Allergies

Training can be going along so well then BAM* you get knocked on your ass by allergies. I feel like I've been snorting chlorine bleach up my nose for the last 3 days. So I haven't done much since it hurts to move. Rode bikes with Linda the yesterday but was dizzy at turn around, at the end I laid down on her couch and fell asleep. Came home and had a 2 hour nap.
Today I took cold meds that have kept me awake but then I couldn't sleep before work. So tired now but sleep is a long way away since I have to be at work in an hour till 4am.

Had a potential buyer for the old farm except they don't have enough money to buy it. Makes me so mad, wasting my time like that. Then Lan parents show up unannounced with his cousins adult kids, I had stupid hair, felt like shit and was bitchy as all get out. And I had to go get hay and they kept asking me if I was going to go out for breakfast with them. NO, I'm going to go get hay. Fuck.

At the new farm Lan and I emptied out 7 boxes and a Rubbermaid container, got the file cabinet shoved in between the two towers, photo albums on a shelf, some books put up. I have the spot I want to hang this picture

But can't find the level and I can't hang it straight without one. I need a stud finder too.  Still have many, many more pictures to hang. And the bison skull. I want that on the fireplace.

We have tentatively agreed to put the tack room out along the back of the arena. We will make it so you can tack up right in the arena. BUT that might not be a great idea since what if a horse decides to get in it? or what if there is a lot of dust? and there is no power out at the far end. That is a necessity.

We have our new dog, Anatolian Shepherd/ Great Pyraneese, named Havva. Shes in heat, what a mess. Can't have her around the other dogs or there will be problems. But shes good around the chickens and that's why we wanted her in the first place.

Three Months

Can you see any difference in the back pasture?

 

October 22, 2014

February 2015

This is just one small difference there has been. I've painted the kitchen 'Burning Bush' red

 

and the dining room wall 'Silver Charm'. They go together and I LOVE them both. We used the red in the master bedroom also one the wall with the window but I'm thinking I should do both the side walls too and the silver would look sharp on the headboard wall, facing the window. Lan likes just the one wall but I might have to surprise him one day.

 

The horses still aren't back home but we might have found another gelding that would go out to pasture with Joey and once that happens the boys can be here. I just want help getting the barn ready. I could ask Delicia but her time is valuable to her and I really have no other horsey friends to ask. Amy is busy at the farm up the road and she's got Dallas to play with. I miss Sarah and her friendship terribly but once she gets mad at you then you are scourge of the Earth.

 

(Sarah, if you read this, I hope you got help with your depression issues, I hope you went to some meetings for Suicide Survivors and I'd still be friends with you in a heart beat.)

 

I'm slowly getting things put away and once in a while I'm moving stuff to new places. It takes a long time to figure out where things fit in a new home. I'd like some shelving in the upstairs orange room so I could use it for more storage. Right now its neat enough but with only so much floor space its getting full. We want to put a lot of our camping stuff up there to keep it dry and vermin free.

 

Did I tell you about the barn board I brought over from the old farm? Its so entirely perfect for the down stairs bathroom.

This is what I have, out of my old foaling stall

This is where I got the idea

This is our down stairs bathroom now

I can hang the shower curtain behind it like this

 

 I had Lan cut a couple inches off the board and its now a perfect fit to go on the wall in front of the shower door. It doesn't need a shower curtain but I have one I want to put in there anyway, one that I've had for 20 years. Still love it.

 

I'm going to paint one of our walls turquoise and put tin along the bottom, like this. I need to figure out something to do with the floor. Ugh.

 

 

Ironman Training, Again

Ive officially started my Ironman training and have been at it for a month but only biking and running. With two farm payments every month we just can't afford a gym membership so no swimming for now. But that's ok, I'll have five months of open water swimming starting in May.

I'm racking up a lot of miles and taking care to prevent injury. Stretching and proper warming up. I took a POSE run clinic, mostly it's already how I run but there were a few tips that are new to me and helping. I ran 5.78 miles yesterday and felt pretty good.

I do need to work on my core and I know that and later when I start swimming I'll be working on my arms too.

Today was supposed to be a long bike but I have a small Obie that I won't talk about so stopped after 16 miles.