One year of Morstone Acres
I can’t even believe it’s been a year since my dreams came true and the chestnut boys came home! Some days having horses at home is exhausting and overwhelming. Some days I just don’t have enough time to do all…
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Tag Archive: Phoenix
Belated birthdays and busy days
So way back on the 28th of April a certain special needs horse celebrated his 17th birthday and I have failed to blog appropriately! Somehow the horse who no one liked but me has become the favorite of both my…
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Happy 29th Birthday Phoenix!
Tax season has me all kinds of crazy over here but less than three weeks until I get back to my normal schedule. I’m not counting down or anything… This past weekend had a lot going on and I’ll do a…
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DIY Pasture Hay Feeders
Last fall I started trying to figure out a plan for how I would feed hay in the winter at home. I didn’t want to leave hay on the ground so I planned ahead and waited for a sale at TSC…
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All Aboard the Struggle Bus
Long post ahead but lots of media too! So obviously the day after I write a post about how well the chestnut boys are doing I go out at night to clean stalls to find Phoenix on three legs (he…
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Scenes at Morstone Acres
The evening after getting home from California I had a weird episode where I suddenly felt incredibly tired and body heavy and like I was going to pass out if I was standing. I went to bed and still couldn’t function…
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Hot Showers and Sharp Teeth
Well for about two weeks now I’ve wondered about two things: Why do I live somewhere that it gets this cold? Why did I think it would be fun to have horses at home and do all their care in…
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2017 Goals Recap
I guess technically these goals were started in November 2016, but most were set to be achieved in 2017 anyways. Here’s the original goals post, and here is my mid year update. Personal Goals Maintain my current weight – Over a…
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Ear Icicles
I have definitely found the learning curve for winter horse care with ponies at home to be much larger than summer. As I mentioned in my last post, Stampede is pretty insistent that I keep him warm and dressing him…
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Doing all the things
Sometimes I will be talking to non-horse friends and listing out what I have been up to and I realize I’m just talking too much and no one cares about all the things I’ve been doing in the barn and with…
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