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Reply #105 - May 31^st, 2007 at 11:00am

Big things:

New job - I accepted one of the two positions I had in hand, gave my two week notice to my current boss, and now I'm in 'clean off the desk' mode so there's few, if any hot issues to hand over to my co-workers when I head out the door
New house - we closed yesterday! The holiday weekend was spent spending. Paint, painting supplies, blinds for the windows, and new chairs for the living room. This weekend, we paint! Then, we continue to pack, and next weekend we buy and install some closet organizers. We move into the new place on the 21st.

Small things:

Allie has a very bruised neck - she got bit H A R D by one of her pasturemates and has a bruise the size of my upper arm on her neck. She's very sore, but I've been icing it every day and she'll be fine soon, I'm sure.
My head is still stuffy as all get out. I'm fine during the day, but by around 9 or 10pm I feel terrible because I can't breathe, and my head is pounding like a jackhammer. Ugh.

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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #106 - May 31^st, 2007 at 3:10pm WoooHooo!!! You have a lot of exciting things going on right now! Hope you and Allie feel better soon!
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Reply #107 - Jun 5^th, 2007 at 12:31pm

Project: New House Update!

Saturday we:

Painted the living room, dining room, half bath, my yoga room, the kitchen and kitchenette
Measured and cut chair rail for the dining room and the kitchenette
Bought crown molding for the 3 upstairs rooms (bedroom, husband's office and "who knows what we're doing with it" room)

Sunday we slacked a bit:

Painted the bedroom(walls and ceiling), the two baths and the ceiling of husband's office
Installed the chair rail

Thank goodness for my in-laws, we never would've gotten this much done over the weekend without them. My MIL is the queen of the paintbrush, FIL did all the measuring, cutting and installing of the chair rail and crown molding, and my husband's BIL can wield a roller FAST!

Last night my husband and I did the first coat on the walls of his office, but we ran out of light (and forgot to bring one!) so we called it a night pretty early on. It IS interesting to paint in the dark, but I'd rather not do that again anytime soon. I have no idea what those walls look like. Thankfully, it is only the first coat.

We still have the second coat on his office walls, the whole "Who knows what it is" room, and the tray ceiling of the dining room to paint. I think that'll be this Sunday, although my husband was talking about doing the second coat in the office tonight. I'm not going over there - I promised myself I'd pack tonight!

I was the only one who wore a hat all weekend, and I was pleased my hair stayed tucked up in it, so I avoided paint in the hair, although I got paint all over the rest of me. I'm quite the messy painter. Tongue

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Reply #108 - Jun 13^th, 2007 at 4:40pm

*whew*

The major painting is DONE. (finally) There are some touch-ups to do, because I am a messy painter, but no more roller wielding is necessary.

Packing has barely started, and we move in 8 days. Rush, rush, rush!

Allie has been allowed to become a 'wild pony' over the past few weeks. With the house stuff I just haven't had time to ride. I'm sure she's thrilled, since this means she's on vacation. I just hope we don't have lots of fireworks when I get back on and ask for some work.

Speaking of Allie - there's talk of moving her to a new farm. This is a good thing. I found a lovely barn with a trainer on-site that's just 10 minutes from our new house. It's a bit more expensive, but with the salary increase of my new job, it's well within our reach. This is an exciting thing, and I'd love to have her some close to home!

And speaking of the new job - it's going well. I've been in research and learn mode for the past 2 days, and I'm now gearing up to dive into the day-to-day operations of my program. Wheee!

I've been wearing my hair down all week. It's behaving and staying off my face. It's a bit poofy, but overall it's looking pretty good. I'm washing/conditioning it about 3 week (the nights I work at the barn, actually) and that seems to be working really well.

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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #109 - Jun 13^th, 2007 at 4:47pm It must be such a relief to have the painting done. Sounds like everything is going smoothly. Good luck with the packing.
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Reply #110 - Jun 25^th, 2007 at 12:44pm

Move is (almost) complete! Cool

We had everything packed up and ready to go Wednesday night. Early Thursday morning, we moved the cats into the new place (locked safely in the spare bedroom) and were ready and waiting for the movers, who showed up right on time at 9am.

They were done getting (almost) everything into the new place at 6:45pm. Shocked

Lots of stuff, and moving out of a 4th floor apartment and into a 3rd/4th floor condo means a LONG TIME is needed to move!

The reason I keep saying almost is that there was one piece of furniture that they couldn't get up the stairs - our china cabinet. Today the builders are going to use a crane to lift it up to our 3rd floor balcony so we can bring it in the sliding glass door. My husband is home to supervise that - I didn't think it was right to take an additional day off of my brand new job.

Allie is lame - she showed up Wednesday morning with yet another abcess. *sigh* The vet was able to dig it out, and the barn manager has been wonderful about soaking and wrapping her for me, since I really haven't been able to get out there. We've decided NOT to move Allie - she's happy at the farm she's currently at. I think I'm going to cut back on my hours working there, though. That'll give me more time to spend with my horse instead of taking care of everyone else's.

Hair is still there - my new shower is LOVELY, the water is just a touch softer at our new place, and my hair loves it very much. I love soft water.

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Reply #111 - Jul 3^rd, 2007 at 1:49pm

We're 99.999% moved. The china cabinet is in place, we've unpacked all but 15-20 boxes, sold all the unpacked boxes on craigslist over the weekend, and generally have made the new place home. There are some things left, of course, but we'll get to them in time.

The new job is going well - I actually worked 15 hours yesterday, but that's good, because I have tomorrow off but don't have holiday pay yet. Tongue

Because I worked 4 hours on Sunday and 15 yesterday, I can leave NOW, have tomorrow off and still get my full paycheck! Wheee!

Allie is sound, has 4 shoes again and she has a new saddle on order. I had a saddlefitter out on Sunday, and while my dressage saddle was great, the jumping saddle just didn't fit at all. It may be some small part of our jumping problems, actually. So, thanks to my mom (who loves her 'grandpony') Allie is getting a brand new, custom made saddle.

During the saddle fitting, I rode Allie for about an hour. She was very funny - we tried one demo saddle and she was full of herself - tossing in playful bucks and silliness, but she was cheerful and happy, with pricked forward ears. When we put a second (fancier and more expensive) saddle on her, she was SO ANGRY! She pinned her ears, bucked and kicked out while I was riding! Shocked

We then put the first saddle back on and she was happy again. Anyone who says saddles don't really make that much difference should've seen it!

Hair is still there - I need the teeniest bit of a trim, I saw a couple of split ends and I really don't have the patience right now to do a S&D.

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Reply #112 - Jul 4^th, 2007 at 7:20am

You must be so happy to be just about finished with all of your moving, I CAN'T WAIT until I can say that. Grin

I wish I could've seen Allies response to the saddles. I've never really been around horses enough to even know that they have personalities although I often hear that they do. Animals are so intersting to me that way. I can read every one of my cat's expressions and meows to the point where most times it's easy to tell what they are thinking or trying to express. I think it's so cool the way they can convey their feelings without words.

After working 15 hours I'd be exhausted. Enjoy your day off!

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Reply #113 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 4:15pm

Oh my! It's been quite some time since I've updated! Tongue

Let's see - we still don't have crown molding up, or any artwork on the walls, but that's all that's left to have the new house done.

New job is busy, busy, busy, but that's not a bad thing at all. I'd rather be busy than slow. The only problem is they gave me a new laptop, and I don't have a stand to lift it up, so my back and shoulders are killing me. I need to get it up off my desk somehow.

Allie and I got kicked out of our barn! Roll Eyes

We were given 15 days to find a new place to go, and so I talked my husband into letting me move her to a REALLY nice farm. It's more expensive, but SO worth it. We move this weekend.

My grandmother was taken to the hospital Sunday night. It may have been a stroke, they need to do more tests to be sure. However, the doctors are all reassuring us that she's doing very well. She's a strong lady, I'm not too worried. (yet)

My hair is still there, still growing, and I still need a trim. I'm getting that wierd straw-like feeling right on the tips again.

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #114 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 7:48pm hope your Grandma is ok!! That older stock is strong!!
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Kiraela Diamond Offline Posts: 825 Southern Louisiana Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #115 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 9:02pm Oh no, what happened with the barn? I thought you and Allie were happy there? Best wishes for your grandmother, too! May it be nothing serious hug
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Reply #116 - Aug 7^th, 2007 at 4:59pm

Grandmother is out of the hospital and pretty much back to the condition she was in before the hospital stay. I can't say better, because her Alzheimer's is advancing pretty regularly, but she is mostly lucid, so this is a pretty good thing. My mom is upset because she wants Grandmom (her mother) to get BETTER, but that's just not going to happen. I keep having to remind her that our goal is to keep Grandmom comfortable and content *sigh*

Allie was moved on the 28th and has settled nicely. I've been out to the barn only a few times since then. I wanted to let her settle before we started working again. It's a very fancy barn, and I'm pleased with it. I've decided that I need to stay in a business-type relationship with my barn, not a friend-type relationship. The second type tends to cause personal strife, and I end up having to look for a new farm. :p

I finally got a stand for my laptop, but it's still not perfect. I'll make do for now. At least my back and shoulders aren't killing me (as much) anymore. I've been doing lots of backbends and chest openers in yoga to try to counteract my constantly rounding over the keyboard. I'd like to say it's working, but I'm not sure it is. I think I need to get back into a class, although that's not going to be happening for a while, since the cost of Allie's new home is eating into the new job raise a bit more than we really wanted.

I'm using a new shampoo and conditioner - they are super moisturizing and all natural, and so far my hair is pleased. The shampoo has olive oil in it, which seems to act sorta like the 'cones in the Garnier Fructis stuff I was using, since my hair isn't getting unruley. Yet. :p

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #117 - Aug 7^th, 2007 at 8:59pm Just a suggestionto help with the back and neck aches. When/if you can invest in a balance ball chair by Giam. I use mine all the time when I sit at my computer. One of the best investments I've made! It forces you to engage the use of your core. Strong core=better back!
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Reply #118 - Aug 8^th, 2007 at 3:30pm

Curlgirl64 wrote on Aug 7^th, 2007 at 8:59pm:

Just a suggestionto help with the back and neck aches. When/if you can invest in a balance ball chair by Giam. I use mine all the time when I sit at my computer. One of the best investments I've made! It forces you to engage the use of your core. Strong core=better back!

Actually, at my old job, I just sat on a balance ball. I actually started a trend at my old company - by the time I left we had 4 people either on plain balance balls or in the Gaiam ball chair. That + riding means my abs/core are pretty strong. The problem is a) my current desk is too tall for my 65cm ball as a chair, and b) my laptop screen is about 4 inches too low - I have to angle my head down rather than hold it in a nice neutral position. (thankfully, my chair is high enough that my arms are in a neutral position to type).

Once I'm a permanent employee here, I think I'm going to request a docking station and full-sized flat panel screen. Oh, and an ergonomic keyboard and gel wrist rest for keyboard and mouse. I think that'll help a WHOLE bunch. I'm all about the ergonomics!

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: berkanna's trials as she grows her hair Reply #119 - Aug 9^th, 2007 at 6:51am Well,there you go!!!
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