scenes from a wet weekend

Happy Monday everyone. Is it just me, or do you sometimes feel like the weekend was more work than the work week itself? Idk... mine seem to always fly by in a busy blur... with the added bonus of lots of flyaway horse hair lately haha. Oh, and with flurries of snow this weekend too. Wtf, weather - noo!!!

kinda tried to be artsy with the oddly pellet-like snow flakes. kinda failed. meh, whatevs

Luckily the snow didn't actually impede any of our plans, tho it made for a VERY wet and cold jump lesson at OF. Esp bc our 14 yr old cohorts insisted we brave it out in the elements rather than in the dusty tiny indoor.

They were obviously correct to do so - we're not exactly made of sugar and won't melt in the rain. Plus we're supposed to be, like, eventers or something like that. lol. Definitely regretted forgetting my gloves tho...

as gangster as one can possibly be while sitting on horses lol

Generally, tho, it was a fun and productive weekend. We crossed a few long-standing items off the to-do list - like getting Brita behind the wheel of my truck to haul the horses out for a lesson. Nothing's really been holding us back from making this happen, and yet it just kept getting pushed back and pushed back. But finally - she's taken her first round trip and the ponies lived to tell the tale. Exciting!!

checkin the mirrors like she's toooootally not freaked out to be hauling for the first time :D

Especially exciting bc if I'm away for whatever reason, Brita can be more or less self-sufficient about getting to her lessons. Or, ya know, if my dipshit self falls out of the trailer and breaks my leg again, maybe she can drive the rig home haha.

sneak peek. not a saddlery i know much about, so naturally i'm doing LOTS of googling haha

Ooooooooh and there's definitely a whole post coming about the saddle fitting appointment we had this weekend. This was the one we've all (or maybe it's just me?!?) been waiting for: Saddle fitter J used her recent tracings of Isabel to gather a selection of jump saddles for us to try.

and played hide-n-seek with the chatty cat in the rafters

She found a whoooooole bunch that I really liked personally (including one that was like a cloud for my butt, no joke). Just one of this wide assortment looked like a match for Isabel. But ohhhh boy did it look like a match. So, with cautious optimism, I'm saying that we mayyyyybe found our unicorn, and I have it with me for a 10 day trial. Details to come!!!!

there she is!!

Otherwise, tho, ya know. It was a weekend. And it snowed and rained and was cold. But we did things. Lessons and such. I shopped a little bit too. Nothing super duper exciting, but maybe fun all the same.

i <3 her white whiskers

Might actually have a small DIY project coming up too. Probably it will come out looking a little janky... but what else is new, right?

isn't she just super cute?

So yea. More to come, per usual. Did you have a very busy weekend? Or more quiet? Or are you like me, wishing there was at least one more day?!? lol