Sometimes, it takes a glimpse into what someone else is dealing with in their life, to make you understand, it’s not as bad as you think in your own life. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful for what we have. The family is healthy, we have a place to live, and a stable income….
Vicki came home from school this week with one of her assignments. They had to create word problems for math. Is it obvious she lives on a farm and is completely animal focused? I think we need to work on logical arguments, but she seems to understand 3rd grade math.
Today Alex, Vicki, Anna, and I (Rob) rode in our first family hunter pace. It was put on by the West Greenwich Horseman’s Association (WGHA) at Arcadia in RI. For those not familiar with hunter pacing, it is a long trail ride with optional jumps along the way. This one had 3 different divisions: Hunters…
As a trimmer, I see a lot of hooves. Sometimes, new clients have horses with hooves in great shape being transferred from another farrier or trimmer for whatever reason. Sometimes, hooves are overdue because money has been tight, previous farrier didn’t show up a few times, or just life happened and the hooves got overdue. …
When someone sees the sign on the side of my car advertising “Natural Hoof Care” they ask me what that means. For the average person, I explain “You know how a farrier puts shoes on a horse? I am a barefoot trimmer and specialize in un-shoeing a horse.” I guess it’s time to change my answer….
This afternoon as I was working outside, I heard screaming coming from the barn. It was Anna yelling “Rob! Rob! Rob!” I assumed she found a snake sunning in the spring sunshine, but since she had just finished riding King and was in the barn with him, it could have been something more serious, so…
Every family struggles with juggling all the kid activities, parent hobbies, jobs, volunteering, and so on. Our family is no different. It is easy to add on one more thing here, and there, after all, that activity is only 1 hour each week. Some of the hardest decisions are the ones where you stop doing…
Today was Anna’s birthday – she turned 28… For her birthday, Vicki showed up at our bed side with a cup of coffee to help her wake up. During the day, Vicki (our resident 8 year old baker) made the birthday cake. She uses Anna’s tablet to find a recipe and only cooks from scratch. …
Since Anna’s parents are in town, we have had some extra help around and been able to get in a little more riding this week. In fact, today was my third ride on Calli in under a week. It was a nice mid fifties afternoon, Anna rode Precious, and I work with Calli. I hate…
Today was the inaugural Colonel Classic 5k in Ledyard. Alex and I signed up and this was his first ever 5k. The course wasn’t exactly flat and it was about 42F when we started. Amanda came along for a ride in the stroller. Alex still needs to grasp the concept of pacing, because he tended…