THE SUN IS OUT YIPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

FLICKA WITH HER BLANKET

TODAY WAS GOOD. I SADDLED UP FLICKA, GROUND DROVE HER AND DID SOME BIT WORK. ONE THING I HAVE TO SAY IS SHE IS VERY STRONG HEADED, SHE CAN EVEN DRAG ME ACROSS THE ARENA, NOT SO FUN. BUT BY THE END SHE WAS STARTING TO SOFTEN UP A LITTLE AND I WAS EVEN ABLE TO PUT MY WEIGHT ON HER AND GET HER TO WALK OFF AND STOP, NOT SO BAD. I ALSO HAD TO PUT A BLANKET ON HER BECAUSE SHE DID WORK UP A SWEAT TODAY, I SURELY DO NOT NEED A SICK HORSE. SHE DID NOT THINK IT WAS TO COOL AT FIRST. UNTIL NEXT TIME, HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME SERIOUS RIDING IN IF THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE AS GOOD AS THEY SAY!!

HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY CAUSE GOD KNOWS TODAY WASN'T.

NEW YEARS DAY RIDE COLD BUT AWESOME

THIS PIC LOOKS LIKE FLICKA IS PART DEMON!!! SECOND TIME WITH SADDLE ON.

TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY, EVERYBODY MADE IT THROUGH THE HECTIC HOLIDAYS AND I GOT TO GO FOR A HORSE RIDE WITH SHARON. WE BROKE A TRAIL TO THE WOODS ON OUR HORSES, DUSTY AND AMIRA AND IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS JUST WHAT THE SOUL WAS SEARCHING FOR, A LITTLE HORSE TIME WITH A REALLY GREAT FRIEND. THANKS SHARON!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST GOT IN FROM A BEAUTIFUL RIDE. I SADDLED UP DUSTY AND THE WAY WE WENT. I WAS ALMOST BACK TO THE FARM AND I REALIZED WE HAD LOST POOR OLD BEAR, SO I TURNED MY TRUSTY STEED AROUND AND OFF WE GALLOPED TO FIND MY DOG. WE GOT ALL THE WAY TO THE WOODS . I SPOTTED HIM TRUDGING UP THE HILL SO I MET HIM AND I LET HIM AND DUSTY TAKE A BREATHER, BECAUSE DUSTY IS A LITTLE ON THE CHUBBY SIDE.LOL. THAN WE SLOWLY WALKED BACK TO THE FARM WHERE KAREN AND ALLISON HAD ARRIVED AND BADLY WANTED TO GO ON HER FIRST TRAIL RIDE IN THE SNOW. HOW COULD I RESIST, SO OFF WE WENT ON OUR SECOND ROUND. THIS TIME BEAR STAYED HOME, SMART DOG!!!

OUT BEHIND OUR FARM.

ALLISON AND CYNAMYN

DEB AND DUSTY ALLISON ON CYNAMYN

DEB AND DUSTY

I FEEL LIKE GOING RIDING SO I AM GOING TO. I THINK I WILL SADDLE UP DUSTY AND GO CHECK OUT THE BACK WOODS, A LITTLE BIT OF RELAXATION FOR THE SPIRIT BEFORE OUR FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY AT 2. BY THE WAY FLICKA IS GOING WELL HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH HER WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

EVERYBODY IS TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE NIGHT AND THE BARN IS CLOSED UP READY FOR OUR BLIZZARD. AS FOR MISS FLICKA SHE DID REALLY WELL. I ENTERED THE ROUND PEN WITH ALL OF HER GEAR AND NOSY AS SHE IS SHE GRABBED THE SADDLE PAD AND THREW IT ON THE GROUND. I JUST LAUGHED AND PICKED IT BACK UP THINKING TO MYSELF THAT "GIRL U HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN." I SNAPPED HER LEAD ROPE ON HER AND BRIDLED HER UP WHICH SHE TOOK IT VERY GOOD FOR HER SECOND TIME, THAN CAME THE SADDLE PAD AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE SCARY SADDLE. WELL THAT STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS IF THAT, SHE STOPS AND LOOKS AT ME IF I WAS THE CRAZY ONE. ROUND TWO: SADDLE PAD NO PROBLEM ,AND ALOT, I MEAN ALOT OF SWEET TALKIN I GOT THE SADDLE ON WITH OUT A BUCKAROO. YEAH FOR ME. CINCHED HER UP TIGHT AND SWEET TALKED SOME MORE, SHE MOVED AROUND THE ROUND PEN WITH WILLINGNESS AND ACCEPTANCE. ROUND TWO WAS THAN OVER AND I TOOK THE SADDLE OFF WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND KISSED HER GOODNIGHT!!!

GLAD TO BE HOME EARLY TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SNOW, SO I AM GOING TO PLAY WITH FLICKA. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE I AM HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING USE TO THIS COLD WEATHER, NOW THAT THE SNOW IS HERE WINTER IS MORE REAL. I WILL TRY TO UPDATE IN A FEW.

NO HORSES TONIGHT JUST KIDS WITH PIANO LESSONS AND DR. APPOINTMENTS. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY, BUT KEN DID GET TO RIDE MJ TONIGHT BAREBACK WITH A HALTER, IT REALLY IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN A YEAR AND HOW FAR SHE HAS COME. WE LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WISCONSIN. FLICKA DID GREAT TONIGHT. I PUT A BRIDLE ON HER AND DID SOME BIT WORK , AFTER SHE GOT USE TO THE PIECE OF METAL IN HER MOUTH. SHE DID WONDERFUL SHE IS REALLY WILLING AND SMART. SHE TESTS, BUT SUBMITS FAIRLY QUICK. THAN I DECIDED TO PUT THE SURCINGLE ON, SHE THOUGHT REALLY HARD FOR ONE SECOND TO BUCK BUT DID NOT, SO THAT IS TOTALLY AWESOME.HOPEFULLY TOMORROW I WILL HAVE TIME TO TRY TO SADDLE HER. I ALSO AM WORKING ON A NEWLY ACQUIRED PROJECT,DUSTY, WHICH HAS BEEN ERIN'S HORSE, BUT DUE TO FAMILY SITUATIONS DECISIONS NEEDED TO BE MADE AND I PURCHASED HIM FROM THEM AND WILL BE SEARCHING FOR AN APPROPRIATE HOME FOR HIM. HE IS DOING GREAT AT THE WALK TROT CANTER, HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT.ANYBODY LOOKING FOR A GREAT BAY ROAN TRAIL HORSE PLEASE CONTACT ME .

THE FIRST DAY WITH FLICKA WAS INCREDILBLE. SHE STOOD LIKE A PERFECT ANGEL WHILE SHARON AND I TUGGED AT HER WIND KNOTS IN HER MANE AND BRUSHED THROUGH HER TAIL, THANK GOODNESS FOR COWBOY MAGIC. I INTRODUCED HER TO THE LONG LINES AND THE SADDLE PAD AND U COULD SEE THE LIGHT BULB GO OFF AS SHE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS ASKING HER. TOMORROW SHE WILL FIND OUT WHAT A BIT IS AND HOPEFULLY ATTEMPT TO TAKE HER IN THE OUTDOOR ARENA.

WE HAVE NAMED HER FLICKA!!!

SHE'S HERE!!!!!! SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. IT TOOK US ABOUT TEN MINUTES TO LOAD HER NOT TO BAD, AND SHE UNLOADED LIKE A DREAM AND SEEMS TO BE SETTLING IN VERY WELL. UNTIL TOMORROW.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, I AM SO SORRY. JUST HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH THE KIDS AND GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS. I HOPE EVERYBODY IS HAVING A GREAT THANKSGIVING, AND THANKING THE LORD ABOVE FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE. WELL I DO HAVE A LITTLE NEWS, OK A LOT OF NEWS. LOL. FIRST WE HAVE BOON AT THE FARM WHO IS AN 18 YR QUARTER HORSE WHO BELONGS TO DANIELLE, THEY HAVE SADDLE FIT ISSUES WE ARE DEALING WITH. THANKS TO TIMBERLINE SADDLES WE CAN FIX THAT, HE IS GOING LIKE A DREAM NOW, BUT IS IN NEED OF A CHIRO, HOPING TO FIX HIS MOVEMENT IN HIS REAREND. HATS OFF TO DANIELLE WHO SEES A HORSE THAT WANTS TO BE GOOD AND FOR NOT GIVING UP ON HIM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST SOME OF U NOW I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A PROJECT SINCE THEY R NOT BRINGING THE MUSTANGS BACK TO MADISON, AND I FOUND ONE. SHE IS A 15h BLACK WITH STAR MUSTANG. SHE IS SO AWESOME I CAN NOT WAIT TO BRING HER HOME ON SATURDAY. SHE IS NOT TRAINED AND HAS NOT BEEN IN A TRAILER SINCE SHE WAS A YEAR IN A HALF AND NOW SHE IS 8. SHE SHOULD BE FUN. SHE IS REALLY GENTLE BUT WAS NOT ASKED TO EVER DO ANYTHING TO MUCH AND AT FIRST SHE MIGHT TELL ME TO PISS OFF, THAN I HOPE SHE WILL COME AROUND TO MY WAY OF THINKING. SO I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP UPDATES AND PICS, HOPEFULLY EVEN VIDEOS OF OUR PROGRESS. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

DEB AND REBEL SHARON AND AMIRA AT POPPLE RIDGE.