Take My Breath Away

I didn’t pay any attention to the weather this morning. I knew it was going to be a little chilly but when I stepped out the door, the cold took my breath away.  I knew we were either in the single digits above or below zero. But after the brisk walk back to the mares and ponies, I was positive the temps were below zero and that we had a pretty serious wind chill. That’ll teach me not to pay attention to the weather a little more closely.

Everyone was standing out of the wind when I showed up to throw hay. I think everyone was rather pleased I was out a few minutes earlier than normal. I need to get my little yellow hay wagon back in to the hay barn so that I can load up hay instead of tossing it out from the barn. It’ll cut down the time it takes to do morning chores and it’ll make it so that the piles can be farther apart to reduce fighting. Although this morning everyone seemed to settle down in a hurry to snarf as much hay as they could get. I threw a little extra just because it was so darn cold out.

The cold weather is making it hard for me to get anything extra done outside. I have been naughty and not hauled water back to the mares and ponies since we topped the tanks off on Saturday morning. We’ve either been running late or it’s been too cold (or a mixture of the two). So last night I took a peek and sure enough, the tank was almost empty. I swear Mayhem is a water horse! I wasn’t able to top off the tank. In fact I was only able to carry back about six buckets before I petered out. Luckily Mike wanted to get out and get some fresh air last night too. So he hauled a few more buckets back. Not sure if we’ll get to haul water tonight or not. We have a meeting to attend so I doubt there will be enough time to do much other than normal chores and then leave. It seems these days we are never home. I guess I’m making up for lost time.

If anyone is bored this weekend or wants to get involved, we are having a fundraising meeting this Saturday at 7pm at the Sanctuary. We are going to start planning for the fundraiser scheduled at the end of March (for Easter). I’m not sure what we’ll be doing, but no matter what, it’ll be fun! So if you want to get in on the planning, we’d be delighted to have you join us. I’ll make sure to bake some type of treats for us to enjoy!