The non-winter horseback ride

No I didn't go on my winter ride yet... I managed to Finagle my way out of it yesterday. Now, today is a different story.....
So here is the non-winter horseback riding story: Yesterday, all throughout the morning, my Mom kept hinting on how cold it was, the wind chill, and so on. I knew what she was hinting at, but being the prideful creature I was, I didn't want to sound like a wus to Adam, so I responded to my Mom's query by stating "I will let Adam make that call, if he is stupid enough to go out, I will freeze my butt off too." My Mom then exclaims, "Are you calling Adam stupid!" Urrr... ummmm..... I then went on to undo my words, and stated, "No Mom, I meant it would be stupid of him if he came out in this weather, but you know men." My Mom then continued to state, "I don't know, you guys are nuts." I resignedly stated, "Fine, I will call him and cancel." My Mom then replies, "that is not what I meant." Sure.... Mom, I can read between the lines. I then tactfully decided on a truce, and stated, "I will just go walk out in the north field and see how cold it is. So I bundled up in long johns, a shirt, another shirt, a sweat shirt, a vest jacket, a carhart jacket, gloves, really warm boots, and a head band and headed out. I called to my dog as I trotted off, and she followed me to the tree line before hitting the brakes, refusing to budge another step. I braved the winds, and stepped into their full force feeling a stinging on my face, but hey, I am stupid. So I yelled to my dog, and motioned for her to come, and she just stood there and stood there and stood there some more, staring at me like I was stupid or something! The burning started to get worst after walking a short way out, so I walked back towards the barn, and my dog followed me in there. Once in the barn, I attempted to groom my horse, but the hair was stuck in tiny frozen ice drops throughout her coat and mane. I groomed her for twenty minutes, stared at the fields, and thought, nope riding wouldn't be too much fun at the moment. So I gleefully called Adam and left a message stating, "Well, I went for a walk in the field, and it was too cold out to go, my dog wouldn't even follow me out, and your Mom said she doesn't want us roping off Hunter until she trains him on roping herself, so there isn't a whole lot to do in this weather, if you want we can try again tomorrow, but I don't think it is going to get much better. If the wind dies down we might be alright. It is up to you, just give me a call if you are interested." Once again I gave him the out, and then I left my house hoping he would get the message because he was suppose to get off at 3:30 and meet me at my house, but it was 3:00 and I had other friends to meet! :) So, at 3:20 I get a message on my cell phone, "Hey I got your call you wimp, too cold huh? I even got off early for you, no, just kidding. Well, lets try to go out tomorrow then, I will go to work early, so I can leave a little earlier. Give me a call if you want to wus out on me again." What!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wimp!! Wus!!!! Oh bring it on Adam!!!! we are going no matter what now buddy, I hope you dress warm! I gave him two outs now, a good reason to back out, and he still wants to stick around??!? MEN!!!!!!!

Seeing the divorced ex future husband

So, I headed up north on my four day weekend (mine = Monday through Thursday), and had a lovely visit with my friends, family, and missed out on my favorite cars salesman. Yeah, Glen quit Iron Trail!!!! Ugh.... Now who can I go to for honest advise on vehicles.... Grr... so I had to blow off the salesman who approached me, and go back to the other dealership that I loath, but at least I trust one of the dealers there!!!!! One last chance for them, some time in the next two years I might even buy a vehicle from them!

Oh, yeah, back to my story..... So, I headed up north, and I hesitantly decided to follow through on a promise I had made to my divorced ex future husband, Adam. I called Adam and left a message on his voice mail, "Yeah Adam, it's just Nell calling, I told you I would give you a call the next time I came up, and we could go out horseback riding. I am not sure what my schedule is yet, but if you are interested call me back, and we can see whats going on." Notice the "if you are interested call me back" part, I gave him an out, no call necessary, and I followed through on my promise. I was quite pleased with myself, and figured after this call he wouldn't call me back, and I would simply quit calling him, since he has proved to be very busy and a quite unreliable friend! Much to my chagrin, the jerk called me back stating he was free on both Tuesday and Wednesday! Of all the nerve!!! MEN!!!!!! So, I was busy Wednesday night, and I had Tuesday free, so today I will be off to freezing my butt of riding horses with with my divorced ex fture husband (translation: friend and always has been friend, except before when he was simply my friend's son Adam).

When bored, visit with your local car salesman to pass the time!

So, nothing new is going on in Red Wing, so I talked with my Mom and told her, I am bored, so I either need to dye my hair or get a new pet. This being the hobbies me and my friend Kristen have picked up whenever we are bored. Luckily we are not bored all to often. Well, this came much to my Mom's dismay and she stated your not dying your hair, and your not getting another pet!!!! Okay, there goes that idea! Hurmmph.... My Mom then suggests that I go look at cars. Hmmm.. why not, as long as I don't give the salesman a false impression, right?

So, I drove around the lot when a good looking young man steps in front of my car! Yikes, are sales that bad that they go to such extremes, I just wanted to look! Being as he was cute and all, I decided not to run him over, and I got out of the car and spoke with him. I explained that I was just looking, didn't know what I was interested in, had a long time to look, and wouldn't look seriously until I moved up north and established my finances. He then stated, where from up north. As I explained he said, "what a small world my girlfriend is from up there." Well, there goes that idea!!!!! So, he asked me to test drive the Chevy Torrent that I was looking at, and I said, "No thinks, I don't want to waste your time, I am just looking." He then got excited stating, "No, I am bored, it is no problem, we can test drive as many cars as you would like, trust me your doing me a favor!" Alright then, but I still didn't want to drive something I really wasn't interested in. They had no Impala's that I was interested in, so I decided to try out the Chevrolet Colorado, since I was always interested in the turck, but too practical to test drive one or take it seriously, but gas prices are down, and why not. BIG MISTAKE, I WANT A TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!! *sobs* So, we drove around, chatted about vehicles, fishing, Wisconsin, salmon fishing, Boundary Waters, horses, and all manner of things that we both had common interests in. He was a lot of fun, and he must have thought the same because he kept encouraging me to drive more and more. Eventually I drove back to the lot, and he immediately pointed out anything and everything to try out, again stating he was bored and would be glad to go out and test drive more vehicles. I politely looked at a Bonneville, and shot his offer down. I then said, no thanks.... no thanks.... and left. Three minutes later he calls (I gave him my phone number in case any specific vehicles came in that I would be really interested in) and says, "I forgot to ask, did you want to drive that Torrent, I have time on my hands and it is no problem to take it out."

So I though about it and came to the conclusion that A. He is really broke and really needed to make a sale to be that desperate, B. He was bored, and had a lot of fun roaming around through town, C. He liked talking with me, or D. (in my hopeful mind) He wanted to set me up with a friend of his. Then I realized, great... I forgot he lives in Somerset Wisconsin, which is an hour away.... and I politely stated again, "no thanks."

Life's complaints can truly be blessings....

I find myself gripping over the silliest things lately.

#1 Holding 2 weights to lift is bulky and uncomfortable, not to mention the fact that I am doing too many reps and need more weight.
- Yikes, in reality I should be very pleased that I moved up weight ranges so fast.

#2 I am so hungry all the time and feel sick.
- In reality this is from working out so much, and not eating enough. I have lost weight and am in better shape. Plus, I can eat more now!!!!!!

#3 The library won't let me renew my book and I only have a chapter left to study.
- I am so thankful for the library, and at any given time I have about more then 3 books checked out at once. What a great advantage to be able to have access to so many books.

#4 I don't get to spend Christmas with my family, no friends, no gifts.
- We decided not to give gifts this year, and that means the only person I have to shop for is me!!!! :)
- I have the opportunity to work so that someone with kids can spend the holiday season watching their children's faces light up!
- I also get to have fun writing personal letters, sending bouquets, and brightening my families Christmas from miles away.

#5 What a boring blog I am writing.
- At least it gives me something to do and an artistic outlet for my craziness.

Over all, when grubbling about something, take a second look.

Winter

Alas Winter is upon us in Red Wing, break out the news cameras, put all avaliable staff on the story!!!!! What excitement, what a scare! Come on now people.... yikes..... trying living in Northern Minnesota, really it is no big deal. After all, I drove to the library in this scary weather.... to return a movie I had rented.
Yes, it is great that the library rents out movies now a days, the only problem is I don't understand french.... you would think they would label these things better!!!!! Ever watched a movie in french? Hmmm... I watched part of it before "braving the weather."

Why should I post when nobody else does?

I realize it has been a while, and I apologize to my loyal readers. *taps screen* Anybody out there?!?? At least I think I have loyal readers, if not I am enjoying my crazy world....... of typing to no one, getting paid to sit and watch TV at the hospital with one of the juveniles from the facility(yep, lucky me), exercising, and buying things to spoil my cats rotten. Good thing I don't have kids!!!

Thanksgiving day blues

So, I finally came to the conclusion that living away from home makes holidays more expensive then living near the folks. Realizing I am working on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I have to buy cards and flowers for my loved ones at home. While I love giving to those I love, I would rather enjoy their company and cooking. Hmmmm.... no overtime pay, no good food, and paying out to send flowers and cards. It would be much better if I could stuff myself silly with delicious Turkey, stuffing, salads, and pies, and send flowers as more of a surprise rather then obligation! Hmmm... good thing my family doesn't read this blog!!!! :)

The moral of the story: Nothing substitutes for time spent with family and friends, and that is what thanksgiving is all about!

So I ran over a garbage can!

So the other day, I pulled out of my drive way (if you can call it that) only to hear a scrapping noise........... I stopped the car, got out, and noticed I had ran over my garbage can!!! Yes, I had looked in the mirrors, yes I had seen nothing, and no I hadn't placed the garbage cans there. So who did? Hmmmmm..... I have no enemies here yet that I know of.....?!?!?!??!

Men, Be a Jerk, or Not a Jerk, But Make Up Your Mind!!!

So here is the story..... I know a lot of guys, and some of them are what you would classify as jerks, and some nice guys. Now the jerks I have not a problem with because at least I know what to expect. No big deal. I can smile, help out, feel sorry for, and altogether chipperly talk to and hang out with a jerk because I know what to expect. As a matter of fact, I almost feel sorry for jerks because what a sad life they have.

Now on the other hand, there are the nice guys, and these guys I adore!!!! My........... what a breath of fresh air to hang out with a good ol' boy. Men who are honest, willing to help out there fellow man, and trust worthy. Thanks to all those good guys out there, and I know there are good guys out there because I have let a few go, and a few others are good friends of mine.

Now, I can handle either of those types, but the ones that show both qualities drive me nuts, up the wall, crazy!!! Give me a lable here guys! So, the other day I was back on the Range driving, and I noticed I was following my no marriage but soon to be divorced from me friend Adam (if you are confused look back at my log and then you will see the joke behind this one). Now, I was in a bad mood and decided to lighten up my day by calling Adam and teasing him about driving while talking on the phone. So, I call him, he picks up his phone, looks at the caller ID, and sets the phone back down. I see how I rate!!!! JERK!!!!! Fine, no big deal, so I will write him off..... Much to my chagrin, later that night, at the very end of the night, when I had finally officially decided I could lable Adam a jerk, he calls and leaves a message. Ahhhhh..... I was even more irritated!!!!! Sheesh, at least let me lable you a jerk and move on with my life!!!!!! So, I leave a message the next day, in humorous short story form, picking on him for not answering my call, and then I invite him to go horseback riding to show no hard feelings. So a three days go by............. alright, fine then, JERK!!!!! So at least now I know what I am dealing with...... so finally it is almost time for me to go back to Red Wing, and I can officially write him off as a jerk, and then.............. he calls! UGH!!!! MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He states he didn't know I was up and he has been busy, but we should get together and go riding next time I am up, and kids around about me making him for like a jerk for not picking up his phone, explaining that he was almost to the club where he was going to work out. So we banter back and forth and then end the call. GRRRRRRRRRRR.... MEN!!! Yikes.... Jerk or not a jerk, come on make up your mind and make this easy!!!!!! MEN!!!!!

Men, Be a Jerk, or Not a Jerk, But Make Up Your Mind!!!

Hmmm.... I had a very good blog written under this topic, but then I lost it all.............

It is getting to be that time of year again.....

It is getting to be that time of year again..... it is time to hibernate in good old Red Wing Minnesota. After an overactive and eventful summer/fall, it is time to regroup for next years festivities.... that is if I don't get pulled out of my comfortable ghettoville apartment to live in the middle of no where with a bunch of other crazed people........ Hmmmmm...... only time will tell!