Recent content by Linda_H

We are very excited. Since our move we have been planning to get officially OK'd to have a pony and build a barn Our zoning allows us 1 horse and all we have to do is fill out the building application for our barn We ordered the barn from Hill View Barns in Maine The barn itself is made by Amish...

Hi Well we moved into a great house in NH but it is a shock to go from 102 acres to 2 acres! I had to sell all but 1 pony They all went to great homes- making their new owners very happy. I am so happy to be forever away from that insane stepmother My mom now lives with us which is an...

After thinking & agonizing I have decided that I have to sell out my ponies & minis "My stepmonster" has sold the family farm- many of you know my story so I won't bore but in a nutshell my husband & I were to live there for life the- 11th generation My dad was so pleased ! I had bought some...

were ofered a "deal" from my stepmonster who is selling the family farm for 2.8 million The good thing is that the town is buying it so it will be preserved and most saved as open land along wih the history The bad thing is that to get a small amount with which to buy a house with no mortgage I...

Hu I received such a wonderful package I was in tears when I opened it! What a lot of thought went into it My secret Santa was Jan & Mark of Rainey's Ranch in Ca They even included the exact number of collar covers for all our dogs I hope I can remember all the things- notepad with horse design...

Both Rick & I are ready to put his cancer behind us- it has taken so much of our energy. His oncologist told us last week that he considers him to be in complete remision at this point The next few years are risky but we have to have faith that the chemo & radiation did their job He has been...

Our luck continues to be so bizarre it is almost funny Rick had surgery Monday to try & open his esphagus so he can begin to try eating with the goal of getting rid of the feeding tube He had a lot of damage from the radiation so he has a stricture that stops the food at the level of C4. He...

Well, it is done, Shyanne was buried in the corner of the paddock where she loved to graze with her pony and mini friends, pretending she was their mom The man who made her grave is a long time friend and although I do not see him much he was a typical animal person Did it with compassion...

I had to make the decision today to put down my 1st horse. Shyanne is 26 yr old, has Cushings is lame now & I found 2-3 abdominal masses. I know it has to be done but for some reason this is much harder than when I had to put down a dog I have had her for 20 years & she has brought much...

It is so hard to believe that such a horrible thing has happened- This is the 3rd young person who we know who was killed by a car in the past 3 weeks. On May 21 Rick 's youngest brother was killed in a head on collision then a dear co workers son was killed in an accident in Kansas City and...

I thank you all for kind words I guess that is what I wanted to give me courage I hope I did not come across as a whiner- I am a fighter & have decided that June 1 2006 WAS going to be the start of some good positive happenings for us I also know it is not going to happen unless I help it along...

We have dealt with so many negatives lately that I honestly thought I would lose it I did not know how much more I could take For a short run down for those who have not read earlier posts- here is how late 2005-early2006 have been : My husband was diagnosed 2 weeks before Christmas with...

As in many families it gets confusing with many grandparents, great grandparents etc The kids call the great grandmothers "Besta" that is short for bestamor a scandinavian( Danish) word for grandma It works to help clear up confusion & is easy for the little ones to say!

Some of you kow that my husband & I have been through a hard time since he was diagnosed with head & neck cancer in December He has had very tough radiation and chemo treatments Then 2 weeks after diagnosis my stepmonster who lives in the other side of the house decided to tell us that she is...

There is a good chance that the offending muscle is your piriformis muscle I have piriformis syndrome --In most people the sciatic nerve runs under or over the muscle but in some lucky individuals ( 15%!) it runs right through the piriformis muscle in the hip The muscle clamps right down on the...