Snowstorms

We survived yet another storm. Luckily it wasn't nearly as bad as last week's storm. The few inches of snow we did receive are blown into snowdrifts. Although, on my way to the paying job this morning I had to find a different route. We had a two foot snowdrift on the gravel road and there was no way I was going to bust through that drift.

Everyone seemed to be just fine after this last snow storm. I ended up putting Zeke in the barn last night because he was wet and shiverng. Everyone else seemed content to stay outside (of course I'd just thrown alfalfa so no one wanted anything to do with the barn).

The neighbor's mare and filly have been in the barn for the past couple of days. The weather has been too bad to let them out. I'm sure they will be happy to adventure outside tomorrow. I swear that filly came out half grown. She's already mouthing the hay and grain.

Tomorrow is the SD Horse Council meeting. I can't go because I have practice but Mike is going to go in my place. I am hoping that we can make some changes and see more horse activities in our community. In the past five years I've seen a couple different saddle clubs spring up and two drill teams. I know there are other activities too but I'm on the ones mentioned. It would be nice if we could get a wide variety of organizations and individuals to become members. It would be nice to see a wide range of horse rescues and sanctuaries be a part of the SD Horse Council. But maybe that's all in the works. I'm hoping next year to have the Sanctuary join. The $50 it takes to become a group member (not an individual member) is already spent on hay and grain.

There are four auctions this weekend and I won't be attending any of them. I'm a little disappointed but I don't think my heart can take it. The roads aren't the greatest so I fear that there wont' be a great turnout for the loose horses. The roads are still covered in ice and snow. I doubt any of the auctions will cancel their sales. I feel guilty for not attending but I can't do anything but give them a pat on the nose and tell them that I will remember them. It's so frustrating to have my  hands tied. 

There's simply not enough funds to go around.  That's why I wanted to focus on fundraising this year. So far our fundraising has been a success. My problem now is that I'm stuck on what to do for the next fundraiser. I have one or two ideas up  my sleeve but I'm going to wait to share those for a little bit. There's a few in the area that seem a bit jealous that we are finally promoting ourselves and possibly taking the limelight away from them. Which is too bad because the need is there.

I'm hoping the weekend will warm up and I'll get a chance to do some work outside. I was talking with Mike the other day and I mentioned that there were a couple of projects I want to start now because I want to get them done and be prepared for winter. That's right, I said it...winter. Here I am already preparing for next winter when we are still dealing with the final throws of this winter.  Of course at the time the weather was beautiful and everyone was thinking spring. But it seems as though we spend six month out of the year dealing with winter and trying to get through and the other six months preparing for the next winter. It's an odd concept to think about the next winter when we are finally getting out of the last winter. It's a hard pill to swallow but I guess that's the life we live in South Dakota. Always need to be prepared for the next snowstorm, even if it's at the end of April.