LOCK ME PLEASE C:

[Sadie~Bronson~252]

On the topic of money, i'm completely broke. Everything that I had went to pay for my trip to Europe, and to pay to ride at the old place. But my mom bought me a new helmet, since my old one is still there, I'm too chicken to get it, and she will NOT go out to that stable. Heck, I probably wouldn't have had these problems there if she'd just gone out there and talked to her, but whatever. I'm only a LITTLE ticked over the whole thing. Ha, I am so Sarcastic.

For school hours, if I drive I can get to the barn at about 4, since it's a half hour from town. Then I can probably stay until 8:30, get home at 9:15, eat and shower and do any homework I may have (but with all my years of school, I've rarely, if ever had to take work home). Then I go to bed at midnight anyway, so that doesn't matter. Winter hours will definitely be shorter, so I'll probably just go on weekends then.

Well, chickened out on calling Bronson's owner. Again. I guess I need someone to smack me upside the head and just tell me to do it. I know I won't feel right with Rez or riding anyone really until I see that horse again. I know that. So I just need to get someone to yell at me I guess.

Might go see Rez either tomorrow or Monday. If at all before school starts again. Earliest I can call about Bronson is Tuesday.

[classi]

@ gam gam; Lol, thanks? xD I guess I am skinny, lol. And I'm glad you think I look good on him! I really feel like we have a connection.
Also, I made a discovery. So, I realized that when I changed my stirrups, the two lessons I've had with my new stirrups have been different. My foot has been slipping in both of those lessons. When I rode Mya, my foot slipped out of the stirrup multiple times, mostly at the canter.
So after feeling the stirrup pads of my new stirrups and my old stirrups, I realized that the pads on my new stirrups are like foam. Squishy. And my old stirrups were still a little foamy, but they were a lot harder and more grippy. So I switched the pads on the stirrups and now I think my problem is fixed!

[Hanoverian]

@Rain:
Wow, that's awesome that your barn is so close! You could probably WALK out there! i'm jealous. xD

Our days sound fairly similar. I think that a lot of horsey people's lives go the same way, lol


@gam gam:
Can't wait to see the video! I'm sure that you'll look great!

One glove? That's not good. xD I'm always losing my gloves, though. But my trainer is constantly giving me all of her spares so I have lots and lots.
That actually sounds relaxing to have some free time, lol. I just take a long time on homework, I guess. And we get a TON of it.

I hope you can half lease her! And you need to get her a bonnet.
The word is not sporty, it's ADORABLE. Oh, and I got pictures of my new bedazzled bonnet. They're awful pictures because I just took them in my house, not on a horse, but you can kinda see it. I'll try to get some better pictures of it on an actual horse tomorrow. C:
The pictures are here. There are some pictures of Sly, too. And one really awkward video of me talking to him in the annoying high-pitched voice I use when I'm talking to the horses (like saying "hey, handsome pony!") lol


EDIT:
Oh my gosh that video is so awful. xD I say "Blessss you!' in the worst voice. xD But you can actually see little Sly man in all of his glory, so...

[classi]

@ Hano; I use the high pitch baby voice too. It's really bad. People always look at me funny. xD
THAT BONNET IS ADORABLE!

@ gam gam; I am so selfish... I just responded to the part about me.
That would be so awesome if you got to half lease her! YOU MUST!
And I must see the video soon or I will explode.

Once I dropped a glove at my farm, and about a month later one of the barn dogs dropped it at my feet. And I still use that glove today.

Also, I found out some very interesting news. Well, apparently G (Riley's owner) doesn't like Riley. She doesn't hate him, she just prefers all of her other horses over him. So M said that Riley really needs to be ridden by someone who loves him. She also said that I might be able to get in a few extra hacking days because G never rides him. o:
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And, guess what's at the top of my wish list? This! Because I really need one. And my parents keep on hinting that they're getting me one for christmas. That'll defiantly be all that I get, but I'm content!

[ubiquitous]

Hey everyone!
Believe it or not I read all the posts, ad I just gotta say that Rain, you look great on Riley.

And I'd love to see Hano's pics, but my short memory has made me forget the password. Anyone mind telling me? :3

[DraftHorseLover]

@Rain:
Wow, that's awesome that your barn is so close! You could probably WALK out there! i'm jealous. xD

Our days sound fairly similar. I think that a lot of horsey people's lives go the same way, lol


@gam gam:
Can't wait to see the video! I'm sure that you'll look great!

One glove? That's not good. xD I'm always losing my gloves, though. But my trainer is constantly giving me all of her spares so I have lots and lots.
That actually sounds relaxing to have some free time, lol. I just take a long time on homework, I guess. And we get a TON of it.

I hope you can half lease her! And you need to get her a bonnet.
The word is not sporty, it's ADORABLE. Oh, and I got pictures of my new bedazzled bonnet. They're awful pictures because I just took them in my house, not on a horse, but you can kinda see it. I'll try to get some better pictures of it on an actual horse tomorrow. C:
The pictures are here. There are some pictures of Sly, too. And one really awkward video of me talking to him in the annoying high-pitched voice I use when I'm talking to the horses (like saying "hey, handsome pony!") lol


EDIT:
Oh my gosh that video is so awful. xD I say "Blessss you!' in the worst voice. xD But you can actually see little Sly man in all of his glory, so...

Whats the password to see your pictures?

[Coppertop11]

I haven't said anything for awhile! I've been sooo freakin busy with homework and riding. Austin is STILL lame, ugh. But this week I've been riding Randy. He is sooo much fun! Even though afterwards he is a bit of a pain since he gets hyped up and won't stop moving. He's leaving on Sunday which is sad and today was going to be my last day to ride him but it was raining and the indoor arena was being used for a show. He's a thoroughbred and just loves going forward but if you tell him to he can practically canter in place. We did an in and out with a pretty quick turn to a triple bounce and it was great! I got video of me riding him and put it in my new video on youtube the "Can't Hold Me Back" one. If anyone's interested in seeing him.

Plus one of the people at the barn rode Eli recently, and she did great and all and i was happy for her because I thought maybe she could ride him instead of the other girl riding Eli, but I couldn't help being jealous. I haven't been able to ride Eli in forever, I get to this week but its felt like she was riding my horse even though I don't own him.

[classi]

D'aww, thank you Inspiration!

[Hanoverian]

@Rain:
lol, good to know that I'm not the only one who does that!
And thanks! It is! C: I'm obsessed with bonnets.

And that's great that you can get those extra hack days! And hopefully a trunk!


@ Inspiration @ draft:
Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention the password! It's ponies. C:

[Toppyrocks]

SO I still don't have the time to answer everyone, sorry about that. Just off the top of my head I'll answer a few people though.

@Hunter- I'm glad your horse is okay! Colic is nasty and really scary sometimes

@Hano- That's not good for your barn Maybe you could just ask them about it, like 'I was wondering what to do with my 96 hours now that we have these new rules?' It wouldn't be the same, but maybe you could suggest, if nothing else, that you could just use it for hacks instead. Also, I feel for you about wanting a bit of help schooling Kat. I wish my trainer or my other trainer/his owner would ride Jesse more often. He's not as green as Kat, but still.

@E.urka- Newfoundland? That's a pretty cool place to be! I'd love to visit the Maritime provinces some day. Anyways, I've always been told that buying used helmets, even if they say they are new, isn't a good idea. If they've been dropped or had a fall or anything just once, they won't do their job properly. Also, you could go into that English store just to check it out, if you haven't. If you are looking at Troxels or Tipperary helmets, all of our local English stores carry those as well as the fancier Charles Owens and GPAs.
If you don't mind me asking, what is the horse scene like in Newfoundland? Are there lots of barns and horses, or just some?

@Rain- Congrats on the Riley lease! I hope your trial goes well.
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I had my lesson yesterday. My dad came to watch, which was a really nice surprise Usually my parents get there for the last 5 or so minutes of my ride. It was also the last day of the open house, so I had some audience. I was actually kind of worried that I would be distracted, but I was so totally not, which I'm happy about. I can honestly say that I was so focused, even just looking away felt hard lol. Does anyone else do that, where you kind of focus your sight on a spot in the distance ahead of you, and you just kind of stare at it? Like I'm always looking forwards, but it's always directly ahead about 20 feet and I'm not really looking, just that's the direction my gaze is. If I didn't have to watch his headset and where we were going, I would ride with my eyes closed and it wouldn't make a difference xD

ANYWAYS, off of the random topic, but Jesse was a star AGAIN yesterday. It was SO MUCH BETTER then my last lesson. It feels like we are actually going places now. I'm pinpointing my problems more, and I'm going to work so hard to fix them and then it's going to be AMAZING. I am so excited to work more this year, ride more, and get better even faster.

I posted this a few days and didn't get much answer, other then from Bluebird. Thanks Blue! Some of it is a bit old now, so

@Rain-Glad it went so well Rain! That's the way that I've always asked for the canter. It's how all the horses I've known are trained, I've never seen someone ask different xD

@Hano- It's good that you talked to your trainer and you have a solution to the working hours



I'll respond to some more people in my next post, I just wanted this to be seen first.