Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-02-01 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Jan 31, 2008 10:19 PM, Anna Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 7:53 PM, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thank God daily that they had the courage to come here so that my 4 sisters and I had opportunities that we would have never had in the Ukraine. My

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-02-01 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Feb 1, 2008 10:03 AM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He visited to meet her family and ask for her hand. The pictures were amazing. That sounds so romantic! I've often thought it would be nice to visit the Ukraine. V

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-02-01 Thread Anna Hopkins
On 2/1/08, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our son recently marrried a beautiful young woman from the Ukraine. He visited to meet her family and ask for her hand. The pictures were amazing. Her family are rather prosperous dairy farmers. Her brother is in veterinary school. Their

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-02-01 Thread Nancy Sturm
Most of us are much luckier than we realize. Yes. My brother-in-law's grandparents lived on the wrong side of the Berlin wall. Their Christmas gift to him one year was a carefully hoarded walnut. Nancy

[IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread Virginia Tupper
(My uncle who lives in Saskatchewan sent me this) if you live in snow country, your sides will be splitting from laughing Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveler December 8 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 31/01/2008, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (My uncle who lives in Saskatchewan sent me this) Where in Saskatchewan??? -- Wanda Saskatchewan Canada

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread Stephanie Caldwell
On Jan 31, 2008 4:00 PM, Wanda Lauscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where in Saskatchewan??? I read that as where *is* saskatchewan. ;) Steph -- Brutality begins where skill ends. Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread IceDog
OMG!! Hilarious! Bill had to park at the end of our 800' driveway last night when he got home from work (not the first time this winter), walk through the snow drifts to the house to get the snow blower to cut a path. I have to take the puppies to the vet for health certificates tomorrow he's

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Jan 31, 2008 5:00 PM, Wanda Lauscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31/01/2008, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (My uncle who lives in Saskatchewan sent me this) Where in Saskatchewan??? I have relatives in Yorkton, Canora and Regina. (I'm 1/2 Ukrainian on my mothers side) V

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 31/01/2008, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have relatives in Yorkton, Canora and Regina. (I'm 1/2 Ukrainian on my mothers side) V Ah...that explains Yorkton and Canora. I was born and raised in Wynyard, which is an Icelandic/Ukrainian town...and is just down the road from

Re: [IceHorses] OT--Fwd: Diary of a Demented Snow Shoveller

2008-01-31 Thread Anna Hopkins
On Jan 31, 2008 7:53 PM, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have relatives in Yorkton, Canora and Regina. (I'm 1/2 Ukrainian on my mothers side) V No wonder I feel a kinship to you! I am 1st generation Ukrainian. My parents immigrated here in the 1950's as indentured servents after