Saturday Stuff

Debbie wasted no time falling in love with CB

Baby Horse and Basketball:  that's the story of my Saturday, except for being "emphatically recognized" at the grocery store.

I went over to my sisters' yesterday morning, helped clean CB's stall and then did some bonding with my new little horse. 

Bonding was fun but not that easy.  You see when the resident sidekick where CB shares a stall wants HIS attention too, it gets complicated.  

Arty has been occupying that stall for a few weeks, and, by golly, he wants everyone to know who's in charge, so while I brushed CB, Arty spent his time grabbing my sleeve or trying to remove the shavings packages from their stack.

His interruptions, however, were pretty mild, allowing me to spend some quality minutes with CB, even giving him a little clip with the scissors on his bridle path.  

It will be some time before CB's stockings turn white again.  That Montana mud clings like velcro, so we'll be patient and work gently and gradually at removing it. 

All seems well with the two babies doing their bonding and with little CB getting used to his new surroundings.  The two went out with the big horses for a while yesterday afternoon, and, of course, there was added vying for attention.  

In addition to my horsing around, I attended the Lady Bulldogs' varsity basketball game.  They played a tough Bonners Ferry Badgers squad, so it wasn't the best of games.

Still, I enjoyed visiting with old friends, like former colleagues, Patsy and Lori, pictured below.  

It's always fun to go back to good ol' SHS, where longtime fans occupy the bleachers for a blend of watching the game and enjoying some reminiscing. 

After the game, I went to Yoke's to pick up a few supplies.  While heading over to pick up some butter, I spotted a young lady headed directly toward me.

"I recognize you.  You were in a movie," she said with conviction, adding a few details about the movie, including the fact that she loves the movie, thinks it ought to be distributed all around Sandpoint and that it's on VHS. 

I stood quietly (amazing, I know) while she continued to list off the facts about that movie, finally asking to make sure I was, indeed, the person she had seen in this very fine production. 

In the meantime, her mom and her three little children, all packed into a shopping cart, watched the grocery store drama.

I stared at her a moment longer and finally uttered, "Yes." 

Brittney, my new friend, was referring to the Sandpoint documentary, which was produced a few years back in recognition of Sandpoint's Centennial. 

After she knew for sure that I was, indeed, that person in the classroom, and when I told her I'd probably lost a little weight since then, she noted that I had darker hair in the movie. 

We ended up visiting a couple more times while shopping, and we're now connected online.  

I think back on how grocery stores do provide nice settings for people to get acquainted.  Brittney is not the first person to strike up a conversation dealing with that Sandpoint video, and in each case, the conversations have led to friendship.

Twas definitely a surprising but pleasant late afternoon interlude. 

Back to basketball:  Bill went to the Lady ZAGS game.  They lost by two points---their high scorer was injured before the game and did not play. 

We also hit a bump in the road yesterday when we discovered that our DirecTV does not carry the PAC-12 channel, which carries today's men's ZAGS game vs. Washington.  

Well, we didn't let much time slip by before securing a table at Sweet Lou's this afternoon where they're about 90 percent sure they'll be able to show the game, thanks to a link with the Internet. 

This game could be a game changer for either the ZAGS or the Huskies.  ZAGS are coming back from their stinging defeat against Villanova, while the Huskies are riding high on a victory over No. 2 Kansas. 

Either way, one team or the other will be riding high with a victory tonight. 

So, I'm thankful we'll be able to watch.  The games are streamed also, so anyone who has relatively fast Internet could watch also. 

GO, ZAGS!!!  Happy Sunday. 

Arty and CB munching together. 

Longtime friends and former colleagues:  Patsy and Lori.