Well, it has been two weeks since my last blog entry. A lot has happened since then.
Rosie is doing well. She's now 17 days old. She's turning out to be a really pretty horse. I've been working with her everyday for the past week and a half.....trying to get her used to me and being led. First time I took her out.....I practically had to drag her from the barn to the house(about 200 feet). Aaron, my father in law, had to push her from the rear while I pulled from the front. Needless to say, we were both wore out by the end of that struggle. It was the same fight back to the barn. Next day, it was a bit easier. She still resisted. Our trip from the barn yesterday took about 30 minutes....well this day it only took 15. By the 3rd time out with Rosie, she must finally decided that I was no threat to her. I think she even began to like the attention she was getting. Now.....I guess that I've had her out about 9 times. She still resists when I initially take her from her mother, but she quickly straightens up. She's able to be led now. Our trip from the barn to the house only takes about 45 seconds now! She likes being groomed. She's still on 'mothers milk' but occasionally eats grass and drinks water. I've learned to keep her lessons down to about 20 to 30 minutes now. Over the past 2 weeks I've read about 4 books on horses. Colts (baby horses) have a very short attention span.....their need to feed will overtake them and they lose attention. One book I read said that Chestnut(red) colored horses are like red-heads(human)......full of fight. I'm seeing that a little bit in her. I'm hoping that since I've started so early with her that she'll tame down. I did see something new yesterday......she has started 'bucking'. We'll see where that goes.
FED 5000. Years ago I was in a music group. David Finlayson (www.finlaysonconcept.com ) created the above logo for us. That was about 6 or 7 years ago. I'm thrilled that he found it. What I'm in the process of doing now is creating an video/musical anthology of the group. I have about 28 hours of video footage (provided by Sherri and Shaw Williams...parents of one of the Fed 5000). Next week I plan to begin editing down the footage and transferring it to DVD....thus creating the anthology. I'm hoping that goes well. I'm still rather naive about the DVD editing program I purchased........practice makes perfect.
My nephew Andrew fractured his foot in several places. This happened a few weeks ago. He's on the mend now.....and from what I hear he's doing well. I'm sure it's been a battle for the pre-schooler to get used to a cast and being mobile with it.
Basically, the last two weeks I've been working a whole lot. I'm looking forward to an upcoming vacation on the beach......well actually the fishing that I'll do on the beach. The beach is nice. Denise and I went to the beach last year for a couple of days....I really enjoyed it. It was my first time.........Denise had been before. I was really surprised at how beautiful it was. Anyways, I'm looking forward to that.......hence, all the work. I've been working on a car deal for a guy in Orlando. I'm hoping that goes well.
I really enjoyed the Drive-In the other night. Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I like the movie. Years ago I rented the first Pirates movie.... I didn't care for it that much. Just recently on Stars movie channel I saw the 2nd movie.......I liked it. Naturally....I wanted to see the third. Denise, Carolina and I joined the Finlaysons up at Sand Mtn. Drive-In. We had a good night, although we only made it through the first feature. It was a pleasant night.
I'm sure that I've left out some stuff....but in a nutshell....that's the last two weeks.
