Definitely in the wrong field.

Had a friend call me today, been friends since high school, her daughter has been going to horse camp.
The owner/director of the horse camp wants to charge my friend $150 dollars to haul her daughter, along with the other campers. She does haul the horses to the show, and she allows the campers to use her horses and she "coaches" them thru the barrel pattern at the show.  Now, I could see charging this much if she was hauling a pretty good distance, only hauling 10 miles or  so.  I could see charging this much if it was money show, its only a local twice a month ribbon show.   My friend has been out of horses for a little bit, she still has a few around her place but nothing trust worthy for a 13 yr old girl.  So she called and asked my opinion.... Oh boy
1st I told her I though $150 was a little way to much to carry the girls to a show, they needed to pay her something but $150 per child was a little much, but you know I'm kinda of cheap.  But, this $150 was on top of the $100+ a week that each child pays.
2nd I told her to sell the hooligans in her pasture and get her daughter a been there done it horse... she doesn't want to do that... wants to get one of her  hooligans in the pasture going for her daughter... I think I need to leave this alone.  It just amazes me parents want their children to do good, but then they don't want to spend the time, money or energy to give them the tools to be good.  And yet she told me I was stupid for doing what I do for my oldies, oh well some folks just have to learn the hard way.

new dirt bike

Well TPWB has sold his RM85 .... I was really sad to see it go, it was such a good bike, I have alot of good memories with my son and this bike.  This is the 1st day we got her:

oh if your wondering who the 4 legs belong to in the background, thats my niece C on her new horse at the time Ace.  He didn't last very long though, he was scary fast though and a good look joker, but I guess I better leave it at that :) anyhoo here the rest of him

Now back to bikes, TPWB decided to sell his bike, unbeknownst to me, him and his daddy decided to move him up in bike size to a RM125.  Now, I'm wondering is my 13 yo ready for a bigger bike, is he ready for tougher competition, ready to race against adults?  All these questions race thru my head, especially since he has been struggling on the 85, hubby keeps trying to tell me it has to do with TPWB not being comfortable on the smaller bike due to him being so tall, I don't know I guess I'm just going to have to worry about him being out there with more experience riders or I can cut his legs off a the knees and put him back on his 65 ( disclaimer just kidding about cutting his legs off would never really do that ) but I really do miss the KX65 days, it was the bike that started all of this

its how we ended up with the number 55 hubby took it as some kind of sign, it was his old football jersey number.  Here is a cool pic I caught on the last race on the 65 at Shelby ShowPlace arena

poor little guy I hate when it happens, it usually means mommas gotta buy Ethel some new fenders, or she has to hunt zip ties and duck tape, that stuff is amazing.

but just wanted to say bye to Ethel, she has been a good girl for 3yrs even though she cost me my new horse I think it was worth it

the last ride in the danger ranger :)  hope she brings lots of good luck to her next kid.

Pretty Penny

This is Penny doing what Penny Likes to do

This is Penny again doing what she likes to do

But, when Penny does what she likes to do it makes these hurt.

I borrowed a picture of Fancy's feet, didn't have any of Penny's I don't thinks either one will mind. Just don't tell Fancy she has fat ankles I have hid that travesty from her for 18 yrs shhhh.

so no more green grass for Penny, and she is getting crabby being in a stall, and no more sweet feed, Poor Pretty Penny Pony, she like a child who has lost her favorite toy.  

start of a new season

Well today is the the start of the new MX Season for my son, I guess we will be running around like crazy from now until the 1st of the new year.   There are 16 races in his series plus the ones we just decided to go to.  I'm staying home today because it is just way to hot to carry the little one when the temps are 96 degrees and God only knows what the heat index is going to be. 
I'm just hoping he rides well and is safe. 
And with the new season I thought I would do something a little different here too.  I'm going to to try to journal 365 days of my riding, with myself and my horses ( one I still have to find ) of getting back into barrel racing. just a disclaimer it might take more that a calendar year, you know us mom's are that way.   And, the things I need to do to get back in the game.  It might just not be about riding, could be barn work, and other things too :)   oh and the new computer had to take it back and get a new one Thank Goodness for Sam's club and their 90 day guarantee.  I will never by another Dell product again, I think the actual machine was okay, but it was their customer service I was very, very disappointed with.  Well, enough of my rambling I'm off to do barn chores before it gets to hot, and I have to purge the little ones room before she gets home.... I'm thinking she might become a candidate for that show hoarders :) 

Fall

 

I love this time of year love to get up early in the morning before the world has woke up, enjoy the peace, watch my horse graze, somehow  it gives me peace.  Makes me a better me... even the crowing rooster gives me peace like he is saying "hey get up, Look at a beautiful day we are going to have.  Feels weird not going to a bike race on a Sunday, but until the dirt bike gets back from the Bike Doctor no more bike races for the "TPWB"  so I'm going to enjoy my horse, the crowing Rooster and everything God gives me to look at early in the morning.

Its been a while...

It has been a while since I have posted, we survived the summer albeit a little busy... Really fell down on the blogging stuff,  will try to do better.. Still haven't found a new horse yet... the Old lady isn't going to hold up to running barrels again for any period of time... so we shall see have a great labor day!!!

Horse Shopping Part II

Well with the long weekend ahead of us, I took Friday off thinking I could go check to potential new ponies out... I have been eyeing the 2 beautimus potentialees for the past 2 weeks... yea, I've been looking but when your on budget oh well you know it takes a while... any how 2 catch my eye... I get home Thursday evening get on line to get the phone numbers... I rather talk to a person about horse than email... you just seem to get a "feel" .... 

potentialee #1  black gelding, nice reining lines okay really nice reining lines... I was shocked, no distraught, well I was really, really sad to see between work and home he had been marked sold... I mean come on I'm only six miles from home... you gotta give a girl chance to get in touch with you :)  so I move on to potenilee # 2  just a plain sorrel mare, kinda  bred like my mare  now but with Frenchmans guy throw in for good measure... I love me some Frenchmans guy now... anyhoo I call the people leave a message and wait, and wait heck i waited some more finally gave up head out the barn and take care of the girls... get up Friday morning still no phone call Surely they want to sell this horse Right?  so I email again, I'm in shocked she is sold too...so back to the drawing board again : ( .  So I went and rode Fancy last night with SIL it was nice just to get out of the house and on the back of a horse for an hour or two...

Snakes!!!!!

Snakes.... I know I'm not suppose to hate anything but.....Snakes... sorry, I just can't find a way to tolerate them let alone like them... and when you find one in your water trough at the barn trust me it will send you reeling backwards!!!! Thankfully my barn neighbor was able to save the day, he said it was a good snake well in this girls eyes no snakes are a good....and he turned that joker lose in my pasture.... so upon leaving the barn this evening I was tip toeing through the pasture doing my snake walk.... I so need to start carrying my camera everywhere I go  so I can start showing you guys all the crazy things I run into!!