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It IS Settled
I was going to bring the mares in before the walk but time got away from me and I was only able to get just Tessa and her filly into the stall and even then Ruth and Diane were waiting. Cookie was all the way across the pond. We had a good walk although Rizzy found Joan's ducks and chased them down to the water. At least she came when I whistled. The ducks were fine. Ever since Rizzy is here we have no geese pooping all over the lawn next to the beach. We also don't see many rabbits. She is quick to chase them off. We have Rizzy this week while David and Stephanie's family are in Washington DC. Diane came over to the farm house right after the walk and set up the new TV there. It is almost ready to post. Mike and Spark were hard at work on the excavator. That machine is huge and by the time they quit they were drenched in sweat.
I worked over at the barn finishing the gym and the upstairs. Sarah brought the girls out and they worked for a while to get the old driving cart out. Penny was trained to drive. The cart needs the tires repaired but I think they are just bicycle tires so it shouldn't be too hard. The girls had fun with it as it was.
Zion went to Penny's paddock to bring her over to the barn.
She had to figure out how to bridle her by herself and DID!
Nice to have such a well behaved pony.
Once Penny was tacked up Zion decided to ask her to step up onto the pedestal.
Five year old River really wanted to learn how to ride Penny and today she learned how to keep Penny on the rail, stop her and ask her to go forward.
Once the barn was finished I was so hot I got my suit on and joined Diane and Rhonda in the lake. We floated for what seemed like hours and I did cool down. The water is refreshing. Yesterday all the towels that had been left over the weekend were washed and taken downstairs. If you lost your towel feel free to check out these, just maybe one of them is yours.
This afternoon Berlica took two of Tara's girls on a trail ride. One rode Jewel and one rode Rosalie. Berlica rode Sally and Zion rode Penny.
While they were riding Tessa's filly was haltered, tied and her leg given a good scrubbing. Today she stood well and let me hold her leg while cleaning it out. She will heal but I sure don't want it to get infected. I used a betadine scrub to clean it. She stood very well. 
She wasn't happy when I took her mom into the other stall but Tessa was fine as she was given grain. After the stall was cleaned Tessa was put back in the stall with fresh water and more hay. We left for church at 6:05 pm. Mike Kaisner had the message tonight. We have a big group leaving Saturday morning at 2:00 am for Jamaica. Psalm 100 is the chapter they will be focusing on while there so Mike started with that. If interested in watching that message click HERE. Right after church we left so I could get Tessa and her filly back outside then came back to OUR house (it is settled, we are buying it) but technically until the closing it is still mom's. We had a late supper of left over hamburgers from the Sunday meal. They were still delicious! Airbnb has decided to change it's policy on hosts and guests. As of September 1st all fees will now be taken directly from the hosts. It comes down to they will no longer be showing THEIR fee they charge the guests. They want the guests to believe the HOSTS receive all money paid. In the past aibnb would take 3% from the host and charge each guest around 15%. Instead they will just take 15.5% from the host. It is very deceptive and was done just to make it look like airbnb is not the greedy company it is becoming. The excuse they are making to hosts is it is too confusing for guests. They see our nightly price but when they go to book the price is higher. They supposedly are now removing the service fee for the guests but it ISN'T removed, they have just moved that fee to hosts! sneaky sneaky. Right now there really isn't another rental option for me as a host so if I didn't want to lose that 15.5% had to agree. We really can't have long term rentals here, too many times we need every available housing space for family. Speaking of family it is growing again. Ruth is going to be a grandma AGAIN in January and Rachel AGAIN in February. We rejoice with Rebekah and Brian and Jessica and Clayton. I'm pretty sure Ruth's will be great grandchild 97 and Rachel's 98...hmm just two to go to reach 100 on the greats!
