Rustling Thoughts

*Gets the recap out on time* Stats: Entry Pageviews United States 534 Canada 17 Germany 11 South Korea 5 Ukraine 5 Russia 4 Spain 2 France 2 Poland 2 Portugal 2 Happenings: 1. The trainer hired a new stable hand to take care of the stalls (the other one disappeared so Katie- the assistant trainer, and I had to muck them out), and I can honestly say I don't miss pushing the wheelbarrow up the ramp to dump it into the dumpster. 2. Bowtie went off to a different trainer for more intense riding. Since she's a mental case, she needs almost constant attention and direction, something she wasn't getting enough of here, but at the other trainer's she'll be out on trails to build her confidence. I'm pretty sure she's coming back in the next month or so. 3. Tortilla went back home in much better shape. He stopped his bad habit of chewing everything, got...

Dad finally decided that it would be ok to get an incubator and try hatching out some chicks this spring. Well, actually, Mom wanted it to be a project for the younger three because they were studying birds for science. However, somehow along the way it morphed into my project. Which I am just fine with, I've been wanting to rebuild my flock since that ill-fated morning of the dog massacre. I say the flock is mine, because I've been the one taking care of them. Dad just provides the finances and facility. I take care of them morning and night. I go and retrieve the food. I collect the eggs. I clean everything out. I make the decisions about how I take care of them. The only real requirement is that they all stay in the pasture. But anyways. I've got fourteen chicken eggs and one duck egg in the incubator, and when I candled them a couple days ago, they all seemed to be thriving. Of course, if they all end up hatching and surviving the first few weeks or month, we w...

Better late than never, I suppose.  Well actually, I would probably have just combined it into a huge monster of a post (as if they aren't already) with April. Stats: Entry Pageviews United States 220 Russia 132 Germany 21 Ireland 13 Netherlands 11 France 7 United Kingdom 7 Ukraine 7 Canada 3 Czechia 2 Happenings: 1. The  Beauty and the Beast  soundtrack came out, and my goodness it's gorgeous! 2. A new horse came to be trained at work. He's a rescue horse and his name is Tortilla, but we call him Taco instead. He's got four stockings that end in a splash on his belly, and he's got a blaze down his face. He's a very pretty horse, but he needs some work. His shoes were way too small and his feet needed to be trimmed. He doesn't really know how to push with his hind legs when he's being lunged, and he's got a slight spook...