Computer Wars

We have been fighting with the computer for days. It is a particularly obstinate. We are not asking much. Turn on and get to the internet before the battery runs out. You have to agree that is not expecting too much. We have gone from one internet security system to another trying to find one that allows you access to the internet. Most seem to offer great security by slowing the access down to until you don't want to be on the internet and go outside to do something else. After dumping Norton we tried mac avee and now we are using free downloads from Kim Komando digital goddesss. The computer went from slow to slower and finally slowest. We had fire walls and anti virus and spyware and malware. Unfortunately, we couldn't use the internet. I'm pretty sure you can eliminate all viruses using these systems.
I figured out that we had two spywares running and have uninstalled one. Now we are back at slow. This is a huge improvement and I am now much happier with slow than I was with slow originally.
Yesterday we went for as nice a ride on the girls as you could possibly have. The weather was gorgeous and they were behaving pretty well. These early spring rides are always interesting.
A horse's world shrinks in the winter and they are not comfortable outside there paddock first thing in the spring. You have to increase this comfort zone by going out further and further each ride. They are nervous and therefore capable of lots wild behavior. Your job is to sit on them and stay calm while encouraging them to go further into a terrifying world. In theory, they can feel how calm you are and will stay below panic mode. You can tell when you horse has lost faith in you because they dump you and run home where they feel safe. So you try to balance conquering new frontiers and staying alive each spring. We are constantly working with the horses so it is not as interesting as it is for some people. On the other hand these are not quiet dull horses either. As they are ridden more that spirit is a great asset. In the spring it keeps you on your toes. Any way yesterday was a great ride and today we'll do it again.
The water system is coming along. I am now piping it together. It will save us so much time and energy that of all the projects we have infront of us, it is the most important.
Kris started cleaning the garden up and I am going to rototill this afternoon. There always seems so much that needs doing now.
Turkeys just went through the yard and Kris used her turkey call to chase them off. She is
blaming me for scaring them. (Kris is thinking of starting her on blog. She says she needs to correct inaccuracies in this blog, huh.)