> Howdy all!  Changed our node number, so we weren't getting
 > mail for a while.
    Wondered what happened to you .....
 > All's well here...Fiddle continues to recover, albeit
 > slowly from her
 > laminitis bout (farrier wants to do one more set of shoes,
 > then thinks I can
 > ride her again), Shiloh is still the most laidback horse on
 > earth, and I'm
 > down to 2 kids for the winter (which is fine with me!).
    Shiloh sounds like SEDONA ..
 > JEAN....I QUIT SMOKING!!!!  A month ago..still on the
 > patches, but doing
    GOOD GIRL ...!!!!  I'm PROUD of you!!  I've been 'smoke free' for over 1
1/2 years now.  I can't say I really feel better -- BUT, I DO smell better
.  I still get an 'urge' once in a while .... but that passes
quickly after I take a few deep breathes and think about something else . 
Hang in there -- you CAN do it (Heck, if *I* can do it, ANYBODY can ).
 > well, except for the 1/2 ton I've gained.  Need your magic
 > formula for
 > losing weight!  Richard quit about 5 months ago, so living
 > with him was
 > becoming impossible as a smoker (VBG).
    Heheheheh ...... Buddy still smokes somewhat -- however, he does NOT 
moke
in the house ..... he does NOT smoke in MY truck and most of the time he does
NOT smoke around me so he's cut way back.  It worries me that he still does
smoke though because of his heart ...... that's the reason *I* quit -- 
ecuase
the doctor told Buddy he HAD to quit ..... MY reason for quitting was for HIM
.... (modivation was a pretty good one -- I did it )>
 > For those of you who might remember her, I got a Christmas
 > letter from Karen
 > Malcor yesterday.  She's doing well with her breeding
 > program with her Khemo
 > son (Beau), and is now raising sheep and spinning their
 > wool;her husband is
 > weaving it!  Never could say that Karen didn't have an
 > interest or two -
 > phew!
    WOW ....... I hadn't heard from her ...... glad she's doing so well!
 > Well, just thought I'd touch base with y'all.  I've missed
 > you!
    *I* have missed you, Meg ..... glad to see you are back up and running 
nd
posting here .... !!
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