Something to think about or even laugh about

[lau]

karen said:

Something to think about:

Maratchi's foal is due within 72 hours, probably. Maratchi the stud and Winsome Bay is the mare.
I'm now on barn alert, let's hope the veternarian arrives in time, or I have to deliver this horse.

Karen the mid-wife * runs around in circles *

Blankets, towels, and hot water. No idea what the hot water is for, I saw it on TV, lmao.

Name suggestions anyone?

I'll post pics when the foal arrives. Lord, help me

Karen!!!! I hope the vet arrives....
I`ll be thinking in names.... I´ll let you know
What do you say in this situations.....??!!
GOOD LUCK?!!

[Karen]

Nothing happening yet. She will wait until 2am or something. Don't think it will be tonight I think maybe tomorrow, she's showing no signs yet anyway.

My vet is 30 minutes away but she called and gave me instructions, just in case she arrives a little late. You don't even want to know those details. Teresa, you had horses, ever deliver one?

Well, back to the barn. Guess I'll play computer games all night. I have a bed in the tack room, food, drinks, music. I'll be chilling until the horse starts to ly down. And as luck would have it all my friends are at the beach.

Give you some more news tomorrow, if I don't pass out. ;D

[Teresa]

KARENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

OMG I am only reading your posts this morning
and I am like wtf, I did not know Maratchi was going to be a daddy, and even more like O M G poor Karen

AND OMG NO I have never delivered, or even watched a birth I would have been totally traumatized!!!
I was erhmmmm..... quite young when we had horses.

Hope the vet arrived in time and all went well for Winsome Bay and she and her baby are doing well.
Filly? Colt?

Cant wait to see the pics, and to get news.

Take care, guess you must be catching up on your sleep right now.

[raghda]

Oh Karen God with ur horse
I wish u can send some pics of this cute little horse she with brong
oooooh soo cuteeee

[Teresa]

>>The Tablecloth
>>
>>This is powerful stuff!!!!!! I got some serious goosies!
>>
>>The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned
>>to their first ministry, to reopen a church
>>in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October
>>excited about their opportunities. When they saw
>>their church, it was very run down and needed
>> much work. They set a goal to have everything
>>done in time to have their first service on Christmas Eve.
>>
>>They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering
>> walls, painting, etc., and on December 18
>> were ahead of schedule and just about finished.
>>On December 19 a terrible tempest - a driving
>>rainstorm hit the area and lasted for two days.
>>On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church.
>>His heart sank when he saw that the roof had
>>leaked, causing a large area of plaster about
>>20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the
>>sanctuary just behind the pulpit, beginning about
>>head high.
>>The pastor cleaned up the mess on the floor,
>> and not knowing what else to do but postpone
>>the Christmas Eve service, headed home.
>>On the way he noticed that a local business was
>>having a flea market type sale for charity so he
>>stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful,
>>handmade, ivory colored, crocheted tablecloth
>>with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross
>>embroidered right in the center. It was just
>> the right size to cover up the hole in the front
>>wall. He bought it and headed back to the church.
>>By this time it had started to snow. An older
>>woman running from the opposite direction was
>>trying to catch the bus.. She missed it. The
>>pastor invited her to wait in the warm church for
>>the next bus 45 minutes later.
>> She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the
>>pastor while he got a ladder, hangers, etc., to put
>>up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor
>> could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and
>>it covered up the entire problem area.
>>Then he noticed the woman walking down the center
>>aisle. Her face was like a sheet.. "Pastor,"
>> she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth?"
>>The pastor explained. The woman asked him to check
>>the lower right corner to see if the initials, EBG
>>were crocheted into it there. They were. These were the initials of
>>the woman, and she had made this tablecloth 35 years before, in Austria.
>>The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor
>>told how he had just gotten the Tablecloth. The
>>woman explained that before the war she and
>>her husband were well-to-do people in Austria.
>>When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave.
>> Her husband was going to follow her the next week.
>>He was captured, sent to prison and never saw her
>>husband or her home again.
>>The pastor wanted to give her the tablecloth;
>>but she made the pastor keep it for the church.
>>The pastor insisted on driving her home, that
>>was the least he could do.. She lived on the other
>>side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn
>>for the day for a housecleaning job.
>>What a wonderful service they had on Christmas
>>Eve. The church was almost full. The music and the
>>spirit were great. At the end of the service, the
>> pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door
>>and many said that they would return.
>>One older man, whom the pastor recognized
>>from the neighborhood continued to sit in one of
>>the pews and stare, and the pastor wondered why he
>>wasn't leaving.
>>The man asked him where he got the tablecloth on
>>the front wall because it was identical to one
>>that his wife had made years ago when
>>they lived in Austria before the war and how
>>could there be two tablecloths so much alike.
>>He told the pastor how the Nazis came, how he
>> forced his wife to flee for her safety and he was
>>supposed to follow her, but he was arrested and
>>put in a prison.. He never saw his wife or his
>>home again all the 35 years in between.
>>The pastor asked him if he would allow him to
>> take him for a little ride. They drove to Staten
>> Island and to the same house where the pastor
>> had taken the woman three days earlier.
>>He helped the man climb the three flights of
>>stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on
>>the door and he saw the greatest Christmas
>> reunion he could ever imagine.
>>
>>True Story - submitted by Pastor Rob Reid

[Karen]

Woo-Hoo we have a little colt. I'm tired but adrenaline is keeping me going. Winsome Bay had her foal around 4:15am. And the vet was a late so I was on my own for 30 minutes. The horse did the work i just made sure that front hoof came out first. It did so I am pretty damn proud of myself.

The vet arrived in time to do the afterbirth things and the foal is healthy and fine. About Maratchi being a dad, well that was an accident. He jumped his fence to get what he wanted.

So got one pic.


SHHHHHH, HE'S SLEEPING.




Same color as Maratchi. It took a few tries but the foal was up and walking in 25 minutes. Legs going in all directions, lol. So it's done and I might actually get some sleep tonight.

[lau]

:-*Awwwwwwwwwwwwww Karen It´s one of the sweetest things I`ve seen
I guess I must say CONGRATULATIONS (to you, Maratchi and Winsome Bay *lol*) !!

karen said:

About Maratchi being a dad, well that was an accident. He jumped his fence to get what he wanted.

Naughty boy.....

karen said:

Same color as Maratchi. It took a few tries but the foal was up and walking in 25 minutes. Legs going in all directions, lol. So it's done and I might actually get some sleep tonight.

*lol* ;D ;D I hope you can rest tonight

[Teresa]

karen said:

Woo-Hoo we have a little colt. I'm tired but adrenaline is keeping me going. Winsome Bay had her foal around 4:15am. And the vet was a late so I was on my own for 30 minutes. The horse did the work i just made sure that front hoof came out first. It did so I am pretty damn proud of myself.

The vet arrived in time to do the afterbirth things and the foal is healthy and fine. About Maratchi being a dad, well that was an accident. He jumped his fence to get what he wanted.

So got one pic.


SHHHHHH, HE'S SLEEPING.




Same color as Maratchi. It took a few tries but the foal was up and walking in 25 minutes. Legs going in all directions, lol. So it's done and I might actually get some sleep tonight.

Karen sweetie he is beautiful, what a little darling!!
and yes he looks like Maratchi ;D

Congratulations

You did a great job, I would have been so nervous waiting for the vet, obviously Winsome was not distress and very comfortable with you, well done.

Thanks for all the information and for sending us the pic beforel crashing, can well imagine how
you must be!!

Hope you got some rest and all is well with baby and mum

[Mariana]

Oh, Karen... He's really sweet
Congratulations

[NoOdLeS]

AWWWWWWW karen he's gorgeous!!! and that tablecloth story was great,brought a tear to my eye.

[Karen]

Thank you everyone

I think I must have slept for over 15 hours. I'm thinking but still no name yet.

mommy and baby are in their own pasture now and it's hilarious watching this foal trying to gallop, kick, buck, and slam into the side of his mother because he can't stop in time. It doesn't bother her she outweighs him by 960 lbs.

Back to the figuring out a name for the little whippersnapper, lol

[Teresa]

karen said:

Thank you everyone

I think I must have slept for over 15 hours. I'm thinking but still no name yet.

mommy and baby are in their own pasture now and it's hilarious watching this foal trying to gallop, kick, buck, and slam into the side of his mother because he can't stop in time. It doesn't bother her she outweighs him by 960 lbs.

Hey Karen
Thanks for the update, that little *whippersnapper* sounds so adorable, I bet you could just watch him for hours!!

I know what you mean about the *slaming into the side of his mother because he cant stop in time*
we just got a rottwieler puppy, her name is Lilly and she loves to chase and toss and empty plastic bottle/tennis ball across the room/veranda and sometimes goes sliding/crashing into some bit of furniture, never seems to feel any pain and just rebounds, its the funniest thing to see

Back to the figuring out a name for the little whippersnapper, lol

I hope you can come up with one soon, poor little love needs a name

[raghda]

Wow Karen Congratulations
THat's really Great Wat a Cute Pic

[annie]

AWWWWWWWWWWWW Karen what an ordeal!!!!!!! And what a beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little Mishka maybe?

[Teresa]

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