Whew what a week (wait its only wednesday)!

The haitus is continuing, I thought I'd stop by and let you know that I am BURIED in taxes and Calculus and paperwork.  Back in touch hopefully next week.. I'll let yo know how it went...

Test Photo Upload - Winter ....

This is not my horse or my place, but I couldn't resist the picture.  Even the horse in the background is not mine, I got this off the web (credits to whoever took it, just LMK and I'll insert them).  The details on the sculpture are just great. 

Watching Matt Sheridan at equinne affaire. Yeah I snuck off to see Matt. Been good so far, only bought wormers, hotwire stand offs, and a key chain do dah.

Matt is going thru the basic four steps of body control. He is refreshing the basics we learned in octobers clinic. Riding the others horses, showing braceyness and patience.

Help I'm glued to the chair...

ok no not really, but its one hour after schools out on a friday and I'm still parked in the chair... GO home, my brain says. Body says, Nah just read a couple more blogs and then maybe we'll move. 

Gotta a substitute coming in Monday for a conference I have to attend.  He's my usual, so plans are a minimum, but still I need to leave something other than the Calculus book i used 6th period friday  out for him... or do I....

Maybe I'll just come in early Monday and brief him then
(brain says bad idea, you always move slow and late on mondays, don't risk it)

aawwww  this is ruining my vegitative state, I can't truly vege when I'm fusssing about something.

Crap, better go and get ready for the sub. We have rain coming and I need to squeeze a ride in before hand.

ok, ok, ok, I'm moving already. 

Have a great weekend everybody who is giong to Equinee affaire in Pomona this weekend.
I am broke and staying home.   :( E>)

Here is the first try on mobile blogging.

The tax man cometh

It is a really, really, REALLY bad idea to be too busy to open the snail mail for more than 2 months(mistake #1). Ok, ok, ok I know that was not the only stupid thing I did(n't) do. I pay my bills online or with a CC, so I keep track of who and how much the usual people/businesses get online. Well silly me, of course the IRS doesn't have time to track me down for an audit from 2006, it will get handled when I have time (mistake #2). I was only notified of it during the spring of 2009, so they won't be after me for a while, I've got time.

WRONG!

$4400 later (short out of a monthly check of usually ~ $5K)  They have my attention. Crap, I guess I have time now to look for the data they need to verify stuff they already have access to and could check themselves....  Power of Attroney to the Tax Guy, other documents from  the District office, and CTA office and we start the re-evaluation audit process. 

3 meetings today.... more later assuming I can afford the time.....

Now I get to decide who to call first the mortgage company, or the credit cards, or the utilities.

Weekend Report

Weekends always end  up about 3 days too short.  I went to "Town" with the girls on Sat and did the round of Thirfty Horse in Norco (browsing for a full quarter saddle with a flared front -no luck), Coldwater Creek (late christmas exchange- got a shawl like sweater thing that supposedly will dress up my tshirt and jeans combos a bit), the Apple store(ordered Calvins b-day gift, check out the iPad), Buzzard House (for dog food), and ended up with a trip to Cheesecake Factory (Lousiana chicken pasta) with hopes of making it home to ride...  yeah right.  We piled out at the ranch at 3:30 and immdeiately they immediately started in with the reasons why we couldn't possible squeeze a ride in today.  The boys and Jim went ice skating at Ice Station in Santa Clarita with the Troop (243 -Littlerock), even got food on the way home so I didn't have to make dinner.

So Sunday at 1PM, we all gathered and tried to get some riding done. But alas, no joy there either, the motorcylclists had to be wrangled by 4x4 and advised of property ownership and negative appeal of motorcycles in the area. So 45 mintues later, me and Kit had warmed up, done all our HW, (She is progressing nicely on the "get your head on the circle", and follow my seat/lean in the turns. She is even beginning to sidepass against the rail.). We practiced standing and being bored for a solid 15 minutes, then she'd fuss and we'd wander around working on the power steering and focus.  Got a total of about 5 good big sighs out of her, so she was relaxing).

Ended up on Fizz, another mare of Kelly's, for the last 5 minutes. She is a rescue. Such a basket case when she got her one year ago and now she's a totally different horse. She spent a last winter here adjusting to life in a pasture (living in the 24x24 attachd to it), and went to Havilah for some hill training last summer-came back a "pretend wild horse" and then figured out humans give out treats if you meet them at the gate. Today she was real bracey and kept pinning her ears like she was worried I was gonna get after her and hurt her.  We just walked around the arena and did a couple of small turns (maybe 10m cirlces),  backed up and were done.  She has a lot of training on her, however, Kelly believes some of it wasn't the most kindly done and thats why she is so defensive.  I was amazed at how light she was and once she started to trust (albeit only a little) me, she was working good.  Kit was looking at me, like "hey WTH I'm your horse, ride me, why her?"

Made stuffed pumpkin for supper, Valeries famous recipe that I always beg for.  It was a breeze and really good.  Have plenty of leftovers for another meal and couple of lunches.


Gotta figure out how to upload pictures like ya'll do, all this writing is looking boring... mmmm