Upcoming Storm

I need to post our three "holidays" we celebrated over the weekend! Sadly, no time in front of a computer this weekend. We seem to always be on the go these days.


But we are gearing up for another major winter storm. The local weathermen are finally talking a lot more about it. I've already heard that this storm will be more detrimental than last months storm where we had a foot of snow, then 3 inches of rain, and then massive flooding due to all the snow/rain and then the melting.


Now they are talking close to a foot of snow, and possibly 2.5 to 4 inches of rain. They don't have the numbers exact but it's going to be a doozy of a storm. I expect everything will be flooded again. We just got the drylot cleaned up this weekend so now I can actually muck out stalls in preparation for stalling them again this week. Sounds like we will have 50+ mph wind gusts so that's going to make life interested. We aren't in the winter storm watch but I expect as we get closer, we will.


So for now, we are taking every day as it comes and will see where it takes us. I'm so focused on getting through each day, that I have no possibility of planning anything in the future. I can't even say I'm So Over Spring and Mud! Because I'm just focusing on one day at a time.


I pulled the mares out of their winter pasture and into their pen but that pen is a muddy mess. Poor Lace is really having a hard time. Her big knee is giving her problems and her dropped fetlock is dropping even more. I'm not sure if it's the constant sucking mud or normal deterioration. I pulled her out last night to wander. She didn't go far from Mayhem and My Girl but you could tell she was happy to grab a few blades of grass and get out of the mud. The only other option is for her to stand on concrete and I doubt that concrete is any better for her knee and dropped fetlock. At least in the mud, she can find a less muddy spot and lay down. I'm afraid that this will be her last summer. She no longer walks without a pronounced limp. I was hoping that it was just the mud but I don't think so. We are keeping a close eye on her. The mares will probably spend some time hanging out in their stalls during this next storm to keep them out of the cold, wet weather and the mud.


My only fear is that we will get all this rain now and we wont' get anything later. I wish I would have been better about keeping track of the fog.