New Year's Resolution: Getting It Together

Several times last week the the good grief reaction.  4 month post horse arrival, 1.5 mo. into the 4 month lease of the hay field we have3 of 4 lost front shoes in 20 degree f weather, chip in a hock, blown up knee, and an unexpected 10 day schedule were the sky falls on the blogger.  I got caught in a snow storm on a 250 mile trip.  And, oh, car is stuck in the mud in the middle of the 300 yds between road and hay field.  Time for another diary entry.  Full report.

Horses:  the good news, unless they change the forecast, winter  over.  Fast progress now if the rains will hold off.  The big trial from Wed. went too long and was continued to 2/1,  #7 front shoe tacked on and had nice w/o last eve--btw--for years I'd conducted riderless exercise on a double lunge line with myself sprinting in the middle. Horses run full speed that way.  Due to necessity of lunge line repair now have" triple" lunge line and the horse last night sprinted all by himself full speed without myself having to move a muscle.  Triple lung line.  It works!  They get so far away from the lunger that they think they're escaping.  Only trouble I had was getting the horse to stop.  #148 knee swelling is going down. He ran into a branch.  Riding recommences this eve.  Mr. Nob instructed to weigh himself Monday. A word about personal workouts and what we're learning/relearning in the gym, next post.