News - November 2008

Fall is here - Leaves are everywhere!!

*** 27 Thu - With Paula and the girls home, it's a quiet day in which some outside work gets done. *** Paula and Sierra pack for the Carolina ride. *** 25 Tues - Paula rides Pretty Girl with Sami following. *** 24 Mon - LP Painted Ponys celebrates Thanksgiving with Larry cooking dinner. *** The girls have a regular school day and Paula is working. *** 23 Sun - Gail and Paula haul Clint and Loverboy to the Yadkin Valley Hounds Timed Trail ride in Advance, NC. *** We stop at Tractor Supply Company in Asheboro on the way - Gail picks up a new set of leather contest reins to try on Clint. *** We ride out at 12:58 and return at 2:24. *** At the first water crossing, we help several teenage girls get thru the crossing, then pass them to continue on our ride. *** It was a good ride - Paula finally comfortable on Loverboy and Gail and Clint doing great together with the new english saddle. *** Amy Flood of Freedoms Flight Photography is taking pics again so I hope that she got some of us riding this time, too. *** We stop for late lunch/dinner at Blue Mist Barbque just past Asheboro on the way home. *** 22 Sat - Larry takes Sierra to school to compete with WH JROTC at the Cape Fear Academy Drill meet. *** After feeding, I work with Jazzy, spending about 2 hours grooming her, working on "head down", sending away/out/between, saddling, and bridling. *** Gail arrived riding Clint and after a short break, she worked with Jazzy on mounting. *** Then it's my turn - but it still doesn't go very well as Jazzy is not at all happy or thrilled. Do get to do some riding and Gail is surprised by my moving from a walk to a trot in short order and around trailer, it works great. *** She joins me on Clint and we ride to the back of property and Jazzy has a series of come aparts... I manage through them, and we come back to trailer area, then back to back and just continue riding back and forth. *** After riding for about an hour, I call it quits as I'm frozen and hungry and we stop when things are going great. *** Shem actually took some pics. *** Gail leaves - riding home - 5.3 miles in 36 minutes while I untack Jazzy and ride with Shem back home in truck. *** Gail treats for lunch at Mi Casitas. *** Returning home, it's almost dark but Sierra has already fed, so I work on braiding while watching some tv. *** 21 Fri - It's cold and really windy when I arrive back home from work. I just can't bring myself to brave the cold and work with Jazzy, by myself. *** 20 Thur - *** Double LL feed run. *** 5 bales hay delivered by Larry Lanier (Little River Trails). *** Gail rode Clint from her house to ours to deal with hay delivery, then saddled and worked Jazzy. *** Jazzy "dropped out" from saddle during mounting, but didn't rear. *** Did great until crossed the road to work around pond - then wanting to rear and shaking. *** Map quested route shows Gail and Clint worked 5.3 miles one way - Spring Hill Ch to Moore's Chapel Rd to Tim Currin to Ernest Brown. *** 19 Wed - *** Paula saddles Jazzy before going to get Madira and Sierra from school. *** Madira heads Jazzy for mounting - good thing as Jazzy isn't happy and rears almost straight up before Paula has foot in off stirrup. *** Once settled, Jazzy ridden for about 40 minutes mostly walking & stopping, riding in the dark - going down road back & forth from ours to neighbors' driveways. *** Paula working on LP Painted Ponys website at lunch time. New button for "Foals" page made. *** New Foals page started. *** 18 Tues - Paula changes color of font for website buttons (from teal green to same purple on darker tabs). *** Gail rides Jazzy. *** Worked on mounting, walking, leaving driveway and then have a come apart in the field going around the pond. Gail leads her home - bad, bad ground manners set in. *** 17 Mon - Paula learning how to use "Button template" made by designer. *** New fonts made for Stallion, Mares buttons. *** Made new "Sales" and "New Owners" buttons. *** Pictures up from YVH Timed Trail Ride at Freedom Flight Photography. *** Sun - *** Paula & Gail invited up to Dawn's to view "Laddin" and meet the new vet in the area - Dr. Cindy Eaton of Eaton Mobile Veterinary Services, who will be gelding "Blaze". *** Gail rode Clint from home to "J's Store" at the end of Spring Hill Church Rd, taking a break while visiting with Paula, then onward to Dawn's. *** Return ride doesn't go as well as traffic picks up on Hwy 27 - so Gail turns on Spring Hill Church to Moore's Chapel Rd to Tim Currin to Ernest Brown to home. *** It's 4.5 miles from Gail's to Dawn's home. *** 15 Sat - Veteran's Day parade in Coats cancelled. *** We spend several hours raking leaves. *** 11 Tues - WH JROTC cadets participate with Motor Pool and flag presentation at Lillington Veterans' Memorial Service. *** Monkey comes home in the afternoon. *** 10 Mon - At 5:30, Larry carries "Monkey" into room saying he "isn't right". Horses fed, breakfast made, dishes done, girls' off to school and vet clinics full! Monkey goes to Sanford Animal Hospital and is admitted. Exrays show a dislocated hip. *** 9 Sun - Madira home early AM from Wilmington. *** Sierra goes to Overhills Baptist Church Servive with WH JROTC. *** Paula/Loverboy & Gail/Clint go to Advance, NC via Hwy 64 this time, with the Yadkin Valley Hounds for timed trail ride. *** Trails aren't marked as well & the team gets lost 3 times, Gail & Clint part company and Loverboy has a bucking fit - but still pull in 5th out of 9 teams. *** Dinner in Asheboro, a stop at both Lowe's and Tractor Supply Company - then on home to unload. *** Kim T calls with a plea for help - her horses had gone sight seeing and gotten into the feed. Paula and Gail haul Pete and Moose down to Southern Pines for Dr. Bello - they are treated Paula and Gail return home at 1 am. *** 8 Sat - 16 cadets from WH JROTC go to Veteran's Day Parade in Fayetteville. *** 7 Fri - Madira goes to Wilmington for High School Play competitions. *** 3 Mon - Madira after school for required play/drama practice. *** 2 Sun - CFTR Horse Show in Wade. *** Gail picks Paula, Madira and Sierra up w/ Clint in 2 horse trailer. *** Clint unloaded and a bit "silly" on showgrounds, but settles. *** Gail leaves the show grounds at 11:15 to head home on horseback. *** Show has 173 total entries (not too bad, though could have been much better). *** Madira worked concessions, Sierra was "Gofer" for show office and judge (Elizabeth O'Briant). ****** 1 Sat - Drill meet at Oak Ridge Military Academy. *** WH drill team members compete in 8 events, bringing home 4 2nd place & 2 3rd placings. *** Chaunter coldhosed & left unwrapped. ***