Super Pink Moon and Chores

Thank goodness for the Super "Pink" Moon last night. Some how the day got away from me and as always had to do chores in the dark. I despise doing chores in the dark when I don't have to but there was a bit of a debate in my head and chores in the dark won out.


After spending all morning working at the paying job (btw, I love working from home), then watching the kids play outside all afternoon (while Mike went in to work), it was time for the evening routine. It was absolutely gorgeous out so it was almost impossible to want to go into the house. So we had our second camp fire of the year while we ate supper and because my daughter requested to go horse back riding, I quickly saddled up for a short ride around the yard. I'm glad she's fearless, but at 4.5 years old you can be! After our nightly video chat with family (because we aren't allowed to see them in person any more), it was time for the kiddos to head to bed. And that's when I had to make a hard decision on what to do with putting in hay.


The mares (and Diavlo) were almost out and by morning they would certainly need a new bale. It was already 10pm and I was tired. I could throw a small square bale of hay for the night and put a round bale of hay into the pen in the morning or suck it up and simply put the hay in. I debated long and hard. Bed was calling my name but the nice weather was still available so....


Off to putting in hay at 10pm it was. Luckily it was only the mares that needed hay (until the end of this week) so it was only one bale and I could easily rearrange horses so we could get hay in, the net wrap off, and the hay net on. If it wasn't for the hay net, chores would be a breeze. I need to figure out a way to put hay in and not have to deal with tying down the hay net. I get so disgusted with having to tie it down multiple times and all around the hay ring. But I cant' justify spending $1,500 for a hay feeder with the hay net installed. As much as I'd love to have one, it's unrealistic. At this point, I'd be happy with $170 so I could buy a new hay net. The mares have a new one that I bought this year and it's so much easier to use than the old ones that are pieced together with twine.


Luckily we had the super moon and I didnt' really need my head lamp (but I used it anyway). The moon was so bright I could see easily without anything. If I have to do chores in the dark, I'm always more happy to do it when there's a full moon rather than a new moon. Chores in the pitch black are no fun.


Of course, last night after we were done with our video chat, I had to put Chaos and Rain away (the two horses we were riding). They are both black so seeing them in the dark is a bit tough. I had them tied to the trailer and the garage door happened to be open. So I was trying to make sure that two black horses were tied to a trailer but it was like trying to find a needle in a hay stack because I was looking into the black abyss. Luckily Chaos and Rain have learned long ago to stand patiently at a trailer so there was no fear of them wandering away.


And now that it's almost 6:30am, I'm definitely glad we spent the time putting hay in last night. I am now listening to the rain on the window. We took advantage of beautiful weather and a super moon to get chores done (even while exhausted) to beat the cooler temperatures and having to work in the rain. I'm used to working in the rain but if I can avoid putting in hay and dealing with hay nets while in the rain, I'd much prefer it.


Now, to see how fast the geldings eat down their bales to see if we put in hay this weekend during the one rainy day or not.