Saturday, 1 August 2009

Back in the saddle

At last!

It's been three weeks since I last rode him and has now been what, 5 weeks since I've ridden him properly?

Took him in the school where he's not been for about 2 or 3 months. Definitely 2 months, possibly longer. He was fab in walk and then I got cocky and only did one circuit of trot before asking for canter so got a buck. That hurt.

As did the spooks by the poles.

But other than that we did OK :) did some leg yield and rein back and turn on the forehand.

Chucked Squirt out with T-Jay & co. T-Jay looked up at him and went "oh it's you" and carried on eating, Oscar and Harry got a bit "wahey, newbies" but Harry wouldn't let Oscar near Squirt, Squirt just wanted to eat and Oscar bit Harry then decided to do it sneakily - started grazing and was working his way back towards Squirt when I left LOL

Yard is a mess :( I tidied it up as much as I could yesterday but it's just ugh. Things everywhere and just generally needs a good sweep and a tidy up so no doubt that's next weekends project.

Flat, sorry apartment, is officially off the market. I was very domesticated yesterday and bought: a hoover (!), a washing up bowl, a laundry basket, a cutlery drawer thing and some glasses. I've checked the website and yup, it's no longer on there so they don't hang around!Scary.

On more good news, OH and T-Jay are in Central Horse News on the West Midlands page on page 20. For any one who gets CHN, he's on page 20 of the Aug/Sept issue so hopefully will generate some more visitors to his site and hopefully some orders cos with this apartment, he really does need to get drawing LOL.

3 comments:

  1. Blimey it took over a week for our house to come off market and even longer for the one we are hoping to buy came off!

    Is all very scary!

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  2. I'm glad you had a good ride. Wils was off work for a similarly lengthy period and it didn't do him any harm to have had a break and although it took a few weeks to get him (and me) back into the groove he's better than ever now.

    All your domestic-goddessy stuff is vey vey exciting! In particular the glasses, of course. What's the hoover for, btw?

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  3. athenrye, ours is renting though so think things move a little quicker when renting :)

    Hopefully next year we'll be doing the whole buying thing though! - assuming we don't fall out or kill one another by living together!

    Mand, T-Jay has had 2+ months off every summer for the last few summers -he's not entitled to any more hol LOL I do feel a bit sorry for him though as he's absolutely raring to go and yet it's been me stopping him this year :(

    I think the hoover was a moment of madness ... we only really need a dustpan and brush, the flat is so small LOL

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