making the move

Well, yesterday was my last day working at York Toll, I have moved up the road 12 miles to Wells toll. It is only 8 miles from my house, I will be saving gas, mileage and time to get to work now. I am looking forward to working back at the toll where I first started 26 years ago. I hope to see some old friends and make new ones with the patrons.
My fellow coworkers gave me a going away cake with the picture of me riding Bandit on the cake, it was perfect!!! and chocolate!!!
We finally got some snow on the ground even if it just barely covers the brown grass. We might have a white Christmas after all. We have had a really mild winter so far.
Want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and may God bless you in the new year.

Had a good ride on Bandit Wednesday, good thing cause it rained all day Thursday and he was a mudpie!

Here we are in December already, ground is brown and bare. I dont like this time of year cause it gets dark so early. I get home from work, have time to do stalls and its dark or well past dark. We (as in Fred, Peter, and I) did get the ditch dug and water and electric line in so that now I have a dry hydrant out at the water tub in the pasture that we use all winter. It will be so nice not to have to drag hoses and drain them. As of today there is also a light on a pole out by the gate, so that if it is dark when I go to bring them in, I can now see to tie the halters. Yahoo!
Had a grooming session the other night, there was so much dust/dirt off of Bandit onto the floor that you could have written your name in it. He is a constant dirt magnet.

Grrr... hunting season ruins trail riding :(

Yeah!!! Hunting season is almost over, got to ride Bandit in the woods on Sunday afternoon. We had a good ride. He is such a good horse, I think he likes the woods and sort of making our own trails.

Yahoo, I finally got a letter from Linda today. It was so nice to hear from her. We miss her and her smile!!
Fred went to get fitted for diabetice shoes today... at the wound center where he goes every morning for the hyperbaric chamber, they want to use him as a role model for how well the chamber works for helping healing. His foot is almost closed up, with 2 skin grafts and 6 days a week of the chamber. This has all been going on since July 4th weekend, so I am sure he will be glad to be done with the chamber after next week and at some point to be able to wear a shoe on his left foot.
If i dont blog again before next week, I hope anyone who happens to be reading this has a great Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for. Thank you Lord for all the blessings in my life.

Peter driving Bud, Deb riding Bandit, I also rode Bandit later, good day.

Well, we didnt get to the beach, that little snowstorm of 4 inches of wet and heavy snow slid off the barn roof and took the fender off the old trailer.... knew I should have moved it... oh well, it must have been meant to be because I had Peter and Deb come over and we all got our horse therapy in today. What a gorgeous day, 54 degrees, sunshining, horses and friends, loving it!