My next equine project horse

YorksG said:
When my sister was many miles from home at college an old friend of the family, who also lived in The South, invited her for Sunday lunch, that was many many years ago and sister went to stay with them last summer :) So just be careful Love and AA, you may never get rid of each other :D
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sshhh ! I have found my crash test dummy for Ted. Brilliant rider and a lovely way with horses - don't tell her though.

I have just flicked through the thread about buying the cob mare. Reading it gave me a shiver in my spine.

There is a comment I wrote that said 'I wonder what the summer of 2013 will hold' meaning showing and cubbing for the new horse. Other people wrote about 'life being too short not to buy the cob and enjoy her' . We all know what happened to me in 2013 and yes, life is too short not to enjoy even if the cob spent the year in the field and I languished on the NHS.
 
AdorableAlice said:
sshhh ! I have found my crash test dummy for Ted. Brilliant rider and a lovely way with horses - don't tell her though.

I have just flicked through the thread about buying the cob mare. Reading it gave me a shiver in my spine.

There is a comment I wrote that said 'I wonder what the summer of 2013 will hold' meaning showing and cubbing for the new horse. Other people wrote about 'life being too short not to buy the cob and enjoy her' . We all know what happened to me in 2013 and yes, life is too short not to enjoy even if the cob spent the year in the field and I languished on the NHS.
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I like your style about the crash test dummy :D Always a good idea to let the young bounce.
Thank goodness we can't see the future, as we'd never know how much of it we could see! Life is indeed too short to miss good opportunities, even if we live to be 120!
 
I am a bit pleased with the furry fool. He found his brave pants today.

Tied up, once again, on the naughty step this afternoon, he watched the older horses have their feet trimmed until it was his turn. He has been good with the farrier recently but we always did him indoors as he is much more secure with four walls around him. I was a little selective with the truth when the farrier asked me how I was getting on with handling Ted's legs and feet. 'Kicked me' just wouldn't come past my lips.

We decided to try and do him tied up and outside today and he was brilliant. I then really pushed the boat out by leaving him alone with the farrier. There was a little anxiety and fidgeting but he settled. Farrier was most impressed but still insisted he would be retired before it is time to shoe Ted. Do Shire horses go barefoot ! hope so.
 
AdorableAlice said:
sshhh ! I have found my crash test dummy for Ted. Brilliant rider and a lovely way with horses - don't tell her though.
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I seem to remember Love rashly offered to be Ted's crash test dummy aaages ago. Love, there is no doubt about the reason for your invite: you may think it was pure kindness, but actually AA is just reeling you in slowly :tongue3:


AdorableAlice said:
I have just flicked through the thread about buying the cob mare. Reading it gave me a shiver in my spine.

There is a comment I wrote that said 'I wonder what the summer of 2013 will hold' meaning showing and cubbing for the new horse. Other people wrote about 'life being too short not to buy the cob and enjoy her' . We all know what happened to me in 2013 and yes, life is too short not to enjoy even if the cob spent the year in the field and I languished on the NHS
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Couldn't agree more - life can just change from one day to the next. And you have enjoyed that cob. Hope 2014 is going to shape up a little better for you - any plans so far, and how are they going?

It's noticeably quiet on the Ted front - does that mean he has been exceptionally good, or just keeping his head down? And Alice, and the rest of the gang? Looking forward to the next instalment/update as & when available :biggrin3:
 
Yes, not seen a Ted update for a g e s! Hope all is well xx
I went to the Shire spring show on Saturday tell Ted they were all beautifully behaved :)
 
TrasaM said:
Yes, not seen a Ted update for a g e s! Hope all is well xx
I went to the Shire spring show on Saturday tell Ted they were all beautifully behaved :)
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How lovely to be remembered.

Ted and the gang are fine. The big change is me going back to work full time. I now have two 6 o'clocks in each day and that is proving hard ! I drive an hour each way so the days are feeling very long at the moment. I had got terribly used to a life of no work, especially as I started to feel better and enjoy the horses and yard so much. Never mind, at least I have got to the end of it all.

Alice is not going to be started this year, she is very fugly and weak at the moment with the typical slow growth patterns of the ID. She is so even tempered and peaceful it won't matter. Ted remains in a Kevin phase and found himself turned out with the most dominant mare who terrorised the life out of him. He is going to be started this weekend on the long line.
 
I'm sorry that you're so tired but also pleased as you are well on the road to full recovery though I'm slightly less pleased with the name for your blow up doll but then if my name sake helps get Ted off to a good start it'll be worth it lol.
I roared with laughter at the pictures, in fact I've laughed cried grinned and Oooh and awwed over so many of your wonderful posts and not just in this thread.
I'm looking forward to hearing about Ted and the long lines as I'm sure there'll be some 'interesting' moments.
 
LD&S said:
I'm sorry that you're so tired but also pleased as you are well on the road to full recovery though I'm slightly less pleased with the name for your blow up doll but then if my name sake helps get Ted off to a good start it'll be worth it lol.
I roared with laughter at the pictures, in fact I've laughed cried grinned and Oooh and awwed over so many of your wonderful posts and not just in this thread.
I'm looking forward to hearing about Ted and the long lines as I'm sure there'll be some 'interesting' moments.
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Opps, sorry. Trudie has deflated herself at the moment, I think she is on strike.
 
Thanks for the update! Did think it might be something to do with a return to full-time work - not easy after some time away at the best of times, never mind when body still getting its strength back.

Hope your weekends are not just spent recovering, and that you're having some fun. You may have some fun this weekend by the sound of it, or at least we all will have reading about it. <g>

Sorry to hear Trudie is not keen on her new career - no accounting for some, eh?
 
teacups said:
Thanks for the update! Did think it might be something to do with a return to full-time work - not easy after some time away at the best of times, never mind when body still getting its strength back.

Hope your weekends are not just spent recovering, and that you're having some fun. You may have some fun this weekend by the sound of it, or at least we all will have reading about it. <g>


Sorry to hear Trudie is not keen on her new career - no accounting for some, eh?
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I had a lovely weekend, pity work gets in between !. Fence judged at the Team Chase on Sunday, what a bonkers lot they are. Wing, prayer and a neck strap, I could barely watch.
 
Oh AA I had missed your posts. And your truly inspirational view on life. Reading what you have been through in the past year has helped my put my (rather pathetic) problems into perspective, kick on and start to enjoy, and live, my life again. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

S x
 
This Trudy bird is a bit of an air head! You know that she'll only let you all down in the end. What you need is a good healthy bouncy young person with no sense of self preservation .. And it looks like you've found her ;)
Take care of yourself Mrs and thank you for updating :)
 
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Looks like Ted has buried Alice's face in the hay feeder again.

Little Alice seems to be dropping condition and is looking very fugly so I decided to have a look in both of the youngsters mouths. Alice has a perfect pearly white set of teeth, all even and very model like. Ted needs a blooming brace, what a mess, he has a front tooth missing. He claims the rotten mean tempered bully barge mare shoved his tooth down his throat.

We had visitors this morning one of which was a much respected judge, breaker and producer, there was a raised eyebrow and a bit of tooth sucking when Ted was looked at, I decided against asking what she thought of him and winced when she asked what I planning to do with him. I decided to make light of it and suggested he could go into the circus. Sadly she did not disagree !

I am off now for my first lesson, I have the extra control bra on, have taken the pain relief, found the back brace and the asthma inhaler is in the pocket. Still can't see me lasting more than 30 minutes ! I have no excuses either because my 6 month post chemo bloods all came back perfect this week, so the reality is I am fat and lazy - horse like rider so we will be fine. If I don't report back I can be found in the school in an exhausted heap.
 
Grreat news that your bloods were clear. Hope you enjoyed your lesson.

There is every possibility Ted will be a late developer, and turn into a very handsome adult providing lots of fun for you once he is through the teenage years!
 
radox needed. Not entirely sure who worked the hardest, think it was me. I am getting too old for all this doing it properly business, hacking is easier but I do like a schooled horse so it's a chicken and egg situation I fear !

After endless moaning, fits of the giggles, lots of wobbling and lots of out of breath moments we called it a day. Far easier to let my friend school the cob and let me enjoy the fruits of his labour !
 
Tiddlypom said:
Great news about the bloods.

Please let us know how the lesson (on Martha?) went, once you have got your breath back :).

Alice looks so sweet! Ted's fab too, he's just a little bit 'different' to y'average everyday nag.
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Ted is perfect!! I will hear no different or I may have to kidnap him ;) . His ridiculousness (is that a word?) helped his owner through some very dark times who needs to be a HOYS champion when he has that ability.
 
Thank you for such kind words.

Ted managed to freak the neighbours out by pretending to be dead. My lovely next door neighbours have horses of their own and they can see across the fields from their top floor. Ted, Alice and Alice's mum all lay down in the sun and had a snooze, the girls got up and wandered off leaving Ted sparko on his side, and that is how he stayed for such a long time that they decided to walk over and see if he was alive ! Apparently he opened one eye, sighed, farted and went back to sleep.

It is a year on since I had the surgery and today a letter arrived calling me back to hospital for the first mammogram. I know it's routine but I am bricking it. It is on Thursday and then the wait for results. All I can think of is last year and the phone call I had 48 hours after my first ever mammogram. I must be positive, I have got this far, I must not go into a melt down.
 
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