The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[HairOfTheDog]

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.

I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!

I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Hey that sounds great:) Congratulations!!!!

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

The mares look great:). You did a very good thing.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Very nice:), I like it.

I finally got my bedroom painted. Today I put everything back together, except for the curtains, which I'll pick up later. This has been a nightmare:)

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I know what you mean, 36 felt good here too the other day, now it's back to feeling cold since we've been in the 40's by afternoon.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL...it does match his eyes:), how cool.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

We have rain in our forecast again for this weekend. We really needed the moisture around here, but the mud is just terrible now by afternoons.

I had to run down to Kristy's yesterday, she had a gallon of primer she was not going to use, and I felt I needed some more on the walls before I painted. Anyway, I got stuck in their driveway. I was going down it, and thought I should stay out of the ruts that were in it, but I guess I got over too far and the truck just slide down into the drainage ditch. Funny sensation to be going sidewise even when you're stopped. Luckily Charlie was in town, and borrowed Jenny's Tahoe which is 4 wheel drive and came and pulled me right out. Sure wasted alot of my day tho:\

Just walking to the house and back to the truck we were sinking in this sticky, slippery mud...and now rain is coming.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I think that horse would have climbed up in that truck:)

Wow! that is a lot of branches. Are these all from just your yard, or from the back 40 and paddock area too? Just wondering if you spread a layer of them out where you have the mud problem if they would make the footing more stable? I'd think they would sink down and disappear but still might help keeping the moguls from happening so bad?

Becky

[MissTargets]

Good Morning.

We are getting quite a bit of snow this morning. The light, steady, all day kind, that accumulates for many inches!

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Good morning:)

I think I've caught up now...if I haven't responded appropriate to any posts, forgive me:)

My farrier is suppose to come today or tomorrow, I hope tomorrow, I still have a lot to do today, and really want to get finished.

Becky

[cjshapi]

I'm afraid we're getting similar weather. Yuck!!! But we've been really lucky up until now.

[estrogen]

RUSH HOUR IN AIKEN

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh forgot this one:)

Just an FYI about getting hard to pull on boots on. I learned this trick when Mack and I were in Sturgis and I was buying new boots from a Harley store. It's good to use when breaking in new boots, or if your boots are just hard to get on, and is especially good in the winter to do.

Put your foot inside like a Walmart plastic shopping bag, and your foot will slip right in, and the bags are so think you don't feel anything at all, even the extra around the top. The guy at the shoe store had me do this when I was trying boots on and it made it sooooo easy, I still do it with the boots I got there sometime.

Becky

[MissTargets]

Hey that's great you found a place. Congrats. I certainly hope that all your plans and dreams work out for you. Ohio is losing population every year. There are so many houses for sale in this area. You should not have a problem finding another job in a new area. The South is booming.

Your cabin would not be a long drive for me. Akron is about an hour away. There are lots of other places we could go too. I just hope we have better weather this year. A little less rain would be a good thing.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL....is that really Aiken? I love those trees:)

That would be so much fun to have a buggy horse.

Becky

[CindyDawg]

Oh Estrogen, that sounds wonderful. I wish there was something like that around here.

[MissTargets]

Best thing about winter, you get those indoor projects done. My kitchen cabinets need a good scrubbing, but as far as major remodeling, I am done for awhile. The wall behind the fireplace should be completed this weekend.

I am anxious to hear what the farrier says about the angle and sore shoulder.

[CindyDawg]

Yuk

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Me too. Harley has now been without the shoe on the sore shoulder side for about a week, I'm hoping he hasn't wore the foot off so much it can't be fixed right.

Becky

[estrogen]

That is Aiken......they are really big on driving. I am going to join the Aiken Driving Club and learn to drive. My husband said that it's just one more horse thing that will cost money //lol.

A lot of the people in the driving club are my age (early 60's) so it should be fun....the roads are clay in certain areas and horses have the right of way. It really is a charming town.

[MissTargets]

We are in for it now. There is at least 5 inches on the ground now and still coming down. I have to get a blood test this morning, so I better get moving.

Check out post #1480, Estrogen said we could meet at her cabin and ride there. We used to ride in the State Gamelands near Franklin, PA, but I heard they wanted to close it to horseback riding.