Christmas Day's high will be 70 degrees. :)
Watch this YouTube video if you can... It's clean for little ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhei5sUY3I4
Merry Christmas!!
Update: It was warmish, overcast, and occasionally drizzly. I wore a sleeveless shirt all day.
Koda had a little spirit when I pulled her out of the pasture. I always longe her before riding and am glad that I did. She was breaking into a canter on her longe without prompting. By the end of our ground work, she was licking her lips. I am still working with her on riding from the house and walking back. Today, she walked back with her head low. I was absolutely in heaven on hooves. We startled some deer on our ride. Koda just twitched a little. We watched them for a second.
I got Horse decorations from my family for Christmas, along with some books and a couple of boxes of chocolate covered cherries. Koda got a good rubdown, work, hay, and grain.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Who do I call?
We headed out yesterday in the big truck to go Christmas shopping. We got about 15 minutes from the house and stopped at the gas station. We got back in the truck and it wouldn't start. It had a busted fuel line. We had it towed to the shop and won't get it back for at least a week (this being Christmas week). SO, I borrowed my dad's Honda CRV yesterday and we have no truck that will haul my horse. I was fairly upset that I can't take Koda to ride at the church today, but it's cold and have myself just about convinced that I don't want to ride.
We got home from church and my husband says "Just go park the truck" or something like that. I looked into the horse pasture and my heart sank. There was Koda in the back of the pasture laying down. Now, I have seen her roll, lay down, and such, but not laying with her leg sticking up in the air. Didn't know horses did that. But there she was. I ran for my pasture key in the house (it was actually in my purse in the truck) and started to run to the pasture. I thought she was hurt. She was laying right beside the fence. I started to call for her and she didn't respond. I was almost halfway across the pasture, my daughter running right behind me, when she just gets up like nothing happened. I guess on a beautiful sunny day, girls just like to sun bathe and she's no exception. Stupid horse, scaring me like that. Man!! Sigh!
The question in my head was who do I call for help. I will need an experienced horse person, with a trailer ready truck, to help me get her to the vet. I was opening the fence running through the list. Pastor, 4-H leader, close-by neighbor... etc. Good thing she's okay. I really hate to have to call and bother people because I am not prepared. I guess I'll just get a slice of pecan pie instead.
We got home from church and my husband says "Just go park the truck" or something like that. I looked into the horse pasture and my heart sank. There was Koda in the back of the pasture laying down. Now, I have seen her roll, lay down, and such, but not laying with her leg sticking up in the air. Didn't know horses did that. But there she was. I ran for my pasture key in the house (it was actually in my purse in the truck) and started to run to the pasture. I thought she was hurt. She was laying right beside the fence. I started to call for her and she didn't respond. I was almost halfway across the pasture, my daughter running right behind me, when she just gets up like nothing happened. I guess on a beautiful sunny day, girls just like to sun bathe and she's no exception. Stupid horse, scaring me like that. Man!! Sigh!
The question in my head was who do I call for help. I will need an experienced horse person, with a trailer ready truck, to help me get her to the vet. I was opening the fence running through the list. Pastor, 4-H leader, close-by neighbor... etc. Good thing she's okay. I really hate to have to call and bother people because I am not prepared. I guess I'll just get a slice of pecan pie instead.
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