OK now I get to finally add a diary to all and not feel silly. Actually I'm amazed at how this all turned out since I met her. I'm amazed because when I went to Simons Paint sale I had absolutely no intentions to get a mare. I have always thought they were bitchy,,So all day long I eye balled certain geldings. I've always thought geldings were more even tempered. Never once saw her working in warm up or paid attention.
I had a few fave geldings I watched and talked to owners/riders and was going… Continue

(This is part of a journal entry I wrote yesterday about two of our rescue dogs.)

We saved your dogs today. You brought in two perfectly healthy, loving labs and told us to destroy them or "whatever" we wanted to do with them. Your reason was that you were "moving out of state" and they were "too old". You looked us in the eye, told us their names, and walked out leaving a life time of love behind you.

We looked deep into their bright eyes, and couldn't find it in ourselves to slip the needle… Continue

So I'm a little bummed out today. I purchased a horse (Finnegan) in early September, and since then he has had one misfortune after another. Granted, I didn't pay much at all for him - but this is getting ridiculous.

When I first got him, he colicked bad THREE days later. I'm talking bad. He should have died, his gut was twisted and he was given like a 20% chance of making it through the night. Well, he made it. While he was in pain, he threw himself down in his stall and ended up being lame fo… Continue