April 28, 2021

The FIRST RIDE

 This is the day we've waited and worked patiently for. Lil Star was adopted to us just over a year ago. She came with some issues to overcome. 

It was a day to never forget. My granddaughter stayed the night and my son was coming with his truck to pull my horse trailer to go get her. 

6 am, "Grama wake up, today's the day we go get my pony".

We waited until after 8 to call my son. My daughter in law informed me, that he had been awake since about 7, waiting for my call. 

We arrived at the rescue. It took a few minutes of coaching to get Lil Star to load. All the while my granddaughter was hanging out the back window of the truck, "Come on lil Star, let's go home to Grama's, come on Lil Star". 

She loaded we left. 

Buck, rear, kick, bite, run crazy..... brush her, touch her feet - all out of the question. 

Now here we are today,......

She comes to the gate to greet you, leads, lunges, loads. Bathes, grooms  and now gives me her feet. 

We'll see how she does with the farrier next week. She's had her hooves done twice now so far. I'm hoping it's less of a fight this time..

She's taken the bridle, had on the saddle. Wears a blanket and taken walks down the trail...

We've put weight on her back and she's hauled 40 lb bags of bedding from the car to the barn. 

But this is a FIRST...


The expression on her face says it all. 

Blessed by God
Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn
Thanks for stopping by
Until next time, Stay safe and Happy Trails. 


April 25, 2021

They Stopped Teaching

Back when I went to school you had at least 6-8 classes a day and you learned

  • Reading and Reading Comprehension
  • Printing and Cursive writing
  • Grammar, Punctuation, SPELLING, and your Penmanship !
  • Math at all levels, add - subtract - multiply - divide were basic.
  • Social Studies, Government {Scary, we were taught how it's supposed to work }
  • History - American and World
  • Geography
  • Science
  • PE
And then there were
  • Home Economics - how to cook, clean and sew...etc
  • Wood Shop 
  • Metal Shop
  • Photography
  • Art
  • Music
And there was other electives I couldn't tell you how many

WE GREW UP TASTING LIFE AND MAKING CHOICES.

They stopped teaching you the electives first. 
  • now food comes packaged ready to go
  • furniture comes prefabbed and just needs put together or it's completely premade
They stopped teaching the basics
  • They turned math around and confused everyone then tried to turn it back
  • They stopped teaching cursive writing {Did you know the Constitution is written in cursive and many people can't actually read it}
  • How many graduates out there are there that don't know how to read.? 
And you expect them to vote? wisely?

Start at home

Teach your children to read, write and balance the checkbook. Keep their room clean, take care of their things and respect the neighbors....

Spend time as a family and talk. Feelings matter! 

We can rebuild America, we can 

Together.  

Blessed by God
Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn
Thanks for stopping by
Until next time, Stay Safe and Happy Trails.

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