Morning everyone,

I haven't been here in so long I have no CLUE what is up with everyone's life. So, you'll have to fill me in on any major events b/c it will take me way to long to catch up

Life is good here (or at least that's what I keep telling myself on a daily basis). Dad continues to struggle and have issues. I had him back in Indy for about 3 weeks and now he's back in Florida for a week of doctor's appts. We're getting a third opinion as his two cardiologists can't seem to agree on the next step and apparently communication is not something they're good at. Honestly, as a referral vet for animals, I did more communicating with my referring veterinarians than these doctors do for people!

Work is work. Nice people, hate the commute, can't stand all the travel...but it pays the bills ya know? Speaking of bills, our savings just got chewed up this weekend by 2 emergency equine vet calls and then my old laptop finally bit the dust on Saturday night. ARGH! Terry - Tongo tried to colic on Friday night. We had a lot of walking in the rain around the pasture, alot of mineral oil, and some banamine but we made it through. She felt so much better on Saturday that she tried to yank my arm off when I was trying to give her her meds. We glared at each other across the stall and I told her I liked her better sick! LOL!

Jen - glad to see you're liking your new job!
Lizzy - are you vacationing with sis?
Terry - finally got a quote for the barn.. I think I need some more quotes and perhaps to have a reality check. It's the price of a small mortgage! They want 40 K to build a 48X64 foot pole building with a wall down the middle (so Jim's side would be 30X24..concrete for all his junk) and then on the other side would be 4 stalls, a tack room, office, and wash stall/treatment area. Well, even when we told them not to finish the inside of the equine side (we'd put our own stalls in and then do the rooms as we could afford to), by the time you ran water, excavated, etc. it was like 70K!!! Holy crap! So, we're getting some other quotes and looking at other options. We've been working on fencing the back fields. Would love to do vinyl fencing in the front, but that's $$$$$ too! Do you guys use wood, farm fence, or vinyl?

Ok kids, I must get a move on! I promise I will try and get here more often. Things on the weight loss front are at a stall. Not moving up or down from 180, but hating it all the same.

Miss you!

Lori T