Saturday was good, but very full. The morning started with cleaning up the horses and loading up for a trail ride. Shilo and her husband Drew came out with Shilo's mare Chick and we all tacked up at the house before setting off. It was a good thing that I started brushing Panda a quarter of an hour before they arrived because I had a pile of ( Read more... )

Oma and Opa came out from CA this week. They flew in on Thursday and will be heading out today. They dropped by Chris and I's place on Thursday and visited briefly. Oma took, and enjoyed some of our oranges (heaven knows we won't be able to eat all of them). Opa checked out Rowdy and Dakota, his old horses and was nearly beaten by the jealously ( Read more... )

Cinnamon Strudel had her first ride in the horse trailer yesterday. It consisted of three whole miles and Marty came with me and we chatted as we crept along the road, taking turns excrutiatingly slowly and changing speeds in a gradual manner so as not to jostle our living cargo. She was only tied to one corner (we have a rather open stock ( Read more... )

It looks like I'll break my previous high for making money from my lessons. This is good. The bad thing is that this month and last were obscene as far as expenses go having three (technically two-and-a-half) horses who had their teeth floated, spring vaccines, and also shoeing last month (Panda is still shot all-around ( Read more... )

Training cancled today due to Kim's truck needing to go to the shop, so it's been moved to Friday ( Read more... )

I get spam e-mail in German. This amuses me. I don't read it, but I do get it, and that in and of itself brings a smile to my face ( Read more... )

Yesterday Shilo and I went out amidst a slightly cold and somewhat drizzly day. Marty was going to come and ride Ruby, but she decided she wasn't quite that determined to ride and bowed out due to weather ( Read more... )