Thankful Day 26

Thankful Day 26: I am thankful Bo is a fantastic patient and knows I'm trying to help him feel better.

Thankful Day 25

Thankful Day 25: I am thankful the vet is only a phone call and a text away.

Thankful Day 24

Thankful Day 24: I am thankful for time to relax and enjoy family and friends.

Thankful Day 23

Thankful Day 23. I am thankful for so very much. I am thankful for all the supportive people in our lives and in the horses' lives. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thankful Day 22

Thankful Day 22.

I am thankful for beautiful weather in November.

Thankful Day 21

Need to play catch up.


Day 21.
I am thankful for hay nets even if the horses aren't.

Thankful Day 20

Day 20: I am thankful for a 120ft hose to get from the barn to the mares' water tank. Beats lugging 5 gallon buckets.

Thankful Day 19

Day 19. I am thankful for these two handy tools. I won't leave home without them....well at least when I go out to do chores in the winter.

Thankful Day 18

Day 18. I am thankful my procrastination turned into me being ahead of the game. Found my thermal socks in 30 seconds of digging!

Thankful Day 17

Day 17: I am thankful for warm-ish weather. It beats single digit temps and needing to put on three layers of clothes just to do chores. (Sorry pics are all old, need to be on a different computer).

Thankful Day 16

Day 16: I am thankful I was able to do chores in the daylight yesterday evening! I am also thankful the possum didn't reappear (I think he re-homed himself).

Thankful Day 15

I am thankful that we had an easy farrier night. Everyone looks to be in order until January so we are set for a little while.


I am even more thankful about our newly acquired kitten. Someone dumped a momma and kitten near my parent's place. The momma was hit on the road and that left the kitten alone but he managed to find his way to my parent's place.


Knowing he wouldn't survive because of the dogs, we took him home. He lasted three days (in a good way). Our farrier fell in love with him but didn't take him home. Well, the kitten thought otherwise. He stowed away in the farrier's truck!! I guess he knew where he needed to be!


I am thankful that he found a loving and caring home. Odd how different encounters can create great things in life.

Thankful Day 14

Day 14. I am thankful for this guy (Maverick). He's always curious and keeping me on my toes. Even when I'm blue, he know show to pick me up (or harass me enough to get annoyed and forget about my worries).

Thankful Day 13

Day 13. I am thankful all of our hay is finally home. No more scheduling to find time to get it all home. It's not all paid for but at least it's all here.

Thankful Day 12

Day 12: I am thankful to meet new visitors and to show off our Sanctuary horses and what all we do at the Sanctuary.

Thankful Day 11

Getting back into being Thankful for all that we have. Shell shocked over losing Ivan but there is still much to be thankful for.


Day 11:. I am thankful for the men and women who have and are serving this country to keep us safe, which allows me to do what I was called to do. Home of the free because of the brave.

Thankful - Day 3

Facebook reminded me that last year on this day while doing the Thankful challenge, that I was happy for no wind while feeding hay.

I'll have to echo last year's sentiments. I am thankful for no wind. We've had lots of wind lately and it's nice to have a few calm nights and mornings!

It makes everyone happier.

Junior enjoying supper

Lace enjoying her snack

Thankful - Day 2

Thankful Day 2
I am thankful for happy horses, happy kids, and happy dogs.

Thankful - Day 1

A few years back there was a game on Facebook in Novembers to say what you are thankful for. My sister is still, years later doing the Thankful game on Facebook. It's neat to see and it does make you step back and appreciate what you have.


So I'm going to spend November showcasing everything I am thankful for!


November 1:
I am thankful for a brand new automatic waterer (and that it was installed in quick order!)

Brego checking out the waterer

Belated Thank Yous

I'm behind in my thank yous so they are going to be random as far as how far back I should have been posting these. I am too far behind that if I continue to stay behind, maybe I'll be ahead of the game?!?!

So I want to say two HUGE thank yous in this post.

The firs thank you is to Lori H. for your monetary donation. We'll use the funds towards our 2017-2018 Winter Hay Fund! For those that don't know, Lori has a knack for knowing just when I need a pick me up. She's like a guardian angel to not only the Sanctuary but to me too. She also generously donated towards the euthanasia of the coworker's horse. Luckily they found a different owner, that will hopefully do right by the horse. But Lori graciously offered to help fund the euthanasia if that became the choice we had to make. So a huge thank you to Lori.

I also wanted to thank Jenny M. for their monetary donation. We'll use the funds towards our 2017-2018 Winter Hay Fund. Every dollar counts and we consider ourselves very blessed to have donations to keep the horses fat and sassy this winter.

So from the bottom of my heart, thank you thank you thank you.

I am always so very humbled by everyone's generosity. I started the Sanctuary because horses are my passion. To have such amazing supporters makes me proud to do what I do. You make it possible to follow my dream and my life long goal to help senior horses. It's truly humbling.

Every dollar counts towards the 2017-2018 Winter Hay Fund. If we are able to exceed the hay bill, we will look at purchasing additional hay and hopefully being able to open our doors to another deserving senior horse.

So from the bottom of my heart (and from the horses as well), thank you for your kindness, generosity and moral support.

And this isn't all. There's more thank yous that need to go around but its' getting late and tomorrow will be here before I know it.