Update from Cynthia

Cynthia's house and barn were right in the area of the tornado. We are so glad to hear from her.

Just letting you know we are safe from the tornado....the wind was ridiculous...but no damage. My husbands brothers family lost their entire house. However,  he, his wife and 3 kids are safe so we are thanking God for that! 
And...incidentally....Olivia is doing very good, except for when she thinks its funny to put a muddy hoof in her water bucket and get her water all nasty. I can tell she wants to do it, but waits till i turn around to do so! I scold her for that, change the water and then she usually will leave it alone for the rest of the day.  Despite that, I love her personality.   
If you get a chance check out this article from the Chicago Tribune on the Tornado clean-up, just click on the link below
Chicago Tribune story
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Time for a little levity after the last few hard days of tornado clean-up

This list has been sent to me numerous times. OK it is true I believe I and my horse friends have done ALL of this and more. All of this is very normal behavior, isn't it?

 1·        Wearing old worn out clothes while your horse runs around tearing up brand new blankets

2·        Refusing to get a manicure or pedicure or anything along that lines, yet your horse needs regular trims, perfectly clean and moisturized hooves.

3·        Sheath cleaning

4·        Temperature taking

5·        Eating a sandwich or snack in the barn with your dirty hands, yet once in the city you are reluctant to touch door handles.

6·        Getting up super early on weekends for horse shows

7·        How much you spent on vet bills

8·        Talking to your horses excessively: “Girls stop fighting over food right now!” “did you like your treats?” “Girls come get your treats!” “Ooo you like when I scratch your rump don’t you?”

9·        Family pictures but instead of a family it is your horses

10·        When you get upset because your friend or family cannot tell your horses apart

11·        Your “nice” or “expensive” clothing is your show clothes or fancy barn clothes

12·        Bought a truck with nice leather seats that smells so clean…let’s just throw this sweaty and dirty tack on these nice clean seats and enjoy the aroma of barn while driving

13·        When company comes over to your house and you have to abandon them to go do chores because the horses do not like when their feeding is late

14·        Discussing mares in season with horse people around non-horse people

15·        Discussing worm counts and vet fecal tests

16·        When a friend opens your fridge and find horse vaccines

17·        When someone notices horse teeth somewhere in your house being stored like treasures