Comanche's Here!!!

Comanche' came to Arizona on Saturday, about 4pm.  She came down the ramp of the transport trailer, and looked up, and AROUND....  at all the new places... to see.  She made me think of a tourist at Disney World!.... LOL... she had just plain curiosity.... no fear or spook at anything.  Not even the Air Force jets that were flying overhead.  She walked politely down the side of the barn, skirted the other horses in corrals, and passed daintily down the center aisle, looking around as we walked.  She had a moment of small startle when the corner auto water bowl switched on with the sound of a loud kitchen sink.... but immediately figured out, that she wanted to know what that noise was....so, she eased back up to the water bowl...stuck her nose in...and got another loud water sound... but, she controlled her reaction, and drank from the bowl.  She's a brave little girl... not much makes her afraid.  She's settled in for the past few days, and I've had time to visit a bit.  I wanted her to settle in before taking her out of the corral, and over to the arena.  I figured it would allow her to get some rest and let her legs recover from the long trip.   The transporter had picked her up at 0600 and got her off the trailer at 1600, since he had three other horses to take to Scottsdale, before he brought her to the west side of Phoenix.    I will try and take some pics in the next few days.  I have to set my computer up for pics to be switched around from place to place.    I am just so very happy to have my babygirl with me again.    Shadow D.

Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comanche's   coming  on Saturday!!!   I'm already dancing up and down!!!     First, one transporter bailed out on Monday, and I didn't get the message until 2 in the afternoon, since I was at work until almost 8pm that day and Tuesday. I've been frantically trying to find someone to bring her to me before the first of December.   Its not going to happen at this point, but  I am too happy to know she'll be here soon to worry about it now.    I'm going shopping for her a new brush and a new halter and lead rope.  My saddle is still in New Mexico in storage, and my horse trailer is there too.  So, I'll drive over once she's here and settled to get those things.  Soon, we'll be posting new pics of her arrival and her new house... !!!     Now.... off to find that feed store............ and find her a new brush!!

Comanche's Coming Soon!!!

Finally!....  My babygirl will be here soon.  I'm so excited !   I am still doing my orientation for my new job.  And, I'm still searching for a new place to live closer to the hospital I'll be working for, which is just a few miles from where I will board Comanche'.  So, I'm hoping that the Kitty Sisters and I will be able to locate something that is in the same area as Comanche' so I can stop in and see her on my way t!o and from work.  I've met a few folks there, at the stables.. and they have a lot of barrel racing, team sorting and team penning going on throughout the year.  I think it will be a good place for us to be.  Several arenas...one of which is covered so it will be cooler in summer to be in shade than in the bright hot sun of summer.  And, there's a lot of trails off road to ride around there, so you don't have to trailer anywhere just to get a little ride , and there's grass turn out pastures available.  She's going to love that!!  Hopefully, she will be picked up in New Mexico on Monday, or Tuesday.  I am just so happy about it!!!  I've missed her so much!...........   Have a great Thanksgiving!..........  Shadow..................

Making the Big Move!!!

I've given notice for the old barn, and have set up the arrangements for the new barn here in Arizona.  Now, all I have to do, is get the transport set up, and have the vet do the coggins and the vet check for state regulations.  Then, my baby girl will be on the road again, for a trip about 8 hours long.  I am so excited!!    I've met a few of the people at the barn, and they seem to be really nice, and friendly.  I am  hoping to get some nice ridiing in the arena at first, and then, learn my way around the area, with Comanche' and a new friend, and her horse.  I think its going to be a good place to board.  Tonight, they are having team penning or team roping, in one of the arenas, of which, there are 3.  One is covered so you can ride in both the rain or in the hot sun of Arizona.  This was one of the big draws for me, since I get so cooked out in the bright sunlight, and the temperature difference is at least 10 degrees lower under some kind of shade.  There's also two big 10 acre grass pasture turn outs, where they reseed the grass every fall and spring, and, that will be something Comanche' will love.  When she lived in Colorado, as a young horse, she thought grass was short and brown, then, she found out in Tennessee, that it was knee high and deep green.  She's never been so glad in her life as to be a horse then.  LOL... now, she's going to be much happier to learn there'll be grass available at the new barn. I know she's missed it.  But, she'll get grass hay, which keeps her nice and calm.  I am not really sure she'd stay as well behaved on anything else.  I just know, that I'm going to lay in some bags of peppermint for her.  She's going to expect it!!!   I plan on getting her here in time for Thanksgiving.  That will be one of my blessings from God... as well as my new job.   Now, all I'll have to find, is a new home for the Kitty Sisters and me.   Keep your fingers crossed!!!..... Happy Trails!!!...

Wonderful , Marvelous, Fantastic News!!!

Oh, I am so, very, very grateful...for all my friends prayers and thoughts.  I was just so down in the dumps...things had not been going well, for finding a permanent kind of position as a nurse, since this is a seasonal sort of town.  Phoenix gets so hot, that all the snowbirds leave...and then, the census seems to drop a lot.  But, I am happy to report, that I will soon be employed on staff, at one of the local hospitals. I am just so happy...!  It means, that I will be able to bring Comanche' here, and I'll also have my things out of storage and will be looking for a house to put them into...  I've been in temporary lodgings and its gotten old to not have my own bed.. and not much of a kitchen.  I like to cook, and, if I have friends who are available on my time schedule, I like to invite them for dinner.   Comanche' has always enjoyed my leftover oatmeal with sugar when I'd take it to her on cold mornings.  But, that's as far as cooking went for her, unless I got energetic enough to bake her some horse cookies.  I may post a few recipes soon, for those...    This post is to say, how grateful I am, that God has sustained me, and has provided me a new job.  I hadn't actually applied for the job I've been offered, since it had just been decided to hire for it.   I'd gone in for an interview on another unit, and, wound up getting another interview the next day, for an ICU position.  So, God must have wanted me in this job, than the first one.  All I know, is.... I am just estatic over knowing I will soon have my babygirl back with me, and the Kitty Sisters...   I've talked to a manager at a barn here, who I think will be a good place to board Comanche', and I will have to arrange a Coggins and a vet physical for the health certificate, and find a transporter to bring her to me.  So, I am doing a happy dance!!!.....    PS..... I am so tickled to see, that Pony Girl, has come back to blogging once again, and will enjoy hearing of her adventures, and getting to look at her pictures.  Yehaw!!!.... Cowgirls RULE!!!....

WhooHoo!!!! Cooler Weather at Last!!!!

Finally!!!........ the horribly hot weather here , in Arizona, has finally departed!.... at last, you can go out for a breath of fresh air...and, its truly fresh!...and, much cooler.  Now, if you'd told me a year ago, that I'd consider 87 degrees, "cooler"... I would have laughed my head off!... but, it is the truth. People ...things like that are relative in comparison to whatever else you've been exposed to, in the meanwhile!.. ..   I am making some slight headway, in finding a permanent job, I am hoping.  Interviewed this past week, for two positions, and I'm hoping to find out this coming week, about the results of those interviews.  If it doesn't work out, I'll still be searching for my forever job, once again.   I am seriously trying to get things to where I will have a place to bring Comanche' to, and, before too much longer has passed.  This has been so hard, not having her with me.  I truly had no idea it would take this long to get her to where I am right now.  I hesitated to bring her into the very hot weather, without her being acclimated, I felt it would be detrimental to her health.  The heat is very wearing, especially without any air conditioning to relieve it.  Poor babies... the horses and other animals have no decision in,  or way to alleviate their own discomfort.  We force them to endure things we couldn't tolerate ourselves.  However, I am looking to find a boarding situation where she will have misters, which do seem to make the air a tiny bit cooler... and, I can see how that would be a relief.    I am looking forward to  reuniting with my four legged baby girl soon.   Trailrides in the desert, await us!.............

Tough Times....

I've been neglecting my blog, since I've got computer problems.  It likes to freeze up on a frequent basis.  I had planned on finding a way to bring Comanche' over to this area, but then, the equine virus closed the borders and I figured she was better off where she'd not be exposed to new horses.  Hopefully, there will be some sort of plan I can come up with before long and we will be together again in the same spot.  I miss her very much.  Say prayers for us, if you are inclined.  I appreciate that! ...