Yep, its WINTER in Ohio

Yes, it's cold outside..bitterly so. Every year, I wonder why I am still in Ohio, where not only is it colder than I like, but cloudy alot of the time too. I do know why I am still here...its for the kids and their "other" parents. I hope to get the heck outta here once they all go off to college. I am careful not to wish them grown quite yet though. They are already growing too darn fast in my opinion. So my toes freeze, but I cherish their kid years...its a trade-off.

Not much horse stuff going on. I have been riding about twice a week or so. Still working on steering and getting control under faster speeds. We have both been a bit lazy as the weather and the holidays make us tired. We have been dreaming of some good weather....

Oh, I forgot to mention that my friends over at Great Lakes Appaloosa Horse Club (link here), put a profile of me on their site. The president, Chuck Schroeder is a dear, kind friend. He is the wonderful person that sold me Rio three years ago. He also happened to help Brenda find Doc too. The club is a very active one for Appaloosa owners. Lots of nice people. I wish I had more time to be involved with them. I was going to show in their Quadarama this year, but I didn't have the guts. My horse just isnt the slow moving, western pleasure type. Plus, what would I wear??? (always a good/poor excuse). They put on a GREAT swap meet in February.

I have been procastinating making changes to the website (http://www.centralohiohorse.com/). I really kind of hate the template/layout, but I haven't had any time to make changes. I also really need to add the trail maps and new links. I am determined to make changes/updates to it next week when I am on vacation. I could at least update the darn calendar, right???

I have been reading lots and lots of horse blogs lately. I love hearing all the stories from fellow horse lovers across the country (and some even from other countries). I even met a displaced Buckeye who lives in Louisiana...her blog is swampsurburbia...love her pics of her totally cute kids. Hi Andrea!

Next post, I'll put some links to my other personal favs.