Cob Jockey

Our appraisal is done, our holiday open house was a total success, and I have pledged to take a week sabbatical from working on the house (after a month of almost literally working on it every waking moment that I wasn't working).

This house was made for Christmas.

Even after the sabbatical is over, the house won't take over my life anymore.  I can become a normal homeowner, with a normal house that has minor projects without the extreme timeline.  It's now totally livable and functional.  This means...it's pony time!

Half and half.

Connor's Aunt Mary came into town for the holiday open house and helped me clip him on Sunday.  It's a balmy and unusual 65 degrees here this weekend, so it was really nice to do my second clip without gloves!

Evidence: that is a live fly on my horse's chest.  On December 13.  In Indiana.  Thanks, El Nino.

As usual, Connor was a good boy for his clip and it was nice to have Mary there to talk to and help.



Mary even jokingly put a temporary design on his hindquarters.  She said I would never know if it was a 'C' for Cubs (her team, my team's rival) or a 'C' for Connor.  I said it was any of the following: Cardinals, Columbus, Cummins, Connor or Castleberry's Contender.  But not Cubs.

(She buzzed it off right after we took this picture.)

"Whyyyyy is that lady behind me..."

Afterward, she tacked him up for a ride before she had to make the drive home.  Part two to come!