Fingers Crossed!

I am starting to get a little nervous. Two weeks left to get everything sorted and nothing has changed from last week on things sorted. Even the place where I am supposed to be staying isn't 100% sorted yet either.

As for floats, i have a few more ideas. Thank heavens! There is a friend of mine called Rach, and she has a float - one problem, its got chains instead of a bum bar.
  Also there is Majestic horse floats, which i'm still waiting to hear back on the price. Putting Prince on that will save me so much stress and Prince will have less stress too, because he likes trucks.
  There is a place just out of Inglewood called Mahony Hire, apparently its cheap and all right if you don't mind your horse travelling with a slightly not so nice looking float.

As for grazing, i have gotten Mum to put a notice on Parelli Connect, a wanted grazing in Tauranga thing. I am still looking on trademe, and asking friends who live in Tauranga. Fingers crossed something comes up.

Prince this week as been a real grumbler. He complained about his hay (didn't touch it even though he was hungry), complained about the grass (too much buttercup and not enough grass), complained about the weather (by been hunched up as close as possible to the hedge) and complained about been locked up in his paddock. My response - Too bad!

I've noticed he has been leaning across the barbed wire fence, and he has ripped two holes in the front of his rug. So on a sunny day, that rug is coming off and is getting a wash and a patch up!

I haven't had time for riding at all this week, but since this is a four day weekend, i am planning to do at least two days of riding. Although i have to mow the lawns first! Maybe i'll just park prince on there and give him a groom while he is eating because his hair is just falling out in clumps!

I got prince to give me a kiss on his nose finally! I have been trying to teach him for months and finally succeeded after picking a handful of grass..

Big News!

So I haven't blogged for a while. I've been kinda busy (that and going to tauranga) trying to sort my life out.

I have been given notice to move out where i've been boarding for the past year and three months. The reason i went to tauranga was to see if i could sort out a place to live. i have found a place where i can live (much to my relief) but i still have to sort out details and stuff. i haven't found somewhere to graze Prince yet. i've been thinking maybe the pony club grounds or a place we (my sister and i) drove past called the Horse Haven - it looks really nice.

I've also booked my restricted (here in New Zealand we have three stages for our driver's licence. One- learners permit where we can only drive with an assistant driver who has held their full licence for two years and it must be current. Two- restricted you can drive on your own but only between the hours of ten pm and six am. You are not allowed to carry passengers with you unless you have a fully licenced driver with you. Three- your full licence you can carry passengers, tow trailers, and go driving at any hours.) for the 25th of this month, only about two weeks away. oh and it is at three pm.... Rush hour in Hawera.. fun!

Does anybody know somebody local who wouldn't mind lending me a horse float for the weekend? not this weekend but maybe the first one in November.. its so i can move my horse up when i move..

Also i have been thinking, if you have been keeping up to date with Wilson Sisters, who have been training Kaimanawas then you will know that Memo lost her foal :-( i was gutted but these things happen i suppose and she has been under a lot of stress.
  I've been looking at one of the geldings they have been training, Ranger. he looks so much like Prince it makes me wonder if they are related. i'm gonna post two pictures of their heads on here - mine isn't as good as the one of Ranger.

 

Don't forget, my horse is a scruff! Ranger has been made into a show pony :-)