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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post3002854605087669264..comments2018-05-29T14:35:16.857-04:00Comments on Guinness on Tap: Miles, Mountains, and Moonshine: Ride Between The Rivers Part 2Austen firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-53333668181107783552016-11-06T15:38:11.246-05:002016-11-06T15:38:11.246-05:00Loving your account! And kudos for doing a 30-mile...Loving your account! And kudos for doing a 30-miler your first time out! I live in Scotland, with an endurance pony (50-miler) and a little dressage horse, so play in both disciplines, and I love how open you are to the new experience, while thinking about how your skills can cross over. I think some pure dressage people forget sometimes that it's meant to be training for your horse to be out in open country, and that the arena is just a way of measuring those skills!Fraukehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-73133363025860169382016-11-04T21:41:44.558-04:002016-11-04T21:41:44.558-04:00Wow! What a great story! I'd love to hear more...Wow! What a great story! I'd love to hear more!Austen Gagehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-49183722629972043752016-11-04T21:41:12.613-04:002016-11-04T21:41:12.613-04:00Hi Mary! So happy you chimed in! I love that you&#...Hi Mary! So happy you chimed in! I love that you've seen such a connection between dressage and endurance. Plus, I really respect the work you've done with Shiloh. As the owner of an older (though nothing on Shiloh!) athlete, I know how hard it is to keep them looking good and performing at their best. Shiloh looked AMAZING, and I am in total awe. Austen Gagehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-57179868196664402992016-11-04T19:51:58.342-04:002016-11-04T19:51:58.342-04:00What a great write up, I love reading cross-discip...What a great write up, I love reading cross-discipline experiences. I love the camaraderie of endurance, even when you are competing for times. When I was 18 I ended up on my first ride, a 50 mi solo, so when my horse and I nearly plummeted to our deaths (only half dramatic) a stranger stopped, watched us trot out and let me tag along for a bit until I regained my resting pulse lol. I'm way older, out of shape, but would do one again in a heartbeat.Kitty Kathttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-19349388567973760172016-11-04T16:25:59.984-04:002016-11-04T16:25:59.984-04:00Hi Austen! I'm Shiloh's owner Mary and am ...Hi Austen! I'm Shiloh's owner Mary and am kind of following you in reverse, since early July I've been schooling my little mare (Shiloh's hot young girlfriend) in dressage type stuff (collected bending and lateral work) as crosstraining for the FEI-level competitions she's being doing with a young rider from Maine. Last weekend, my friend who volunteered at the Ft Valley endurance ride noticed the connection between riding balanced/well and how the horse looked & carried itself - safe to say many of us respect your discipline and I have come to enjoy it at a rudimentary level, especially when there's no time for a full training ride! Mary Howell Mary Howellhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-74097748764207790202016-11-01T14:02:10.730-04:002016-11-01T14:02:10.730-04:00Dude looks like so much fun!Dude looks like so much fun!L.Williamshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-3841001882476349432016-10-27T13:40:49.325-04:002016-10-27T13:40:49.325-04:00VERY cool experience. I hope to do an endurance tr...VERY cool experience. I hope to do an endurance trial some day. You and Q are on point with your matching game.Cathrynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-29833630104110613892016-10-27T13:15:47.933-04:002016-10-27T13:15:47.933-04:00This sounds like so much fun! I know that I have t...This sounds like so much fun! I know that I have to do some endurance in my life because of those scenes Micaylahhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-6599791803080450222016-10-26T22:48:34.978-04:002016-10-26T22:48:34.978-04:00Very cool experience! Your borrowed tights are ra...Very cool experience! Your borrowed tights are rad :)KateRosehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-24782390948452984602016-10-26T16:32:32.399-04:002016-10-26T16:32:32.399-04:00This is such a fantastic post! I think it's am...This is such a fantastic post! I think it's amazing that you did this ride, what an experience! Alli + Dinohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-53292122099704027882016-10-26T13:43:43.036-04:002016-10-26T13:43:43.036-04:00It was so fun to poke around with Q and see how ad...It was so fun to poke around with Q and see how adjusting her way of going slightly changed her balance. I love teaching green horses lateral movements for that reason, so it was really just more of that.

The bit about sponging the hindquarters makes sense. I usually don't worry about things like that, because my horses aren't ever depleting their electrolyte stores enough to worry about cramps! Good insight!!Austen Gagehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-82653112700886630302016-10-26T10:00:17.529-04:002016-10-26T10:00:17.529-04:00I have been waiting for this next section! I love ...I have been waiting for this next section! I love reading a dressage rider's perspective on endurance. I have a dressage background and love how dressage helps any horse, but especially endurance horses. I have read a recap from a hunter trying her first LD and this is a nice counterpart to that! For what it's worth, I think you really looked the part for this ride! Riding a fit endurance horse is very different than any other discipline, I think. I remember watching in awe when I first started the sport and the 100 milers would go out at a steady trot in the morning, and then come back almost 24 hours later at the same steady trot. As an aside,it is not a good idea to sponge your horse's hindquarters on trail (or in camp). We generally stick to the neck, shoulders, and chest. Sponging the back or haunches with cold water can cause muscle soreness or even cramps! I loved your description of the vetting process. When I try to explain endurance to others, I make my explanation too convoluted and sort of lose the point. I am going to just refer people here from now on! I love the windy section of trail through the woods after the river crossing. So lovely! And you're right, lead changes do make it more fun! (Both Steel and Moniet have easy lead changes and glide through sections like that!) Great post and I'm glad you enjoyed your foray into our insanity! I hope we'll be seeing more of you on trail in the future, and I'm thrilled to see Liz getting more into dressage with your influence!Domhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-12696272716962750522016-10-26T08:58:00.476-04:002016-10-26T08:58:00.476-04:00Wow, this sounds like a really awesome experience!...Wow, this sounds like a really awesome experience! Leah Stridhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-37221841538626427342016-10-26T08:51:29.312-04:002016-10-26T08:51:29.312-04:00Next: your first 50. True endurance distance. 😊Next: your first 50. True endurance distance. 😊Liz Stouthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677504786349906999.post-67195342015475615242016-10-26T06:52:00.424-04:002016-10-26T06:52:00.424-04:00This sounds like so much fun! I've been waitin...This sounds like so much fun! I've been waiting for your write up. :)EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Audrey & Lily
The sun is shining and I'm filling pots with pansies today.
Enjoy your day.
Hugs, Deb
Audrey and Lily look quite content. I love pansies ... such a happy flower with their fun little faces ... and great color!ReplyDelete
That pansy vase is so cute!ReplyDelete
I love cat window seats!ReplyDelete
Your cats look comfy. Mine spends the day on my side of the bed on a pretty quilt. at night she roams when the big dog(that is scared to death of her) sleeps in his cage. Once in a blue moon he will go up to her and lick her face and ears. He thinks that he is the Mama of the little dog and the cat.....so funny our pets are.ReplyDelete
Oh, that laid back cat did make me laugh! What a poser! Cute vase and lovely cheerful pansies.
My Four Mouseketeers are all out at the moment lazing on the grass.
Linda xx
Oh the photo of kitty on his back is so funny ! I am planting Pansies this weekend and there are new ones now they are Wave Pansies . My Harley is napping in a sun spot in the living room right now and our Miggs is outside snoozing in the sunshine to ! Thanks for sharing . Have a good day !ReplyDelete
Have you tried the cool wave pansies...I love them! They spread out much more than the regular pansies.....it's so funny to plant pansies in the fall here in the South and up north, they can be found everywhere in the summer.....such a happy little plant. I must try to find Mae a little hammock like that one...totally adorable!!ReplyDelete
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Pansies are so pretty! I want to plant some, too. I have pots waiting for the flowers. :-)
Our kitties would like a window seat like that. It would be another special place for them.
Mr.T loves Pansies, they are his favourite flower.
Like the outstretched cat on the hammock. lol
I am a pansy lover too--the yellow is very pretty. Cracks me up the positions cats get in in the window!ReplyDelete
So glad you Pansy Time has arrived! I love those little "faces" they have!
AA and Lily looks so cute!
Lily, WA, USA
Well of course the kitties will love a window seat like that!
As to the pansies... they might present an inviting target!
We are glad to hear that spring is finally arriving for our friends in the North. Enjoy your sunbeams.
Julie and Poppy Q
Hooray!!!! Spring is finally here too. It's about time! We deserve it. :)
xo Catherine
Pansies were my mother's favorites..said they looked like "little faces". I LOVE that vintage kitty holder!! Great photos of the kitties enjoying the spring!! Have a wonderful weekend! Sue.ReplyDelete

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Statistically speaking, most of us could stand to lose a little weight and exercise a little more. As it turns out, you can use your Mac as a tool to help you get a little healthier.
Health & Fitness
Two of the biggest challenges for those engaging in weight training is knowing what exercises are best for targeting specific muscles and how to perform those exercises correctly. iMuscle is a great tool for guiding you through learning about muscles and how to strengthen them.
iMuscle presents you with four views of the body's anatomy. You choose a view from the pane on the left side or use your mouse or trackpad to rotate the view, so you can see all of the different muscle groups and double click to zoom into an area.
From there, you can choose an area of the muscle, denoted by a blue pushpin, and get a list of exercises that target that specific muscle.
There are videos of how to correctly perform exercises as well as written instructions. Exercise can be added to your workout plan. The app supports multiple users and different plans, so you can set up a program that covers different body parts for different days, and you can track strength and endurance.
A great app for both beginners and experienced lifters.
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Runners, like many exercisers, are sticklers for recording data about every run. Run Journal is a simple-to-use application that makes the task of data entry easy, though we did find it a little limited.
Run Journal allows you to define several different running programs. For example, if you're preparing for a longer race like a marathon, it's likely that your weekly program will include a long, slow run, interval training, some speed work and an easy day. With Run Journal you can define each of those and then choose the appropriate one when you enter your data.
If your needs are quite basic then Run Journal will suffice, but advanced users will be looking for a few extras. For example, there's no way to enter your average heart rate – most experienced runners preparing for an event will use a heart rate monitor.
Also, with so many online programs for runners keen on tracking their progress, there's no way to integrate with those. On the other hand, the ability to export running data for more detailed analysis in Numbers or Excel is very useful.
Run Journal is a solid, albeit basic, application for runners looking to record and track their progress.
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There's a simple maxim to managing your weight – if the amount of fuel you put into your body exceeds the amount you use, you'll put on weight. The trouble is, sometimes it's not that easy to know how many calories you're putting in. That's where DietController comes in to play.
When you first start DietController it collects some data about you – such as age and height – and it estimates a metabolic rate based on the amount of exercise you do. You then set your weight-loss goals and a date or your target weight, and it calculates how many calories you need to consume.
The hardest part of using DietController is that you need to enter all of the foods you eat. That means quite a bit of data entry initially. Most of the foods we regularly eat were in the list, although the names were a little hard to find. For foods not in the list, the carbohydrate, fat, protein and other content were inputted, so that DietController could track our intake.
This is a great app, but you need to be disciplined to use it regularly.
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Meditation begins now, right here. It can't begin someplace else or at some other time. To paraphrase the great Zen master Dogen, "If you want to practice awareness, then practice awareness without delay." If you wish to know a mind that is tranquil and clear, sane and peaceful, you must take it up now. If you wish to free yourself from the frantic television mind that runs our lives, begin with the intention to be present now.
[...from Meditation: Now or Never by Steve Hagen, pg. 3]


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So surprised to have finished the binding on Friday night, I just pottered around yesterday and worked on a few things that needed doing. Tried my hand at making a pot holder / hot pad and found that sewing through all the batting was a bit of a challenge even with a walking foot. I do like how the hot pad turned out and used leftover binding strips from the quilt.
After auditioning fabrics for the inner border of the pink and white double 4-patch quilt, I finally decided on one... and worked on figuring out the proportions of the flowers in the border. That was a bit of a challenge because I didn't want to end up with odd measurements such as 1.667" or worse. I plan to get the pink border sewn on today and start working on sewing together the "flowers" for the border.
March is almost upon us and I also need to do some math to figure out how much fabric I will need for the borders of the Lilac Hill quilt top. I understand that the fabric line pre-cuts have been very popular and don't want to miss out on my first choices when the yardage becomes available!
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You May Try to Play God
YOU couldn't help liking him--quiet, shy, neatly dressed, eager to be helpful, and so, so anxious to maintain his sobriety. That was during the months he was sober--but every so often his deeply rooted, fundamental problem once again swept over him, and off he would go. We knew his periods of uncontrolled drinking were merely symptomatic of that fierce trouble he still could not face--we thought we understood--and we sympathized, anxiously and sincerely and far, far too much for our own good.
So we reached a decision. This time we would really give him the help he needed, not just for a day or two but over a period of time sufficient for him to gain the courage and strength and knowledge of himself so vital for his own rehabilitation. Hospitalization was necessary, and after that he came home with us for a few nights. Soon a job turned up. No questions were asked of the past, and he found a room well removed from his former haunts and the temptations of his old drinking companions. He came to meetings every night, sitting quietly and attentively at the back of the room and politely declining if asked to speak. He helped with the coffee, and cleaned up afterwards.-- Anonymous
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(If you're new to the blog, welcome!
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The Window Of Opportunity: Gone
"I'm so angry. I feel like he owes us an apology. I feel like he owes ME an apology. He left us. He left mom and us three girls. He didn't care about us. He didn't look for us. He owes me an apology!"
I sat there in my blue Toyota. The parking lot of Giant Food Store was packed. My son's father was going to get out of the car to grab something quick for us. But then I started rambling. He let go of the door handle and looked at me.
I didn't even know I was storing up so many feelings. I thought I was over it. I thought I didn't really care about my father's absence in my life. But the words just floated out of he abyss of my heart and I couldn't stop them.
"It's not fair. I feel like he had a window of opportunity to make things right… but now he's in that hospital and he's so sick," I continued unaware of all the shoppers going in and out of the store.
"He's so sick. He's not really all there anymore. He's not talking right. He had an opportunity to make amends… but He missed it…He missed the very small window. And it gets me so angry that now it's too late and I can't even expect him to be mentally capable of making things right."
I visited my father in the hospital that day. I didn't know what to say or what to do. I gave him a kiss on the cheek. And truth be told, it felt so awkward. So unnatural. Yet still I managed to quietly say the words, "I Love You, Dad."
I walked out.
It's Time
Soon enough we received the phone call. "I think it's time."
My momma, my aunt, my two sisters, and I got into the car and drove to grandma's house. There on a hospital bed, in the living room, was my father. He had a blanket covering him and a cross grandma had laid on his chest. My mom and my aunt stood next him and prayed with him.
I sat on a chair just staring at him. He was heaving. He couldn't talk. All that was left was a deteriorated version of the man I saw in the picture at home. The man in the picture was strong, handsome. He held me on his lap and I was smiling so big. I must have been three years old in that picture. I don't ever remember being held by him. But the picture tells me it happened.
His breathing interrupted my thoughts, it got heavier. This is how it all ends. A father leaves a wife and daughters to fend for themselves, and when he takes his last breath, it is us who sit beside him.
He took his last breath in that living room that evening. Death came. But my hurting didn't end. I didn't cry.
My Last Words
The day of the viewing there were four chairs saved for the three daughters and wife. I was late.
Everyone went up to see him for the last time. I stayed glued to my seat. I didn't want to go up, but my aunt insisted. I finally dragged myself to the front of the casket. Each step heavier than the previous. They did such a nice job on him. He laid there, looking so peaceful. Healthy even.
I felt all eyes on me. Because I'm one of the daughters. And you know, everyone is waiting to see a reaction. It was so uncomfortable.
I wanted to shout, "People, what are you waiting for? I've got nothing to say." But that would be inappropriate, wouldn't it?
So instead, I walked my hand along the casket, fixed the collar of his shirt, and ran my fingers on his hair.
And tears rolled down my cheeks, not because my father was dead. Not because I was grieving a loss.
"Why couldn't you love me?" I yelled out loud with absolutely no words.
An oxymoron isn't it?
Pent Up Emotions
I cannot speak for my father. However, I can speak for a girl in her late teens who understood that she was not loved by the man who was supposed to love her. Whether this was the truth, or whether he simply did not know how to express it, I no longer try to figure it out.
See, years later I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. When I did, I was adopted into God's family and I now had a heavenly Father. He was my Daddy.
Although it didn't happen overnight, and it was a process, I eventually came to accept the perfect love of God. It took me years to understand though, that I was walking in unforgiveness and that it was destroying my life. The saddest part of it all was that the person I was not willing to forgive was already dead. A grave stood between us. I would never hear what I wanted to hear from my father.
The question that remained was simple. Was someone, who was not even alive anymore, going to have so much power over my life?
I felt the Lord dealing with me. 'You must forgive Darlene. You must not allow this to overshadow the rest of your life.'
Set Him Free
With time and with much prayer. I forgave my father. I released the pent-up emotions, which had been closely confined by unforgiveness, into the hands of a God who loved me, cared about me, and wanted me free.
I set my earthly father free from the cage of unforgiveness I carried him in. And in doing so, I too was set free!
I made a decision I would honor his memory by never speaking about him in hate and anger. Instead, I hold on to one last memory I have of him on his deathbed.
"Ruben, can you hear me?" my aunt, a Pastor, held my father's hand.
"Ruben, it's me. And Olga is here and your daughters are here." She looked up at us.
"Ruben, if you can understand me, squeeze my hand." His eyes were closed, the heaving continued.
She prayed for him. And she ministered to him. And we believe that when she asked him if he was ready to go with the Lord, that he squeezed her hand as an indication of his readiness.
Then he took his last breath.
Choose Forgiveness
Instead of anger. Instead of bitterness. I extended {My Forgiveness}, and now I hold on to that last memory.
It's the part of the story that gives me hope. My father, in the last moments of his life was able to repent of his sins. And while I was unable to forgive him at the time, there was a Father in heaven who looked at him and saw nothing but the righteousness of Christ. The price was paid. All was forgiven. Grace and mercy extended to him on that bed.
I understand now why my dad looked so peaceful in that casket. And I find great joy in knowing that one day I will see my father in eternity.
This week's topic was {My Forgiveness}.
Is there someone who you need to set free from the cage of unforgiveness? Or perhaps you're the one who needs to ask for forgiveness?
Either way, a woman resolved to live for Christ understands that forgiveness accepted and forgiveness granted, are both a blessing.
[Read More: Part 8 {Integrity}…]
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The federal government wants to require young, healthy people to buy insurance because if they don't, premiums for everyone else will go up. Insurance companies need low-maintenance, young customers on their rolls so they can raise money to cover benefits for less-healthy people the health care bill will require them to insure.
But both houses passed two other reforms that create an incentive not to buy insurance.
First, the bills allow patients to basically purchase insurance whenever they want.
"You can literally buy an insurance policy in the ambulance on the way to the hospital," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. "You could imagine a situation in which you would pay the fines, stay out of the insurance pool, and at the moment when you need it, you go out and buy it."
The other disincentive is that both houses change how much older customers can be charged relative to younger customers. Analysts agree this will drive up the cost for young people, though it's not clear by how much.
The Senate tries to make it easier on the young by offering them a bare-bones insurance plan that would be less expensive than all the others. This is perhaps the keystone for the entire reform effort, because if young healthy people don't get into the insurance pool, everything else -- especially cost containment -- could fall apart.
Friday, January 8
Any real cost containment is pure fantasy
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Opening Night
Friday, March 24, 2017 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 3:30pm and 7:30pm
$28.00 Adults
$18.00 Seniors/ Under 14
Family 4-Pack: $85.00
Groups of 10+: $15 per person
Groups of 20+: $10 per person
Individual tickets on sale September, 2016.
Royal Canadian Theatre Company 2016/17 Theatre Series Early Bird Packages are available now. Get more info here!
Written by Canada's Own Norm Foster
Directed by Ellie King
Opening Night is the story of an unusual evening at the theatre. Ruth Tisdale has lucked into a pair of tickets to the opening night performance of a new Canadian play, and she drags her husband Jack to the theatre as a way to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Jack, however would rather be at home watching the seventh game of the World Series on television. In the following scene, Jack and Ruth are mingling with invited guests before the show in the VIP lounge, when Jack spots someone he recognizes from television.


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There are so many great reasons for becoming vegetarian and vegan, from boosting your health to helping the planet. According to a 2006 U.N. report, rearing animals for food produces more greenhouse gases than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world combined. Raising animals leads to the production of vast amounts of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, all of which are incredibly detrimental to the planet. Feeding grain and water to farm animals and then slaughtering, processing and transporting their flesh, expends a great deal of energy. Farm animals take up a great deal of land, in fact over two-thirds of agricultural land worldwide. With water scarcity being a problem, a vegan diet uses much less water than a beat based one. An average cow consumes around 100 litres of water a day. Plus, people are starving because crops are being used as food for farm animals, rather than nourishing some of the world's poorest individuals.