cassie
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What's she up yo girls?? I'm in a meeting n can't see the cams so if you wouldn't mind giving me an update it would be great!!!
Mare ready to foal?
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cassie
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She doesn't usually lie down this early...
Eagle
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she is up and resting . she is covered in straw.
cassie
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Lol maybe been rolling... That's good she was tolling earlier in the day to quite a bit!!
Eagle
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now she has turned round I can see that she only has straw on 1 side so I imagine she was just laying down. I went to clean the bathroom so she can't have been down for long bc it wasn't that dirty
Hi everyone.
No foal for Peanut I see, so once again it's up to Suzie to get the ball rolling.
Your stables are fantastic Cassie, clever Dad.
Great to see that he has been able to give them windows at the back too - wonderful for fresh air in the summer months!
Loved your pic of Suz too, she's such a pretty girl, I'm looking forward to seeing her in her summer coat.
Oh and please hurry with the next installment of your story - cant wait to find out what happens!
Yes Linda, we are selling/about to complete on the sale of half the farm. It took me 20 odd years to get the family to make the move to Wales (I always wanted to live in Wales) and eventually the time was right for everyone. This farm was to be our forever home and my retirement place. But the recessions crisis rather upset things, with the bottom falling out of our investments and with what was left from them plus my pension, it has become too much of a struggle/stress making to find the monthly payments for the mortgage. Not too sure what we shall do from now on - we will still have the farmhouse and some 30 odd acres and maybe the big stone barn (with residential planning) while our buyer has the smaller barn (again with res. planning) and some 28 acres - we are just waiting to see if they can raise the extra money for the big barn as well. Not too sure that I'm going to be happy with them as neighbours! Bought this place as the nearest neighbours are over a mile away, but then there are neighbours and 'neighbours' and I'm not sure I will be happy with those we are going to have! So we may just sit back and take a rest for the winter and think again about the future next Spring! The thing is that since moving up here family has sort of 'dispersed' somewhat. G/daughter went back to Dorset and now has her own life back there. Cathy spends most of her time, naturally, with her partner Euros and young son, so it is just me and other G/son (Hamish, 19) here now, so a smaller cottage somewhere would suit - in other words, two tents or a caravan would be fine as long as there is plenty of land and NO neighbours. LOL!!
By the way I looked you up on the map, so I know where you are now!
Oh and Cassie you had better go a read my post on Peanut's thread, think I may have put the cat amongst the pigeons regarding plaited tails!! LOL!!
No foal for Peanut I see, so once again it's up to Suzie to get the ball rolling.
Your stables are fantastic Cassie, clever Dad.
Loved your pic of Suz too, she's such a pretty girl, I'm looking forward to seeing her in her summer coat.
Oh and please hurry with the next installment of your story - cant wait to find out what happens!
Yes Linda, we are selling/about to complete on the sale of half the farm. It took me 20 odd years to get the family to make the move to Wales (I always wanted to live in Wales) and eventually the time was right for everyone. This farm was to be our forever home and my retirement place. But the recessions crisis rather upset things, with the bottom falling out of our investments and with what was left from them plus my pension, it has become too much of a struggle/stress making to find the monthly payments for the mortgage. Not too sure what we shall do from now on - we will still have the farmhouse and some 30 odd acres and maybe the big stone barn (with residential planning) while our buyer has the smaller barn (again with res. planning) and some 28 acres - we are just waiting to see if they can raise the extra money for the big barn as well. Not too sure that I'm going to be happy with them as neighbours! Bought this place as the nearest neighbours are over a mile away, but then there are neighbours and 'neighbours' and I'm not sure I will be happy with those we are going to have! So we may just sit back and take a rest for the winter and think again about the future next Spring! The thing is that since moving up here family has sort of 'dispersed' somewhat. G/daughter went back to Dorset and now has her own life back there. Cathy spends most of her time, naturally, with her partner Euros and young son, so it is just me and other G/son (Hamish, 19) here now, so a smaller cottage somewhere would suit - in other words, two tents or a caravan would be fine as long as there is plenty of land and NO neighbours. LOL!!
By the way I looked you up on the map, so I know where you are now!
Oh and Cassie you had better go a read my post on Peanut's thread, think I may have put the cat amongst the pigeons regarding plaited tails!! LOL!!
cassie
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Lol I read that lol but you know... Sucked tail has been growing thicker n better since being in a plait strange hey lol dnt worry as soon as this foal ever gets born the plait will be going n hey I never had a little sister I have to play hairdressers with someone lol
Glad everyone likes my stables!! Suzie is really looking good at the moment her head has become alot nicer since having her on good feed n looked after heaps better then when I first got her!!! Same with penny my other mini!!
Glad everyone likes my stables!! Suzie is really looking good at the moment her head has become alot nicer since having her on good feed n looked after heaps better then when I first got her!!! Same with penny my other mini!!
Eagle
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Anna, where in Dorset is your G/daughter? That is where I come from.
bannerminis
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Another book to read but I am all caught up now. I checked in on my iphone a couple of times to see mostly nothing as I can hardly see her outside on the computer never mind an iphone lol.
All quiet at the moment anyway.
All quiet at the moment anyway.
Eagle
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Karina, can you see Suzie on you iphone?
cassie
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Yeah how if you can??
bannerminis
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If she is in the stable yes but not outside - I can hardly see her on the computer sometimes if she is at the farside. Thought I would check anyway though lol.
I downloaded an app for the iphone to watch the laides on Marestare.
Oh and I forgot to say after all my reading that your stables are just gorgeous. Your dad is a very clever guy.
Suzie is so pretty and looks so cute in her winter woolies. Of course when she will be looking nice and slick we will all have hairy mollies lol
I downloaded an app for the iphone to watch the laides on Marestare.
Oh and I forgot to say after all my reading that your stables are just gorgeous. Your dad is a very clever guy.
Suzie is so pretty and looks so cute in her winter woolies. Of course when she will be looking nice and slick we will all have hairy mollies lol
Eagle
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I am from bournemouth where my family still is.
Karina, what did you down? I can see peanut but not Suzie.
Cassie did you ask Heather why it doesn't work?
Karina, what did you down? I can see peanut but not Suzie.
Cassie did you ask Heather why it doesn't work?
cassie
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Yeah I will I'll shoot her through an email... What was the app if u dnt mind me asking we are about to leave now
will be home soon
bannerminis
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Oh Sorry the app is Skyfire. Just put marestare in the browser and work away as normal. I think it was 2.39 euro but has worked a treat so cant complain. You cant get flash player for the iphone.
cassie
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Thanks Karina
Just got home to find suzie out flat, went up to her quietly she didn't even hear me approach, she was breathing so heavy I could here her from outside the stable doing the same thing as yesterday, real heavy breathing then would stop then almost a gasp type sound then the heavy breathing again... VERY strange!!! she got up and got scared when she saw me, I should have been talking to her silly me.
sorry Suzie!!
she is VERY SWOLLEN AND LONG again, I know now what everyone said when she would get swollen and long what she was before was nothing!!! at least I know now
thanks everyone for putting up with me!!
oh n to keep you busy during the night...
" Boy was I wrong!! I rounded the corner to the back of the float and stopped he was peering into the horse float obviously talking to his horse. Well I was wrong already. He defiantly wasn’t overweight. And defiantly wasn’t short. After a quick estimate I guessed him to be about 6 foot 2 and very fit. I couldn’t see his face though and so I still pictured him later then 30. I walked up to him and introduced myself ‘Mr. Holden? I’m Kari Matthews one of the vets here’ he turned around then, and it was then that I realised that I was totally wrong about everything I thought. Under the Black Akubra hat was a young man. About 23, 24 a handsomely, ruggered face, gorgeous kind eyes and a soft and smiling mouth. ‘Mrs Matthews,’ I laughed ‘actually its Miss. Matthews and I am very pleased to meet you ’. as I shook his hand, I couldn’t stop staring at him.” Kari giggled “what did he look like?” asked Anna obviously intrigued with the story “well he had his black cowboy hat, he was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up, blue denim jeans and cowboy boots, and he was so hot. If Meg had been there it would have been a ‘hot spot’ moment” Kari and Meg laughed “hot spot?’ Anna asked looking from Meg to Kari meg laughed and answered the question “when we were younger Kari and I used to go and play this game we called Hot Spot where we would find a cute guy the whisper, or yell out hot spot and dream about this guy, a load of nonsense really but those years when we didn’t have boyfriends but so badly wanted one it helped to keep us sane. Imagination is a girl’s best friend.’
The two laughed again and this time Anna joined in. ‘ok so he was a major hot spot was he Kari?’ Anna asked wanting to hear the next part of the story ‘oh totally man he was to die for. His hair, which I got to see once he stepped inside, was an unusual reddy brown colour, short and spiky at the front he had hazel coloured eyes and very nice muscles” all the girls stopped and had a giggle about that “girls…” said Steve and the story continued. “ok” Kari continued as the girls continued giggling “ so, I asked what I could do to help him and he said that he was on his way to service one his mares, and thought he should stop by, get her checked.” “and probably check Kari out as well…” they all laughed again as Jeff cuddled up to Anna “so we led his mare, a 3 year old buckskin Quarter horse into the examination room, she is actually Storm’s daughter and a very beautiful mare. I gave her the okay and Trace loaded her back into the float then he got into his ute. Wound down his window, I expected him to say something and he halted his ute, but only tipped his hat and drove off.” Frustrated Sighs went around the room from the female side. “you girls I don’t know what we will do with you all.” Said Steve who was actually enjoying the story, “So nothing about a job?” “no nothing I was left there, not even a thankyou.” The girls shook their heads “well. I kept on working all the while one Trace Holden still in my head. About another week later Jack rings up and says that he needs me straight away, that one of the mares was foaling and she was having trouble, she was due to have twins and Trace wanted someone to be out there 24/7 with her. I told Jack that I would be out there straight away he told me to bring my mare and that I could go for rides with him on the stud while I was there.
So I packed my stuff and finished at the vets for the day, told them that a client’s mare was foaling and took off.
I arrived at the stud 20 minutes later after getting lost a few times, I had never been there before.
As I unloaded Carli I heard a voice. “bout time you got here I’ve been waiting half an hour for you…” he stopped as he rounded the corner and saw Carli and I coming down the ramp it was Trace, still as handsome as ever too.
“what are you doing here? I asked for the vet, and who gave you the permission to bring your horse!” he was angry now and I just stood there with my young Carli backing away from this crazy fool “I asked her to come Trace.” Jack came round the side of the float, my saviour “and who gave you the authority Jack?” I was in the middle of this disagreement and my mare was getting more and more unsettled. “Kain come and get Miss Kari’s mare and put her down in the stable please the one near the foaling yard, be careful this beautiful horse is young and needs extra TLC.” I smiled gratefully at Jack I already loved this man “Jack!” it was Trace again “what do you think, your in charge all of the sudden” Jack looked at me, lip spoke the word sorry to me and said to Trace “Get a hold of yourself boy, Kari here is the best vet we have within 50k’s” I tried to interrupt but Jack wouldn’t let me “Izzy is young her first foal and she’s having twins, I know her best chance of survival for both her and her twins is to have Kari here. Don’t fight her Trace she’s the best thing that’s happened to this town since the vet hospital opened up.” I was now slowly shrinking back against my float I was scared, Jack thought that highly of me? What if I stuffed up and we lost all of them. I just kept quiet watching the two from a distance eventually Trace’s shoulders slumped and he said in a low voice, so low I could hardly hear. “ok Jack you have your way. But if anything happens to that mare and her foals you are responsible. Well miss Matthews. Go unload your stuff in the stall next to Izzy’s and get yourself settled I hope you brought your own food because my cook has enough mouths to feed without another one included well get to it then! I’m not paying you for standing there and if anything goes wrong you will know about it!” with that he stormed off and jumped in his Ute and headed for the paddocks.
I breathed out. I think I was holding my breath for that entire time. Jack came over to me then and helped me get my stuff out of my ute. “I’m sorry about that Kari he isn’t usually like this, not even with new people; I just don’t know what has gotten into him…” he said as he looked across the paddocks as Trace’s ute headed off into the distance. “look Jack maybe I should just go, I can ask one of the more experienced vets to come, one that Trace knows and trusts.” “No! Kari, you have to stay. You’re the best person for this job. I’ve tried talking to Trace about giving you a job here but he always shuts me out. This could be your chance girl.” By now I was thinking that I didn’t want this job, working for this crazy guy. “I know what’s going through your head, Kari, Trace is a great boss once he gets to know you, and you get to know him.” He had a sly grin across his face, and I knew I would have to be careful around him, with any guy. He would have me paired off and married to one of the hands before the day was through.’ “Ha! The sly old fox he knew what he was about didn’t he!” said Jeff and everyone laughed. ‘So, Jack helped me to unpack and together we walked down to the stable. We put my gear down and went to check on Izzy, she was a 3yr old grey. She was huge! I checked her heart and breathing and checked the foals as well, they both seemed fine and healthy. If you haven’t heard a foal’s heartbeat I will have to show you because it is the most magical thing ever. ‘I reported that mum and babies were fine. Jack told me that she had, had her first contraction at 11am that morning and had been increasing in speed every time since then. He showed me his list. Her two last contractions had been 5 minutes apart. “Here comes another Kari”. I turned my attention back to the mare as she went through another contraction. I monitored her and the babies throughout the contraction as Jack timed the duration. I watched as she pushed and breathed she sweated up quite a bit as she got over the most of the pain. “She’s getting close Jack the twins have moved down and she looks ready, how long was that one?” “it lasted a bit over a minute and was 3 minutes from the last contraction, they’re getting closer together.” “yes they are. I think that she will be okay but I would like to stay with her anyway, seeing as it’s her first foal, and your boss would shoot my head off if I wasn’t down here.” Jack grinned “yeah I’m sorry about before Kari, would you like me to give your young mare some dinner before I go get some for us both?” “her name is Carli, yes thankyou just give her a biscuit of hay thanks Jack I gave her some chaff before I came so she will be right until we get home and I don’t need anything thanks Jack I have snacks in my bag that will keep me going” Jack shook his head and said “there is no way I am going to let you not have dinner Kari you need something. if not for me then think of Izzy and her twins they need you to be alert.” And with that he got some went and got some hay for Carli. “she is beautiful Kari, about 14.2 hands at the moment?” “yes 14.3 hh she should grow to about 15 hands I bred her actually. Out of my old mare Tanni and one of Dad’s stallion’s Kiro.” “she is beautiful, have you mated her yet? She would have a great foal, especially teamed up with Storm as the sire.” “no, I haven’t mated her yet. Been training her for riding. I would like to though. I would love her to have foal with a sire like Storm, I don’t think Trace would want that.” “Who said that? She is a gorgeous mare and as long as we could work out some sort of arrangement I would be very privileged to have Storm sire a foal with your mare” it was Trace I looked at Jack and he just smiled at me. “how is Izzy going?” "
hehe have fun ladies p.s if you see anything that you think isn't right I'm sorry I didn't know as much as I do now and so it isn't altogether correct in some of the terms and wording and such, LOL also the mare has twins... LOL don't know what made me think of that but oh well i know that having twins is bad for foals and mare but it worked for the story LOL
she is VERY SWOLLEN AND LONG again, I know now what everyone said when she would get swollen and long what she was before was nothing!!! at least I know now
thanks everyone for putting up with me!!
oh n to keep you busy during the night...
" Boy was I wrong!! I rounded the corner to the back of the float and stopped he was peering into the horse float obviously talking to his horse. Well I was wrong already. He defiantly wasn’t overweight. And defiantly wasn’t short. After a quick estimate I guessed him to be about 6 foot 2 and very fit. I couldn’t see his face though and so I still pictured him later then 30. I walked up to him and introduced myself ‘Mr. Holden? I’m Kari Matthews one of the vets here’ he turned around then, and it was then that I realised that I was totally wrong about everything I thought. Under the Black Akubra hat was a young man. About 23, 24 a handsomely, ruggered face, gorgeous kind eyes and a soft and smiling mouth. ‘Mrs Matthews,’ I laughed ‘actually its Miss. Matthews and I am very pleased to meet you ’. as I shook his hand, I couldn’t stop staring at him.” Kari giggled “what did he look like?” asked Anna obviously intrigued with the story “well he had his black cowboy hat, he was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up, blue denim jeans and cowboy boots, and he was so hot. If Meg had been there it would have been a ‘hot spot’ moment” Kari and Meg laughed “hot spot?’ Anna asked looking from Meg to Kari meg laughed and answered the question “when we were younger Kari and I used to go and play this game we called Hot Spot where we would find a cute guy the whisper, or yell out hot spot and dream about this guy, a load of nonsense really but those years when we didn’t have boyfriends but so badly wanted one it helped to keep us sane. Imagination is a girl’s best friend.’
The two laughed again and this time Anna joined in. ‘ok so he was a major hot spot was he Kari?’ Anna asked wanting to hear the next part of the story ‘oh totally man he was to die for. His hair, which I got to see once he stepped inside, was an unusual reddy brown colour, short and spiky at the front he had hazel coloured eyes and very nice muscles” all the girls stopped and had a giggle about that “girls…” said Steve and the story continued. “ok” Kari continued as the girls continued giggling “ so, I asked what I could do to help him and he said that he was on his way to service one his mares, and thought he should stop by, get her checked.” “and probably check Kari out as well…” they all laughed again as Jeff cuddled up to Anna “so we led his mare, a 3 year old buckskin Quarter horse into the examination room, she is actually Storm’s daughter and a very beautiful mare. I gave her the okay and Trace loaded her back into the float then he got into his ute. Wound down his window, I expected him to say something and he halted his ute, but only tipped his hat and drove off.” Frustrated Sighs went around the room from the female side. “you girls I don’t know what we will do with you all.” Said Steve who was actually enjoying the story, “So nothing about a job?” “no nothing I was left there, not even a thankyou.” The girls shook their heads “well. I kept on working all the while one Trace Holden still in my head. About another week later Jack rings up and says that he needs me straight away, that one of the mares was foaling and she was having trouble, she was due to have twins and Trace wanted someone to be out there 24/7 with her. I told Jack that I would be out there straight away he told me to bring my mare and that I could go for rides with him on the stud while I was there.
So I packed my stuff and finished at the vets for the day, told them that a client’s mare was foaling and took off.
I arrived at the stud 20 minutes later after getting lost a few times, I had never been there before.
As I unloaded Carli I heard a voice. “bout time you got here I’ve been waiting half an hour for you…” he stopped as he rounded the corner and saw Carli and I coming down the ramp it was Trace, still as handsome as ever too.
“what are you doing here? I asked for the vet, and who gave you the permission to bring your horse!” he was angry now and I just stood there with my young Carli backing away from this crazy fool “I asked her to come Trace.” Jack came round the side of the float, my saviour “and who gave you the authority Jack?” I was in the middle of this disagreement and my mare was getting more and more unsettled. “Kain come and get Miss Kari’s mare and put her down in the stable please the one near the foaling yard, be careful this beautiful horse is young and needs extra TLC.” I smiled gratefully at Jack I already loved this man “Jack!” it was Trace again “what do you think, your in charge all of the sudden” Jack looked at me, lip spoke the word sorry to me and said to Trace “Get a hold of yourself boy, Kari here is the best vet we have within 50k’s” I tried to interrupt but Jack wouldn’t let me “Izzy is young her first foal and she’s having twins, I know her best chance of survival for both her and her twins is to have Kari here. Don’t fight her Trace she’s the best thing that’s happened to this town since the vet hospital opened up.” I was now slowly shrinking back against my float I was scared, Jack thought that highly of me? What if I stuffed up and we lost all of them. I just kept quiet watching the two from a distance eventually Trace’s shoulders slumped and he said in a low voice, so low I could hardly hear. “ok Jack you have your way. But if anything happens to that mare and her foals you are responsible. Well miss Matthews. Go unload your stuff in the stall next to Izzy’s and get yourself settled I hope you brought your own food because my cook has enough mouths to feed without another one included well get to it then! I’m not paying you for standing there and if anything goes wrong you will know about it!” with that he stormed off and jumped in his Ute and headed for the paddocks.
I breathed out. I think I was holding my breath for that entire time. Jack came over to me then and helped me get my stuff out of my ute. “I’m sorry about that Kari he isn’t usually like this, not even with new people; I just don’t know what has gotten into him…” he said as he looked across the paddocks as Trace’s ute headed off into the distance. “look Jack maybe I should just go, I can ask one of the more experienced vets to come, one that Trace knows and trusts.” “No! Kari, you have to stay. You’re the best person for this job. I’ve tried talking to Trace about giving you a job here but he always shuts me out. This could be your chance girl.” By now I was thinking that I didn’t want this job, working for this crazy guy. “I know what’s going through your head, Kari, Trace is a great boss once he gets to know you, and you get to know him.” He had a sly grin across his face, and I knew I would have to be careful around him, with any guy. He would have me paired off and married to one of the hands before the day was through.’ “Ha! The sly old fox he knew what he was about didn’t he!” said Jeff and everyone laughed. ‘So, Jack helped me to unpack and together we walked down to the stable. We put my gear down and went to check on Izzy, she was a 3yr old grey. She was huge! I checked her heart and breathing and checked the foals as well, they both seemed fine and healthy. If you haven’t heard a foal’s heartbeat I will have to show you because it is the most magical thing ever. ‘I reported that mum and babies were fine. Jack told me that she had, had her first contraction at 11am that morning and had been increasing in speed every time since then. He showed me his list. Her two last contractions had been 5 minutes apart. “Here comes another Kari”. I turned my attention back to the mare as she went through another contraction. I monitored her and the babies throughout the contraction as Jack timed the duration. I watched as she pushed and breathed she sweated up quite a bit as she got over the most of the pain. “She’s getting close Jack the twins have moved down and she looks ready, how long was that one?” “it lasted a bit over a minute and was 3 minutes from the last contraction, they’re getting closer together.” “yes they are. I think that she will be okay but I would like to stay with her anyway, seeing as it’s her first foal, and your boss would shoot my head off if I wasn’t down here.” Jack grinned “yeah I’m sorry about before Kari, would you like me to give your young mare some dinner before I go get some for us both?” “her name is Carli, yes thankyou just give her a biscuit of hay thanks Jack I gave her some chaff before I came so she will be right until we get home and I don’t need anything thanks Jack I have snacks in my bag that will keep me going” Jack shook his head and said “there is no way I am going to let you not have dinner Kari you need something. if not for me then think of Izzy and her twins they need you to be alert.” And with that he got some went and got some hay for Carli. “she is beautiful Kari, about 14.2 hands at the moment?” “yes 14.3 hh she should grow to about 15 hands I bred her actually. Out of my old mare Tanni and one of Dad’s stallion’s Kiro.” “she is beautiful, have you mated her yet? She would have a great foal, especially teamed up with Storm as the sire.” “no, I haven’t mated her yet. Been training her for riding. I would like to though. I would love her to have foal with a sire like Storm, I don’t think Trace would want that.” “Who said that? She is a gorgeous mare and as long as we could work out some sort of arrangement I would be very privileged to have Storm sire a foal with your mare” it was Trace I looked at Jack and he just smiled at me. “how is Izzy going?” "
hehe have fun ladies p.s if you see anything that you think isn't right I'm sorry I didn't know as much as I do now and so it isn't altogether correct in some of the terms and wording and such, LOL also the mare has twins... LOL don't know what made me think of that but oh well i know that having twins is bad for foals and mare but it worked for the story LOL
cassie
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Renee!! sky fire works!! I can watch suzie from my ipod!! great work Karina!!!
love you!!!!
Eagle
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I will try downloading it now
