What A Morning! DJ ... and Christmas!
Friday, December 7th, 2007 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debris4spikeI should really have my DJ icon - so here he is :-
As I did go to Toni's this morning ... and got blown into his field, so that I could give him a carrot. Gale force winds again ... hence the "bounce" icon!
However the real reason for not riding is that her 4 year old (unbroken) 17hand gelding, Conrad, had escaped this morning - onto the road! Fortunately he was so spooked that he didn't move from the verge - but to be woken up while still dark with someone telling you that a horse is loose is panic enough! Anyway - he was OK and Secret, his companion, hadn't left the field. So it was a case of major fencing work to do ...
But the good news is ...
It wasn't DJ ... this time!!
Anyway - I spent about an hour repairing the electric tape - not easy in the wind (with cold hands!). It had been broken in a couple of places by Conrad, and had then wrapped around other fence posts, etc. After that I then left Toni and her husband to finish off the actual structural work. It is a two-handed job, which they have done many times.
So I came back and have now got some decorations up in my treatment room. I want to get my Christmas star-lights up in my lounge window as half the road is already decorated! So that will begin to make me feel more organised - I hope!
I got all my foreign cards posted yesterday and have started making the British ones. I even went through my presents and found out how much I still need to buy ... loads!! ... And the worst is I still can't decide what to get Toni ... DJ has already bought his present to her ... stealing one great idea ... LOL
OH Well - this isn't getting the lounge decorated! So I had better get on!!
As I did go to Toni's this morning ... and got blown into his field, so that I could give him a carrot. Gale force winds again ... hence the "bounce" icon!
However the real reason for not riding is that her 4 year old (unbroken) 17hand gelding, Conrad, had escaped this morning - onto the road! Fortunately he was so spooked that he didn't move from the verge - but to be woken up while still dark with someone telling you that a horse is loose is panic enough! Anyway - he was OK and Secret, his companion, hadn't left the field. So it was a case of major fencing work to do ...
But the good news is ...
It wasn't DJ ... this time!!
Anyway - I spent about an hour repairing the electric tape - not easy in the wind (with cold hands!). It had been broken in a couple of places by Conrad, and had then wrapped around other fence posts, etc. After that I then left Toni and her husband to finish off the actual structural work. It is a two-handed job, which they have done many times.
So I came back and have now got some decorations up in my treatment room. I want to get my Christmas star-lights up in my lounge window as half the road is already decorated! So that will begin to make me feel more organised - I hope!
I got all my foreign cards posted yesterday and have started making the British ones. I even went through my presents and found out how much I still need to buy ... loads!! ... And the worst is I still can't decide what to get Toni ... DJ has already bought his present to her ... stealing one great idea ... LOL
OH Well - this isn't getting the lounge decorated! So I had better get on!!
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Date: 2007-12-07 12:11 pm (UTC)Xmas decorations...It's hard to believe that it's almost the 2nd week of Dec already.
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Date: 2007-12-07 12:31 pm (UTC)Yes - I am late with my treatment room - usually done on the 1st!! Still, I now have some icons - so that is one thing of getting me organised!
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Date: 2007-12-07 03:18 pm (UTC)Like your Christmas icon
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Date: 2007-12-09 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-07 08:11 pm (UTC)Electric tape doesn't stand up to high winds very well :( the times i've had to go knee deep in mud across a field to put the stakes back in the ground where they've got dragged over with the wind.
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Date: 2007-12-09 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-09 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-09 08:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-07 11:19 pm (UTC)I want to start putting up the Christmas lights this weekend...so maybe I will convince my dad to help me! :)
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Date: 2007-12-09 07:14 pm (UTC)Another great icon
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Date: 2007-12-09 08:09 pm (UTC)And thanks. I love that icon, too! What a nice Christmas present James would be :P
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Date: 2007-12-09 08:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-08 07:27 am (UTC)I know how your friend felt.
When Sean was about 2 he very sneakily left the house and tried to walk to his friend Zach's down the street... at 3am!
It was not fun to wake up to policemen at the door with Sean in tow.
His nickname is now Houdini.
hahaha
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Date: 2007-12-09 07:15 pm (UTC)