I was supposed to show tomorrow, but that got rained out. This is only important to note because this exact same show has now been rained out three times. Excuse me while I pout in the corner. Small chance I might get to show next weekend, but we’ll see. I’m not holding my breath. At this point, we have one last guaranteed show in 2014 – the weekend before thanksgiving. Will we do 2’6″? Will we do 2’9″? Will we…
When I first saw Jodi’s contest at Racing to Ride I thought, “That is super cool! I can’t wait to see what other people do.” I own nothing pink, and I don’t even really like the color pink. In fact, I didn’t really wear pink until I graduated from college and used to claim to hate it strongly. Then I learned that just because you wear pink, doesn’t mean you’re a waify girly girl… so I wear it when I feel like…
Loved this post idea from Sprinkler Bandits, because songs and horses somehow go together more with me & Simon than any of my other horses previously. Of course because I’m complicated, I can’t just pick one song for my horse. When I decided Simon was “the one”, I realized I felt pretty instantly comfortable with him despite his greenness. I searched and searched for a show name, and probably would have chosen the title of this song, Somewhere Only We Know,…
This is one of those posts that aren’t super exciting, but are written for me to have in the anthology that is Simon’s training. At least there are pretty pictures for y’all? After about a week off from the September Austin monsoon, I was able to head to the barn Sunday morning to hack my lively horse. Fresh Simon is never really a bad thing. He’s not one to be naughty and buck after time off, but lively Simon is…
You will perhaps notice a new look about the blog. I’m not sure I’m 100% married to it yet, but the longer I looked at my last design the more meh I felt about it. Too much pastel, even for me. Anyway, I’d like to hear if there are any issues/concerns with the new layout. I’m happy with most things, but may change a font here or there unless there are major complaints. Moving on! I’ve been pretty quiet about…
Even though my vacation was as relaxing as can be, life started back chaotic as soon as my first day back at work began. Stress at work for Tim and I combined with some health scares from a family member made to an interesting back to reality day. Everything should be fine, but moral of the story is take care of yourself and enjoy the things that make you happy! For better or worse, Simon makes me happy… so off…
We are four days past “Simon tries to die 2014” and things are pretty much back to normal. He ate small amounts of grain and hay over the weekend, and the goal today is to get him back to his normal eating schedule. Since we dumped 30 liters of fluids in him, all his vitals stabilized and he kept looking better and better. I’m very thankful my horse is alive. I don’t claim to have “seen everything” with horses, but…
Catheter is out. His only blood level that was abnormal Friday was Calcium, so they gave him Calcium with his last fluids. He is peeing so much. It’s comical. He has never been this hydrated in his entire life. We were given the clear to feed him some watery mushy grain and green grass. This pleases him, because we have been abusing him for the past two days. Hungry horse is hungry. They still don’t know what caused all of…