Where has the year gone?

So I can't believe the year is almost gone. 2008 has been a good year so far, can't complain about anything major :) So this month I have been extra busy with work and home. I spend the last two days just relaxing and catching up on my DVR'd shows. All the animals are great. I miss Bo, but I am watching my friend's (Pictured above with Sand and Cowboy) dog Buster so that has made it easy to move on.

So the horses are doing great. Hope had a major Laminitis re-outbreak so I have had her on Wellsolve low carb and Grass Hay/Pellets and bute. Also getting her feet trimmed every 4 weeks as they are growing so fast. On of my darling horse vets at Los Lunas Vet says I should explore glue shows to bring her feet up off the ground but that would be so expensive and everything I have read says barefoot is ok.. Hopefully she will continue to do better now that I have her totally off the carbs. The rest of the horses I have switched my feeding strategy to Pellets. I was so tired going to look for hay every month, its so easy to go buy alfalfa-grass pellets- A huge 80 pound bag costs $14 at Chical Haystack and last 2.5 days for all 3 of my horses. I used to go thru a bale 1/2 a day, for $6-7 a bale, I am breaking even or saving some money. And I feed in rubber feeders which eliminates the need for eating off the ground when the hay falls out of the feeder, therefore lessoning the chance for sand colic.. Oh I also feed senior feed, the Farmway brand every night, one scoop per horse. So I think I am saving a little cash, and its healthier for them I believe. The only downfall is they finish eating in like 20-30 min versus the hour or two before when eating hay.. I still have about 20 bales of alfalfa and 30 grass hay. When I have to work a long day I will throw in a small slice of hay as well... Next year I am going to plan ahead and buy a couple hundred bales of hale though.. So I don't have to keep switching things up..

So a week before X-mas- I am having some friends over and starting next Wed night I have 12 days off, which 6 of those will be spent in Seattle with family and friends for New Years- Can't wait! Anyway I will post back soon! Happy Holidays :)