tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949563474991312718.post4477198686262020259..comments2023-03-24T05:30:13.415-04:00Comments on Wacky and Wonderous World of Ezra: Can't think of a good titleezra_pandorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626213285612235702noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949563474991312718.post-8357737381873358362009-04-27T03:05:00.000-04:002009-04-27T03:05:00.000-04:00I'm glad you're back to being public again, Ezra. ...I'm glad you're back to being public again, Ezra. I'm embarassed to say that I just kept forgetting to chek each day for updates. I look on my blogroll for updates and if I don't see any, then I typically don't open up the blog to read it.<br /><br />So, I've been MIA around here...forgive me, eh?<br /><br />I hear ya about the public schools. That's one of the reasons we choose to homeschool our kids. Of course, there are some days when things get so challenging, that I think, "Ooooh, sure wish I could just send my kids to public school so someone else could deal with them all day!" lol! Am I a bad Mom or what?<br /><br />Lunch ideas: buy one of those itty bitty canape style cutters in different shapes (stars, circles, diamonds, hearts, spades, etc) and cut meats (pepperoni, turkey, balogna, ham) into shapes.<br />Place them inside a container with crackers, carrot/peppers/celery strips, and some grapes. Include a little container or ziplock of mustard.<br />Kids love these and when you make them yourself, it's much cheaper than those Lunchables kits.<br /><br />I'm glad you had a great ride, even though your mare was being bratty. Baby Doll acts the same way sometimes. Opinionated mares!ugh!<br /><br />~LisaLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949563474991312718.post-5486566019174391332009-04-25T10:18:00.000-04:002009-04-25T10:18:00.000-04:00LF: You are totally right. I always remembered sc...LF: You are totally right. I always remembered school food being disgusting when I was in school, but the boys school is CATERED. Can you believe that?? So it's usually actually good food. And pizza every friday. <br /><br />BEC: I'm getting worried now that the boys' soccer season is going to start, and with trainer showing and still in training with HER horse, that there isn't going to be a whole lot of time to spend with her. So I will just keep working on fine tuning what she does teach me when we have time. Your story with Roan Dog definitely gives me hope. I'm going to be dumb though and ask about roll backs. What are they and how do I do them? That might help a lot.ezra_pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626213285612235702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949563474991312718.post-44292767056187270212009-04-24T03:34:00.000-04:002009-04-24T03:34:00.000-04:00It sounds like you are making great strides with t...It sounds like you are making great strides with that left lead. I am glad to hear your trainer say to keep working on it until you get it and your mare settles down. As it gets easier for her, she will not get as "hot". Her muscle tone and coordination will improve and it will get easier for her. And that funny little skip she is doing trying to get back in the other lead is normal. Any horse that is particularly one-leaded will try to revert back to the lead they feel comfortable on.<br /><br />Did I ever tell you that it took Megan and I months to get her blue roan horse, Rip to even be able to pick up his right lead? We did every exercise we could think of to strengthen his muscles and get him in the correct position to just be able to step off in the right lead. There were sooooo many times it felt like he was going to pick it up and he would do that stutter step and take off in his left lead. I did a whole lot of roll-backs on the fence and spanked his butt a bunch of times to "help" him. He would get so mad. He is not a "hot" horse, by any stretch of the imagination, and even he got chargy and nasty for a little while. The first few times he picked that right lead up, I was kicking like crazy to just keep him loping fast enough so he could not switch on me. It was like riding a freight train. He had a very difficult time for quite a while. By the end of the summer, he was doing flying lead changes for Megan.BrownEyed Cowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949563474991312718.post-74978181904462575112009-04-23T19:31:00.000-04:002009-04-23T19:31:00.000-04:00I always found the school caf to be cheaper than j...I always found the school caf to be cheaper than just about everything except PB&J. I don't remember what it cost (he's 23 now), and both parents were working, so it's probably a different dynamic. Since we were always so busy, I always knew he was getting a halfway decent meal at least once a day.Leah Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158981037468411293noreply@blogger.com