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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Busy Bee

I was a busy bee last night as I ran around trying to get things done with four horses and home at a reasonable hour so that I could check electrics in apartment as some of the plugs that have been put in are in the wrong place. :-(

Anyway, I started out with a quick spin on Kika in the main arena. She was fantastic, her schooling session sunday with the Guru and osteo visit last week have worked wonders. As I had so much to do it was a super quick spin, w/t/c circles, changes of rein and some lateral work. She rocked it all! :-D

Fidgeting

Then I went out to turnout area to open new bale of hay, fill haynets & hang them for todays Lunchtime Mad-Dash to turn them out. Brought in Nancy & O, rinsed O's mucky hooves and left the two of them tied in grooming area to keep each other company as O's feet dried so that I could later put on her stable wraps. Another yard friend is ill and signed off work for the week, so I said I'd hand-walk her injured horse 10minutes & filled his water bucket etc. I then put wraps on O and put her away before deciding I had enough time to give Nancy a little lunge.

Two photos of Kika today as she didn't feature on Sunday

Our lunging track record isn't great, N tends to rush and rather trot than walk; but yesterday went really well. I don't know was this a once-off or if our partnership is blossoming and she reacts better to me & my requests. We do have to work on getting her to look inside the circle while lunging and perhaps introduce a lunging aid; pessoa work did wonders for Kika and she loves it.
I was very pleasantly surprised and overjoyed with the work I squished in. Rugged N backup, prepared carrots for three (my two & O), refilled the injured horse's water bucket as he'd spilt it then headed home to puzzle over apartment electric plans hahaha.

My new EquiKozy Socks!
PS: Check out EquestrianTrend's blog (if you haven't already), she posts fab recommendation posts for equestrian products for both humans & horses. She has a poll currently running (top right hand corner) to see what readers want to see more of - love her posts, although they are 100% dangerous to my paycheck & credit card! LOL

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12 comments:

  1. L.Williams18 February 2014 at 17:52

    Oh then I probably shouldn't read EquiTrend's posts :P

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  2. Aoife18 February 2014 at 18:13

    Oh you deff should! They're awesome! :-D

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  3. AlchemyEventing19 February 2014 at 17:01

    OMG OMG OMG I want that argyle blanket. Argyle is my favorite...

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    1. Aoife19 February 2014 at 20:08

      I wish it was mine, although I do like my one (navy, red & cream). I'll keep an eye out, if I find a teal one I'll deff send you on a link or snap it up if I see it in person & send it to you. Just tell me what size Wiz takes - in HW ft please, I'm afraid I don't understand American inch measurements for rugs *blush*

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  4. Ailbhe19 February 2014 at 19:58

    Just had a look at EquestrianTrend's blog, you're a terrible person, my debit card has run away screaming!! :P Some lovely stuff there.

    Love the puzzle socks!

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    1. Aoife19 February 2014 at 20:10

      Haha, it's a fab site for gift ideas - now if only I could get my nearest & dearest yo read that blig without finding mine ;-p
      Be honest, did ya order anything? :-D

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  5. Equestrian Trend20 February 2014 at 10:44

    Thanks one more time :D
    Kika is SO beautiful and I'm glad she worked well :D

    Thanks everybody for the sweet comments <3

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    1. Aoife20 February 2014 at 23:11

      Aw thanks for your kind comment on Miss K, i often think I am just biased when i find myself admiring her...she does have a certain "je ne sais quoi" sparkle factor though - with big personality to match. I can only hope she is unique as I fear for whoever has her twin, ;-)

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  6. redheadlins23 February 2014 at 05:55

    Glad the ponies are good! I'm in love with that cooler, I'm an argyle junkie with no argyle. I must remedy this, do you know what brand it is?

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    1. Aoife23 February 2014 at 09:50

      Sadly I have no idea what brand it is as I picked it up at an equi-expo & there are no tags on it...I do love it though so shall keep my eyes peeled for more.
      If you can tell me what size (in cms or feet) I can keep an eye out for one or two for you to post over...

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    2. redheadlins23 February 2014 at 16:04

      You are too sweet! Any where from 130-155cm would fit my assorted ponies:)

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    3. Aoife23 February 2014 at 17:20

      Ok, I'll deff keep my eyes peeled :-D

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