Thursday's Threads

 

Outfit Day! And it's a lil' boring again because I have not fully gotten my poo together to be exciting. But I mean.... I like the outfit. So there's that. Eros is our model today and here's what he had on:

I really gotta stop shooting toward the sun... This is why I'm not a photographer. 

Bridle: Ponyo

See? It's not a TOTALLY boring outfit. Our bridle has glitter! I did that just for you guys.

Saddle: Butet
Half Pad: Le Mieux
Baby pad: Ogilvy

As you can see, my saddle is still like this. Rep can't get here until the end of the month. I honestly want to burn the thing at this point. But our saddle pad is pretty! That trim is metallic but it doesn't show that well here.

Wraps: Eskadron

I won't say I'm getting caught up on laundry, but I have made a small dent in the pile. These were lost in there for awhile, but they're clean and back in rotation now!

That's what Eros had on, and here's what I wore today:

It's like the reverse of last week's outfit. What can I say? I have a favorite color scheme.

Helmet: Samshield Embellished by my friend Gwenn

This is my old Samshield that I probably should stop wearing. But I still use it occasionally because it's practically brand new other than it's age. I have the polo visor attached for extra sun protection. How fun are the sparkles my friend added for me?!

Shirt: Anavin

This is an Amazon brand shirt. It's really soft and breathable. Definitely recommend!

Belt: Zazzle

I love these belts. I'm still waiting for them to come back in stock so I can make fun new ones. I hope they come back someday!

Breeches: Tailored Sportsman

These are the color Saddle. I haven't worn them in awhile because they're a size smaller than I normally wear. But since my small ones last week wore nicely I figured I'd give these a try again. And they fit great! So that's nice to know. Back in rotation they go!

Boots: Cavallo

These are the Linus Slim Waterproof model from Cavallo. I should have ordered them taller, but otherwise I'm really happy with them. They're supposed to be olive in color, but they lean more brown than green. Works for me either way! I like the concept of waterproof boots for everyday riding. 

And that's it for this week! Any favorites from today?  What are you waiting to see on either me or the horses? Any specific items? Or themes? 

What's Up Wednesday

 

Holy moly guys I am doing a terrible job of managing my time lately. I have been in the barn until 8 pm the last two nights. On the bright side, I have gotten a lot done! I'm chipping away at all the winter laundry, clipped the pony, rearranged the feed room. There's still a million more things to do, but at least progress is happening. 

The horses have had a pretty easy time of it for various reasons this week. I like to let them ease back into things when we move and the weather very much forced that on us too. It's like mother nature was like, oh you don't have an indoor to use anymore? How about a months worth of rain in two days? That mother nature. So funny.... 

We moved home last Wednesday, and didn't ride that day because it was a busy long day. But we did ride Thursday and everyone seemed pretty happy to be home. Poor Al nearly lost his marbles before I even got on though. And it wasn't his fault! I may have already told this story last week, but I can't remember. So here it is again:

I chose to ride Al first, as I normally do, on Thursday. We were taking our hand walk around the ring which is part of our pre ride routine. (It takes me forever to get this horse worked every day.) One lap each way before we get on. It seems to put him at ease a bit so that's what we've been doing. He often comes out breathing anxiously, but by the time we've walked about half a lap he usually settles down. Anyway, we were wrapping up our stroll, heading away from the neighbors property, when Al bolted past me, nearly knocking me down. I got him stopped and we both turned to face the neighbor's property. At that moment, said neighbor tossed something that sounded like sand straight into the very thin tree line that we share. This is the exact spot where Al spooked two years ago and tossed me. So already a questionable area of the ring for him. I actually said something to the neighbor and while I'm not sure he actually apologized he did say he didn't see us. I was really worried Al would spiral and I'd never get him over there again. I had a few options of how to handle this situation. But drawing on previous experiences with him, it seems like when things like this happen, I need to let it be. If I make a big deal out of it, and try to get him over it, he will never forget. If I just set it aside for the day, most often he's forgotten about it by the next day. So I chose this approach. We did some ground work in other parts of the ring to get his mind off his angst. And then I climbed aboard for our ride. I chose to just ride the quarter line on that side of the ring that day. And you know what? It wasn't that bad! It wasn't a hard ride, and we didn't do anything fancy at all. But we walked and trotted and did a little canter. We made some circles. No one died! And sometimes that's all you need. 

The next day he was fine about that long side. He's always a little suspicious over there, but so are the others. I get it. There is a terrifying monster over there. Fair. So does he stare out of the ring on that side of the ring? Yep. But that's okay, he's allowed to use his eyeballs as long as he keeps his legs moving in a forward trajectory. And he's been doing that. Good boy Al! We are starting to wean off the ulcer meds this week, so please cross all your crossables that he keeps his sanity. He can't stay on all of that forever! He continued to have easy rides through the weekend as I'm also adjusting to doing all the chores and then riding all the horses. Guess who isn't all that fit?? THIS GIRL! Monday is their day off and it poured buckets all day long. Tuesday was supposed to be more of the same, but it wasn't raining when I went out to the barn. The radar said I had time to get at least one worked so I chose Al and we got about half a ride in before the skies opened up. We made it back inside just before the brightest bolt of lightning I have ever seen. We got quite wet.

Today he gave me a really nice ride. He started out a little angsty and I didn't have high hopes. But by the end of the ride he was moving out in a HUGE trot and making circles without spooking at the jumps. It as lovely. I MIGHT, maybe try trotting some little jumps with him tomorrow depending on what's happening next door of course. We shall see how it goes. 

Eros has been his usual perfect self for the most part. He also has it pretty easy since we got home. I think he's much happier in my footing than he was at the other barn because he's been much more forward. He's been a little sassy, but not in a bad way. Today he did some grown up horse work like counter canter and lateral work. Vacation's over kids! I'm going to hold off on jumping him for a little bit. I haven't been thrilled with his soundness up front, so I want to take it a little easy and work more on fitness and flatwork. He's due for shoes, so I'm hoping once we get that done he'll feel a lot better. 

I have so much to report on with Shiny! First off, she's like a whole different pony back here at home than she was at our winter barn. I had really been struggling to get her moving there. Like full on having to whip on her. It was upsetting, and I was really starting to worry that something was very wrong with her. (Which I haven't fully let go of, but more on that shortly.) While she still does the Shiny shuffle for her warm up, since we've been home, the rides have been so SO forward. And I don't have to beg for it! I think maybe the heavy footing outside there was too much for her. 

The not great thing that's been going on with her, is ticks. We went on that fun trail ride for our last ride at the other barn, and I THOUGHT the 8 ticks I pulled off her were all of the ticks. BUT THEY WERE NOT. She started having all these tick bites all over her. She really reacts to them, so I knew what they were. Of course when more kept appearing I started to panic that maybe it was something else. So during my spiral, on Sunday evening after doing all the chores and riding all the horses, I decided to clip her fetlocks so I could clean up the bites on her legs better. But she had bites higher up too. So I ended up doing all of her legs up to her body and planned to finish clipping her Tuesday. 

It looked like she forgot her pants.

I found one more tick during this clipping. But then Tuesday (when her and Eros' rides got rained out)  and I finished clipping her body (except her ears, I need sedation for that part) I found more. Four more. And more bites. And then I found ANOTHER one today in her forelock. She now has nearly 30 bites on her. I really think I've found all the ticks, but her tail is so thick at the top, as is her mane, that it's still possible there's more. I'm worming them all tomorrow, and I've heard Ivermectin can help, so hopefully that will be the end of it. But I feel TERRIBLE about all these ticks. And this is why I don't trail ride. I'd forgotten. But now I remember. 

Nakee pony, covered in tick bites.

We have the vet coming out next Wednesday for our second round of shots, and Lyme titers for everyone! She has a chronically high titer normally, so I have a feeling there will be some doxy in her future. I also want to talk to him about her allergies. She hasn't coughed at all in several weeks, and she came off the Ventipulmin earlier this week. My other vet mentioned possibly getting her a nebulizer, so I'm curious to see what this one thinks when he listens to her lungs. Especially now that she's off the meds. I'm not against getting that for her if she needs it. But I'm hopeful her allergies are better now that she's home. The last thing I need to talk to him about is her body condition. I'm really happy with her weight, but I'm not thrilled with her muscle tone. Though this could very well be due to her lack of interest in you know... working the last several months. I've never seen her without a giant round bum, so that freaks me out a little bit that it's so not round now. 

Like... where's the rest of it? I'm pretty sure my ass is bigger than my pony's now. Awkward. Her topline is looking better than it was earlier in the spring when I had the vet out for her. So that's good news at least. I really need to find some money and get her a better fitting saddle soon. Nebulizer, saddle... this pony is getting expensive! Good things she's the cutest. 

In other news, I made the most exciting discovery the other day. I had thought my custom trunk from the old barn was bigger than my trunks I had at home. But I measured it in preparation of starting the hunt for a green cover for it. And it's the same size! So I just pulled the cover off one of my pretty trunks and put it on the blue one from the old place and my tack room looks so much better now. I need to rearrange things in there though. With the addition of that trunk, I should be able to rearrange things and take out a few other things in there to make everything less cramped. Work in progress. For now though, at least things match again.

I'd much rather look at this one uncovered. So pretty!

I got a new cabinet in the feed room so I could get ride of the Smartpak drawers. I put that together on Monday, and started moving things around in there. I think I want to get a few more cabinets and do more rearranging, but that will probably have to wait a little bit. After Shiny gets what she needs. 

New cabinet in between the feed bins and the boot cabinet. 

This is the mess that needs more cabinets. Work in progress.

There's a ledge that's about 10 inches wide on the two outside walls of this room. So nothing would be flush against the wall. Which would make a lovely home for rodents. So I'm not sure what I want to do exactly. I'm thinking maybe put the feed bins against where the ledge is on one of the walls, since they're not tall and easy to clean behind (and keep an eye out for unwanted visitors) and then have cabinets along the wall where the bins are now. OR I can see about getting a little extension made for the ledge so the cabinets could be flush with the wall and just slightly elevated. But that sounds more expensive. Plenty of time to figure it out since I'm not buying them just yet anyway. 

And my last interesting thing from this week is that I got to braid for one of fellow winter boarders on Saturday night. She shows dressage and asked if I could do something fun. So I tried this:

His mane was a little too thin toward the bottom so it didn't come out exactly as I'd hoped. But I've only ever done this once before, so I think I can improve on it in the future. The customer was happy though, and that's the most important thing! They won their class too!

And that's it from here! It's been a long week, but it's so nice to have the kiddos home in my backyard. Time to start getting to work!

Truthful Tuesday

 

I used to have barn help seven days a week. So I pretty much only did stalls and turnout on holidays. It was like being a boarder but without someone else's rules and regulations. Pretty fab set up if you ask me! (Which does not mean I think I'm above barn work or anything like that. It's just that I had a full time job and too many horses, so that kept life a little more manageable.) But with the current cost of living, after my weekend helper retired before last summer, I decided to take over weekends to save some money. Plus I think you can keep better tabs on your horses' health and well being when you are on top of their bathroom habits. And it's good exercise. Which the older I get, the more of that I need to not double in size. Which leads to my confession. 

Today's confession is that I spent at least one full days worth of a helper on grub hub brunch delivery while doing chores this weekend. So it doesn't look like I'm saving very much money. Also probably canceled out that exercise I did... Oops. It was worth it though. Especially day two when I got breakfast from the donut place down by the beach. They make a mean egg and cheese. And the donuts for later I got came in handy when I ended up being in the barn for a full 13 hours. 

I guess for this weekend I better make sure I have groceries so I stop spending all my money on food delivery. 

Thursday's Threads

 

Outfit Day! Nothing too exciting this week, but honestly last week should hold you over in the silly department for awhile. In honor of being home this week, we dressed in farm colors again. Al was our model which was a challenge because already on day 1 the neighbor scared the shit out of him. I really didn't miss that guy all winter. Anyway, here's what Al was wearing this week:

He poses nicely when he's staring at the big threat next door.

Bridle: Pinnacle
Brow Band: Boy O'Boy Bridleworks

I know you've seen this all winter. I nearly used the glitter bridles today, but since it was the first ride at home, I thought maybe I'd stick to what we're used to. 

Saddle: Butet
Half Pad: Mattes
Baby Pad: Ogilvy

There's nothing prettier than a well fitting saddle all nestled into it's fluffy half pad. Wish I could make this happen for all the horses... Lol. Saddles. Ugh.

Boots: Horze

I love this shade of green! You know what's annoying? Companies make pretty things that I love in nice colors, and they're always limited edition. Limited edition this, limited edition that... Like can they just make stuff continuously so when they break I can replace them? These aren't breaking (yet) but it's just something that's been annoying me lately. 

Anyway, that's what Al wore this week, and here's what I had on:

Happy to report I was able to stuff myself back into my size 26 breeches. Finally! 

Helmet: One K

I did not realize how bad this photo was... I have no idea what spilled all over the helmet, but I suspect it's Al's U-shield. And why does it look like I have a bruise across my nose? Dirt maybe? I dunno. Maybe next week I'll look like I clean myself once in awhile. 

Hoodie: Walmart
Shirt: Luyaa

I think this silly tan hoodie is one of my favorites and I got it at Walmart. So fancy! Ha! It's super soft though, and the zipper slides so nicely. More than I can say for a lot of pricier ones!

Belt: Zazzle

The buckle isn't aging well, but I love this belt so much. It doesn't actually look so worn in real life. 

Breeches: Tailored Sportsman

I've been avoiding this pair of breeches all winter because I put on a few pounds. But I haven't done laundry in awhile so I figured I'd give it a shot. And they fit! Yay! That was a happy surprise today.

Socks: Dreamers and Schemers

I had to wear my socks with the barn on them for out first at home ride. Obviously.

Boots: Imperial Riding

I am very excited to have easy access to ALL THE BOOTS now that we're back home. I have a really fun pair to break in so expect to see those soon. In the meantime, these aren't quite broken in yet either. These actually aren't my size, and if I ever have some extra cash around I would like to reorder them in the correct size. I had gotten them from Europe and the size stamped on the inside of the boots did not match the box. They're a tall slim, and I need a regular regular. I have very large heel lifts in there to get them to work. For now it'll do. And thanks to the laces I was able to zip them up. It would have been too big of a hassle and probably cost to ship them back, though I could have argued it was the stores error. At least I can wear them though! They're really pretty! 

Is there anything you're looking forward to seeing on Thursday's Threads? Let me know, maybe I'll wear it next!

What's up Wednesday

 

Holy moly it has been a FULL week! Like I think I've lived half a lifetime in the last five days. But all good things! The horses are all doing just fine and are back home, so I think for today's post, since I'm so sleepy, I'll just go day by day. No one did anything all that exciting this week because we didn't have the best footing to work with. First it was too dry and then it was too wet... But we had a lot of fun anyway so no complaints here! 

I'm skipping Thursday because I don't remember it. I don't think anything exciting happened. Friday was more of the same, nice flats for everyone. I mostly rode Shiny out in the grass ring this week since she has  a tough time with the deeper footing when it's too dry in the ring. I would have for everyone, but E hates it back there. Al would probably be good if we hand walk it first, but there's no mounting block out there and my old 5'2" butt can't climb up on 16.3 hands of moving target anymore without some assistance. Anyway, we had nice rides and then I had my first mane of the season to braid! (Finally. My wallet could use some work!)

Happy to report I still remember how to braid. I'm always a little nervous the first time out that I won't do a great job. But they looked nice enough. I like braiding for this barn, their horses are all so well behaved.

I was glad it was an easy night with just one because we were having a clinic at the barn on Saturday, which I mentioned last week. I was REALLY hoping to do Al outside, but alas, it rained forever and ever and we were indoors. So I pivoted and did Eros in a flat lesson instead. The clinician is an Eventer and Dressage rider so she was happy to do whatever. I told her I knew basic flatwork things and lateral movements to a degree, but that we weren't proficient. I said I'm very confident that Eros has dressage training, but I don't know how to push all the buttons, and he's probably quite rusty. I also warned her that he comes out looking questionable but he gets more sound as he goes. I like to tell people this so they don't think I'm just working a lame horse and don't realize it. He has his defect, and we have figured out how to manage it as best we can, but to someone who doesn't know him... You all understand. Anyway, she trusted me, and even asked about it afterward and I showed her where he's put together wrong. She's super nice, and I hope I get to lesson with her again.

Anyway, to start she just had me warm him up how he likes (which is slowly... lol) and then just had me get the canter moving forward so he was engaging his hind end and starting to lift his belly. From there we took a little break and touched on some lateral work. First shoulder in each way, then haunches in each way. Followed that up with some leg yields each way. Initially she said he clearly has the training, and he's doing the things, but if we went to a dressage show in that moment we'd get slaughtered. Lol! I mean she said it nicely, and was like no offense... But she was correct. Because Eros is a cheater. He can cross his legs over like it ain't no thing while still being completely hollow. And initially that's what he was giving me. But the more we worked, the rounder he got through his back and he started engaging himself and by the end we had really lovely nearly correct movements. He's not SUPER fit for this type of work, so I imagine it was hard for him, but he did a great job. We did struggle quite a bit when it came to the half pass, because I never really learned how to do that correctly. (Remember, I AM a hunter princess...) I really just thought it was a leg yield with the horse bending the opposite way. Which I guess it sort of is, but like... not really. So I will say, I don't think we ever quite got that accomplished completely. But he was pretty tired by then too. Here's a GIF of us failing at trying half pass: 

My biggest problem when we got to this movement was keeping the impulsion. Which is why I'm posting doing this. We tried sitting which I prefer for lateral work, but it was a little easier to keep the forward motion when I was posting. Unfortunately, in keeping the forward I lost a lot of his shape, so he's hollow here and not really on the bit. And only just barely really crossing over... It's a work in progress. I know we can do better, but you work with what you have in the moment. He was definitely getting tired by this point too. As was I! It was fun though, and when she was talking us through things we definitely had lightbulb moments that felt incredible. This horse is so fun, and if I didn't find it so hard to ride in the saddles, maybe I'd consider letting him be a dressage horse. 

Saturday night I was back on my ladder. I started a little late because a big loud thunder storm came through just as I was planning to leave. Figured I'd let that pass then head out. I had three that night to do. All were well behaved and had decent manes. Well... one of them barely had any mane, but that just makes my job quicker so no complaints from me there!

Thin mane guy

Thick mane guy

Bottom half of mane ruined by blanket guy

I found out the next day that the paint horse had never been braided before, but he was such an angel I wasn't mad they didn't tell me that. The only part he was tough about was taking the photo! Ha! That part is not important.

I got home around 3am so it was a very long day. For some reason though I was up normal time. Rita and I lounged in bed for a bit though before I dragged my tired self out of bed to get to the barn. It finally stopped raining, but the WIND on Sunday was absolutely insane. I don't know how people were showing in that. I rode inside where it was noisy from the building rattling but far more pleasant than being out in the wind. Al was big sad about being in there all by himself. But he tried to keep his poo together and honestly there was a lot working against us. He didn't get turned out the day before due to the weather. I did take him for grass for a bit in between the rain, but that was all he did Saturday. And Sunday I rode him before he went out. So he'd been stuck in for many hours before our ride. That and the sounds in the indoor! The rattling, the squeaking and banging doors... Honestly it was a lot. And he really did a pretty good job of handling it. We managed some work at all three gates and I called that a win. He was very happy to get to his turnout time after wards. Shiny had a nice flat in there. She doesn't care about wind or noises. Good pony! And E just had a tack walk after his booty workout the day before. 

Monday I spent moving the majority of our stuff back home. I figured if I could get almost everything home with the truck, then on moving day I could stuff everyone in the trailer in one trip. And I was successful! It was a massive game of truck Tetris, but I'm happy to say I won that level. I literally am covered in bruises, but whatever. I got it done! Proud of me! I also got the truck fueled, and the trailer hooked up:

Then I de-molded the ice boots and the freezer. I forget if I whined about this already, but when my worker was cleaning this winter he defrosted the freezer which was great because it was getting very icy in there. But he put everything back in wet and then closed it, so I had a mold situation to deal with. So that was my next project. De-molding everything:

And I know it's an insane amount of ice boots. There are a few different sizes. 1 pair does the leg and the hoof. I have some smaller ones for Shiny's little legs. A pair of hock ones. And then several just normal sized ones. Most of them are from when Jamp foundered and he needed ice 24/7. We had to have a lot to rotate. Anyway, can't ever have too many ice boots! Unless they're moldy. Then there's definitely too many. 

Once that task was done and they were all hung out there to dry, I tackled the ring. I still couldn't fix the stupid hole since the stone dust hadn't come yet. But almost all of the rest of my fill had arrived and the wind had blown everything all over the place so I had plenty to do out there. Here are some of the new decorations for this year:

Rubber Duckies!!! (I heavy duty velcroed the ones on the standards.)

Some of them are in ponds... Which are kind of like TEENY TINY liverpools.

I got really nice new trees, but the wind has already broken one. 
I'm hoping I can fix it with an old broom handle... We'll have to see
how that plays out.

Last year's flamingos didn't make it... but I got new ones!

And new palm trees. I really hope Eros leaves these ones alone.

some new butterflies

and fresh flowers

Not sure I'll be able to afford this stuff next year when the tariff stuff is here... so having fun while I can!

Then I headed back up to the barn to tuck the ponies in. It was a long day! 

Tuesday I had hoped to have a really easy day just finishing up some odds and ends for the move. I had planned nice easy rides for all the horses, and that's what I got! But Shiny got to take a little walk in the woods. Figured we had to do it on our last day since I had promised her we'd try. 

We didn't go very far because I don't know the trails, and I came across a sign that said foot traffic only and I wasn't sure if pony feet counted... So we turned around there, and then walked through the fields a little. She LOVES being in the woods. I don't have to beg her to move forward, she just goes. She loves taking in all the scenery, and I rarely have to fight with her about snacking in the woods. Different story in the fields. Can't get her face out of that grass, and she's really not supposed to be eating it. Naughty!

Anyway, it was fun, and has me considering trying some of the trails near home with her. My friend that loves to trail ride has an injured horse at the moment, but maybe when he's feeling better we can go adventuring. The only downside to the ride was the eight ticks I pulled off her after. GROSS!

Then I got home and dealt with the bane of my existence... the ring hole! It didn't actually take that long thankfully. Followed that up with collecting rocks to put in the flower pots because they had once again blown all over the ring. Seriously, the wind around here has been intense. And makes a lot of work. Hope it calms down!

And then it was today! My Birthday! 

AND moving day. (Why do I do this to myself every year?) 

I do like my rig <3

I was really pretty organized for today's move, but I was a little nervous. I always get nervous for moving day. I just had a few things left to pack. Their turnout gear since they were all out in the morning before we left, my tack, and then just a few other odds and ends. Everyone loaded great. I used the trick I learned last fall for Al, of loading him from the side ramp. No and out tricks from that direction! Eros still loads from the back ramp. He's longer than Al and I think turning around in my shorter +1 section would be tricky for him. And then for the first time, I shipped Shiny loose in the box stall section. I shipped her once to the old winter barn in there, but I had tied her that time. The tie ring is not in the best place, and when we arrived I found her kind of sweaty and contorted so she could lean against the closest wall which is the short one. Shorter than her. It was very awkward. So this time I shipped her loose and let her choose where she wanted to stand. I worried the whole way! The trip is all back roads, so I could drive quite slow (and had to) because it's very windy and hilly. I never heard any commotion though, and when we arrived at home no one was at all sweaty and everyone seemed calm. So I think it was a success! Good to know in case I ever want to drag all three of them someplace. Getting a trailer with a side ramp makes everything SO MUCH easier to do on my own. They all just walked right off and I didn't need a second set of hands. They all knew immediately where they were and there was really no excitement at all. The only one who was a little antsy on arrival was Eros. Not sure what about, but he settled down once he realized we were just at home. Silly boy. I didn't do anything with them today, just let them munch hay and settle back into their stalls. I, on the other hand, had plenty to do. I got the trailer cleaned out and everything unloaded. I have some re-organizing to do still, but I'll chip away at that as I get through all the laundry. I packed efficiently for the move home, but not exactly in the organized manner I prefer. I want to separate out turnout clothes from inside clothes and from coolers, etc. I also need to reorganize the winter trunk and my rolling med box. I plan to keep that in the feed room and take it with me where ever we go. It's so convenient and allows me to cut down on having multiples of all those care items. I also need to clean everything up that was sitting out like the trunk and the supplement cart. Those items are DIRTY! The trunk room is upstairs and looks out over the ring, but people aren't up there much so they don't get wiped down like at the old place. Which doesn't bother me, I just had a Stanley trunk up there. They're easy to clean up. The supplement cart is kinda nasty though... Wish they were a little cleaner with the stuff in there. But not a deal breaker. Just one of those things. It's also plastic, so will be easy to clean. I'll probably do all of that cleaning on Monday. The laundry will be an ongoing project for awhile... These horses have a ridiculous amount of clothing. 

And that's it! Home season is here! Did you all have a busy week? Fun pony stuff? Hope it was great!