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Comments: John - maybe you should ask Toni about taking money out of her Dad's wallet and taking the whole neighborhood horseback riding at the Singing Hills Stables.
Comments: KMG - Barbara saw someone else's posting here a while back & sent me an e-mail with both their b'days & anniversary info - they're all on the calendar now.
Comments: Ada Ann, LOVE the picture of the kids on horseback. You have raised two fine sons and I know you are proud. Thanks for the b-day wishes Ed and Barbara. You need to let us know your birthday Barbara so we can wish you happy birthday also. I think Ed's is June 5th. Is that right? McGee, you may be on to something about Jack. He says he is going to be away from his email for a couple of weeks and they just had another bust at the Cherry Pit, taking everyone's ID and taking their pictures. Do ya think???!! 
Comments: Mr. Southworth...SNL is correct...Singing Hills Riding Stables was owned by Sandra Gorman's (class of 66 who now lives in Lancaster). Because my farm (located next to the South Loop Drive In )grew alfalfa and sold to the Gormans, I became extremely familiar with the operation and spent one summer working there at about 1.25 per hour and all the lunch I could eat. Nice family, great horses and lots of fun.
Comments: Oh John , what memories! Louis Langford and I used to go to the riding stable nearly every Sat mrng in elementary sch. His Dad wd take us & my mom wd pick us up. Sandra Gorman from our class and her family owned them, not sure if it was the same stables as the one you went to or not. It was that direction! And by the time I was in 7th grade I learned of the Crest Theater and Shamrock Skating Rink. I have nothing but great memories of Shamrock!!! Myself and 2 other girls i met there became good friends with the owners son. He was abt a yr or so younger than me. We had some great times out there and in 10th grade SOC's skating club used the Shamrock for our monthly meeting & skate time.
Comments: That photo of Ada Ann's kids on horseback brought back some good memories of how we spent Saturdays in my early teenage years. There was a place in the back of Singing Hills where you could rent a horse by the hour and ride all over their acreage. They had one palomino horse that everyone tried to reserve. Gave you a chance to pretend you were Roy Rogers. Also, they had one horse who must have been left-handed, because you had to mount him from his right side or he'd try to bite you. Then I got a little older, became fascinated with "girls", and my Saturday activities moved to the Shamrock Skating Rink. I asked Donnaley Pratley Riley if she rented out by the hour ... horses, that is. She says "yes", she's got this one horse named "Postal Employee" that would be just right for me. In the pic she sent, he does have that "disgruntled" look about him.
Comments: Don L., you and Kathy surely are real pet lovers to take on all of those furpeople! Good luck! We finally took down the cavalier condo since we're down to 2 cavalier puppies. I really hope we sell them soon as we are growing more and more attached! Did someone mention depositing money into the Ranger Beer Fund? We're contributing on 7/31 - Seattle Mariners and again on 8/7 - NY Yankees.  Ada, you have a really handsome-looking family. You should make greeting cards for them with that picture on the front! What a fantastic background! Linda P/Sandra McM, maybe you should drive by the Cherry Pit to make sure RW didn't fall in....we haven't heard from him in a while! Hello, Ms. Arnold! Long time no hear from! 
Comments: Ed and Bab's...good evening. Ed I've been trying to remember a guy's last name we used to cavort with. "Mike" something...the male nurse at the VA hospital....this guy should have been in stand-up comedy.
Comments: Ada Ann -- Great pic of your kids. Looks like they are having alot of fun. Wish I were there with them. Ah, the cherry pit or the former cherry pit. Rick Watts, you been by there lately?
Comments: Don L., I do believe Happy Jack Hawkins is into leather. He moved and rocked with his belt as though he had been there before. I was behind him at the mini and thought I saw a mask in his back pocket. Has he ever mentioned a place called The Cherry Pit to you? DWF and I are playing golf next Thursday. We'll call and set it up when the two of you can join us.
Comments: Happy belated birthday wishes to you, Karen MG! Hope you had a wonderful day, and that you and Erin have a great time celebrating Friday night!! LOL Ed and Barbara
Comments: Ada Ann - I love the pic of your sons and their wives on horseback. . . kinda looks like the Bonanza opening credits!!
Comments: Pool Guy - I'll be teleworking from home tomorrow, so pls gimme a shout from the club-house (or whatever '___house' y'all hangout in when 'golfing') & we'll get a plan going to donate to the Rangers' beer fund again. Are the other 'Knights' onboard yet - Rick, BLB, Don F, Jack - any other guys?
Comments: SNL/Linda P – Thanks for the encouraging words (yes, I’m mending well & typing with both hands again). I’m not sure either of us could bear having another dog or cat that closely resembled the ones we lost. So, we decided to channel some of our ‘grief energy’ into turning rescued pets into new family members.
Our 1st adopted dog, last Aug, is a German Shepherd/Collie mix, about 75/25% respectively & 60 lbs; the 2nd this past May is a full-blood Sheltie, about 30 lbs – both are under 2 yrs old & very playful/active.
The 2 new Maine Coon cat sisters, due to come home with us this Fri., are about 12-15 lbs each & 5 yrs old. We’ve already dropped a bundle on their ‘welcome wagon’ items, including a 4-tier cat tree to help elude the dogs - assuming they retreat.
It should be an interesting weekend. We may wind up with a home that looks like a tornado ripped thru it, but eventually, we’ll have a new 6-member family w/4 new ‘kids’ back in the nest.
Comments: Posted new pic on Misc Photo pg. It's Ada Ann's wild west bunch!! As always, you can click a photo and it will enlarge for better viewing. Then you won't need a magnifying glass to read the names!! |
We used to ride there a lot also.
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