I was thinking about selling my horse, just thinking, really!!!!!!

SUPERB reining blood lined 2 year old Smutty Buckskin Gelding

"Sheriff" was bought as a two year old, and sent for 60 days professional training last May. Sheriff won the nationals for lounge line in Montana as a yearling, and this gelding has the bloodlines to shine. He has Mrs. Kalico, Hollywood Dun It, Fritz, Cody, and many other money earners in his direct bloodline, he is bred to the nines for reining. He is a grandson of Hollywood Dun It, and his Sire placed 3rd in the Amateur reining competition in Florida last year, and has just started his career. They are planning on taking Sheriff's Sire into professional reining competitions this year. I have ridden Sheriff a half dozen times in the arena and a half dozen times out in the field. He is a very intelligent horse and learns fast. He is level headed, and is not very spooking for a two-year-old. He has only been spooked once when riding, and he trotted off a little ways, and when I turned him around he went right up to the farm equipment he was scared of. He hasn't jumped at stumps, noises, anything in the woods, and is always eager to go. He has a motor on him, and doesn't seem to tire easily. He lopes, trots, and moves off when asked, 9 times out of ten taking the correct lead. I would recommend Sheriff for an intermediate rider, as he is young, still learning, and an intelligent horse. I bought Sheriff right after I had moved and had planned on having a "project" horse to train, but with the move, I drive farther to work, and don't have the time to put into him. With his excellent bloodlines, I sent him to a trainer that trains reining, barrel, and ranch horses. I had started him under saddle myself before shipping him off to the trainer, and he was one of the easiest of our lot to train. The trainer told me Sheriff likes to go (lopes fast), and is sometimes soft on the mouth and other times a little more stubborn. I have noticed the same thing when riding him myself. He still needs a lot more time put on him, and has great potential.

Sheriff is a smutty buckskin. In the winter he looks more like a bay with a rich chocolate brown color with the buckskin color showing around his eyes and muzzle. In the summer the buckskin color starts coming out more and shows under his belly and on his sides as well. I am not a fan of bay horses, but even in the winter when the brown hair takes over, this boy is gorgeous. Come see for yourself, his horse is going to be dynamite. He was bred and hand picked for his bloodlines and beautiful moves, has great proportions, and a great mind.

Horseback riding= Keeping the horse between you and the ground.

So, I forgot to take my stupidity drugs the other day, and had a few episodes. First, my Mom comes over and states, me and Laurie were going to go riding if you want to come along. Me, "Sure, I'll take Sheriff." She states, you are a crazy girl. I comment back, ah, he'll be fine, he is ready. She comments, I dunno.... because you see Sheriff is my green broke two year old, and I had wanted to take him out trail riding where he has never been before. As it turns out, our friend Laurie was running a little late, so no trailering the horses any where, so I just go and grab my two year old and take him out by himself through the scary woods, and farther then I have taken him before, and he hasn't doing too bad... he wasn't too bad at stopping, not spooking, backing, and bucking. So I make it through the scary woods, and head out into safe zone, the field, and with all his pent up energy I ask him to trot... and get nothing... so I ask him again, and I thought what a clutz as he pops on the rear a little bit (WHAT AN IDIOT I AM), and then he lambastes me.. kicking way out on the rear throwing me up towards his head, which gives him rein and keeps me unseated.... well, after two good bucks and me scrambling to stay off his neck, I decided to opt for bailing safely, and while my landing wasn't a perfect ten, it was a good landing.... so I scrambed looking for my glasses, check, cell phone, check. Horse.... well... ummm... I still have ten blocks to walk in and there goes my horses loping and bucking in... so I walk five blocks and once some of my gimpiness fades I start trotting in, as my Mom brings me my horse. So I crawled back on him, and rode him in because you have to get back on when you get bucked off. I then went into the areana and ask him to trot, and he does and he tries to act up, but I caught him before he could.. so he was listening well, and I put my precious angel away, and grabbed my mare. I figured I am sore, and I need to keep these muscles warmed up, so I will ride my mare bareback... stupidity pills please, I needed some badly. Regardless of the situation, I had thought, my odds are better on Baron, me= 5, her= 1 as far as getting me off. She hasn't really bucked on purpose ever, but she has bucked and jumped over creeks five feet in the air... etc.... So I walk her out in the field and it feels AWESOME, so I ask her to trot... wonderful.... so I turn her home at a trot, and something behind her spooks her......... and she launches foreward...... so I pull back on the reins and pull more then I intended since she was launching forward at the same time, and she pops off the front and kicks up off the back.... and..... I stayed on, but OUCH, my poor back... so I brought her back, me 6, her 1, and I put her away and thought is this a conspiracy theory or what!?!?

Sorry all, my internet is down and I have been busy..

So, my internet is temporarily out of service until my handy dandy brother can come over and hook up a new cable. It is funny, I didn't know I was so internet dependant, now what do I do with my free time? I suppose I could read some more of the educational books I bought, clean the house, play with the pets, or do some other pointless task? You know they say the internet is a great learning tool, and it is great for research, but I think I learn more when not on the internet because I like to read.
Speaking of research tools, my internet couldn't have gone out at a worser time. I have decided after driving on the roads that one treacherous day that I would like a pick up with 4 wheel drive. Yeah, I can drive my car, but really... can I drive it out of the ditch or through 3 feet of snow, and can I really predict when it is going to snow too much for my car? Okay, enough excuses, what it comes down to is I want a truck, I have always wanted a truck, and I have just been too cheap to buy one, but now I have excuses to go with my wants, so it is all good. My mind has been flying around with ways to save money and all the possiblilities... and finally I found ways to break even on the extra expenditures of a truck... put liability on both vehicles, only drive the truck in the winter so I can still save on gas, have a spare vehicle and less worries about saving up money in case my car gives out on me or I hit a deer... good enough excuses for me.
Problem is I like my spending money too.... and I have some spending money saved, soooooooooooooo...... cheap truck... wait better yet, totalled truck, less worries once again. So I checked out the insurance auction and I bid on a S10 4X4 with hail damage. My Dad said if I got it he would get me a bumper sticker for it that says "I am a little dingy." Cute... really... but I lost out on the dingy pickup so on to the next one... it is like gambling, eventually I will get a totalled dingy pickup for cheap, but I did really like the S10, even though I trully want a full size one. It just so happens a buddy at work has the exact pickup I was looking for and he is giving a co-worker a deal on it... me.... if I want it and he is asking exactly the amount of money I have saved up.. great.. I would be broke with a pickup... I told him to try and sell it for what it is worth first... he can't just give away X amount of money because I am a co-worker... that isn't right....
Oh, and as far as the eligable bachelors my Dad had lined up for me at his work party... yeah... umm... there is the 60 year old with 100,000 in the check book supposedly, and the young buck with three DWIs that still drives cars without a liscence, just buys a new car before the tabs expire... great Dad, thanks really.... thanks... at least he considers me worth a lot of money with the first one, but the second... really... yikes... the worst thing was he got his buddy on the band wagon of making fun of me.... *grimace* Oh well, the party was alright.

Relatives..... entertainment? worry??

So I was talking to my Mom the other day, and she states, so I hear you are doing a good job at work? HUH!??!?!? How would my Mom know....??? So she states, yeah, your grand parents had lunch with your boss the other day and he had nothing but good to say about you? My WHAT? My grandparents had lunch with my boss!?!??! They don't even know him!!!!!!!!! My Mom goes on to state that my boss did a speech at the lions club (which my grandpa is a member of), and after the speech my boss happened to be seated across the table from my grandparents, and mentioned that he worked where I did and the conversation progressed. Its a small world after all!! Its a small world after all!! Oh my.... I wonder what my grandpa said... oh no...........

So, next, my Mom asked, "So do you happen to have Thursday Nov 16th off?" Why would she be asking?!? Of course I don't, but she asked if I could get the day off, so I state, "maybe." She goes on to state, oh because your Dad has a work party from 5 to 7 that day and wants you to go. WAIT A MINUTE, JUST ONE MINUTE!!!!!!! My Dad and his work buddies... and he wants me to go, so I can listen to the shop talk? This doesn't make sense.... then it dawns on me. This summer my Dad hurt his thumb and couldn't fix equipment, and being a senior guy he worked as foreman in the afternoon at the shop with the young bucks, and he kept going on and on about how I should bring him supper so I could meet all the young mechanically minded men at the shop... OH!!!!!! It is pathetic... my parents, my family......... yikes.... if I wanted to find a guy it isn't that hard, but they keep trying to set me up!!!!!!! Well, my Dad doesn't ask for much, so I requested the day off... to be... "shown off" to all the younger guys my Dad works with *grimace*. Luckily, my Dad isn't exactly a socialite, but he does get intrapped and talks for hours to anyone who approaches, so I should avoid being introduced to too many guys or having to talk too much... I can just slip off and keep him happy by going!