I left the house at 7:30 am to go to Sam's club to buy the ingredients for our Sunday meal and made it home about 8:45 am. Some of the food was taken straight over to the barn then the rest brought to the house and put away. I was supposed to meet Mike at 9:00 am to get Harli covered so drove the golf cart up at 8:55 am only to find Mike driving in. Harli decided she didn't want to be caught but Mike walked in, yelled NO at her and she stood until the lead rope was hooked up.
We had a successful cover with Evan. About Mike is walking her back to the paddock. The 4 mares in the pond pasture were moved over into the mare paddock that opens to the back pasture. Below they are happy to get into the field.
They made such a pretty picture of course that had to be taken.
Once the horses were settled I browned 9 pounds of ground beef, drained that well, seasoned it with taco seasoning and left that to cool. Then took cleaning supplies over to the barn and worked there getting it ready for the birthday party and then Sunday supper.
Mike was working on the pack saddle repairing the canvas and the leather strap that got broken on Wednesday when Izzy went backward with her training. He put in a new piece of canvas on the torn bag.
Joan and Mackenson left to go clean the shop. I went over to mom's and on the way in saw a big bumble bee on the drive. It was not able to take off from the ground but seemed fine and just needed a bit of help.
Mom was out on the deck listening to Aunt Jinnie reading to her. Diane was there so she and I visited a while on the deck and while we were talking a hummingbird arrived for a drink.
As I was going home Mike mentioned he would be willing to work with Izzy in about 20 minutes. That gave me time to get her and all the gear out to the outdoor arena. When Mike arrived we first just put the pack saddle on with no weight.
Mike decided he wanted Harli with her so while he worked with Izzy I went to get Harli and bring her in. She was just let loose to graze.
Izzy stood well when the bags of salt were added to the saddle until she started trotting then panicked. Mike was able to stop her. Izzy was tied and Mike went to saddle up Sally decided Izzy should be ponied using another horse. That actually worked. You can see in the video when she starts to panic but how quickly she settled down. We felt like today was 2 steps forward and NO steps backward. By the time it was over she was listening, behaving and trying to do what was asked. There was no throwing herself sideways or bucking so we ended on a good note. Below is the video.
The Gypsies were put in the far paddock as that has an almost full bale of hay. By this time it was almost 5:00 pm. Mark and I loaded up 3 of our 5 gallon water containers and drove in to Bartonville to fill those with drinking water. From there we went to the diner to split the senior walleye meal and once we ate that we drove to Aldi to pick up a few things I didn't want to buy at Sam's club. I picked up 3 boxes of brownies, 2 dozen eggs, 2 pounds of shredded cheddar, 2 pounds of bacon and a gallon of milk. Once home the brownies were baked, the laundry finished, the kitchen cleaned up and the dishes done from the baking. There was just one more job that Mark wanted done, he wanted a hair cut. He is still trying out that new hairdo of brushing the hair back and I'm not quite sure how to get the desired affect he wants but gave it a good try.
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