Raising Prices

 This morning was bookwork time. The website had to be updated and unfortunately after going over all the bills (grain bills, hay bills, bedding bills, insurance bills and vet bills) We HAD to raise the prices on our foals. We have kept the price of them the same for almost 15 years.  We now have inflation like we have NEVER seen before.  The price of everything has gone up tremendously except the hay since we raise most of that ourselves, but even that went up as the farmer that puts the hay up had to raise all of his prices. At least the round bales didn't double in price like the grain.  I've always tried to keep our prices reasonable, wanting to help anyone that always had the dream of owning a Friesian a chance to make that dream come true. The next job was another bookwork and this was to write down all the miles used on the truck for horsemeister. I had done a rough estimate but Mark wanted dates and miles which meant going through the blog for the year.  I know it would be simpler to just write the miles down when driving but that doesn't happen. I'm just not that organized. By the time all of that was done it was my turn to head over to mom's house.  Ruth was with mom this morning and sent an amazing video of mom sitting in the wheel chair and holding on to the banister of the stairs and pulling herself up from sitting to standing position. Ruth is amazing!  She is always looking for new ways for mom to improve.  We had a nice warm day with sunshine and the temperature reaching 52 degrees. When Mark got home he went right to work on splitting the last of the logs from the silver maple tree that keeps losing it's huge limbs right in our yard. We sure didn't have to go looking for wood this year.  On another note Valiant is getting plump again. Each breeding season I struggle to keep weight on him. He runs the fenceline calling to the mares sure they are all here for him.  

He also spends hours glaring at Evan.  Of course Evan glares right back at him but Evan stays in good weight. Evan never seems to lose weight even during breeding season. He is content to eat while watching the mares.  The picture above is of Valiant and below of Evan about the same time of year but both were taken a few years ago. Evan has much more hair now.