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well things have been extremely busy & tense around here. my daughter has been sued for divorce & they're in a custody battle over the two boys, ages 10 months and 3 years. we've got one week to come up with $3000 for this lawyer. He's felt sorry for amanda and went ahead and started working with her, but that's a huge lump of money to come up with in such a short time. I've tried borrowing it against my truck, but my income is too small and my credit sucks, so they turned me down flat. it really sucks. I want to help amanda so bad it hurts and my hands are tied. mama thinks i still have money left from ronnie's retirement, but i don't. we've been living off it for the past three months & i'm broke again. it wasn't much to start with. i bought a tanning bed for myself and wish now i hadn't or i'd have a little bit to give amanda toward this lawyer. oh well, there's nothing i can do about it now. the tanning bed was only $600. still that would be that much i could've loaned her. otherwise things are ok. i'm just really stressed out over amanda's situation. money stresses me anyway.
aside from that things are good. i've been going on trailrides a lot. it's that time of year. they're really fun & i meet a lot of people. i've been tanning & getting ready for summer. i know. i know. people say tanning's not good for you, but i'm a sun bum. i also hate having a "farmer's tan", so i even out that tan by bed tanning. we are having a big trailride at the farm in may. i'm really looking forward to it. it's going to be a lot of fun. we're going on a 16 mile ride from here & expect a lot of people to come. as many as 100 people perhaps.
billy got a new job but it hasn't kicked off yet. he's a mechanic and will be working in the field. it's going to take him away from home though. that's the only drawback as he sees it. i'm sort of looking forward to it. i like solitude. i have to have time alone to regroup & be able to handle things. and lately i've had to do so much running for amanda. it's just been hard. they think this next job will kick off after Easter though. fine with me.
for easter we're going up to my stepmom's & taking the horses. my niece will be there who is an avid horse lover & rider like myself. my sister, Jen, and I are going to take her riding easter sunday. i'm really looking forward to that. i hope it's a pretty day for it.
my friend john has a horse staying here at the farm. we're planning to make that 16 mile ride together on our own and see how long it takes us so we'll know what to expect during the trailride. john's having trouble with this paint horse. her name is queen. anyway, she's a real bonehead & not taking well to training. a woman's wanting this horse to be where she can ride her, but after now 3 months, it's just not looking too good. she's still very wild in spite of john's work. the other day at the trailride, she went crazy, reared up and had her front feet on top of my horse trailer, then she tried to lay down. she's just not going to be a gentle horse that a woman can handle. john said he wouldn't even put me on this horse, much less the woman he's working for who's much less experienced. it's just not looking good. queen is just very wild and unwilling.
my son Nate is doing well. he works all the time, but their baby is growing up fast. He and britt are excellent parents. Little Evan is a jewel and one of the happiest baby's I've ever seen. He's walking and into everything, with such curiosity. I adore him.
Amanda's kids have been literally stolen from her and they are hiding them from her. she hasn't been able to find them and see them for a week now. it's a real mess. they are not allowed to hide them, but they have been anyway. this lawyer is trying to help her as much as he can.
and that's about it for now. i hope life is going well for each of you. it try to keep up when i can. i miss you guys when i'm not checking into blurty. it's great to know there are people in other parts of the universe who actually care and your support and encouragement means a great deal to me. you each hang in there. i'm pulling for all of you too, whether you know it or not. i know how busy family and work keeps you all. so take care now. till next time. ..............Lynda