Not enough time

I gave myself the luxury of being a grandma this weekend. I took Friday off so I could clean and do some gardening before babysitting for Kylie Saturday afternoon and today. Lisa and Brian had a wedding to go to and they needed a break. Oh, how quickly it came back to me. After lisa took her home, I found myself cocking my ear, thinking I heard crying. Something seemed missing.

It has been such a cold spring and I've been so busy with work, Kylie, golf and gardening,m I haven't been able to do anything but an occasional grooming session with the horses. I promise July will be different.

Night time jailbreak

We had an adventure last night. At 10:00 pm Arty and Vicki came knocking at our door to let us know their 6 horses had made a break and were traveling about the neighborhood. 5 were in our back 40 and the 6th was last seen on the road separated from the rest. They were quite worried.

Our horses were spooked and running about, but after about an hour we had them corralled in the barnyard. The 5 renegades sensed our pasture was a safe place and eagerly came in when we opened our outer gate. It didn't take long to coral them in the arena where we left them for the night. The 6th horse, Thunder, being older and less adventuresome, came home of his own accord.

It took 3 trips this morning to load the horses into the trailer and get them home. Everyone was safe. Now all Arty has to do is fix the latch so they can't open the gate again.

Too much

I picked up a respiratory flu bug (was it swine flu?) in the hospital and spent most of last week in bed. Kylie and her Mom are doing well, but I haven't been able to see them since she was born. We've given up on fixing up the barnyard area for now. Too much going on.

I'm a Grandma!

Wow - so many emotions. My daughter is a mom. I'm a Grandmother. Kylie is beautiful. And I was there through the whole 27 1/2 hour ordeal, along with Kylie's dad, Brian. Looking forward to my bed and a solid night of sleep.

Minnesota Horse Expo

Another trip to the horse expo yesterday with Sally. Stacy Westfall and Craig Cameron were among the featured presenters.

The rodeo did not let us down. You couldn't beat John Payne, the one arm bandit on his paint horse rounding up the buffalo.

Fencing project

We split the back of the pasture with t-posts and tape and ran a hose to the portable tub for water since the barnyard automatic waterer won't be available to the horses. Our goal is to poison the weeds, fix the ruts and do new fencing in the cordoned off barnyard. Sometime in the near future..??

One job off the list

I took a few hours off work this afternoon to replace several fence boards that had broken over winter. It feels good to get this job done.