November 12, 2009

An Update About Nothing

It's wet. It's cold. It's windy. It's raining. We've gotten somewhere around 5 or 6 inches of rain at least in the last 24 hours. Perfect riding weather. :-\

In good news, since yesterday was a holiday, I got to meet the farrier around lunchtime and we got Solo's fancy new shoes on. So now, pads are gone and he has shiny aluminum wedges up front (pictures to come). I quite like the look of them, and best of all, no frog covering! Solo was a bit surprised walking back to his stall and about tripped over himself, not quite expecting his feet to be so light. I told the farrier that I now expect a guarantee that my horse will jump higher and snap his knees up like a Grand Prix stallion. We are counting down to our big Horse Trial coming up on the 22nd.

I pondered riding across the road to the indoor arena tonight. I am not entirely feeling the motivation though. But I've used up most of my busy work--I put Solo's tail up in its winter tail wrap of eye-burningly bright royal blue Lycra (because all horses need metrosexual accessories!). His mohawk is trimmed, wounds are dressed. I suppose I could clean my tack. Or not.

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  1. "I put Solo's tail up in its winter tail wrap of eye-burningly bright royal blue Lycra (because all horses need metrosexual accessories!). "
    So true! Mosco is also accessorized with bright royal blue. Although I think he's so meant to be a girl's horse that he'd probably be fine wearing some bright shade of pink too. "Do ya like it mom? Okay, I'll wear it then." :) I hate it when the weather doesn't cooperate with riding plans. Grrr. Glad to hear he got his new shoes and he's a lightfooted and fancy free.

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  2. *I suppose I could clean my tack. Or not.*
    Tssk, tsssk, what would the great GM say? Lol. I clean my tack after every ride, partly because I am an OCD clean freak and partly because I believe GM is omnipotent and will be able to tell if I don't clean it (kinda like how you think Santa will see if you're naughty when you're little). I have to admit, though, it's not the most thorough cleaning...

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  3. Yeah, I used to clean it every day in college. But then life happened -- my horse doesn't care if it's dusty. I don't care if it's dusty. I clean it often enough to maintain the leather. I am OCD, but I have long since decided that I must prioritize!

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