Taxes

It is April again my least favorite month for many reasons. The main one being taxes. I shouldn't complain too much because Chandra does all the preparing of the taxes and she just gets the pleasure of me coming home every night saying I OWE WHAT?? The last few years I have paid enough quarterly that by April 15 I don't get any back but usually I have a couple of hundred to but towards the first quarterly payment which is due also on April 15.

I claim everything that I make and tend to get a lot of crap about doing so. I have alot of people pay me in cash and tell me you don't have to claim this the government gets too much as it is, Wink Wink. Although I do think we pay too much in taxes which is not spent nearly like I think it should be, it really drives me nuts to hear people say this. Mainly because these are the same people that just 2 seconds earlier were telling me the main problem I have with people coming here illegally is that they don't pay taxes. :0 WHAT? I don't like people coming here illegally either and I would like them to help me with paying their share of the taxes. It just seems to be a little like a double standard to say they should pay their taxes and I should not.

Vision

As you get older your vision tends to fade and you find yourself needing glasses that have bi-focals. My dad has been wearing his bi-focals for a while now. A few days ago he woke up put his glasses on and everything was blurry out of one eye. He took a few minutes to let his eyes adjust like everyone does in the morning. Well it never got any better. He thought maybe his blood pressure or something was effecting his vision. He kept adjusting his glasses trying to see if he could get the bi-focals to bring something into focus. For 2 days this went on until my mom was looking at him and noticed that his one lens looked way too clean. He hadn't bothered to try and clean his glasses to see if something was on them, because if he would have he would have noticed that he had lost a lens 2 days earlier. I always have heard that your vision was the second thing to go. :)

HUH???

Training

I thought I would share about one of my greatest horse training experiences. We had just had Lexi and was still in the process of renovating the barn into a place to live along with a place to train horses from. I was really stressed. I just didn't know how everything was going to work out and I am someone who likes to know and plan out every detail of my life. How in the world was I going to be able to support my new family.

I brought the first horse in for training into our nice newly renovated barn. I had built all the stalls by hand. Earlier that day I had filled a stall with straw, had put a couple of flakes of hay in the feeder and filled the water bucket. As I tried to walk the horse into the stall he bulked at the door of the stall. He would not even try to go into the stall. I was getting a little frustrated after he kept refusing to go into the stall. I just could not believe this here I was the trainer and I could not even get this horse into the stall how was ever going to be able to ride him. Finally I just turned towards the horse and said You Stupid horse what is wrong with you. If you just follow me all of your needs will be taken care of. I have a place for you to sleep, you will have food, you will have water, and for crying out loud I will even clean you up after you have made a mess of things. Right then I heard the Holy Spirit say THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU!!!! WOW!!! You could have knocked me over with a feather. I had such a sense of peace at that moment. All the worries about how everything was going to work out just melted away. I am not joking you right then the horse just put his head down and walked right into the stall. Often in the Bible Jesus would communicate with the people on their level of understanding and I think on this day he communicated with me in such a way that I would understand.

Beautiful Day

I know I always say that I like it cold but today was a nice change for once. It was BEAUTIFUL. The kids loved being outside playing in the sand box, running, riding their bikes and swinging. Little Winnie is having no problem keeping up with her brother and sister. As she is playing you hear her singing Twinkle Twinkle little star blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. She only knows the beginning really well. I had a good day. Jackie, my cousins wife, and her mom let me ride their horse. It has been too long since I rode and it isn't until I am on one that I realize how much I miss riding. I was able to swing up on by grabbing a hold of the horn, but it wasn't pretty. The only thing worse was when I mounted it bare back after we took the saddle off. I used to be able to mount a horse bare back like there was a saddle on it not anymore.

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Charlie's Angels NOT!!!

"Once upon a time there were three beautiful girls who went to the police academy, and they were each assigned very hazardous duties. But I took them away from all that and now they work for me. My name is Charlie."

HELLO ANGELS

Alright Chandra is threatening me with telling one of my little secrets. She says she can tell it her way or I can tell it my way.

FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT GAY!!!

Back when I was a kid and Charlie's Angels came on TV I just loved the angels. In Fact I liked them so much I wanted to be one. So I took my boy scout survival kit which had the plate, fork etc all in a nice carrying case and removed all the stuff inside which left me with a empty bag that had a strap on it so it basically became a purse. Next I took my cap gun and placed it in my little purse. :0 All I needed now was some boots that zipped up the side, which luckily I had talked my mom into buying me. Now the ensemble was complete, so the rest of the day was spent with me running around (in my boots) outside pulling my gun out at every corner.

Next time I will tell you about my Daisy Duke phase:0

Off The Wagon

I have fallen off the wagon. It is all this Easter candy laying around here. I think Chandra is buying all this junk food just to keep me fatter than her so she can feel better. :)))) I am not smiling these are just all my chins coming back home. We haven't worked out in over a week. The spring break just really screwed us up and got us off of our routine. Well I got to go I hear some Cadbury eggs calling my name. :))))))))

Cute

Is this not just the cutest little girl you ever saw!!!