We have just about gotten everything into the house out of the motor home. Things are settling into place.
We have moved things around as we have found better uses for the space and more convenient to our uses.
The parking lot for the barn is going in today. Just road gravel, but it will alleviate the mud when it rains. the guy that did our concrete work is doing the parking lot. We have 2 horse trailers in the way of the work and we will be pulling them out of the way this morning.
After the parking lot is in we will move the coach over to the house. I winterized it and closed up the slides, now all I have to do is disconnect the electricity and back it out of where it has been for the last 11 months.
I cannot back it out without Mikes direction and stay on the concrete. The slab was designed for an RV, ours wasn't here when the pad was designed so there are some curves in the approach that require a spotter on the outside to help navigate it back onto the driveway.
Also, there is not enough room to turn the coach around so I have to back it all the way out to the road. The driveway has 3 curves in it and backing it out isn't easy. I have done it before and with the help of a spotter it can be done much more easily.
Brenda's hours have increased to just under 20 hours per week. This is very helpful at this time of year. She enjoys her job and is glad for the increase in hours. Unfortunately she had to work Thanksgiving, so she missed dinner at our niece's home. It was a nice gathering although 2 of the nephews were not there. We missed them.
We have been working on the barn. Adding 6 pallets of shavings for the stalls, the former green house is filling up.
We are also parking the tractor and lawn mower in there, too.
Along with the work shop area it is getting pretty crowded.
We are taking one or two bales of hay out everyday so that is helping.
We are preparing for boarders. We have posted signs in conspicuous places around the property. Like "absolutely no smoking in the stable area" and the signs pertaining to the inherent danger of Equine Activities and the limited liability to the owners of the stable.
These are important and necessary. The insurance companies require the posting of these signs of limiting liability.
The stalls are nearly complete. They only need to have the rubber pads placed and the shavings added when the stall is rented. We have the water buckets and the feeders, but they will need to be installed prior to renting the space. We intend to start boarding other horses in the Spring.
Ta ta for now.
