- Magdalena (far left), Cutacow Xander (center) and my Mom's puppy Sirius (she bred Cutacow Sirius).
Sirius is learning how to be a show dog. He is already an experienced cattle dog taught by his Grammie Scottie; our old cattle dog and Grand Dame of the ranch.
Maggie was given to us by some ladies who found her lost and wandering alone in a field. She loves and takes care of my youngest son very well. She is a bit deaf and very frightened of loud noises.
Cutacow Xander was bred by my mother years ago (he is Sirius's uncle and Grammie Scottie's oldest son) and was sold to a woman who trained and showed him extensively. She did quite well and won several championships with him. She met a man online and the man did not get along at all with Xander. She chose the man over the dog. They took Xander to the local Humane society and abandoned him saying they had found him along side of the road. My aunt found out that he was taken there and called my Dad. I adopted him from the shelter with the intention of our families fostering him until a new home could be found. He worked his way into our hearts and we decided to keep him. My oldest son showed him 3 months after we rescued him from jail and won our county's 4-H Jr Obedience moving on to the state level where he won his division and placed 2nd overall for the state by half a point. He accidentally gave a double command.
The dog still has his quirks but has become a very loving and wonderful addition to our family. All three of these dogs are very different in personalities and temperments but love each other very much. It's a joy to watch them sleep together or play after the scary times Maggie & Xander had before they found their way to our family. You can tell by their attitudes that they were both once loved very much. They want to be good and caring dogs.
Honeymoon Trail Rides
My husband and I on a trail ride for our honeymoon month. I am riding my oldest child Too Much Cow (Molly) who I've had since she was in her Mommy's tummy and Bob is riding Shady. A very sweet Appaloosa owned by my adopted auntie Sue.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Due to. . . .
My husband is working and living in Florida right now. Our kids and I live in Washington.
Due to my husband's move to keep his job after the market for his specialized field dried up in the Pacific Northwest we have had to maintain two households.
Due to this extreme geographical distance we do not get to see each other very often and so have to discuss everyday issues such as insurance coverage, bills, parenting, color of my hair by phone, emails or text messages.
Due to the stress of not being able to discuss such issues as a normal married couple would. We have the added stress on our relatively new marriage of me loosing my temper because he calls at inconvenient times. When the kids, who normally are well behaved just water bombed the dog or spilled something in the kitchen and forgot to clean it up. Or he just doesn't understand what the issue is with a bill, because, like me he is a visual person and to have me describing something to him 2,800 miles away the problem's details get lost on the airwaves.
Due to me having a wild past and having different fathers for my sons. Deciding an issue such as health insurance coverage that is affordable but still good coverage or why a child can not go see a rated R movie can become a United Nations discussion in need of a third party mediator. Usually my best friend or my parents. They all probably want to block my number but love me so haven't yet.
Due to me being an independent sort and basically raising my sons by myself because of break ups with their fathers and my husband constantly travelling for work my sons are turning out just like me and so just jump in and solve a problem for themselves forgetting that other people should sometimes be consulted. Usually their problem solving needs some tweaking. At least for now it does until they have more experience.
Due to me parenting mainly alone I forget that I am married now and should let my husband father once in a while without me jumping in to correct things to how I think they should go down.
Due to my husband having just moved to Florida and us living in Washington he mainly has "work" friends. It's hard to make close friends when you work construction and one of you will be moving on at the end of the job. So he doesn't always have a lot going on during the weekends when we are our busiest with different kids' activities.
Due to having to discuss the same topic with many different people when it regards my sons I'm thinking of buying stock in Tylenol and Tums.
Due to getting tired of the geographical distance between my husband and us I've decided to pack up all the animals, my boys and household goods and run away to the sea. Nothing heals the heart and nerves like lying next to the ocean and listening to the waves while your kids make sand castles...
Due to my husband's move to keep his job after the market for his specialized field dried up in the Pacific Northwest we have had to maintain two households.
Due to this extreme geographical distance we do not get to see each other very often and so have to discuss everyday issues such as insurance coverage, bills, parenting, color of my hair by phone, emails or text messages.
Due to the stress of not being able to discuss such issues as a normal married couple would. We have the added stress on our relatively new marriage of me loosing my temper because he calls at inconvenient times. When the kids, who normally are well behaved just water bombed the dog or spilled something in the kitchen and forgot to clean it up. Or he just doesn't understand what the issue is with a bill, because, like me he is a visual person and to have me describing something to him 2,800 miles away the problem's details get lost on the airwaves.
Due to me having a wild past and having different fathers for my sons. Deciding an issue such as health insurance coverage that is affordable but still good coverage or why a child can not go see a rated R movie can become a United Nations discussion in need of a third party mediator. Usually my best friend or my parents. They all probably want to block my number but love me so haven't yet.
Due to me being an independent sort and basically raising my sons by myself because of break ups with their fathers and my husband constantly travelling for work my sons are turning out just like me and so just jump in and solve a problem for themselves forgetting that other people should sometimes be consulted. Usually their problem solving needs some tweaking. At least for now it does until they have more experience.
Due to me parenting mainly alone I forget that I am married now and should let my husband father once in a while without me jumping in to correct things to how I think they should go down.
Due to my husband having just moved to Florida and us living in Washington he mainly has "work" friends. It's hard to make close friends when you work construction and one of you will be moving on at the end of the job. So he doesn't always have a lot going on during the weekends when we are our busiest with different kids' activities.
Due to having to discuss the same topic with many different people when it regards my sons I'm thinking of buying stock in Tylenol and Tums.
Due to getting tired of the geographical distance between my husband and us I've decided to pack up all the animals, my boys and household goods and run away to the sea. Nothing heals the heart and nerves like lying next to the ocean and listening to the waves while your kids make sand castles...
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