Did you know horses can't puke?
Tonight, Sandra's horse Cali got sick. Apparently, she ate something bad, or ate too much too fast, I don't really know the details, but my brother always explains things in a simple way: their guts have to keep moving or they will die. So, if they get something "clogged" somewhere in their digestive track, everything stops moving. They try and fix it themselves by rolling around on the ground, but that is the worst thing they can do, as apparently that can actually twist their stomach into knots, and that is when they really die.
There is only one way to help the horse, and that is to keep them moving, so tonight we spent 3 hours taking turns walking Cali around in circles so she wouldn't lay down and waiting for her to poop. Then Grant went to the store and bought two bottles of Pepto Bismol and we fed it to her through a turkey baster. Yes, we fed a horse Pepto Bismol through a turkey baster. She looked really funny actually, with pink goo all over her lips she looked like some kind of cheap horse prostitute.
Anyway, all is good. She pooped.
I hope we get a new turkey baster before christmas.
Tonight, Sandra's horse Cali got sick. Apparently, she ate something bad, or ate too much too fast, I don't really know the details, but my brother always explains things in a simple way: their guts have to keep moving or they will die. So, if they get something "clogged" somewhere in their digestive track, everything stops moving. They try and fix it themselves by rolling around on the ground, but that is the worst thing they can do, as apparently that can actually twist their stomach into knots, and that is when they really die.
There is only one way to help the horse, and that is to keep them moving, so tonight we spent 3 hours taking turns walking Cali around in circles so she wouldn't lay down and waiting for her to poop. Then Grant went to the store and bought two bottles of Pepto Bismol and we fed it to her through a turkey baster. Yes, we fed a horse Pepto Bismol through a turkey baster. She looked really funny actually, with pink goo all over her lips she looked like some kind of cheap horse prostitute.
Anyway, all is good. She pooped.
I hope we get a new turkey baster before christmas.
after four weeks of driving around listening to bad Quesnel radio, I decided today to make a mixed tape for the mini van. I wasn't sure if it was going to work, as I didn't know if the archaic cd player would know how to read MP3's, but much to my joy it did! So here is my first mixed tape I made, I made it full of songs I like to sing... I don't really know if it is much better than Quesnel radio, but in my world it is.
1. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - the Proclaimers
2. Dark Blue - Jack's Mannequin
3. Life, in a Nutshell - BNL
4. Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp
5. Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
6. What's the Frequency, Kenneth - REM
7. It Falls Apart - the Odds
8. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
9. Shiny Happy People - REM
10. A - BNL
11. Courage - The Tragically Hip
12. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
13. Big Ten Inch Record - Aerosmith
14. Love Shack - the B-52's
15. Take it Back - BNL
16. Fight for your Right - Beastie Boys
17. You May be Right - Billy Joel
18. Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
19. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
20. Barbie Girl - Aqua
21. Wonderful - Everclear
it is a pretty random list of songs, and I would like to point out there are only THREE Barenaked Ladies songs in this mix (BNL will get there own CD) It reminds me of Fred... Fred was the best Mixed Tape ever.
1. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - the Proclaimers
2. Dark Blue - Jack's Mannequin
3. Life, in a Nutshell - BNL
4. Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp
5. Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
6. What's the Frequency, Kenneth - REM
7. It Falls Apart - the Odds
8. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
9. Shiny Happy People - REM
10. A - BNL
11. Courage - The Tragically Hip
12. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
13. Big Ten Inch Record - Aerosmith
14. Love Shack - the B-52's
15. Take it Back - BNL
16. Fight for your Right - Beastie Boys
17. You May be Right - Billy Joel
18. Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
19. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
20. Barbie Girl - Aqua
21. Wonderful - Everclear
it is a pretty random list of songs, and I would like to point out there are only THREE Barenaked Ladies songs in this mix (BNL will get there own CD) It reminds me of Fred... Fred was the best Mixed Tape ever.
Moonlight. Silvery glow over everthing, casting moonlit shadows, making the daisies glow....
I rode a horse today. It is WAY more work than it looks like in the movies. and the stupid horse ran my knee into a tree, now my foot falls asleep everytime I put my shoes on. but it was worth it....
I hear someone walking upstairs... and I wonder if I woke them up. I wonder who it is and what they are doing. I hear the dog there, he is obvious. should I go upstairs, or leave them alone??
Today was a relatively uneventful day. I haven't been sleeping well, so I don't wake up until at least 11am. Today it was raining when I woke up so I dyed my hair blonder. Kesey has never been out in the rain, he didn't like it much... he got his paws a little wet then came back inside quickly.
When it stoped raining, I walked to the apple tree and picked a bucket full of apples (take THAT Granville Island Public Market!) Now I have to learn how to bake a pie or something... The apple tree was far away, and I had to walk there. I was exhausted after this excursion, but didn't have a nap.
I had pizza for dinner.
I need to find an extention cord. Two actually.
When it stoped raining, I walked to the apple tree and picked a bucket full of apples (take THAT Granville Island Public Market!) Now I have to learn how to bake a pie or something... The apple tree was far away, and I had to walk there. I was exhausted after this excursion, but didn't have a nap.
I had pizza for dinner.
I need to find an extention cord. Two actually.
Today I learned how to drive a tractor. I moved horse poop.
I changed my template because *someone* said they couldn't post comments... so I changed it to this, which I thought was simpler but it screwed up other things, so someone will have to post a comment so I can see it is working... then I will try and figure out how to switch it back to my old template, since I have so much time on my hands
My SIL has four horses, so my brother Grant thought we should take Kesey down to meet them.
1. Kesey doesn't walk, so I have to carry his fourty pound ass down to the barn
2. Kesey has never seen anything that big in his city dwelling life, so he didn't let go of my shirt if his life depended on it.
3. My brother thought it would be "fun" to throw Kesey in the haystack. Kesey didn't think so.
4. Carey had to climb up to the rafters of the barn to rescue Kesey (I will post a picture of this "haystack" tomorrow.
5. Since meeting the horses, Kesey follows me around like a freaking dog. I can't even go to the bathroom without him meowing at the door in a state of panic.
Things I have learned about Kesey in the country....
-he doesn't like things touching his paws... rocks, grass, hay... his delicate paws have only ever touched carpet and hardwood so all of this "nature stuff" creeps him out
-he is either going to hide under things that get me dirty, or climb up things that will kill us both when we fall to the ground as I try and save him.
-I think he has OCD... he is currently cleaning himself, and all he did was walk into the carport three feet and turn around and run back in the house.
After a week of packing and cleaning, it is all done, and I am back in Quesnel. I had a few fleeting moments of regrete, but it passed. Talk to me again in three weeks when the novelty of being here wears off. I am so sick of packing it is almost ridiculous, yet, I know I will be doing it again soon, so I am trying to block it out of my mind for now.
Nothing overly exciting happened during the move. I hired my cleaner Felimon to come clean my apartment for me. He is the sweetest man ever. I asked him for a quote and he said "what ever you want Carey, you do so much for me" (to be fair, I did get him three big Janitorial contracts that made it able for him to start his own company) So I gave him $75.
I forced Colin to help me, which was a life saver (he moved heavy stuff) I paid him with a box of microwave popcorn, a coupon for a free Rogers Chocolate and a $5.00 gift certificate for the bookstore. There are three funny Colin stories I can tell that made me laugh...
1. When he arrived this morning, the first thing him and my brother moved into the horse trailer was my couch. When he got to the trailer, he looked around and said "so, how did we do this last time?" Reference: Colin has moved me five times in the last 4 years, so he know my stuff intimately
2. I was moving boxes and suitcases out into the lobby and he was packing them to the trailer. On one trip out to the trailer with my suitcases, he looked at my brother and said, "I guess I am not getting my luggage back, huh?"
3. This story I personally find the most funny, and no one else will get it or possibly understand. I found an old canvass bag in my closet, I thought it was empty, but when I dropped it, it went clunk. Upon investigating the sorce of the "clunk" I found something totally amazing! I got so excited, and said to my brother, "OMG, where is Colin? He is going to freak when he sees this!" I showed my discovery to my brother, who looked at me like I had lost my marbles (more than were already gone at that point), and I said, "No, you don't understand, Colin is absolutely going to love this! He is going to LOVE me!" So we went down to the trailer to find Colin, and I showed him my discovery... There was an old post-it note, in his handwritting, attached to it, so he read it, looking a tad confused... then he looked at the package. Then is eye got huge and he said "OMG!" and gave me a huge hug! My poor brother is utterly confused at this point.
So now we are here. I am really tired and I don't have a plan, so who knows what I will be doing tomorrow.
