Lessons Enjoyed

Some lessons I've learned or re-learned during our first week of horse ownership.
1. A barn isn't a barn until it smells like a barn. That took us about four days. I love the smell of our barn!
2. One seems to use a lot of the same muscles picking manure as when riding: legs, core, shoulders, smile.
3. Picking manure almost fun, even on a holiday, even in the rain, not so much in the baking heat.
4. Mister sometimes prefers to have his breakfast/supper delivered if he is very far from the barn.
5. The brim of my ball cap is not just style, it keeps the pouring rain off my smile while picking manure.
6. The second person can never find the empty feed dish, no matter how great you think your directions!
7. Seeing your husband empty a wheelbarrow that you've left to lock a gate inspires a new kind of love.
8. Checking to see if the fence is on is best done with a tester, not your husband.
9. You need extra electric fence thingys.
10. Your face hurts when you've been smiling non-stop for a week.

Cheers!