Gentle Savage

Kyle and I are going to look at another horse this weekend. His name is Gentle Savage and he is a 17 hh saddlebred. The family took him in from thier neighbor who was getting a divorce. The neighbor wanted them to find him a good home. They said he is dead quiet even though he hasn't been ridden much in the last two years. Hopefully this goes better than our last horse-looking trip. Wish us luck!

Spent two hours with Vinnie last night

Vinnie and I had the arena to ourselves last night which is unusual with the crappy wet weather we have had. Everyone is inside. I realized that if I wait until 7, usually everyone is gone by then. So I on days when I want to do some serious work, after 7 is the time to do it:)

We spent a lot of time working on bending and moving clockwise. He is definitely stiffer going that way and really needs the work. He can barely pick up the canter. We worked on a lot of serpentine's and circles. I also did some canter transition work. He is really getting better now that he is being ridden constantly. I think he is just so used to getting away with things with the lesson students so it's good to have that consistency when I ride him.

I am amazed every day at how amazing he is as a horse in terms of temperament. Nothing fazes this horse. Despite his stubbornness, you could ride him backwards and he would just think "whatever". I fall in love with him more every day:)

My dumped butt

Kyle and I went to look at a horse on Sunday. I had been all excited about this horse because, from all accounts from the owner, he seemed perfect for what I was looking for. So much for that...

We got there and the horse seemed quiet enough and did when when the friend of the owner rode it. Then I got on. 2 second later I was off. Apparently, the horse gets a little excited when on a loose rein, a fact that the owner failed to tell me before I got on. Then she asked if I was still interested to which I said "I think we are going to go now."

Everyday, I am more and more thankful for Vinnie. He is such a good boy and an amazing horse. It will be hard to find another one that measures up to him.

Thanksgiving dinner revisted

Since Kyle and I went home for thanksgiving, I decided to remake thanksgiving dinner for him this weekend. He loves thanksgiving and the leftovers which we did not get this year. Our local grocery stores were pretty competitive with Turkey deals before thanksgiving so we ended up getting 2 11lb birds for $.39/lb!

I made a shopping trip before we left to get the thanksgiving food deals so this is what we had:

11 lb turkey $4.55
bag of potatoes $1.99
6 cans of green beans $2.34
2 cans of cream of mushroom $.50
1 can of french fried onions $.75
Hawaiian rolls $2.50
stuffing $.99
bag of carrots $1.00
quart of half and half $1.19
frozen peas $.69

Total = $16.50

We will have leftovers tomorrow and Monday. Plus I made 2 turkey pot pies (each one should last for 2 meals) and froze them for dinners later. This means we have 7 meals for about $2.35 a piece!

It snowed!

We got a bunch of snow tonight....it's beautiful and fluffy!! I am going to have to take some pictures and post them tomorrow.

I have a busy weekend...tomorrow we are going to go visit Vinnie and then I'm going to do some christmas shopping. I still need to get another ornament for my Nestie ornament exchange...I have one but I want to send her another one. I also need to get gifts for Nathan and Tessa and create a basket for the Bailey family exchange. I am thinking of going to the podge to get that stuff.

Tomorrow evening, I am making Thanksgiving dinner over for Kyle since we didn't bring home and leftovers (and we have two 11 lb turkeys in our freezer to eat!). I also hope to have time to make some cookie tomorrow night:) whew...that's a lot!

Sunday is going to be awesome! We are going to Rochester to look at Navaho, a horse I have been looking at for a while. I hope that goes well! And we decided...since we will be in Rochester, we are going to go to PF Chang's for dinner since that is the closest one to where we live. Fun day with the Hubby!!