~mid summer night's derby dream~

Wow, I’m really late on the update, sorry! I’ve been so confused with my life that I have not had a complete thought to blog about in quite a few months. Let’s start with the great Scary Houdini.I thank Harry (and Kim Hunter) from the bottom of my heart for the time he spent with me.My job was to get him jumping and Eventing—in 12 months I took him from jumping...

~Kaboom Boyz go to their first hunter/jumper show~

Boomer says "CHEEEESE!!!"I ventured over to the hunter/jumper arena for the weekend--and I have to say that my horses and I had a wonderful time. Scary needs some course work before running his first Training level. NTHJC offered schooling jumpers (3'-3'3"). Perfect!I figured while I'm taking the little brown fella down the road Boomer should come as well. He's...

Let 'um RIP!

It's time. Time to let The Scare Master rip! I've worked really diligently to give Scary the best possible beginning and education over XC fences. But at some point a rider must 'man up' and try out the months of training over some big beefy fences. This weekend, Scary lived up to his title: Small but Fierce. Saturday I took the little man to Greenwood Farm...

Three weeks of snow, sleet and rain--mixed in with a little Freds and a Novice run.

"The rain, rain, rain came down, down, down and piglet started sailing..." This is the first line from one of my favorite Winnie-the-Pooh songs. Global warming is really hitting Texas hard this year--2009 was no cake walk either but the latest 2010 weather causes me to break into song and dance on occasion. This picture was taken 3 days after the clinic!We...

~I say "good-bye" to an old friend and "welcome" to a new beginning~

Enjoy Rainbow Bridge, Nandi (1997-2/8/2010)Nandi was my introduction to the cat world. I adopted her from a vet that I had been working for at Animal Care Clinic in Plano. The other cats in [Dr. Triplet’s] home objected to the new feline so the little 8 week old kitty hopped a sweet spot with me instead. Dr. Triplet named her "Nandi"....