The weekend’s too short

The weekend is just too short, isn’t it?  I took yesterday off from riding to spend running errands and doing stuff with Bob.  We had breakfast at IHOP (YUMMY!), then took the dogs over to PetSmart to get their nails clipped.  They soooooooooooooo do not like having their nails clipped.  Sassy especially.  She has to [...]

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Deja-vu

Yesterday, I took off from work to help Jess at Culpeper.  She needed someone to groom and had four horses there.  I was up at 5:00A and pulled into the showgrounds a little bit before 7:00A, having stopped along the way in Warrenton for a steak McSkillet Burrito, of course. 
Having not done the ’show groom’ thing [...]

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My favorite time of year

Fall is not yet upon us but it is right around the corner.  I love this time of year, where things cool off, the mornings are a little crisp, the lawns all come back in a vibrant shade of green — it’s just perfect.  This weekend was like that.  Perfect weather.  Aside from the great weather, [...]

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Practice makes perfect!

Well, maybe not perfect but respectable.  I’m fine with respectable. 
Yesterday, I headed out of the office early to get to Karin’s before nightfall.  I was excited to do some practice on some of the exercises I did at Peter’s this past Sunday.  After spending waaaaaaay too much time fawning over Gracie (I can’t help it!  Her [...]

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It runs in the family

For those that have been keeping up, you know that I have Osage Indian in me.  On all job applications and papers that ask for you to identify your race, I check the ‘Native American’ box.  I can, with a clean conscience, do this because I have a card issued to me by the Department of Interior [...]

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Persistence does pay off

One of the things I like most about my personality is my persistence.  I will not be satisfied until the desired result comes from my persistence and dedication to acheiving a goal.  And if what I am doing doesn’t seem to be giving me the desired result, well then, I take a hard look at [...]

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I don’t like Ike

I’ve got aunts, an uncle and cousins from my mother’s side in and around Houston.  I’m so worried about them.  I got to talk to my Aunt Sue shortly before and after the hurricane made landfall.  She sounded concerned but in true Tinker fashion, had her wits about her and had made plans and provisions.  [...]

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“The more Marines I have around, the better I like it!” – GEN Mark Clark, USA

Most of you know, I am a Marine’s daughter.  That is something that I have been proud of since I was about five.  At five, I remember how handsome my daddy was in his uniform everyday he went to work for our country.  And growing up, I remember how important the Corps, that brotherhood was [...]

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Phew!

I am so glad it is the end of the day, I cannot even tell you.  But, I guess I’m gonna.
Whenever I have an especially crazy day at the office, I like to take a look back and see if it was as crazy as I thought.  So, I go back and count how many [...]

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How to survive grocery shopping

Not like any of this is interesting but I’ll share it, simply because I’m addicted to blogging now. 
So, as mentioned earlier, last night was grocery night.  A night that I dread with my every fiber.  While I don’t have children to drag me down, I do have a full time job, riding that I am [...]

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