CHIT CHAT in VOLTVILLE

[Renolizzie]

Kico you are an amazing gal

Stay off the ankle and make sure you ice up!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, ice is really cold and it sucks but it will help keep the swelling down.

 

[Raynes]

Kicco Keep that foot up,ice it and then alternate with heat,and take some motrin IF you aren't allergic to it. If its not better go have it x-rayed PLEASE !!! I'll be so glad when your weather gets better,and hopefully soon things will settle down for you

 

[SandySu]

Oh NOooo!!!!!!!! Hubby is coming home from work early because he has a temp of over 100 and they are telling him he has the flu. I hate the flu.

The other day my lymph nodes mysteriously swelled up and then went back down again and I have felt fine ever since. He called me from work today saying he had his lymph nodes swollen up like I did the other day. I told him he would be fine since it only lasted for a half a day, whatever the mystery disease was. Boy, was I wrong.

Let's hope I don't get it, too. After all, someone has to make the soup and the toast and the jello.

Remember about a week ago when you said you weren't feeling well for a few days? I bet you had a light case of it and your immune system was strong enough to fight it off. If that's so, wouldn't you be immune to catching it again so soon?

I hope Hubby feels better soon!

 

[kico166]

Plunger update: I just used it to clean my dual carto from my 510 tank. It took about 3 good pumps and it's clean! If you're on the fence about it, I highly recommend it. But, who am I?

Hey! What plunger are you talking about? I missed it somewhere. But I did order one from MFS ... I was hoping my order would be here today - there was a good chance. Looks like I'll have to hope for Monday but given the weather report - I'll be happy to see it on Tuesday most likely!

For many years I owned a t-shirt printing company. We did our own southwest designs which we sold to retail outlets and airports.

The economy and other factors got me a few years ago, and I closed the business.

This was my best selling shirt and I really gotta get off my .... and sell the remaining 300 or so of these on ebay again. All this horse talk keeps reminding me of them, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it.

Also, I didn't realize this forum offers direct attachment of photos, I thought I had to go through photobucket, so trying out attaching directly.

Mark

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edit:Sheesh, having a cup of coffee and reading again about horses, start this post...3 phone calls later, return and finish this post and see a page of threads about snow with this one suddenly shoved in there. Looks kinda stupid, sorry.

Also, was supposed to rain today, but it's actually a beautiful blue clear sunny day. Do I feel guilty while you all suffer? Not at all, cause this is why I endure 115' in the summer...

Certainly NOT stupid! Great distraction actually!

I miss Holly to,last time we heard from her she was sick

I posted a week or two back that Holly had posted on another thread on the forum. Hope that's a good sign!

Three ---Kicco

Mind Reader! Yes! THREE all different colors!

MARK - Those are AWESOME! I've always liked the "feather" in jewelry - now in horse apparel! Yippeee!

 

[SandySu]

No sweat! Just thought I'd mention it. Thanks for the spray info!

So, here I am again - back at page 2162! Behind as usual! Helped my bro at a job waaayyy outta town again yesterday.
Lucky me! I was able to find a Western store out in the middle of South Dakota! picked up 2 badly needed halters - saving almost $10 over the local store that didn't really have what I wanted!

Today spent the day in the wind hoping the weather would hold while we dug up the middle of the yard - seems a water line to the house broke. What a mess - learned some new words! (The kind that would make a sailor blush!) We ended up renting a jack hammer to go on a borrowed bobcat to break thru some of it. Happily the weather held off - about 12 hours later than original threats.
I had to chuckle - wishing to be cloned at times so I could hold a video camera. While my brother was trying to dig - every move of the levers controls the hoe simply slid the tractor around on the ice! The fun part came when I slipped on some of it - think I have sprained my ankle. I walked it off all day but tonight it is swollen and as I get quieter - it's getting stiffer. Will be interesting tomorrow I am sure! The kids have been fed a fresh bale and the core of the one that was almost gone was moved into the barn so they can eat inside - nice and dry if it does start out as rain during the night.

SANDYSU: thanks for the recipes for the flyspray! They all look good too!
I have many of the essential oils already!

Now to try catching up ...

Sending get-well vibes for that ankle.

 

[Renolizzie]

Remember about a week ago when you said you weren't feeling well for a few days? I bet you had a light case of it and your immune system was strong enough to fight it off. If that's so, wouldn't you be immune to catching it again so soon?

I hope Hubby feels better soon!

I am so hoping that I am immune to it. I brought lots of wood in and made sure all the hay is open and ready to serve. I brought extra dog food into the house and I am making jello right now. If I do get it, the whole house counts on me and I have to keep things running

He went to Urgent care and got Tamiflu. Hope it works.

 

[Tail11]

She looks so cute in that leather jacket and from the way she's looking at the camera... she knows it too.

Whisper is a camera hound. She's always a good girl when she knows her picture is being taken!

No way am I EVER going to order an Oriental tobacco again. I have tried since Nov. to vape this stuff and the longer it steeps the worse it gets. Thank goodness it was just a sample. At first it vaped like perfume and now it vapes like rotten fish smells. I just trashed it, and I hope it didn't ruin my tank.

Oh no! What's the name of it? Sounds like it had some crab juice in it!

No sweat! Just thought I'd mention it. Thanks for the spray info!

So, here I am again - back at page 2162! Behind as usual! Helped my bro at a job waaayyy outta town again yesterday.
Lucky me! I was able to find a Western store out in the middle of South Dakota! picked up 2 badly needed halters - saving almost $10 over the local store that didn't really have what I wanted!

Today spent the day in the wind hoping the weather would hold while we dug up the middle of the yard - seems a water line to the house broke. What a mess - learned some new words! (The kind that would make a sailor blush!) We ended up renting a jack hammer to go on a borrowed bobcat to break thru some of it. Happily the weather held off - about 12 hours later than original threats.
I had to chuckle - wishing to be cloned at times so I could hold a video camera. While my brother was trying to dig - every move of the levers controls the hoe simply slid the tractor around on the ice! The fun part came when I slipped on some of it - think I have sprained my ankle. I walked it off all day but tonight it is swollen and as I get quieter - it's getting stiffer. Will be interesting tomorrow I am sure! The kids have been fed a fresh bale and the core of the one that was almost gone was moved into the barn so they can eat inside - nice and dry if it does start out as rain during the night.

SANDYSU: thanks for the recipes for the flyspray! They all look good too!
I have many of the essential oils already!

Now to try catching up ...

RICE is your best friend right now. Rest, Ice, Elevation!!! And a drink of choice, you've earned it!

 

[Tail11]

I am so hoping that I am immune to it. I brought lots of wood in and made sure all the hay is open and ready to serve. I brought extra dog food into the house and I am making jello right now. If I do get it, the whole house counts on me and I have to keep things running

He went to Urgent care and got Tamiflu. Hope it works.

If you have vitamin C, load him up on that too. And it wouldn't hurt you either for a few days! Hope he feels better Lizzie!

 

[SandySu]

I posted a week or two back that Holly had posted on another thread on the forum. Hope that's a good sign!

OK, so it wasn't a senior moment. Someone did say they saw Holly posting. So what was her news? Any mention about being sick and then recovering? Maybe you saw an old post?

 

[Raynes]

Gosh! What is the name of it so I can avoid that one.

All that is on the label is Oriental tobacco. I normally don't criticize a liquid for everyone has different tastes. This stuff was so bad that I'm just giving everyone the heads up on any oriental tobacco.It has to rate right on up there with crab juice.

 

[Tail11]

Hey! What plunger are you talking about? I missed it somewhere. But I did order one from MFS ... I was hoping my order would be here today - there was a good chance. Looks like I'll have to hope for Monday but given the weather report - I'll be happy to see it on Tuesday most likely!

Yep, the MFS plunger. I bought the 510 kit and ordered the 808 attachment. It works like a champ!

 

[SandySu]

I haven't posted a picture in a while, and the last few weren't flowers, so here are some forget-me-nots, lest we forget spring will actually be here someday.

 

[Raynes]

WHEW thank goodness I can FINALLY taste peachwood again thanks to sinthol. It pays to have a cinnamon vape around. Lesson learned.

 

[JoAnnW]

Yep, the MFS plunger. I bought the 510 kit and ordered the 808 attachment. It works like a champ!

Duh!! I forgot to add the 808 attachment to my order!!!

 

[Tail11]

Duh!! I forgot to add the 808 attachment to my order!!!

I did too with my original order. Looks like we are two peas in a pod!!!

 

[Tail11]

I haven't posted a picture in a while, and the last few weren't flowers, so here are some forget-me-nots, lest we forget spring will actually be here someday.

Love it!!!!

 

[kico166]

VG does produce vapor, but it also dependent on your device. Check out this link: The Truth Behind “Vapor Production” | Guide To Vaping

I have the samples of Apple Frost, the orange dreamsicle, and the lime that SI sells. The orange dreamsicle is good,its not sweet. I haven't gotten around to the Frost or the Lime yet.

Mark you may have something there. I thought we smoked to keep from becoming mentally ill. Reason I say this is I didn't start smoking until I was in my 20's and in nursing school. One night doing an ER rotation a patient came in who attempted suicide using a handgun (I'll leave out the graphics),that same night a woman brought in her 2yr old child who she had abused by pouring boiling water on the baby.
With that said a nurse at our hospital attempted suicide last night after being prescribed Chantix. They had been taking it about a month. Nicotine is a stimulant but I have often wondered if it has neurotransmitter qualities like tricyclic antidpressants (TCA's). If you think about it when we get emotionally stressed we smoke/vape it helps us get our bearings back. Chantix blocks nicotine and smokers get depressed.
Many yrs ago there was a drug called Antabuse what was given to alcoholics. If they drank while taking it,it was supposed to make them sick,some alcoholics died from the drug and it makes me wonder if they are perhaps using that same chemical in Chantix.

Kicco,sorry I just saw you ask about home made fly spray. The typical ingredients are Avon Skin So Soft,listerine mouthwash, and mineral oil. That typically lasts 24hrs. The adding the garlic was my own idea as when I first started my horse rescue there were rave reviews about giving horses garlic and it DOES decrease the fly population but DO NOT GIVE IT BY MOUTH EVER. Garlic in horses and dogs cause hemolytic anemia. I found this out after buying $200 worth of garlic. I didn't know what to do with it and hated to throw that money away so I came up with the great idea to boil it and put it in the fly spray. First of all it didn't dissolve,but I mixed it anyway.
Kicco my poor horses stunk so bad,each horse blamed it on the other horses,they refused to be a herd, I couldn't get the stench off my hands and I washed,bleached them used everything until I had them bleeding (I had to work that week to), you could smell garlic before you ever got to the house,it was so bad the neighbors were talking about it, the house permeated of the stuff where I tried to boil it.
Now the good side of all this was we didn't have any insects and I didn't have to use anymore fly spray that yr. I couldn't wash the scent out of the horses,the house or off me.
That's the only time my husband has ever looked at me and said,"Raynes, one thing about it,I could kill you where you stand,leave you lying there and no one would ever know."

I had quit smoking for 5 1/2 years. I had to rush across the country when my mom fell ill. My brother and I decided to put their house up for sale and move my dad who was in early stage of Alzheimer's, to Kentucky to be near my brother. I had 5 days by myself to move my folks and deal with my dad who got progressively worse as the day grew long. All that stress caused me to run down to the store and buy a pack of smokes. It tasted like crap, but it was my alone time and allowed me to decompress for a few minutes and get my thoughts straight. I agree that nicotine helps you to relax and provide your mind the ability to clarify thoughts.

I had been on Cymbalta for a few years. I found that it simply numbed me and I lost my concentration quickly. I read up on it and quit cold turkey. I had to deal with brain freezes and anxiety for months before it finally got out of my system. I had suicidal thoughts on it as well. All these anti depressants seem to fall in the same category - dangerous!

Kicco I haven't tried the Vapor station. I thought I'd better wait to try others since I have found tobacco liquids I like just in case my tastes change again. I had a hard time finding my all day vapes so I don't want to "fix" what isn't broken. LOL
BTW your safe with Avon Skin So Soft,Listerine and Mineral Oil. Use the whole LARGE bottle of Skin So Soft, 1/2c of listerine and a couple of ounces of mineral oil that's to keep the other stuff from sweating off so fast.

Plunger update: I just used it to clean my dual carto from my 510 tank. It took about 3 good pumps and it's clean! If you're on the fence about it, I highly recommend it. But, who am I?

For many years I owned a t-shirt printing company. We did our own southwest designs which we sold to retail outlets and airports.

The economy and other factors got me a few years ago, and I closed the business.

This was my best selling shirt and I really gotta get off my .... and sell the remaining 300 or so of these on ebay again. All this horse talk keeps reminding me of them, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it.

Also, I didn't realize this forum offers direct attachment of photos, I thought I had to go through photobucket, so trying out attaching directly.

Mark

View attachment 176416

edit:Sheesh, having a cup of coffee and reading again about horses, start this post...3 phone calls later, return and finish this post and see a page of threads about snow with this one suddenly shoved in there. Looks kinda stupid, sorry.

Also, was supposed to rain today, but it's actually a beautiful blue clear sunny day. Do I feel guilty while you all suffer? Not at all, cause this is why I endure 115' in the summer...

I miss Holly to,last time we heard from her she was sick

Three ---Kicco

I never understood why people stock up on perishables before a potential disaster, when power is likely to fail. Most disasters in the south happen in the hot months, and a bunch of newly-purchased food spoiling would just aggravate an already bad situation.

Like I said, you can never have too much tack. The one problem with that is if it's leather, whether or not you're using it, you have to keep it conditioned and cleaned. I suppose you are buying nylon halters, though, so you don't have to worry about that. My favorite brand of nylon halter is Hamilton. See if you can get one of those. They are much better quality, and the hardware on them is really good.

Oh, yes. While you're buying another halter, look at longe whips. You'll need one sooner or later, and they do come in handy. I got one in that fluorescent yellow, because I noticed that if I tossed it on the ground, some colors blended in so well I had to hunt for it. Get one that's a nice, visible color. Also, it's just a theory, but I believe horses respond better to lighter colors. Before I bought my longe whip, I was using a black one. It worked, but when I got this yellow one, Penny really perked up and responded more. There was a definite difference. Linda Tellington-Jones thinks horses respond to white whips better than dark ones, and maybe she's right.

Don't quite recall if it's this thread or another - but I got one in PURPLE! Wonder if I should have gone for the yellow ???

I am guilty to,I'm clueless of what is going on. I hate TV,never listen to the radio just CD's. When I'm at home I just want silence.

Silence???? Oh no! (Crouching - hands protectively placed over head) LOL! I NEED to have music on!
Silence creeps me out! Or is it creaky old farm houses?

Oh, I'm mistaken then. I thought someone had said they'd seen her post elsewhere. That put my fears to rest, but now I'm concerned. I wish there was some way to find out about her.

Yeah that was me. Now it has ME wondering what the heck I saw ...

Kico you are an amazing gal HUH?

Stay off the ankle and make sure you ice up!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, ice is really cold and it sucks but it will help keep the swelling down.

Oh gosh but I hate Ice - cold - even if it's good for you ... (I know - suck it up!)

OK, so it wasn't a senior moment. Someone did say they saw Holly posting. So what was her news? Any mention about being sick and then recovering? Maybe you saw an old post?

noted above ...

Yep, the MFS plunger. I bought the 510 kit and ordered the 808 attachment. It works like a champ!

Duh!! I forgot to add the 808 attachment to my order!!!

Ok - now you two have me wondering if I needed to order more than the 808 kit!
Guess I'll find out on Monday or Tuesday ... LOL! I'm finally caught up!

Reading about the DIY stuff - boy - hope I didn't make a mistake there. I'm running low on tobacco flavors and don't think I have anything for making tobacco flavor. That seems to be my go-to vape the past 2-3 weeks. I was thinking menthol would be the easiest to start with.

Rice huh? I have a bag of white that I'm pretty sure I won't use ... think I have a pair of socks to give up ... one for wrapping around the metal of my bibs (laundry) and one to fill with rice for the freezer ... for now it's going to be the gel pack and apparently an IBU. Yuck! I took too many a couple years ago. Almost a gag reflex thinking about them!

Hubby's been stalking the desktop ... so hope you all have a great night! going to check my pm's to see just when I sent that pm to Holly. Really wondering about that ...

Rave - Blues - sure hope you're doing well and just enjoying some time doing other things ...

Lizzie - wishing you and hubby a healthy weekend ...

Mark - cat pic when you can ... I'm very interested in the horse (but have to wait til April 1 or the house sale to finalize - delayed again).

 

[kico166]

Oh! Raynes! I have been able to give "Navajo Spice" a couple 'strokes' around the withers while out in the yard! She follows me around some too! I'm amazed at how quick she's come around now after being persistent in irritating her while she was having grain!
Still can't touch her head ... but it will come.

The little guy (Zane) is sportin' his new (Blue!) halter! (Thank God for wood burning tools! Added 2 more holes to fit him!)
Haven't had a chance to slip the Red one on 'Meera yet ...
Hubby wants Habib to have the purple ... Still need to find one to fit Sultan decent (jaw line) - he's got a LONG head!

SandySu- enjoyed your msg to Lizzie about the long line ...

 

[Raynes]

Oh! Raynes! I have been able to give "Navajo Spice" a couple 'strokes' around the withers while out in the yard! She follows me around some too! I'm amazed at how quick she's come around now after being persistent in irritating her while she was having grain!
Still can't touch her head ... but it will come.

The little guy (Zane) is sportin' his new (Blue!) halter! (Thank God for wood burning tools! Added 2 more holes to fit him!)
Haven't had a chance to slip the Red one on 'Meera yet ...
Hubby wants Habib to have the purple ... Still need to find one to fit Sultan decent (jaw line) - he's got a LONG head!

SandySu- enjoyed your msg to Lizzie about the long line ...

YOU GO GIRL !!!! That is MEGA progress. Sounds like your bonding is going well. Love the name Navajo Spice its catchy. Don't worry about touching her head don't even focus on that. The best way I found out to start with the head though is neck scratches working until I can scratch the ears. Shedding time when they are real itchy is the best time to start that.
Try Jeffers Equine. That's where I get all my horse stuff and Sandy likes them to. They have decent prices and halters of every size.
How is Sultan doing? Is he the boss hoss?

 

[Renolizzie]

Oh! Raynes! I have been able to give "Navajo Spice" a couple 'strokes' around the withers while out in the yard! She follows me around some too! I'm amazed at how quick she's come around now after being persistent in irritating her while she was having grain!
Still can't touch her head ... but it will come.

The little guy (Zane) is sportin' his new (Blue!) halter! (Thank God for wood burning tools! Added 2 more holes to fit him!)
Haven't had a chance to slip the Red one on 'Meera yet ...
Hubby wants Habib to have the purple ... Still need to find one to fit Sultan decent (jaw line) - he's got a LONG head!

SandySu- enjoyed your msg to Lizzie about the long line ...

That SandySu is so sweet to give me so much info and I really appreciate it.