Presents!!!!!!!!!

So, my family has decided NO MORE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! Christmas is all about family, and we buy stuff for each other year round, and buy what we want, so why buy stuff for each other we won't use or exchange gift cards!??! Great idea!!!!!!! It makes Christmas time so much easier, especially since I work Christmas day. Well, this year, I was going to buy a garage door opener, especially since I almost never use the garage and my Dad uses my garage all the time, his 4 to 6 garages/storage spaces aren't enough.... so for my Father I wanted to buy a garage door opener, and the problem was that I found one at Sears where my Grandma can get a discount. So I ask her to buy me one and stated I would pay her back........ NOPE.. NOPE... instead she buys it and says I am the Grandma and I can buy you a Christmas gift if I want.... it is your Christmas present... FINE!!!!!!!! Christmas eve my Mom calls and states, come over for Ham and a Christmas gift! I state, "MOM!!!!!!! We aren't suppose to get each other gifts!" She says, "well, I can and I did!" I then go on to state that I can't open it because it isn't Christmas, and she states, "Well, we use to open gifts on Christmas Eve." I respond, "YEAH, ONE GIFT ON CHRISTMAS EVE! I will come over at 5 am, like usual to shake and rattle it until you get up!" She states, "Well, I only got you one gift, so get your butt over here!" So I go to thier house, and my Dad gleefully brings me the gift and states, "It is what you have always wanted!" I state, nope it isn't heavy enough and I don't see any truck keys, let me leave so you can insert those! So, I open the gift and there sits a Breyer plastic horse trailer and a Duramax Diesel toy truck with a note stating Merry Christmas, you know I always try to get you everything you want! Okay, so I took the toy home, and I called my parents, and my Dad states, "WHAT!! DID SHE TOTAL THE TRUCK ALREADY, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT INSURANCE ON IT YET!" Very funny... very funny.... hmmmmmmm... MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Late for work?!!?

So, I am a little slack in my blogs, I could post a few different things on here, but last week, on Sunday I made a mistake, but hey I am one to make every mistake once... hopefully only once, so I am good now! I set my alarm for 9 since I had a shift exchange, had to work at noon, and had to leave my house at 10:30. So, my alarm never went off, I woke up at 10:20 am, and not realizing it was 10:20.... I went about my business. I showered, got ready for work, talked politics and criminal justice with my roommate and her boyfriend, and at 11:15 am I checked my phone messages and my Mom had called stating, "Hey, I saw your car was still parked in the yard, I thought you had to work at noon, or maybe you had to leave at noon?" I whipped around, looked at the clock and went, "WHAT!!!!!!?!?? It is 11:15 not 10:15!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE..... " With that left in the air I was out the door in under ten seconds with my roommate and her boyfriend jaw dropped in confusion.... :) So I was on the road and I called work stating, I am going to be late, I just left now and if I don't get pulled over for speeding I should be about 15 minutes late. They stated, oh, don't worry about it, don't speed, and don't hit a deer, be careful! I stated I would be there and would e-mail my boss letting him know I was late. They state, don't do that, we got you covered! So, I went to work and showed up at 12:15 pm, a new driving speed record, and I e-mailed my boss and got no response... perhaps he was speechless considering I turned myself in even though he wouldn't have known about it. Ah... life goes on, we all make mistakes... and I am usually 15 minutes early... it usually takes an hour and fifteen minutes to get to work and I leave an hour and a half early.
So, on Monday an old friend came over and as late as it was I went to bed and left him on my couch... he fell asleep and in the morning I was busy so I said, "Good morning, I have to go, Tracy (my roommate) will give you a ride home," and I left. Tuesday and Wednesday I cleaned the house, rode horse, hung out with Scott and relaxed watching TV. Wednesday, I went grocery shopping, cleaned the house (the cats knocked off the potted plant in the living room when the dog chased them), and hung out with Scott.... yeah... so back to work and hopefully I won't be late again.
Oh, I called on another horse and Monty Bruce (reknowned trainer) e-mailed me back stating for 225 dollars a piece he would do a two day horse training clinic up here if 10 to 15 people were interested in May... any takers...?!??!?

Christmas... is suppose to be a wonderful family event!

This Christmas I am going to spend with the offenders at work, and I am happy about this. I took the job as a Corrections Officer knowing I had to make some sacrifices, and the offenders have taught me a thing or two. You know, I listen to people this year frustrated, and disgruntaled about Christmas... whining and whining... and complaining and complaining about Christmas being commercialized, not enough money, bickering and fighting... on and on, well the offenders at work that I work with have it right, they are disheartened because they don't get to have Christmas at home with their loved ones. They don't have money for gifts, they can't even pick out Christmas cards, but all they care about is not being able to be at home, and they do their best to make cards, draw, send videos, and make sure their loved ones know how important they are to them.

Many other people in my life outside of work are complaining and whining... well, Christmas doesn't have to be this way, and don't be disheartened, don't whine, don't let money or greed of others get in the way of what Christmas is all about! Yes, Christmas is suppose to be about family and loved ones, and a joyous time of year... so make it that way!!!!!!!!! Be a part of the solution, do your part to make it what it is suppose to be. Don't worry about money, don't let other's greed take you down, don't whine, fix it, make Christmas what it is suppose to be! You have it right, it isn't about the money, but don't let others stop your and your families special time of year. Stay positive, come up with solutions, and bring back the Christmas cheer.

If you don't have the money, explain this to others, invite them over and make supper, and letting other people you care about them. Let them know they are appreciated and important to you, make it special again! Spread the cheer, and defeat commercialism... make suggestions and suggest no gift giving for the adults, but a time for family fun and bonding. Make gifts from the heart, gifts of your own. Use what you got and try to make Christmas a time of joy and family togetherness! Don't let others and commericalism get you down... I for one plan on having a merry, joyous Christmas because even though I am working, I will try to embrace what Christmas is all about, and I love and appreciate my family, and they will be truly thought of and missed, and wished a Merry Christmas.

20,000 dollar horse.. I OWN ONE!!!!

So on Wednesday, my one day off, I drove all the way to New York Mills to look at a good bloodlined, trained, solid horse that anyone can ride, supposedly... that has never bucked. So I drove four agonizing hours through no whereville, and finally ended up at this place to look at this well broke 5,000 dollar horse. Lets see.... she had a short neck.. not following her bloodlines for a reining horse, but she was pretty. I hopped on her and she didn't neck rein, didn't stop well, I had to fight her to get her to back up, she didn't know side passing, wasn't soft, and when I went in the field to ride her, she tried to do whatever she wanted, pick up speed when she wanted, and when I wouldn't let her do as she wanted, I swear she was thinking about bucking this mean rider... but I held her good and kept control. 5,000 dollars my butt.... if she is worth 5,000 then my horse is broken to death and the best broke horse alive, well worth 20,000 dollars (my mare that I would never sell anyways)! In the end, I keep looking at these expensive, supposedly "spook free well broken horses" and I realize that my two year old knows more then these horses do. Hmmmmmmmm........ well the golden boy I have decided not to sell and to send to the trainer again if I have no time to work with him myself... I think... and I talked to a trainer... a renowned trainer and he stated he might even do a horse clinic up here... on to the next adventure, my boy has his home, he is staying and one of the best horses alive... I guess looking at other horses has taught me a thing or two........ my horses are GOLDEN!!!!!!!!!!

X-mas decorations

So nothing new is going on with me lately, except the normal. I write someone or call about a horse trainer... no response from them... go on to the next... no response from them... on to the next..... hmmm... at least it keeps me going online to check my e-mail and interested in checking my phone messages.. day in and day out.. no response.. SOME BUSINESS PEOPLE THEY ARE!!!!!!!!!!
Work.. I go.. and go again.. and go again... and on my days off I go to work for mandatory overtime... and go again.. and again.. oh, I have to work today too.... on my day off.....
This is kind of like my x-mas decorations! I put up lights, then put them up again and again and again... Same thing with the tree... I put it up, put it up again, put it up again!!!!! I have set up for christmas like ten to twenety times!!!!!!!!!!! Reset up=cats! My life seems to go in circles, but hey, at least I am staying busy.
Speaking of which, I should probably get going to work AGAIN!!!

Always make back up plans!

So, I had three days off this week, and with the soreness of last week's riding episodes, and picking up extra shifts at work the last couple of weeks, I wanted to have some fun. So I made plans to see a few horses with my Mom, but alas, bad weather. So we saw one horse nearby that we didn't ride because it was freezing out, and cancelled on seeing the rest. That is alright though, plan two, I was going to do someting fun with my roommate, BUT she got the flu so I saw hide nor hair of her and she was in my house! Okay, plan three, I went to a movie, out to country kitchen, and back home to see two more movies, and it was great, but next time, I am making plan 4, 5, and 6, just in case!!! I did take pictures of my horse, and help my Mom take pictures of her horses, and we put them for sale on the internet, www.equine.com, and I also answered a few questions on my horse, and learned something interesting. One of the people asking me questions I sent the web link to my horse's sire's web page, and as a result I checked out the page. Yearling, untrained foals out of the same sire they are asking from 2,500 to 10,000, 10,000 being the most common price, and I am asking 3,500 for a trained two-year-old..... ummmmmmmm....... I may have to rethink my price. Also, looking at this other horse and some others, my two-year-old is looking like the prize horse right now.