Comments for Animal Messenger Sanctuary Blog http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com STEPHANIE MAROHN Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on A Woman and Her Truck—It’s a Beautiful Thing by Marie http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=13#comment-42 Marie Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:20:24 +0000 http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=13#comment-42 I sleep under a comforter made from one of these animal's shorn wool so especially love to hear how they're living. Good work with that truck! I sleep under a comforter made from one of these animal’s shorn wool so especially love to hear how they’re living. Good work with that truck!

]]> Comment on A Woman and Her Truck—It’s a Beautiful Thing by Shelly http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=13#comment-20 Shelly Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:59:01 +0000 http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=13#comment-20 Amen! Seems to me that there could be a great book on the subject with the very same title. I've owned trucks since old enough to drive. My first a beloved Toyota 4X4 that I fixed up all by my self (with occasional direction from good ol' Dad). As a young woman, that in and of itself was an empowering accomplishment. It's not that I don't like cars, it's more that they are just less practical than pick-ups. No matter what the case, be it hauling hay, pulling a trailer or even pitching a tent in the back to avoid the cold, wet ground, I am always prepared. Must be the girlscout in me but I can't imagine life with out one. My latest four-wheeled pal is a Ford one-ton, diesel, super cab. I've had it for nearly 8 years and just yesterday turned 100,000 miles on the odometer. It's finally getting broken in. I get teased from time-to-time for being such a small woman driving such a big vehicle but I am always quick to point out that, as a diesel, it gets much better gas mileage than most passenger cars on the road these days and even cooler, it burns BIO-diesel. My next big goal is to add a filter and start using recycled vegetable oil. People driving behind me will wonder why they smell donuts and french-fries! Now that will be fun. As for bucking hay, I can't agree with you more. I too will purposely pick it up myself from the feed store....unless of course the delivery guy is particularly handsome that day. (wink) There is no better exercise than throwing around a few 125# bales of grass. Figuring out the mathematics of stacking them more than three bales high, well, that as you said is just the icing on the engineering cake. Feels so good to stand back and look at the empty truck and full barn knowing that it was I alone who have provided for my beloved furfamily. Many a boyfriend has gotten his ego bruised when told he can "help me" unload hay rather than do it for me. I actually find the event a perfect way to decipher an appropriate mate from not. If they insist women "should not be doing such man's work" they get promptly escorted to the gate. If they find my passion for such activity a turn on, they get an extra bonus by hanging around to watch me tack siding on the barn or trim hooves by hand. Lucky boys! ;) Speaking of.....here's one of my all time favorite bumper stickers to add to the list: "Silly Boys, Trucks are for Chix!" Amen! Seems to me that there could be a great book on the subject with the very same title. I’ve owned trucks since old enough to drive. My first a beloved Toyota 4X4 that I fixed up all by my self (with occasional direction from good ol’ Dad). As a young woman, that in and of itself was an empowering accomplishment.

It’s not that I don’t like cars, it’s more that they are just less practical than pick-ups. No matter what the case, be it hauling hay, pulling a trailer or even pitching a tent in the back to avoid the cold, wet ground, I am always prepared. Must be the girlscout in me but I can’t imagine life with out one.

My latest four-wheeled pal is a Ford one-ton, diesel, super cab. I’ve had it for nearly 8 years and just yesterday turned 100,000 miles on the odometer. It’s finally getting broken in. I get teased from time-to-time for being such a small woman driving such a big vehicle but I am always quick to point out that, as a diesel, it gets much better gas mileage than most passenger cars on the road these days and even cooler, it burns BIO-diesel. My next big goal is to add a filter and start using recycled vegetable oil. People driving behind me will wonder why they smell donuts and french-fries! Now that will be fun.

As for bucking hay, I can’t agree with you more. I too will purposely pick it up myself from the feed store….unless of course the delivery guy is particularly handsome that day. (wink) There is no better exercise than throwing around a few 125# bales of grass. Figuring out the mathematics of stacking them more than three bales high, well, that as you said is just the icing on the engineering cake. Feels so good to stand back and look at the empty truck and full barn knowing that it was I alone who have provided for my beloved furfamily.

Many a boyfriend has gotten his ego bruised when told he can “help me” unload hay rather than do it for me. I actually find the event a perfect way to decipher an appropriate mate from not. If they insist women “should not be doing such man’s work” they get promptly escorted to the gate. If they find my passion for such activity a turn on, they get an extra bonus by hanging around to watch me tack siding on the barn or trim hooves by hand. Lucky boys! ;)

Speaking of…..here’s one of my all time favorite bumper stickers to add to the list:

“Silly Boys, Trucks are for Chix!”

]]> Comment on We Could All Be This Remarkable by Shelly http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=11#comment-10 Shelly Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:07:40 +0000 http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=11#comment-10 Yay Charlotte! Thanks for being our mirror little lady. Thanks too Stephanie for listening and then sharing so we could all be a part of such a Divine healing and be reminded of what we are all capable of. We send all our love on this amazing journey. Many blessings. Yay Charlotte! Thanks for being our mirror little lady.

Thanks too Stephanie for listening and then sharing so we could all be a part of such a Divine healing and be reminded of what we are all capable of.

We send all our love on this amazing journey. Many blessings.

]]> Comment on Listening for the Messages by Alex http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=8#comment-8 Alex Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:09:58 +0000 http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=8#comment-8 Oh Stephanie! That is a beautiful, beautiful story. The messages are so poignant that they now occupy a little (actually a rather lengthy) section of my journal. I have been trying to figure out what to write lately and couldn't. Now I am going to fill my journal with thanks (though this might be from a different post). Be well. Oh Stephanie! That is a beautiful, beautiful story. The messages are so poignant that they now occupy a little (actually a rather lengthy) section of my journal. I have been trying to figure out what to write lately and couldn’t. Now I am going to fill my journal with thanks (though this might be from a different post). Be well.

]]> Comment on About by Nancy Pearson http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?page_id=2#comment-6 Nancy Pearson Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:59:58 +0000 http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?page_id=2#comment-6 It's wonderful to see this blog and the stories you're telling about the animal messengers. I wish you the very, very best in this great endeavor! It’s wonderful to see this blog and the stories you’re telling about the animal messengers. I wish you the very, very best in this great endeavor!

]]> Comment on Listening for the Messages by Alix http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=8#comment-5 Alix Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:23:57 +0000 http://blog.stephaniemarohn.com/?p=8#comment-5 Stephanie this is a beautiful and inspiring story. I often talk to our dogs and believe they understand me (though they're not as smart as Sparrow, in terms of IQ, anyhow). I even talk to our aquatic turtles. They don't communicate that they can hear, let alone understand, but I'm still working on them. However they certainly talk to me. I'm carrying Sparrow, Lorca & Honus in my heart today, Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Years. Stephanie this is a beautiful and inspiring story. I often talk to our dogs and believe they understand me (though they’re not as smart as Sparrow, in terms of IQ, anyhow). I even talk to our aquatic turtles. They don’t communicate that they can hear, let alone understand, but I’m still working on them. However they certainly talk to me. I’m carrying Sparrow, Lorca & Honus in my heart today, Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Years.

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