Happy New Year

Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year

Back to normal now...

My neck brace is finally off - it only hurts if I turn my head suddenly, so that's ok.

In other news, I have bought a new horse! His name is Hunter and he's an Irish Draught and stands at 16.2 hh.  He is soppy as anything and settling in to his new home - pics to follow.. This also means that I am learning so much about horse-care, and fast! Hopefully I will also be a size 8 by the end of the week with all the exercise I am now getting!

I'm in a constant state of tiredness now though, which means I am sleeping well again at night.  Something which I haven't managed since I broke my neck really.

New Year's Resolution - well I don't really "do" new year as such, but I am going to try to be a more positive person this year.

We shall see......

Not quite what I expected

Hmmmmm

Well as I said in my last post, I have had the most horrendous headaches since my fall.

So the day after that post, after popping in to the surgery and seeing the nurse who said "A&E NOW" and then having my mammogram, I went to the hospital.

I was seen straight away, taped to a trolley with my head in a block, CAT scanned and then the flurry of nurses doing ECGs, blood tests, BP you name it......

It turns out that I have fractured my C4 vertebra.  Thankfully it's a stable fracture, and I did no further damage by leaving it for 2 weeks before getting it checked out.  I know how lucky I am, not only because the initial injury was stable, but also because during the 2 weeks after the accident I continued to ride, drive and fly...  I am so very lucky.

So I am in a rigid neck brace for 8 weeks, then it can probably start coming off gradually.  I'm hoping it'll be off completely by Christmas and that I'll be able to ride before New Year.  I will also have to have physio.  Could have been so much worse.

Sue xx

Ouch

Since my fall my leg has been through all the colours of the autumn palette and my thumb is slowly feeling less sore and more mobile.  My head, though, is a different matter.  I have been suffering from headaches on and off since I fell, but I have had the most thumping headache now since the early hours of Monday morning, and that is combined with a stiff neck and sore shoulders.

I'm hoping that this will settle on its own shortly, but if not I may have to go to A&E for a check up.

In other news, tomorrow I will officially be old.  I have my first mammogram appointment.  Gotta be done, and like many we do have a history of breast cancer in the family.  So it is a good thing, but it kind of focuses your mind doesn't it.....

That is all

Sue x

I did it (part 2)

Hi

Went out with my son for a hack this weekend.  As we have only the one horse, one of us walks first then swaps to ride the second part of the hack.  He rode, I walked.  It was all going fine.  He had her doing a lot of canters, and a couple of gallops too. Then we swapped over.  Lovely walk. Comfy trot. Canter. Fast canter. Not even going to listen to you as I'm having a blast cantering canter.   Hang on there's a corner coming up.  Where did you go mum? What are you doing in that field mum? Oooooh you have got some bruises mum. And thistle burns. And you're a bit muddy too mum. Why didn't you hang on mum? Don't worry mum I'm fine.

So there it is.  My first fall since I started riding again.  It bloody hurt! But at least I've done it and got it out of the way. And I have got a humongous bruise on my thigh, which is swollen too. Cuts on my arm and bruises on both arms.  And my thumb is swollen and bruised too.  And it's not very mobile anymore.  And my riding hat has a large deep scratch in it now, probably from a flint.  And I hit my nose.  

So, my message is 

ALWAYS WEAR YOUR RIDING HELMET

Sue x

I did it

I cantered! Yay! I went out yesterday with my younger son for a hack. And I cantered. Twice!


This is our beautiful horse. She's a darling, and so good. I realised yesterday that I needed to relax and trust in her. So I did. Into canter, hands quiet, relax. Beautiful.

We also went to see Will Young in Cabaret on Saturday. He (and the whole cast) was fantastic. Hoping that we can catch it in the West End when it goes there. I do have a bit of a crush on him again !!

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Day off...

Had a day off today from work.  So did my husband.  He came back from working in London last night and we had decided we would take the dogs to the beach today.

So we did. Despite the weather forecast which said it'd be windy and rainy.  We went to Holkham Beach on the North Norfolk coast.  I love it there - the beach is huge and even on a busy day it doesn't feel crowded.  So on a wet Friday morning in September it was really quiet.

The dogs had a blast - poor Smudge is knackered now and his arthritis is troubling him.  We had to bath them when we got back as the smell of wet labbies is none too pleasant !

Planning to go to Norwich tomorrow morning, and I want to look at sewing machines.  I also want to get the fabric to make a bag - I have decided which one I want to make first.  It's not too complicated (I hope). It's in a book called Bags - The Modern Classics by Sue Kim.  I really need something to do in the evenings when my husband is away.  As you know I horseride once a week at least, but on the other evenings I need to be keeping busy.  I used to go to running club, but I've stopped running now since I had an operation on my knee last year.  It is something I'd like to take up again, but I am a little nervous with all the problems I have had with my knee.  Losing a couple of stones in weight would probably help !!

It's been lovely having a Friday off - I expect Monday will be here all too soon....

Knock Knock

I'm here...

Not been in for ages, I'm actually shocked how long it is since my last post .

*slaps self for inexcusable absence*

What's been happening?

Older son has passed his driving test, so we rarely see him now unless it's to wake him up for work or to feed him!

Younger son is still riding as much as he can.  Back to school last week (year 9) and not quite the full-on moody teenager yet. Give it time...

Husband working in London Monday to Friday, tho he usually comes home midweek if possible.  

I'm still working in procurement. Been there six months now - not bad for a 10 week temp contract!! 

We all went to Italy last month for 10 days. Lake Garda. Beautiful. 

Horse photography going well. Really want to devote more time to it. 

Horse and dogs are fine. We had to have one of the chickens put down, so we've rehomed the others. 

Have got plans to make bags and restart my photography studies - hmmmmmmmmmm

Also plan to be better at blogging. Again, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Oh and my cantering is proving interesting again.  Why can everyone else canter and I bounce? A lot.