On Rio's back!

    On Friday I sat on Rio's back for the first time!  She was really mellow so I mounted up and dismounted a few times to get her used to it.  She took a few steps with me on her back calmly. I plan on doing the same thing, just mounting up and dismounting a few more times till she's used to it.
    Rio broke her bridle a few months ago so I've been doing all her longing work in a halter.  Its been working out okay but I'm gonna get on it and go buy her another bridle ASAP.  That way, as I'm spending more time on her back I'll have more control.
   Also, I'm going to start long-lining her again. Its been a struggle with her but I need to try up again.  I think long lining is the most profitable thing someone can do to prepare their horse for riding.  And hopefully we can get to more advanced long-lining like "shoulder in's" and side passing.  I wish my new boarding facility had an indoor arena.  :(  Working horse in the mud and slush is really a pain.  Riding in it isn't too bad, but groundwork can be awful.  She learned that she can pull the lead rope out of my hands and run away when its slippery out.  So, that was lots of fun.  I've started putting the side reins on her though.  With those she can't get as much leverage and hasn't been able to run off again.
   Looking forward to more good times with my horse as she progresses!

Dear Readers. What do YOU want to read about?

    I've blogged about animals, cooking, myself, and my animals.  I feel like I'm just blogging about what everyone else blogs about.  Yes, I have my own ideas, my own insights, and my own projects.  But I want to do something truly new.  Please leave comments and let me know if there is anything you are interested in!  Maybe I could blog about motivating yourself and starting your own business or something of that sort.  (And maybe that would serve to motivate me as well.)  :)

I'm writing a book.

I've been working on a book I'm writing for school. The title is "Freedom". Below is the synopsis for the story.

Sabrina awakes in a Detroit holding facility after committing a murder.  She is scared and confused and suffering from partial amnesia.  She has a lot of problems with her cellmates and struggles to stay sane.  Sabrina’s husband Eric and her father are both looking for her.  After a period of waiting, they finally ask the authorities and find out where she is.   When Eric and Sabrina are visiting she finds out that she is pregnant and that her mother is dead.  Eric cannot afford his house anymore, so he moves to New Zealand to live with Sabrina’s dad and step-mom.

Sabrina has more fights and struggles in prison, her best friend then comes to visit her.  Sabrina’s due date draws closer and closer without any prison openings.  Sabrina starts meditating how her Indian mentor taught her and is able to regain some lost memories.  Right before her baby comes she is expedited to New Zealand because none of the Detroit prisons have any room for a mother and child.

She settles into the new prison with some “friends” and one new enemy.  Her daughter April is born.  Sabrina faces internal challenges trying to be a good example to her daughter.  Sabrina and April also face external challenges against Emma who wishes the harm of both of them.  When April is two years old she has to leave the prison by requirement and goes to live with her dad and grandparents.

Unexpectedly, Sabrina’s homicide case is re-examined and she is relieved of her charges and released from prison. She decides not to return to her family because she doesn't want to be a bad influence on April.  Sabrina discovers that her mom is, in fact, alive and needs to ask her dad about it.  She arrives at his house during April’s fifth birthday party and decides to reunite with her family.  Sabrina reaches out to her mother but her mother refuses to contact her back or have anything to do with her.

After Sabrina and Eric move into their own house they have a son.  After she has her son, her mom and step-siblings all come to visit her and they are reunited.  Her mom has finally undergone an internal change and is willing to accept Sabrina for who she is.  Sabrina learns through this and the whole family is strengthened as a whole.

Happy New Year! Welcome 2016. С новым годом

My online presence has been missing for quite a while now.  I've been busy with work and taking care of the animals.  Right now I'm unemployed so I have more time.  I've been pretty sluggish though.  I'm trying to get back on top of training Rio so she will be ready to start riding in July.  About four months ago we moved to a new house.  We all like this house better.  Its outside of town so it feels calmer without the bustle of town life around us.  Rio moved to a new boarding facility thats just down the road now.  I should be seeing her more now but I've been distracted and the days are so short that I haven't seen her as much as I should.

Babies playing.

  Rio has made friends with Autumn and Cactus Jack.  They are both between 2 and 3 like her and they have lots of fun together.  I also took Rio for a walk the other day so she would get used to cars more.  It was fun.

Thursday Inspiration Number 11

This reminds me of something my science teacher was saying to us today and something else last week.

Today he was talking about the complexity of our bodies and how they are ALWAYS rebuilding themselves.   He said if our body was a house the size of Texas its equal to knocking down a million walls and rebuilding them every second.  

Last week he was talking about how the brain controls every hormonal release in your body.  And by worrying about something that is wrong in your body, you can cause your brain to release the wrong hormones.  However, if you focus on the good things and think about healing you can cause your brain to trigger the release of hormones that will speed your healing.

I'm all for the health movement.  I think we consume way too many things that are bad for us.  However, the constant worry about our health isn't doing us any good in my opinion.

I'M BACK!!

    Vacation, moving, and not having internet service has kept me away for QUITE some time.  But we finally have internet set up at our new house as of today.  Some cool things that have happened in my blogging absence are..
  1.  I moved.  (Unless you didn't get that yet)
  2.  I got a new job at a local store.  Its a small store and I work with awesome people and our customers are generally very nice as well.
  3.  We have a family of bears living near our new house that we see periodically.  Its pretty special.
  4.  I just started school again.
  5.  I am not doing any dog training over this winter cause its not working well with everything else I have going on.
  6.  I am writing a novel this year.  Its one of the classes I'm taking through school.  So i'll have a novel written by the end of the school year.

   Now I have to go do homework.  I look forward to posting again.  Remember, I love comments!  :)

Thursday Inspirations Number 11. Finding yourself.

This is specifically dedicated to my best friend this week.

#1.  If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

#2.  Dear me, before you can truly love someone else you have to learn to love yourself.

If this last one is true, which I believe it is, you need to consider who you want to be and how that person will help the world when you start to create yourself.

Posts may soon go on break again.

We are moving at the end of the month and I'm not sure if we will have internet service right away.  I'll try to keep up with posts as much as I can.  After we move and we have internet service I will start posting reliably again.   Tuesday training tips are officially on break until we are moved.  They take a lot of time and I advertise to get questions.  I don't want to promise anyone an answer and not be able to give it.  But I'm TOTALLY on board to start them again because they are one of my favorites and I love helping people for free.

Wednesday Comedy. Cars