Friday, March 29, 2013

Easter!!!!

Happy Easter everyone!
I love Easter. And not just because of all the candy. Jesus died on the cross for our sin. A perfect sacrifice so that we could be with the Father. But he didn't just die and that was it, he rose again. He is alive and active. That is why I love Easter.

I loved yesterday too. It was b-e-a-u-t-f-u-l! The ice is melting off the lake, there's water flowing through the channel, and the snow is melting! Like seriously, I smiled every time I walked past a gutter. The water was flowing down into the gutters and it was a beautiful sound. I wish I would have had my camera, I would have taken a picture. The water was running down the sidewalk on the hill, like a miniature stream. And the best part. The sun was actually warm!
Terry was out in the paddock with the bob cat smoothing out the dirt so that it would drain off the water better and dry up sooner. I was laughing watching the fillies. They aren't afraid of the bobcat anymore. All of them, even Dash who freaked out the last time, were all following the bobcat. It would go right beside them and they were fine with it. They moved out of its way, but didn't freak out. That's perfect.
So I didn't do much with the fillies, I just hung out with the horses. Terry got some of the stuff he ordered including a shedder thingamajiggy and a bridle. Woot Woot! The bridle is really nice. Its leather is nice and bendy. Though it was just made because on the headband it was still sticky. We went and brushed horses with the sheder and their hair was coming off in sheets. I was trying to brush horses and the fillies were following me and generally getting in the way. We took the blanket off of Stretch and brushed him. He's basically fur and bones. His back comes up in a point and basically has no muscle tone. We don't ride him because all he wants to do is run and we're worried he'll have a heart attack or something.
I did do something with the horses today, though just hanging out is important too. At four o'clock we let them in and gave them food.

So, of shoot story, don't worry I'll go back. I'm at my grandparents farm and the phone rang. Grandma said hello and then 5 seconds later hung up. She told grandpa, "It was an advertisement saying 'if you're a senior citizen suffering from diabetes...' and I hung up." Grandpa told her, "I'm a senior citizen suffering from medicare." Ah yes....:)

Anywho, we let the horses in and fed them. And it was a beautiful day and Terry was asking if I was going to do anything with them. I was leaning towards not, but it was a beautiful day, and I had time to kill. I went and got Misstack from her pen and Terry helped me get her ready. I worked on flexing at the standstill, walk, and trot. I think she's limping. We did a little bit of flexing at the poll and backing up. Disengaging her hindquarters and bending around my foot. It didn't take too long. Got done with her and Terry had Santana tied up to the trailer for me so I saddled him up and pretty much did the same thing.
They both did really well.

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