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Thanks! I don't believe one of the clinics is going to be too much at all and in fact I was planning on taking Harley there anyway. It's a one day indoor trail course thing which I'm pretty sure will be just fine. The other is going to be a whole 'nother story but I have ridden with the clinician a ...

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Nice looking girl!

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And what do you do with him? I have four, count them four, horses living at home. Dexter, the best minded OTTB evah, has an old track injury which has been bothering him on and off since I had him. He's 18 this year ad being bothered more often than not so any kind of training program is out because...

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Fatcat, must be an Arab thing. My old guy wants in at the first sign of rain, loves his fluffed up stall, naps like a champ. The others, as much as they like being out of the storms, don't particularly mind getting wet. Last night was hell. Wind went nuts and a number of trees went down, thankfully ...

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Ugh....here we go....power just came back after being out all day but lights still flickering like mad. Wind howling, rain coming down in sheets. 6 to 9 inches of rain predicted between today and Saturday.

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I'm so sorry for your loss

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Clear skies tonight! Yippee!!!! Cold, really cold, but we're actually supposed to see the sun tomorrow and Wednesday! Let it frost!

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More thunderstorms, wind and lots of hail today. The indoor I haul to is out of commission as the wind took out a wall two night ago :shock: No loss of power though and no flooding at least here at home. At the bottom of the hill is a whole 'nother story. The road going through the adjacent neighbor...

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Many jingles for both

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Batting down again sigh.....6 inches of rain predicted between tonight and Sunday morning. Winds supposedly not as strong but more thunderstorms and hail are going to be in the mix.

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Power has been going off and on all week. Generators are at the ready and so are emergency lamps. Winds are downright scary at times but of course we live on top of a tall hill so that doesn't help. The good news is that the house is really well insulated. So far, we have seen plenty of trees on the...

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Thank you everyone for the input. I will mull this over and see if I can generate enough interest in this particular clinician to justify the headaches then take it from there.

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Oy....it sure sounds like a pain but....if it's what it takes to get the man here so be it....and if it becomes too much of a hassle I can still haul for the weekend to the closest place he'll be going to. Thanks!

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No doubt it is a lot of work. Clinician would be staying at my house which is about 15 minutes from the facility, so that is one less expense/headache. The facility is as lax as it gets but they are full so no room for overnight stays which could be a problem. There is another place not quite so clo...

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I'm so very sorry!

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Just got word that one of my very favorite trainers will be coming to Oregon in the Spring. The original location of the clinic is a bit far from me but I will be attending it regardless because I absolutely love riding with this person and since I moved from California to the big black hole of seri...

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Ah but that's because you used a regular coffee grinder

If you get the kind that has a reservoir, it'll grind up to a full cup at the time

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are you anywhere near Coos Bay?

YES! Do you know anyone?

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Shoot, just saw this.....H&E Feeds in Eugene sells oat groats by the 50lbs bag at $9.00 per bag. You can use a coffee grinder to make oat flour. Works like a charm.

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Butternut squash soup with wild mushrooms and grilled pork chops wrapped in prosciutto. Pretty yummy.
Tomorrow I have a full day and no time for cooking so we'll probably go out for pizza

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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DD has to work and step kids live far, far away so it'll be quiet. We'll probably have the neighbor over much like last year as he is elderly, lives alone and is not in the greatest health. I hear he's still talking about last year's "feast" at our house all over the neighborhood so at lea...

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I second antibiotics if you can get them. We had this nasty bug going on in my neckof the woods last year around this time and everyone was getting sick,then feeling better, then getting sick again...went on for months and it was horrible. Turned out to be a bacteria floating around and antibiotics ...

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Thanks!

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Koolkat wrote:Or were you talking about the brownies?

Oh heck no! Give me the meat!

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Apple & walnut stuffed pork chops tonight. And homemade apple pie for dessert (my first try at the crust and I'm not a baker so it'll be interesting). Picked the apples the horses missed from the trees in the orchard. Don't have enough to make apple sauce thanks to the little greedy stinkers but...

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I just saw. Absolutely horrible. I hope your family is safe

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KathyK wrote:What M&M said.

Yes. Exactly what she said

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Hah! I take your wimp and raise you four. This is the second Winter my four California Pansies will spend in Oregon. They live outside most of the time but they started begging to come inside at night and screaming for their blankets a week ago and we haven't even hit freezing temperatures yet. They...

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Happy update first post.....

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StraightForward wrote:
Yeah, OSU beaver here. So what? Now if its only the girls team and the guys are the cocks or something...

No, they aren't the cocks. They are the bucks. Sigh.......

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Quelah wrote:LOL! I was going to say, well if they're from the PNW….

LMAO!

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DH and I were in the local Safeway and the high school girls soccer team swarmed the place after practice.
They were all sporting T-Shirts emblazoned with "The - town name - Beavers".
We didn't know if we wanted to laugh or cry. Clueless anyone?

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You are crazy.
He sounds like fun. A good hunter is worth his weight in gold and, as a palomino, he will even loo like gold.

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Here's the thing: bow hunters don't scare me nearly as much as rifle hunters and no, this has nothing to do with gun phobia. Only, bow hunters HAVE to get close so they absolutely will recognize the difference between a horse and and elk (some of them, including my farrier, even hunt on a horse so t...

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I saw that on FB. He looks so happy!

I've emailed the trainer that is two hours away about doing one introductory session and explained the situation. Hopefully I'll get an answer soon.

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Woost2 wrote:Any fairgrounds around?

That is a thought! Where I lived before you couldn't use the fairgrounds but perhaps it's different here. The fairgrounds aren't exactly around the corner but definitely close enough for a weekly trip. I'll check it out. Thanks!

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Maybe it is a regional thing. Here in CA land is so expensive, boarding facilities are pretty densely populated! You are in the East Bay though, right? I used to be in Sonoma County and, even though all boarding barns were at or close to capacity, I had no issue finding a place to haul in. Perhaps ...

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Yes, let's hope it passes!

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Well....I would consider a training program, I really would, but I have no interest in running barrels or doing other rodeo-type stuff and I think I'm one of the three or four people who doesn't ride in a big saddle with a big horn around here so that's out. And the boarding barns are full. But I'm ...

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The weather has been stormy with no end in sight, which is pretty typical for this area this time of year. My place is lovely but it's hilly and the "flat spot" is WAY too small for any riding, good for lunging but little else. The beach is fantastic but not during storms (or during high t...

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I'm very sorry for your loss.

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Yes, both dogs are current with all their vaccinations and yes, it was pretty odd behavior. I'm not too sorry that it ended that way. If the rat was diseased it could have been a total nightmare if I had caught it.

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amygdala wrote:an animal came to you for help. you let your dogs kill it. nice

Really?

Wow

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Yes it was very quick. Something to be thankful about. I actually was growing find of the little guy. Alas, it was a rat....

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Well.....sadly the little dude didn't go in the trap. He did, however, challenge the dogs this afternoon and, while Bart was looked pretty intimidated, Zelda killed it with one snap and walked away, looking pretty proud of herself. Stupid thing had no clue who he was messing with apparently.

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I had a late start this year and the wind around here will kill just about anything but, thanks to the Most Awesome greenhouse DH built me, I was able to get peas, beans, tomatoes galore, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, lets of peppers and eggplant. Between canning and freezing I'm "alm...

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No rat in sight today. May be he is a traveling rat and moved on. Or may be he had an encounter with a predator. The trap is set. We'll see what happens.
And Xcaliper, they can be cute, if you could just get rid of that tail I wouldn't have much of an issue at all. Well, may be I wouldn't.

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I think that would be great for recipe exchange and such

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