WHAT BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE HAVE BEEN HAVING, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ENJOYING IT. LARK WENT HOME ON FRI HOPE ALL IS WELL--TRAILRIDE TRAILRIDE-- IS ALL HE NEEDS NOW. ANJA IS DOING WELL I EVEN RODE HER ON THE SIDE OF THE RODE , HER CONFIDENCE IS REALLY BUILDING. SHE HAS DECIDED TO PLAY THE LAZY CARD, WHICH IS NORMAL AT THIS STAGE, JUST SOMETHING ELSE TO WORK ON---INTRODUTION TO CROP, WHICH WENT VERY WELL. REBEL IS DOING AMAZING, WE WENT TO OUR KEN BORDAN CLINIC AND LEARNED HOW TO GET PAST OUR TROUBLE SPOTS. LAST NIGHT WE EVEN CANTERED AROUND THE ARENA BOTH DIRECTIONS. YEAHHH!!!!!!! COULD WE BE SO LUCKY AND GET ANOTHER GORGEOUS WEEKEND???

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING FOR WEATHER, A PERSON COULD ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE. RAY AND ANJA ARE DOING VERY WELL TOGETHER. TONIGHT SHE GOT TO GO ON HER FIRST TRAILRIDE, THE FIRST ONE WE TRY TO PLAN THINGS FOR THE POSITIVE. WELL, HERE IT GOES. ERIC ON BARNEY, DEB ON ANJA, GOING DOWN THE ROAD TO DO SOME HILLS, CHECK OUT THE WATER AND JUST GET HER IN THE WOODS, SOUNDS PRETTY EASY, RIGHT! SO, WE ARE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CORN FIELD IS A CORN PICKER PICKING CORN, A SEMI TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED AND YES, A TRACTOR COMING DOWN THE ROAD WITH A SHIT SPREADER. WHAT THE HELL.! WAIT IT ONLY GETS BETTER AND REMEMBER ANJA IS A LITTLE SCARED OF CARS. HERE IT GOES, I DISMOUNT HER SO SHE DOES NOT GO OUT OF HER MIND WHILE WE PASS THE CORN PICKER AND SEMI AND ALLOW THE TRACTOR TO PASS US. SHE IS DOING EXCELLENT WITH EVERYTHING, I REMOUNT AND PROCEED TO RIDE PASS THE TRACTOR THAT IS SPREADING MANURE, STILL DOING WELL, THAN ABOUT 30 TURKEYS DECIDE TO FLY OUT OF THE CORN FIELD OVER THE HORSES HEADS, TO OUR RELIEF AND BARNEY BEING A GREAT ROLE MODEL THE HORSE JUST STOP AND WATCHED THEM. AMAZING!!! ANJA DID NOT EVEN GET EXCITED, YEAH!!!!! THROUGH THE WOODS WE GO, SMELLING THE WATER WE DID, UP THE HILLS WE WENT, PASSED ALL THE EQUIPMENT AGAIN, ANJA WAS A PRINCESS. THAN WE WORKED ON CANTERING IN THE INDOOR BOTH DIRECTIONS AND SHE GAVE A FEW LUCKY GIRLS RIDES AROUND THE ARENA. NOT TO MANY DAYS GO BY WHERE YOU GET A CHANCE TO RIDE A PURE DUTCH FRESIAN, WE ARE ALL PRETTY LUCKY:-) SHE IS A PRETTY SPECIAL HORSE.

WHAT A CRAPPY DAY THANK GOD FOR THE INDOOR. WAS UP WITH THE CHICKENS TO BEAT THE RAIN WITH LARK, WE WENT ON A BEAUTIFUL TRAILRIDE. HIS FIRST ONE AND HE DID AWESOME. TAMMY IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT PARTNER. ANJA GOT TO PRATICE BRIDLING, SINCE SHE FOUND OUT SHE IS WAY TALLER THAN ME. LOL. I EVEN GOT TO RIDE REBEL IN THE NEW FOOTING AND HE DID AWESOME, CANTERED BOTH DIRECTIONS IN HALF ASS CIRCLES---WELL ITS A START. GOING OUT TO EAT WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS TONIGHT AND I AM SURE A LOT OF BS WILL BE PASSED AROUND!!!

LAST NIGHT WENT VERY WELL, JUST ONE SCARY MOMENT. YEAH I WILL TELL YOU, JUST HOLD ON. HERE IS THE STORY. RAY AND ANJA. EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS THAT ANJA IS IN FOR TRAINING, BUT WHAT I LEFT OUT WAS RAY HER OWNER HAS NEVER, I MEAN NEVER RODE A HORSE BEFORE, EVER. SOME PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT THIS SITUATION AND ALMOST CRY, BUT NOT ME, WELL NOT YET:-) WHAT I REALLY HAVE TO SAY IS RAY HAS A SERIOUS CONNECTION WITH THIS HORSE WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WELL LAST NIGHT WAS HIS FIRST LESSON WITH HER, HE DROVE HER AROUND AND WHAT THE HELL LETS TRY TO HAVE HIM RIDE HER. SO I DID. UP HE WENT NOT EVEN SCARED, AMAZING MAN. TALKING HIM THROUGH THINGS AS FAST AS I COULD, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TO KNOW IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. HE ASKED HER TO MOVE FORWARD SHE DID. FOLLOWING ME A BIT WHICH IS OK AT THIS STAGE IN THE GAME. THAN I PRECEDED TO GIVE HIM EXERCISES TO MAKE SURE HE WAS GETTING THE WHOLE RIDING THING AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, THAT ANJA WAS ACTUALLY LISTENING. ALL OF A SUDDEN SHIT! SHIT! ANJA IS TROTTING, TALKING REALLY FAST NOW, RAY GOT HER STOPPED PRETTY QUICK, I FOUND MY HEART AGAIN AND WE CONTINUED ON AFTER SOME LAUGHING BECAUSE WE ALL SURVIVED. RAY RODE ANJA AND DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB, I THINK THE TROTTING WILL MAKE HIM A BETTER RIDER RIGHT AWAY. I ALWAYS SAY PEOPLE LEARN A HELL OF A LOT FASTER WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE. OH BY THE WAY I ALSO CANTERED ANJA LAST NIGHT, AMAZING, HER MOVEMENT IS BEAUTIFUL.

GETTING BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS KINDA SUCKS A LITTLE, BUT THE BILLS NEED TO GET PAID. VACATION WAS AWESOME SPENT A FEW DAYS IN DOOR COUNTY CHECKING OUT THE BEAUTIFUL COLOR AND ALL THE HOT SPOTS. NOW IT IS BACK TO WORK, RED WENT HOME AND ANJA DID GREAT TODAY. WE WORKED IN THE INDOOR WITH THREE OTHER HORSES AND I EVEN TROTTED HER. SHE IS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THINGS BEHIND HER SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SO WORKING ON, SHE IS AN AMAZING HORSE TO RIDE EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS SO EFFORTLESS. SHE FLOATS IN THE AIR!!!! NEW ARRIVAL COMING IN ON WEDNESDAY--- SHOW HORSE WANTING TO DO TRAIL.

LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON. I FINALLY RODE ANJA INSTEAD OF BEING SELFISH AND GOING TRAILRIDING. SHE DID AMAZING, I CAN NOT WAIT FOR CRICKET AND RICK TO SEE HER UNDER SADDLE. ALSO I GET HOME YESTERDAY AND THERE WERE 2 HUGE PILES OF SAND IN THE DRIVEWAY, LIKE WHAT THE HECK??? BUT THEN THERE WAS MY HUSBAND BOBCATTING AWAY IN THE INDOOR MAKING IT ALL PRETTY FOR ME BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS WE MADE A HOLE, I MEAN A SERIOUS HOLE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. YEAHHH!!!! IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BY THE TIME I GET HOME FROM THE WEEKEND GETAWAY I WILL HAVE ALL NEW FOOTING. PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE I ALSO SIGNED UP FOR MY FIRST DRESSAGE CLINIC THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NOV. AND IT WILL BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE A NICE AREA TO PRACTICE SINCE THE WEATHER IS GETTING COLD, BRRRR!!!

ME AND ROBIN IN THE BACK, A RARE OCCASION.LOL

AMY ON BOB AND DAVID ON SLICK

DEB ON RED

DEB AND RED TAKING A BREAK.

MY MOM WHO MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO RIDE HORSE WITH MY FRIENDS!!!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY, I MEAN WEEKEND. YESTERDAY KEN AND I TOOK THE HORSES FOR A THREE HOUR RIDE. RED IS DOING AMAZING AND TODAY I TOOK HIM UP TO POPPLE RIDGE WITH A FEW FRIENDS AND HAD A BLAST. ANJA GOT GROUND DRIVEN TO THE WOODS AND ENCOUNTERED A TRACTOR WORKING IN THE FIELD AND ALL WAS WELL. I WILL TRY TO GET A VIDEO OF HER RIDING THIS WEEK, SHE IS AN AWESOME HORSE TO WATCH.

ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY. LAST NIGHT WE WENT FOR A TRAIL RIDE AND RED IS DOING FABULOUS I CAN NOT WAIT FOR HIS OWNER TO RIDE HIM. THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE ONE FINE TEAM. ANJA GOT TO GO FOR A WALK THROUGH THE BACK FIELDS AND SHE DID AWESOME, ONCE SHE SETTLED IN NOTHING SEEMS TO REALLY BOTHER HER WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR THE TRAINER AND OWNER LOL. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE I AM GOING TO GO SADDLE UP REBEL AND TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE BECAUSE I CAN NOT STAND THE HOUSE WHEN IT IS SO QUIET, IT IS ALMOST EERIE. HAPPY TRAILS TO EVERYONE THAT HITS THEM THIS WEEKEND ENJOY WHY YOU CAN!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY JUST GOT IN FROM CHORES NOW IT IS THE KIDS HOMEWORK YEAH!!!!! BUT HOPEFULLY THE WEEKEND IS FILLED WITH ALOT OF HORSE BACK RIDING. RED WILL BE GOING ON A FEW HOUR TRAIL RIDE, SOON HE WILL BE GOING HOME. ANJA WILL JUST BE RODE LIGHTLY THIS WEEKEND AND GET INTRODUCED TO THE WOODS.

YES I AM STILL ALIVE, BARELY. SOME DAYS ARE MORE EXHAUSTING THAN OTHERS BETWEEN JOB, KIDS, HUSBAND, SECOND JOB, PAYING THE BILLS, KEEPING HOUSE IN ORDER AND KEEPING EVERYONE HAPPY----- HOLY CRAP. YOU REALLY THINK THAT I NEED TO VENT OR SOMETHING. HOW DO PEOPLE KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITHOUT LOSING THEIR MINDS. THANK GOD FOR THE HORSES ESPECIALLY REBEL HE BRINGS ME PEACE WHEN I NEED IT. UNFORTUNATELY I CAN NOT CARRY HIM IN MY POCKET. EVERYTHING EXCEPT PERSONAL STUFF IS GREAT. TRAINING IS GOOD, LESSONS ARE GOOD, REBELS CANTERING YEAHH!!!!! I HAVE TWO AMAZING HORSES IN FOR TRAINING RIGHT NOW RED AND ANJA AND I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE TRAINING THEM.

Yippee another crop of hay off the fields and it is a beautiful one. The barn is buzzing, going to a horse show tomorrow. The kids are all excited and Maddy wants to bring Ranger so we will just let him hang out, in no time Maddy will be in the ring showing her ponies or whatever else she can get her hands on. She took a pretty hard fall yesterday. She has taken up jumping well it was going well she jumped a little to high ,way to fast, and she sure the hell did not bounce very well. Yeah she cried . I hugged her. She got back on and learned a huge lesson,that everyday is a different day. Our horses may tolerate a lot one day and not so much the next. I told her the key is to feel your horse, let him tell you what kind of mood he is in before you decide what to do with him. Well I will see how that goes:-)

HOME SICK TODAY. MY RUSHING AROUND FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH ME. REST REST AND MORE REST.

WHAT A WEEK, BUT ALL THE HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF. OUR DRESSAGE SHOW WENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED. SHARON AND ERIC DID VERY WELL ON SATURDAY. I SHOWED SUNDAY MORNING AND REBEL DID AMAZING AND MADE ME VERY PROUD. WE WERE THEIR ALL BY OURSELVES, JUST ME AND REBEL, LOADED HIM UP AT 4:30 THIIS MORNING AND DROVE FOR 2 HOURS REACHING OUR DESTINATION HEARTLAND STABLES. I UNLOADED HIM WONDERING HOW OUR DAY WOULD GO YEAH A LITTLE NERVOUS OK A LOT NERVOUS. I SADDLED HIM UP AND WARMED HIM UP IN THE ARENA EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL SO FAR EXCEPT FOR HIM ANSWERING ALL THE HORSES THAT WERE TALKING, BUT NOT TO BAD EVEN A LITTLE ON THE LAZY SIDE. THAN IT WAS OUR TURN. TEST A THAN TEST B THAN FINDING OUT SCORES. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT A 60% ON TEST A AND A 60.5 % ON TEST B I WAS SO EXCITED. THAT PUT US IN THE RIBBONS 4TH AND 5TH OUT OF EIGHT NOT SO BAD FOR OUR FIRST TIME. WORKING HARD DOES PAY OFF YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE FAITH AND WORK HARD IN SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE IN!!

WHAT A WEEK, MY ASS IS DRAGGING. THE WEATHER SUCKS. THE BUGS ARE TERRIBLE. THANK GOD FOR....... I AM STILL THINKING. EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE I HAVE A VERY GOOD ONE AND A LOT OF THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR IT IS JUST THAT SOMEDAYS I NEED TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT. SO HERE I AM SLOWED RIGHT DOWN, LOOKING FORWARD TO MY LESSON TOMORROW.

ANOTHER GOOD DAY. BELLE WENT IN THE WATER ALL BY HERSELF AND WE ARE LOPING CIRCLES, SHE IS QUITE AN AMAZING HORSE. HATS OFF TO ALL THE KIDS IN THE BARN THAT ARE WORKING SO HARD ON THEIR HORSES. SOME HORSES COME EASIER THAN, BUT KEEP WORKING IT WILL PAY OFF IN THE END. PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE!!!

AMANDA ON JAKE MELINDA ON MJ ERIN ON JOEY

MADISON ON RANGER

NIKKOLE AND LIL MAC

DEB ON REBEL SHARON AND AMIRA
DEB AND BELLE IN LAND

IN WATER

BELLE IN THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME. REBA ON DUSTY, ERIC ON JAKE, DEB ON BELLE

SHARON ON AMIRA ERIC ON JAKE DEB ON BELLE