tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post1622259672948578868..comments2023-05-18T07:10:13.140-07:00Comments on A Velvet Cage II: Current Events with a Side of Humble PieDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12641783472479894858noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-33791026022832981762007-07-30T07:35:00.000-07:002007-07-30T07:35:00.000-07:00I completely agree with you on the HP front. I rea...I completely agree with you on the HP front. I read the first book but didn't like it and haven't touched the others although both of my kids have read all of them, including the newest one, which my son bought the day it came out and finished reading it that same day. I saw the first 2 movies also and have no desire to see any of the others.<br><br>Don't be so hard on yourself with regards to Miss. You obviously care very much for her and her welfare. It takes a lifetime of being around these animals to be able to know them, and even then sometimes it seems like a crapshoot.<br><br>I know I'm being anal here, but the actual spelling of the word is "longe" - french in origin, although it has been anglosized to the phonetic spelling of lunge :)sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07745687054876542049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-29913963085439463632007-07-27T07:07:00.000-07:002007-07-27T07:07:00.000-07:00Mothers.Mine drives me absolutely crazy but I stil...Mothers.<br>Mine drives me absolutely crazy but I still have this need to work things out. Maybe it's the nurse in me, I don't know. <br>Celebrity Gossip...I'm all over it! Like you, bored, bored bored with Brit, Becs and Posh (who has got to be an Extra Terrestrial) and even with the Jen/Brad/Ang saga. But Lindsay...she messed up this week. Big Time Idiot.<br>I'm very sorry to hear about your horse. She's had some bad luck with her health lately, but she seems to overcome it each time with the TLC she gets. Sometimes I think it's easy to overlook things because you don't want to find things. Or, at least I think that's what I can be like. Yesterday, I had to take Mao to the vet becasue I thought he was stung by a bee. He had a big boxing glove paw. Turns out that he was in a cat fight and the bite has already healed, but has left him with an infection. I noticed that he was sleeping more indoors, but I neglected to see that he was hurt. I feel terrible about it, but animals have a way of hiding things and you only notice when it's gotten noticeable.<br>I do enjoy when you post your farm pictures! Those horses are so pretty.Ramonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04759368595270066049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-34625276779203978992007-07-25T15:39:00.000-07:002007-07-25T15:39:00.000-07:00Oh come on Donna! We have a new moron to add to th...Oh come on Donna! We have a new moron to add to the list. Posh! You cannot possibly be sick of her so soon, she is new in the scene.Yolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06068063513978782703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-42925851760579891082007-07-25T12:41:00.000-07:002007-07-25T12:41:00.000-07:00Well, I don't know... how else are you going t...Well, I don't know... how else are you going to learn, you know? I don't know of anyone who is born with a complete understanding of the workings of a horse. I think you're just doing your best, and I bet that's pretty damn good and Missy is probably real glad that you are hers and vice versa.<br><br>Ditto on the trainwrecks of the starmaker machine... ah, for the days of real Hollywood... given me Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn or Marlon Brando... sigh.blacklightbluehttp://blacklightblue.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-22659623990742142882007-07-24T17:05:00.000-07:002007-07-24T17:05:00.000-07:00Hi Donna,Thanks for dropping by my blog. Glad you ...Hi Donna,<br>Thanks for dropping by my blog. Glad you found me. Always good to know there are others out there who can relate to my experience and vice versa. Will drop by regularly to see how you're doing as well. Best to you...Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474998003921896431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-76352651812395826182007-07-24T08:19:00.000-07:002007-07-24T08:19:00.000-07:00Don't be hard on yourself about Miss. You jus...Don't be hard on yourself about Miss. You just can't tell sometimes. It has taken me many years to see what others are seeing. I still can't catch it all the time.Kathy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-41601080123354802032007-07-24T07:34:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:34:00.000-07:00I think it is VERY hard sometimes to tell if a hor...I think it is VERY hard sometimes to tell if a horse is lame. Just recently (after over ten years working with horses) I can tell (sometimes) if one looks off. But I can't exactly tell WHAT is wrong most of the time.<br><br>I was free lunging a horse for a trainer one day recently and decided she looked a little off. Not super lame, just not herself. So I called the trainer and she came into the round pen and started working the horse and said, "Which leg do you think it is?" I didn't really know for sure. I was all proud of myself for knowing the horse was lame, but really, I didn't know much. Horses are quite a difficult animal, really. If a dog hurts it's leg, at least it lifts it up and carries it around so you can tell the vet exactly what leg is injured :) A horse just keeps going with a little bob if his head or some other subtle sign as the only hint that he is sore.juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15513241470529996224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-56401679914697918032007-07-23T06:42:00.000-07:002007-07-23T06:42:00.000-07:00i casually mentioned to a group of ladies at lunch...i casually mentioned to a group of ladies at lunch the other day that i hadn't read or seen any of the harry potter stuff. holy cow! no one could believe it. they thought i was nuts!<br><br>i just never had an interest.roosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427908481297892054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-8976381151120183492007-07-23T06:06:00.000-07:002007-07-23T06:06:00.000-07:00It's really nice that you have so many helpful...It's really nice that you have so many helpful people around to give you advice. *ahem* And of course they mean well. But, I've noticed that sometimes barn managers/owners like having the last word. Just relax. Don't feel bad. If you didn't notice, it must have been subtle. It also might have been nice for her to explain what she saw.<br>The Lindsays and Britneys of the world are setting such bad examples for our kids. I wish the media knew how little we care about these faux celebs.<br>I'd like a slice of mince meat please.Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07331876220972088597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-17654994443315618682007-07-23T05:03:00.000-07:002007-07-23T05:03:00.000-07:00I don't do HP either. We saw the first movie o...I don't do HP either. We saw the first movie or two; I forced myself. I guess having an unmotivated reader for a son actually helps on this one. He could care less either.<br><br>PS - I am this way about all magic and fantasy things to include Hobbit stuff. It took me months to get through the first portion of LOTR. In general, I do not reading about a place where I do not know the rules.Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13622985406269216862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-26212335028150521972007-07-22T23:22:00.000-07:002007-07-22T23:22:00.000-07:00I'm sick to death hearing about Britney, Paris...I'm sick to death hearing about Britney, Paris, Lindsy, Nicole and now we have to endure Posh. The more the media splashs around the stunts they pull, the worst kind of example they set for the generation behind them.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949042100993878709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400857785037966628.post-58173295947822418182007-07-22T22:54:00.000-07:002007-07-22T22:54:00.000-07:00Oh that is a hard one, telling if a horse is lame....Oh that is a hard one, telling if a horse is lame. Sometimes it is just so obvious and sometimes it's hard for even a very trained eye. <br><br>One time I was lunging a mare as part of my job as a groom. This was a halter horse and I was supposed to be getting her hot enough to sweat fat off her neck. The mare was always hard to work and this day was no different. But as I got towards the end, a trainer came in and said she looked lame. Turned out the bellboots had caused rubs on her pasterns. I felt so bad I had missed it. I still don't know what the trainer saw that I didn't. Very frustrating.Rising Rainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.com