<--- Newcastle beer with a side of Advil
The work on the horse's paddock began today. We bought railroad ties and rubber mats, screws, washers, a crowbar and a cheap saw... then the real work began.
The horses took the entire event very seriously and thwarted my attempts to keep them away from the construction zone. I tied them to the back of the corral, each with a pile of hay. While I was back there, Mario backed the truck - hard - into the corral roof post and completely destroyed one of the wheel wells of our dualy truck. Epic fail!
After digesting that this had just happened, he proceeded to bust his ass digging, dumping, carting, kicking, shoveling, sweating and swearing the materials into place. We ran out of time to get it all done in one day, but at least got a good head start on winterizing the horses area. We are going to try to finish it tomorrow, and then the DG can be dumped (and that will also need shoveling, leveling and no doubt some swearing - to get it properly done).
The horses both untied themselves within minutes and made complete pests of themselves - trying to get at the bag of pellets in the back of the truck, chewing on the wood, walking over and through everything, trying to eat the paint off the already damaged Dodge, pooping in our workspace and trying to sneak out the gate while we were wheelbarrowing in and out of it. Total micromanagers!
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I promise never to complain about our around-the-house fix-up projects. At least we don't have two gorgeous horses getting in the way :-) . Our dog just runs and hides as soon as the power tools and hammers emerge. I hope the Advil helped!! It's been a life saver for me these past few weeks.
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