Hubby says "NO" to losing my horse

I talked to my husband about how to get by if he loses his hours at work and mentioned having to sell my horse. His immediate response was, "No, we are not selling her." Period.

I hope he doesn't get reduced to part-time. We have to keep our house and at least one car and utilities paid for heat/water/electricity. Part-time hours won't pay those bills. Those are necessities to keep our kids sheltered and taken care of.

I hope like crazy that my girl stays mine:( It'd rip my heart out to lose her.

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Might Lose My Horse

My husband told me yesterday that the place where he works is cutting back almost everybody's hours from full-time to three days a week starting January 1. It doesn't affect his area (yet) but I can only imagine it will trickle down to him too sooner rather than later. We can't pay all our household bills if that happens.

I would have to sell my horse since I can't justify paying stable board if we can't pay our house payment to keep the roof over our four kids' heads. I can pay her bill right now with what I make but if hubby loses hours, I can't. It will tear my heart out if I have to sell her. Literally break it into two.

I am hoping my husband doesn't lose all his hours or else we are going to be in financial trouble (like a lot of people right now).

Come on economy, pick up!

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Wagon Teamster Travels Thru

While out shopping this morning, I wasn't too suprised to see, going in the opposite direction, four horses pulling a wagon. Where we live, we see a lot of horses pulling buggies, however, unlike those, this one had a name and web site on it and it looked more like a small trailer type structure rather than the Amish wagons I am used to seeing. On the way back from shopping, I passed the four horses and wagon again. Hmm...so I thought I'd look them up online.

It turns out this team of horses is pulling a man cross country. His "wagon" is actually his home that he built himself. For pictures and more information about this team, check them out here.

How cool is that? I actually saw them today!!

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