Today is my last day at my old job. Officially I was supposed to work from 2 to 6. I had a massage and sewing day in the morning. At my massage I found out that Prize went to a horse show this weekend and took first place in Leadline. Yes, thousands of dollars spent [...]
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Prize’s Update
Posted in Horses on Feb 17th, 2012
I’ve known this for weeks but I keep forgetting to post this. I gave Prize to my massage therapist. I was scheduled for a massage and was a bit nervous. What if she absolutely hated Prize and wanted me to take her back? What if my massage suddenly really, really hurt? Would that be a [...]
Prize went off to her new home today. Everyone keeps asking me if I’m ok but I really am. I almost feel bad that I don’t feel bad. Her new people came today with blankets and masks for her to travel in. She got all bundled up and I warned them that she has a [...]
Transitions
Posted in Horses on Dec 22nd, 2011
Happy Solstice! I’m so glad the days are starting to get longer again. I’ve had a good news bad news kind of day. The good news is that I finally found a home for Prize. I’ve been wanting to find her a home where someone would be able to ride her. I have no desire [...]
Trash-Talking My Baby
Posted in Horses on Aug 5th, 2011
Way back when Miss Prize was a youngster she had a spot of difficulty finding a trainer to work with her. Trainer #1 was during the winter of her two year old year. She was working on voice commands in preparation for driving training. For four lessons Prize totally ignored this woman. I didn’t understand. [...]
Prize update
Posted in Horses on Jul 24th, 2011
I’ve been trying to find someone to lease Prize since she is standing around doing nothing. There is a girl who hangs out at the barn sometimes and loves my horse so I’ve been trying to get them together more formally. Yesterday I went to meet with her parents at the barn. She also had [...]
Before I went to the hands-on acupuncture class last week, I went to the barn and practiced finding points on Prize. This caused the barn owner to double over in laughter at the thought of me trying to put needles in my dearly beloved pony. Ok, sure, she once slammed me into a wall for [...]
I’m on my way to Quarter Horse Congress despite my personal ban. I refuse to go to Congress normally because of the blatant and unapologetic price gouging. I go to lots of events at the fairgrounds. Parking is $4-5. For Congress it is $25! Pissed me off good and proper the first time I went [...]
Semi-local tourism
Posted in travel on Sep 19th, 2010
Well, you don’t see this every day. Knights and pirate ships. Yep, we hit the Renaissance Fair today. It turns out that we aren’t RenFair people. The SO likes turkey legs and I wanted to buy some fake (hopefully) elf ears and he expressed a wish to see what I looked like in corsets but [...]
Equine Avoidance Manuevers
Posted in Horses on Aug 11th, 2010
How can you tell if your horse is feeling better? Equine Avoidance Manuevers (EAM) are put in place. EAM happen when you are trying to brush out a thick tangled Morgan mane with the horse standing in the stall. She dances forward and back to get away from you. Then she shuffles sideways to get [...]
That’s my girl
Posted in Horses on Jul 30th, 2010
Miss Prize has gotten spoiled with her uber-expensive footwear. The low rent foam board and duct tape are no more. Let it be known that she destroyed the one that the barn owner put on. My super vet duct tape bandage had to be CUT OFF. She wasn’t having it. She’s a brand name footwear [...]
The Continuing Saga
Posted in General on Jul 29th, 2010
I haven’t posted much about Prize lately because I would just start contradicting myself all over and confuse you about the status of her feet. “She’s better. No, she’s worse. False alarm, all better. Wait….” I finally got annoyed with this and called a professional. This morning I met with a vet who sees lots [...]
I have a running coach. I didn’t really mean to have one. It started innocently enough. The SO wanted to go to the track to run when I did. The first time we did our own thing. The second time I decided that in the spirit of togetherness I would do whatever he did. Conversation [...]
My Miss Manners
Posted in General on Jul 1st, 2010
At Prize’s barn there are two rescue foals. As they’ve gotten bigger they’ve spent more time in with Prize and her two pasturemates to learn how to be proper horses. Since they didn’t have moms to teach them how to behave they have to learn it somewhere or else they will be spoiled rotten little [...]
Pestering the Pony
Posted in General on Jun 1st, 2010
I went out to give Prize a bath today. That is the highest form of Prize torture. She hates a bath but she is scuzzy after the winter. Her mane looks like birds have been nesting in it. I don’t even look at her tail. She is in need of an intervention. I’m a good [...]
Here are the rescued orphan babies at the farm hanging out with one of their “uncles.” All the big horses have taken an interest in making sure the babies have manners and are protected at all times even though they are not in the same pasture with them. Prize and her buddies are to the [...]
Prize has been dieting. I know you can’t tell from this picture with a full winter coat but there is less of her. This has been accomplished by very strict dietary guidelines imposed on her and her two buddies in the “Plump Pony Paddock.” I decided that I would go over there today and slip [...]
All Better
Posted in General on Nov 16th, 2009
Guess who’s sound without her sneakers? Prize! Last week I tried to take her sneakers off and she wanted nothing to do with that. She kept pushing me away from the velcro so I left them on her. Then earlier this week one fell off in the pasture and she was sound so the barn [...]
By Thursday night (2 days ago) Prize’s left foot felt better but she wasn’t able to use her right foot well at all. She was almost three legged. It was very sad. She was angry about being inside but couldn’t move very well at all. I called a farrier friend of mine to see what [...]
In Trouble With Horses
Posted in General on Sep 28th, 2009
I got up bright and early to go check on Prize before work. I was worried that I was going to wake everybody up but when I drove in I saw a light on in the barn. Unfortunately, it turns out that they must just leave that light on since there were no other humans [...]
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