Mel Rides again and some video clips of me
The day before Thanksgiving, Melissa and I headed up to the barn for some mother/daughter/horse time. It was quite nice. My MelissaShe had not yet been up to Sunflower so this was a great opportunity to check out the facility and get up on him for a few minutes. We did have to dig out her riding

I took a Thanksgiving Hiatus
And did not even turn my computer on for 4 and 1/2 days! Pretty incredible when I think about it and it was also quite a nice break to not be a 'slave' to technology all the time.Now I have a ton of catching up to do, oh well. I will give you the mini version here and then do a more details later.Wednesday before Thanksgiving: Melissa accompanied me to the barn and she even rode Fawkes for a little bit. (I think it has been at least a year since she was last on him!) I took some video clips.Thanksgiving Day: AN awesome day! Just me, my

Another great lesson and colic update
OK, so I think that sub consciously I am feeling that I have to make up for 6 months of lost rides and lessons as well as the fact that I am actually boarding at a real training facility and that I feel compelled to take advantage of this as much as possible! Foggy and cold morning.

A colic scare
My good friend Rita, sent me a text message Sunday evening that her TB mare, Lady, was on her way to the clinic. She coliced again.They have been able to stabilize her and have been running some tests to determine what has been causing the repeated bouts of colic. We are all praying that they will not have to do surgery and can find the reason and hopefully will have a good medication that can fix the problem.

sore muscles today
I woke up this morning to some pretty sore muscles! I guess that really is to be expected, it was a pretty physically tough lesson and I am getting back into shape.I did 15 minutes of stretches first thing this morning and then had to head over to physical therapy. I told her I was a bit sore from my weekend activities and she was quite delighted and told me to keep finding ways to work hard.I am up to 30 -40 mins on the treadmill and was doing this 3 times a week plus riding. Gina, my physical therapist told me that I needed to up that number to 7 times a week plus if I could tolerate it. I will do my best! Besides, my waist line is d