A Romney supporter stole from me this past weekend and I think the two things are directly related.
I think I told you guys awhile back that we have found a new farm to lease that is a much better, nicer place than the one we are at and in a location that is much better for us. We gave all of our boarder's the 30 day notice and all but one decided to move with us. We will be into our new place on November 1st and cannot wait.
The woman who decided not to move came out some time between Friday night and early Saturday morning and removed all of her tack, etc, from the barn and left me a bizarre note...and stole my saddle.
Yes, she stole my saddle.
Eighteen months ago, she had the saddle for sale because it did not fit any of her horses. It fits my big TB gelding perfectly, so I exchanged two months pasture board on one of her ponies for the saddle. That was over $600. It was a good deal on the saddle, but she is the one that set the price. Then, last September, she came to me and said she wanted to help out. Her father was a retired plumber and he was coming to stay with them for a couple of weeks and she thought it would be good for him to get out and work around the farm, so she was going to have him put in a bathroom. Well, that was going to cost a fortune and I felt uncomfortable having her spend roughly $2500, so I told her thanks anyway. So, she said, "Well, surely there is something he can do!" My husband and I talked about it and decided to have him add some spigots out near our pastures so we wouldn't have to run a hose out there. It was a big help and we thanked her sincerely.
The relationship started to go south last spring when she went out and bought a pony off of Craigslist without consulting me first, then expected me to fix it up for her six year old daughter. The problem being that this thing is 10 hands of pure evil, they never sat on it before they bought it and it bites, kicks, bucks and rears. I have told her repeatedly that it is dangerous and she needs to just unload it and buy something safe. She loves the pony and thinks I am mean. Whatever.
Anyway, she came out and took all her stuff and the saddle and left me a note saying she felt entitled to the saddle because she would never have put in the water lines if she had known I was going to leave 'so soon'. Thirteen months. BTW, her husband was the CEO of a local drug company and making $1.25 million dollars a year until recently. It is a publicly traded company, so his salary and bonus package was listed on the internet. When his board booted him out, she told me that I didn't understand the stress that they were going through. Me. I didn't understand. My husband is a construction worker and I run a small horse farm. We struggle every month just to keep our house. At the end of the note, she said she would pray for me and my family. She is hyper religious, BTW.
But it all goes back to her politics in that she is wealthy and feels entitled. She feels like I owe her something because...well, I am not even sure why. She feels entitled to my property because she is upset that we are moving further away from her house than she wants to drive. She is upset with me because the decision she made (buying the pony) was a poor one and I pointed it out to her. She is a Republican down to her toes and it all goes back to her personality.
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