411 The Walters Bunch

We said goodbye last week to our beloved Memaw.  She was my husband's grandmother, but I have always felt like his grandparents were more like my own grandparents. I saw them way more frequently than my own grandparents and just really enjoyed our time spent together with each set. All of his wonderful grandparents have now passed on and I only hope we have as long of life with as much love as they all had. Memaw was quite a wonderful little old lady. She loved her tex-mex (El Fenix on Thursdays for many years), finding a good deal (even if she never took the tags off of it and it made it to her big pile of other "great" deals), and talking with family (sometimes it was just her telling you how you could do it better). She was quite a character. Her quick wit and sass surprised many a shop worker and waiter. She always enjoyed sharing her favorite places with those she loved. Granted I only knew her for about 2 decades, but she was a wonderful surrogate grandma. She wa

We have had so much stuff going on that I have not had time to update this in over two weeks!  First off, the horse and donkey are doing well. Almost everyday, we wake up early, go out and groom and walk the horse. We would LOVE to groom and walk the donkey too, but she will not let us anywhere near her with a halter. No halter in hand, you have to push her out of your way. Go get the halter, you are not coming with in 10 ft of her. It is really frustrating because she would greatly benefit from a hoof cleaning and some fly spray. They both appear to be getting plenty to eat if the two (yes, TWO) wheelbarrows full of poop every 3 days means anything. It takes an hour and a half to pick up their poop and  about an hour to groom and exercise them. Basically, that is about 8-10 hours a week of extra chores. If we can't ride her in the next 6 months then I am thinking it might not be worth it! As long as we can be gone a couple of days at a time every so often, I think it will wor