Rain

I've got just my own horses in the barn, its been a month since there has been a boarder, almost 4 months since I 've had a paying boarder. So I get to do all the daily work myself, all the stall cleaning, all the hay bag filling, all the grain buckets, all the cleaning water buckets.

 

But with winter coming on its going to be getting tricky because I need to get the horses turned out but not leave them out in nasty rain. I can open the gate to Joeys run and he can come & go as he pleases but with the girls I have to let them out & close a gate after them. Then they are stuck outside with just 1 shelter to share. Today I went out to the pasture to bring them in before I left for work and Sunshower was in the shelter and Wifi had her head in but the rest of her body was out. Not fair!

 

But that is horsey drama and lucky for Wifi, Sunshower loves her girl and will let her put her head in there at all.

 

I will admit that Lan has done some feeding for me and I make it as easy for him as I can. If I know its going to be a nice day tomorrow I'll put out hay tonight so all the horses do is go out. If its going to be nasty I have Lan put them into the other 3 stalls which already have their hay bags hanging and fresh water so hes not feeding them in sandy floor poopy stalls.

 

Two days ago I went and checked out another farm that's for sale and I really like it. Its between here and Lans parents house, over on Bethel Burley. The price has been dropped 100K in the last 6 months or so and the bank is now asking 255k. It won't accept offers nor do any repairs nor cover any of the closing costs. If we buy the place its up to us to come up with all those expenses.

Its almost 5 acres with a real house and a small covered arena. Its got 4 stalls but I'd only use 2 of those as stalls.

 

Big pasture out front

 

and another big one out back but that one is full of black berries.

 

Front garage

 

Back garage. its not so bad inside

 

 

Arena is about 60x50

 

with 2 attached stalls and two others in the barn

 

Here is the gorgeous kitchen, its had work done on it

 

 

living room with upstairs

 

If I buy this house I'm doing this

 

This is where the stairs go. There are 3 bedrooms up there, 2 with jack & jill bathroom

 

The living room has French doors that look over the back yard and arena area. There is a covered patio here.

 

And the driveway is long.

 

The address of this house is 10628. In the past I heard that the number 8 is good luck and if your house numbers add up to 8 then its a good house to live in. This place adds up to 8!

Our current house ads up to 5 and that's not so bad, the Tacoma house I had was an 8 and even though I moved away from there it was a happy place for me.

 

I'd love to have a real house to live in and bigger pastures for my horses. This farm that we live in now is nice and has a great barn and arena but the pasture sucks.