Saturday, September 19, 2015

Four Things Survey

Since I've been super lazy this week and have four unfinished blog posts sitting in the wings, just waiting to be posted... enjoy this unofficial, ridiculous blog hop thing.  Maybe you'll learn something about me ;)  First posted by L Williams.

Four names that people call me other than my real name (note that my real name is actually Katharine):
1.  Kit
2.  Kitkat
3.  Crazy
4.  Kath (hate this one, but people use it at work)

Four jobs I've had (I've had strange jobs):
1.  Waitress
2.  Farm sitter person
3.  Vocal assistant/Lead pianist for a dinner theatre
4.  Sales manager

Four movies I've watched more than once:  (only four? I rewatch stuff all the time)
1.  Hook
2.  The Princess Bride
3.  Mission Impossible (any of them)
4.  Age of Adaline

Four books I'd recommend:  (again hard... I collect books)
1.  When Knighthood was In Flower (by Charles Major)
2.  Just David (by Eleanor H. Porter)
3.  Alice in Wonderland (by Lewis Carrol)
4.  The Hobbit (Tolkien)

Four places I've lived:
1.  Way up north Canada (no idea what town)
2.  Steinbach, Canada
3.  Seminole, TX
4.  Paris, TX

Four places I've visited:
1.  Durango area, Mexico
2.  Vienna, Austria
3.  Rome, Italy
4.  Venice, Italy

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1.  On Lady's back
2.  Anywhere in Europe again
3.  At an Il Divo concert
4.  School

Four things I prefer not to eat:
1.  Eggs
2.  ummm... Pork
3.  this is hard... ummm... Tomato sauce
4.  very very hard.... not picky.... ummm.... anything at all that is spicy

Four of my favorite foods:
1.  Chocolate
2.  Coffee
3.  Ice cream
4.  Pasta almost anything

Four TV shows I watch:
1.  Doctor Who
2.  Sherlock
3.  Once Upon A Time
4.  Call The Midwife

Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
1.  Christmas
2.  WINTER YAY
3.  Moving out on my own
4.  Cold weather <3  (can you tell I love the holiday season and the winter coldness?)

Four things I'm always saying:
1.  Ummm
2.  Terrific!
3.  I love you
4.  Politics are such a joke



Thursday, September 10, 2015

Seasons Changing

I meant to post this on Tuesday, but being out of town, just didn't happen.  That also means no new media.  Sorry :(

I got a text from my trimmer this morning telling me to pull Lady off the grass ASAP. We've gotten rain over the weekend, and the new fall weather means that the grass is making changes. Which means that Lady's laminitic issues are definitely going to be flaring up.

So... back to the dry lot, hay, and more limited space.

Frustratingly though, Lady is still a bit underweight, so she's going to need to continue getting some extra feed besides hay. Buuuuttt... I can't just pack more fat into her diet because that causes her laminitis to flare up if I'm not careful.
Horses. Ugh.

The solution for right now... more alfalfa pellets (concentrated roughage), a small amount of rice bran, and just increased feed all around.

Problem... she hasn't put on weight even under that regimen for several weeks.

Why do I own horses?  I ask myself that a lot some days.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

A Rare Video...

... of me riding.

This was at the end of July. Definitely shows her balance/coordination issues at the moment, and highlights a lot of my regular riding faults.  Plus, we're both out of practice due to all the time off.
I don't link videos very often, so hopefully this works.

Enjoy? I guess?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By04OnTzrtyiOWRFQVctUjZsMlE/view?usp=sharing