Ponies For The Kids

 

We'd finally moved into a permanent home, out in the country, after years of chasing my husband around all over the place with his Navy career.

The kids had never asked for ponies but here comes a horse trailer with shetland ponies in it. What the dickens! But, they were unloaded, the kids chose their favorite and we became a horse farm, so to speak.

Now, my husband (after 22+ years in the Navy) had been in Korea... the battle of Inchon for one scary time and there were others. Not a scratch!  Then he was aboard a ship that hauled nuclear warheads to Vietnam. Again not a scratch! No purple heart for this guy. Thank God. 

So, one of the ponies kept getting out of the fenced in place we had for them. A neighbor said he'd house the pony until Elbert could come up with a plan to keep that thing at home. He walked the pony up to the neighbors, then he calls me, 'Come take me to the dr. I think I broke my arm.' 

Yep, that silly man had decided he'd ride that pony (not far, just to see if he could) after all he was over 6 ft tall. And, the pony had bucked him off, down on the ground he went and he ended up with a broken arm! Two wars, not a scratch... and a dad gum Shetland pony injures him. It was funny. 

Of course, we didn't laugh where he could see us but just think about this. His legs were long enough that if he had just of put his feet on the ground that pony could have walked right out from under him. 

The Commons Halloween Party

 And.....

one more post about Halloween and I will close that chapter til next Oct. 

The office staff hosted a Halloween party for us , inviting us for lunch and to appear in our costumes. 

We've never done anything like that for Halloween and a bunch of us jumped on the idea like a cat on a junebug. 

I had intended to go as a pregnant lady, with a baby in my arms, hair wrapped up in a scarf, a dirty apron on, 'barefoot and pregnant' as the old saying goes. But, that never happened. Shirley bought me a pumpkin poncho and so that was my costume. 

I guess she thought my pregnant lady wasn't Halloweeny enough!

Here are some of the costumes. Some were very inventive!

Such as 

This Serial/Cereal Killer

and this one...

considering the comment Biden made about Trump supporters being garbage... 

We had Indianna Jones

A Couple heading out for Mardi Gras

We had a nice lunch of ham and cheese sandwiches, chips, fruit, chicken nuggets and cake. 

The winner of the contest will be announced Monday. 

Halloween at Nags Head

 I promised more beach goings on.... 

We found a haunted house that was not open but we had fun taking pictures outside. It was in what we assumed was the old Mama Kwan's Tiki Bar and Grill. The new one was next door. Nah, we didn't imbibe... just had fun. 

Take a look at the size of that skelton! 

This was funny. A Ghoul Bus.... haha

Everything was outrageously large. 

At the Shore

 What a relaxing, enjoyable time at the beach! Let me tell you, there's nothing any more fun than doing nothing! Right? 

We gals lay around, talked alot, watched the ocean waves, lay around some more... watched some tv, especially on Saturday when Alabama beat the socks off of Missoui. That was my kind of game! 

The three of us (Shirley, her friend Jackie and me) went to Basnight's for seafood one night. I am such a scallops girl and I was not disappointed. After Jackie left Shirley and I went to Waterfront Millers and I was sacreligious.... I ordered Baby Back Ribs in a seafood restaurant! But, man, were they yummy. And, that was the only two times we were out of the condo for 5 days! Like I said, fun doing nothin'.

I'll share some photos .. I'll make another post for some more pics. Just don't like making my posts too long. So.... here goes. 

Jackie, me and Shirley awaiting our seafood at Basnight's. 

My plate of scallops, baked potato and root vegetable medley

me, just watching the waves come and go....

early morning from our balcony

Old friends catching up on the latest news

an evening sky

to be continued................

Let The Adventure Begin

 

I'm taking a break from blogging so I can spend a few days at the beach (Nags Head, N. C.) 

The ocean is calling, my tummy says it's ready for scallops and my soul needs something besides these 4 walls. 

Tootle oo.... 

Saturday's Ups and Downs

 It was COLD Saturday morning.....

and we were having a Fall Festival ... not advertised, mainly for the residents...

And, man, I dreaded it. I'd been sort of roped in to manning the pumpkin painting. 'Cause I paint, the organizer said. Oh, geez, how hard is it to paint a teeny, tiny pumpkin. But, I said I'd help so I headed downstairs.

As you can tell, I wasn't in the mood but it started warming up and I was inside. And, people started mingling. 

I took a break and got a few pictures, even did the pie walk* and won me one of those individual pies you get in a grocery store. It was lemon! 

And, then we all had free hotdogs and chips for lunch. So, I was a pretty happy camper! 

Later on that evening I watched MY ALABAMA football team lose to Tennessee. Bummer, double bummer. What a day. 

* to do the pie walk it's sort of like musical chairs. You walk around and when the music stops, if you are on the lucky spot, you get a prize.