PennywithHenry
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I haven't posted properly for a while, just the odd reply, so thought I'd do a quick update.
Henry came home after being cremated and is currently in a lovely little box on my mantlepiece...hubby thinks it's a bit weird, but I can't bring myself to scatter them yet. I feel much better about it all, the vet phoned me again and stressed 100% that there's nothing more that I could have done. I've gone from feeling quite miserable the majority of the time to being able to smile when I remember him. Looking back through pictures I can see just how happy he was with me, and I'm actually now quite proud of what a difference I made to his life, even if it was for such a short time.
The so-called 'friend' came around to see me for the last time a few weeks ago...she was trying to cadge the horse feed etc off me, I knew her game. Now, this is where I turned a little 'psycho' IMO lol She phoned and said that she felt that she should come round to "help me dispose of Henrys things" (that's what a kind, caring friend she is lol) so I said that I'd be home in an hour. Then I lit the bonfire, threw on the rug that Henry ripped, and had the left over feeds and a few empty feed bags to continue throwing on when she arrived....
And I led her to believe that I burnt the lot! Rugs, tack, headcollars, nets, the works! She tried to make polite conversation for a couple of minutes, mumbled something about me having it all in hand and that she had loads of things to do and left, even declining a coffee
I haven't heard from her since
I can d without 'friends' like her though...always on the take but making out that she was always the one helping me....I'm very laid back and will help anyone needing it, but she pushed me too far, constantly undermiming Henry, trying to get her hands on his stuff after he died, reckoning she needed money to feed the kids then spending it on fags and vodka...
and as for looking after her kids....just because I have my own does not mean I like other peoples! Just because I'm horseless does not mean I'll do hers for free, then feel grateful for the chance to sh*t pick her field and clean her water troughs...anyway, enough, she's gone!
Now....on to some nice news, or I think so anyway, lol you might all think I'm mad as she's getting on a bit, but then a lot of people thought I shouldn't have gotten Henry, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
I bought my loan mare.
She's an older lady, she's 20 in fact, but I love her to bits. She's a 16.2hh l/w grey mare, an absolute sweetheart. There's a bit of debate over her breeding, she's not a TB, but far off one, if that makes sense lol I don't really care what she is, she's just absolutely amazing. She really knows what she wants, and is very opinionated, but not in a nasty way. She's worlds apart from Henry, but not in a terrible way. If I asked Henry to do something he'd do it, no questions asked: "Ok, Mum, if you say it's ok then it must be" whereas she's more; "Are you sure?" or "Really?!" we've even had a couple of "Definately not!!" moments lol but all in all she's great. In the time I've had her on loan I've changed her pelham (?!?) and curb for a plain snaffle and she's so much more relaxed, she doesn't need a martingale so that's gone too.
Her owner was going to sign her over but I wanted to pay something, and have a reciept etc, so we agreed that I would pay £200 for her tack and an extra £100 for the mare...so £300 in total, for the mare, a GFS bridle, nice english leather saddle with new airborne girth and sheepskin pad, 2 turnout rugs, a stable rug and her grooming kit. I've kept quiet about it but I've been and paid for her this morning and she's coming 'home' on saturday!
Sorry it's long, but I'm done now lol
Henry came home after being cremated and is currently in a lovely little box on my mantlepiece...hubby thinks it's a bit weird, but I can't bring myself to scatter them yet. I feel much better about it all, the vet phoned me again and stressed 100% that there's nothing more that I could have done. I've gone from feeling quite miserable the majority of the time to being able to smile when I remember him. Looking back through pictures I can see just how happy he was with me, and I'm actually now quite proud of what a difference I made to his life, even if it was for such a short time.
The so-called 'friend' came around to see me for the last time a few weeks ago...she was trying to cadge the horse feed etc off me, I knew her game. Now, this is where I turned a little 'psycho' IMO lol She phoned and said that she felt that she should come round to "help me dispose of Henrys things" (that's what a kind, caring friend she is lol) so I said that I'd be home in an hour. Then I lit the bonfire, threw on the rug that Henry ripped, and had the left over feeds and a few empty feed bags to continue throwing on when she arrived....
And I led her to believe that I burnt the lot! Rugs, tack, headcollars, nets, the works! She tried to make polite conversation for a couple of minutes, mumbled something about me having it all in hand and that she had loads of things to do and left, even declining a coffee
I haven't heard from her since
I can d without 'friends' like her though...always on the take but making out that she was always the one helping me....I'm very laid back and will help anyone needing it, but she pushed me too far, constantly undermiming Henry, trying to get her hands on his stuff after he died, reckoning she needed money to feed the kids then spending it on fags and vodka...
Now....on to some nice news, or I think so anyway, lol you might all think I'm mad as she's getting on a bit, but then a lot of people thought I shouldn't have gotten Henry, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
I bought my loan mare.
She's an older lady, she's 20 in fact, but I love her to bits. She's a 16.2hh l/w grey mare, an absolute sweetheart. There's a bit of debate over her breeding, she's not a TB, but far off one, if that makes sense lol I don't really care what she is, she's just absolutely amazing. She really knows what she wants, and is very opinionated, but not in a nasty way. She's worlds apart from Henry, but not in a terrible way. If I asked Henry to do something he'd do it, no questions asked: "Ok, Mum, if you say it's ok then it must be" whereas she's more; "Are you sure?" or "Really?!" we've even had a couple of "Definately not!!" moments lol but all in all she's great. In the time I've had her on loan I've changed her pelham (?!?) and curb for a plain snaffle and she's so much more relaxed, she doesn't need a martingale so that's gone too.
Her owner was going to sign her over but I wanted to pay something, and have a reciept etc, so we agreed that I would pay £200 for her tack and an extra £100 for the mare...so £300 in total, for the mare, a GFS bridle, nice english leather saddle with new airborne girth and sheepskin pad, 2 turnout rugs, a stable rug and her grooming kit. I've kept quiet about it but I've been and paid for her this morning and she's coming 'home' on saturday!
Sorry it's long, but I'm done now lol
