Rush, Rush, Rush!

Oh why did I make my goals so high, there's so much to get done before my husband visits.  This place is a nice place but it just needed a lot of tender care and now I want to do EVERYTHING so my husband will see how nice it is and maybe want to stay with me.   They'll be here on Sunday and I have so very much to do. 

For instance, I'm still working on the house.  I got the outside all pressure washed and the house is white again.  Looks totally awesome now.  I've started on the yard and that will take a while. There's all kinds of small limbs, twigs and buried around all that is little bits of trash and stuff that you don't see until you're right up on it. 

I had mountains of poop to pick up yesterday because the tire on the dump cart was flat for a couple of days.   I took both tires off and took them to go get repaired yesterday.    All the while I was waiting for the nice young man to do that, I kept thinking..."Here I am wasting time when I could be working." 

I know, I know,..how silly of me.

Will and Lily are looking great!  Finally down to regular horse size instead of being so fat.   I've lost weight too....ten pounds.
Will can canter around me in both directions and be happy about it.  That's awesome. 

But what's REALLY awesome is what happened on Saturday.
Jim Crew came and trimmed my horses.   For the last four years I've watched Will's hooves and legs bow and him start winging.  My own barefoot trimmer is a good guy, but nothing he did made a difference.  He kept saying that it's just the way that Will moves.
After Jim trimmed Will, the difference was astounding!  Will would actually stand with his leg straighter!  And he's had no pain or reaction from the trim whatsoever.   I literally almost cried.   Two more trims and Will will have straight legs and shoulders again.   I'm so very happy. 
I want to have Jim come to Virginia this summer to do a clinic.  I think everyone should know about this stuff!
And the icing on the cake is that he plays golf.  He plays at least twice a week, so we've made plans to play together.
So not only will my horsemanship improve this winter...so will my golf game!

Last Saturday I scoped out the golf course where the window guy gave me rounds of golf.  Turns out he's the head pro there.  So we've got tee times set for Valentines Day.  :)
Speaking of Valentines Day, while I was in town I also got a bikini wax and facial. (Both very much needed.)  I then bought Valentine cards and chocolates for my family.  So I'm all ready!

On Sunday I replaced a broken window pane on the mobile, cleaned the bedroom and spent an hour removing old cracked caulking from the bathroom tub.  I caulked it with new stuff the next day.

Today, since it's raining, I'm cleaning and scrubbing the bathroom top to bottom.  I did the other bathroom right after I got here.  Now, they're both good to go.  I also went to town for groceries, and bought some mulch for the weedy flower beds.  (I have to weed them first I know.)

Tomorrow, I'm going to build a drag to smooth the sand on the playground.  Since it's rained it won't be dusty when I do it.  Yay.
I'll also work again on the yard until I "get er done". 

I do want to mention something else that was so wonderful for me.  
Yesterday was a beautiful day.  I'd worked pretty hard and hadn't spent any undemanding time with the horses since I've been here.   I got Will first and gave him a good grooming.  He's losing hair so fast.  It's also itching and he's rubbing himself a little too much.   I put some cream on the places where he rubbed himself.  
Then we just took a walk... wherever he wanted to go and graze.  I sat in the grass and we just enjoyed each other's company.

After an hour it was Lily's turn.   I put Will in the playground and got Lily in the barn to groom her.   Will didn't like that he couldn't see her and went running up and down like a loon.  Because he doesn't ever get really right brained I just let him get the exercise.  Lily could care less.

After I groomed her, we just strolled along too.  She wanted to eat in one place.   I was standing beside zone three.  She's short enough that I could lean my weight on her back.  And I just left it there.   I was so very comfortable.  There was a very slight breeze kissing my face and she smelled so good.  Her hair is so soft. (This stuff I bought to wash them with is really great.)
Anyway, I was in heaven and it so very much reminded me of when I was a kid.   This is exactly what I'd do.   I realized that there was no one there to watch me, or come bother me, or tell me what to do.   I had all the time in the world and you just can't imagine how much it meant to me.  I felt like crying but I was too happy. 

This is what I hoped it would be like.  My dream is coming true.  I do love my husband so much but somehow, deep inside me, I knew I had to get away and be by myself somewhere.  Here, in my own little three month world, I can focus on just the here and now, not anything else.   It's what my mind and body needed.  And my horses needed it too of course....whether they thought so or not.  Hehe.

Lily is turning out to be so much more sensitive than I once thought.   Since I've been doing so much more with her than I ever have, she's revealing herself to me.  I "WAIT" for her all the time and she just can't believe it.  The bracing is going away little by little and the licking and chewing is happening faster and faster. 

Oh my, look how I've rambled.  Better get back to work.

I loved all your comments.  Wish there was a way I could respond to you individually.

Til next time... take care.

P.S.  You'll never guess where I'm writing to you... in my mobile home!  Yep, somehow I'm picking up the landlady's signal!   Shhhh...... don't tell.    :)    And here I thought it couldn't get any better...as long as this lasts I'll for sure post more often.