Great Morning . . . Heck I'll Say Great Day!

The reason I had a great morning is because I went out onto the lease land to let Aslan run around and we had fun! Chrome got in on the action too. The neighbor's guineas were out so he was feeling spunky. He had his nose in the air and his tail flagged and flipped over like an Arab. Unfortunately something was funky about the lighting and the pictures didn't turn out as great as I would have liked. Some turned out great and some just suck, but I couldn't delete them because frankly the subject matter rocks!! ;D

The reason I decided to say it was a great day is because basically nothing bad happened today!!! It happens so rarely that I thought it worth mentioning. :) I've written another 5182 words today in my NaNo novel. I'll probably write more tonight, but I didn't want to post this really late so you'll just have to check out my NaNo profile or check out my widget in the sidebar to keep track of my word count.

Anyway here are the pictures from this morning. Enjoy!

This picture really freaks me out! Where are his eyes??

I love how when he trots or canters straight to me he stops at perfect
arm's length and puts his muzzle in my hand. Cute!

His little Arabian trot. :) Those guineas had him acting out.

He found a piece of his destroyed tarp to play with.

Love his little lip when he's playing with his tarp.

Why on earth does he chew on rocks? He has free choice loose minerals . . .

Look at his crappy mane!! Why oh why must he tear it out?

On a happier note check out the gray/white coming in. :)

On the other end . . . I mean hand, his tail looks great. It's so thick and wavy.
Again check out the gray coming in.

I'm so happy they have so much land to play around on now. :)

I was "pawing" at the water with my foot. He's still not sure about the pond.

I LOVE this picture!!

Chrome loves my husband's beard for some reason.

Aslan was having a blast. This is one of the best trotting pictures I've ever gotten of him.

My husband giving Chrome a talking to for nipping.
He didn't hurt him. He's just talking to him.

Making friends again.

I like this picture but wish my neighbor's house hadn't been in the background.

Chasing Aslan. I actually like how this one turned out even though the lighting is weird.
Check out the stark white in his tail.

Another cool chasing picture.

I wish the lighting had been better in this one but I had it zoomed all the way in.
He was watching the guineas here. I'm just amazed by the gray in his tail.
I guess I just wasn't expecting him to go gray so fast.

One of my favorites of Aslan. Too cute!

This one kind of helps show how tall Aslan is.
My husband is 5'9" and Chrome is 14.3hh.
Chrome wasn't being ugly in this picture.
He was trying to steal the bottle out of my husband's hand. :)

I LOVE this picture! He was chasing Zeppelin (naughty colt) and looks like a stallion herding his mares. :) I can't wait to get him gelded but it is kind of cool observing the stallion like behaviors. Someone told me that when I get him gelded he won't be so bad about chasing dogs and the donkey.

I love this one too. It's one of my favorites. He was chasing the dog, but it looks like he's doing a canter pirouette! Look at the reach of his rear legs and how round his back is. :) Maybe he will be a good dressage horse.

Zeppelin just wants everyone to leave him alone.

Quick NaNo Note

Well I made it to 10,114 words for the day. :) I'm really happy because I was so hoping to make 10,000 plus today. On the days when I have to go to work I won't be able to write nearly as much so it's nice to be ahead. The only trick I'm really using at the moment is not using contractions, so instead of won't, don't, isn't, etc I'm using will not, do not, is not, etc. It helps with the word count. I'm having to force myself not to go back and read anything I've written. I'm so bad about going back to edit and getting hung up. That's why NaNo is so good for me. It forces me to just write and not worry about what I've already written.

So for one full day of writing I am happy. My main character has already been kicked out of her home, found out who her long lost father is and driven across three states to meet him. And boy did she cause a ruckus when she showed up unannounced! I can't wait to see what everyone else has done for their first day, but for now I'm off to bed. Spending an entire day writing and cleaning house is positively exhausting lol. Night!

Jackal's Bath & Bring on NaNo

Okay, I have been meaning to give Jackal a bath for a while! He's was smelling so bad you couldn't even hug him. I could smell him from the other end of the couch. Needless to say this was making my couch cover stink and the house stink and the dog bed stink. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a wee bit. He did stink though and that's the point I'm trying to get across lol.

I finally gave him a bath today. Since I had fun yesterday I decided to make today all about cleaning house, doing chores and writing for NaNo. I'm scattering it all out to make it more bearable. So far I've already written four thousand words, brushed both dogs, bathed Jackal, changed the sheets and couch cover, washed my shower curtain and liner, cleaned out my utility room (the reason there are boxes and detergent bottles in my pictures), folded laundry, washed laundry (I'm almost caught up!), washed dishes, washed the dog beds and edited the pictures for this post. Last night I clipped the dogs' nails, dumped and refilled all of the animals water troughs and cut my husband's hair (I just basically buzz cut it with a pair of clippers). Busy, busy, busy.

I still have a lot to do though. I really wanted to clean out the feed shed, wash Chrome's mane, put together my tack room shelf, take out the window air conditioner units in the house for the winter, clean the dogs' ears, vacuum and clean the bathroom (which will get done today because it must get done every week - can't handle a dirty bathroom). I also want to get more video footage of the training I'm doing for my end video that I'm making. I still have more laundry to do. And I still want to write more. I did NaNo in fourteen days last year and I'd like to see how fast I can do it this year. If I make good progress I might set a new goal, such as 100k words in 30 days. We will see. :)

So without further ado, here are the pictures after Jackal's bath.

After drying out he's all soft and fluffy and cuddly again.

He proceeded to give himself a second bath . . . with his tongue.

Even reaching around to lick his back. Flexible!

Gotta get the paws.

I like his expression here. I caught his head in mid-turn and his ears were floating lol.

Reaching the backs of his legs. Look at those cute pointed ears!

I should teach him the handstand lol.

Licking the chest again.

So now we're both happy. I'm happy because he doesn't stink anymore and he's happy because he's covered in his saliva . . . ick. :D Gotta love dogs.

I'm going to try to continue to visit everyone, but I can't make any promises. I have a feeling I'll be marking a lot of blog posts as read in my Google Reader during November. If I finish early and decide not to make it longer I'll catch up then lol. I only have to write 1666 words a day to make it in time and I'm already way ahead today. I hope everyone else will keep us posted on their NaNos. I'm going to try to get a word counter gadget for my sidebar.

And since there is a possibility I might not post much this month, I'll see you all in December!!