Did I mention that it snowed a lot in January? Well apparently it didn't get enough... |
I can't really say why we're sitting in this chair... I mean I could say, but then I'd have to kill you... no wait... I'm not a spy. I really just don't know why we were sitting here... |
Pretty cool, huh? I went outside and took this picture just because. |
I am a hippie. I don't care what Dad says... |
Happy 11th birthday, Harry... Mom made this quilt for the hospital. |
And we took a boatload of stuffed animals for the kids stuck in the hospital on Valentine's Day (thanks to all those who donated to the cause!) |
And we had a little celebration at home... we still have "grumpy cake" for Harry (because it is a lot better than the formula he had to eat...) |
Note how Mom cleverly took this picture rather than appearing in it with the rest of the Drinking in the Driveway (or Toasting in the Trailer when it is cold outside) crew... |
I rode in another B.E.A.T. horse show - I can get Morgan to go better in the round pen than the arena. |
I did pretty well in the arena as well, but they said I need to work on "impulsion" because Morgan is kind of lazy... |
What does this face say to you? To me it says, "Yeah... I'm NOT Monto... what are you gonna do about it?" So now we're feeding two neighborhood cats. |
I know what you're thinking about this picture... What do you mean, "look... a couple of doofi..." These propeller hats scream sophistication... |
I think this month I'll start off with a rant. Do you know what "impulsion" means? Maybe you have a sense of what it means, but do you know what you get when you look it up? Impulsion - the act of impelling, the state of being impelled, an impelling force, and (my favorite) an onward tendency derived from an impulsion. Do you know what that means? Impulsion means an onward tendency derived from an onward tendency derived from an onward tendency derived from an onward tendency derived from an onward tendency derived from an ... How useless is that?
Anywho. This month was a little shorter than last month (just like it is every year) and we didn't do as much. See how I'm setting you up for fewer pictures? That's called lowering expectations... I suspect there are quite a few people working on that about now, but I'll try to keep this focused on the family...
This month we did celebrate Harry's 11th birthday. It gets harder for me each year because it is harder to imagine how he would have changed as we get farther away from 5. Mostly I just think of it as Harry's 5th birthday repeating... Caroline made a great kid's quilt this year and we had 5 dozen stuffed animals to donate to Doernbecher's so hopefully we helped brighten someone's Valentine's Day even though they were stuck in the hospital.
Other than that, Lucie rode again in the B.E.A.T riding show. She just competed against herself, and she's getting better (for example, her circle was actually a circle...) but Morgan doesn't really like to get up and go... Lucie's volunteering at the barn now though and working on Morgan to make sure he's in good shape and can be a good horse for her as well as a therapy horse.
We ended the month going to see Rock of Ages. It was put on by Stumptown Stages in a little theater in Portland and Caroline got us front row seats. That put us about an inch and a half from the actors... Lonny shook my hand at one point, we're pretty sure Stacee Jaxx was singing to Lucie at one point, and Regina shook Caroline's hand when she became mayor (Regina, not Caroline) so we were all sort of IN the musical rather than just attending it... I don't think I'll add it to my resume or anything though.
Looking forward to March...