For SALE

 I'm thankful for the electric blanket. It has lasted through 3 winters but this winter only a part of it actually heats up. Of course that is on my side of the bed. That blanket is put on high, usually around an hour before bedtime so the sheets and pillow are hot when I crawl in. Once I warm up it is turned down to 3. We walked this morning. No more slacking. We needed to get together to figure out the schedule as Joan has Co-op tomorrow then her family arrives on Saturday for Berlica's testimony. Ruth and I will split Friday and Saturday with me taking mornings and Ruth taking afternoons then both of us taking mom to church leaving at 6:00 pm on Saturday for the testimonies. Berlica is first. Dan got bad news on the wheelchair van. The part ordered is not the right part. They will try again so we will need to keep using Joan's new van. Thankful she has 2. Right after the walk I left for Kroger to pick up turkey bags and extra creamy whip cream for the pies. Kroger had those on sale. I also picked up some parchment paper for baking Christmas goodies. From there I drove to Aldi to pick up more stuffing boxes, celery, apples, sausage, bacon, and orange juice. Next stop was Meisters to drop off some Bible studies for Amanda's mom to grade and from there Sam's Club. I wanted to find Thanksgiving disposable plates but all of theirs were gone and Christmas plates were out. I still needed to buy nice napkins, 8 pounds of butter, mixed nuts and peanut m&ms for the nut cups, a box of 1000 12 ounce Styrofoam cups for the barn and two large bags of ice. The russet potatoes were on sale 10 pounds for $4.00. Ruth and Dan are making the mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving. Ruth had not yet bought them so I picked up 20 pounds then stopped at her house to drop them off. Anni was outside with her 2 boys and also Laura and Miguel's 2 children playing on the playground. 

Dexter was so funny, he was telling me all about the big sign his 'pa pa' was making then told me, "pa pa" is Fedi.

Once the groceries were put away Amazon was checked and a 100 Thanksgiving 12 x 10 plates were ordered.

100 dessert plates were ordered plus since it was all black Friday sales early and all of these were on sale I also ordered 100 Christmas 12 x 10 plates.

I know 100 isn't enough for Christmas but perhaps I can find some smaller cheaper plates for the children.  Sarah and Nolan have posted their house for sale on Zillow. It is move in ready!

This has been a wonderful home for them but we are thrilled they have moved near us. It really is gorgeous! large 4 bedrooms, 3 updated bathrooms, metal roof, instant water heater, huge fenced in back yard, attached garage. Check it out by clicking HERE. After lunch Sarah had the girls come down here to the house so she could go work on her new house.

They had fun first coloring then making a Christmas chain. Below River is busy coloring the strips of paper while Zion tapes them together.

Joan wanted to clean the shop today so I went to mom's with River while Mark stayed at the house so the other two could keep working on their chain. Mom has some beautiful roses on her table.

Mark and I switched for a bit so I could go home and make supper. They had finished the chain and it reached the floor.

It as a lot of work as they needed to decorate each strip of paper with the markers. They were pretty pleased with all their work.

The weanlings are all doing great. They are tolerating this cold damp weather like they were born for it. They are not even that muddy but the pictures below were actually taken the day they came in for weaning. Sheena's shadow (not for sale) is wearing the blue halter while Disco, wearing the purple halter IS for sale. He is 87.5% FRIESIAN and 12.5% Thoroughbred.

He is friendly, wants to please, will be tall and best of all have lots of HAIR! He is for sale $8000.00 and is ready to leave for his new home as soon as his coggins is back. The colt below is Bulu's colt. He will be 5 months old in a week and will be brought in for weaning. He is 50% Friesian 50% Thoroughbred and is for sale $4500.00. He also will be tall as his sire is Valiant and his dam Bulu is well over 16 hands. He moves and looks like a very expensive European warmblood without that European warmblood price. 

He is not yet named and his registration papers haven't been sent in yet so if you want him you can name him. 

The last foal pictured is Rosalie's filly by Evan. She should end up close to 17 hands as her dam sticks at 17 hands. Her sire is Evan, our stallion with the mega hair. She is doing well with her leading training. She stands tied and will load. She is 87.5% Friesian 12.5% Warmblood and is for sale $7500.00 

She is the one I said I was going to keep and really don't mind if we do now as she can be bred to Oliver when she turns 3 years of age but she really needs to be more than just a brood mare. She won't be hard to train and she could do double duty as a brood mare AND a wonderful family riding horse. Her registered name is Dahlia.