Work was hell today. just busy busy busy. I had no time to do anything, just seemed like it was one thing after another. I didn’t get out to see Cook because I got out of work late and it was rainy and cold. I’m a bad mom. I hope she misses me. Prolly not.
I have alot of personal things on my mind that I won’t share on this blog. Some thoughts u can only share with ur mare.

I don’t have any quotes but right now the thing most on my mind is the scene from the old movie Steel Magnolias where Shelby says “I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.”

That’s where my head is right now.

Yay, the Office got renewed. awesome! If ur not watching this show, ur missing out….

I really hope that Pam and Jim hook up. Jenna Fischer keeps up a blog on myspace that is really good. I added it as a favorite link on the side —>

Moving on, here is a wayyyy cute picture of all Rich’s and my dogs.

From left to right is Basheido, Caddie, Birdie, and Izzy.

I decided to lay out my lottery plan since I blogged about it 2 days ago and didn’t want it to be buried in a comment.

Winning the lottery… sigh.

Buying a big plot of land here off of 55 or something. Somewhere close to or within city limits. prolly 100 acres. Build two houses with some acreage in between. Of course, u don’t have to guess hard who the second house is for. I will have my horses and Rich can build his own gun range.

I don’t want a HUGE barn but big enough where I can have a few boarders to have people to ride with. Its no fun if u don’t have friends to ride with. I want a pasture to back right up to the back of the house… (ala Graceland… yes, I have been and it’s pretty much the only thing I remember… that Elvis has TB’s in his backyard that he could walk and mess with within a few feet of his back door).

I really think I would NOT go out and buy nice cars etc. Who cares? Keep my jeep and buy an F350 to pull a big-arse trailer.

I used to say I wouldn’t quit my job cause I worked next to Theresa and had a great boss and friend in Maureen… but um. Yeah. I’m quitting. I’m riding ponies all day. I’m thinking I could fill my days doing something fun.

I’m trying to lose weight. I started running.

I still rode my horse.

Running + Horsie + Barn Work = Very Sore. I am thinking of making some Ben Gay socks and hiding under the electric blanket.

So enough complaining.

Went out this morning and did the barn with Nikki. It was awesome. I was giddy. Nikki and I are F-A-S-T. We don’t be playin’! Got the barn done in about 2 hours and it was looking pretty good. Friends of a friend came out to visit ponies. The rain held off long enough and I was glad to show a lil girl her first pony.

I didn’t have time to really do anything with Cook but I did manage to get the mud off of her and spend some quiet time with her in her stall. I really like leaning against her side and pressing my ear up to her and listening to her heart beat. Its’ such a strong, steady, slow beat. She nuzzled. Horse Love. Its gonna rain here for 3 days so tomorrow I’m gonna go and wash her tail out. Condition the hell out of it cause it’s dry and dirty.

Changing subjects… my new “YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS GUY” is James Blunt. 2 faves are “Goodbye My Lover” and “Ur Beautiful”. My friend Okie turned me onto him. I know Rick will comment here (he doesn’t like him… but what does Rick know about good music… he knows movies, not music… so music is his job…. pfft!)

Anyway, sample lyric.

I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be

I love this song but even more I love the video with all of the notecards.

Here are 10 of my secrets.

1. I miss my dad more than I would like to admit.

2. Sometimes I am consciously mean to people, but never to Richard. Mostly because I think it would affect him 4x as much as it does other people.

3. I bite my nails until they bleed sometimes.
4. I fantasize alot about what I would do if I won the lottery. (Buy a new horse is NOT on the list).

5. Scott told me once that Cook would end up breaking my heart. Although he meant it in a different way, I know that she will when she passes. That scares me. I take pics so when she’s gone I will have those memories captured to help stir the memory of what it felt like.

6. I want to get another tattoo but the pain of the first 2 is too much for me to go back under the needle.

7. I have the greasiest hair ever.

8. I think that only 2 men have loved me.

9. I criticize people for being “perpetually unhappy” but I fear turning into one of those people.

10. I’m more sarcastic to my mom than I should be. I’m sorry.

Do u have any secrets u wanna share?

Quote of the Day:

“I’m hiding in the periodicals.” - Lauren Upton at the library on why she is whispering in her cell phone.

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People say funny crap to me all the time. I’m gonna post the good ones from now.

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Anyway today was an excellent day.

First Scottie was good to me in the AM.

Then I talked to my friend Kevin. He’s gonna come out to the barn to look at Cook’s saddle. He wants to see me ride in it which makes me cringe a lil. Cook is 95% perfect. Sometimes however, she likes to … show her ass, for lack of a better phase (anyone? anyone? has anyone witnessed this???). I am hoping that she behaves. Its hard to explain but I look up to Kevin and I don’t want him to be thinking “um, it’s not ur saddle that doesn’t fit… its just you. ur crap!”. LOL. So anyway, I’m riding Sat morn and we will play it by ear to see if the rain holds.

Then I rode during lunch with Ashley and Meredith. I love that. (I missed my in-law Upton but I couldn’t get out that early). Cook was A-W-E…. S-O-M-E! Awesome! aWeSoMe! (that was a shout out for The Office viewers). We popped over a few jumps, nothing major but Cook was way cute. Cantered just as nice as u please. Love that.

So I’m majorly sore tonight and am sleeping with a ‘rita and Ben-gay.

Eric left this AM to go back to Texas. Sadness.

Cook must have known that I could have been a lil sad so she decided to cheer me up. I rode with Ashley and Aurin. Cook was AWESOME. She was very sweet, very well behaved and we went over a scary new jump. Ash was nice enough to take her over it first cause frankly I was a chickenshit. So now it’s all good cause it felt good.

As usual, Cook opted for the long spot over the jump.  It felt like we were in the air for 4 seconds.

I was riding on adreneline all afternoon.

Great ride and I can’t wait until Saturday when it’s supposed to be 68. Cook loves warmer weather.

ok ok I know everyone tells me that I pick on his dog but I think Trevi gives me a fair amount of ammo. I can come up with a Trevi-did-fill-in-the-blank story every day. He’s the George Constanza of the Dog World.

Reasons Why Trevi is a little different.
1. He has no front teeth.  This isn’t funny as its mostly sad ’cause his previous owners didn’t care for him.  but still.  It’s weird.
2. He shivers in the house if it’s less than 70 degrees. Requires a heating pad to just sit around.

3. Eric was walking him one night (I had Birdie and Caddie) ….and he fell in the gutter. Through the grates. Yes… it’s as funny as it sounds.

4. He has extremely bad breath. Do u know the definition of “extreme”???? Roadkill, rotten eggs, skunks come to mind.

5. He has to wear clothes outside. He has a raincoat and 2 sweaters, which if ur keeping score, is 1 more than me since Eric shrunk my fave one.

(**Note here… Eric read this post and stated that it’s not a raincoat… it’s a windbreaker. uh. OK! big difference.)
6. He’s the only canine in the world who is a vegan. Steaks? Nope. Pork Chop? Nope. But un-wrap the plastic from sliced cheese and the dog is all over u! (eric will write back to this and say he eats meat…. he tried to prove this one night by giving him chicken and he choked. I’m not lying. I don’t need to lie to make this comedy up.

The good thing about Trevi is that he finally stopped pooping in my house, if u drop cheese, he will eat it, he’s pretty sweet and when the Muppets LIVE producers call… well we will be millionaires.
Here is a pic of Trevi in his “wind-breaker”.

I LOVE U TREVI! miss u, little guy. Caddie and Birdie miss u.

Here is a pic of Birdie missing the Trev-ster. (well shes thinking about missing him in her sleep)

went home to drop Eric’s car and Trevi off at his parent’s house. Spent some time with Rich and just hung out. Nothing dramatic. Hope everyone is doing well.

In the meanwhile, Television Watch.

Is anyone watching Dancing with the Stars. yes its corny. but damn’t I love it! funny that master P survived another week. How bad is he?

Also - from the Pop Candy on usatoday..

The “two-hour season finale” of Arrested Development will air Feb. 10. The expanded episode will feature guest appearances by ’80s greats Judge Reinhold and Justine Bateman, who plays Nellie Bluth, Michael’s possible long-lost sister.

Today was packed. I went to work, then took off a half day cause Chris, Eric’s lil brother and mum were coming up for Chris to ride a pony. It went really well and Chris did a good job. I couldn’t catch Lily (not that I tried that hard. I walked towards her, she walked away, I said forget it, I’m not playing with u.). So Holi was more than happy to take on the up-downer.

Here is a cute pic of Eric and Chris getting started.

I rode before Chris came with Ash Kerr and of course Eric was around to snap a few pics. We didn’t do much cause they had just dragged the ring and watered it down so it was wet.  Cook was good tho.