Just spent over an hour on the phone with 2 different companies, the first was so nice and helpful giving me the company name of the patent holder on Panacur powerpac. I'm just trying to find out HOW LONG does this poison go through the milk. The company had their vet call me and that man was AWFUL. He talked over me, would not let me explain anything, just kept telling me we have the problem at our place it is not the product. I finally got rude, told him I have listened to you I would like you to listen to me and even that didn't work. Why would anyone treat another person like this?
I asked him to call my vet, got him to agree and he hung up. When there are no answers coming from the maker of the product and the vet is terribly rude I get upset and angry. How dare he not listen, there is a serious problem and he kept saying it was all my fault for not worming the filly earlier. Can you imagine if we had wormed the filly and then she is dewormed again by the mom's milk? Double poison!
All I wanted to know is HOW LONG does the Panacur stay in the mom's milk?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Traveling Preparations
Not an encouraging morning at the farm again, the filly is caked with diarrhea she is very lethargic and Samantha's udder looks as if it has not been nursed on. Once the udder was milked out, Lily milked and the filly fed, she was given her medications but the IV left until after the walk. Mike moved in 2 new round bales in the Friesian paddock, then I had him look at the skid steer, it started squeaking and smelling of burning rubber. He found a bearing out, Mark was called to arrange sending it in for repair.
While giving the IV the filly nursed twice. I only have enough lactate ringers for today, one more dose of biosponge (horse kaopectate given every 12 hours)and I used the last of the ketoprofen (happy juice given each morning). I guess I should call and order more supplies. And the bills keep coming!!!
Taunya is picking me up for the trip to Chicago and the laundry must be done including washing and drying my shoes before she gets here.
While giving the IV the filly nursed twice. I only have enough lactate ringers for today, one more dose of biosponge (horse kaopectate given every 12 hours)and I used the last of the ketoprofen (happy juice given each morning). I guess I should call and order more supplies. And the bills keep coming!!!
Taunya is picking me up for the trip to Chicago and the laundry must be done including washing and drying my shoes before she gets here.
Beauty Alone?
OK, we received an email from a lady with a 4 year old 3/4 Friesian mare by Flurry she would like to trade. This immediately sets up red flags. The foals we have seen by Flurry are beautiful but the one we owned we could NOT train. This was the first time I ever gave up on a horse and sold her as brood mare only. So I asked was this mare under saddle and was told lots of in hand work was done but no under saddle work yet, they were going to send her to the trainer to finish her. Now when we hear of a 4 year old with no undersaddle work only in hand work, I believe there must be a problem.
Years ago before we owned any Friesians Rhoda and I decided to breed Patsy to a Friesian stallion and asked for videos from different stallion owners. OF all we looked at we picked Flurry, we loved his body type. It didn't work out on our end, it just was too far to drive Patsy up there and they were not yet offering shipped semen.
When we decided to buy Raven we didn't do any of the background searches to find out how his foals would turn out, we didn't test his blood to see if he had the red gene, we didn't even have his semen tested to see if it would ship. After 8 years of standing Raven at stud We are so blessed that not only does Raven throw beautiful foals that look more like him than the mare (and we KNOW the mares) but he also throws his amazing disposition. He does not have the red gene, and unlike some other Friesian stallions he is very fertile plus his semen ships fantastic. How blessed are we? VERY!
Years ago before we owned any Friesians Rhoda and I decided to breed Patsy to a Friesian stallion and asked for videos from different stallion owners. OF all we looked at we picked Flurry, we loved his body type. It didn't work out on our end, it just was too far to drive Patsy up there and they were not yet offering shipped semen.
When we decided to buy Raven we didn't do any of the background searches to find out how his foals would turn out, we didn't test his blood to see if he had the red gene, we didn't even have his semen tested to see if it would ship. After 8 years of standing Raven at stud We are so blessed that not only does Raven throw beautiful foals that look more like him than the mare (and we KNOW the mares) but he also throws his amazing disposition. He does not have the red gene, and unlike some other Friesian stallions he is very fertile plus his semen ships fantastic. How blessed are we? VERY!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
If Only
After church Rhoda came with me to learn how to put in the IV for Samantha's filly. I will do tomorrow morning, I think Steven will do the noon one and Rhoda will do the evening one. When we got out to the farm Mike was busy installing a brand new heavy duty RED gate in the first paddock so the ponies cannot escape.
The filly is still having horrible diarrhea. How long can this continue? I'm almost thinking Samantha's milk is still spewing out the panacur powerpac poison. It has been 10 days since the last day Samantha was treated. Decided to start milking out Samantha, brought Lily in, milked her and gave it to Sam's filly in hopes that if she starts getting good milk, it will help clear up the diarrhea. No where does it say not to use this on lactating mares. We have now spent over $600.00 plus thousands of hours trying to get her better, all because of a $65.00 purchase our vet recommended. We only tried this as Samantha has been losing weight nursing her big filly. Before they leave for their new home, we wanted her to look the best we could. Hind sight is 20/20 but if ONLY if ONLY if ONLY we would have waited until the horses were picked up and just given the new owner the powerpac.
The filly is still having horrible diarrhea. How long can this continue? I'm almost thinking Samantha's milk is still spewing out the panacur powerpac poison. It has been 10 days since the last day Samantha was treated. Decided to start milking out Samantha, brought Lily in, milked her and gave it to Sam's filly in hopes that if she starts getting good milk, it will help clear up the diarrhea. No where does it say not to use this on lactating mares. We have now spent over $600.00 plus thousands of hours trying to get her better, all because of a $65.00 purchase our vet recommended. We only tried this as Samantha has been losing weight nursing her big filly. Before they leave for their new home, we wanted her to look the best we could. Hind sight is 20/20 but if ONLY if ONLY if ONLY we would have waited until the horses were picked up and just given the new owner the powerpac.
Up then Down
This morning the filly is having constant diarrhea. This is SO discouraging! She was doing so well last night I really thought we were out of the woods. She was given 21/2 liters of fluids early, her pills, kaopectate, and happy shot, Then I went over to mom's where she served a wonderful breakfast of fresh pullet eggs, whole wheat toast, sausage and fresh squeezed orange juice. At 11:30 am I headed back to the farm to give her another 21/2 liters of fluid. The pills were given again at 12:30, a little early for this dose but I am not heading back out until 4:00pm.
Dr. Pallen was called to get health papers for Mika and Bunni, both are traveling to Gunnison Colorado for a week of trail riding with Mike and Diane and the filly was discussed at the same time. She feels we are on the right track treatment wise.
I leave tomorrow to take Taunya and Addyson up to Chicago so will need to show someone how to do this IV job for Thursday night and Friday morning.
Jenis came in season today and was covered. Bummer on that, We only got her covered once last time and wasn't sure if the timing was right. Obviously not or something else is going on with her. We saw blood after the birth of her filly this year, Dr. Hoerr did an ultrasound on her and didn't see any problem but this makes me wonder.
There MUST be something to rejoice about today, OH yes, THIS world is NOT our home, we are only passing through, some day and maybe soon all of these petty trials will be over and we will be feeling MIGHTY FINE!
Dr. Pallen was called to get health papers for Mika and Bunni, both are traveling to Gunnison Colorado for a week of trail riding with Mike and Diane and the filly was discussed at the same time. She feels we are on the right track treatment wise.
I leave tomorrow to take Taunya and Addyson up to Chicago so will need to show someone how to do this IV job for Thursday night and Friday morning.
Jenis came in season today and was covered. Bummer on that, We only got her covered once last time and wasn't sure if the timing was right. Obviously not or something else is going on with her. We saw blood after the birth of her filly this year, Dr. Hoerr did an ultrasound on her and didn't see any problem but this makes me wonder.
There MUST be something to rejoice about today, OH yes, THIS world is NOT our home, we are only passing through, some day and maybe soon all of these petty trials will be over and we will be feeling MIGHTY FINE!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Long Evening
Grocery shopping was a very necessary job this afternoon, we were completely out of French Vanilla CREAM for our coffee. Are we spoiled or not? Dinner was chicken salad sandwiches made with 12 grain bread, 2 chicken breasts, lettuce, sea salted slivered almonds, celery, onions and mayo. For dessert a Key Lime pie, Mark's favorite.
Mark and I left the house a little after 9:00pm for the farm. The filly was lying down but got up when we walked into the stall. Samantha was anxious for her dinner and once fed, the IVs were brought out and started. Tonight it took FOR EVER to get through the 5 liter bag. We finally left the farm at 11:00pm and in the almost 2 hours we were there she did NOT have diarrhea. YEAH!! She nursed twice while hooked up to the IVs and nibbled on hay. I think we are out of the woods.
We heard we ended up with 34 bales of hay. With the 55 we got on the first cutting and the 150 we ordered we should have enough hay for the year.
Mark and I left the house a little after 9:00pm for the farm. The filly was lying down but got up when we walked into the stall. Samantha was anxious for her dinner and once fed, the IVs were brought out and started. Tonight it took FOR EVER to get through the 5 liter bag. We finally left the farm at 11:00pm and in the almost 2 hours we were there she did NOT have diarrhea. YEAH!! She nursed twice while hooked up to the IVs and nibbled on hay. I think we are out of the woods.
We heard we ended up with 34 bales of hay. With the 55 we got on the first cutting and the 150 we ordered we should have enough hay for the year.
Filly Worse
Steven got to the farm around 1:00pm and found the filly starting to again be dehydrated, she is still having gushing watery diarrhea. The earliest Dr. Pallen could see her was 3:30pm so he moved in 10 of the round bales off the field before hooking up the trailer to take her back into the vet clinic to have her IV put back in.
We are waiting to hear her prognosis. Sure hope the kaopectate starts working soon, this is really getting expensive.
We are waiting to hear her prognosis. Sure hope the kaopectate starts working soon, this is really getting expensive.
Sam's Filly
Mom came with me at the 4:00pm treatment to help give the filly another 5 liters of IV. It takes 40 minutes to run it all into her. She was also given her antibiotic and another dose of what we call horse kaopectate. They were left in the stall for convenience during the 10:00pm treatment. Steven Marchal drove out to the farm to go riding, checked on her and called to report the filly had pulled out her IV line, and Samantha had knocked down her buckets. The filly seemed to be feeling better in his opinion but still having explosive diarrhea. This meant there was no sense in driving out at 10:00pm, there is no way to give her more IVs with the line pulled so instead of worrying, I went to bed. The nights sleep was restless, hoping all will be well by the time I arrive in the morning. If she is not, there is no way I can haul her to the vet until after work, so will need to ask them to drive out to our place to replace the IV line. Both Samantha and her filly LEAVE for their new home on Labor day, she must be well enough to travel.
We need groceries today so hopefully once work is over and the filly fine I can get to the store. At least the house is still clean from the weekend.
The final check came yesterday for Rohan, Velvet's colt. His owner included a check for Steven for $250.00 for in hand training and another $100.00 for us to buy a new halter and lead rope for the boy. I think we will need to find one with rhinestones to be able to spend that much. Pretty nice of her to send extra and no, she doesn't expect a gem covered halter. He will be picked up the first week of October. I'll have to video tape Steven working with him to show her how well the training is going once Samantha and her filly leave the farm.
Sally and her filly have been completely paid for now also, just waiting on the transport company to give us a date before the health papers are ordered for them.
The GOOD news today is that it did NOT rain on the hay yesterday and last night and sunshine is predicted today. There should be no reason to stop the hay from being put up today.
Arrived at the farm early, and the filly is not dehydrated going without her next 5 liters of IV last night. In fact there is no milk in Samantha's udder, it was flat as a pancake so she must be nursing well. Her temp was taken and she is not running a fever, just tummy upset. She still is having watery diarrhea so was given another dose of horse brand kaopectate, her 4 antibiotic pills, and a shot of 3ml of the happy juice (something to help her feel better, like banimine but not).
She was nursing as I cleaned the stall so we made the decision not to have the IV put back in. We can tell she is not feeling well but at least she is nursing well.
We need groceries today so hopefully once work is over and the filly fine I can get to the store. At least the house is still clean from the weekend.
The final check came yesterday for Rohan, Velvet's colt. His owner included a check for Steven for $250.00 for in hand training and another $100.00 for us to buy a new halter and lead rope for the boy. I think we will need to find one with rhinestones to be able to spend that much. Pretty nice of her to send extra and no, she doesn't expect a gem covered halter. He will be picked up the first week of October. I'll have to video tape Steven working with him to show her how well the training is going once Samantha and her filly leave the farm.
Sally and her filly have been completely paid for now also, just waiting on the transport company to give us a date before the health papers are ordered for them.
The GOOD news today is that it did NOT rain on the hay yesterday and last night and sunshine is predicted today. There should be no reason to stop the hay from being put up today.
Arrived at the farm early, and the filly is not dehydrated going without her next 5 liters of IV last night. In fact there is no milk in Samantha's udder, it was flat as a pancake so she must be nursing well. Her temp was taken and she is not running a fever, just tummy upset. She still is having watery diarrhea so was given another dose of horse brand kaopectate, her 4 antibiotic pills, and a shot of 3ml of the happy juice (something to help her feel better, like banimine but not).
She was nursing as I cleaned the stall so we made the decision not to have the IV put back in. We can tell she is not feeling well but at least she is nursing well.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday Monday AGAIN
Typical Monday, get to the farm and see Raven's automatic waterer is leaking, then
during the breakfast feeding, Samantha's filly was just not right. Saturday we noticed diarrhea but with everything going on I guess I just hoped she would get better on her own. Samantha had been given a Panacur Power Pak that ended August 21st so when the baby starts showing diarrhea a week later, I didn't immediately put the two together.
After the walk, I went back to check the filly out well and realized she is dehydrated and still having such awful diarrhea it is coming out like pale sickly water. The vet clinic was called and appointment made for 9:45am then it was home to get the truck, back to the farm to hook up the trailer, see Rachel Sauder and have her help hose off the baby's rear end and load the 2 into the trailer. Rachel Sauder and her husband were there working on the leak by the time I made it back with the truck.
So the filly's blood work is drawn and besides being dehydrated, her electrolytes are off and she needs IV's, probiotics to help with the diarrhea, and antibiotics to help the gut. She finally started nursing well after 5 liters of IV were put into her. At 4:00pm I am heading back to administer another 5 liters and at 10:00pm she gets the 3rd set of 5 liters along with another dose of antibiotics. All of this because we were worried that Samantha was losing too much weight. If I would have known that the wormer will go through the milk we would have waited and just had Samantha's new owner do the power pack once the filly is weaned.
The hay was cut Friday afternoon and we had 2 beautiful drying days of sunshine but today (Monday again) they show up to rake it and it is overcast with a 40% chance of rain so they don't want to rake and bale it, they think they should wait until tomorrow which is suppose to be sunny. So do we take a chance on the rain or put it up with the small chance some may not be dry enough? ARGHHHHHH.
during the breakfast feeding, Samantha's filly was just not right. Saturday we noticed diarrhea but with everything going on I guess I just hoped she would get better on her own. Samantha had been given a Panacur Power Pak that ended August 21st so when the baby starts showing diarrhea a week later, I didn't immediately put the two together.
After the walk, I went back to check the filly out well and realized she is dehydrated and still having such awful diarrhea it is coming out like pale sickly water. The vet clinic was called and appointment made for 9:45am then it was home to get the truck, back to the farm to hook up the trailer, see Rachel Sauder and have her help hose off the baby's rear end and load the 2 into the trailer. Rachel Sauder and her husband were there working on the leak by the time I made it back with the truck.
So the filly's blood work is drawn and besides being dehydrated, her electrolytes are off and she needs IV's, probiotics to help with the diarrhea, and antibiotics to help the gut. She finally started nursing well after 5 liters of IV were put into her. At 4:00pm I am heading back to administer another 5 liters and at 10:00pm she gets the 3rd set of 5 liters along with another dose of antibiotics. All of this because we were worried that Samantha was losing too much weight. If I would have known that the wormer will go through the milk we would have waited and just had Samantha's new owner do the power pack once the filly is weaned.
The hay was cut Friday afternoon and we had 2 beautiful drying days of sunshine but today (Monday again) they show up to rake it and it is overcast with a 40% chance of rain so they don't want to rake and bale it, they think they should wait until tomorrow which is suppose to be sunny. So do we take a chance on the rain or put it up with the small chance some may not be dry enough? ARGHHHHHH.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Our Sunday
This morning started early, VERY early. Mark and I spent the night with the 2 dogs at the cabin. Right after we fell asleep Mark's phone rang, then again and then a third time. None if it was too serious but enough each time to take us out of the drowsy stage to wide awake. Finally we settled back down and the dogs heard someone outside and went crazy barking. They were not easy to settle down, they take their protection job very seriously. Around 2:00am Emma started whining, of course my first thought is she needs to go outside. Emma went right out to the yard but Darcy ran to the car and wouldn't leave it, telling me "it's time to go HOME." Once back in the cabin, Emma heard and probably smelled something and hurled herself right on top of us. By 2:30am both Mark and I decided enough, and to the dogs satisfaction headed home.
Craig Stickling spoke at the morning service and WOW was the reaction. The Spirit MOVED in him and in Peoria this morning. We heard of the potter's wheel and how we need to be softened clay, molded for God. I made the remark that the best way to finish out the day would be if Dave Obergfel spoke for the afternoon and when Dave stood up it was like "YES!" We ALL felt like Dave stepped down too soon. What a day! Once home it was crash time, too short of a night and too much activity yesterday.
An email came from Princess' owner that included a short video of the first time Princess was mounted. This is what she wrote:
Hi Judy,
I set the video as "private". It won't show up on youtube as public. (I'm still nervous I guess.) I have sent it to you. You can post it if you like but this first video may not be dramatic to some. It is an absolute highlight for us because it shows her being mounted for the very first time! She has let me sit on her many times while she was laying down... but climbing up there while she is standing is a whole different experience for her. I am over 5'8" tall so you can tell how tall she is (plus I have another 2 inches with cowboy heels on.) We were in the arena to start. Can see how calm and trusting she is (and our relationship with her! :) And the look on her face as she is taking it all in and processing the experience. No worries! At the end you can hear me tell Ty that maybe we should take her out in the corral to see what else she can do...after just four minutes of saddle time! That will be in part 2!
Here it is!
Alesia :)
We love hearing and now seeing how easy Raven babies are to get under saddle. One of our customers made the statement if people knew how easy Raven foals were to get under saddle there would be NO other breeds.
We also got good news from Don Kummer, his purebred Friesian mare Zephur has been ultra sounded IN FOAL! Raven strikes again. We expected no less but nice of them to call with the news.
Diane called to tell us they were on their way over to show us what Horsemeister bought. My first thought was hope they come in a car and not a truck. At least no new machinery can fit in the car. We now have 2 new (used) saddles, one a 16 inch show saddle, very well made and the other a lightweight 17 inch Big Horn. They also got 2 saddle stands a hackamore, a new bridle and some misc stuff all for $575.00.
Even though it is hard to spend the money, we really do need saddles. We are limited on how many horses we can take out at one time because we didn't have enough tack.
Craig Stickling spoke at the morning service and WOW was the reaction. The Spirit MOVED in him and in Peoria this morning. We heard of the potter's wheel and how we need to be softened clay, molded for God. I made the remark that the best way to finish out the day would be if Dave Obergfel spoke for the afternoon and when Dave stood up it was like "YES!" We ALL felt like Dave stepped down too soon. What a day! Once home it was crash time, too short of a night and too much activity yesterday.
An email came from Princess' owner that included a short video of the first time Princess was mounted. This is what she wrote:
Hi Judy,
I set the video as "private". It won't show up on youtube as public. (I'm still nervous I guess.) I have sent it to you. You can post it if you like but this first video may not be dramatic to some. It is an absolute highlight for us because it shows her being mounted for the very first time! She has let me sit on her many times while she was laying down... but climbing up there while she is standing is a whole different experience for her. I am over 5'8" tall so you can tell how tall she is (plus I have another 2 inches with cowboy heels on.) We were in the arena to start. Can see how calm and trusting she is (and our relationship with her! :) And the look on her face as she is taking it all in and processing the experience. No worries! At the end you can hear me tell Ty that maybe we should take her out in the corral to see what else she can do...after just four minutes of saddle time! That will be in part 2!
Here it is!
Alesia :)
We love hearing and now seeing how easy Raven babies are to get under saddle. One of our customers made the statement if people knew how easy Raven foals were to get under saddle there would be NO other breeds.
We also got good news from Don Kummer, his purebred Friesian mare Zephur has been ultra sounded IN FOAL! Raven strikes again. We expected no less but nice of them to call with the news.
Diane called to tell us they were on their way over to show us what Horsemeister bought. My first thought was hope they come in a car and not a truck. At least no new machinery can fit in the car. We now have 2 new (used) saddles, one a 16 inch show saddle, very well made and the other a lightweight 17 inch Big Horn. They also got 2 saddle stands a hackamore, a new bridle and some misc stuff all for $575.00.
Even though it is hard to spend the money, we really do need saddles. We are limited on how many horses we can take out at one time because we didn't have enough tack.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Parade
It was rush rush rush this morning then wait wait wait. Steven called early to let us know he was sick so Lily and her filly were out but the rest still needed to be cleaned up so it was out to the farm by 7:15am. Karin started on Ribbon while I worked on Ylse, Sanna and Jenis, they were pretty clean, just some dust and easy to make shine. The horses were tacked and loaded up and off to Hanna City we went. We waited over an hour before it was our turn to start. I was going to walk but decided I may as well ride Spark's fire truck.
The video was taken from up on top so is not the best but will still be uploaded and posted once done.
Even the dogs got to go in this parade. Mike and Diane's dog Ebby got to ride ON the fire truck but our two dogs, Darcy and Emma had to walk. Ruth and Steven Davidovics were kind enough to offer to take Emma & Darcy. Below is a great picture of the Dill family from Tremont. Jamie only brought her 3 boys. They are patiently waiting for the start of the parade ready to start throwing candy to the crowd.
Below is Rhoda on Jenis and Rebekah on Sanna waiting for the start of the parade. Rebekah is the run-a-way bride.
Karin has her team just waiting for the start. 
Of course it is hard to keep them all in line for the long wait at this age.
Rachel Sauder and Joan Reinhard walked on either side of the vaulters throwing candy to the crowd. Crystal Baker carried the music, walking along keeping the music flowing. The vaulters were the best of the parade.
And for sure I needed another picture of the Friesians just waiting for their turn.
We all had such a great time, Sparks fire engine was a hit but the best in the entire parade was NOT the Friesians it was the vaulters. They kept their routine going and people were amazed. Many many pictures and video were taken of this team. Even though it was done at a walk, everywhere we heard LOOK, LOOK at THAT! It was neat for Karin to get to hear some of the crowd comments, this is the first time she was close enough to hear them.
Once the parade was finished it was off to the farm to prepare for the Jubilee trail ride. They took 6 horses and 6 riders. I was kind of proud, they took Sangria. She didn't get to go in the parade, not enough riders because they were all vaulting.
Jenis, Mika, Bunni, Sophie and Duke finished out the horses. Riders were Karin, Mike, Rhoda, Anni & Rebekah Davidovics and Bethany Reinhard.
I headed home to work on the house for the company tonight. Mark and I along with both dogs will be spending the night at the cabin. No dogs allowed at the house with AC company coming. AC's just don't let dogs in the house or so my children believe.
And below is the video. Please don't expect much, this was taken from the top of Spark's fire truck and no editing done.
The video was taken from up on top so is not the best but will still be uploaded and posted once done.
Even the dogs got to go in this parade. Mike and Diane's dog Ebby got to ride ON the fire truck but our two dogs, Darcy and Emma had to walk. Ruth and Steven Davidovics were kind enough to offer to take Emma & Darcy. Below is a great picture of the Dill family from Tremont. Jamie only brought her 3 boys. They are patiently waiting for the start of the parade ready to start throwing candy to the crowd.
Below is Rhoda on Jenis and Rebekah on Sanna waiting for the start of the parade. Rebekah is the run-a-way bride.
Karin has her team just waiting for the start. 
Of course it is hard to keep them all in line for the long wait at this age.
Rachel Sauder and Joan Reinhard walked on either side of the vaulters throwing candy to the crowd. Crystal Baker carried the music, walking along keeping the music flowing. The vaulters were the best of the parade.
And for sure I needed another picture of the Friesians just waiting for their turn.
We all had such a great time, Sparks fire engine was a hit but the best in the entire parade was NOT the Friesians it was the vaulters. They kept their routine going and people were amazed. Many many pictures and video were taken of this team. Even though it was done at a walk, everywhere we heard LOOK, LOOK at THAT! It was neat for Karin to get to hear some of the crowd comments, this is the first time she was close enough to hear them.
Once the parade was finished it was off to the farm to prepare for the Jubilee trail ride. They took 6 horses and 6 riders. I was kind of proud, they took Sangria. She didn't get to go in the parade, not enough riders because they were all vaulting.
Jenis, Mika, Bunni, Sophie and Duke finished out the horses. Riders were Karin, Mike, Rhoda, Anni & Rebekah Davidovics and Bethany Reinhard.
I headed home to work on the house for the company tonight. Mark and I along with both dogs will be spending the night at the cabin. No dogs allowed at the house with AC company coming. AC's just don't let dogs in the house or so my children believe.
And below is the video. Please don't expect much, this was taken from the top of Spark's fire truck and no editing done.
Friday, August 27, 2010
The Move
Once the parade plans were done it was time to start on the house. Sarah is a slave driver, we moved all the wood on the front porch restacking it on the South end.
All the tables and chairs on the porch were moved into the truck along with a couple of tables for tomorrow's fun. Then it was time to drive to Sam's for light bulbs, brownies, orange juice, grapes and popcorn. From there it was down to the Skyline home to pick up the machines. Bernice Otto was sitting outside enjoying the sunshine which led to a nice visit. Hated to head back to work. The machines needed to be moved out of the car and into the truck so we could haul a hand truck to David and Stephanie's former house. They moved today and had a great crew to help. By the time I arrived it was just about finished, they just waiting on the hand truck for the washer and dryer. We were amazed at the packing job, filled 2 trucks inside and out, the Meister brother trailer, and David and Stephanie's car.
Mine wasn't needed so home I went to finish the porch, then clean up and head to Rick Garcia's visitation.
There is still the dining room table to clear off, but that is Mark's job, then possible after the fun in Hanna City tomorrow, the upstairs should be worked on.
All the tables and chairs on the porch were moved into the truck along with a couple of tables for tomorrow's fun. Then it was time to drive to Sam's for light bulbs, brownies, orange juice, grapes and popcorn. From there it was down to the Skyline home to pick up the machines. Bernice Otto was sitting outside enjoying the sunshine which led to a nice visit. Hated to head back to work. The machines needed to be moved out of the car and into the truck so we could haul a hand truck to David and Stephanie's former house. They moved today and had a great crew to help. By the time I arrived it was just about finished, they just waiting on the hand truck for the washer and dryer. We were amazed at the packing job, filled 2 trucks inside and out, the Meister brother trailer, and David and Stephanie's car.
Mine wasn't needed so home I went to finish the porch, then clean up and head to Rick Garcia's visitation.
There is still the dining room table to clear off, but that is Mark's job, then possible after the fun in Hanna City tomorrow, the upstairs should be worked on.
Parade Plans
The plans are going well. Rhoda will be on Jenis, Rebekah on Sanna, Monica on Ylse and Steven on Lily.
Spark is bringing his fire truck with mom, Diane and others throwing candy from that. We have a couple of volunteers to throw candy for the Friesians and vaulters but now that the fire truck will be in the parade, those volunteers may all want to ride instead of walk. That we will play by ear.
We will not be bringing the cotton candy machine or popcorn machine. The city has already contracted that out. The lady in charge wanted to put me down for the next year but we are usually up at the Northern IL Horse Fest this weekend and we can't make plans a year in advance.
We will pray our babies will be well behaved and no one gets hurt, Should be FUN!
Spark is bringing his fire truck with mom, Diane and others throwing candy from that. We have a couple of volunteers to throw candy for the Friesians and vaulters but now that the fire truck will be in the parade, those volunteers may all want to ride instead of walk. That we will play by ear.
We will not be bringing the cotton candy machine or popcorn machine. The city has already contracted that out. The lady in charge wanted to put me down for the next year but we are usually up at the Northern IL Horse Fest this weekend and we can't make plans a year in advance.
We will pray our babies will be well behaved and no one gets hurt, Should be FUN!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Bibles Ordered PARADE Invite
Was a little late to work and didn't finish before the guys started calling for lunch which meant it was back down to the warehouse for the afternoon. Bibles need to be UPS'd out but there were only a few boxes left of the unwrapped. An email went out to the Bible Distribution center in Bluffton, IN to order a couple more pallets.
TEMCO had our stamps which allowed me to get around a hundred individual Bible's mailed out.
My phone was left at home and as soon as I got in the door it was beeping with many messages. Since we will not be heading up to the Northern IL Horse Fest this weekend we have Saturday free to do the parade for Heritage days in Hanna City. When I called to let them know this year we would be home and willing to do it, they were very happy. Rhoda has agreed to ride Jenis, I believe I have Rebekah for Sanna, and Steven for Lily, I still need a couple of riders for Wynne and Ylse. Anyone interested let me know pretty quickly. Karin is bringing Ribbon and the vaulting team. The parade starts at the bank in Hanna City goes up 116 to Main street, turns right and heads to the grade school were the entertainment will be.
The cotton candy machine should be picked up and hauled out to Hanna City, this is a good opportunity to show my true colors, I always did want to be a CARNY.
Once home from work, my favorite part of Thursday came, Addyson came over! I really should have taken some pictures of her feeding the dogs, then telling them to "go away".
Mark and I headed to Aldi's at 5:30pm and had to leave the car in the parking lot with all the windows wide open. The pig was hauled in the back of the car on Sunday. When they moved to pig to the tables grease must have run out into cracks of the car causing the car to smell like there is a rotting carcass hidden inside. Mark was not at all worried about leaving the car unlocked with the windows wide open in the middle of Aldi's parking lot on the south side of Peoria. No one would willingly get in with the awful odor emitting through the windows. Good thing there is no rain in sight, the windows will need to be left open for a while.
The farmer is going to cut the hay on Saturday, sure hope we have good sunny weather Sunday and Monday.
TEMCO had our stamps which allowed me to get around a hundred individual Bible's mailed out.
My phone was left at home and as soon as I got in the door it was beeping with many messages. Since we will not be heading up to the Northern IL Horse Fest this weekend we have Saturday free to do the parade for Heritage days in Hanna City. When I called to let them know this year we would be home and willing to do it, they were very happy. Rhoda has agreed to ride Jenis, I believe I have Rebekah for Sanna, and Steven for Lily, I still need a couple of riders for Wynne and Ylse. Anyone interested let me know pretty quickly. Karin is bringing Ribbon and the vaulting team. The parade starts at the bank in Hanna City goes up 116 to Main street, turns right and heads to the grade school were the entertainment will be.
The cotton candy machine should be picked up and hauled out to Hanna City, this is a good opportunity to show my true colors, I always did want to be a CARNY.
Once home from work, my favorite part of Thursday came, Addyson came over! I really should have taken some pictures of her feeding the dogs, then telling them to "go away".
Mark and I headed to Aldi's at 5:30pm and had to leave the car in the parking lot with all the windows wide open. The pig was hauled in the back of the car on Sunday. When they moved to pig to the tables grease must have run out into cracks of the car causing the car to smell like there is a rotting carcass hidden inside. Mark was not at all worried about leaving the car unlocked with the windows wide open in the middle of Aldi's parking lot on the south side of Peoria. No one would willingly get in with the awful odor emitting through the windows. Good thing there is no rain in sight, the windows will need to be left open for a while.
The farmer is going to cut the hay on Saturday, sure hope we have good sunny weather Sunday and Monday.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Amy's Daughter & Grandson
Amy Koch called to tell us that she was on the way to the hospital, her daughter Sarah and her grandson Michael have been diagnosed with meningitis. She will update me when she knows more.
This morning, right after the walk it was home to clean for me. The carpet cleaners were coming and the house needed to be ready. They showed up around 1:30 and were done in a little more than a half hour but so worth while. My living room carpet is much brighter, the stairs don't stink and all the spots are out of the study carpet. Diane recommended Steamers, I called them and they put me down between 1:00 and 1:30, showed up and did a fabulous job for only $75.00.
Mike must have asked Steven to start getting horses in shape for his Colorado trip. Steven emailed that he rode Bunni and ponied Mika on the trails for an hour. On the second loop of our walk, he was there working Evan. Pretty impressive how he is training these boys. Evan was so comfortable lying down with Steven on him, he was nibbling grass while down. We talked about moving horses to Middle Grove, then decided to leave the horses where they are until after Labor day. We have campers coming and need lots of horses. Two round bales were moved in. We have a LOT of horses at the farm right now and are going through the hay quickly. Before Steven left for the day he pulled Izadora out for her grain and fed lunch to Samantha, and Raven. Samantha is looking so much better since her teeth were floated and her power pak worming. She and her filly are going to be picked up on Labor Day.
Sally & Glory and Velvet & Rohan were moved to Middle Grove to bring in all the riding horses. They will stay at Middle Grove until after Labor Day, then we will do the big switch so Rohan can be put in training with Steven and Sally & Glory for transport to their new home.
Below is the video Just a Horse. They mean so much to us and some won't understand when we go on and on, they say, "it's just a horse."
This morning, right after the walk it was home to clean for me. The carpet cleaners were coming and the house needed to be ready. They showed up around 1:30 and were done in a little more than a half hour but so worth while. My living room carpet is much brighter, the stairs don't stink and all the spots are out of the study carpet. Diane recommended Steamers, I called them and they put me down between 1:00 and 1:30, showed up and did a fabulous job for only $75.00.
Mike must have asked Steven to start getting horses in shape for his Colorado trip. Steven emailed that he rode Bunni and ponied Mika on the trails for an hour. On the second loop of our walk, he was there working Evan. Pretty impressive how he is training these boys. Evan was so comfortable lying down with Steven on him, he was nibbling grass while down. We talked about moving horses to Middle Grove, then decided to leave the horses where they are until after Labor day. We have campers coming and need lots of horses. Two round bales were moved in. We have a LOT of horses at the farm right now and are going through the hay quickly. Before Steven left for the day he pulled Izadora out for her grain and fed lunch to Samantha, and Raven. Samantha is looking so much better since her teeth were floated and her power pak worming. She and her filly are going to be picked up on Labor Day.
Sally & Glory and Velvet & Rohan were moved to Middle Grove to bring in all the riding horses. They will stay at Middle Grove until after Labor Day, then we will do the big switch so Rohan can be put in training with Steven and Sally & Glory for transport to their new home.
Below is the video Just a Horse. They mean so much to us and some won't understand when we go on and on, they say, "it's just a horse."
Work Out
Tuesday after work, Sarah was cleaning for the singing and I found some old Zion's Harps in the GARBAGE! She caught me pulling them out complaining out loud, "there she goes dumpster diving again." Even though these are very old, missing pages and not in good shape it just goes against the grain to throw them away.
Dinner was tuna salad, just being lazy and not wanting to cook. After dinner I was rereading White, the last book of the Circle series by Ted Dekker when Mike and Diane stopped in for a visit. Diane decided she didn't like the way the living room looked so we spent some time arranging the furniture until she was satisfied. Rhoda came in as they were getting ready to leave so we had to hear her explanation of Rick Garcia's death. Sue, Rick's wife called Rhoda to tell her that Rick had a massive heart attack and died. Rick worked for Meister Electric for years, I used to watch their 2 children for Sue. We think he was only 49 years old, shocking, just shocking.
Once the Honeggers left, Rhoda pulls out a work out video and asks me to join in. This video just about killed me off and this morning my legs are sore.
While reading Rachel's blog I see she finally updated and posted some new pictures. The first one is Steven's dog Kylee. This dog has more energy than my 2 dogs put together.
The second picture is the BEST! Rachel was doing some house cleaning and opened one of Logan's (her 3rd son)drawers. This is what she found.
I don't remember any of my 3 boys having a collection like THAT!
My nephew, Nate Herman is hosting a benefit for the Hooked on Fishing park. He posted this:This Friday August 27th we are having another outdoor lunch with Chef Todd. He will be cooking shark, pig, deer and beef down at the hooked on fishing park in East Peoria. Everyone is invited and a $10 donation is gladly accepted. All proceeds benefit kids fishing programs at the park for next summer. The lunch starts at 11 am and ends at 1 pm. If interested in attending, go to Nate's blog and get all the information. This is such a well worth charity.
Dinner was tuna salad, just being lazy and not wanting to cook. After dinner I was rereading White, the last book of the Circle series by Ted Dekker when Mike and Diane stopped in for a visit. Diane decided she didn't like the way the living room looked so we spent some time arranging the furniture until she was satisfied. Rhoda came in as they were getting ready to leave so we had to hear her explanation of Rick Garcia's death. Sue, Rick's wife called Rhoda to tell her that Rick had a massive heart attack and died. Rick worked for Meister Electric for years, I used to watch their 2 children for Sue. We think he was only 49 years old, shocking, just shocking.
Once the Honeggers left, Rhoda pulls out a work out video and asks me to join in. This video just about killed me off and this morning my legs are sore.
While reading Rachel's blog I see she finally updated and posted some new pictures. The first one is Steven's dog Kylee. This dog has more energy than my 2 dogs put together.
The second picture is the BEST! Rachel was doing some house cleaning and opened one of Logan's (her 3rd son)drawers. This is what she found.
I don't remember any of my 3 boys having a collection like THAT!
My nephew, Nate Herman is hosting a benefit for the Hooked on Fishing park. He posted this:This Friday August 27th we are having another outdoor lunch with Chef Todd. He will be cooking shark, pig, deer and beef down at the hooked on fishing park in East Peoria. Everyone is invited and a $10 donation is gladly accepted. All proceeds benefit kids fishing programs at the park for next summer. The lunch starts at 11 am and ends at 1 pm. If interested in attending, go to Nate's blog and get all the information. This is such a well worth charity.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Update from Alesia
Below is an email that came in, just too good not to share. Can't wait to see pictures or a video of this Raven x Ribbon filly under saddle!
Judy, Judy, Judy!
I just have to tell you! I rode Princess,(26months old), for the 1st time this Sunday! She stood quietly and never moved a foot while I mounted from each side and sat on her. I gave her a good scratching and told her what a good girl she was! Then she noticed Ty with the video camera and she just started walking in his direction. She carried me around like she had been ridden before! She never gave a thought or a care that I was up there AT ALL! I gathered up the reins and guided her around the arena and up onto a wooden box where she posed. She was so confident that I decided to take her straight out to the corral and... (gee, you are going to think I'm fibbing!) we proceeded to ride over a piece of plywood, through water, stepped carefully over an 18 inch pipe, and under a tarp and then out by the road with 55mph traffic flying by! Ty had climbed on top of the horsetrailer to video and she watched him, and heard the trailer noise, but wasn't worried about that either! All of that on her very first ride of about 15 minutes!!!
You HAVE to give me pointers on how to download and post one of these video clips so I can share! We are smiling AGAIN!
Alesia :)
Now after 2 cups of very strong coffee, I'm starting to feel human again. Yesterday was the rest and re-cooperation day and nothing, absolutely no work got done here at the house. The dirty dishes are all sitting in the sink and on the adjacent counters. There is STUFF from the weekend EVERYWHERE and all I wanted to do was SLEEP! The day was spent downloading video from the show, editing video, uploading onto youtube and answering emails. The work at Berean is stacking up, the house is a mess, and there are no clean coffee cups. Funny, I look back at all the work done over the weekend to make the farm look nice and realize there were so many cars, trucks and horse trailers no one could see the place anyway. Rachel Sauder took the 2 pictures below of Sangria, Larry and Paris. These horses were out until the day was PITCH BLACK giving rides on Sunday.
Paris was another of the favorites for the weekend. She really got a work out thrilling many, many riders both young and old. What a great Arabian!
Steven drove out to the farm late yesterday afternoon and reported that the back gate of the first paddock was broken and Larry was in with the herd but he was fine AND somehow Sangria, Knight and Paris were in with the Friesians. They all get along but it is a mystery how they ended up in the middle paddock. More than likely someone went riding, used those 3 horses, and then thought that was where they belonged. Poor Steven instead of a quick trip to the farm to deliver the horse trailer he ended up taking down and carrying out the broken gate and moving horses around.
Judy, Judy, Judy!
I just have to tell you! I rode Princess,(26months old), for the 1st time this Sunday! She stood quietly and never moved a foot while I mounted from each side and sat on her. I gave her a good scratching and told her what a good girl she was! Then she noticed Ty with the video camera and she just started walking in his direction. She carried me around like she had been ridden before! She never gave a thought or a care that I was up there AT ALL! I gathered up the reins and guided her around the arena and up onto a wooden box where she posed. She was so confident that I decided to take her straight out to the corral and... (gee, you are going to think I'm fibbing!) we proceeded to ride over a piece of plywood, through water, stepped carefully over an 18 inch pipe, and under a tarp and then out by the road with 55mph traffic flying by! Ty had climbed on top of the horsetrailer to video and she watched him, and heard the trailer noise, but wasn't worried about that either! All of that on her very first ride of about 15 minutes!!!
You HAVE to give me pointers on how to download and post one of these video clips so I can share! We are smiling AGAIN!
Alesia :)
Now after 2 cups of very strong coffee, I'm starting to feel human again. Yesterday was the rest and re-cooperation day and nothing, absolutely no work got done here at the house. The dirty dishes are all sitting in the sink and on the adjacent counters. There is STUFF from the weekend EVERYWHERE and all I wanted to do was SLEEP! The day was spent downloading video from the show, editing video, uploading onto youtube and answering emails. The work at Berean is stacking up, the house is a mess, and there are no clean coffee cups. Funny, I look back at all the work done over the weekend to make the farm look nice and realize there were so many cars, trucks and horse trailers no one could see the place anyway. Rachel Sauder took the 2 pictures below of Sangria, Larry and Paris. These horses were out until the day was PITCH BLACK giving rides on Sunday.
Paris was another of the favorites for the weekend. She really got a work out thrilling many, many riders both young and old. What a great Arabian!
Steven drove out to the farm late yesterday afternoon and reported that the back gate of the first paddock was broken and Larry was in with the herd but he was fine AND somehow Sangria, Knight and Paris were in with the Friesians. They all get along but it is a mystery how they ended up in the middle paddock. More than likely someone went riding, used those 3 horses, and then thought that was where they belonged. Poor Steven instead of a quick trip to the farm to deliver the horse trailer he ended up taking down and carrying out the broken gate and moving horses around.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Vaulting Bloopers
This wasn't going to be posted but enough people have emailed wanting to see the bloopers, so here they are
This may be helpful to Karin to see exactly what went wrong. Pretty amazing that no one got hurt. And the show went on....
This may be helpful to Karin to see exactly what went wrong. Pretty amazing that no one got hurt. And the show went on....
Northern IL Horse Fest
Crystal Baker, one of our vaulting mom's visited the Northern IL Horse Fest website and saw the headlines it is being rescheduled for October. Both Karin and I are distressed about this. The horse fest has a LOT of our money for all the stalls we reserved along with all the camping spots. We were taking 7 horses up! I called July 28th to ask about another camping spot, to see if we could just pay for it when we got there and was told no, it had to be mailed in right away. They told us then the packets were being mailed out that week.
IF this is not held the first weekend in October we MUST cancel. How disappointing! If anyone has heard anything else please let us know.
IF this is not held the first weekend in October we MUST cancel. How disappointing! If anyone has heard anything else please let us know.
Clean Up
By 8:45am the playground was picked up, the table and chairs washed and put away, the bleachers taken down and loaded for return. We had great help and many hands made light work. We had seating for approximately 200 people and all of this needed to be put away. We enjoyed rehashing the hog roast and horse show and lots of good ideas for next year.
We really want to thank everyone that came. The food brought to this was phenomenal, too much to list. We would like to thank everyone that trailered in and performed for the crowd. We want to give Karin Meister special thanks tacking up a million horses and giving trail rides to thousands or so it seemed. Another big thank you to Karin for her vaulting team and all the work that went into performing for the show.
What a wonderful blessed day was had by all.
Rachel Sauder of www.momentscapturedbyrachel.com posted pictures of the girls retreat of which I provided the breakfast. Some of her pictures were snatched off facebook and posted on the Saturday post. One must scroll down to the correct post to see them but they are well worth seeing.
We really want to thank everyone that came. The food brought to this was phenomenal, too much to list. We would like to thank everyone that trailered in and performed for the crowd. We want to give Karin Meister special thanks tacking up a million horses and giving trail rides to thousands or so it seemed. Another big thank you to Karin for her vaulting team and all the work that went into performing for the show.
What a wonderful blessed day was had by all.
Rachel Sauder of www.momentscapturedbyrachel.com posted pictures of the girls retreat of which I provided the breakfast. Some of her pictures were snatched off facebook and posted on the Saturday post. One must scroll down to the correct post to see them but they are well worth seeing.
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