Friday, May 22, 2009
A new "horse house"
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A big step...
A few weeks ago, Brenda and I started discussing the prospect of having Doc and Rio live at my house for the summer. We are happy at Jane's but really like having the horses more conveniently located. My schedule makes it pretty tough to get up to the barn, clean stalls and then find time to ride. Sometimes I don't make it home until after 8:30. This might not seem late to some of you, but I normally still have to feed my kids (and myself maybe), spend some quality time with them and get them to bed by 9pm. You can see my dilemma. So frankly, I have not been riding nearly as much.
Currently there is no shelter out there for them with the exception of a very large tree that has a great leaf canopy. I don't know why this bothered me so much, but I really wanted them to have some type of shelter they could get under if need be. The last time they were home it rained and hailed and rained some more. They just stood out there like no big deal. I was more bothered than they were. This was keeping me from really making a decision to move them.
We saw a great run-in with a tack room made by McArthur Lumber at Equine Affaire. Loved it...and it was very well-made and affordable. We figured that with what we are saving in board, the run-in would pay for itself by the end of the summer. We are still not making any money on the situation though as we will still need to buy hay and grain (which is included in our board today), but that was not the point.
So, we took the plunge, ordered the run-in and gave notice. The horses will live with us all summer starting in June! I am really looking forward to it. It will be work but I'll save a tremendous amount of time not having to drive anymore. Plus, it is really cool to look out my back window and see them there..oh, and they nicker at me in the morning. Yes, I know they are just telling me to hurry up with the grain, but they never nicker at me in the barn so it still makes me smile.
I have the day off tomorrow --yippee and I get to do horse stuff. We were asked to participate in Enrichment Day for one of the elementary schools. We are presenting horse grooming/care to two different groups. The kids had to sign up for stuff they were interested in--we have about 15 kids total in our class. We are bringing the horses with us to demonstrate grooming and talk about general horse stuff. The weather is supposed to be really nice. Brenda put together some fun goody bags for the kids. Definitely something different to do with our horses. Here is hoping they are on their best behavior otherwise the kids will see what longeing for respect looks like...!
So happy that the weather is finally decent and that horse activities are picking up. Liz and I are going to run a Hunter Pace on Memorial Day, we are going to Smoke Rise Ranch for "cow day" on the 27th and then on to Julie Goodnight clinic for two days, May 30-31...oh, and my birthday is sandwiched in there too. What a week that will be.
Currently there is no shelter out there for them with the exception of a very large tree that has a great leaf canopy. I don't know why this bothered me so much, but I really wanted them to have some type of shelter they could get under if need be. The last time they were home it rained and hailed and rained some more. They just stood out there like no big deal. I was more bothered than they were. This was keeping me from really making a decision to move them.
We saw a great run-in with a tack room made by McArthur Lumber at Equine Affaire. Loved it...and it was very well-made and affordable. We figured that with what we are saving in board, the run-in would pay for itself by the end of the summer. We are still not making any money on the situation though as we will still need to buy hay and grain (which is included in our board today), but that was not the point.
So, we took the plunge, ordered the run-in and gave notice. The horses will live with us all summer starting in June! I am really looking forward to it. It will be work but I'll save a tremendous amount of time not having to drive anymore. Plus, it is really cool to look out my back window and see them there..oh, and they nicker at me in the morning. Yes, I know they are just telling me to hurry up with the grain, but they never nicker at me in the barn so it still makes me smile.
I have the day off tomorrow --yippee and I get to do horse stuff. We were asked to participate in Enrichment Day for one of the elementary schools. We are presenting horse grooming/care to two different groups. The kids had to sign up for stuff they were interested in--we have about 15 kids total in our class. We are bringing the horses with us to demonstrate grooming and talk about general horse stuff. The weather is supposed to be really nice. Brenda put together some fun goody bags for the kids. Definitely something different to do with our horses. Here is hoping they are on their best behavior otherwise the kids will see what longeing for respect looks like...!
So happy that the weather is finally decent and that horse activities are picking up. Liz and I are going to run a Hunter Pace on Memorial Day, we are going to Smoke Rise Ranch for "cow day" on the 27th and then on to Julie Goodnight clinic for two days, May 30-31...oh, and my birthday is sandwiched in there too. What a week that will be.
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