anybody else feel like a hamster caught in an exercise wheel?

it it were easy, we'd all be going to the olympics.
OPH clique

[SillyFilly]

Oh man, yay us... Life is poopy in February basically. No pony contact in a month. Miss. it. like. water. Good news is I'm going home over Valentine's Day to see the fam and especially my new little nephew I had to leave to come here... Hate classes this semester, am getting chunkier.

But this site, spiritualityhealth.com, has been getting me through... "Beating the Blahs" especially... And dreaming about ponies.

I miss them. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif

Amy
MOOP Clique - OPH Clique - GUBR Clique
Disgruntled College Student Clique - Riders of Rohan Clique

[Chrissy]

Oh boy, this is the thread for me to come out of lurkville for sure!

- Have not ridden since SEPTEMBER due to broken leg. I miss the horses so much. I feel pretty empty without them.
- Said leg is healed,but now i've been diagnosed with a LOVELY condition knows as Ulcrative Colitis. Brings a whole new (quite literal) meaning to FEELING POOPY!!!
- Fighting an addiction to perscription painkillers picked up while being treated for above mentioned broken leg/Ulcrative Colitis. Serious stuff. Withdraws. Blah.

I don't think i've been truly depressed a day in my life until now. I can't believe I used to roll my eyes and my mom when she could not get out of bed some days because she was "just" depressed.

However, I have to say that reading the COTH BB and feeling like a part of something that brings together such amazing people does help combat the poopies. But i'll take my place on the pile for now until the sun shines again.

:-)

Common sense aint so common.

[Empty Pocket]

OMG! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

I really thought that I was the only one in the world that feels like a turd that got run over by a half ton! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif You guys are great!

I actually feel better hearing all of your sob stories too....it's nice to know that I'm not alone out here. And to think that I was actually thinking of going to a shrink! P-shaw! You guys are way better and cheaper! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Hmmm....well now that I know that I'm not going to stinky Ottawa U (my old University's ARCH rival), I am looking into other alternatives....other schools, and maybe a different career path....

But on the bright side - when I leave work now I have almost a half hour of sun, I don't have critters crawling accross my key board, nothing is dead in my front lawn, and last but definately not least - SPRING IS ONLY 5 WEEKS AWAY!!!!

Thanks again guys! You are all fantastic!!!!

Oh yeah...and as a PS, this is the first thread that I have ever started as JCS or my former alter Jeni that has had more that a couple of responses! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Goodyfourshoes!]

Edit

[SBT]

Am I too late to join the poop party? I've been majorly depressed for about 6 weeks now (which, not too coincidentally, is how long it's been since I've ridden). Our ring is covered in snow and ice, and frozen beneath that. Plus, it's been colder than...well, so cold I can't think of anything to compare it to.

My job absolutely sucks right now, as my boss is being a big @$$hole. I currently am doing the work of two people, in spite of which I have exceeded last year's production numbers (when there WAS more than one person in the department). Those numbers, however, are STILL not good enough. Boss wants the numbers we had umpteen years ago, when the economy was good. Not going to happen. Not realistic in the foggiest sense of the word. Threatens to cut me down to part time if the numbers don't come up, FAST...which would mean losing my benefits, which is the main reason I work this job. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

So I have put my piddly little resume together, and plan on looking for something better (or if not better, at least headed by someone with more reasonable goals). But I just seem "stuck," with neither the energy nor the motivation to do much more than sit on the couch or in front of the computer.

I am a diagnosed SAD (seasonal affective disorder) sufferer, even medicated for it, but those meds aren't working this year. Maybe it's the brutal cold, maybe it's the crappy job situation, maybe it's the lack of riding...whatever it is, I'm just ready to hibernate.

I want to fall asleep and not wake up until it's spring and there's no mud. (Now who has the unrealistic expectations? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif )

The only thing that cheers me up right now is this (http://www.homestarrunner.com) hilarious website (from whence my new "from" line comes). Go to the e-mails. Don't be eating/drinking anything when you do. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Thanks for letting me vent! I'm glad to know I'm not alone. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

[Lord Helpus]

SIGH...

sbt -- All I get is a black screen when I go there. Same if I go to emails or games or toons. Why??? I need to smile too.

Actually just reading this thread has made me smile.

I have not lost my job (I haven't had one in years.)

I have no dead cows anywhere on my property.

I have not seen a cockroach in months.

None of my horses are hurt (as of 63 minutes ago).

And I actually RODE on Monday!!! George was good at the trot, and when I asked for a canter he bounced into it and proceeded to crow hop around the ring. I just laughed and got up in a half seat so I could not really feel it and scratched him on the neck and told him what a fine fellow he was and that "he be da man!"

Life is good when you are looking at it through a horse's ears...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather-who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car."

[foursocks]

Oh, good idea, sbt- I heartily second Homestar Runner. I just read the new email today and felt better. The other night, I was telling one of my dogs, Paco, that I needed to go take a shower because I stunk and my husband popped his head around the doorway and sang "You smell like pea soup!"

Love it.

I'm sorry everyone is having problems, I'm sorry I'm having problems, and I curse the internet for giving me glimpses of horses I could buy if I had any money....

Love to all, and thanks for putting up your stories- it has made me feel a little less alone in my poopiness!

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Dancing Lawn]

Why isn't the sound working on my computer? Aghghghahghahgahhaahgghaha. And there are ladybugs walking all over it. In the summer it's cluster flies, in the winter it's ladybugs.

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[Shameless Alter]

Another dreary day starts for Just Disgusted.

Lordhelpus this is a poopy thread. You are not allowed to tell us anything happy. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Nobody wants to know that you rode, especially when none of us have ridden in what seems like years. Or the rest of your happy tidings (no dead cows on your property)

Goodyfourshoes! please keep your chin up. You made it through and your boss will get his. What goes around comes around. Let us know if it's a large company so we can all boycott them.

Contribution of the day

My pants are so tight, because I'm so fat, they look like tights. I'm so fat I think I'll change my screen name to Chubbs.

Maybe.

Stay tuned for further screen name developments.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Shameless Alter]

DL

You have real live ladybugs walking all over your keyboard?

well, at least its better than roaches. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Elkene]

Just disgusted - Starbucks??!!! Where?!! When?!! Gotta have one - NOW!!

I -- I don't have a coffee problem, nope, nope, not at all!!

I can't possibly do any work now that I'm thinking about Mochas! Hey - maybe I could get a job at Starbucks... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Shameless Alter]

*Twitch*Twitch*Twitch *Tic*Tic*Tic*Tic*

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Shiaway]

I love lady bugs. Except when they fall IN my keyboard.

Anyway, I really shouldn't be adding to this list since I probably don't qualify but what the hell.

I am terribly home sick. I haven't seen my horses or my kitty cat since the beginning of Septmeber! I have been living in Tokyo since then.

It's been a great experience but now school is finished and all I want to do is go home! I don't have any homework to keep me preoccupied or classes to attend or crowded trains to ride. Today I went on the internet, watched TV and now I'm back on the internet. That's all I did.

And it's cold her but no snow. That sucks. I love the snow. Where's my snow?! It can't be cold without snow. That's not fair.

Mostly I just miss my horses something terrible. And my kitty cat. I am lucky. I do have friends--my horses and my cat are my best friends.

And I got my hopes up because I thought I was going to be returning soon but now I have found this camp which sounds like a great idea and a great experience but it also means I have to wait a little while longer before going home. I can do it. I know i can do it. And I will feel a lot better when I am there with the kids and the ponies. With something to do and Japanese to speak and kids to play with and ponies to love. But right now I'm just going crazy with boredom and homesickness.

[Lord Helpus]

Many apologies for that mini-breakthrough of good feeling. It did not last for long.

My poopiness has settled back in. I have the worst carpal tunnel going on right now. Brought on by mucking frozen shit daily. And yesterday I took Josephine (the dump truck, for those of you not in the know) to the manure dumping place, only to discover that HALF of the load was frozen solid shit. So I spent 2 hours chopping and stabbing and scooping at it so I could unload Josie enough to start filling her up again.

Last night I woke up every half hour with my arm STABBING in pain and no circulation below my elbow (I also have Thorasic Outlet Syndrome --TOS, so the lack of circulation can go all the way to my shoulder...)

So my poopiness is now back in full force.

But it WAS nice to be happy three days ago for one hour.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather-who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car."

[Shameless Alter]

M E M O R A N D U M

To: Lord Helpus

From: The Self Appointed Poopiness Police

Date: 2/5/2004

Re: Apologies

-----------------------

Accepted on behalf of the entire thread. But watch it. Any happiness, or riding comments will be strictly dealt with.

Signed: The Poopmeister.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[fargonefarm]

2/5/04

I have a migraine. I have Irritable Bowel Syndome. Seriously - both flare up in one day. I threw my back out. I go down to feed my children this morning, and my event mare, Ali, was standing...outside... the fence waiting for breakfast. She jumped out during the night. Why? Why not, she says! I found where she jumped out. 5'3" fence. Just cuz she felt like it. Not the first time, either.
My dad is in poor health and my mom is leaving for MN next week for a research project. I'll be taking care of my facility, my dad, my dog, my cats, my boyfriend, all by myself.
My dad doesn't get around really well and complains a lot. He has had three strokes and has Parkinson's. He just sits around all day. In a way, he makes us feel obligated to do things for him, even though we know he can - and should do things for himself.
So yeah - I'm 27 and live at home with my parents. But it's only because I operate this farm and am turning it into something really neat. Now if I could switch off the "I need to justify my situation" button.

Oh yeah, and nobody likes my greenie horse, Roscoe, but me. They all think he's mean. I think he's misunderstood.

Riding: the art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.

[Risk-Averse Rider]

Archy the Cockroach
(Sorry I misspelled his name before...)
See Archy and Mehitabel (http://www.krazy.com/archy.htm) - a wonderfully entertaining bit of American culture. He typed out stories at night by jumping on the keys of a typewriter (anyone here remember typewriters? ;-) Everything was in lower case, because he couldn't use the shift key - sort of like slc.

Glad the dead cow is gone.

________________
Approved helmet: Every time; every ride.
"When a sport gets to be predictable it ceases to be fun." - R-A-R's wise brother

[Dancing Lawn]

If you had the lady bug problem that we've had for the last couple of years, you wouldn't think they were so cute. They aren' really lady bugs, they're a kind of Japanese Beetle, that only LOOK like lady bugs. We were overrun with them two summers ago. there were literally billions of the damn things flying around. In your mouth,if you tried to talk, up your nose, in your ears, drowning in the water trough by the thousands. It was totally disgusting. They'ld get caught in your hair, and fall down your shirt. They mostly winter in my house. They crawl all over my keyboard, fall off of the ceiling, usually into a fresh cup of coffee. They crunch when you step on them. And, on top of all that, the little suckers bite! Oh, excuse me, they don't bite, they pinch. Must make that distinction, you know. Still stings, when they get you. It's like a plague of locusts, only red, with black spots, and tiny.

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[4cornersfarm]

Just disgusted said: posted Feb. 04, 2004 11:24 AM
Hate to admit it, but this thread is really cheering me up.

Particularly like

quote: My elderly foxhound pooped in her crate.

Well, I'm glad it's cheering you up. Perhaps you'd like to come clean it up for me? Would that cheer you up even more? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

The fuzzy orthopedic pad is out of the crate now, replaced with newspaper. She's doing this every night. I think she thinks it's too cold to squat outside. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

The good news is my barn isn't full of water anymore. The bad news is that it is now full of ice. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

If I had a snappy sig, this is where it would go.

[tosca4711]

My turn

My present job doesn't pay enough to pay the bills so I'm looking for another.

Due to the economy, I might not have my present job to tide me over before I find something else.

I didn't make the short list for a job I really really wanted.

I can't have the man I want.

This thread really cheered me up too. I must be a bad person.

Tosca

[RodeoHunter]

I have decided that I hate riding. In the winter. I haven't ridden in a month as my horse was on stall rest and now he's better but the paddocks are either too icy or too snowy or too muddy or it's too windy or rainy for him to go out. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Not like I'm about to get on an already psychotic horse in the dead of winter with the snow sliding off the roof and the wind sounding like it's going to knock it over.

I want to want to ride, last year at my old barn which had a giant sized brand new arena and the horses were on all day turnout I would go out even on the coldest days just to walk and trot around.....it's just not worth my safety here.

That, and I need a job. Hire me damnit. I may not have the 10 years of experience needed for your entry-level job, but honestly I can figure it out! I'm not dumb.

OH and for those needing a laugh who may have a slightly warped sense of humour go here: www.badgerbadgerbadger.com (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com)
And turn your sound on.

Watch it for awhile, then go back to it and watch it again. Gets funnier once the weirdness wears off.

Unless I'm just a freak http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif and it's really boring http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**

[tosca4711]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tosca4711:
My turn

My present job doesn't pay enough to pay the bills so I'm looking for another.

Due to the economy, I might not have my present job to tide me over before I find something else.

I didn't make the short list for a job I really really wanted.

I can't have the man I want.

I'm sick of the cold and snow!

This thread really cheered me up too. I must be a bad person.

Tosca<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry. I meant to add something and posted again. I'm not thinking too clearly either.

[LazyTrot]

Hey, last nite when I went to the barn for my late nite water/hay check (after the dead cow got removed, after the neighbors horse broke into our pasture and both were retrieved) the all black barn cat said hello to me. This is a cat who I've only seen once in a rare while, seemed very shy, and I suspect has been in altercation or 2 with one of my "pet" cats (of which I have 3).

So he started meowing, wanted to be petted ( a lot) and kept rubbing up against my leg, etc. So I thought pwerhaps he's hungry, and got him some cat food, which he ate up immediately. I do try not to make "pets" of the barn cats, as I like my pets to live in the house with me, spayed/neutered/well fed and vaccinated. And usually I hardly ever see the barn cat.

Either he's rabid http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif or he's a different black cat from the shy one I used to occasionally see.

I decided to name him Archie (well, I guess now it has to be Archy) after this thread.

"We don't rent pigs."

[foursocks]

Hmm- that sounds like a cheery post to me. Just Dis- want to give LazyTrot a reprimand? Although, I guess the dead cow sort of gives her poopy points for a while. And that is a nice story about the cat....I'm actually watching my two young cats play (both former strays!) and it is making me smile. No riding still means life=sucky, but at least my housepets are entertaining...

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Shameless Alter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by foursocks:
Hmm- that sounds like a cheery post to me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree.

LazyTrot:

The removal of the dead cow is a positive experience and lacks poopiness.

The neighbors horse is a correct post, especially if you were grossly inconvenienced retrieving said horse. Extra points given for frostbite incurred while running after horse with a lead. Merit points given if you fell in the snow. Cash given if you fell in poop.

All black cat subject is clearly NOT poopy. Unless rabid. And he bit you.

4corners. Sorry. If I cleaned up the poop it would be a cheery event for you and this is the Poopy thread. Great news about the ice, however. Well done.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[LazyTrot]

Oops. Apologies for the non-poopiness of my previous post, don't want to diminish the integrity of the thread.(I didn't have to retrieve the escaped horses, either, as my daughter and hubby did that....though if neighbors horse had been a stud, I would get poopy points for that!)

To make up for it, I found an interesting site for those with a well, cynical sense of humor? (www.despair.com (http://www.despair.com) will make you laugh)

"We don't rent pigs."

[Pol]

Thank Gawd we have Poopy Police on this thread.
Yesterday was, as I posted, warm and sunny here in Area 1. As I said, all the snow and ice and topsoil and manure melted. The turn out sheds flooded. The areas in front of the gates flooded. Then it went down to 15 over night, and as I said it would, EVERYTHING FROZE. My entire property is covered with shiny, smooth, thick ICE. Now we are supposed to get a "wintery mix" tomorrow, just when I leave to drive to Delaware. The woman who takes care of my barn when I am away is a rather whiney individual. According to her, I ONLY go away when it is either the coldest or hottest weekend of her life. So NOW it has to go and snow and sleet and rain on her. Oh goodness, she'll be so crabby. Next week, I should be ready to ride, but who the heck am I going to trust with my life? None of my 3 boys is a good bet for quiet-relaxed-obedient after a month off. I don't want to ride the bucker/leaper. I don't want to ride the tuck-the-face-in-and-canter-sideways-er, I don't want to ride the boy with the enormous trot who throws in a buck or 2 just for emphasis. So what the heck am I supposed to do, wait another month so I can fall off in soft mud?

[Shameless Alter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LazyTrot:

http://www.despair.com<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

We are all amateurs.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Pokey]

the benefit of falling off in soft mud is that not only is it soft on impact, but then you'll slide. sounds like a fine plan.

I started to expound upon my poopiness yesterday, but it was so long and whiny that I pissed myself off and deleted it. Which made me sad. All that effort of typing, right out the window.

So now, I feel able to fling my poopiness in your general direction. go get a mocha. I'm long winded.

I despise my job. The action of it. The content of it. The fact that is, in essence, precisely what I always swore I would not do. And is the epitome of all that I believe to be wrong with the world. I tried to quit. Well, go part time - because I'm too much of a pansy to go without insurance and a steady paycheck. I was convinced my job would think it was a brilliant idea. I would then work the horses part-time. So, knowing that I would be engaging in much physical labor, I ate all the food I could find during the holidays. Three days before I was supposed to start at the barn, day job people tell me they decided to not , in fact, let me go part time. I told them if I couldn't make this "scheduling change" they'd have to find my replacement. Found out yesterday that they did. But I get to train him. One coworker decribes my boss this way, "it feels like he's sucking out your soul". Peachy.

So I decided to go back to school. Found a wonderful, meaningful, professional non-degree program at a warm fuzzy university. No application process, no GRE's. They never responded to my request for information. Call the director. They've decided to NOT offer the program this fall.

I have not had a date since 1999. But I did find a great guy that would treat me like a doormate for 6 months. That was fantastic.

I have moved 7 times in the last 6 years. My friends buy big houses with their husbands. I live in a studio apartment rental, surrounded by college students. Really moving up in the world.

Got conned into having surgery to remove a kidney stone, January 2. Doc couldn't get it out. Post surgical antibiotics completely failed and I got a raging kidney infection that hurt so much I wanted to lie down in traffic. Went in for the post-op, doc says she "just" read about a drug I could have taken to get rid of the stones instead. Don't much like that doctor.

When I moved into the shack that I call home, I dropped my 9" tv on my foot and broke my little toe. Still walking like a duck - three weeks after the fact.

Haven't ridden in who knows how long - months - because all of this life crap. It's cold and sh*tty anyway. Who cares. Horses will still be there in the spring time. But do to my delinquence and constant new reason as to why I can't ride THIS week either, I'm sure the barn will find they have no use for me any more anyway, and I'll be replaced by someone more reliable and consistant.

My horse is at a different, low rent barn that doesn't turn out everyday nor do they muck the stalls but once a week. Everytime I go out there - one time per week - she has a brand new 8 inch long cut somewhere on her body. She moves to a new place - but not for 3 more weeks. Hope she doesn't die.

I drive what I affectionatly call "the Puck". A deathtrap. Spins like a hocky puck in an inch of snow. Can't afford a new vehicle. I live in Colorado. It snows here. Often.

My friends are takers. I give. They take. I'm at a loss as to how it is, exactly, I could lose so many friends that I cared so much about - to nothing more than - I just don't have time for Pokey anymore.

Self pity is pathetic.

So I have no happy place. Work. Not a happy place. Home. Not a happy place. Friends. Not a happy place. Barn. Not a happy place.

So it's time to make some big decisions. I am in the midst of my first mid-life crisis. I know I need to do something else. But I haven't a clue what it is I ought to be doing. I only know that this isn't good enough.

Poopy flung.

[SBT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Just disgusted.:
M E M O R A N D U M

To: Lord Helpus

From: The Self Appointed Poopiness Police

Date: 2/5/2004

Re: Apologies

-----------------------

Accepted on behalf of the entire thread. But watch it. Any happiness, or riding comments will be strictly dealt with.

Signed: The Poopmeister. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

No, no, no! You must sign as the POOPSMITH (http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_poop.html) ! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

LH, I don't know why you get a blank screen. More poopiness for you! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif But just in case I'm the one who pooped up, here's the link again: Homestar Runner (http://www.homestarrunner.com)

Heart in a horse is every bit as important as it is in a person. ~Jimmy Cruise

[Elkene]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tosca4711:
My turn

My present job doesn't pay enough to pay the bills so I'm looking for another.
Due to the economy, I might not have my present job to tide me over before I find something else.
I didn't make the short list for a job I really really wanted.
I can't have the man I want.
This thread really cheered me up too. I must be a bad person.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I feel your pain girl. I know I won't have my job to tide me over - been job hunting since Oct 03 - 4 interviews later - no job - I got my official "pink slip" today.

Another rotten thing: my neighbor's kitty got hit by a car while I was home during lunch http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif I know, not my kitty, but I still felt bad when I called them. Moved kitty out of the road tho.

[Shameless Alter]

Awwwwww. pooor kitty. Awwwww. I'm blubbering.

I lofff kitties.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[War Admiral]

Oh heck, I'll chime in.

I'm feeling poopy too.

My broken arm HURTS today - and moreover it has started swelling again and I don't know what that means...

Since I broke it and have not been as active as usual, I've put on at least 30 pounds.

I'm so tired of fighting off rainrot... I get rid of it in one area, horsie gets it in another area... And (whine) I'm doing eeeverything right, disinfecting brushes, etc...

I don't really like the people at my barn and it is NOT a happy place...

And I'm having a poopy day at work.

So there.

______________

"Those who use horses just for the business are crass, classless horsemen."
--George Morris

[Shameless Alter]

Ok. Everybody together. Ready?


<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Thhhhhhhhhhhhhhbbbbbbbbbbttttt <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Harrumph.

War Admiral. Welcome to the O'weight poopy club thats not your fault its someone elses.

My fifteen pounds has nothing to do with all the crap I've been stuffing into my face at the speed of light. Nope. It's glands. That's right. My glands stopped working and all this fat just accumulated, like drifting snow.

It probably came from that rat that said she lost 5 pounds. Lawn something or other? wasn't that her?

I'm having a horrible day. One thing that did cheer me up though was www.despair.com (http://www.despair.com).
And by the way, Pokey, I loved two comments you made:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> I have not had a date since 1999. But I did find a great guy that would treat me like a doormat for 6 months. That was fantastic. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

and

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>My friends are takers. I give. They take. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes. You must be my CO clone.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Elkene]

Glands! Yes! That must be it!! I KNEW it couldn't be those cafe mochas! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

I haven't had a date since 2000 - so don't feel too bad. I guess I'm not only overweight, but homely too!

[Shameless Alter]

And just in time for Valentine's day:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Media Relations
Email: pr@despair.com
Web: www.despair.com (http://www.despair.com)
Fax:877-FAILURE

AUSTIN, TX - January 22nd, 2003 – Despair Inc., the premiere retailer for pessimists worldwide, recently announced the availability of new-and-improved versions of "BitterSweets(tm)", the radical Valentine's Day candy for the dejected and dysfunctional.

Like the century-old candy "conversation" hearts, BitterSweets are made of chalky-tasting sugar and have no nutritional value whatsoever. But unlike traditional candy hearts, which front romantic sayings like 'BE MINE' and 'KISS ME', BitterSweets are stamped with sour musings and mockeries perfectly suited to the dejected spirits of those who will either spend Valentine's Day alone and miserable, or locked in the soul-crushing clutches of a dysfunctional or co-dependent significant other.


ABOVE: Introduced in 2002, BitterSweets(tm) candies
quickly proved enormously popular with
enormously unpopular people.

(Image of candies enlarged to reflect scale of pain inflicted.)


Sporting messages like, 'JUST A FRIEND', 'HE HAS A JOB', 'I MISS MY EX' and 'RETURN MY CDS', BitterSweets provide bitingly humorous reminders of romantic rejections and indignities, allowing lonely and dysfunctional people an opportunity to celebrate the holiday on their own pathetic terms.

"Lonesome and jilted people aren't just neglected by the people they long to be loved by on Valentine's Day. Sadly, they are also ignored by the thousands of greeting-card publishers, candy and jewelry retailers and florists who focus on selling goods to those who are both in love and eager to demonstrate it through shallow consumption," said Dr. E. L. Kersten, founder and COO. "We believe our BitterSweets are filling a giant void in the marketplace, giving lonely and dysfunctional people a product that speaks to their own desperate plights."

After a respectful pause, Kersten added, "Our message to these miserable people is simply this: if you have a masochistic sense of humor and a valid credit card number, we will love you this Valentine's Day. Even if no one else will."



"NEW AND IMPROVED"


Introduced by Despair Inc. in 2002, BitterSweets proved enormously popular with enormously unpopular people. In the interest of better financially exploiting that sad population in 2003, Kersten directed his product development and marketing teams to join forces to give the candies a "complete Steve Jobsian overhaul" for 2003.

The "complete Steve Jobsian overhaul" refers to the charismatic Apple Computer founder's patented strategy of combining superficial modifications to an original product with exaggerated and superlative marketing claims to cheaply create the appearance of radical improvements over last year's version of that product. The technique is famous for having secured Apple a less than 5% market share in the personal computing world.

Superficial modifications to BitterSweets this year include an increase in the total number of designs available - from 15 in 2002 to 37 in 2003. New sayings include, 'SHE COOKS', 'WRITE A POEM', 'UP YER DOSAGE', 'IT FADED', 'KICKED 2 CURB' AND 'C THAT DOOR?'. Another trivial improvement in 2003 was the identification of 6 specific flavors, "Banana Chalk", "Grape Dust", "Citrucel", "You-Call-This-Lime?", "Pink Sand" and "Fossilized Rolaid". (Flavors were unspecified in 2002.) And perhaps least significant of all, the new 2003 BitterSweets label featured an entirely new PMS color and twice as many fonts.

Beyond these inconsequential changes, company marketing employees also opted to introduce a Valentine's Day Card sampler to compliment any BitterSweets purchase, allowing gift-givers to further personalize the indignity. The 3 card sampler, which retails for $6.95, includes "Dysfunction", "Loneliness" and "Strife" notecards, 3 envelopes and is packaged in a new, black gift box.

While many unimportant changes have been made to the product for the new year, Dr. Kersten was quick to point out that BitterSweets remained just as nutritious as they had been in 2002.

Echoing the claims of dozens of candy manufacturers, Kersten declared, "As always, BitterSweets remain a fat-free food."

After a considered pause, he added a quick adjoinder, "But you won't remain fat-free if you eat too many."

The candies are available exclusively for purchase through Despair's online store, currently priced at $6.95 per tin. (Pricing may increase as inventories diminish. It's a supply/demand thing.).



All sales are of proprietary products created by the Company's product development group, Despair Labs. The Company is a direct-to-consumer retailer, selling products via the Internet at despair.com and via its toll-free 877-DESPAIR order line. The company also prints and mails a catalog to its international customer base, provided that they live in the United States.


customer service - 866-WOEISME

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[USgrandprix]

I've been feeling a little poopy as well lately...

- My job isn't that bad, but the pay sucks. When we get a "raise" it's very, very minimal. My pay + my bf's pay just barely covers the bills. Extra cash? Never. New clothes? Ha!

- My MIL just became one of my bosses. I have yet to figure out if this is not so bad, or really bad. Oh, and they decided that it would be a good idea to put her in the office right next to mine. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

- My cat was at the vet's the day before christmas, racked up a $600 bill and they couldn't even tell us what was wrong. BF wanted to leave the cat there rather than pay the bill(I'm still mad about that!). We can't afford to insure them(3 cats), so now I'm paranoid about one of them getting sick and having another huge vet bill. Bf will likely raise a huge stink if one of them has to go.

- So you gathered we're broke. Well now bf has managed to go and break his hand, so he can't work. This is especially fun because now we'll have even less money coming in. Bills just get further & further behind.

- I've found the perfect horse for me (yes, this is still poopy!), and I get to go and ride him as often as I like..... for free! Only catch is he's for sale. So every time I go out and have a great ride I can't help but think it could be the last one. I knew he was for sale right from the beginning, so it's not like it's a surprise..... it still sucks though. I never thought that I would click with him as much as I did.

- My Dad and my bf can't stand to be in the same room as each other. So as a result I rarely see my Dad, and it's been almost a year since I've seen my 6 year old half sister.

- Right before Christmas I was starting to see a buff body. I was working my tail off at the gym and seeing great results. Over Christmas I started slacking, and never got back into it. Had to cancel gym membership to save cash, and I'm starting to feel like a beluga whale. All of the hard work I did before Christmas has all gone down the tubes. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

That, and I'm always tired. No matter how much sleep I get I could just lay my head down anywhere and sleep. If I have to be at my computer for any extended period of time at work, I start to nod off. I'm tired of being tired. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

Vent over.... I feel a little better now. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I'm off to have a nap. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

------------------------------
I'm an angel, honest! The horns are just there to keep the halo straight. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[flaxenmane]

OK kids ... MY TURN! The weird thing is, I don't really have all that much to feel poopy about, but yet, I still feel POOOOOOOOOOPY http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif Go figure.

I can relate entirely to feeling tired all the time -- I can't seem to get enough sleep! Sleep 10 hours a night, and sometimes also take naps! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif It's a wonder I get anything done.

My horse sucks at dressage, my house is a disaster, and my job is boring http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

See, I should be happy I have a job and a horse and house. What's the deal???

Oh, and I've even cut back on eating and have been working out, but have lost ZERO pounds. WHY????

ACKKKKKKKKKKKK

[Kryswyn]

TBeventer, you are not just "tired". You are depressed. There are many things you cannot control in your life, but some you can.

Call your dad. Go see your 1/2 sister. She will not be a cute 6 yo for long. Tell your bf he'd better start thinking about the stuff he's going to be selling on eBay while he's not working to help pay the bills.

Cutting down on the sugar and increasing your exercise will help fight off the depression (and it costs nothing). You know all the stuff you did at the gym? Do it at home http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif think of it as "practising what your trainer taught you during your lesson."

Sorry to hijack the Poopy Thread, but depression should always be addressed. I know. I've been there. Fighting hard not to go there again.

Now, I feel poopy because my bank feels that since I won't take a loan out from them, they'll make money off me by slapping charges on my account. GRRRRRRR I ABSOLUTELY HATE BB&T.

I also feel poopy because somebody in the neighborhood doesn't feel that keeping their cat indoors is a good thing. Well they don't have to worry anymore, he won't be going home again. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif I didn't know he was sheltering in one of my outbuildings. You can guess the rest.

As to dates ... what are they? It's been so long that I've forgotten how awful 1st ones are http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Guess it's a good thing that one of my mottos is: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

~Kryswyn~
"Always look on the bright side of life, de doo, de doo de doo de doo"

[foursocks]

Winter. Winter is to blame. And other people. This is my new mantra- a take on Ayn Rand.

I have been obsessively checking various things online- my diminishing bank account, the sales pages for the horses I want but can't afford (another one sold today. Whoopee.) and the still-for-sale-but-not-sold-yet-but-soon-will-be status of my favorite horse at the barn where I ride. Or used to, before winter came and ruined everything. Or was it those Other People who ruined everything? The ones with money to buy the horses I want?

Frozen world, no assets, frozen or otherwise, dissertation breathing down my neck like a giant gorilla, and a butt that is getting progressively more flat as I sit here in front of my Desk of Torture- everything stinks. Oh, plus, all of my moaning and whinging has now passed on to my normally even-tempered husband and now he is depressed. We live in the House of Joy.

I was thinking of having the bottle of wine my mother-in-law gave us, as part of her Christmas present, for dinner. But it is corked. And I can't get that stupid Led Zep song- "I live in the land of the ice and snow...etc" out of my head. What next, Dolly Parton songs?

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Empty Pocket]

The glimmer of hope got stamped out yesterday....had another crappy day at my crappy job.

...Oh wait, did I tell you this?

So in July I get pissed off of my crappy job, so I go out and look for new *better* job. I get an interview in August for what *seems* to be a fantastic place. I quite the first crappy http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gifjob to take the new job, only to find out that this place is run by one of Satan's minions. So what do I do? I call up the original crappy job and ask if they need anyone....I started back the following Monday.... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

It wouldn't have been sooooo bad because my best friend worked there. Yes, I said worked. She decided to go out and get a job she now loves...I am happy for her, but she still sucks and I tell her that every day...hehehe.

I hate scraping by, but I mostly hate my extra chin...gotta do something about that....maybe I'll start another topic about weight loss...like a 'Get Moving With Oprah' thing.....

Any takers?

[Scootie]

RodeoHunter I am going to KILL you! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

As if my head was not already stuffed with too much crap as it is now I have to contend with

badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadger
badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadger
mushroomMUSHROOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!

which is now starting to sound like

poopypoopypoopypoopypoopypoopypoopypoopy
poopypoopypoopypoopypoopypoopypoopypoopy
doodoodooDOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

If that ain't poop what is?

OK, me and the Grumpy Old Man had actually gotten on a roll before Christmas. I mean, we actually started to resemble being good, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Since Christmas, we tried to schedule one lesson, which turned out to be one of the few do-able days in January and I ended up having to go to a funeral. At least it was a nice day for a funeral. Reschedule for the next available day--get there and its so bloody cold trainer doesn't feel like standing out there and I can't blame him (no indoor). Try to ride some in the cold and decide it's not worth it. Finally get in a couple of days that are above freezing, including yesterday. I get there in time to have to share the ring with a lesson. No biggie, we can work on stuff and manage to avoid Lesson Kid. Trainer asks how we are doing and I say Grumpy Old Man and I have lost our roll and trainer says we all do sometimes and I say I'm afraid of getting stuck like this for the rest of my life. Do the line of 2 two foot jumps--Lesson Kid's Mom says "that looks great"--I love Lesson Kid's Mom. Get cocky and go back the other way, whereopon Grumpy Old Man and I both manage to forget everything we have ever learned in our lives and give Lesson Kid's Mom a heart attack. I say to trainer, "you did not see that." and he said "yes I did" and I said "no you didn't" and he said "yes I did, now go back and do it again." Lesson Kid gets a breather, I get a very nice freebie mini-lesson, Lesson Kid's Mom recovers from heart attack, everything is fine and dandy.

But to keep this Poop Related, the fine and dandy was short lived. The nasty little ice balls were off to a good start by the time I left the office. Mr. Scootie had an appointment in town, he has no problem with driving on ice, execept sometimes I think he gets a little overconfident. So while I am merrily worrying away, my daughter's step dad (where she is staying) calls and says the interior lights in Scootie Jr.'s car are stuck on and they can't get the things apart to take out the light bulbs. Stepdad is sweet but notoriously mechanically challenged. The car mechanic next door goes to bed with the birdies, so he is of no use. I'm not driving out there in this mess, even if there was anything I could do they haven't already tried. Stepdad says he could give her a jump start in the morning, but it still will need to be fixed. Scootie Jr. hollers from the other room don't worry about it, I don't have classes on Friday, forget about it we'll take care of it tomorrow. Mr. Scootie gets in and I tell him Scootie Jr.'s battery is dying because they can't get the interior lights to go off. Mr. Scootie starts asking a gazillion questions about why they can't get into it and remove the light bulb. Like I have ever felt the need to closely examine the lights inside that old car. JEEEZ, what do you think I am a psychic?

So now, the ice balls keep falling and the roads are getting dangerous while Scootie Jr.'s car battery slowly passes out. Then its gonna rain tomorrow--I have to go into town for an appontment in the morning but it sounds like no riding (again!) afterward. Oh, yeah, and the agency I work for is cutting vital services to our clients AGAIN! and Mr. Scootie promised to make space in the fridge for the big pot of leftover soup I made him and this morning it was still on the stove. And I have a cramp in my leg and my arm hurts (referred pain from an old rotator cuff tear), and my cat looks like she is developing some kind of skin problem so the vet can get some more of our money, and MY dog loves Mr. Scootie more than she loves ME, and I wish I could have a bit of cheeze to go along with this whine.....

"A snake! It's a sna-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ke!"

Founder and president of the No-Legged Rider Clique

[Dancing Lawn]

Well, now I REALLY feel poopy. I made a post about the pmu mares on the EMG board, and got a really nasty attack, with someone claiming they were treated like an idiot, when they cam eot help for a day, with the mares. I have close to thirty years of dealing with difficult horses. So if you have been in a riding school for half a year, and I see you about to do something that isn't safe, I will tell you. I don't think that's treating you like an idiot. If you claim to have made a donation, when you haven't, I think that is really poopy, especially if you say you were'nt thanked for the non-existent donation! so now, I'm really upset, and I just got back from an OFA meeting, where we discussed the BSE crisis with our member of parliament. One of our members sold a 1600 pound cow, at the regular sale this week, he got, are you ready for this? $4.27 for her. Not per pound, that was the total, for a 2 yr. old 1600lb cow! And, it's snowing again. I'm going to go and punch the wall, now.
And to make everybody really happy, I gained back my 5 pounds.

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[RodeoHunter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> And to make everybody really happy, I gained back my 5 pounds. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

YOU GO GIRL! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

And about the EMG thing.......yeesh....I stopped posting on that board awhile ago. You're doing a great thing helping out those mares.

Oh, and Scootie? All I have to say to YOU is



badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerba dgerbadgerPOOPYPOOOOPY

Muahaahaaaaaaaaa....... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Poopy Update 06/02/04: It's snowing here. Again. Someone make it stop. And I accidentally slept through an important delivery to my house for my parents and now they're not delivering it again till Wednesday....I'm in biiiiiig trouble...... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**

[foursocks]

RodeoHunter- you must be Candian...European...? You wrote the date backwards! I've been thinking I may as well be back in Montreal, unenjoying the weather, since at least there I'd have the solace of readily-available imported cheeses that don't have the crap pasteurized out of them.

Today here in Bawlmer it is raining, folks, after snaining all night (snain= snow+rain, we made it up last night). So driving my husband to the train station this morning was like taking the old Volvo wagon ice-skating.

And I thought I'd get some riding in this week. Silly...no, stupid me. I need to clean and oil my saddle, but I am pettishly ignoring it, which guarantees that when I do ride again, I will have forgotten my saddle's Need and it will be all dry and yucky.

Can't get much poopier than snain. Even my Rott mix, who has no nerves below his neck, wont go outside. He is currently esconced on our bed, moping, while the Chow mix, who hates the rain like he hates other dogs, lies beside me, whining softly every few minutes. As for the Akita mix, he blames me for all weather manifestations, and showed his large, fuzzy face only briefly this morning, to give me a "why do you do these things to us as if you hated us?" look, before retiring, grumbling, to his couch throne.

You know it's a bad day when your dogs think you are the cause of it.

Although this is the poopy thread, I sincerely hope that we all survive February without doing bodily harm to others (who are, of course, to blame for all of this). Eyes up, heels down, folks- except for the dressage people. I'm not sure what to say to you, except- dang, your horse has big neck muscles!

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Shameless Alter]

M E M O R A N D U M

To: FourSocks

From: The Self Appointed Poopiness Police

Date: Feb 6, 2004

Re: Post at 11:18 AM

-------------------

Please be advised that the PPolice have been alerted that you posted a borderline cheery post. At least it used some suspiciously cheerful words like "sincerely" and "hope." Especially when you said "get some riding in this week."

This is your official first warning. Don't let it happen again. If you are going to post on the Poopy thread, your comments MUST be thoroughly poopy and must hit a minumum of 5 on the poopometer. Yours only scored a 4.8.

Signed: The Poopmeister.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[RodeoHunter]

Damn. I wish it was June!! Is that a Canadian thing or just a wrong thing?

Which leads me to the conclusion.....that June.....being four months away.....may in fact never come.

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**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**

[Pol]

Does not matter if June comes. The only thing June has that we don't have right now is mud and black flies.

[RugBug]

Ah, the smell of poop in the morning.

There is nothing like heading into your craptacular job every morning after having to eat crow and compromise all your values to keep said job, just to face the evil 'supervisor on a mission' who all of a sudden thinks she knows much more about your job than you after she admitted to you last week that she had "no idea what you do" (good supervisor, eh?).

To top it off as you raced home from the barn last night with just enough time to catch the new episode of "Friends" you realize you forgot to drop off stuff at a co-worker's home. This makes you late and you get home only to find your roomates stinky wanna-be-boyfriend, whom she doesn't like but can't figure out how to make go away (I say "LEAVE ME THE HE$$ ALONE" should work fine), is sitting in your spot on the couch and watching "Friends"...after he'd been told to not come over.

And not only that, while your previously poopified horse has behaved himself for the past few days, you get asked to be in a wedding and because of the affirmative answer given must drive 2 1/2 hours with three other women you don't know to try on overpriced pieces of godawful fabric passed off as "bridesmaid" dresses," thus missing your Saturday "in the sunshine, outdoors, time to heal from the depressing indoor" ride on said unpoopy horse. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

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[Empty Pocket]

RH - June will come but it will be too short and it will take FOREVER to get here....

I am 25 and a member of Weight Watchers as of tomorrow morning at 9.....I can't fit into my favorite pants that I bought 3 months ago....so DL you have no sympathy from me - you gain 5, I gain 30 - BLAH!!!!

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[foursocks]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Just disgusted.:
M E M O R A N D U M

To: FourSocks

From: The Self Appointed Poopiness Police

Date: Feb 6, 2004

Re: Post at 11:18 AM

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Please be advised that the PPolice have been alerted that you posted a borderline cheery post. At least it used some suspiciously cheerful words like "sincerely" and "hope." Especially when you said "get some riding in this week."

This is your official first warning. Don't let it happen again. If you are going to post on the Poopy thread, your comments MUST be thoroughly poopy and must hit a minumum of 5 on the poopometer. Yours only scored a 4.8.

Signed: The Poopmeister.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh, crud, I knew I was going to get called on that one. Sorry, mea culpa...and it is still snaining here. My hands are so cold it is hard to type. I can't afford to turn the heat up in my house over 64 degrees because fuel oil is so fricking expensive. Our last oil bill was 257 bucks, even with the heat set at 64 degrees. I haven't paid it yet, due to insufficent funds, but the existence of this bill, like my dissertation, mocks me on a daily basis. How's that for a poopy comeback?

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[SBT]

Ah, I think I have hit bottom on the poopiness meter. Took 2 sick days in the last 3 weeks (bad, bad, bad), came in late one day because of the snow (bad...after all, everyone else risked life and limb and got there on time), and am out again TODAY because of snow/sleet/freezing rain (bad...it didn't scare anyone else out of going to work, even though ALL the schools are closed).

So I am one very, very, VERY poopy employee right now, which makes me feel bad even though the job has been poopy as of late (directly related to my own poopiness? Probably. After all, if you respond to poopy things with more poopiness, you just wind up with one big pile of poop...which I have now buried myself in).

I am in biiiiigggg trouble...I just want to hide under my bed for, oh, the next 6 weeks or so.

Finally broke down blubbering like an idiot a few hours ago and called my Psych. (who treats my previously-mentioned SAD). She upped my meds and recommended a light box. Woo-hoo.

And I'm willing to bet all the poop in the world that my boss(es) won't understand this at all. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif

Such is the curse of the psychologically unwell. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Heart in a horse is every bit as important as it is in a person. ~Jimmy Cruise

[RodeoHunter]

And the Poopiness word of the day was brought to you by foursocks and the letter P (for poo):

snaining

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[USgrandprix]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kryswyn:
TBeventer, you are not just "tired". You are depressed. There are many things you cannot control in your life, but some you can.

Call your dad. Go see your 1/2 sister. She will not be a cute 6 yo for long.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I did see my Dad at Christmas, but it was awkward. I would go and see my sister, but the part that I left out was that he's over an hour away and has a crazy, abusive wife that tries to start a fight with me every time she sees me. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kryswyn:Tell your bf he'd better start thinking about the stuff he's going to be selling on eBay while he's not working to help pay the bills.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Unfortunately all of the potential EBAY items are mine. A lot of them were my Mom's and could never part with them. I just can't seem to get motivated enough to sort through the rest of it. Definately on the "to do" list.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kryswyn:Cutting down on the sugar and increasing your exercise will help fight off the depression (and it costs nothing). You know all the stuff you did at the gym? Do it at home http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif think of it as "practising what your trainer taught you during your lesson."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The exercise is good as soon as I get my butt motivated enough to do it. Cutting down on the sugar & eating right seems to be trickier though. We are frequently out of groceries, because we are frequently out of cash. When we have food, I eat well. I've been meaning to start exercising regularily again because I know if makes me feel better. I love doing pilates, and I have free weights and an exercise ball. It's easier to get motivated when you're paying for a gym membership because you don't want that money to go to waste.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kryswyn:Sorry to hijack the Poopy Thread, but depression should always be addressed. I know. I've been there. Fighting hard not to go there again.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks Kryswyn. I think this is the perfect thread for it to be posted - depression is most definately "poopy". http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Oh, and I've had a hunch about the tired/depressed thing. I've noticed that I can be tired all day long, but magically I get a second wind if I'm going riding after work. It seems to be the only time I don't feel exhausted.

We'll just call riding my antidepressant. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[This message was edited by TBeventer on Feb. 06, 2004 at 02:51 PM.]

[Shameless Alter]

M E M O R A N D U M

To: FourSocks

From: The Self Appointed Poopiness Police

Date: Feb 6, 2004

Re: Post at 2:07 PM Correcting post at 11:18 AM

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>My hands are so cold it is hard to type. I can't afford to turn the heat up in my house over 64 degrees because fuel oil is so fricking expensive. Our last oil bill was 257 bucks, even with the heat set at 64 degrees. I haven't paid it yet, due to insufficient funds, but the existence of this bill, like my dissertation, mocks me on a daily basis. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Excellent correction, FourSocks.

Signed: The Poopmeister.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[4cornersfarm]

Foursocks, $257 is nothing, nothing, I tell ya. I just had propane delivered to the tune of $481. For six weeks worth of heat, hot water and cooking. On top of the $500 I just spent for two cords of firewood. At least the $481 can go on the Amex and I won't have to pay that until next month. I'm afraid to open the electric bill.

If I had a snappy sig, this is where it would go.

[Dancing Lawn]

Oh, Dear God! There is nothing poopier than having a bridesmaids dress inflicted on you, by someone who probable thinks of themselves as your "best friend", and whom you'll probably never see again, after the wedding, anyway. You win the poopy medal.


I'm going to change my signature, or add to it, anyway, one of these days, when I feel motivated. It will read: depressed, disheartened, discouraged member of the poopy clique.

complicate, obfuscate, prevaricate.

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[nappingonthejob]

foursocks - get a pair of those gloves/mittens w/ the half fingers...i use them all the time for typing and homework stuff since my hands get so cold from just sitting around. just cut off the fingers of an old pair of gloves or something...and no more cold hands inside!

that suggestion may have been borderline not poopy. my apologies. i have lots of poo to share, but i've been feeling slightly not poopy for the last 24 hours (which is definately a change) and i'd prefer not to rehash it all here and then lose the momentary goodness by actually having to think about the sorry state of my life.

signatures are lame.

[4cornersfarm]

64 degrees, hah, my thermostat is set at 60.

Oh, I forgot to mention that our house is so cold the water pipes freeze on a regular basis, and last month the kitchen drain froze and we had to use a shop vac to run the dishwasher (dishwasher backs up into kitchen sink, shop vac sucks water out of kitchen sink, next rinse, same thing.) We used a lot of paper plates. Not to be overly un-poopy, but our drain did thaw a couple of days ago. I think it was the same day my barn flooded.

If I had a snappy sig, this is where it would go.

[Scootie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RodeoHunter:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> And to make everybody really happy, I gained back my 5 pounds. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

YOU GO GIRL! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

And about the EMG thing.......yeesh....I stopped posting on that board awhile ago. You're doing a great thing helping out those mares.

Oh, and Scootie? All I have to say to YOU is



badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerba dgerbadgerPOOPYPOOOOPY

Muahaahaaaaaaaaa....... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

To which I reply: Tptptptptptptptptptptptptt!!!
And I wish you a thousand stinky ugly badgers to poo on your living room rug for eternity. It's back in my head!!!
PoopypoopyPoopypoopyPoopypoopyPoopypoopy
EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif


Poopy Update 06/02/04: It's snowing here. Again. Someone make it stop. And I accidentally slept through an important delivery to my house for my parents and now they're not delivering it again till Wednesday....I'm in biiiiiig trouble...... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

No, no my dear. What you are really in is Deep Doo Doo. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

BTW, I think "snaining" sounds like something nasty. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif But then its probably my nasty mind working overtime.

Actually here it is more "ricing", which sounds like something you do to potatoes, but I could also probably make something nasty out of that too. Even though it just doesn't have "the sound" as does "snaining." http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Since this IS supposed to be about horses as well as poop (as if there were NO association between the two http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif), Fridays are supposed to be one the days I ride. So I rode. I rode my car to town to an appointment, then I rode it to get some lunch, then I rode it to Barnes and Noble where I spent too much time riding my feet and I rode my feet in CVS too, than I rode my car back home where it is reasonably warm and dry. Meanwhile the Grumpy Old Man is watching the mud develop and be fruitful and multiply with approval. He LOOOVES MUD!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif One day soon I will get to contend with a horse so mud-coated that he resembles one of those doll babies with that hideous molded on hair! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

Founder and president of the No-Legged Rider Clique

[foursocks]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 4cornersfarm:
Foursocks, $257 is nothing, nothing, I tell ya. I just had propane delivered to the tune of $481. For six weeks worth of heat, hot water and cooking. On top of the $500 I just spent for two cords of firewood. At least the $481 can go on the Amex and I won't have to pay that until next month. I'm afraid to open the electric bill.

If I had a snappy sig, this is where it would go.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You are right- $257 is nothing, meaning now I have nothing left in my bank account...actually, I am thankful that husband mine has a job (even though he dislikes it immensely right now), but I have been on the academic market since last fall and have heard: nada. I'm smart, right? What's wrong with these people that they can't see that? Dumb hiring committees....

An acquaintance of mine just had to put her horse down because she had cancer. I hereby induct her and my husband into the Feelin' Poopy clique.

And, just to round out the day of mental poopiness, I just remembered a dream I had where someone gave me a really nice horse. Stupid wishful dreaming.

I have to say that there are lots of other people on her with much worse poopy stories than mine- but, since I am not one to revel in others' misfortune, you have all just made me feel poopier. But in a communal way.

And scootie- snaining is something nasty. I wish it was something nasty-sexy, but instead it is simply nasty and makes me cold, the roads hazardous and my dogs icy-wet. Now ricing, well....don't get me started! (Just kidding, folks, but in a dark comedy sort of way, so as not to offend the resident Poopmeister).

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Scootie]

Foursocks sez: "And scootie- snaining is something nasty. I wish it was something nasty-sexy,"

ME TOO! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

"but instead it is simply nasty and makes me cold, the roads hazardous and my dogs icy-wet."

Now hazardous roads and wet dogs of any temperature--THAT'S serious NASTY http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Founder and president of the No-Legged Rider Clique

[baileygreyhorse]

Thanks Rodeohunter!
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> OH and for those needing a laugh who may have a slightly warped sense of humour go here: www.badgerbadgerbadger.com (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com)
And turn your sound on.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I laughed so loud I thought MrBGH was going to wake up from his snooze on the office couch.

Let me add some poopyness to this party. I thought (before today)that our weather was miserable. Today is was above freezing (35) and pouring rain. No more nice neat frozen poop balls. No more frozen pee spots that stay contained. Nope, back to totally thawed and really messy stalls with horses in them that have been inside for going on 36 hours. Now that's poopy!

Founder of the Packrats Anonymous Clique
Proud Member of the Dirty Grey Horse Clique
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[Erin]

Can y'all keep this thread horse-related please? Thanks. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[GatoGordo]

This is horse-poop-related because all this dang 'rice' means that the stupid creek is probably going to flood and the horses will be hock-deep in mud. Waaaah. I've ridden twice since Christmas. Waaaaaaaaah. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif When I went out last weekend, I looked at the pasture and thought, oh, the horses have been breathing on the snow and melting it in the places where we put hay out. Nope. There's snow under there, but it's covered by very finely trampled and shredded manure.

The barn door froze shut last weekend, too, and Phinny stepped on and broke a schooling bridle because he was being a sh*t about being bridled and ran away with the reins around his neck, dragging the bridle behind him. Putting the reins over his head was supposed to let me keep him in one place, dang it, not get him to break the headstall. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

The Law of Unintended Consequences is a brutal law, and you should at least know when you are going to piss her off. - DMK
Eventing Yahoo In Training http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[justhanginon]

Ok this poopy thread could also be titled the Februaury Blahs as my husband and I have always reffered to this lovely time of year. Horse ownership definitely adds to the Blahs - Slid to the barn gate today but COULD not make it back up to my truck w/out CRAWLING on the ground. Maybe a winter treadmill for the weightloss wishes - please tell me spring will come SOOOOON!

[Dancing Lawn]

The damn snow STILL hasn't stopped. How many days now, 15? 21? Oh, no, it stopped last Saturday, in the morning and started again, in the evening. I suppose I could have ridden, a bit, up and down the driveway, that day, as long as I didn't try to walk, because of the ice. It's been so grey, my horses haven't even started shedding, yet. They just get woolier and woolier. The pregnant ponies are round wooly bears, can't tell if its hair, or baby. I'm so bored, I've been ironing everything. Shirts, bedding, even saddle pads and polos! Just for something to do. I'm losing my mind.

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[War Admiral]

Still feeling poopy.

On top of all else, I *cannot* get motivated to work my horse, and here is why: I have a 2.5 hour *each* way commute, so by the time I get to the barn it's dark and freezing cold. We do have an outdoor w/ lights but the lights aren't very bright... And as some you know, I do carriage driving...

You think it's hard to *ride* in the dark under lights, try driving. I can't see my horse's head or the whole front half of his body... which means I can't necessarily see where we are going and I have to drive by FEEL.

I am blessed to have a safe and sensible horse but this whole idea gives me a kind of ... poopy feeling... I won't say I'm flat-out *scared* but I am certainly uptight the entire time I'm out there.

At the same time, horsie has really got to be worked at least one night in the middle of each week or he won't be fit enough for the spring shows (which are all back to back in ONE month and that's it for the YEAR - another poopiness rant in and of itself!).

So I sit around at work all day torturing myself about this and then get to the barn and do the same thing I did the night before... Chicken out and just long-line him for 5 mins, treat his seemingly-permanent RAIN ROT and then go home, get warm, and go to bed.

I do know of a Saddlebred barn w/ an indoor we could move to (the non-poopy side of which would be NO FREAKING JUMPS TO NAVIGATE AROUND) but I'm not sure if the people are poopy people or not....

Oh and my poopy broken arm still hurts.

______________

"Those who use horses just for the business are crass, classless horsemen."
--George Morris

[RodeoHunter]

OMG. I hate riding so much that I'm actually in tears of frustration right now.

My horse hasn't had a single minute outside in like a month. He already has an attitude problem. He hates the arena. Hates other horses. Hates to do anything really. His bucks are so big that they could easily throw me over the rafters, so basically I ride German show jumper style on my hunter the whole time, fearing for my life. And I'm not a wussy rider by any means. I'm just at a point in my life right now that I don't want to deal with this crap.

Our group lesson was so psycho that TWO people fell off. The second one that fell off got thrown 10 feet in the air by two monsterbucks that would make a rodeo horse's look like a bunny hop. HORSES ARE NOT MEANT TO LIVE INSIDE ALL DAY LONG.

I understand the problem of 4 feet of snow, and ice, and frozen mud balls, but good gawd there has got to be another solution until the summer when we get all day turnout.

It's just not fun anymore. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**

[RodeoHunter]

Yikes how's that on the poopiness scale, now known as the whineyness scale.

**Member of the Ocularly Challenged Equine Support Group**

[Kryswyn]

Oh YES! Let's do talk about the price of home heating oil!

On January 12th I had 150 gal delivered for $240 bucks. Three WEEKS later I'm OUT of oil and my thermometer's set @ 62!

Three weeks??? I hadn't even paid the whole thing off yet! So back to Tractor Supply for more of those handy Holmes electric heaters, because even though my meter's spinning like a pinwheel, my electric bill's averaged for this year, so it's only $75 a month. Now NEXT year, it'll be gigantic just you wait.

~Kryswyn~
"Always look on the bright side of life, de doo, de doo de doo de doo"

[SBT]

I just upped the poopy ante, big time.

I was on my way to the barn at 8:00 this evening when my car hit a patch of black ice, skidded, spun, and crashed into the opposite guard rail.

I am very sore, very shook up (honestly thought I was going OVER that guardrail and down the steep hill/cliff on the other side) and my car is very broken. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif God knows what the insurance co. will do to my premiums.

And I didn't get to go see my horse. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

'Scuse me while I go back to pondering the whole life/death/near miss thing... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif

Heart in a horse is every bit as important as it is in a person. ~Jimmy Cruise

[Dancing Lawn]

You know, the whole life/death thing is highly over-rated. I've been dead, so I know what that's like. It's like nothing, really. And in case you're wondering, i died of heart-failure when I was 32. In fact, the anniversary of my first death is coming up, on the 26th of Feb. My friends have a wake for me, every year. I was clinically dead for over 7 minutes. They did heart massage, and then got out the jumper cables. Dying was no big deal, I didn't feel a thing, but coming back was the most painful experience I've ever had. they kept me in intensive care for two weeks, and then I was off work for a ocuple of months. To keep this really poopy, when i called my manager at work, the day after I died, and told him what happened, he responded with: I don't care how sick you think you are, I want you back here, first thing tomorrow. And if you're REALLY not feeling well, I'll make you an appointment with the company doctor." http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
It was after that, that I bought the farm, quite the big city job, and changed my lifestyle, because you know what? Life really is too short. you have to make the most of it, while you're here, because, once it's over, it's over. Not that you'll know.
I'm glad you're okay.
If you'll excuse me, I have a wake to prepare for.

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[tosca4711]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dancing lawn:
You know, the whole life/death thing is highly over-rated. I've been dead, so I know what that's like. It's like nothing,
&gt;Dying was no big deal, I didn't feel a thing, but coming back was the most painful experience I've ever had.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I would guess that it's the part leading up to the dying that's so bad. To make this horsey, I always wonder when I fall off how much it's going to hurt.

Tosca

[This message was edited by tosca4711 on Feb. 08, 2004 at 02:52 PM.]

[barbarachloejosie]

you know DancingLawn's post should have been the end of this thread, but thats whats so great about poopiness, it goes on and on......

Barbara, just amazed at the range of life experience on this bb.

Standardbred Clique

[Dancing Lawn]

That would be me-Threadkillerextraordinaire! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

less hard work, more fine dining.
www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Dec. 29/03

If guys can do it, how hard can it be?

[foursocks]

My husband has a brain tumor. It used to be the size of his fist, but now (we think- we are waiting for his latest batch of MRIs to be analyzed) it is the size of a lima bean- he had surgery about a decade ago. The doctor told him: well, you have about a 50% chance of survival- so he started smoking again and had a big party with his friends the night before his surgery. Every year he used to get very depressed on the day he almost died, but now we drink lots of good wine and celebrate the day he lived, because I told him luck shouldn't be scoffed at or forgotten.

To keep this horsey, I would love to get him up on a horse, but if he falls off and cracks open his poor head, I'd feel pretty awful about it! Well, the brain tuomr didn't get you, but your wife and her horse-mania did!

And, to keep it poopy, my friend's trainer just lost her barn and home- her boyfriend's family couldn't decide how to split up their inheritance, so the farm, land, and house, which had been in the family for generations, went to auction and was sold to a developer. They have two months to move and find somewhere for their 15 horses. Yesterday my friend went to go ride and the only solution to the bad ground was to spread manure on it so the kids (and my friend) could hack their ponies through it. Talk about a poopy ride...

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Tomboy]

Can i join the poopy party?

I have not seen a horse in over a month.. i am in withdrawl. I have gained massive amounts of weight due to this withdrawl and its possible i will not see a horse untill June. Or possibly August. I hate School, with a passion.
Jr Year in highschool can die. I have spent too long working on a paper that is 10% of my yearly grade. It was due last monday, but im still recovering from sleep depravation. Since it was turned in, teachers have smacked us with extra work and i just have no motivation. This is totaling 6 hours of work a night. Midnight loves me, ive not been to bed earlier than that all year. Math class is going right over my head and frustrating me. My advisor for school is looking into other jobs, so she might not be back next year, leaving me with out some one i trust for my senior year. SAT scores can also die. My verbal and math had a large gap, even though they turned out well. Its enough of a gap to make you wonder, but not enough to make me have to retake it. The ACT has denyed my extened time request (I have a learning Disability) and its probable i will not win the apeal.
My best friend is spending more time with her boy friend. My dog just bit some one and could be put down or taken away and my mother is treatening to give her away. Thats on top of my sister's threats that my mare will have to go since money is getting tight.

My only cure: Chocolate. I just ate one large brownie.
Ahh, there. Much better. Any one got the number for Hersheys? I think we could buy the company and eat them out of house and home.

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Riders of Rohan

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[Bugaboo]

I'm so relieved to see I'm not the only one feeling poopy. I feel for u all. Here's my story:

My job is giving me stress attacks and I'm desperetly trying to find another one, but to no avail.

I've hurt my back and I can't ride for a couple months. I've leased my horse to the barn so that she's being ridden and a little girl has started showing her. The bad part is that she's been winning alot (my horse is a great hunter http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif ) and they get along really well. Now nobody at the barn thinks of her as my horse, but rather this little girl's horse now. But this is what really BURNS me: This girl has her OWN PONY that is too CRAZY to ride. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif Why she has this horse, I'll never know. I feel like I don't even have a horse anymore! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sadsmile.gif

I go out to pamper her when I can, but I get these looks from some boarders, like they're saying "Why are you here? You don't even ride your horse and someone else is riding her better"

UGH! When I'm all healed, I'll show them all and kick some A$$

Whew! I feel a little better already. I love this thread

Good Luck to you all!!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Member of: *Short,Stubby Leg Clique* *LOTR Junkie Clique* *Riders of Rohan*

[Dancing Lawn]

These last few posts have set me straight. Thanks, guys, for reminding me that my life isn't really very poopy, at all. I have my health, my home, my pets. My family is all well. Life is good. The only thing to worry about, now, is the poopy police. I'd better go hide from them, before they come after me. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

less hard work, more fine dining.
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[tcgelec]

I haven't riddenmy horse in two months. He is recovering from Lyme's disease, and even if he were perfect, we are, like everyone else in the Northeast, in a frozen tundra.
Any spare time is spent moving snow, dealing with the water when it melts, and dealing with the ice when it re-freezes. We had enough of a slight melt yesterday to put a nice new surface on the paddock skating rink. 5:30 this morning I was spreading used shavings around on top of it. Luckily, I've managed to get them out every day so they're pretty agile on the ice by now.

How do I deal with it? Trailer shopping! I'm spec'ing out a new custom built 2/3 horse convertible GN. Will I buy it? Maybe. Depends on if Buddy recovers from the Lymes without requiring additional tests/treatment for what were elevated liver enzymes. But I'm enjoying myself designing my dream trailer, and probably driving a couple of trailer dealers crazy in the process. Ahh they don't seem to be very busy anyway.

As has been said before, it's only a job if you'd rather be doing something else.

[Shameless Alter]

M E M O R A N D U M

To: Dancing Lawn

From: The Self Appointed Poopiness Police

Date: Feb 9, 2004

Re: Post at 06:31 AM

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Ms. Lawn

You have again been caught out making a positive post on the poopy thread. This is a blatant attempt to hijack aformentioned thread and will not be tolerated. If you are so cheerful, please start your own "Feeling Cheerful" thread in order that others might join in your merriment.

To add insult to injury, you KNEW you were violating the precepts of the poopithread and I here reproduce your comment:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The only thing to worry about, now, is the poopy police. I'd better go hide from them, before they come after me. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

For your information, the Poopmeister is everywhere. And the PoopPolice WILL find you. Make no mistake about that.

So mess up your act Missy ... and if you don't have anything poopy to say, don't say anything at all.

Signed: The Poopmeister.

(formerly Just Learning (and slowly))

[Empty Pocket]

OK kids....

I FINALLY got the motivation to see my poor beast of a horse last night, but guess what I discovered? It is really fricking hard to find a black horse wearing a navy blue blanket when it is dark out and there is no moon and you don't have a flash light!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

I searched the 15 acre field and called her for 20 minutes and gave up when I couldn't feel my toes....so I went into the barn to warm up and guess who was in a new stall? My horse!!!!!

On the bright side though (sorry JD) she was moved to the barn that I have been asking to be in because it is cheaper, but on the not so bright side, they lost her bucket.....

Still too fat to fit into my pants.... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

[Pol]

"searched the 15 acre field and called her for 20 minutes and gave up when I couldn't feel my toes....so I went into the barn to warm up and guess who was in a new stall? My horse!!!!!
On the bright side though (sorry JD) she was moved to the barn that I have been asking to be in because it is cheaper, but on the not so bright side, they lost her bucket.....
Still too fat to fit into my pants.... " ...JCS, you are going to have to get some pants that FIT or you will be too cold to ride!!

[Dancing Lawn]

I'M SORRY! I've offended the sensibilities of the Poopy Police, and have been rightfully called to order.
It's with a humbled spirit that I now relate to you, the sad story of my poopy morning. Today, I received five (5!) nasty e-mails re the EMG thread, some of them making false accusations, and making false claims! Some of those comments were also posted on the board.
I drove to Shelburn with my sister, to the grocery store for major $ day. None of the one dollar specials that we went for, were there. No $ per pound red or green grapes. No $ per 3lb. bag of apples. No $ redhots, that I never buy, but hey, for $, why not. No $ a bag potato chips. No $ bunch broccolli. Also, no orange juice, vegetable cocktail, cherry tomatoes, and there were a couple of other things. The sale only started yesterday.
So, drive up hwy. 24, in white-out conditions, to go skating. Get there, the rink has just been watered, it hasn't frozen yet. Head back home to Dundalk, figure I'll stop in town, get a new ink cartridge for the printer, and stop at the vet's, pay a bill. The vet isn't open. The computer store is closed. Gave up, came home, now I'm eating Hostess Twinkies.

less hard work, more fine dining.
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[Nauset]

Hey,
Who's still feeling poopy?
*raises hand*

How have you guys been?

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[foursocks]

Well, the weather is nicer, but I *still* haven't ridden since January. It got nice last week and then I twisted my ankle.

Plus, we're broke and gas is very expensive- especially since I have to drive 68 miles each way to ride.

And, in a weird, masochistic turn against myself, I promised myself I wouldn't ride again until I finished the dissertation chapter I am currently (still) working on. Gah.

How is everyone else?

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Dancing Lawn]

Okay, I'll come back. One of my mares, who is scheduled to go to her new home in the U.S. has decided that she HATES people. She will not let anyone touch her. She bites, and strikes. The vet can't get near her. Tranq her, you say? We can't get close enough to stick her with anything. I've tried Atravet. Gave her three tablespoons. No help. Gave her 5 tbsp. Nothing. Gave her 7 Tbsp. Still not even slightly drowsy. Still can't get near her. I have her locked in a stall, and will try to make contact again, tomorrow. There's no way I can send her to her new home. All the others are fine. Friendly, come to me when I call, halters on and off, in the field, they're great, they've learned so much, in the time they've been here. But not this one. I'm getting really frustrated. HELP!

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www.dancinglawnhorses.com (http://www.dancinglawnhorses.com) updated Feb 14/04
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[BelleBoyd]

Hi, thought I'd join in the poop slinging shenanigans! I just finished reading this whole thread and since I was cracking up the whole time, it actually made me feel better in an escapist kind of way, but...

I am originally from Tallahassee, FL, a lovely Southern town where you can ride all year long! Then, one night while I was asleep, an alien took over my body. Two weeks later, not realizing what I was doing, I packed up the dog, drove 900 miles north and ended up in West-By-God Virginia! (My best friend is from here and had moved back) Then the alien in me decided that since my horse was 18 and accustomed to living in the South, it would be unfair to haul him 900 miles to the snowy mountains, so I sold him. THEN, the alien decided to fall in love with someone here who has a 7-year-old son, a mother and a lunatic sister living with him. THEN, the alien moved in with him. That was 3 years ago and I finally crapped the alien and flushed him down the toilet (was that gross?? sorry!) Now, I'm myself, but where the he!! am I? who are these people living with me? and where is my god*&#@ horse!

One must think when looking at a horse in motion, that it hears music inside its head.

[BelleBoyd]

Yikes!!! I killed the poopy thread!

Now, I really feel poopy (crawls back under rock)

One must think when looking at a horse in motion, that it hears music inside its head.

[Dancing Lawn]

It freezing raining outside. (Well, duh, it wouldn't do it inside.) I'm going to try and get close to that mare, again, today. vet said try 12! tablespoons of Atravet. If that doesn't do it, he has nothing further to try. I'll try another vet, and see if he has anything to offer. I have to handwalk Henry today, he was gelded yesterday, but I don't want to put him out in the freezing rain, so soon after his little operation. I hate the cold. It makes my back, neck, knee, ankle hurt. I get headaches when the air pressure changes. I need another cup of coffee.

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[Risk-Averse Rider]

It's raaaiiiiiiinnnnnnnnniiiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg!!!!!!
&lt;whines RAR&gt;

We live in the DESERT! It's not supposed to rain!

I did manage to sneak in a ride yesterday between downpours (however, it was still raining some, so now everything tack-wise is wet), but then got stuck at the barn because I was too weenie to venture out on the roads in the thunder & lightning & downpour.

________________
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"When a sport gets to be predictable it ceases to be fun." - R-A-R's wise brother

[Dancing Lawn]

I was in a barn, once that was hit by lightening. Also, my t.v. antenna was hit a couple of years ago. And, as I was walking to the barn, and went by the yard light, there was this loud POP! followed immediately by a HUGE bang, and a very quick flash of blue light. The yard light flashed on and off, and so did the barn lights!all the hairs on the back of my neck tingled, and there was this tremendous bolt of lightening! Thank God I didn't have my hand on the gate, and I was wearing my thick rubber boots.

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[foursocks]

I want to hear more about your crazy mare, DL- I'm hoping she has calmed down a little- poor thing, and poor you.

I thought I'd go riding tomorrow- I've even just spent 20 bucks putting expensive gas in my tank. But it looks like it's going to rain tomorrow. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

On another note, I am being annoyed currently through email by a concerned dad who is afraid to send his gay rights activist son, an adult, to Namibia, even though the guy won a fellowship, will be coddled within the arms of a well-established NGO once there, and will be in one of the most stable, laid-back countries on the continent. I have replied to this guy's concerns at length, which is a pain, since the only reason he contacted me is that I am on record as having been a human rights activist there, and I once gave a talk on gay rights in Africa for some of my students who asked me to speak to their student group. But he is going on the little he knows of Africa from American news, which is always all bad, so I figured I'd help shed some light on his fears. But I swear if he sends me one more email with a bunch of stupid questions that I can't answer, or that should be addressed to the program itself (which I have told him repeatedly), I am going to send him a picture of my husband, who always looks like he is about to go off the deep end (he is a Buddhist, but he looks like a thug).

Deep breath. Plus, this poor kid keeps emailing me to apologize for his dad. It is getting old...

You can take a line and say it isn't straight- but that wont change its shape. Jets to Brazil

[Tomboy]

Texas is still poopy too. Had a tornado watch yesterday druing school, so they hauled our little plaid hineys (we wear plaid uniform skirts) outside in the rain, across the quad to the "safe room" i find it stupid that we are walking outside when its pouring and a tornado could be on its way. and these are the people educating the next generation. Im starting to wonder. There was a huge crack of lighting while we were outside too (what a nice lawsuit that could have been) and we got to sit in a room (everyone, all upper school students and faculty middle and lower school had the day off) for 30 mintues untill the watch passed. Yes, it bit.
I still have not seen my horse, and probably wont untill June. At least i hope in June..
I have exams next week, and have not had the time to begin to study
My advisor is probably leaving next year, the only teacher i could (and have) cry in front of.
The summer program i applied to expected 150 applicants for 40 places.. it got 700. Im kissing MIT goodbye really quickly.
I went to a nerd competion, and we lost big time. (4th/4teams) and the Jr. Varsity team won, big time. And they have rubbed it in our faces. They forgot to note that we had tougher compition (we were varsity).. and that i was the one who even got us to the competion, i begged our way there. I orginized ect. and now they are getting all the glory. not even a thank you for me. (i really needed to get that out.. Im really bitter) once i just want to dump it in their laps and say here, do it yourselfes, im not here to clean up your mess. and watch them flail. I want them to realize how much i do. But they never will...

Ive quit crying, so things are looking better... Some sleep tonight, and a long weekend of studying, then staying at school monday and talking to Spi (advisor who is probably leaving, yet shes like a friend to me) will make it better...

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I Kill Threads...

“Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.” –unknown
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[EponaRoan]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tosca4711:
To make this horsey, I always wonder when I fall off how much it's going to hurt.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's not the falling. It's the landing.

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Pat
http://www.quarterpole.com

[Dancing Lawn]

I spent pretty much the entire day in the stall with Sophie. I started by giving her 12! tablespoons of Atravet, in her water, because she doesn't do treats. That was at 8:00. by 9, I gave her 3 more tbsp. By noon, I was able to scratch her on the neck, as long as I didn't go near her chest, or her head. At 1:00, more atravet. at 2, more atravet. I gave her the WHOLE CONTAINER! And the most I could do, was get up to around her ears. Still couldn't get the halter on, but I was able to have a good go at her neck, and shoulders. Today, I pick up another tub of A, which will be the third one, plus something to inject her with, if I can get close enough, and am fast enough to get out of her way, when she throws herself sideways, at me. I can approach her from the left, but no the right. From the right, she gets a bit free with those big front feet.
To give you some perspective, I have broke wild mustangs, by myself, in a 20 acre field. Caught them, haltered them, and gotten on them. And no, I didn't chase them x-country for 100 miles before I did it. They were out together, fresh, well-fed, and watered. And they were all mature horses, anywhere from 4-10 years old, not babies. So this mare has me a little stumped, and frustrated. It's the first time inmy life I've resorted to drugs, to get near a horse. And I've been doing this for nearly 30 years.
We'll see what today brings.http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

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[GatoGordo]

Hi there, fellow poopmeisters! It is raining here in MD and has been most of the week. It figures. All I have to do is plan some horsey event for the weekend and *poof* it's like The Great Flood all over again. Forty days and forty nights, plus a couple months, if I remember last year correctly. I think I'd better work on my ship building skills. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

"If you hadn't nailed him to the perch, he'd be pushing up the daisies!
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[Risk-Averse Rider]

It's even been raining here in the desert... enough so that lessons for tomorrow are cancelled :-(

I'm not even sure if I'll be able to ride this weekend. If I do, it'll either be in the driveway or trailering out somewhere (if I can extract the trailer from the quagmire).

Plus I bent my right forefinger back the other day trying in vain to kill a scorpion on our bedroom floor - trying to mash it with my sandal. It (my finger, not the scorpion) is still sore & swollen.

That's the poopy poop from here...

________________
Approved helmet: Every time; every ride.
"When a sport gets to be predictable it ceases to be fun." - R-A-R's wise brother

[Dancing Lawn]

It's been raining all week. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif
I did manage to get Sophie into a stall, for the vet to pull blood. We sedated her with demosadan, (sp?), and then sedated her again. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gifFinally, I was able to get a halter on her, carefully avoiding her front feet.(She's a little "free" with them.)We got the blood, and I left her in the stall. Two hours later, she was outside, having ripped the door off it's track. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gifI hope to have her recaptured for when the trailer gets her, just after Easter.
Oh, and she rubbed off her halter, too. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

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[baileygreyhorse]

Rain, rain, rain, pooop. This week in MD has been pretty poopy. Did I mention we now have nine cows at our barn also? Talk about poopy. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

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[Dancing Lawn]

Why are there four horses in my back yard? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif I can see them from my office window: Henry, Annie, Storm, and Wings. Great.
I suppose now, I'll have to go and find a fence to fix. So much for my second cup of coffee. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

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[MissCapitalSplash]

Dancing Lawn-
I feel your pain http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif Nothing worse than loose horses! And that mare sounds like a HEADACHE!
I've had some rescues like that http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif
Hang in there!

If riding were all blue ribbons and bright lights, I would have quit long ago.
~George Morris

[Lord Helpus]

Hey fellow poopmeisters!

A PT is starting for those who feel poopy due to a chronic health problem. It is called:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and just plain feelin' shitty.

I see some fellow PT members are posting here, so I thought I would tell ALL Poopmeisters (which sounds so much better than "poopsters") about it.

Anyone can join -- although the focus is on feeling poopy because of health problems, as opposed to feeling poopy because of environment, relationships, job, family, money or just plain old generic poopiness.

If you want to join our little group, please PT me. Once the PT is put together, I cannot add names. InfoPop won't let me.

And now, please carry on with the poopiness..... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

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"Oh yeah, I'll bet you're fat and can't ride!" --- Erin, Chief Cathearder. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif