Glorious Holiday Weekend Part Dos

My recap of Thursday and Friday got away from me a little (although in my defense, I did A LOT OF STUFF), so I decided to be nice to you poor readers and write about the rest of my weekend separately. Saturday when I woke up, I hurt all over -- my body was very loudly protesting my very busy Friday. I slogged through chores at home, and then sacked out on the couch for a bit. Apparently I was more exhausted than I realized, as I drifted off for a brief nap (this probably had something to do with my 3:30 am wake up call when DH's phone rang with a work emergency and he had to leave extra early). Cinna got the day off since I lacked a ground person again, but I did head down to the barn early for chores so I had time to ride Ruby in the daylight.

A significant portion of my day looked like this.. haha.

 

But this made it worthwhile!

DH worked late as a result of his work emergency, so I had more time on the couch to snuggle the dogs. In the evening I got some bad news about a dear relative, so there were some frantic hours and tears, but I've since gotten a better report, so hopefully the worrying was for naught.

I also stress organized my tack shed, which definitely needed some TLC! I should have taken an "after" picture.

That led to a pretty fractured night of sleep for me, so Sunday wasn't as productive horse-wise as I hoped. DH and I accomplished quite a bit around the farm -- some vehicle maintenance, playing with the goats, shopping, etc. After a run to town, we popped back up to the barn so I could ride Ruby. After a good bareback ride, we hung out for a bit to help with evening chores and then to help hang some Christmas decorations! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (at the barn at least!). DH was a bit depressed, because he pulled our our Christmas decorations (a giant star that normally hangs off the front of the barn) and most of the lights were dead. I'm sure he'll finagle something though, he always does!

Goats in wheelbarrows y'all -- too funny! 

Barn all decorated for Christmas!

Monday while I was working, DH and a friend industriously spread like 3 years worth of composted manure to fertilize our pasture -- poor old geriatric tractor and manure spreader were working overtime! I made time to sneak in another bareback ride last night, although I dropped my phone cantering and had to search the arena for it, lol. Today I brought riding clothes so hopefully I can put in a more productive school with a saddle ;)

Combined age of like... 150 years... haha.

Black compost everywhere!

Phone didn't even begin to do justice to this sunset!

Are you ready for Christmas? Does your barn decorate? Do you? I'm kind of a scrooge when it comes to Christmas, haha.