Liberty versus Olympus

So far Liberty is losing the battle. The other day I was riding him and he shied at nothing and I fell off. I'm so tired of falling off that horse. I don't fear falling off of him b/c I have never been hurt and I don't worry about it happening either...maybe that's why it happens so often. I may need to start actually thinking about the possibility that I will fall off. When Liberty is on, he's on. But when he's squirrely...watch out. 

Olympus is scared of everything, but he stops, hesitates, looks and we negotiate.  I will see how this relationship develops, but right now, I'll take Oly over Liberty in the trustworthiness department.

However, Liberty loves to swim and play in the water and Oly so far hasn't decided that the water is a good place. I figure I'll save that for a hot summer day and a safe watering hole.

Help for a soldier

I'm posting this for a friend whose daughter is being deployed to Afghanistan. My friend's name is Claudia and her daughter is Heather.  If anyone wants to send support, please contact me for contact info.

I just heard from Bunny (Heather). She is settled in her base in Afghanistan and all is well. Her address is:
PFC Gaughan(Pitts), Heather
F CO 2-27 IN
FOB Bostick
APO AE 09310

She will let us know what she and her battle buddies will need. Apparently items such as shampoo and bar soap are greatly needed.
Sprite (Claudia Gaughan)

Bettfly

Going to try some new marketing

Alice Yovich

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A day with my daughter

Maggie and I had the most glorious day today. We got up and had breakfast at cracker barrel with Laura and Allyson.  Then we got our haircuts, and now we look fantastic!  I'm thinking of growing my hair out a bit, but I haven't decided for sure as now that I have a good cut from Laura (at Moda Salon in Ft. Worth) We loved the part of town that the new salon is in. It's where there are apartments overhead. I would love to live in a loft like that!

Then we came home so I could eat lunch at home (trying to watch money and calories) and watched some TV. Then we had to meet the hay man. We unrolled 10 bales of hay off the truck and rebuilt the fence so that the hay was protected from the horses. in the process, we opened up part of the fence that I had previously kept cordoned off so that the horses will have more shade when it gets hot. I also tried to put Fiera in the round pen to keep her safe, but eventually turned her out b/c I felt like she might try to jump out. I'm going to work on that later, but I'm afraid she will hurt herself if I leave her in the round pen. She has jumped out of it before when it was an arena.

Then we came home and ate some pork that I had prepared in the crockpot, which was yummy and then we've hung out and watched TV. So, it was just a lovely day.

One funny today...Laura, our stylist, told Maggie that she thought she should keep her hair red. So, we're going to do it again tomorrow. She told us how to just do the roots so she doesn't get too many layers of color on her hair.

Fiera and Olympus

Maggie rode Fiera around the pasture yesterday. Just one lap with a
friend. She's starting to get the hand of carrying a rider. I can
hardly wait to get on her myself

Olympus went to a trail event over the weekend and he did great. I
didn't get him out on the trail but I ponied him a little around camp
and he camped great. The only problem we ran into was that he kept
turning on the lights by rubbing the back of the trailer

Alice Yovich
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Compassn bank is on my bad side

Today in the mail I received notice that my two business accounts were no longer going to be free. There are a couple things I can do to potentially keep one free but the other is my ride account which will lay format until next ride in 2012. They have previously told u's we can pay them $8.95 for our previously free personal checking. They are charging u's this service charge because we don't have enough money. If we had over $25,000 with them and $3000 per account we would owe them no service charge. So, once again the little guys gets beat down so corporate America can line it's pockets. I get to pay a service charge because I am too poor with too little cash flow.

I realize my railing will get me nowhere. I need a new bank. Any suggestions? Or are all the banks going to charge u's for the privilege of having a bank account? It makes me want to keep my money under a mattress.

Getting well

Today I got into a hot shower and soaked for a long, long time. It reminded me of when Eric and I were kids and we had a sauna shower in the utility room bathroom. Mom would stick u's in there whenever our asthma got really bad and steam us. I hated being locked in that shower back then (well not literally locked) because it was so boring and I was so ADD. but now I think of how nice it would be to have that steam feature in my house. I would love to relax in the steam.

I also think a lot about that house in Broken Arrow. I think I would like to be able to build that house in my sims 3 game. It was a cool house with two staircases, two toy closets and a rec room. Mom had her sewing room and dad had his study. We had so much room to run and play. That neighborhood was safe and fun. We'd go out in the morning and return late in the day. We only lived there four years but they seemed like my happiest child hood times. Of course my friends were already moving before we did but I assume other kids would have come. When we moved to Missouri in 1976 there were not kids in the new neighborhood to play with. Fifth grade is an awkward time to move.

Anyway. I was thinking about that sauna and it just made me remember

Sandra Ladd died yesterday even after almost a year of battling health troubles. She was a trail riding friend who I met in 2009. I can't remember first meeting her but I do know it was in may of 2009 that I had a chance to really chat with her. She camped in a van at first and later upgraded to an old motor home (exactly the kind I'd like to have--just the right size). She was a vegan who had battled cancer on multiple occasions. This is what led her to becoming a vegan. She loved it when I made veggie side dishes for potluck. At pole canyon I was contemplating an interview and possible job change. After telling her what I did and what I was going to do she encouraged me not to trade my current life for another. I wasn't offered the job anyway but when I saw her again in the fall she asked me what I had done and applauded my decision. Over the year that I got to see her at rides she was always happy and perky and fun. She and her horse sassy were always at the top of the division. When she had her car accident in may 2010 she was at the top of her division battling with another friend. We'd all hoped she'd be back. But then cancer came back and her body just couldn't hold out. I am so happy she survived her December proclamation of death to host our TTC judges clinic in January. We had hoped that the emerging brain tumor would be stopped but it was not to be. Sandra was ready to join our Lord. We just weren't ready to let her go.