UNDER THE WIRE....

This morning it was grey, no new snow and relatively mild (as in the 20s).  I got out a little late to do chores, and could not finish stalls as I had a 9am appointment.  Rarely is there a day when I leave the barn before everything has been completed.  It made my day a little topsy turvy.

Once again, this poor yucca plant is covered with snow.  The saga continues.....

At 11am I had an appointment with a massage therapist that Gary and I have been visiting for the past few years.  Part of that time I traded her daughter's art lessons for a monthly massage.  With all the physical labor I do, it has been great for my body and as far as I am concerned, it is almost like preventative medicine.  Normally it has been a deep muscle massage, but today it was different.  The Therapist had attended a week long seminar in California and needed to have so many hours of "practice" before she implements these new techniques.  I was her first client when she moved to Brockport, and today a Guinea Pig of sorts.  I had her write down the correct terminology so I could explain it to you, and have lost the paper!!!!  I know that it is more popular on the West Coast and is a "cranial/sacral" technique involving energy work.  Because we spent a fair of time discussing everything, I was there for 2 1/2 hours!  Very different from the norm, but I must admit that I felt very relaxed and more up afterwards.

When I got home, Gary and I had a late lunch and he went to bed with a very bad cold.  His voice is pretty much gone.  This morning he went to yoga and he had a regular massage appointment...he must have felt like a wet noodle.

I was so excited to go back out the barn to clean 7 stalls and get set up for evening chores. Yuck.

Relaxing with a cup of hot tea with lemon seemed like a better idea.  The horses love to go in the outdoor arena in the late afternoon.  They could not figure out what I was doing in the barn so early.

Tomorrow is the last Therapy dog visit until April.  All of us make book marks for the kids as a little Christmas gift.

In the morning I will have them laminated.
Then I will punch a hole in the top and add this ribbon so it can also be hung as an ornament.

Now it is almost midnight and I am signing off.  Thanks for all the comments you have been sending.  By the way, our grandaughters are getting a real kick out of the snow that has fallen in Las Vegas.  We have been getting storm warnings (on tv) all day...supposed to have 2 feet by Christmas.