Heidi from Magnolia, KY

Heidi, please look after yourself. Love and hugs from me and Bella.

Best wishes and loving thoughts Heidi.

Hi Heidi! Thanks for letting me know you have dealt with critters with torn ACLs too. Did any of them have surgery? I googled ACL in dogs & read that it could cause problems later on if Ebony doesn't have surgery. I hope that won't be the case. As for YOUR current problem I hope the medication you are taking is helping. I have a feeling you're probably far more used to dealing with animal health problems than human ones!! You have lots & lots of supporters here in Sudokuland, so hopefully all the love & prayers coming your way, along with the wonders of modern medicine, will cure you quickly.

Get well soon.

Heidi... Hopefully the meds are doing the trick. Is your doctor going to do a thorough check anyway? Hope so! No fun, but better than wishing you had.

Hi Heidi, thank you for your lovely comments about Tosca. It was a bit of a surprise to see him up there today, I'd forgotten I'd even sent it, it was so long ago. But I did have a bit of a tear thinking about him. He was 13 and I think what surprised us most was that he thought he was a puppy for 11 1/2 of those years, so when he started to age, he went quite quickly. We've lost lots of cats over the years, and another black collie cross (Sheba) that we had to find a new home for when we moved interstate, but Tosca was our first (and so far only) dog to die and it was very hard for all of us, but I agree, I wouldn't have not had him for anything. A friend minded him once when we went away and told us when we came back that he was a gentleman - and I think that describes him wonderfully.

Heidi,
I wouldn't cast Edward James Olmos as Burl Ives, but as Big Daddy, he would rock. No one can shoot pure evil out of their eyes like he can.

Glad to hear you are getting yourself checkout, hope it won't be bad as you thing. Also I hope the dogs are not THAT bad.[you know what I mean]. All the best for tomorrow.
On a bighter note thanks for your best wishes.
Love those beautiful gently gaint horses.

Friends are like butt cheeks....
S*&^t might separate them but
they always come back together.

Heidi - Hope you're back on site soon with upbeat news. We're all pulling for you, girl!

OK Girl, will let you off this time, know what it is like with animals when they freak out. Just showing concern for you well-being. All I am saying is you have to look after yourself so you can look after the rest. If you are not well and happy how can you help others be well and happy?
Take care.

Heidi, just had a look at your photo's. Do you own the sire of your colt? If so then you are doubly lucky they are beautiful. Did you get the puppies too when you adopted Willow?

Hi Heidi!
I am so glad you are feeling better!

Heidi, I was brought up on Satchmo and I love this song so much. Originally I had it up with a dedication for Mamacita, trying to remind her that it IS still a Wonderful World. Now it is still there because, just like you, I still find it uplifting.
BTW Best of luck for both the Bettas. Hope they don't get into a jealous fight!

Thanks for your good luck wishes for the Peru trip! We'll have to see how I am affected by the high altitude. I am taking enough meds to start a pharmacy (one for altitude sickness included)
My poor doc has writer's cramp. If I don't OD the first day, it should be a great experience! lol
Take care of yourself and not just the critters, please!

Hi Heidi
I have standardbreds. This one brings me up to 7 and 1/2. This fellow is a 3YO Gelding, a grandson of recently deceased leading USA sire Artsplace. I have 4 racing or about to race, a broodmare and a couple of foals. I am just waiting for the the birth of a foal by Art Major who in his first two seasons at stud in USA has the leading 3YO and leading 2YO this year. His oldest foals in Australia are about to turn two and will start racing about Christmas time.
Cheers
Saylz

That is a coincidence although Artsplace through his sons has had a profound influence on the breed.
Best wishes with the rooster. I used to exhibit dogs and imported the first American Champion Italian greyhound to Australia way back in 1979. In those days quarantine was alot stricter and he came from Hawaii which is rabies free but still had to spend 9 months in Quarantine. THese days I judge dog shows as well as race pacers.
This last horse I bought is called Art Form which says what I think about animals. They are art forms.
Cheers
Saylz

for posting those colorful eggs, Heidi - really unusual. They are as beautiful as the hens they come from!

beautiful eggs heidi. can you eat those? pretty bettas too. you were robbed at the fair! when my daughter pulled the tail off of ours it wasn't so pretty. after 6 mo. in our crazy house he decided he would rather live in heaven. rip azu!

yes, it's captain jack and mr. d - stopping in to visit the ever popular Heidi!
no worries, mate, we'll be on your next cruise!

Hey Heidi, if you go to the Forum Page(top tool bar), under Off-Topics you will see a list of the different pages with the name of the person who posted last, the number of comments and the number of views.

Heidi, thanks for the clue about Dino not being a gentleman at all, but a Buddhist nun instead. I will send her a little note but I bet she will think it's amusing. Nice of you to let me know.

Stopped by to say for your thoughts. I did indeed laugh when Judy posted her apology for thinking I was a man!
I hope you are free from your own ill health. All those animals you care for are so very fortunate.

Hello Heidi - I responded to your comment on kid's page today.

Hi Heidi, thank you very much for the info on the 'Pobra' (or 'Zebony'.

This might amuse you
http://www.actrix.co.nz/special/cyberclean.html

There's no stopping you now you have learnt how to get smilies. Well done, you seem to have one for every occasion. I love the Nutty bird.

Heidi, I am so terribly sorry about Murphy.
My heart is breaking for you.

HI Heidi!
Hadn't heard from you in a while and wanted to check up on you. Did you ever find out what was wrong...and are you still ill?

My son and I looked at your photo galery..thanks for posting the pics. Wow...your animals are beautiful!!! He especially enjoyed the Beta pics. His Beta is doing welll... just a lot of algae keeps growing.

the pinto/ zebra cross...was that photo shopped?

The collies are beautiful You are so wonderful taking in all of them...they definitely deserve you after all the bad treatment.
Lori

It was good to hear from you...
I'm so sorry about Murphy!
Hope you are feeling better...

Oh, Heidi, I'm so sorry to hear about Murphy's sudden illness and death. What a shock! And with everything else you have been dealing with. Please, take care of yourself! We're thinking positive thought for you!

I just noticed your photo comments. My daughter is posing with Olypian swimmers. She was at a swim camp at a local college and the Olympians were asked to come and give a talk. She asked them for pics. She actual ask one of the guys....he said that he could do better...took off his shirt, got the other guy to do the same. She laughed. After that the coach wouldn't let them pose for any more pics.

She did do well on her race. We took a bunch of pics that day...getting a presentation ready for her graduation ceremony.

well i alway knew he could sing, but dance too? this i did not know! thanks heidi. i didn't think it was possible, but i love FM even more!

Heidi, I haven't backtracked enough to find out which animal Murphy was, but losing any one of them is like having part of us torn away.

Good on you SA sister! Well done for getting a youtube on your page.
There is just no stopping you now is there?!

Hi to you and all your animals. We lived on a million acre station property for 3 years. It was in the wild north of Western Australia and had 12,000 head of cattle that we were responsible for. They were Brahman/Shorthorn. Nothing quite as delightful as Red Angus.

Heidi, I was standing on the ramp when I took the photo of the sunset!!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!!!

Heidi, thanks for the Ebay info. You've been a big help! If I think of anything else, I'll give a shout. Have a great week.

P.S. I love the Bobby Darin treat! I've never heard him sing that song, so it was great. (I still have an album upstairs that my older sister left behind of Darin's greatest hits, with my favourite, Dream Lover).

Heidi....won't sy much seeing as you are not celebrating hehe..

My wife and I went to the state fair and one of the first exhibits we stopped at was the

breeding bulls. We went up to the first Pen and there was a sign attached that said,

'THIS BULL MATED 50 TIMES LAST YEAR'

My wife playfully nudged me in the ribs .....Smiled and said, 'He
Mated 50 times last year.'


We walked to the second pen which had a sign attached that said,
''THIS BULL MATED 150 TIMES LAST YEAR'

My wife gave me a healthy jab and said, 'WOW~~That's more than twice
A week! ..........You could learn a lot from him.'
We walked to the third pen and it had a sign attached that said,
In capital letters,

'THIS BULL MATED 365 TIMES LAST YEAR'
My wife was so excited that her elbow nearly broke my ribs, and said,
'That's once a day ..You could REALLY learn something
From this one.'
I looked at her and said,


'Go over and ask him if it was with the same old cow..'


My condition has been upgraded from critical to stable and

I should eventually make a full recovery.