Feels like Summer

Planting veggies...

We've had a great couple of days for summertime weather. Rowan's been talking about summertime for a few weeks now. I think she may have actually talked it into coming around.

We found out this week we're having a baby boy at the end of September. Rowan is quite excited to be a big sister. I anticipate her being a very big helper when her brother arrives. We don't have a name yet, but we're working on it. Thanks for all the suggestions!

New Horsey named Chocolate

My review of Thor is up on the main page. We really enjoyed our first summer movie of the season. This week, Bridesmaids looks really funny and we can't wait for The Hangover Part II later this month. [IMDb.com]

Sheridan Stables are full for the summer. All 6 stalls have horses in them and things are progressing nicely. We haven't been able to start on the pastures yet due to the wet spring we've had. Might have to stick to the hay field and start the pastures next year. The ground needs to dry up quickly in order for us to do it all this year.

Here's the links I've accumulated since my last blog update.

This week's News Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]

A great story of two family miles apart that connected through the devastating Alabama tornadoes a few weeks back. [Washington Post]

Students with President Bush on 9/11 tell their story of how they remember that day. [Time]

Making sense of organic foods. [Chicago Tribune]

Story of the man who tweeted the raid on Osama's place. He's a pretty good read on Twitter (@ReallyVirtual). [Time & Twitter]

Piggyback ride with Mom during JDRF Walk

The Space Shuttle program is retiring this year. The remaining shuttles will be donated to several places around the country. Amazingly, Houston wasn't one of the places. [NASA & Crunch Gear]

The cleanup from March's earthquake continues in Japan. Here's a great story of people braving the nuclear threat to save a group of dogs. [Japan Times]

Japan Self Defense Forces, their military, has stepped up big time to help find survivors, collect the dead, and begin the rebuilding effort. [Japan Times]

Tsunami warning stones saved one Japanese town, I'm sure more will be made to save others in the future. [New York Times]

Prolific tweeter Andy Carvin (@acarvin) keeps the world updated on the Arab Spring and other happenings around the world. [Washington Post & Twitter & Guardian]

Have a great weekend!

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Blizzard at Sheridan Stables

Mostly sleet last night, so the snow level wasn't as bad as it could've been. That sleet made some heavy snow shoveling!

View toward barn

Brooke resting after digging out

Moving the snow

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Pictures...

CAKE!

Added a few to the October 2010 album. Some good ones from Ella and Grace's visit to the farm, Harrison's birthday picnic at Brown County on Saturday and Tana the pony arriving at Sheridan Stables on Sunday.

See more here at the Picasa site.

Tana the pony

Summer Weather in October!

An oldie, but a goodie

This is what fall weather is all about! Going to hit the 80's again tomorrow, but then have the nice cool evening. Love this fall weather!

I think the horses don't mind it as well. They're starting to get a bit fuzzy with their winter coats coming in, but the cool evenings are nice in the barn for them. We've even been closing the doors at night, which might take some getting used to for them.

Football last week was a 50/50 experience. With me and Uncle Dave in attendance, IU came up short vs. Michigan on Saturday afternoon, but the Redskins took care of the Eagles in Philly on Sunday afternoon. We'll mention fantasy football again when my team actually wins a game! Ugh, it's going to be a long season there. Happy 50th to 17th Street Stadium, now called Memorial Stadium, in Bloomington. [Inside Indiana]

An early Happy Birthday to my brother Christian. He turns 36 Thursday and will be in Fort Wayne to celebrate! Don't hurt yourself running about Chicago this weekend, bro!

This week's News Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]

The new Nissan Leaf is a 100% electric car. The government and the company are piling up the incentives to get people to make that purchase. [Nissan & New York Times]

The US Army scientists and university entomologists may have found the reason for the sudden honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder. That's a pretty neat collaboration there. [New York Times & Wikipedia]

Indiana University baseball coach Tracy Smith and IU Athletic's 24 Sports - One Team philosophy. [Indiana Daily Student]

Have a great weekend! IU vs. Ohio State and Washington vs. Green Bay could get ugly, but that's why they play the games!

Driving the grocery cart at Kroger

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October already? Friday October 1

Want some homemade pizza?

Well, the blog has taken a back seat to all that's changed and all that's going on at the new homestead. No excuse, I know. I'm still collecting articles to enlighten and entertain! I'll link them below.

September was a very busy month for me. Fantasy football kicked off with the start of the NFL season. It's Week Four already and my team is terrible. I guess I can handle that since I won the whole thing last year, but it's going to make for a long season and depressing Sundays. Doesn't help that the Redskins took the great Week One win over the Cowboys and turned it into a choke job and butt kicking the next two weeks. Ugh.

We all went down for a camping trip to Bloomington last weekend. IU played a night game on Saturday vs. Akron, so we camped at Paynetown State Recreation Area on Friday and Saturday nights. Rowan loved it. She was very excited to be camping and sleeping in a camper. I think she liked that we were all together in the same area. IU won to move to 3-0 on the season. Michigan comes in tomorrow, so we'll see where they truly stand as a football team tomorrow evening.

The 12th Sheridan Invitational was in the middle of September. That always makes for a busy and hectic time. 34 golfers teed it up with just a few sprinkles that day. For the party that evening, there were a few tense moments with the bonfire. With 20 foot flames, you could see it from US27 which is about a half mile from the house! I don't think we'll be doing fires that big again...

Added some more photos to the Picasa site for these events. I've got a few to add from the camping, but the August, September, and Farm/House albums all have updates in them.

Swinging w/ the Backyardigans and Poppa Bear

Sheridan Stables is moving along nicely, and has their own blog now too. We have power and all the heavy construction is done. The newer pasture stalls still need to be finished up, but we could add more horses. Right now we have 3: Della, Summer, and our boarder Java. We got the pasture seeded with pasture grass, so the horses are on the riding arena ground for the next 5 weeks. We're already looking into getting some of the farmland in the back turned into pasture next spring. We need more area if we're going to have more horses!

Haven't been out to see any new movies in a long time! There's quite a few coming up we'd like to check out, so time to get the movie night back up and running. The reviews are still linked to the main SpydeysWebb page along with the movies we'd like to see in the near future.

How about a little News Quiz for old time's sake? Good luck! [Chicago Tribune]

It's unbelievably getting to be basketball season too. Cool article about the Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard meeting one of his biggest fans. [Orlando Sentinel]

It's been 10 years since IU sent Bobby Knight packing. We're only now beginning to recover! [Louisville Courier-Journal]

The mini Golden Gate bridge in Kansas. [New York Times]

My Twitter use has is down a bit, but it's still a great resource for breaking new events. They've done some updating too. Follow me on Twitter at @SpydeysWebb. [New York Times]

Watch this video for new CPR techniques that could help you save a life! Poppa Hans sent me this link. [Sarver Heart Centers]

Website of the Week (Month?): Colorstrology! Got this one from Brooke. Check it out, pretty cool.

Until next time, enjoy this great fall weather!

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More happenings at the new barn

Della munching on grass

Got some last July photos up and a beginning to the August album.

Moved in four horses over the last 10 days. Della and Summer are ours and then we're boarding Java and Savvy. It's a full barn!

July album has a few at the end. We moved Della in the last day of the month.

August album is up to 16 with horses and other goings on around the farm.

The House and Barn album has new ones of the stalls and fence and Brooke with her official Sheridan Stables & Riding School LLC papers. That's right, we're official! Now we need a logo and a website. Working on that...

Rowan has a big day coming up...9 days until she's two! She's ready for it.

Picture Update for June/July/Barn

TinCaps game

Got lots of new pictures up on the Picasa site.

Finished June's album with a few new ones. You have to see the one of Rowan surveying the barn construction.

3/4 of the stall work crew

Started July's album with a huge 100+ picture upload. There's lots of new ones with us working on the barn stalls and enjoying the new house.

Added about 20+ new ones to the House and Barn album. Finished stalls and the fence started.

Sheridan Stables accepts it's first boarder tonight! We're open for business.

Enjoy!

cousins Mike and Sydney from Florida

Backyardigans with Poppa and Grandma

More Barn Photos

30 new barn construction photos added to the Picasa site. The main construction of the barn is finished, we've now moved onto the stalls. Poppa Jeff and cousin Mike were in this weekend to help on that. So far we have one stall completely done and we're about 75% done on two more. We hope to have those three done and ready for horses this weekend.

The fence on the pasture and riding arena goes up this week. We're moving forward on Sheridan Stables!

Enjoy the photos!