I am totally excited!! I got my draw numbers today and I will be sporting my Yellow Pureform shirts.....Because they are the reason why my horse can still run! Anyhow, business is going OK. Still not sustainable income, but I am in for Sub teaching locally and I have a job interview coming him....dont want to jinx it, so gonna stay quiet.....Anyhow, all is well at the Myer's place. joe kinda started coughing but his cough free got here today. So he can resume riding tomorrow. Gabe is looking good and after he put his whole back end through the side of the barn, he looks awesome...lol Jeff healed up his wounds with Aloe Advantage (check it out on my website) in the week that I was in OKC with my Mom. Mom called needing some help....So I drove up there and spent a week. It was nice to get away, but i was ready to go home after a few days...I get home sick quick!! Specially when I am used to being able to sit down and relax at home..not at my moms....she was going and blowing...Anyhow, she is fine and I think back to work now.
Lynx is coming home from his 3 months of training Labor Day. He is doing good according to Dee....She said she loves him! She took him out trail riding and he did great even with the scary horse eating monsters.....I cant wait to see him again. He is missed at my house!!!
Looks like we will get a couple cows...well one bred heifer and one cow with a calf...need it for ag exept on the land. We had been allowing our friend to put cattle over here from time to time, but this time, they will be ours. I picked the best of the herd. I am excited!! All black and the calf is a heifer calf too.
I will post the video of Lynx as soon as she posts it!!! I have been keeping up with everyone on facebook...but I know sometimes I need to get over here and do my little journal!!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Sorry!
I know, its been a while. But i have been on Facebook a lot and keeping my friends updated there. As of right now, still no job. Still searching and still collecting unemployment. I will however put in to sub teach starting after school starts......
I took Gabe to a couple of barrel races last weekend for his first time out with no shoes and since Memorial day. Surprise! He won the 4d on Satuday and almost hit the 3D on Sunday! Junior was there in Marshall on Sunday and saw my run. As you know, he was the one that broke Joe and he did a tune up on Gabe for an hour. That is not much, but he knows my horse, knows me and has watched us run on many occasions. Anyhow, he saw my run and I asked him "what did I do right?" He laughed at me and told me that Gabe and I did great and not to change a thing. Coming from him, that was a BIG pat on the back! We are now running in a Chain mouth bit (like a curb chain not bike chain) and the tie down. We are running in a saddle I won back in 1996...my very first saddle to win. For some reason, we "click" in that git up and our runs that weekend were great!!!! I felt like a barrel racer again!!!
Another thing we did different was the magnetic hock wraps and doubled up on our pureform joint supplement. It seems we have some arthritis going on. well with the combo of those two things, we totally enhanced our runs. Now if I can just get someone to help me purchase the PHT Magnets for Gabe so I can return the borrowed ones, we will be in good shape. I am using the magnetic bell boots to keep good blood flow to the front hooves and the farrier said its amazingly working. The 2-1 hock wraps are helping to keep the hocks mobile. The supplement is helping to lubricate the joints and keep the inflammation down. The PHT magnets that i am using now are on loan and total to about $250 worth of equipment......Oh and I have been using them on myself as well. Sure is helping with my tendinitis.
As for myself, we are still having issues with me getting out of bed...I hurt so bad, but I normally hit the ground running regardless of the pain. I have not gotten to ride much this week due to a sinus infection and the rain. Rain is awesome! Perhaps our grass will last until November again like it did last year!!
Joe is coming along great. He has now had two different trips for exhibitioning and really seems to find the barrels first instead of typical kid looking around. So that is a plus in my book!!!
I took Gabe to a couple of barrel races last weekend for his first time out with no shoes and since Memorial day. Surprise! He won the 4d on Satuday and almost hit the 3D on Sunday! Junior was there in Marshall on Sunday and saw my run. As you know, he was the one that broke Joe and he did a tune up on Gabe for an hour. That is not much, but he knows my horse, knows me and has watched us run on many occasions. Anyhow, he saw my run and I asked him "what did I do right?" He laughed at me and told me that Gabe and I did great and not to change a thing. Coming from him, that was a BIG pat on the back! We are now running in a Chain mouth bit (like a curb chain not bike chain) and the tie down. We are running in a saddle I won back in 1996...my very first saddle to win. For some reason, we "click" in that git up and our runs that weekend were great!!!! I felt like a barrel racer again!!!
Another thing we did different was the magnetic hock wraps and doubled up on our pureform joint supplement. It seems we have some arthritis going on. well with the combo of those two things, we totally enhanced our runs. Now if I can just get someone to help me purchase the PHT Magnets for Gabe so I can return the borrowed ones, we will be in good shape. I am using the magnetic bell boots to keep good blood flow to the front hooves and the farrier said its amazingly working. The 2-1 hock wraps are helping to keep the hocks mobile. The supplement is helping to lubricate the joints and keep the inflammation down. The PHT magnets that i am using now are on loan and total to about $250 worth of equipment......Oh and I have been using them on myself as well. Sure is helping with my tendinitis.
As for myself, we are still having issues with me getting out of bed...I hurt so bad, but I normally hit the ground running regardless of the pain. I have not gotten to ride much this week due to a sinus infection and the rain. Rain is awesome! Perhaps our grass will last until November again like it did last year!!
Joe is coming along great. He has now had two different trips for exhibitioning and really seems to find the barrels first instead of typical kid looking around. So that is a plus in my book!!!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Me and Joe
WOW. OK, I love Joe. We rode in a square mouth D ring.....I love it. Anyhow, After our brief warm up in the round pen....I got on him and walla.......right away he dropped his head and gave to the bit!!! No head shake! I asked for two trotting circles to the right.....he tipped his nose in and kept it level...collected...then the other way..same...then lope....same.....Our stops were square and BIG....nice nice! So we went to the back pasture! I decided to let him breeze.....yeah...me......I let him breeze!! JOE!! Anyhow, at first he was like...are you sure mom? I leaned forward and kissed....and off he went! Still allowing me to collect him but for sure covering some ground....about at 2/3's speed.......got to the top of the hill and I said whoa......omg he stopped!! Al little bigger stop that I was expecting! So we did it again! Wow. Joe is a good boy! Then we came back and trotted through the pattern once...........and it was perfect. So we quit for the day!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
How Interesting...
OK i did some looking up. Come to find out that my great great grandfather has a home and historical marker in Rusk County....Of course now it belongs to my aunts and uncle...and Dad....but its a little farm house on 100 acres. I think Jeff and I might go try to find it! History is cool when it leads you back to your roots.
I went to Tyler yesterday to go to the doc. I found me a new Reumatologist there. He was great!! He changed a few things in hopes of helping....not much change, but a few things. He said I have tendinitis from head to toe... That is the best description I have heard since I was diagnosed. That is how I feel right now. He told me that its the RA and my inflamed joints are pressuring the tendons causing irritation. Fibro is secondary. So his theory is to get the RA under control and the fibro will go down too. First step, SLEEP. I have had hell sleeping lately...I fall fast but by 3am, I hear every little noise and that is it. I am awake.He put me back on Klonapan and changed me from Enbrel to Humera. I will keep ya posted.
Joe is coming along just fine. We worked barrels today at the arena...and DANG...he is gonna be one smokin barrel horse!!! New place, new barrels.....worked them just like at home. I think he will blow my mind when we start running! We are working on practice perfect right now. He seems to love it!
I went to Tyler yesterday to go to the doc. I found me a new Reumatologist there. He was great!! He changed a few things in hopes of helping....not much change, but a few things. He said I have tendinitis from head to toe... That is the best description I have heard since I was diagnosed. That is how I feel right now. He told me that its the RA and my inflamed joints are pressuring the tendons causing irritation. Fibro is secondary. So his theory is to get the RA under control and the fibro will go down too. First step, SLEEP. I have had hell sleeping lately...I fall fast but by 3am, I hear every little noise and that is it. I am awake.He put me back on Klonapan and changed me from Enbrel to Humera. I will keep ya posted.
Joe is coming along just fine. We worked barrels today at the arena...and DANG...he is gonna be one smokin barrel horse!!! New place, new barrels.....worked them just like at home. I think he will blow my mind when we start running! We are working on practice perfect right now. He seems to love it!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Hello!
Well folks its HOT! I have been riding Joe every day in the morning. I have to keep him up at night so I can find him! He is doing really good! I got some nikken magnets in too. They are a possible business for me....and I can say that they help my sore muscles! My fibro pain is going away after only 2 days of use. But how the hell can I sell these things? I know I cant afford to purchase what I have already.....But damn they work! I also used them on Joe and Gabe......I see a difference! Here is Joes story..I dont feel like typing it again...lol
OK so I used power mag on Joe. He has been "off" in his shoulder for a LONG time. Its so slight no one notices but me and Brooke. Anyhow, After I rode I fed then used the magnet on him. I started on the left side and he was LOOSE in his stall....no halter, nothing. He flexed his neck to his withers to check this thing out. I moved it around and got up to his poll. He was not crazy about that...but then he started licking and grinding his teeth.....that means he is relaxing. Anyhow, then I get to the right side....withers....he cant seem to flex over to "check it out" like he did to the left.....he kinda went half way and stopped. Then I moved from his withers down to his heart (he has a heart on his right shoulder right over the ball in socket) and he started licking again. Then his eyes got droopy...about 5 minutes later, he goes to flex to that side and walla....he can get his chin all the way to his withers. He did it several times as to disbelief that he could! Horses are funny! They cant heal by the power of suggestion. So I know that it is actually doing something! Gabe got it twice but he falls asleep and I cant ride him yet. He has a whelp on his spine and still 3 legged due to barefoot. Perhaps I can heal all that on him too.
OK so I used power mag on Joe. He has been "off" in his shoulder for a LONG time. Its so slight no one notices but me and Brooke. Anyhow, After I rode I fed then used the magnet on him. I started on the left side and he was LOOSE in his stall....no halter, nothing. He flexed his neck to his withers to check this thing out. I moved it around and got up to his poll. He was not crazy about that...but then he started licking and grinding his teeth.....that means he is relaxing. Anyhow, then I get to the right side....withers....he cant seem to flex over to "check it out" like he did to the left.....he kinda went half way and stopped. Then I moved from his withers down to his heart (he has a heart on his right shoulder right over the ball in socket) and he started licking again. Then his eyes got droopy...about 5 minutes later, he goes to flex to that side and walla....he can get his chin all the way to his withers. He did it several times as to disbelief that he could! Horses are funny! They cant heal by the power of suggestion. So I know that it is actually doing something! Gabe got it twice but he falls asleep and I cant ride him yet. He has a whelp on his spine and still 3 legged due to barefoot. Perhaps I can heal all that on him too.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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.
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.
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