Baltimore snowplow nearly runs over Vikings punt team
Really!!!!!!!!! I think some people need to go back to school.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Nintendo gives us a peek at Mario Kart 8 with a new gameplay trailer
Nintendo gives us a peek at Mario Kart 8 with a new gameplay trailer
I absolutely love Nintendo and the wii's. Mario Kart reminds me when my children were little.
I bet this will be a great game.
I absolutely love Nintendo and the wii's. Mario Kart reminds me when my children were little.
I bet this will be a great game.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Christmas Day
It is Christmas Day. Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!
I am up and everyone is still sleeping. I am an early riser. I do enjoy that as the quiet is nice to eat slowly, read my emails and catch up on other things. As all of you moms, and those that work, we get little time to ourselves.
I have had the quite the eventful past week with work. Lots and lots to do there with many customers and more crabbiness than ever. I am sure you all have heard of the security breach the store I work for experienced. We had customers even come into the store and demand we fix it there. Not sure where there brains are at with that one. I totally understand everyone's fears as we employees use our cards there probably the most. I hear some forty million people, but who really ever know. I know there will be people working there today answering the hotline phone.
This past weekend, Target decided to give customers 10% their purchases both Saturday and Sunday. Now, granted it was not on everything and only those two days, but who can pass that up? Our store was crazy busy. Because of this, we would have people wanting that 10% to be extended the next day for an item that our store didn't have but another store did. Or, if no store did, we issued a raincheck. Then the customer wanted the 10% to to be extended for when the raincheck item came in. Where are these people's brains? Target did not have to do this. Our store was a mess. Sunday evening I guess a customer decided he needed ti inform me that the store was trashed cause he was in at 4, was too busy and decided to come back later.
The topper was yesterday afternoon. While working, a on duty manager told me the people in the back room smelled smoke. She went to bypass the alarms. I think she told me some more things and then I hear on my walkie Code Red. Get all customers to the front of the store. Then the lights and alarms were going off. Let's just say, I hope this is a lesson to customers not to put your shopping off to the last minute. It was hard to get some to leave. We, the employees, were told to go across the parking lot to a little restaurant. We had to leave all our things. Some did not. After a while, they told some of us that we could go home, the others were to stay as they were to work until the store closed. If you did not have keys to your car, you could not go back in the building to get them. You would either call home, or wait. I got a ride from a friend and got in through the garage. I left my truck and then my purse and jacket there. I drove down to my mom's and had gift giving. When it was done, my kids took that car home and my husband drove me to the store. The store was closed but workers were in so I could get my purse and jacket. I drove the truck home. I did not smell smoke or see damage. I think it was small and contained.
I am going to enjoy today and relax with family. Tomorrow is back to work and see what the place is like. Here is to hoping next year is better.
Oh, and the bright side, my leaser saw my horse and took a picture of her last night.
I am up and everyone is still sleeping. I am an early riser. I do enjoy that as the quiet is nice to eat slowly, read my emails and catch up on other things. As all of you moms, and those that work, we get little time to ourselves.
I have had the quite the eventful past week with work. Lots and lots to do there with many customers and more crabbiness than ever. I am sure you all have heard of the security breach the store I work for experienced. We had customers even come into the store and demand we fix it there. Not sure where there brains are at with that one. I totally understand everyone's fears as we employees use our cards there probably the most. I hear some forty million people, but who really ever know. I know there will be people working there today answering the hotline phone.
This past weekend, Target decided to give customers 10% their purchases both Saturday and Sunday. Now, granted it was not on everything and only those two days, but who can pass that up? Our store was crazy busy. Because of this, we would have people wanting that 10% to be extended the next day for an item that our store didn't have but another store did. Or, if no store did, we issued a raincheck. Then the customer wanted the 10% to to be extended for when the raincheck item came in. Where are these people's brains? Target did not have to do this. Our store was a mess. Sunday evening I guess a customer decided he needed ti inform me that the store was trashed cause he was in at 4, was too busy and decided to come back later.
The topper was yesterday afternoon. While working, a on duty manager told me the people in the back room smelled smoke. She went to bypass the alarms. I think she told me some more things and then I hear on my walkie Code Red. Get all customers to the front of the store. Then the lights and alarms were going off. Let's just say, I hope this is a lesson to customers not to put your shopping off to the last minute. It was hard to get some to leave. We, the employees, were told to go across the parking lot to a little restaurant. We had to leave all our things. Some did not. After a while, they told some of us that we could go home, the others were to stay as they were to work until the store closed. If you did not have keys to your car, you could not go back in the building to get them. You would either call home, or wait. I got a ride from a friend and got in through the garage. I left my truck and then my purse and jacket there. I drove down to my mom's and had gift giving. When it was done, my kids took that car home and my husband drove me to the store. The store was closed but workers were in so I could get my purse and jacket. I drove the truck home. I did not smell smoke or see damage. I think it was small and contained.
I am going to enjoy today and relax with family. Tomorrow is back to work and see what the place is like. Here is to hoping next year is better.
Oh, and the bright side, my leaser saw my horse and took a picture of her last night.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Part Two of Helping Others With My Horses
We now have our second horse, Un Dun Dee, or Dinah. She is a Red Dun Paint.Quarter horse. Dinah is about the same size as Sonny but just a little taller. She has a bigger behind and the reason for that is her bloodlines is Halter. Halter showing is using a fancy halter and having a judge look at you and your horse. Your horse is judged on how the stand, back up, stand still, walk, trot, pivot and stop. Apparently, years ago, judges preferred horses with big behinds.
We bring Dinah to Woodloch one month before putting Sonny down. My daughter and I wanted to have two horses for a period of time so that we could ride at the same time. That did not happen. By the time Dinah came, Sonny was having problems with his other front foot. We only could walk him around via the lead rope.
A lady at the stables became our friend. She was about my age and was leasing someone's horse. Susie wanted to lease Sonny but when he was diagnosed with arthritis, she decided to wait until we got another one. As soon as we got Dinah, she started right away. Dinah was a show horse and K wanted to try showing, so this would be good for Susie also. Susie had shown the horse she was leasing and did well.
That first summer, Susie took Dinah to two or three shows and did well again. Dinah was back in her game. K showed Dinah as well and placed in her events. Susie did Dinah in English and Western Pleasure. Kirsten did just Western. I can't remember if they did any others as that was over five years ago.
At the end of the summer, Susie had to end her lease due to money issues. Susie is a teacher and runs out of money until a month after the beginning of the school year. We found two new half time leasers for Dinah. We stayed at Woodloch for about two years and had about three or four leasers for Dinah during that time. One of them I had to end the lease due to the fact that the lady became nervous. The other is a teenage girl who did not know how to ride. Her parents were divorced and neither one had the time to help her with this. She needed lessons three days a week, she pulled hard on the reins and she did things that I told her not to do.
At the time of leaving Woodloch and moving to Mel-O-Dee Stables, I found a high school girl who had leased horses before and lived with her Grandma. She worked at Target also and that was her money to pay for things. The next post will start with the two year friendship this girl had with Dinah and her background.
We bring Dinah to Woodloch one month before putting Sonny down. My daughter and I wanted to have two horses for a period of time so that we could ride at the same time. That did not happen. By the time Dinah came, Sonny was having problems with his other front foot. We only could walk him around via the lead rope.
A lady at the stables became our friend. She was about my age and was leasing someone's horse. Susie wanted to lease Sonny but when he was diagnosed with arthritis, she decided to wait until we got another one. As soon as we got Dinah, she started right away. Dinah was a show horse and K wanted to try showing, so this would be good for Susie also. Susie had shown the horse she was leasing and did well.
That first summer, Susie took Dinah to two or three shows and did well again. Dinah was back in her game. K showed Dinah as well and placed in her events. Susie did Dinah in English and Western Pleasure. Kirsten did just Western. I can't remember if they did any others as that was over five years ago.
At the end of the summer, Susie had to end her lease due to money issues. Susie is a teacher and runs out of money until a month after the beginning of the school year. We found two new half time leasers for Dinah. We stayed at Woodloch for about two years and had about three or four leasers for Dinah during that time. One of them I had to end the lease due to the fact that the lady became nervous. The other is a teenage girl who did not know how to ride. Her parents were divorced and neither one had the time to help her with this. She needed lessons three days a week, she pulled hard on the reins and she did things that I told her not to do.
At the time of leaving Woodloch and moving to Mel-O-Dee Stables, I found a high school girl who had leased horses before and lived with her Grandma. She worked at Target also and that was her money to pay for things. The next post will start with the two year friendship this girl had with Dinah and her background.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Blessing others with my horse
Here I go taking a stab at this blogging of having a horse and how it has helped other people. This will be on how my two horses have helped other people through things, and how I have helped others.
I am going to start out with our first horse named Sonny. Sonny, registered Gold Sonny Reed, was a palomino paint horse. When got him when he was fifteen. I at first wanted to lease a horse, but couldn't find one to work with my schedule and my daughter, K's schedule. We had been taking riding lesson for a year and I really wanted K to have one that she rode most of the time. I was hoping that that would help her with her social anxiety. I had read that animals did.
Since I worked in retail and that consisted of nights and weekends, in addition with K being too young to drive herself; we found a friend of mine there taking lessons who wanted to lease. Leasing is where you pay the owner so much money a month to ride a certain number of times a week. Generally, you use the owners tack and grooming supplies.
During the course of the nineteen months we had him, we had three people leasing him. One girl had anxiety also and needed to be home schooled. The others just felt a connection with him and could find a haven from the regular stressful day.
After sixteen months, Sonny was limping severely on his front left foot. The vet did some digital x-rays and found advanced arthritis. Sonny got special shoes and a supplement. After a couple of months, it no longer helped him. We then made the decision to put him down. That was a hard day. K was only twelve years old and was there that day. She spend time with him until the vet came. When the vet arrived, we walked him to where they were and K handed the lead rope over to her. I went up to say goodbye to him afterwards, but it was too hard for K.
Owning Sonny helped K so much that I couldn't believe it. He helped her more than any treating professional that we had been to could. K also had such a natural talent with horses. I didn't want this to end. Many friends at the stables told me the same thing. Two months before we put him down, knowing this was going to happen soon; we began the search for another horse. That was a difficult process as he was still alive; we would compare those horses to Sonny. After a few weeks, we found one. She is Un Dun Dee, or Dinah. A red dun paint/quarter horse. The story continues in the next post. Here is a picture of Sonny.
I am going to start out with our first horse named Sonny. Sonny, registered Gold Sonny Reed, was a palomino paint horse. When got him when he was fifteen. I at first wanted to lease a horse, but couldn't find one to work with my schedule and my daughter, K's schedule. We had been taking riding lesson for a year and I really wanted K to have one that she rode most of the time. I was hoping that that would help her with her social anxiety. I had read that animals did.
Since I worked in retail and that consisted of nights and weekends, in addition with K being too young to drive herself; we found a friend of mine there taking lessons who wanted to lease. Leasing is where you pay the owner so much money a month to ride a certain number of times a week. Generally, you use the owners tack and grooming supplies.
During the course of the nineteen months we had him, we had three people leasing him. One girl had anxiety also and needed to be home schooled. The others just felt a connection with him and could find a haven from the regular stressful day.
After sixteen months, Sonny was limping severely on his front left foot. The vet did some digital x-rays and found advanced arthritis. Sonny got special shoes and a supplement. After a couple of months, it no longer helped him. We then made the decision to put him down. That was a hard day. K was only twelve years old and was there that day. She spend time with him until the vet came. When the vet arrived, we walked him to where they were and K handed the lead rope over to her. I went up to say goodbye to him afterwards, but it was too hard for K.
Owning Sonny helped K so much that I couldn't believe it. He helped her more than any treating professional that we had been to could. K also had such a natural talent with horses. I didn't want this to end. Many friends at the stables told me the same thing. Two months before we put him down, knowing this was going to happen soon; we began the search for another horse. That was a difficult process as he was still alive; we would compare those horses to Sonny. After a few weeks, we found one. She is Un Dun Dee, or Dinah. A red dun paint/quarter horse. The story continues in the next post. Here is a picture of Sonny.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The Holidays in Retail
It has been a long time since I have had a few moments to write anything.
Since I have gone back to work at Target during the week in addition to the weekends I was doing earlier, I have been working most days of the week. For some reason this week is only three days. I am not going to complain, I have so many things to get done. In addition, cashiering has been extremely painful for me. My spine surgeon put me on restrictive work orders.
I worked Black Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was busy. I didn't on Thanksgiving even though our store opened at 8 p.m. I was a nice Thanksgiving. Everyone was healthy. Our son was home all week from college. It was great to see him. We didn't have my mother-in-law this year, she was with her other son. It was nice and quiet. My sister-in-law's brother and family were not there either.
Our son did not want to go back to school because this is finals time. He has never been one that likes school. I pray that he is able to handle these last three weeks well.
I did get an MRI on my neck, there was nothing that shouted surgery. My doctor now thinks it is either the rotatory cuff. On to physical therapy. If that doesn't work, an ultrasound to see if I tore anything. I sure was hoping they would find something to fix the pain.
The lady that has been leasing our horse for about the past year, bought her own horse. She said that she was only looking. We all told her to also look at other horses. Also, to get a prepurchase exam. She never did anything of these things. She wants to fulfill the lease agreement. That ends the last day of January. She paid for the horse the full amount. Not even a down payment. The owner is wanting money each month until she takes the horse, that is to pay for food. The amount though is more than enough. She told me she wanted my to help to purchase things, yet I was told today of all the things she has already bought. The last straw, she has stopped taking lesson with our instructor. She has a hard time riding this horse without weekly lessons. To me, the most funniest thing, she has not told her husband.
This leaser thinks I should write a book or blog about owning a horse, about how to buy a horse and helping new horse owners. Sad, but all the things I would put down, she has not done. Not sure why she suggested any of this if she hasn't followed any of my suggestions. Oh well. I think I still will just for the fun of it.
Busy week next week at work. I am trying to put together the money to go to Florida in Feburary. The company my husband works for is having a Mega Meeting there. I will need a break from work and that would be fun to do.
Ta, ta for now.
Since I have gone back to work at Target during the week in addition to the weekends I was doing earlier, I have been working most days of the week. For some reason this week is only three days. I am not going to complain, I have so many things to get done. In addition, cashiering has been extremely painful for me. My spine surgeon put me on restrictive work orders.
I worked Black Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was busy. I didn't on Thanksgiving even though our store opened at 8 p.m. I was a nice Thanksgiving. Everyone was healthy. Our son was home all week from college. It was great to see him. We didn't have my mother-in-law this year, she was with her other son. It was nice and quiet. My sister-in-law's brother and family were not there either.
Our son did not want to go back to school because this is finals time. He has never been one that likes school. I pray that he is able to handle these last three weeks well.
I did get an MRI on my neck, there was nothing that shouted surgery. My doctor now thinks it is either the rotatory cuff. On to physical therapy. If that doesn't work, an ultrasound to see if I tore anything. I sure was hoping they would find something to fix the pain.
The lady that has been leasing our horse for about the past year, bought her own horse. She said that she was only looking. We all told her to also look at other horses. Also, to get a prepurchase exam. She never did anything of these things. She wants to fulfill the lease agreement. That ends the last day of January. She paid for the horse the full amount. Not even a down payment. The owner is wanting money each month until she takes the horse, that is to pay for food. The amount though is more than enough. She told me she wanted my to help to purchase things, yet I was told today of all the things she has already bought. The last straw, she has stopped taking lesson with our instructor. She has a hard time riding this horse without weekly lessons. To me, the most funniest thing, she has not told her husband.
This leaser thinks I should write a book or blog about owning a horse, about how to buy a horse and helping new horse owners. Sad, but all the things I would put down, she has not done. Not sure why she suggested any of this if she hasn't followed any of my suggestions. Oh well. I think I still will just for the fun of it.
Busy week next week at work. I am trying to put together the money to go to Florida in Feburary. The company my husband works for is having a Mega Meeting there. I will need a break from work and that would be fun to do.
Ta, ta for now.
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