Under the Wire

“Come on, Honey, let’s go to the horse sale today.” I suggested to Sue the other day.

“What are you going to the sale for?” she replied. “You don’t need another horse and you sure don’t have any money to spend.”

That’s how our discussion started and it seemed like it went downhill from there.

“I know I don’t really need another horse, Sweetie,” (I always use words like Honey, Sweetie, Cutie-Pie when we have this type of conversation). “But if I found one better than some we have now, I could always sell one of ours.”

“Yea, right,” she said a little sarcastically. “That’s what you’ve said every...