hulk smash!

That's what I felt like today at the barn. I was smashing water buckets and the mini water trough. 

The water is a tricky situation. . .Shy will not drink heated water. But this ice mess, she laps up!

I texted Jaime and asked if she had hammers. Then I asked if she wanted to be Thor or Hulk because I couldn't decide who I wanted to be. . .I mean, I clearly have the muscles of Hulk and the silky blond hair of Thor, right? Jaime picked Thor so I was The Hulk!

Shyloh was in a rare sweet mood. She actually walked up to me in the pasture. Love those moments! As I was petting her, Dexter squeezed his head between Shy and my arms for some loving of his own. That pony is getting sweeter and sweeter!

Shy and her minions are waiting for me!

I brought Shy in the barn to pick her feet and hug on her some more. She continued to be sweet, which was really nice because she was also so warm and I was freezing! Maybe she actually misses me because I am out there so much less than she is used to?

On the good news this semester is over for classes and in a few weeks I will be on to my last semester. This last semester is only my internship at the juvenile prison so not having two classes will free up some time. But not much, since I am a little behind in my hours. . . Come April though, I will be done with my Master's degree and I vow to never go back to school again. Then I can focus more on Shy and other things, like cleaning my house and friends and what not. 

Blurry Shy

Tonight, it is supposed to snow 6 inches and if it does, horse sledding tomorrow! Whoo hooo! And more smashing!!

a little bit of random

Just some random thoughts that I don't get to write about too often and a few cute videos I found.

Who doesn't love Haflingers, rolling horses, and babies??

I am thinking of taking Shyloh off of her Magnesium and B1 supplements. I will keep her on the loose salt, red raspberry leaf and Maxum Crumbles multi-vitamin. I figure she has been doing so well, I might as well see how she does without the extra vitamins. Plus, the Maxum Crumbles has those two vitamins in it. I have a little over a month of her current supplement regimen bagged up, then take out the B1 (because that is what I will run out of first), then take out the Magnesium. We will see. . .I have been hemming and hawing about this for quite some time. The combo seems to work well for her so should I leave it? Me and my incapability to make a decision. . . Any thoughts?

With this yucky weather we have been having, one thing I am grateful for: that Shy is not a mud roller! It has been so rainy and muddy lately. A wed pony is one thing, but a muddy pony is something I am glad I don't have to deal with! The horses have all that room to roam, yet they will chose to stand in the mud up front rather than stay on the sandier areas out back. And they have no problem being rained on, they will stand outside the shelter if they feel like it. I saw this video on a Haflinger group I am part of:

Whew, Shy has no problem with puddles and did start going in the pond at the old barn (until she got stuck in mud, then got mad), but I am glad she does not love puddles that much! 

In Shy news. . .I no longer need a peppermint to catch her. When we first moved, she would come up to me because she was still getting used to everything. Then she started a feeble attempt at "Catch Me If You Can" for a short time.  And now, she lets me walk right up to her. That only took a year and a half, haha! Maybe one day she will actually come up to me. But I will take the not running away for now. Maybe it has to do with her being outside 24/7. Maybe she knows that even when I come to get her, she knows that she is going back out. No mystery as to when the next time she will get outside is.  

Nothing else really new is going on with me and Shy. The plan is to keep working on line driving, using the shafts, and recruiting headers so we can use the tire pull. I need a whip and a third hand to hold it. Chances are I will be ordering the cart after the new year. Yay! Here is what it will look like, but with a seat cushion!

Aside from horsey stuff, we are decorated and ready for Santa! The tree is up, the lights are on, and the stockings hung. I think our Christmas will be pretty low key, just the normal family stuff. After the holidays we are thinking of a weekend trip to get away. Not sure where yet. I am open to ideas!

One more funny video I found! Don't show Shy, I don't want her trying this on me!