By Patty Wilber
Tuesday, January third, was supposed to be the start of my riding outside horses again, but the weather thought something else.
The Books
Farewell 2022
By Patty Wilber
Last year has packed up and is heading away,
The next won’t be cold-backed, we fervently pray.
Here’s a review of a few adventures we had
Many were lovely and some were quite sad.
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Merry Christmas (hats) 2022
By Patty Wilber
The only big, creative Christmas Hat break through I managed was to cut slits in one of my Santa hats so the horse’s ears could poke out.
I had planned to at least cut all four hats and get a candid of the four horses that are here out in the paddock. But no.
Dashing through the Snow
By Patty Wilber
Saturday and Sunday of last weekend were beautiful and I did not take advantage of the great weather as I wore myself out on Friday enjoying Colleen and her new horse and going to our Back Country Horseman Holiday Party!
So, I ended up riding on Monday before it started snowing and on Tuesday after the snow. I worked with Gette on Wednesday and rode after my infusion (and a nap) on Thursday! Not a full on “normal” week, but getting closer!
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Gette gets Saddled!
By Patty Wilber
This was the last week of school before winter break, so I did spend a fair amount of time on that!
I also saddled Gette for the first time. I over estimated her zeal for being a big kid and saddled her as if she’d been doing it a while. She objected by moving around some and giving me a few dirty looks. “how could u?! it is heavy! it is tight! did i give permission for this? i don’t think so!” Overall, she was excellent considering my lack of finesse in this matter!
Home for the Holiday!
By Patty Wilber
On Thanksgiving Day, the grand daughters (and their mom, Maegan and dad, Rick) flew with us to California where we met up with our son Mark and his wife Erika and the rest of my immediate family! Very few of my pictures are any good, so I will spare you that.
What a great time we all had together! I slept a lot more than normal and did not enjoy the Thanksgiving food as much as I usually do, but fortunately, by Saturday, when we have our traditional Dim Sum feast, I felt good, and was able to chow down with the best of them!
Grand Daughters Make Everything Better!
By Patty Wilber
Nasty Chemo #4, which I did Nov. 17th, was, as promised, quite fatigue inducing! My legs sometimes feel like rubber! Instead of Triscuits, this week my carbs of choice have been Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with tuna and green beans, mashed potatoes, and tortillas from the Frontier restaurant smothered in butter….I may or may not be having a hard time buttoning my Wranglers…
But the grand daughters are here and that makes everything better!
This Week was Amazing!
By Patty Wilber
Nasty Chemo Treatment 3 was Nov 3rd and by Nov. 5th I was feeling pretty puny. And whiny. Just ask Jim. I left the blog to the 10th and was too tired by evening to get it together for Nov. 11th! This week I started earlier!
Fortunately, in between finishing off the goldfish crackers, demolishing two boxes of Triscuits, along with a block of mozzarella cheese, starting on a third box of Triscuits and a second block of cheese, and sleeping away half days, I was able to go to work at the college and also get outside and do a thing or two! (And then rest.)
Learning to Allow the Lull
By Patty Wilber
I enjoy having jam packed days most of the time, but I am finding it is not workable for me to go full tilt while on Chemo. (Duh, right? But I had to try!).
But I wanna be a big horse!
By Patty Wilber
I was not going to have Gette shipped from Thunderstruck Ranch in Canada to NM until midsummer 2023, but Christy wanted to get her colt, Gino, down here sooner, so we ended up getting them in Dec. 2021!
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