things come back

It was a few days ago when we were outside by the barn getting the horses

saddled and I was cold.  I went into the tack room and plugged in the

heater to warm up for a few moments and I noticed these boardname plaques lying on the floor.

I had forgotten about these.

Wow the one with Graham's name

written in rope was sweet. He made that at a 4-H night. 

 I made theboard signs for all the horses

many years ago and in the move

I am glad these travelled with us.

It was very heart warming to see these.  

Must do something creative with

them someday?

We don't have horse stalls for each

of our horses  in our new barn just one

big open stall and the other stall

we use to store our square hay bales.

This saddle here was my very first saddle that we paid $200-300$ back in the day

We use it for horse training on the colts now as it is small and light.

Lots of nervous green-rider days this brings back!

on another topic.....

I found out a year ago that I have only 61% lung capacity use

which means I have COPD and it has taken me until a few

days ago to understand what that means.

I can breath in and INhale with no problem.  It is the expirations/exhaling

that I have a problem with.  That is what COPD means.  I did smoke

30 years ago and was exposed to more chemical with cleaning products like most

of us did and we are now so aware of in this present time thank goodness.

I have a special inhaler I use 2 times a day and also I must practice my exhales.

I pretend to 'smell a rose and then blow out a candle', henceforth the

pursed lips.  I have trouble getting rid of the CO2 in my system as their is

an obstruction with my lungs; this exercise helps

alot.  

health is important and as I get older I don't like finding

out stuff like this.  My second lung testing showed a slight improvement from a

year ago.  

Signing off I want to add that:

It is Nov 11th Rememberance Day.  

Thank you to our Veterans and the soldiers who fought bravely 

and their families who sacrificed a loved one!

There are many of us that know what that is like.