I'm back!!!

It has been a while!!! Things have been very quiet recently which is a really good thing in so many ways!!!! Brina has been quite well. She had a few siezures over Christmas, sometimes two in one day so she is now on Phenobarbitone and it seems to have made a HUGE difference to her. She has had NO siezures, NO reaction to the drugs and her vomitting has almost stopped. I am SO pleased!!!

Sammie is great, she gets a bit creaky some days and little bit absent minded but she is looking great.

Tai is FANTASTIC. I must find a pic of him (or take a pic) as he is just a happy wee soul. :-)

Spyke is also fantastic. We had a wee change in circumstances with the horses. The grazing at Kristina's became a little tenuous as the owners sold off a block and then started talking about putting the rest on the market so Kristina and Ben have moved to a FABULOUS place in Waimauku. While all the uncertainty was happening my friend Candice found a block to lease and asked if I would like to move the boys on. It was perfect timing and is just fabulous grazing!!!! There is a concrete tie up, with a hose (the small things count!!!), there is a huge tack room and a big flat paddock that is perfect for riding!!!! The land doesn't seem to get muddy which will be fantastic for Tai this winter. The boys are in a little herd consisting of Tai (The Boss), Spyke (The Boss' flunky), Ed (Candice's lovely boy) and Biscuit (Bottom of the pecking order). They are soooo good together!!!!

The major upside of the move is that I am able to school and jump again. I hadn't realised how much I missed that but both Spyke and I are LOVING getting back into it and we have our first show hunter comp for well over a year next Sunday. Yay!!!! I have also booked Thursday off as I am going to have a lesson with Tracey Page to get us back into the swing of it before the comp. I am SO excited about getting back into everything.

I have also been riding Biscuit which is just a BLAST. Today we did our first little jumps and she was sooooooo sweet.

I have also been able to do a bit of baking. New recipes include ginger kisses (YUM) and marshmallow easter eggs (even YUMMER!!!!)

That is all my news (off the top of my head anyway) for today. Hopefully I will be a bit more regular with my reports now that I have more fun things to report on. :-)

Oh yeah, and I have lost 13kg since I last posted. :-)

Tai January 2012

Easter goodies

Tai and Spyke checking out the new digs!!!