The Weekend

In the weekend we rode our horses on both days of the weekend and that is pretty much all we did. Since we hadn’t ridden our horses for a while my horse was being pretty stupid. She was jumping around and not waiting and taking off every time she had the chance. It was fun but by the end of it my thighs were pretty sore. On Sunday we went mustering for sheep. We had to drench them. Since we don’t start lambing until way late there were only like on sheep with a lamb so we left her up there with a couple of other sheep that looked like they were going to lamb. Since Nina and I had to go down a ridge we cantered really fast up the ridge to get back to the other horses. I so felt like Shadow was going to buck so I held her back a little bit. When we got back to the other horses Brooke (Since she came over to ride with us and help us with the mustering) was trying to teach Sunny to back 5 steps and then walk forward 5 steps and then I tried with Shadow and she did it really well.
When mum was back at the bike we followed her down. Roma lead her horse down and the rest of us rode down on our horses. Brooke kept on asking if Te Waiata will miss her and Sunny will like her. We kept on saying yes and no. About 15mins later we got to the bottom of the track mum was doing something with the fence and the sheep were just grazing in paddock next to us. Brooke asked us if we could do jumping when we got home and then about 5 minutes later she asked if we should go and help mum with the gate of whatever she was doing. We said that if you want to go and help mum then we won’t be able jump. She said that she really wanted to jump because she had never jumps on Sunny before. When we got home we tied the horses up so then we could go and get something to eat for lunch since dad had made a pizza. But dad had to still put the toppings on the pizza so I had to go and help mum draft out the sheep. Then we went back tot the house to have some pizza and then mum went up and started to drench the sheep. Since she has to go and help Silvia and Allen with the milking I had to finish of the drenching and Brooke held my horse. Once we had finished drenching we went back down to UN tack the horses so Brooke took the saddle of Sunny and then put it back on Te Waiata so then she could ride back to her house. Since Roma did not want to jump her before, Brooke jumped Te Waiata and then she went home. I had to call Debbie si then she new when Brooke was coming home.

Palmerston North

It was really loud on the way up because the music was really loud and every on was singing and I brought lots of lollies on the way up. I was in a room with just about all the oldest in my team expect me because even though I am the tallest in the team I am the second youngest. We got all of our rooms ready and then went to bed. In the morning we were awake first so we made our lunches. It was really hot so we didn’t have to wear all of our heavy gear. The courts were about 5mins away from our motel so we left quite late but we left early enough so we could warm up before our first game. We had about 5 games but they were really short. They were 6minute quarters so all together it was 24mimutes. I was really tired at the end because I had no times off and I was playing Goal Defence for the whole time. When we had finished our coach told us who was player of the day and she chose me. I was really happy and so was dad because he had come to watch for the day. Mum said that she really wanted to come but a truck was coming at about 10:00 so it was too late for her to travel up to Palmerston North and back again. She said that she was really sorry. When we got back to the motel Hannah my coach had the bath run warmish hot and two buckets of ice. What we had to do was but our feet in freezing cold ice and then after a minute we had to quickly get into a hot bath and put our feet in that, then we had to get back into the ice and after a minute we had to get into the hot water again and then we could go and get changed out of our wet clothes into dry clothes and then watch every body else do what we did. I went first with another girl called Evie. Since we were first we had to have to coldest ice but then it wouldn’t work as well. What it was meant to do was loosen our calf muscles so then we would be able to play better the next day. In the morning the next day it was really cold and spitting, so we did wear our heavy gear!!!! When we got into our van it was nice and hot so I started taking of my jackets and stuff put I couldn’t really because it was all squashed because we were going home today and we weren’t coming back to the motel so we had to bring all of our bags and stuff. Since I just about coughed all night I was really tired but I still tried to play my best. When we got there it was freezing cold and it was still spitting a little bit. Some teams had just started their first game and we were next so we had to get warmed up. But before we started warming up we just started shooting. Then we started warming up after about 10 minutes. After about half an hour we had our first game it was really easy so we won by heaps. Then we warmed up again like 10 minutes before our next game that game was also so easy so we bashed them as well!!! The next game was against a harder team but we still bet them but I don’t think the score was very high. Sometimes we just don’t play very well and we get great intercepts and we just chuck it away that is most probably why we kept on loosing against the A taranaki team. My coach keeps on saying that since they are called the ‘A’ team then they are way better than us. But the only reason that we keep on loosing against them because 1. We weren’t playing as a team and 2. We kept on throwing the ball away. Even though I totally thought that they were going to waste us the first and second time we didn’t lose by lots witch was really lucky. After prize giving we got back into our very squishy van all wet and stinky and started on the rode home. It wasn’t as squishy as before because lots of parents came to watch and they took their children home so only about 6 of us stayed on the bus. Even though Silvia came to watch I still had to go in the van with the others. We ate all the lollies that dad had brought for us and then I started to feel sick even though I didn’t show it. When we were getting closer to where I had to get of I started to feel home sick or something in my tummy started to do something and for some strange reason I started to cry. When every one was asking what was wrong I didn’t no what to say so I just nodded my head and stuff like that because I did not no what to say. When we got to Hawera Silvia was waiting for me and a couple of other parents were waiting for their kids. I got or of the van and then I remembered that I didn’t have the quiche dish that I had put my potato bake into. I had left in Ricky’s mum’s car. Ricky is a girl from my team she is a really good WA and she never plays centre. Hannah said that I would get it next practice. When I got into Silvia’s car she asked where I wanted to go and get something to eat I said that I already had, had a burger because we had stopped at Mc Donald’s and I had brought a burger. Even though Hannah said that we were just going to go straight home. So Silvia was a bit grumpy about that. Because otherwise Silvia had stopped at Mc Donald’s as well but any way!!! On the way home we had to stop at Hannah and Greg’s place because Roma and Caterina had slept there the night before they came up to Palmerston North and they had left a couple of things there. When we had got home Nina had made a cake to celebrate how we came second. It was really pretty but I didn’t feel like anything to eat because I had lots to eat on the way home. But she had also made a drink so I drank that!!! I had a bath and I stayed in there for ages until mum shouted at me to get out so then I got our put on my PJ’s and then dad rubbed my sore calf’s and then I went to bed. I fell asleep real quickly because I only had 1 half off dring the whole 2 games.

Netball

Yesterday our Saturday netball team went to a tournament. We did pretty well against the other teams. We won two and drew 1. If we had got higher points the other teams that we had won against then we would if got in the semi-finals but this huge school called Highlands got way higher points against the teams that we won against so they got in the semi-finals and played against a really hard team they were called Kaponga 2 quick. We played them on Saturday and we lost by seven goals. Robyn said that we did really well against those teams. I was really tired at the end of all of those games because I had to play 3 whole half hour games and all I wanted to do was sleep. Once we had left we went to go and see nana at the hospice. It was really quiet and when we got there nana was walking up the walkway thing to her room. Nina followed her while I waited for mum to come and then show her which room nana was in. when we had got to nana’s room granddad was there and their friend from Raglan came down to see them so she was there as well. They asked if we could get and get them a cup of tea and Nina and I had a Milo. They where huge cups so it took a while for Nina and I to finish them. We talked about our horses and if we still had Kaimanawas at our house still and mum said yes and still buying another one!!! Laugh out loud!!!! Once we had finished our Milo and mum had finished her cup of tea we went to the car and then when we were on our way to the petrol station I called dad and told him how Nina and I got on and then told him where were we were and some other stuff and then hung up and then fell asleep!!!!!!! (I was lucky that mum woke me up when we got to the petrol station so then I could get a chocolate bar!!!!).When we got home I feel asleep until dinner was ready and then after dinner I went to bed.

sheep dissection

On the 6th of June dad came down to do school to do a dissection with a lamb. We named it Lucy. When dad got here we had a talk about what things that we had to do if we were going to touch some of things inside of Lucy. When we had finished talking we got our shoes on and then went over to the offal hole and dad brought the motor bike up and pulled Lucy off the trailer. When dad got Lucy off the trailer we got our gloves on and then watched as dad show us the ball and socket joint. I thought it was a big ball and socket but it just looked like a bubble and a little hole!! Next he opened up the stomach and first her showed us the ribs and then cut them out and chucked them away. After that she took out the liver and then we all got to hold it but Kelly and Maddy stayed back and did not even want to see the liver. It was heaver then I thought it was and it was also was heaver then it looked!!! Next he cut out the lungs and then asked if we knew the difference between them because if we had a sick animal then they are usually the same colour so he put them in a bucket of water. The liver sunk and the lungs floated because it still had air in it. Then dad cut out the heart. Dad asked us some questions about it and it had small blood clots in it. Dad asked us all the parts of the heart and we also saw that the heart was under the lungs and the ribs. Next dad slit the stomach and then all of this rumen came out. Every one said eeeeeeeewwwwwwww!!! After that dad got out the intestines we had a talk about them and then we measured them. Altogether they were about 14 meters long not including the large intestine. Dad said that ours where about 30 meters long. Next dad cut off the skin of Lucy’s face. We had a look at the teeth and the mouth and then he cut out the eye!! It was really disgusting when he did that even though when he had cut it out he showed us the lens of the eye and then dad poked Lucy’s eye and then this fluid came out and it got dad!!! Caterina had the camera and she got a really good photo of it when the fluid came out of his eye!!! Next dad showed us that at the bottom of the eye it had this really, really pretty bluey greeny colour. It was B E A U T I F U L. (the colour that was)!!!

At Home

Yesterday mum did my horse’s first time of bare foot trimming. I think that is really cool because since she has just been broken in and only have a month or so to learn to pick up her feet and then suddenly she have to stand there for an hour or so but only just pulled away from mum a couple of times and when mum did the rasping she only wanted to put her feet back when mum was trying to rasp her back feet. When mum had finished doing her feet I went over the house and got her a whole apple to give it to her to say that it was alright if mum did her feet. Once mum had finished her feet and Shadow was eating her apple mum was going on about how good she was and how our other horses would have done and about this and how she was just a baby and she was doing all this stuff. Even though it thought that it was pretty cool that Shadow had let mum do all of her feet. (Considering that she had a huge scar on her back foot so she did not want mum to lift it up) I didn’t really think that mum would go on and on about it even though some parts wee pretty interesting!!! (Laughing out loud).
When I had put Shadow away I went over to the house and Nina was cooking and Roma was on the computer and Caterina was watching her. (That was pretty usual). As soon as I came in dad came in and told us to go and feed our horses and do all of our jobs around the house. So I went back outside to get Shadows bucket and I told Nina to go and get Lilly’s, Penny’ and Sunny’s bucket. When Nina had brought them up I had already done Shadows feed and was doing Delilah’s feed when Nina came up with the other horses feed so I had to do them as well. I only usually do the oat and chaff because when I do the Sugar beet I get stuff all over my hand sp I usually get my other sisters to do that!!
When I was giving Shadows feed to her she trotted after me because she loves it (and so do the other horses.) so she does all this stupid stuff so I kept walking around until she settled down and then I gave it to her. I put it in this little hole so then I would not roll down the hill so the next might after that I would not have to go down the hill to get the bucket. When I got inside Roma was running the shower and Caterina was cleaning up her side of the room. They did not come out and help Nina and I with the horses because I told them to tidy up the house but I also meant mine and Nina’s side of the room not just there’s. Nina got some of her muffins out and then put the other ones in but then when the timer went of for the other lot they weren’t even close to finishing. So we did the horses and then when we got inside the bath was running. When mum came in we had all got through the bath and Nina and I were tidying up our side.

Skills Day

On Sunday Kelly and I went to a skills day in Stratford. We went because we were trying to get into the rep tem. Kelly and I were picked out of 70 year 7’s and next Sunday we are going to another one to another Skills day. This time we have to try and get into the A year 7’s team or the development. If we get into the A team then we will have to go to a tournament and if we can not go to the tournament then we will not be able to go any further. I really want to get into the rep team.

Sport

Yesterday our Saturday netball team went to a tourterment. We did pretty well against the other teams. We won two and drew 1. if we had got higher points the other teams that we had won against then we would if got in the semi-finals but this huge school called Highlands got way higher points against the teams that we won against so they got in the semi-finals and played against a really hard team they were called Kaponga 2 quick. We played them on Saturday and we lost by seven goals. Robin said that we did really well against those teams. I was really tired at the end of all of those games because I had to play 3 whole half hour games and all I wanted to do was sleep.