Riding on Wednesday

Wednesday is usually my day to have a riding lesson, but today Betsy, my trainer, was in Hawaii, so no lesson. Instead, I exercised Doc in the new round pen, then rode him in the new arena. It was fun, and, of course, Doc was perfect.

Movie Tuesday

Slim pickings at the movies....we saw I Am Number 4, a movie we knew nothing about. We had seen the previews, but it sounded like a mystery...3 people had been killed, and the "hero" was No. 4. Turned out it was aliens vs. aliens in the United States. Strange, but it wasn't half bad...and there's always the popcorn.

Oh Noooooo

One of our 3 female turkeys was run over by a car today. That only leaves two females and 11 males. It's a sad day.

It was a busy day, too. Dennis was very busy doing a demonstration for visitors among other things. Neil Shaw came down to help out. I fixed Neil breakfast (pancakes and Canadian bacon). Then I went down to the glass shop to start melting wine bottles in the kiln for Angie and Gary to take to their Titanium rally. I found one live and three dead mice in drawers so I freaked out and got Eugenio to clean it up before I went back to work in there. Yuk. Did a little work in the office, then went down to the barn to ride Doc. He was really dirty, so when the groomer girls showed up, I had them clean up Doc and didn't ride afterall. It wasn't looking good for accomplishing anything today, but I did go back to the glass shop and worked down there for awhile. Then Mom picked me up (because Dennis was using the car) and we watched the 2-hr. Event at her house since I missed recording it. I worked on knitting a scarf for Angie while we watched the program. Afterwards I came home and gave Spike his lunch and a cookie. He always wants a cookie after his meals. Then I did some more knitting until Dennis came home around 4 p.m.

Sunday at the Ranch

It was a gorgeous day today at the ranch. Dennis and I drove up the south mountain road to take some photos. While there, we saw the turkey flock on the other side of the creek. They are really getting around now. After we took photos there, we drove to Boulevard to support our local candy shop, The Wisteria Candy Cottage, and then stopped by the side of Hwy. 8 to take more photos of the ranch. 

From the top of the hill looking at the riding arenas

Those little dots just on the other side of the creek are the turkeys!

Wisteria Candy Cottage

View of house from Hwy. 8

Doc grazing

Lunch with Bryan

My nephew, Bryan

On the day we returned the Prius, Angie, Mom & I met Bryan for lunch at the Hacienda Mexican restaurant in El Cajon near the Toyota dealership. It was great to spend some time with Bryan, my nephew,  since we rarely see him. His wife, Danielle, had to work so we missed seeing her. Bryan bought us all lunch. Thanks, Bryan!

Pizza Night Sans Pizza

Angie, Gary and the Antipasto

In the old days, we had Pizza Night at Mom's house on Friday nights. Since the diet days arrived, we still have dinner together at Mom's on Fridays, except for the rare dinner out. This Friday Angie and Mom made a spectacular antipasto salad. Good for my diet. Then we had apple pie for dessert--sabotaged again!

Knitting

Here are some scarves I knitted. I love making scarves because they are portable projects, good for taking on trips and knitting in front of the TV. I especially love the ruffles.