The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's still icy and cold here. I didn't get out yesterday and I didn't realize until today that the footing is so icy that horses aren't getting turned out so Wanda hasn't been out of her stall since Sunday. Whoops! Needless to say I had one very high horse on my hands this afternoon when I got to the barn. The footing is frozen and while it's not terrible, it's really not good either. So I just longed her in a halter and let her work the kinks and crazies out. Tomorrow we're supposed to get more snow and ice so I'll try to get to the barn before that kicks in as I can't get down the hill where I live and up the hill Wanda lives on in the ice. If I can get out tomorrow I'm going to longe her in side reins and make her work a little. I doubt I'll ride though if the footing is still questionable. We only get a couple of weeks of ice and snow here in a winter customarily so I don't feel like I need to push myself to ride if I don't feel 100% safe doing so. I'm a little upset that no one told me that the horses weren't getting turned out though. Seems like maybe a bulletin could have gone out over email or something so we'd know...Ah well, no harm, no foul.