Emotionally Exhausting Weekend

I am completely and utterly worn out emotionally. Physically fine but emotionally exhausted.

I went to the Sioux Falls Regional Livestock horse sale on Saturday and had to sit on my hands. I was exahusted by the end of the sale and wished I would have had room for a couple of them. Of course the ones I fall in love with always end up with the KB. It breaks my heart. I'll blog about the sale later.

On Sunday I picked up Jimbo. He's sort of a rescue, sort of not. I'll blog more about it. I've been keeping it hush hush since I wasn't sure if I should go through with the deal or not. I'm not sure if I made a right move or not. I could have saved a couple at the Saturday sale instead.

I guess for now, I'll just include some pictures to brighten this post. Now that we are in full swing of winter I want to keep reminding myself how much I love spring/summer. I should be counting down the days until Christmas instead of counting down until spring!

Tommy and Skippy in their temporary pasture. I didn' thave to mow much this summer thanks to the ponies! We put the new roof on last year (2008). I'm loving it; no more leaky barn (at least on that side of the roof).

Apparently I didn't get all of Farley's head in the pic (oops). Gypsy the instigator. We'll have had her for two years this January. Christmas is a time for joy but also a time of sorrow for me since that's the day we lost my sweet LeRoy. Every once in awhile I'll see Gypsy out of the corner of my eye and think she's LeRoy since they have similar markings. We miss you LeRoy.

Ever present Rooster. He's taken to following me around to the different pens. It's a bit creepy. Rooster is also a rescue. The same owner of Maverick, Brego, and Queen used to own Rooster. He was either going to be shot or dropped off at our place "for the dogs to play with." He's been mauled when I've turned my back but so far he's lasted at Borderlands for three years and a dozen or so dog attacks.

The view looking down our road. Mike and I were pulling the neighbor's fence posts. I forget how green and lush everything was back in June. Oh how I look forward to green.

It's now snowing so no lush green pastures for me to drool over. I guess I'll be happy that we don't have three feet of snow. It's been snowing for the past week and we've only accumulated about an inch. Winter is here so I will enjoy what winter brings me.