Week Six

We are still settling in, and the past two weeks we are feeling more settled and a little more like this place is becoming "home" to us.  We are still working hard on all of our projects and then there are the horses.  The horses, the horses, the horses....I can't say enough about these lovely creatures that are sharing this space with us. They seem to have settled in well.  We have adjusted to having them here well so far.  And...

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Seven Acres=A lot of mowing!

We had three acres when we lived in Virginia, and we spent a lot of time mowing our lawn there.  Now we have seven acres and we are really glad we have horses to eat much of the grass.  I mowed the front yard last week: Tonight, I finished mowing it all for the second time.  We need more horses so they can take care of the front too! I am joking of course, because four horses is more than enough.  We will fence this in and...

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Easter 2014 Weekend with the Family

It was an insanely busy week last week!  In fact, I am still recovering from it.  First the horses arrived and that same day my family started arriving for the holiday weekend.  Aric surprised me on Thursday night, and he wanted to go out and see the horses right away even though it was dark.  He seems to have the touch with the horses and seems to really enjoy them.  The next day Brittany and Austin came over and later that...

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Our Horsecoming Day!

Today was the day I have been waiting for since the first time we decided to buy a house so I could foster the horses: our horsecoming day.  We were up at 5 am, and out working in their pasture as soon as it was light. We worked until around 10 am and then headed over to the sanctuary.  Robin already had the trailer hooked onto the truck and in the loading zone.  We started with Hanovi and Gypsy, who both loaded beautifully.  Gypsy...

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Preparing for the Horses to Arrive

We are beginning the part of our house renovations that are exciting to me: the prep for the horses.  Mainly we had to put a cross fence up in the back.  We (or rather Nathan) started with fence posts. Austin came over on his one and only day off to help with the rest of the fence.  Not only did Austin help, but one of our wonderful neighbors came over and helped too.  I truly can't get over what incredible neighbors we...

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Week Five in the House

We are gearing up for the final thrust of the biggest house projects because the horses are coming soon!  This week we worked on tons more wallpapering.  I did the dining room.  Then Nathan helped me do the living room and reading room.  It made a huge difference when we were done.  Again, the place looked so much brighter and cleaner.  We also finally managed to hang kitchen and dining room curtains. The other project...

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Weeks Three and Four in the House

I am beginning to feel like the Energizer Bunny in that I keep going and going and going.  I am hoping in the next few weeks, it begins to really look like there is progress and it is coming to an end.  I need to have all of the physical things done before the horses arrive because I don't see my body being up to handling both things well at the same time.  So what else has been checked off the list since I last blogged?  We (mostly...

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