I Died!

I've died and gone to H*LL!

Sorry about the lack of posting...and visiting!

I am suck in Administrative purgatory, well on my way to deeper depths(think flames)!!

I had to let my admin go and because I thought it would be such a good idea to move almost every administrative task over to our office...guess who gets stuck doing it?

Gee...aren't I a smart girl??

NOT!!

I almost threw everything back at the "other" office, but at the last minute MH and I decided best to continue to trudge forward.

Onward...

Forward...

Hhhooooooo!!!

I'm missing my pony time!!

It's dark by the time I get home, change and get to the barn.

I feed Beretta and pick her stall...although it has been nice the last couple of days, so she is back in the round pen. At least she is getting some sunshine. All I get to do is stare out the window at it. No wonder stalled horses are a bit bonkers.

The other guys, especially Shooter are feeling pretty neglected. All I see of them, in the glow of the pickup headlights, is their heads hanging over the fence.

This situation will have to be remedied before March, as I will be moving them to the new property after the closing.

It was kind of nice to not have to do a huge amount of chores this winter. But, dang...I actually miss feeding my own horses.

Not that I think the BO is not doing a great job. He is. I just miss the required interaction with my herd.

So, if you don't hear from me for awhile...someone send a search party.

I'm probably buried under a stack of paperwork.

It's A Go!

Things are looking good on the home deal.

I almost got too wrapped up in the mold issue. While I was wheeling and dealing with the bank, the estimate came back from the mold inspectors and the estimate is under $8,000.

Okay, not exactly a tiny bill. But less than half of what I thought is was going to cost according to how bad the home inspector seemed to think the issue was.

The bank is entertaining either reducing the price of the property by $10,000 or paying for the closing costs. All to avoid having the word 'mold' appear anywhere on the contract. I can live with that.

Didn't I tell ya all I was a 'horse trader'?...LOL

The mold can be cleaned up anytime after the closing and before anyone might want to move into the house. The clean-up will be guaranteed for 20 years. Kool!!

What a relief.

It was kind of getting to the point where MH was considering selling the LQ trailer to cover the costs. Ya know the one I haven't even got to use yet?

It it had come to that though...you can bet that LQ trailer would have headed down the road. The property is much, much more important.

Not so secretly though, I'm glad it didn't have to come to that.

Other than a few odds and ends, we will be heading to the closing table March 3rd.

Beretta

Miss Beretta got some luvs from Meg today...
It was time for her second trim. She stood very well again and even let me pull her feet forward to take off a bit of flare here and there and round her toes. Man, is she totally different than Shooter. He was(and is) such a poop-biting, pulling away and just generally being a naughty boy. Beretta just stands up like a little angel. She is so accomadating about things, she is making me a tad nervous.

Meg led her to the round pen with no problem...


And then it was play time...
Meg and I headed out for a little ride ourselves.

Beretta starting to shape up a bit and look like a young lady...


Look how much better she is standing up on those front fetlocks...


There is a marked improvement in her front-end. Her joints are smoothing out and feel pretty normal...
There is a bit of a turn to her right front leg. The knee itself does not face as straight as the left one, but her cannon bone sits squarely under the knee. That's good. With regular and careful trimming, I may be able to bring that entire leg back into line.

Her left hind fetlock looks and feels much smoother as well. The right hind is still thicker and lumpy(Sorry-memory card was full at that point). She is a bit weak in those hind joints., but they don't feel as loose or as weak as they did before. I think there is a lot of improvement yet to be seen. The most important thing will be to keep up with the supplements long after she "looks" normal to make sure those bones end up being as stong and healthy as they can be when she quits growing.