The good things in life
Sep. 3rd, 2012 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cazmanian_minx1. I don't have a broken foot :o)
Or, at least, the surgery is 90% certain it's just soft tissue damage. I was putting Finn's fly sheet on him this morning while he was standing at the little gate between us and the neighbours when I saw Merlin stalking up the field with his "I'm going to nip the pony on his arse" face on. Rather than stop what I was doing and chase Merlin off, I figured I had just enough time to do up the last two straps on the neck cover and get out of the way. Wrong. Finn's only exit route was through me and he barged past, knocking me onto my back on the stone dyke wall and treading on the side of my foot in the process. By 3pm it was getting worse rather than better and feeling numb and tingly at the same time so I thought I'd better get it checked out, but two medical professionals had a gentle prod round and declared it probably unbroken. Now waiting for it to turn 50 Shades of Purple.
2. My husband is the most wonderful cook
Supper last night was home-reared Gloucestershire Old Spot pork, smothered in Reggae Reggae sauce and then left to cook very slowly for about five hours until it just fell apart in its own juices.
3. The Great British Bake Off has inspired me
I've been trying to make morning rolls and softies, admittedly without much success so far (they always come out with the crust too thick), but yesterday's test batch got soaked in the remains of the pork juices while they were still warm and Oh.My.Gods... I've got the breadmaker back out now as it's much better at making bread than I am and I'm sure I can make a cheese bread that's a) tastier and b) cheaper than the tiny thing you pay £1.80 for at the Tesco bakery.
4. I'm nearly through my teeth straightening
I change to the last set of Invisalign aligners tonight and need to make an appointment to get the brackets taken off my teeth in a fortnight's time. I am so, so chuffed with how well this has worked, not only do I smile properly with confidence these days, but it's made it a million times easier to use floss and keep my gums healthy. I'm not properly finished yet though, I have to continue wearing them all the time (apart from meals) for 12 weeks, then it's a year of nights only, a year of alternate nights and then keep checking the fit and leave in overnight as required if the aligners start feeling tight.
5. I'm starting to really love riding again
I might not be so keen on my pony today ;o) but I rode three times last week and although he's still being testing, especially out hacking, it's not meant in a nasty way and he's not doing anything that frightens me - he's just being a typical Welsh Section D cob and trying to work out what he can get away with not doing. For example, I've been teaching him to stand still while I mount by treating him with a bit of carrot from the saddle once I'm up and I wanted to check that he understood he needed to stand still while we were out hacking rather than just in the school. So he stood like a rock, he got his bit of carrot, we set off down the road with me feeling very chuffed at my l33t p0ny sk001ing ski11z and about 10 yards later he stopped dead, looked round for another bit of carrot and started chewing my boot when I told him to walk on instead! 20 minutes later we'd only managed another 70 yards as he demanded carrot and I demanded we went onwards - and I'm afraid at that point he got a smack on the bum and told to effing well get on with it, after which he was an absolute angel for the rest of the hack! I hate using a stick on him (I'd already tried slapping it against my boot and waving it around his bottom, both of which usually send him forwards), but I think a small tap is probably kinder than thumping him in the ribs with my legs.
6. We had a lovely first wedding anniversary
I can't believe it's been a year, but it has :o) We went back to Melvich hotel for a meal and the chef had put my favourite dessert on the specials board.
7. Business is going well
After a run of - well, not bad luck exactly, more some poor decisions on my part stemming from being bad at saying no, things are picking up again and the cash is flowing in the right direction.
Or, at least, the surgery is 90% certain it's just soft tissue damage. I was putting Finn's fly sheet on him this morning while he was standing at the little gate between us and the neighbours when I saw Merlin stalking up the field with his "I'm going to nip the pony on his arse" face on. Rather than stop what I was doing and chase Merlin off, I figured I had just enough time to do up the last two straps on the neck cover and get out of the way. Wrong. Finn's only exit route was through me and he barged past, knocking me onto my back on the stone dyke wall and treading on the side of my foot in the process. By 3pm it was getting worse rather than better and feeling numb and tingly at the same time so I thought I'd better get it checked out, but two medical professionals had a gentle prod round and declared it probably unbroken. Now waiting for it to turn 50 Shades of Purple.
2. My husband is the most wonderful cook
Supper last night was home-reared Gloucestershire Old Spot pork, smothered in Reggae Reggae sauce and then left to cook very slowly for about five hours until it just fell apart in its own juices.
3. The Great British Bake Off has inspired me
I've been trying to make morning rolls and softies, admittedly without much success so far (they always come out with the crust too thick), but yesterday's test batch got soaked in the remains of the pork juices while they were still warm and Oh.My.Gods... I've got the breadmaker back out now as it's much better at making bread than I am and I'm sure I can make a cheese bread that's a) tastier and b) cheaper than the tiny thing you pay £1.80 for at the Tesco bakery.
4. I'm nearly through my teeth straightening
I change to the last set of Invisalign aligners tonight and need to make an appointment to get the brackets taken off my teeth in a fortnight's time. I am so, so chuffed with how well this has worked, not only do I smile properly with confidence these days, but it's made it a million times easier to use floss and keep my gums healthy. I'm not properly finished yet though, I have to continue wearing them all the time (apart from meals) for 12 weeks, then it's a year of nights only, a year of alternate nights and then keep checking the fit and leave in overnight as required if the aligners start feeling tight.
5. I'm starting to really love riding again
I might not be so keen on my pony today ;o) but I rode three times last week and although he's still being testing, especially out hacking, it's not meant in a nasty way and he's not doing anything that frightens me - he's just being a typical Welsh Section D cob and trying to work out what he can get away with not doing. For example, I've been teaching him to stand still while I mount by treating him with a bit of carrot from the saddle once I'm up and I wanted to check that he understood he needed to stand still while we were out hacking rather than just in the school. So he stood like a rock, he got his bit of carrot, we set off down the road with me feeling very chuffed at my l33t p0ny sk001ing ski11z and about 10 yards later he stopped dead, looked round for another bit of carrot and started chewing my boot when I told him to walk on instead! 20 minutes later we'd only managed another 70 yards as he demanded carrot and I demanded we went onwards - and I'm afraid at that point he got a smack on the bum and told to effing well get on with it, after which he was an absolute angel for the rest of the hack! I hate using a stick on him (I'd already tried slapping it against my boot and waving it around his bottom, both of which usually send him forwards), but I think a small tap is probably kinder than thumping him in the ribs with my legs.
6. We had a lovely first wedding anniversary
I can't believe it's been a year, but it has :o) We went back to Melvich hotel for a meal and the chef had put my favourite dessert on the specials board.
7. Business is going well
After a run of - well, not bad luck exactly, more some poor decisions on my part stemming from being bad at saying no, things are picking up again and the cash is flowing in the right direction.
