Wednesday, November 02, 2011

30 Days of Thanksgiving - Day 1

I'm taking on a challenge - to do 30 days of posts of things I'm thankful for.

& I know we can all say, "Family, friends, grace, love"... blah blah blah... :) 

I am thankful for those things - obviously - but these next 30 days, I'm going to post the day AFTER so I can find out what I'm thankful for that particular day.  Some days, there may be more then one thing - some days, it may be deep & profound  - (You all know I'm so deep & profound... dont laugh), & some days, it may be simple & fun & cute - (You all know I'm fun & cute... right?... right?)

So - without further ado...

Day 1 - November 1:  I'm Thankful the Horse didnt get hit!!!!

WHAT?

OK - so I stopped at the grocery on the way home. In my drive way unloading the loot & have to make a few trips.  On the last trip, I grab my bags out of my car, pull down my hatch back & turn around... to see a horse at the end of my driveway....

I literally turned my head, then did a double take, like , Hu-hu-huh?!?!?!

I had to think if I took some sort of medicine that was making me hallucinate - or if maybe that last Diet Coke was spiked with something.

Nope - a real horse was at my driveway.  Beautiful too - a white horse - exactly something you would think that if you were dreaming, you'd see that kind of horse.

I'm starting to panic because he's right at the end of the road & ventured right into the middle of it. 

Now, I live on top of a hill - either direction, someone could come up the hill & SMASH right into the horse.... so much for dreaming.

I instantly thought WWDD?  What would dad do?  & I'm not talking about my Heavenly Father here... I mean, my earthly dad...he's the horse master afterall.

I run in my garage & got 2 dog leashes & tied them together.  I figure I would try & get close enough to try & wrap around his neck & lead him somewhere.... where?  I dont know... I figure if anything, my dad would get a new horse for Christmas.  Or the grandsons would have a surprise at their door in Texas from Santa.  (How much would it cost to UPS a horse to Texas?)

But I hear a car coming down the road & I am FREAKED OUT!!!!!  I dont eat meat from anything that has 4 legs anyways - I dont want to see it get demolished in front of me either.  So I start running at the horse.  His tail went up & he looked at me & took off the other direction into a field - at least he's safe.

I took a few minutes so he could see I wouldnt chase him anymore & to get him to trust me.  He looked at me & then wandered over to some trees & then jumped over some bushes into a huge clearing... ends up - that was his home.  The house down the street has about 5 acres & its completely tree lined all around - but with fall & the leaves down, the horse found a clearing.

I ended up heading to the house to let them know their horse had found a way out - no one was home though :(

It was funny because as I was walking up their drive ( that was like half a mile long) - the horse ended up galloping to the fence & walked with me up to the house.  He then leaned over the fence the whole time I was knocking on the door like he was telling me "Please dont tell on me" - but I told him I was going to.... in the end, no tattle-telling happened.

When I get home though, I'm going to put a note on their mail box... it doesnt even look like there was ever a fence there so I'm not sure of the situation - but I just dont want to see a smashed horse on the road on my trip home... dead squirrels & raccoons & skunks are bad enough on country roads.

So ta-da... the kick off of things to be thankful for..

told you I'm not conventional! :)

7 comments:

  1. Because November is a loaded month, I am opting to do this not on my blog but on facebook as my status updates.

    So mine will probably be just a list of blah, blah, blah...

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  2. Oh my word!! Glad all is OK, and who owns a horse without a fence to keep them contained? Maybe it is behind the house? Either way, I agree...note is a good thing. :)

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  3. Now I want a pony for Christmas. I'll take good care of him, promise! I even have an extra litter box in the basement for him to use. I think I'll call him, Princess.
    Obviously, I'll dye his main lavender and pink, duh!
    m.

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  4. RJ,

    I'm so glad the horse is ok!!

    How do you participate in the 30 Days of Thankfulness? Just post? And I LOVE doing it the next day. I have the most. Perfect thing for yesterday too.

    Love you friend~~Dawn

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  5. Wow. I can't even IMAGINE turning around to see that. We live so close to our neighbors we can throw a rock and hit their houses :(

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  6. Oh love this...would you mind if i joined in on this on my blog.

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