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19. watch 20 new-to-me films made before 1960 (now 4/20)
Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
I liked it enormously. Gregory Peck was great casting, and there were some really wonderful bits in the movie that felt exactly like they should have. I never warmed up to the A&E miniseries version of the books, for whatever reason.
90. go off-property with Tristan 10 times (now 2/10)
92. complete 5 Training-level dressage tests at shows with Tristan (now 1/5)
buymeaclue and I took the boys to a dressage schooling show on Sunday. My goals for Tristan were to get him off property, keep him calm and sane on showgrounds, and execute a respectable dressage test.
All three were accomplished just great. He did SO well - everything from being tacked up to warming up to wandering around the showgrounds to hanging out on the trailer. The tests themselves were nothing to write home about - 63% on Intro C and 60.8% at Training 1 - but we did them. It gave us both lots of confidence. I can't wait to get him out and about in the spring now.
93. purge Tristan's equipment, sell or give away unneeded stuff
I've made some good strides in this goal. I pulled several things from his storage bins on my trailer and plan on selling a few of them. I also made the big step of submitting my Wintec saddle for consignment sale. It never fit him quite right, and I'm not using it. I bought it at a very, very steep discount and even after using it for years will actually profit on the sale. It's giving me a bit of pain to get rid of, but honestly - I have no use for it, and the money can do more good in Tristan's savings account, where it will possibly pay for showing, than the saddle can sitting in storage.
Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
I liked it enormously. Gregory Peck was great casting, and there were some really wonderful bits in the movie that felt exactly like they should have. I never warmed up to the A&E miniseries version of the books, for whatever reason.
90. go off-property with Tristan 10 times (now 2/10)
92. complete 5 Training-level dressage tests at shows with Tristan (now 1/5)
buymeaclue and I took the boys to a dressage schooling show on Sunday. My goals for Tristan were to get him off property, keep him calm and sane on showgrounds, and execute a respectable dressage test.
All three were accomplished just great. He did SO well - everything from being tacked up to warming up to wandering around the showgrounds to hanging out on the trailer. The tests themselves were nothing to write home about - 63% on Intro C and 60.8% at Training 1 - but we did them. It gave us both lots of confidence. I can't wait to get him out and about in the spring now.
93. purge Tristan's equipment, sell or give away unneeded stuff
I've made some good strides in this goal. I pulled several things from his storage bins on my trailer and plan on selling a few of them. I also made the big step of submitting my Wintec saddle for consignment sale. It never fit him quite right, and I'm not using it. I bought it at a very, very steep discount and even after using it for years will actually profit on the sale. It's giving me a bit of pain to get rid of, but honestly - I have no use for it, and the money can do more good in Tristan's savings account, where it will possibly pay for showing, than the saddle can sitting in storage.