With Gabby

Yesterday sorta stunk. If it weren’t for Sam, one of the young students, it would have completely stunk.  Gabby slipped out of the cross ties in a most dramatic fashion while I was grooming her and it scared the dickens out of me. *sigh*  There’s so much to get used to.
The barn was alive with [...]

Getting Adjusted to the Idea

So OK. So I’ve wanted a horse since I was nine years old.  Off and on.  So now I’ve got one and guess what ?
I’m scared.  I’m really, really scared because I’m scared that I’ve done a very stupid thing.  Matter of fact, I have to keep reminding myself that I’ve done stupider things, WAY [...]

Oh Dear — For Real!!

I bought a horse!  I bought a horse! Ohmigod I bought a horse!!!!!
The school had a perfect horse and I bought her!!!! She’s an 8 year old TB mare who doesn’t fit into the school’s program because she has no  interest whatsoever in jumping or going fast (just like me!!!)!!!  She’s a big dark bay with [...]

Oh dear — Not

The horse in question is waaaaay out of my budget.  I can’t help it — I’m relieved (if anyone’s got an emoticon of someone wiping the sweat from their forehead, I could use it).
I feel like buying a horse is like jumping off a bridge or something and having faith that everything will be fine [...]

Oh Dear . . .

After my lesson on Monday, Leah told me about some school horses she knows of that are going to be available soon and asked me if I was interested.
I took enough of a breath to be able to tell myself later that I thought about it — and said yes.
So we’ll see. 

Busy Writing: NaNoWriMo

It’s already day 4 of National Novel Writing Month! Every time I try to add the link, it goes to pieces!  It’s www.nanowrimo.org!
I’ve launched intoNational Novel Writing month  again, third year in a row. First two years I had nice starts but didn’t finish anything.  This year, it’s going to be different.  I’ve made myself a little [...]