Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
I got to spend a lot of time having cuddles with this rather cute baby today. Well Christmas is about baby Jesus. So kinda fitting.
Who am I kidding?! Christmas is about eating lots, presents and spending it with the people you love. I got to spend most of it with 11 dogs. Definitely got my puppy fix.
Merry Christmas one and all! I hope you’ve had a good one. I have a full belly and a full heart. And that’s not just the Christmas spirit talking.
And so it begins. The now traditional ‘eat my body weight in finger food’ has started in earnest.
I appreciate that my body weight isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things, but I do my best. I love finger food. Well I love anyone who feeds me. But that’s another story.
With the big day tomorrow, I hope you all enjoy the festivities. Whatever it means to you. Whatever your traditions are.
Christmas isn’t my favourite time of the year for so many reasons. But again, I do my best. So let’s raise a glass to doing your best!
I have a mouse in my lorry cab! I kid you not. Only me huh?! I’ve found some droppings. So it’s time for an eviction as I don’t want any cables gnawed.
Off I went to the local hardware shop and bought a humane mouse trap. Let’s face it, I can use all the karma points I can get right now. Two nights I’ve left it in the lorry. Two nights it’s been triggered but no mouse.
So new plan. I brought the lorry home to give it a good clean. While it was here, Hugo took one for the team and got to have a snooze in the cab. It was suggested that the smell of cat might deter a mouse. To be honest, my first plan was to put Dodo in the cab as he’s more of a killer than Hugo. Dodo had other ideas and didn’t want to play ball.
As you can see, Hugo was thrilled! I joined him in the cab for a coffee while I tried to get him to embrace the mouse hunt. He want playing ball either.
The irony is that I’ve saved 3 mice in the past week from the kittens. Maybe word has gotten round that I’m a soft touch.
Anyway, the trap is set for night 3. So fingers crossed the smell of peanut butter is enough to lure the little critter.
Makes me think of the poem: ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.’
I got back from running my many errands today to find this on my doorstep. A gift from a special friend.
Who knew Kit Kat made cereal?! Breakfast just got a whole lot more exciting!
Kit Kats have featured very heavily with one of my clients. Sadly, my time with them has come to an end. So I will be looking for new opportunities for 2024.
I’m immensely proud of what I’ve achieved for them in my 3 years working for them. Here’s to my next adventure. And keep the Kit Kats coming.
This picture pretty much sums up the world I live in. I had lots of errands to run today. Which mean lots of driving down country roads. I got stuck behind this mahoosive vehicle.
It made me laugh cause it probably goes faster than the Comedy Car. And probably costs more than my house!
I never get upset about being stuck behind farm machinery. I appreciate just how vital the role they play is. I’m a big fan of food. And let’s face it, without farmers, we’d starve.
So big up the farmers and being grateful for this kind of gridlock.
It was our yard Xmas dinner tonight. We headed to the village pub for a lovely meal. There was a special person missing. It’s the first Xmas meal without Martine. So we raised a glass to her and toasted her honour.
I really liked the festive centrepieces. We lit the candle and I said a prayer – peace on earth and joy to all. May your table be full, your heart be fuller and your belly even fuller still.
And so it begins. They’re helping honest. My efforts to wrap Christmas presents have been seriously hampered by chaos and carnage as the kittens will now be known.
They’re having way too much fun playing with the paper, cardboard and boxes. I can’t stop laughing at them. They’re so cute. They really are.
I apologise now for my rather bad wrapping.
Honestly, I literally got up to get a drink and Hugo stole my seat. Little monkey! Not sure if he was actually asleep. Or was just pretending. He looked so cute and comfortable.
I felt like joining him. We got back late from London last night. Well technically this morning. I was feeling a tad sleepy myself.
For once, I had the forethought to plan a quiet day. So I got to watch the coverage from yesterday afternoon’s World Cup jumping. Blimey that was a jump-off and a half.
It still feels weird not calling it Olympia. Having a lovely day out at the London International Horse Show.
In position waiting for the jumping to start. My god, the jumps are HUGE!!
Well that’s it, we did our last clinic of 2023. And it was a really good one! I wasn’t sure if we were going to make it when I woke up feeling pretty rotten.
Dosed myself up, downed a few medicinal lucozades and headed off feeling more human. Thankfully Buddy was feeling rather fine.
We haven’t been to Anvil for a while and the pigs were back by the Arena. Buddy does make me laugh. He’s scared of a pigeon, but give him a field of large loud pigs and he’s like ‘got it Mother’. He even ended up being an emotional support pony for the 5 year old mare who we were sharing the lesson with. She wasn’t happy about the pigs. But Buddy soon reassured her.
It’s been a while since we had a lesson with Simon too. We finished the session popping over some meaty metre jumps. A fabulous way to end our 2023 training. We’ve come such a long way. I’m excited about what 2024 will bring.
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