Dear Reader,
Life is busy.
Construction has started on the new barn, very excited to see the area getting
cleared, its funny how you look at piece of land and think “oh that won’t be
too bad to clear” then you see it all on the ground in giant piles, it’s a lot.
The guys at Aaron Excavating, http://www.aaronenviro.com
have been great and Roy has been nothing
short of awesome in all steps of the process. I cannot say enough good things
about them. Without further ado, photos of the destruction:
I also signed off on the
final barn plans this week, so as soon as the site is ready the barn builders
will be coming in to get started, they assure me we should be done by the end
of April, I can only hope winter finally goes away so they can get in and
going.
This past Sunday Ceara,
Peri and I headed down to a dressage show at the NJ Horse Park, both girls rode
well. We know that accuracy and a steadier connection to
the bridle needs to be improved, but their efforts were rewarded with 1sts and 2nds and we had a
really nice first outing. If only every show could be so low key and easy!
My own riding on Regal has been
not as frequent, I have been enjoying getting Lilly going, we are having a bit
of a set back as her teeth are in horrible shape and very sharp. It is causing
her a lot of discomfort and some naughty behavior, so I am excited for her to
get that taken care of on April 1st. She is really a lovely mare and I
am so excited to be able to train her and watch Elizabeth enjoy her (when she
is being a good girl!). Regal and I had a mini jump school in the snow the
other weekend, it was a lot of fun to knock the rust off and I was so impressed
with his adjustability to the fences. I am trying to sneak in a jump lesson on
Easter Sunday so hopefully I will have more to report back on. Meanwhile I need to tackle his wild mane, which is currently detracting from his devilish good looks...bad mommy,
Other than being frazzled
from living between 2 locations, managing the barn project, getting the horses
ridden and organizing 2 breedings for the Spring life is really happy, feeling
so energized and grateful for such a wonderful group of clients and sponsors
that are helping me reach my goals.
More soon,
Chelsea
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