Thursday, June 4, 2009
Ok I’m really tired today and crabby – cause I am tired I am sure.
Theheat up here lately has been amazing. It’s been in the high 80’s forthe past 3 weeks. That is really unseasonable for the weather up here.
Usually our Eastern Washington weather is like this:(You see, isn’t Eastern Washington Cool!? Not. Go tell everyone you know not to move here unless they have a show shovel fetish.)
- Early to Late October (depends) = Winter – freezing temps, some snow, rain.
- November = Winter – more snow, Thanksgiving looks more like Christmas.
- December = Winter – more show, feet of snow – now winter is getting serious.
- January = Winter – lots and lots and lots of freakin snow + prolonged subzero temps
- February = Winter – less snow, snow stops accumulating, subzero temp taper off
- March = Winter – less snow, still freezing temps, but it gets above freezing sometimes, snow melt begins.
- April = Early spring, snow is still present but melting, snow and rain showers frequent, temperatures still freezing at night.
- May = Spring, lots of rain and still some snow showers, but lots of rain.Temps eventually stop freezing at night, frequent low land flooding from snow melt and rain (don't live by running water).
- June = Spring, lots of rain and colder temperatures, lots and lots of rain.
- July = Summer, one day (usually after the 4th) the temp will just go from 60 degrees to 90 degrees and stays that way. Hot. Little to no rain.
- August = Summer, Hot, temps in the 100’s for pro-longed periods of time (unless I’m getting married outdoors then it will cool off) Hot, Hot, Hot, little to no rain.
- September = Late Summer or Fall – depends. Some years September is just as hot as August, other years it starts freezing at night around Labor Day weekend. Little to no rain.
(and don’t tell me it’s a great place to live if you like snow skiing, causeI snow ski and I can tell you it’s not fun to ski down a mountain when you can’t see 4 inches in front of your face because it’s snowing sodang hard – and that’s what it’s like up here – great snow, yes, but crappy skiing conditions in general)Encase you weren’t counting that’s 6 months of winter – the other 3 seasons have to battle it out for the other 6 months. Everyone describes our EasternWashington Summers as being long and hot. Actually they are hot – but not really long. It just seems like it because for 2 or 3 months we have day after day after day of beautiful HOT cloudless summer weatherand we will most of the time go the whole season without any rain.
As a side note we also have an interesting fire season, before winter hits.Anywaythis year because we had like 2 days of Spring and then “Insta-Summer”. I have been doing all my outdoor chores late in the evening when it’s cooler which puts me in bed late. Plus I am trying to get all the stuffdone we usually do in the Spring in a short period of time to keep up with the weather change - hence why I am tired.
Our TV was acting up last night so I didn’t get to watch it. Sounds baby-ish Iknow, but I only get to watch one or two shows a week and Mantracker isone that I watch
(The Science Channel Lisa over at Not Quite Home on The Range turned me on to this show)so I missed it. ((pout)) I tried the usually stuff to get the receiverto work and nothing was working so I shut it off. Of course when hubby got home it magically worked with the wave of the remote –
electronics ALWAYS behave better in the presence of testosterone.Hubby went ground squirrel shooting – and left me with all the chores which I did,
after I was finished cleaning up the mess he’d made of the kitchen that day…sigh…that didn’t improve my mood either. I would give that behavior a pass normally, but he isn’t working – so there is no reason why hecan’t clean-up after himself.
I got an email on Stretch theother day – the potential home sounded wonderful, a 12-year old girlwould be riding him - the lady sounded really interested. I answered all of her questions honestly. I don’t know how else to do it. I had great responses to all of her questions except for the “how does he clip one”. My answer was, he clips fine – you can do everything trouble free but you need to twitch him to clip his ears.
(This is fairly common in the show world).There is no hassle you just apply the “one man twitch” clip him up and you’re done, he even lowers his head for you. He doesn’t pitch a fit or anything & I never tie when I clip, and Stretch holds perfectly still once the twitch is on.
Oh sure if he’s bored he’ll mess with me while clipping his feet. He’ll pick his foot up and set down and pick it up and set it down. Doesn’t dance around or anything, just entertains himself, I know he’s laughing at me when he does it.
WellI didn’t her back from her and I just can’t see how you can rule ahorse out because you have to twitch him to clip his ears. I see people lying about that all the time – my last really cool show gelding was bought under the assumption that you could clip him anywhere….well asit turns out anywhere but his ears. I almost feel like he’s not getting sold because I don’t lie. Don’t people understand that you’re gonna end up with a better horse that has a better chance of working out when you have a seller who is honest?..sigh….
So yeah I am just freakin rotten today. God forbid I get into it with anyone today, cause it won't be purty.I was gonna write about the book
Oregon Sunshine got me for winning her book giveaway drawing….but I feel too crabby so I will work on it for tomorrow…plus I am pretty sure I just lost a check from the paper I write for that needed to go in the bank today -AHHHH!!!
