January, how I hate thee.

Not much going on, since nice days only happen Monday-Thursday when I am at work.  Friday-Sunday, the weather is freezing ass cold, or raining.

Daisy and Julius are settling in.  At first they didn't know what to make of grain, but they got over that, and are now enthusiastic eaters at breakfast and dinner.  They still will not eat sugar, or carrots, or apples.

Without treats, I find it hard to bribe/corrupt them.  I will continue to work on this.

Holiday Building Fun

Meghan was in town for Christmas and the new horses' delivery, and THANK GOD she was.  We spent what time off I had from work, finishing the stall lining and it would have been impossible to do without her help.

I had been working on sanding the inside of stalls, pretty much the areas around where the plywood is hung, so that it can be painted later and is nice and smooth.  That sucked bad enough, and I for sure am taking a break before working on sanding the bars.

Anyway, Meghan got a sweet new drill for Christmas, and we put that puppy to use!  Himple delivered the plywood, and we spent some fun time measuring, cutting, drilling and hanging all the lovely lining of the stalls.

On the Monday between Christmas and NYE, it was snowy and icy, so I actually called in to work, which I have never done.  It felt kind of nice, and I also felt a little guilty.  That being said, I'm glad I did, because that ended up being a super productive day.  As with EVERY project we have thus far undertaken, this took WAY LONGER and was a lot harder than I imaged.

But, nice result, and it was fun to do with Meghan.  More sanding and painting to follow, but here is some before/during/after.

This build powered by beef sticks and beer.

Dressed for the weather.  Very pretty.

Meghan finished her first set of cornhole boards over the break, as well.  I need to practice, cause I suck at it.