cuts, walking and stuff

"A mistake only becomes a failure when you repeat it."

 

How is everyone today? Pat is doing good with his finger. It looked horrible. It was a jagged cut about 2 inches long. Brook's ear is better. And I am not thirsty anymore.

I have been walking 3-4 times a week lately. My new habit will be walking 5 times a week even if I have to walk alone. We have been going 2.2 miles on the road and my driveway added to it makes 2 and a half miles for me. We are working on cutting our time down for our walk. I suspect that I will have to increase my time on the days we do not walk together.  Our time is slow. We are barely walking ove 2.5 miles an hour. I would like to get our time up to 3.5 MPH. At least I am walking!

Next month I start a new class. We will be studying advance techniques in Bo Staff. I will set up a video so yall can see how well(or poorly) I am doing. Brook will not be taking the next class with me. She has a lot on her plate right now with school and the black belt test.

Saturday Pat and I will be leaving town for a few days. I will not have access to Internet(no laptop). We will be taking a much needed break from everything. Going to ride the bike to Helen and wherever else our heart desires.

Okay time to get busy. I need to cook and clean like all good domestic goddesses do.

 

pain, ouchie, thirsty

Today has not been the best of days. This morning Pat and I were on our way out the door to get my alternator fixed and Brook's school called. She had a bad ear ache. So off we go to get her. I call the doctor's off ice and it would be afternoon before we can get in. Okay that was settled. After having my alternator tested again and it said it was good(first test said it was bad) we decided to eat breakfast. It was real good except for the service. I could NOT get a refill. Finally we are getting up to leave and she brings me one. Well duh! Too late now.

Brook sees the doctor and she just has an ear infection. She is being treated with ear drops.

Pat goes to work and calls me after he had only been there 30 minutes. He is on his way to the hospital. He had cut his finger pretty bad. They put 7 stitches in and sent him back to work. Work sent him home.

He is here and now I am gone. LOL See yall later.

babies, Precious

We went and picked up our horses today.

Precious did not mate. Yesterday she was given a date rape drug ( not really but that is what I felt like). She was given a sedative to calm her down and allow him to mount. She kept looking at me and I cried. When she still ran out from under him I said no more. She was not just hurt physically, she was hurt mentally after what happened last time. Next year we will try to artificially inseminate her. My baby is home where she belongs. I will have the vet check Crystal this week to see if she is pregnant. If not we will try again next spring with her also.

Brook's training intensifies now. Black belt testing is a lot harder than any of the other tests. She has to punch out 3 candles  without touching the flames. Sounds easy huh? It is not! I have tried it. She has to break 50 boards and a cinder block. She does get to wrap her hands up for the breaking.

On top of these tests she is testing for the gifted program at school. AND she is now in an after school class for computers and stuff. 2 hours a day of practice for Tae Kwon Do, 1  hour class of TAe 4 times a week, 1 hour computer class twice a week and 1 hour of homework 3 times a week,  and 30 minutes of reading daily.... She does have time to eat in there somewhere.

Okay Pat is waiting for me. We are going to watch The Sting.

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