I didn't get to ride this weekend, trying to let my body recover so I'll be good to ride this week. On Saturday I went out and had some 'barn time' and watered the horses for C and D and got caught up on the barn news.
On Sunday I went to the Miramichi (New Brunswick) to visit with my Mom's side of the family. My Grandfather came from a family of 10, and each of his brothers and sisters each had 4-10 kids each. Needless to say family reunions are complicated! It was good to see my grandmother see everyone she remembers and my mom had a great time catching up with her cousins. My Grandmother is loosing some of her memories, mostly her short term memory is slowly getting lost, however she did remember everyone at the lunch. Shes 85, so occasional forgetting that she already asked a question is not the end of the world.
In horsy news, Oscar will go back to being my part time pony at the end of August. I'm looking foreword to riding him again and to see if I can handle his lope better now that I have more saddle time under my belt.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Lesson #3
First off I have to say that my Mom finished her Masters in Education today!
Well we had lesson number 3 this morning, both horses were full of it from not being able to run and play outside to much so we both had to lunge a bit longer than usual. Once we got on D had us practice some backing and haunch turns to get the horses moving off our legs, and had me and Oscar doing a couple of spins as well. So we warmed up jogging around and working on picking our horses shoulders up again and moving there hips around. Then we trotted though and over some poles that D set up for us. Then we worked on our loping. D had set up the poles so that we could lope 20 m circles and go though the poles to work on our steering and straightness.
Once we had worked on all of that D, had us do a mini trail course we backed though one set of poles, 90 turn on the haunch for another set of poles, 90 then jog around all of the poles to jog over a set of raised poles. We did ok, but Oscar really picked his legs up to get over the poles which was bouncy, but we did it!
Today I really felt like I was having some good loping moments. I remembered to sit tall and keep my hips loose. I'm still sure that it still doesn't look good, but we're figuring it out.
My big things to remember are to keep my body loose and keep Oscars nose up and to the inside so he can't swap leads on me!
Well we had lesson number 3 this morning, both horses were full of it from not being able to run and play outside to much so we both had to lunge a bit longer than usual. Once we got on D had us practice some backing and haunch turns to get the horses moving off our legs, and had me and Oscar doing a couple of spins as well. So we warmed up jogging around and working on picking our horses shoulders up again and moving there hips around. Then we trotted though and over some poles that D set up for us. Then we worked on our loping. D had set up the poles so that we could lope 20 m circles and go though the poles to work on our steering and straightness.
Once we had worked on all of that D, had us do a mini trail course we backed though one set of poles, 90 turn on the haunch for another set of poles, 90 then jog around all of the poles to jog over a set of raised poles. We did ok, but Oscar really picked his legs up to get over the poles which was bouncy, but we did it!
Today I really felt like I was having some good loping moments. I remembered to sit tall and keep my hips loose. I'm still sure that it still doesn't look good, but we're figuring it out.
My big things to remember are to keep my body loose and keep Oscars nose up and to the inside so he can't swap leads on me!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Yikes
Now my Mom is in the hospital, something is wrong with her legs (we had thought it was a reaction to the new med that her doctor put her on less than a week ago) but its looking like something a bit more serious now. Prayers and best wishes would be much appreciated!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
A good one gone,
My first 4-h leader's (M) mother died today. She was 101, and until this summer lived at home on her farm that she and her husband built together. M retired from the vet practice that she bought from my Grandfather about 15 years ago now and she has always been a positive and encouraging force in my 'horse life'. She vetted my first horse, encouraged me when I thought nothing else could go right at horse shows, and taught me to barrel race. M and her mother are the longest established breeders of AQHA horses in the maritimes, started shorting after Marie started work as a veterinarian.
Her Mother was the group Grandmother. There were always cookies ready to be eaten and an ear for anything that might need to be talked about. Although she had 8 grand kids and 10 great-grand kids of her own she cared for a lot more than that.
When I would travel with my Dad on his rounds to breed cattle I would always ask to stop at her place for some cookies.
I spent the last two days at C and D's place looking after the farm and the animals (16 horses, 3 cats and 2 dogs). Lucas should be home tonight and I hope to go and ride him tomorrow afternoon.
Her Mother was the group Grandmother. There were always cookies ready to be eaten and an ear for anything that might need to be talked about. Although she had 8 grand kids and 10 great-grand kids of her own she cared for a lot more than that.
When I would travel with my Dad on his rounds to breed cattle I would always ask to stop at her place for some cookies.
I spent the last two days at C and D's place looking after the farm and the animals (16 horses, 3 cats and 2 dogs). Lucas should be home tonight and I hope to go and ride him tomorrow afternoon.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Crazy maritimers...
So with hurricane Irene making its way here I'm somewhat laid up on the coach fighting though what I'm assuming to be the changes in the weather.
In typical maritime fashion tomorrow (as in hours before Irene is expected to make landfall in the maritime) our family (my dad's side) is scheduled to to go 'brown' river rafting on the Shubenacadie river. Its a river that joins the Bay of Fundy and as the website states "The incoming tides of the Bay of Fundy enter the "V" shaped Cobequid Bay, as the tide progresses into the shallowing and narrowing river, the water begins to "pile-up". This phenomenon creates what is known as a "tidal bore", The tidal Bore represents the lead wave of the incoming tide. Behind the tidal bore, tidal rapids form. The Tidal Bore itself can range in size from a few inches to up to 10 feet! The tidal rapids range in size from 3' to 16' in height. "
The best part, Dad booked this weekend at the first of the summer knowing it would be an "extreme tide", and that was before the hurricane.........
I will only be going on this trip as a van driver, but I have a feeling that they (meaning the rest of my family) might not be going in the water either! Last year at about this time we had a hurricane, but all it did was nock out some power, and some trees but we are a decent distance from the ocean.
On the Lucas front, I've had several interesting phone calls including one from Maine so keep your fingers crossed for him. I went out this morning and lunged him as he was going to stay in for most of the day (too hot for a black horse to be outside!) and gave him a good brushing.
In typical maritime fashion tomorrow (as in hours before Irene is expected to make landfall in the maritime) our family (my dad's side) is scheduled to to go 'brown' river rafting on the Shubenacadie river. Its a river that joins the Bay of Fundy and as the website states "The incoming tides of the Bay of Fundy enter the "V" shaped Cobequid Bay, as the tide progresses into the shallowing and narrowing river, the water begins to "pile-up". This phenomenon creates what is known as a "tidal bore", The tidal Bore represents the lead wave of the incoming tide. Behind the tidal bore, tidal rapids form. The Tidal Bore itself can range in size from a few inches to up to 10 feet! The tidal rapids range in size from 3' to 16' in height. "
The best part, Dad booked this weekend at the first of the summer knowing it would be an "extreme tide", and that was before the hurricane.........
I will only be going on this trip as a van driver, but I have a feeling that they (meaning the rest of my family) might not be going in the water either! Last year at about this time we had a hurricane, but all it did was nock out some power, and some trees but we are a decent distance from the ocean.
On the Lucas front, I've had several interesting phone calls including one from Maine so keep your fingers crossed for him. I went out this morning and lunged him as he was going to stay in for most of the day (too hot for a black horse to be outside!) and gave him a good brushing.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Sigh
Thanks for the words of encouragement last time everyone. It really meant alot to me. Things are going as planed for the weekend tomorrow night will be busy with packing but Im looking forward to the show and the clinic.
D gave me a lesson last night and we worked on keeping Lu straighter though the corners of the ring so that he doesn't collapse to the inside and loose the sweep of his stride.
In other news, we're having some family issues with my Aunt and Uncle (sister and brother to my Mom) taking advantage of my grandmother and her fragile memory. Over the past 3 weeks they have scammed over $25,000 out of my grandmother. Things are bad... to the point where we are going to have to press charges.
The worst thing is that most of it is ending up onto my Mom and Dad's shoulders to deal with as we are the closest to Nanny (physically anyways). Thankfully my Aunt will be home from Alberta tomorrow night and my Aunt from Ont will be in next week... hopefully they can help my Mom out with this crap. Im kinda glad that Im getting the weekend away from it....
D gave me a lesson last night and we worked on keeping Lu straighter though the corners of the ring so that he doesn't collapse to the inside and loose the sweep of his stride.
In other news, we're having some family issues with my Aunt and Uncle (sister and brother to my Mom) taking advantage of my grandmother and her fragile memory. Over the past 3 weeks they have scammed over $25,000 out of my grandmother. Things are bad... to the point where we are going to have to press charges.
The worst thing is that most of it is ending up onto my Mom and Dad's shoulders to deal with as we are the closest to Nanny (physically anyways). Thankfully my Aunt will be home from Alberta tomorrow night and my Aunt from Ont will be in next week... hopefully they can help my Mom out with this crap. Im kinda glad that Im getting the weekend away from it....
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Sick
I haven't been posting much lately because of allot of things.
1) I was in allot of pain last week. Then when I started to feel better I had a bunch of homework to catch up on. (when my RA is bad I cant type and find it really hard to write so things get prioritised)
2) I went in for my thyroid scan on Friday. No word on how it went. Still more waiting.
3) I am now really sick from a nasty cold. It was kinda kicking around on Wednesday night but I think the visit to the hospital for my scan (with all of the lovely bugs floating around that place!) kicked it into high gear. I have a DR. appointment for next week (I'll need antibiotics :( for a lung infection by then)
4) My dad's side of the family has polisistic kidney disease (I know I got a great set of genes in my family!!!) anyways my aunt has kidney failure and is getting dialysis several times a week. Dad has started the process to donate his kidney to her. But wants me and my brother to get kidney ultra sounds just to 'make sure' before he does it.
Technically we (meaning me and my brother) shouldn't have it. My family was part of a study looking at the genetics and how this disease is passed on. Fortunately or unfortunatly in our family it is more prevalent in the female side. (ie: my grandmother got it from her mother, although several siblings of her have it, it originated in the female line) My aunt is the only one that has it out of 3 children. Unfortunately she also passed it onto all of her 3 kids. Because Dad doesn't have it (I remember him going for tests when I was really little) we technically cannot have it because it skipped him. (also never known to skip a generation).
One of my biggest disappointments of the RA was knowing that I could now never donate to one of my cusions if they ever needed it.
1) I was in allot of pain last week. Then when I started to feel better I had a bunch of homework to catch up on. (when my RA is bad I cant type and find it really hard to write so things get prioritised)
2) I went in for my thyroid scan on Friday. No word on how it went. Still more waiting.
3) I am now really sick from a nasty cold. It was kinda kicking around on Wednesday night but I think the visit to the hospital for my scan (with all of the lovely bugs floating around that place!) kicked it into high gear. I have a DR. appointment for next week (I'll need antibiotics :( for a lung infection by then)
4) My dad's side of the family has polisistic kidney disease (I know I got a great set of genes in my family!!!) anyways my aunt has kidney failure and is getting dialysis several times a week. Dad has started the process to donate his kidney to her. But wants me and my brother to get kidney ultra sounds just to 'make sure' before he does it.
Technically we (meaning me and my brother) shouldn't have it. My family was part of a study looking at the genetics and how this disease is passed on. Fortunately or unfortunatly in our family it is more prevalent in the female side. (ie: my grandmother got it from her mother, although several siblings of her have it, it originated in the female line) My aunt is the only one that has it out of 3 children. Unfortunately she also passed it onto all of her 3 kids. Because Dad doesn't have it (I remember him going for tests when I was really little) we technically cannot have it because it skipped him. (also never known to skip a generation).
One of my biggest disappointments of the RA was knowing that I could now never donate to one of my cusions if they ever needed it.
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