Healthy Me

What are you listening to right now?

I'm listening to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "Turntable"..new song I just found.

'Cause I will be your record
And you will be my turntable
I'm your amplifier
And you're my RCA cable
Jump up down up down
Down down baby up
One kiss and I'm disabled
I will be your record
And you will be my turntable

The music is good but I'm not so sure about the lyrics. I never would've thought to equate a relationship to old school records. Eh. Not a fan after listening to it once.

It's been a not so healthy start to Autumn so far for me. My allergies have never been this bad. It's so bad, my eyes are now on steroids for the swelling, tearing and redness. My eyelids and skin around my eyes was actually peeling off and crusting from over sensitivity to the constant tearing. I could've created a great Halloween Zombie costume with the way my face was peeling off.  Ugh.

As much as I hate steroids, I had to give in. It affected me all day long, driving, etc. I've been using them 24 hours and what a difference in my eyes. What a relief!

A home business owner I know just put her horse tack business up for sale. She makes bridles, halters, lead ropes out of certain kinds of rope. We have two of her products for our two horses. I'm not going to buy her business (I'm not disciplined enough for a full business like that) but it's interesting.

Some of it is rounded rope and some is flat (reminds me of the for buyheatshrink's selection that goes over wires) but it's just a flat rope. She made me a black and coral bridle for my spotted clydesdale/paint cross and matching reins.

I've not been riding since last fall. My youngest daughter seems to be taking over the riding lessons and getting into horses. I would imagine my oldest daughter's horse will soon become our youngest daughter's horse once our eldest goes away to college. She'll probably get the future college student's dog too.

My last pregnancy (our youngest is nine years old) was a painful pregnancy. Every movement I made hurt (stretched ligaments or something). We decided that we were done having kids at this point (we had four together + his two = six kids...he was 40 and didn't want to be retiring and having kids...and really, six is enough).

Every once in awhile, the urge hits but I think it is more an urge just to hold a little one and then give it back. I've had that urge lately and my husband tells me today if my health was better (it's fine) and he wasn't almost 50, he wouldn't mind another baby.

While the thought makes me a little happy, another part of me thinks about being up all night, packing diaper bags, wipes, bottles, car seats and not being able to leave the house as easily as we do now ('hey so and so, we're leaving, watch your little sister' kiss, kiss and we are out the door) and I just don't want to start over.

So we are looking at buying a horse boarding business that happens to be run on the property we are looking at buying (we are home shopping). It has almost 13 acres. Good thing is - we wouldn't have to move our horses to our new home...they're boarded at that same stable.

It has a playset (like these playsets in chesapeake) in the backyard for the kids already that we'd leave until our youngest outgrew. Then I'd go pool shopping I think. Maybe hot tub shopping too.

Not sure we are ready to own an equine boarding facility but the thought is out there. We'll have to think about it.