What a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Now going on a long trail ride on my pony with my friends, laughing all the way out and back, now that would make my day even better. Enjoy that warm weather with or without a horse, but just admitted it you know that being with a horse would the day even more fun and and enjoyable!

I GOT BACK ON A HORSE!!!

O. MY. GOSH.  

It was beyond fantastic, amazing, and all the brilliant words that could describe a totally fun and uplifting day!  This past Saturday I went back to the barn, hung out with some awesome people and ponies, and rode my favorite pony of all!

I probably kissed Mr. T about 1,000,000,000 times and gave him about 1,000,000,000 carrots (not really).  It was awesome! I CANT HANDLE IT!
Ok, ok... so we all got our ponies and started grooming and Toby was beginning to remember who that crazy girl hugging him was...

I was so emotionally overwhelmed, that I did my little kick of excitement LOTS of times!  Toby kept turning his head to check on how I was doing back there as I repeatedly squealed with delight!  I oo-ed and aa-ed so many times on the inside at just about everything my pony did... because everything he did was, "Duh, just about the cutest thing ever!".

After I felt that I was covered with enough hair to protect me from the coldness, I made my trip to the door.  My heart was beating (1% anxiety and 99% excitement)!  I lead Noble Victory to the mounting block, tightened that girth, pulled the sturrups down, climbed the mounting block, put my foot in the stirrup, swung my leg over, and s.a.t.   d.o.w.n.   i.n.   t.h.e.   s.a.d.d.l.e.!!!!!!!!!!  WOOHOOOOO!
IT WAS SO SUPER DUPER POOPER SCOOPER ROCK YOUR SOCKS OFF AWESOME!

We had a really fun and helpful lesson...and surprisingly, I'm not that sore!

Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone for the rides, the laughs, the joyful squeals and kicks, the hay, the kisses, and for my wonderful teachers and friends Dorothy and Toby <3 (and all of you)

Back to the Barn

I got to go to the barn again today! So happy. :) I had a fun time with Rachel, Therese, and Molly. Really fun lesson (except for Mr. Oliver's oddness :P) on getting back the basics. CONGRATULATIONS to Therese on getting back in the saddle! I think Mr. Tobers was very happy to have you back. I was very happy to finally meet Kramer! What a cutie he is...once he gets back into shape and learns some more ground manners, I think he'll be a great lesson horse! I got to drive home and went through the rotary for the first time. AHHHHH! There was barely any traffic, so it wasn't bad at all, but glad to conquer that fear. : P Now to top it all off, I'm eating a McIntosh apple and Momma's makin' spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. YUM. <3 It was a good day. :D Glad to hang out with Dorothy, my horses, and my girls!

Horsin' Around

Today, Rachel and I played with ponies again! We started out with Sharkey and the ball...he was unsure at first, but then he loved it. He had a blast pushing it...and then Rachel. :p
Next, we played with Julio again...he was sort of reluctant at first. Rachel just had to show him that it's alright and that he's done it before!! However, she had to stare him down before he would push it back to me!!! :p

He'd rather hang out with his girl, Rachel.

After that, we briefly groomed and played with Toby... He was very afraid of

the ball.... and he showed us his dislike!

All in all, it was a fun day!

Playing

So, I was at Dorothy's today and Rachel and I got Julio to play with the big bouncy ball! For a while, he was terrified of it, you could see it in his eyes. Then we kept rolling it around him, all over his body, and then eventually we bounced it off of him. After a while, he let us bounce in off anywhere on his body! Then, we tried rolling it to him to see if he would roll it back...it took a while, but he eventually did it! He did it three times in a row, and then he didn't do it for a while. When he did it the next time, it was quite forceful! :p He was a very good boy! Next week it's Mr. Sharkey's turn! :D

It's A New Year

Although our horsey year got off to a rocky start.(R.I.P Cents of Humor), I am very excited at the prospects of all the horsey fun we are going to have this year. I have made a few new years resolutions myself that pertain to horses and I really hope they work out. You all know how New Years resolutions normally work out. Haha Well not this year!!! Oliver and Iwill be doing Grande Prix Dressage before you know it! That wasn't actually my New Years Resolution by the way. Well my actual horsey New Years resolution was to build and even better relationship with my my big fuzzy boy (Oliver). So far so good!! And maybe we can get those two tempis down while were at it! Happy New Year everyone!!!

Just like old times

Today was fantastic!

It was so great to get back and do some work (sounds crazy huh?), but honestly no matter how much I might later regret saying this, I actually enjoyed doing frozen poop! Some nice brisk air entered my lungs and I could see me breath (it was chilly out there), my fingers were numb, but soon warmed up, I could feel my face turning pink and my hair slowly becoming crazy, but best of all I was with those I love! The ponies were all o so cute and o so fuzzy!

When Molly finished her lesson with Toby I groomed him with her, he was as cute as could be. I kept giving him kisses, and playing with his nose, but all he wanted was carrots! For a while he nuzzled me and searched for a treat of some sort, but finally gave up. I put on his sheet and Molly took him outside, I of course went to say my farewells and do my last smooches and hugs for the day! Then it was as if he finally remembered me! I started off to the ring to get some poles and he looked and me as if to say, "Wait a second, I remember you!" He waited there watching me until I came back and gave him a last hug of recognition... It touched me. But you know, I might be being just a tad over emotional because I haven't seen my guy for more than about 20 minutes in what seems like years!

Gotta love him. <3

Later when Rachel got back from her ride, I groomed Julio with her! We were laughing and chit-chatting from opposite sides of the pony, so fun...just like old times (I'm pretty nostalgic, aren't I?)! Finished up grooming, quick sweeping, some last giggles, then we went inside! Gee, I can't wait to ride!

The party was fun and the candy was great... As for the movie, I could watch it 1,000 times and still always feel so excited at every race, every touching scene, and every horsey moment! Wouldn't I love to have a horse like that!

Yep, I had a pretty crackalakin day!

...Did I mention that I've missed you all, and that I can't wait to get back??... I'm sure I have only about 100 times! Merry Christmas my dear old poopin' scoopin' friends!

Love to all,

Therese