Yesterday was our "back yard" Windmill Stables horse show. I am so super pleased to say that my girls kicked horse butt in the 2' division!! One girl won two firsts and a second (on my baby Piper so I wonder if I can claim any of that for myself?), another rider won first place, third place and fifth place, and my other riders did a fifth and a third. I was so super proud of them!!!

In my 2'3" class my rider placed fourth and third in her FIRST ever show! I was super excited for her.... read more

Today was the day that they removed both of my friends' boobs to breast cancer. it's so scary for me. Her first time getting cancer she was just 30. She found a lump in her F boobs and they removed the lump almost immediately. She went three years without a problem and then for her 33rd birthday they found another lump.

Her doctor gave her two options. The first. Remove the lump and a 60% chance of coming back. The second, remove it all and get fake boobs and have a 3% chance of com... read more

So yesterday was our first show! What a trial by fire! First one of the horses wouldn't load so I wound up having to call my manager. After changing trailers (and the rig I drove had no trailer brakes) we were finally off. I promptly got the truck stuck but thankfully they were prepared and pulled us out!

After much work trying to figure out how the poorly organized show was run we were finally underway! One of my girls got a 5th in her first class and then fell off in her second roun... read more

Ugh. Just when I thought things were going well at the barn I get a mother who tells me that her and her kid feel I'm not pushing her hard enough and that I'm more her buddy than her teacher. Well, that pisses me off a little!

Mostly because maybe it's partially true? I don't think yelling and screaming at them is the way to go. I don't think that having them fear me is the way to get them to work for me. Maybe it's just too drastically different between the two styles of the former t... read more