->   I LOVE the smell of a "fresh" house .  Oh, if a friend (or my
-> mother)
-> comes in my house who I knows smoke, I'll offer them an ashtray.  I'd
-> rather that they not smoke, but I'll never make tham feel unwelcome
-> (*I* know THAT feeling and I promised I'd NOT do that to anyone).
Not me.  After I quit a lot oof my allergy problems went away.  My
mother can smoke in my house and my uncle otherwise if the weather is
nice I will be happy to sit out on the patio with you.  I smoked 2+
packs a day and I'm really allergic to them.  Since I quit I've only had
a couple of bad bouts with asthma and I no longer have a sinus infection
every other month.  I replaced my cigarette vice with horses which
I'm also allergic too but I'm not giving them or my dogs up.
I better get back on topic.  Went out and almost rode Smokey.  After I
got him groomed I couldn't hold onto anything so I didn't.  Until my
wrist gets well enough to ride again I'm going to work Diva on the
ground. She is really getting good at stand/stay.  You can walk around
her and run the lunge rope all over her and she will even let you hang
it on her ears now and stand there for quite a while.  People who saw
her when we first got her can't believe that she is the same horse she
is so much calmer.  She is such a happy horse now.  She still has
flashbacks and probably always will, but if you laugh at her she
generally calms right down.  We are so proud of how far she has
come.
Debby
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