Possibilities and Your Opinion Please

I think we missed out on the worst of the storm (knock on wood). We mostly had freezing rain, which would come as a downpour at times. We even had some thundersnow. I was thinking I may need to put the horses in tonight because of the wind. I was wrong. There's a little bit of a breeze but nothing like this morning.

I'm guessing the entire herd is pretty exhausted. I should have been a better horse mom and put them in during the day instead. Luckily the older horses and the hard keepers had their blankets on to keep them dry.

I let some of the herd in the barn to eat their grain and any time someone would move, their blankets would crinkle.
I've been doing more thinking and brainstorming for the upcoming March sale. It bothers me that I'm not farther along with planning. It also bothers me that I'm not very far in my general plans for the sanctuary.

I'm still a private sanctuary/rescue but the incorporation and non-profit are in the works if I could ever carve out some time. It's that darn moral support that I need to push me farther.
I've been crunching numbers for the March sale. For me to bring home a horse, I would need to raise $500. Most of that would be towards vet bill, hay, and quarantine for one month. I'm betting that the price of horses will still be fairly cheap in March because we aren't yet to prime riding season.

So, do you think we could fundraise $500 in less than a month? I'm working on getting the website up and getting a paypal account. But right now I'm just curious to know if it would even be possible to raise that amount before March 12th? What do you think? I desperately need your opinion.

The two horses in all three pictures are Dude (on the left) and Chaos (on the right). Dude has what's called "hunter's bump" (I can't remember the technical term). But it's left him lame in the back end. We bought him not knowing that he had it and the older he gets the worse it is (and there's nothing that can be done). Had we sold him, I'm 100% positive that he would have headed to slaughter. He's the type of a horse that needs to be worked and will push buttons to get his way. Chaos was headed to an auction as an unhandled grade yearling stud colt with a gash on his back leg. I'm betting that he too would have ended up in the slaughter pipeline. Both of these horses would most likely not be here today if we had not crossed paths.

I keep thinking of all the other horses that could possibly cross paths. Last night I looked up at the sky and saw a million stars. I'm guessing there are as many horses as stars that we could possibly cross paths with. I can only hope I'll be so lucky to cross paths with a horse in need or a horse that should live out his life in full luxury.