I am still here!

OK, don’t be mad, I have been busy!! I decided to completely re-do my entire website! Go look! www.rachaelsequineservices.com I also added the RES Rent a Bit last week. I only have 16 bits but it’s a start. I should have a few more coming in the mail this week. I am blogging each bit to create an archive and help folks understand how the bits work and they can comment on them too! I joined up on twitter so that I can update folks when new bits show up. I pray that it will work!! You can check out the blog at www.resrentabit.blogger.com I think..... I was also presented with the idea to sell the magnets that work for human and horse. They are sending me some so I can see if they work. If anything, maybe it will help me some.

Ferrier came out yesterday and trimmed everyone. Gabe is now barefoot. To tell ya the truth, we just cant afford the $85 every 6 weeks to keep him in shoes. He is also lame. His left hock is swollen and he is puffy all the way around along the tendons in each leg. I know he needs his injections but we just don’t have the money to spend $800 on Gabe right now. Maybe the magnets will work on him too. I guess I will just give him the summer off. I pray that changes happen soon so that we can get back to barrel racing. I plan to go to Waco on Labor Day so I can pick up our colt from the trainer and head up a silent auction for a friend who just broke her hip/leg and wrist….she has no insurance and training horses is her main form of income. So I guess it can always be worse. At least I am able..kinda.

My fibro seems to flair every single night now. Makes “relaxing” kinda tough. Seems to be attacking my legs and keeping me from walking or sitting. I am going to tell my doc this week that I cannot take any more lupron injections for the endometriosis. Its making my fibro flair so bad. I have gained so much weight too. I almost rather have the endometriosis pain than the fibro flairs. In the mornings I cant walk. My ankles and shins hurt so bad that it takes an hour before I can truly walk. I cant seem to find that happy point of doing and not doing to keep my body normal. I think its that damn Lupron. SO, I quit.
I am still tobacco free. 131 days today. It still pisses me off to see Jeff dipping, but normally he does it when I am not around. He drove a long way…11 hours with me and mom and no dip. So, I just need to learn to not be so pissy about it. I think I am jealous. But I am glad I am quit. It gives me that good feeling of being successful. I miss that feeling.