catch up

I thought I had been so good at blogging lately.  Then I signed in today and saw my last blog was Thursday.

THURSDAY!?!?

How could that possibly be?  I've been so good at taking pictures lately!  

Oh yeah.  But I haven't had time to put them up.  

So I will catch you up since Thursday.

Friday, Wrangler Sarah had to get a stitch in her lip.  

She was unsaddling Zeidle, the new pony who is now gone.  

Side note:  Zeidle was given to us for free - people are having a hard time feeding their horses in this bad economy.  However, she was an indian gift because Dad didn't know Mom gave her to us and wanted her back.  Fine by us.  She was scared of everything.  And a pony.  Ugh.

So, Wrangler Sarah was unsaddling Zeidle when Zeidle threw her head, like horses do, only it happened to hit Wrangler Sarah in the mouth.  Hence, having to get a stitch in her lip.

As you can see, we had corn on the cob, which Wrangler Sarah loves -- note the pile of cobs on the right.  She was having a REALLY hard time eating it with her lip, so she shaved it off.

Her mother on the other hand....

...was having NO problems with the ribs! 

Cookie was pretty happy with her creation, too.

On to Saturday.

At last week's jam session we made plans to play volleyball with that group of people.  So, we headed back down to Gate 8.

I have to say this was the most beautiful background for volleyball.  

The sun was setting on the mountains and this picture does it no justice.

After volleyball, we headed back to the ranch for some supper and cake.  

Make that BIRTHDAY cake!  It was Wrangler Sarah's birthday, which is why her mom and grandma were here.

And to end it all, this is a picture Cookie took, hanging out of the car window like a dog. 

I hope you are all caught up and that you had a great weekend!

weather forecast

Having lived in Florida for the past 4 years, I stopped watching the weather forecast.  It's either going to be hot...or REALLY hot!  Ok, so in the winter, you don't know if it's going to be hot or cold (you know, like, in the 50s), but you just learn to wear layers. 

Well, I'm realizing that in Colorado I should start checking the weather again.  

Or not.  

It varies incredibly from day to day.  Heck, from hour to hour!   And that's why I've decided I don't need to start checking the weather.  I just continue to dress in layers.  

First of all, Colorado is a dry state.  I don't mean alcohol.  Well, then again, they just recently allowed you to buy alcohol on Sundays.  They're really loosening up, I tell ya!

As I was saying, Colorado is a dry state.  It's in the Great American Desert, for gosh sakes!

But you could have fooled me!  

I mean just look at all this slop!  

We are up to our ankles, literally, in shmud.  If you don't know what shmud is, just think about what comes out of the back end of a horse and mixes with mud.  

I usually like to wear my jeans a couple of times, but right now that's an impossibility.  My jeans are covered by 10 am.  Heck, make that 9 am!

It has been raining since Sunday.  We didn't even do our long ride yesterday because of the rain. 

It's really hard to go to an overlook when all you can see is, well, fog.  

This was my group ride yesterday morning.  

Don't mind Gauge.  He's got a bit of an eating problem on the trail, so we covered his mouth with a feed bag, sans the feed.

Since I'm enthralled with the fog, let's take a tour of the place, shall we?

This is the Lodge.  This is where our kitchen and dining room are, as well as the parlor, which houses our one and only TV used solely for VHS and DVDs.  We also have the majority of our guest rooms in the Lodge.  Apache, Buffalo, Cheyenne, Eagle, and Dakota.  See a pattern there?

This is the Rec Barn.  It has everything.  A pool table, foosball, books, movies, the laundry room, the massage room, the gift shop, and the jacuzzi outside.  

Around back and upstairs is where Dan & Ellen live on one side and two of the girls' bedrooms and the only bathroom  are on the other side.  The rest of the girls, like myself, live in the sheds at the bottom of the stairs.  

I'll do a post on that soon...once we vacuum again.  You can't IMAGINE how fast it gets dirty with all the shmud!

Does this view look familiar to you?  

No?

Well let's try this photo from the boy scout post.

How about now?  Not exactly the same angle, but definitely the same view.  

Anyhow, the point of this post is that I think this rain stuff is just craziness!

And I really want to know....

Will the real Colorado please stand up?  

late night

Lars and Amy came for our weekly sing-along tonight, which always makes for a late night.  I won't be posting anything, but I have been compiling pictures the last few days for a post, so hope to get something up tomorrow since it's my day off.  

Was that a run-on sentence?  I don't know it's late.  And apparently I need to get more sleep.  Ellen told me so.  It's bad when your boss tells you to get more sleep.

Anyhow, I haven't gotten any comments from my readers and I was really hoping for some!  So puh-LEASE take just a minute to say hey!!!!