Alone Again!

Well, my friends have already left. I loved seeing them and spending time with them. And I have to give Sara credit, she was surprisingly UNdifficult! :) Let's see, we had some yummy eggs benedict ala Charles, went shopping twice (I didn't buy a THING), went out to a Sushi restaurant in Dallas (I don't eat sushi, but I did enjoy the Chocolate Soup for dessert), and hung out around the house. Today it is awfully quiet - just me and Jack again. Luckily for me, Jack is excellent company.

The guys never showed up to clean the barn, so that is one thing that did NOT get done this weekend. They are supposed to come next weekend - we'll see.

I have tons of pictures from this weekend but I just realized that like 90% of them are of Sara and Valerie!! I'll see if I can find some that actually have me and Jack in them for this...

Me and Jack dancing (he loves to dance, or should I say he loves it when we hold him and dance)

Sporting his super cool outfit from Auntie Valerie. I was in denial about how big he is and didn't think this would fit him. HA! Luckily Valerie was here to shake some sense into me. Jack will probably only fit in his for a couple more weeks!

Auntie Sara and Jack. All of the pictures I have of Sara and Jack mostly showcase Sara so (although she does look hot in this one!) this is pretty much the only one that actually shows the BABY. Hehe.


Good times! I don't even remember taking this one.


Jack loves his Auntie Valerie.

Yay for Visitors!!

Yay! Valerie and Sara will be here tonight! Sara will probably get mad, if she ever reads this, because I put Valerie's name before hers. In fact, Charles sent Valerie a text yesterday to see what they wanted to drink while they were here (besides water) and then I told him that he'd better send Sara a text or call her because she would get mad if he texted Valerie and not her. Of course, he called and left her two messages and she never called him back, but I bet she will still be mad. See how difficult my friends (well, just Sara) can be???? Despite this, I am still SOOO exited to see them and of course to show off Jack, my pride and joy.

We have someone coming this weekend to clean out the barn. Another thing to "YAY" about. If you read the post below you'll remember that the barn is a disaster. So we have someone coming to clean it and then (how many times can I say this) maybe I can bring Titan over next weekend and start riding again. And even better, if it turns out this guy is a good worker, maybe we can hire him to help on a regular basis (you know, because I have so much time these days to clean stalls and all...).

Well, Jack is in his swing and he's waking up so it's time for me to go now.

Disaster in the Barn, Getting Stronger and a Little Piece of Home!

Oh my - Charles accidentally left one of the stalls open a few days ago and the horses had a free-for-all in the barn! Luckily the feedroom and tackroom were closed, but OH. MY. GOSH. What a mess. Norman, Seamus and Mo destroyed the place. My chair was broken into little pieces, the wheelbarrow crunched, the rake in pieces, a glass bowl that Ziggy had been eating from shattered, and the concrete carpeted in horse poop. And to top it all off, Norman was standing in the middle of the barn aisle like a king staring at me when I opened the door. Of course he walked right up to me like nothing was wrong.

I was in the barn to sweep it out for some hay that we had coming, but when I saw the mess I just cleared off a little space for the hay instead. Hopefully we can hire someone to help us get that barn under control. The most important thing is that no one go hurt - all three horses are none worse for the wear after their barn party!

On another note, I am feeling much stronger. I put Jack in the Ergo Baby carrier and walked for about a mile today. He's got to be about 14 pounds now, and my back hurts a bit this evening, but it felt great to get out and go for a walk. I have also just felt stronger in general - little things like getting up off the floor are easier, and getting off of this couch with Jack in my arms is easier, too.

And speaking of being on the couch, we were sitting on it Saturday night watching Cops (I didn't know they even filmed that show anymore, but they do, and in HD!). I was surprised and excited to get a little piece of home - COPS San Diego! Woohoo! The first segment was filmed in Santee (figures) and featured a woman getting arrested for stealing a cake. Hehe. The next segment was from Vista (even more appropriate). Imagine my excitement as the COPS car whizzed past the Ford dealership (over by Coco's - yum) and arrested someone for pointing a shotgun at his neighbor. I was hoping it would be someone I knew from high school or something, but I guess it's a good thing it wasn't. Well, for someone, anyway!