Riding was awesome tonight......

I rode my Danny Boy and he was better than ever! I ate dirt 4 times, (part of training) but the whole experience was the best! I'm thinking I'm gonna need some Motrin in the morning though! Ohhhhhhhh I so love riding and my Danny Boy! It was perfect weather for riding too! Ok going to bed now and hoping I will be able to move when I get up....lol.

Workin' out...

Whewwww......oh my goodness is this soreness from working out ever going to go away??? Yes I'm pushin' it a bit because I'm "spring training" for riding season and I wanna be in awesome shape......but I do not remember being constantly sore when I worked out hard core as a teenager! That must be it....I'm just flat up getting old! LOL ...... oh some day soon this will all pay off......at least it better!!!!!!

I made it a whole year!

Yay today is my 1 year anniversary of quitting smoking....I'm so proud of myself.....really doesn't seem like it's been a whole year already....wow how time flys I guess. I should do something to celebrate....besides going to get groceries and to the pet store....lol....which is my typical Saturday.

Testing ...

Dayyyyyymn.....the girl can cook...

Mmmm....mmmmm..mmmmm......I was impressed with myself today. I can cook, but a lot of times if I try something really "from scratch" or "completely new" I don't do very well with it........BUT NOT TODAY.......Ya buddy......I made (with Lindsay's help of course....she's my little chef ) Ham & Bean Soup and Cream of Chicken with Wild Rice Soup........and wow did they turn out awesome! I've never really looked at myself as a good cook but today I would have to say I did very well. I even had enough left over to freeze. Whether or not I can pull it off again....we'll see .

Hope everyone had a great new years! I'm gonna try to not be so stressed out this year........hahahahahahahahahaha....Ohhhh my goodness I almost hurt myself on that one!

What our horses teach us...

When you are tense, let me teach you to relax.

When you are short sighted, let me teach you to see.

When you are short short tempered, let me teach you to be patient.

When you are quick to react, let me teach you to be thoughtful.

When you are angry, let me teach you to be serene.

When you feel superior, let me teach you to be respectful.

When you are self-absorbed, let me teach you to think of greater things.

When you are arrogent, let me teach you humility.

When you are lonely, let me be your companion.

When you are tired, let me carry the load.

When you need to learn, let me teach you.

Afterall, I am your horse.

And now for the REAL story....

When you are tense, let me teach you that there are dragons in the forest and we need to leave NOW!

When you are short-sighted, let me teach you to figure out where exactly in the 40 acres I am hiding.

When you are short-tempered, let me teach you how to slog around the pasture for an hour before you can catch me.

When you are quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick MUCH faster than omnivores.

When you are angry, let me teach you how well I can stand on my hind feet, because I don't FEEL like cantering on my right lead today, that's why.

When you are worried, let me entertain you with my mystery lameness, GI complaint and skin disease.

When you feel superior, let me teach you that, mostly, you are the maid service.

When you are self-absorbed, let me teach you to PAY ATTENTION. I told you about those dragons in the forest.

When you are arrogent, let me teach you what 1200 lbs of yipee-yahoo-gotta-go horse can do when suitably inspired.

When you are lonely, let me be your companion. Let's do lunch. Breakfast and dinner sound good, too.

When you are tired, don't forget about the 600 lbs of grain that needs to be unloaded.

When you are feeling financially secure, let me teach you the meaning of "veterinary services".

When you need to learn, hang around the barn, Bud, I'll learn ya. :-)

Look what I got from my secret santa.......

We did a little secret santa gift exchange on one of my horsey groups and I got this necklace....It's really cool....neat how it's my two favorite colors too....pink and black.....and I never even mentioned that I like those colors together.

Bad picture of me, but cute necklace huh? :)

Chelsea Lee ~ Birthday Girl

Happy 15th Birthday ...

Bummed out re: Holiday Parade this year! :(

We're not going to be in it as planned for all this time now.....and I was sooooo prepared! Grrrrrrr.....anyway, my children informed me that they don't want to do it! Well Chelsea has a "sort of" mandatory soccer mtg that same night, which doesn't bother me besides the fact that she went off on me about needing to be there this time and not go to the one that's in March (which is the same thing and is put in place so in case you missed this one you can go to that one) I knew she wasn't real interested in the parade anyways, but Lindsay I thought really was into going and riding in and just being in the holiday parade....I mean come on, not just anybody can be in it you know. It's a cool thing, dern it!!! Well, yep I asked her straight up last night if she wanted to still do it and if so I would figure out a way to still do it and she said, "ya know mom, I don't really want to. I don't want to ride him and I'm too short for people to see if I just walked him so, no I don't want to"! I guess I really need to stop trying to live life through or for my kids. Gatta face it, they just don't have the same interests in the horse that I do.......I would have thought a kid would think it was great that they could ride their very own horse in the town holiday parade. Hummmm guess not!

I would take him myself but as stated above.....I have "mandatory" soccer meeting I must be at......so not only can I not be in it we can't even go watch it if we wanted to! Schools these days! I tell ya! Huh.....ok I think I'm done venting and feeling sorry for myself. :) I will feel better after I spend my quality riding time with Danny tonight!

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