A Windy Morning, Double CFR Perfs & a Day of Catching Up

I woke at 5:30 to the sound of the wind blowing and spent a while tossing and turning. My intuition kept telling me to get up and check the horses, even though it was still dark and cold. So, just after 6, I got dressed and headed out.

Sure enough, the horses weren’t at the middle shelter! I walked along the fence with only my flashlight to guide me, when Roo suddenly popped up behind me, with little Hank following along. I got hay down from the fourth mezzanine, tossed them a couple of flakes, and headed back inside to crawl into bed again.

Shaina FaceTimed from Bali they were having a great time.

Hank was standing at the middle shelter, which was good to see. 

Once up for the day, I had coffee and worked on a brain puzzle while S perused his X with a couple mugs. The other horses had headed out to the hay pasture, so S bundled up against the 2°C temperatures, took the Ranger out, closed the winter gate and let the two chubbies out. No more hay field for those two! He also filled a water tub for the horses east of the house.

It was the perfect sort of day to stay inside propped up on the bed to watch the 11 a.m. CFR performance. I put an orange chicken in the slow cooker, an easy meal for a cold day, and got a load of laundry going too.

While S watched another rodeo on TV, I unpacked my suitcase and finally published Tuesday’s blog post. He then braved the wind for a hot tub, while I tackled the workout I’d been procrastinating. One thing led to another, and I decided to have a shower afterward—but that turned out to be poor timing!

Hank was heading toward the gate for water, giving me the perfect opportunity to get the horses back into their diet pen. With my hair still soaking wet, I pulled on a toque, housecoat, sweatpants and a jacket, then recruited S to come along. I managed to lure them both into their pen, and that was that for the night. Not exactly how I’d planned to spend the time after my shower, but the horses were where they needed to be!

S caught some hockey before heading off to church. I spent the entire time he was gone working on the blog and trying to catch up. There were lots of videos to convert and compress, along with photos to add, but I finally got Wednesday’s post published.

After church, S popped over to feed Gully and put Britt’s parcel inside, then filled the car’s fuel tank. I had rice cooking and spent some time chopping up a pile of the little zucchini to freeze for future soups. I also had a panful prepared for supper, ready to go once S got home with the second round of CFR underway.

Supper was a belly-warming meal on a cold day. The orange chicken was ok but I prefer creamier chicken. I scrubbed up all the pots and pans while S pulled out the disgusting dishwasher drain for a good cleaning. Funny enough, there were toothpicks in it too! You never know what you’ll find in there. :)

We moved to the big bedroom TV to finish watching the final CFR performance. B and Cheyanne attended it tonight, lucky! Once it was over, S switched over to hockey while I worked on more brain puzzles. Those things are addictive! S eventually nodded off, and I read for a while before calling it a night.

With the wind howling outside, it was a good day to stay warm, catch up on a few things and enjoy some exciting family news from Bali. And thankfully, Hank was looking better!!