Hot WATer!

I hooked up the trailer yesterday morning and brought it over to Camping World and left it all day for them to see if they could fix the hot water heater.  They did but it was not covered by warranty, but who cares?  I have hot water again.  It's the little things in life that make me  happy.

So while the camper was being fixed I drove off to Morriston for an appt with a real estate agent.   She drove me around some properties for sale on her golf cart, but I didn't care for the ones that I could afford. They were narrow 10acre plots with no trees.  I want some old growth big trees on my property.. There was a lot with some great trees but it was almost double the price.

The we drove to a property that we knew was more than I wanted to pay, but I wanted to see it anyway and it was really nice..   10 acres with quite a few trees and a small cute house with an attached covered pool.  I didn't think I wanted a pool but  it would be great for the dogs.  Barn was not very big and not in very good shape.  That was a little bit north of Ocala and so we drove thru Ocala which is a nice town.  I thought the property would be too expensive for me but maybe not.

I have found a nice place to take the dogs biking at night that is virtually deserted.  So we went biking last night and I picked up a a movie "The Homesman".  I think it was good, but I am not quite sure.

I think I am going to work both dogs on sheep this am. Dually hasn't worked in a couple of weeks so it should be interesting.

Surprise!!

I found a good place to run the dogs tonight.  It's sort of a shopping center but mostly offices and so by 7pm everybody is gone and the place is easy to ride the bike with no interferences.  Beautiful night to ride too. cool and breeezy

So after I ran the pups I went over to Brownwood which is a division of TheVillages.  I was going for an ice cream cone which I got for an exhorbitant price.  But before I got there as I was driving , something fairly solid fell on my head. My first thought was a bat, but my hand went up there to brush  it off immediately and it felt a little cool and kind of slimy.   I turned a  light on and there was a lizard on the passenger seat.  I did not freak, but really do I every freak?  When I stopped the car he was still there so I picked him up with a tissue and relocated him.  Moral of the story is don't leave your car windows open. 

Edge

So Edge got to go to the vets yesterday too.  He was not lame but he was moving like a bulldog in front and that can't be normal.  The vet didn't think so either. So she did her magic which is a combo of chiro and muscle manipulation.  She started on his front end but soon moved to his rear.  She said he was overcompensating in front because his rear was all off.  Hopefully he is fixed now.  However , I have had to add him to the biking routine with Dually.  It's actually working out pretty good.  I have one dog on one side and one on the other and sometimes they actually stay there.  At least it's more balanced and I have less of a chance of them pulling me over.. Dually is pretty good at not pulling but Edge still needs some work. So twice a day I load them in the car and take them someplace that hopefully has few cars and his easy to bike on.  I have been going behind the shopping malls because not many cars go back there. I had to move out of the gym parking lot because it was just toobusy.

I have an appt for the water heater on Monday but in the meantime, not having hot water is getting old. The gym closed at 5 tonight so no shower for me today.  I can do it in the am I guess.

Today was just a warm breezy lovely day.  shorts and bathing suit top all day .  The breeze has died down tonight.  I just went out to put the sheep away and worked Edge for a few minutes..  I have to figure out where to go with him from here.

Talked to a real estate agent today and she sent a bunch of farm listings in central Fla.  Some of them are too much for me in terms of upkeep, but some might be doable.

I made the appt for the Zip line next week. Can't wait. should be fun.

Must be a nasty spirited ghost

I got up this morning and turned the heat on which worked fine and then I turned the hot water on but all I got was cold water. So I turned the heat off and tried again . Still no hot water. I turned the stove on to see if the heater had sucked all the propane to that motor and I needed to bring it back up to the front to the water heater. Still no hot water.  So I washed with cold water.  I'll bet it works later today and how am I going to figure that out?

On my way to the vets this morning hopefully for an xray and an explanation on Dually's continuing lameness.

Ok 2.5 hrs at the vets. She was very very thorough. She did not feel his problem was his front foot but the fact that is ribs were all out of place and his front leg would not release from his chest and his chest was all closed in. And his spine needed adjustments. She had to inject him with lidocaine to get the muscle in his chest to release after she worked on it for 45min.   I have to ice him and walk him and trot him only and he is on rymadyl for 12 days... no more playing and running with Edgie.  Sorry pups.  I'm going to take Edge in for her to look at too because his front end looks odd to me.

I got back to the trailer and checked all the fuses which were fine and then the hot water came on. geez

Dually

Ok he felt really good the day after his massage work and then the next day I let him run and he has been severely lame since then on his right front. It's very obvious now where it hurts.  I am not letting him do anything and he is being good about it so far, but that wont' last.   I have an appt with a vet on Monday and I will hopefully get an xray and  a plan. 

If I am not going to be able to work him for a while then the trial he is entered in at the end of the month  is not closed yet and I should be able to get some money back on it. I will still trial Edge but he is only entered in the farm trials.

This cold has been kicking my ass, but I feel normal today.  Congested but not sick if you know what I mean.   

I worked Edge a little bit..  He is widening out on his flanks very nicely.  I am trying to get him to rate better on the fetch.  I think I need to do more walk abouts which are BORING  and a lot of work for me and I am so lazy.

I made spaghetti squash and apple sausage for dinner and it was very good.   very very good.

I will probably go out to a movie tonight. If I go to the late movie , the theater will be fairly empty and that is how I like it. I'm awake enough to go to the late one.

Dually feels better?

I took Dually to a Massage therapist today and she worked on him for over an hr. She found that he was very tight and sore on the inside of his front left leg.  The muscles at the top like in his armpit.  She also found an old injury on a metatarsal that was swollen  and sore too.   I got him home and he immediately went in the trailer and just laid down. He didn't even come out when Edge and I went to put the sheep away and the door was open.  I also had a hard time getting him to eat dinner even though he didn't eat breakfast.

I woke up with a cold today. lucky me.

Lee showed up at 7 am and we  worked on the enclosure around the well so I dont' have to climb thru a bunch of barbed wire to turn it off and on.  We put up a wooden fence and a wooden gate.   very hapy with that. But it was so hot and it took us 2 hrs and I was wiped when we were done.  Course part of that is this cold.

good news today. Gail has decided to fly down and vist with me in a few weeks before I leave for home.  We are going to do some fun stuff.    can't wait.

will post when month is up and I have more data