Lipstick in My Underwear

September 6, 2020Posted inMiscellaneous
The Rosy Cheek Road to Ava This is the first year for the #1 World Grand Champion Boyfriend, the next essential is make-up. I haven't been anywhere dressy since "you know what" started. I grabbed the make-up essentials out of the drawer and nestled them snugly into the essential underwear, and went in search of my summer, fall, and winter clothing. I held my hands up to reach for a shirt and noticed that I was bleeding. It looked like Jack the Ripper had sawed my hands with a dull…

I’m a Trainer!

August 23, 2020Posted inFancy
I do not receive money for training thus maintaining my amateur status. Trainer Factoids: Ethical horse trainers ride their training horses an average of five days a week. Ethical trainers ride their training horses in good and bad weather.Normally, the trainer is better than the the person who hires the trainer. I'm a trainer now. It is the hottest day of the year and I rode. I rode in an indoor arena with one big fan. The horse creates a breeze for the rider when out of fan range. I…

Back on Track!

August 18, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
A month of back pain, back bones out of place is over. Fancy is "back" on track of my dream goal! Surely no one can ever forget my passion to do flying lead changes to pass the requirements of the Parelli Level 4 Tests! Fancy has given me conditions and I have failed all spring and summer to meet her requirements. She has been secretly teaching me another requirement and I recently became aware of the last condition. Fancy has been trying to do a flying change before I asked.…

Fancy Pants

August 16, 2020Posted inFancy
This afternoon, the temperature was in the 80's, but the killer humidity had gone away. I made the decision to play ground games with Fancy. It has been so hot, you just want to get the saddle on and ride. Ground games can kill a person my age in this heat and humidity. Fancy and I went to the big arena. The big arena is directly next to her own turn out arena with a gravel driveway in between. What she sees in her pasture is what she sees in…

The Ovary is Not Dead!

August 2, 2020Posted inFancy
The Regu-mate is supposed to make those ovaries go dormant! That was my understanding. We learned from the animal communicator that the problem ovary was the left one. But I thought that problem past tense. Nope. Fancy's shoeing session is generally every 4-5 weeks. This time due to covid crisis, Tony didn't make it until eight weeks. Fancy's toes were long and her withers and rear ends were out of balance. Her body was balanced using pads under her shoes, plus other factors per the Jim Crew Posture Balance method.…

Mind Reading

July 23, 2020Posted inFancy
http://www.lydiahiby.com Fancy and I had a session with Lydia Hiby on 7/21/2020. I met Lydia long ago at a Kansas City horse festival event sponsored by John Lyons. Lydia had a booth and grabbed my attention when I walked by I wondered, what the heck. I was in my early years of learning horsemanship on Sage. I don't remember much about that conversation except that I asked Lydia to apologize to Sage as she suffered from my beginner rider errors. Sage answered, "Don't think that. You have taken care of…