It's a NO GO!

Say Goodbye.....

Well, after a week at home, being line lunged, and ridden in the round pen, Dakota (my palamino gelding with the issues) decided to take off with me on him Friday. It was extremely scary, especially when he tried to rub me off on the crape myrtle tree. I guess that was preferable to being beheaded by the clothesline behind it. I was/am extremely upset. To top things off, I tore the muscle/ligament in my right calf just like the left I did two months ago. It's not as bad, although the bruising is somewhat colorful. Jim and I were planning a trail ride with both horses, needless to say he rode off on Copper, and Dakota went back in the pasture. You would think that after four horses in the last two years, I would have found a good one by now. I am not having the best of luck in that area. Thank God for Copper! I probably would have given up by now if I didn't have him to ride.

I have had my truck wired with a brake box recently, but found that my horse trailer had been "modified" with the wrong plug. I took the trailer in yesterday, and had it rewired so the brakes would work on the trailer. Very helpful when hauling! I don't know what the reasoning was for the past wiring situation, but now it's fixed, and we're safe to travel.

I'll keep posting on my ongoing horse saga. Pray for a good one!

Horse Update!

I've spent most of the week at my friend Lynne's barn watching her work on Dakota, my palomino gelding. He really was a mess when he first got there. We can't figure out what had him so worked up, but he has calmed down greatly, and I actually line lunged him myself yesterday, and rode him! This a huge improvement from a week and half ago. He still a little nervous around the mounting block, but we'll continue to work on it at home. Gabby has a riding lesson tomorrow, and I'll work him in the morning, and hopefully ride him, then I'll bring him home.

Jim has invited a couple of families from his office over tomorrow afternoon for atv riding and a BBQ. I'm off to "clean up".

Jim's Vegetable Garden

Before....

After.....

I thought I'd post the garden progress. Jim enjoys planning and planting this every year. It's a real stress reliever for him (plus he's real proud of it!). We have 37 (yes, 37) tomato plants this year. As one who is allergic to tomatoes, I'm wondering what exactly I'm supposed to do with all of them. However, I will enjoy the rest, so will everyone else we know.

I spent yesterday at my friend Lynne's barn. Dakota is there at horse boot camp. He seems to be improving, but he hasn't been ridden yet. I've had great success with him on the ground, but get on him and he blows up. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I arrived at the barn in time to see Dr. Martin (vet) doing a pregnancy check on Lynne's mare Bonee. She's definitely pregnant! Yippee!!!! Lynne is so excited. There were also 300 plus bales on hay waiting to be put up in her barn. That took up most of the morning, ouch! We did go out for a nice lunch, then worked Dakota until I had to leave. She (not me) will be riding him on Wednesday. I'll update to outcome.....

Such a long time....

since my last post. So much has occurred. The biggest is that spring is finally here! We have been busy planting. I have been working on the flower beds for two years, and I'm finally starting to see some results (and conquer the weeds). Jim has planted the vegetable garden, and we have corn, snap peas, carrots, green peppers, broccolli, cauliflower, cukes, and watermelon sprouting. There are going to be a lot of lucky recipients of free veggies this year once again. I have moved the horses to the front pasture for the summer. I really enjoy having them where I can see them. Right now, I'm only seeing one as my palomino is at boot camp at Lynne's barn for bad behavior. Seems he came out of the winter thinking he is retired. Hopefully, he come out of it. If anyone can do it, Lynne can. As you can see from the pictures above, I had a wonderful Mother's Day gift this year. I am the proud owner of a horse trailer! It's a wonderful addition to my horse stuff collection. Really, we'll be able to trail ride in the area, and Gabby will be able to show more often than she does now. Now, we're just waiting for school to be done so we can enjoy the summer.....