On Saturday, I participated in the Blood and Guts 5k. I had signed up for it back in July, and was super excited about it, but the last few weeks I injured something in my lower back and it was hard to practice for it. I also woke up with a sore throat. I was very reluctant to go, and really the only reason I went is because I was meeting[...]
from the journal...
Just a roundup of this week, told through interpretive dance. ... Just kidding, it's only pictures.[...]
A few days ago, I was walking down to the barn when my husband started calling me over to the chicken coop, saying there was a chick in the coop. I didn't believe him, as he frequently says things like that to mess with me. I went to the coop, and sure enough, there was a little chick in there. Fluffers is finally a Mommy! She's our o[...]
I spent some time with Berry, as I often do. I wanted to appreciate our time together, but she decided the best activity we could do is get excited and leap gracefully through the air. Unfortunately she's not particularly graceful, nor athletic. The excitement was short lived. Then all she could do was be depressed. Every now and[...]
I'm really slow at getting through my sewing class. I need to pick up the pace, but I'm having trouble finding the motivation. Once I get started, I chug through it, but the difficult part is getting to it when there's tons of other things that need doing. I went to the fabric store to get materials for my projects. There were so many[...]
This is well known. Horses poop, and they poop a lot. They have no shame about pooping, and will poop whenever and wherever they feel like. Sometimes they have little quirks - my appaloosa mare will never poop while being ridden. She's too much of a lady to do that. My pony poops in neat little piles. Their poop requires maintenance.[...]
I feel like there are a lot of misconceptions about horses and horse people in general. There's a belief that if someone has horses, they are wealthy, often stuck up, and just generally unpleasant people. I want to quell the rumor mill and set the record straight. This will end up being a series of posts because there's simply too much t[...]
I was playing with my camera again and now have lovely photos of my thoroughbred mare Berry. She's an ex racehorse who raced one race and didn't even finish. Her owners decided she wasn't going to make it as a racehorse. So she made the journey to a friend who started under her under saddle. Then I came into the picture.[...]
Yesterday I finally took my sewing machine out of the box and did the first assignment for my sewing class. It was about time, I had signed up for the online class back in July. Hopefully I'll still be able to finish the whole thing! The class came from an online deal on Groupon, which is currently still available. So far, all I've done[...]