convo with my 13 year old neice

11:05am Melinda
you are lucky you have good genes...
your mom and I do not look as old as we are

11:05am Amarah
yeah- i look older than i am though

11:05am Melinda
so did I when I was younger

11:05am Amarah
a sixteen year old guy was flirty with me

11:05am Melinda
STAY AWAY FROM BOYS

11:05am Amarah
??????????????
why?

11:06am Melinda
I wasted too much time on boys when I was a teenager
I wish I would have paid more attention to my studies

11:06am Amarah
at least i have a 4.0


She appears to have her head screwed on way straighter than I did at her age.

Like Christmas Morning

Boyfriend has been in California for the past two weeks and contact has been very limited. He is coming home today. I liken the anticipation of seeing him to the same feeling a kid gets on Christmas morning before heading down stairs to see what Santa brought. I can't wait!!!

Happy Memorial Day

We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies. Moina Michael 1915 Today we honor the men and women that made the ultimate scarifice serving our country. I ask that we all take the time today to thank a member, past or present, of our armed forces and say a prayer for those that are in harms way. THANK YOU!

Just because...

...I love it. Chris Isaak = HOT!

Another horse person

I have know Liz since I was thirteen. Liz also had horses and we quickly formed a tight bond. I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun I had with her. During the summer I would get up early and ride DP over to her house and we would take the horses swimming or race each other along the hogback. There is now a high school where her house once stood and highway now runs through the land we used for a racetrack. I always knew that no matter what Liz did in life it would involve horses.

We lost touch over the years and reconnected recently on Facebook. It turns out I was right. Liz is currently the number one Arabian race horse trainer in the country. She spends her summers racing in Denver and I was able to come out and see her horses while I was in town. What she does take an unbelievable amount of time and hard work and her success speaks volumes about her character. I really admire her.

Liz and I have been talking about me comng down and working with her for a few weeks this summer. I am seriously considering it. Liz is wanting to move more into throughbred racing which means she would be able to give up her nomadic way of life and put down some roots. She is thinking about settling in Dallas...which is a pleasant coincidence because so are we.

Girlfriends

One this last trip to Denver I was able to catch up with some old friends. It had been at least 15 years since the last time I saw Brett and Marybeth. I grew up spending every weekend with these girls riding horses, talking about boys, having sleepovers, and all the things girls do. As soon as I walked into Brett's kitchen all those years apart melted away and we were right back to were we left off. Marybeth made the comment that it is funny how easy we fell back into friendship. I said it was because we are horse people. I don't know what it is there is just something different about horse people...they're a whole 'nother breed. (ha ha get it...whole 'nother breed...I crack me up)

Denver Bound

Boyfriend and I are headed back to Denver on Thursday for a long weekend. My mother is happy that we will be there for mother's day, but is not so happy that we aren't staying with her the whole time. I am really excited to get together with some girlfriends that I have not seen in years. It should be a fun trip. UPDATE: It is supposed to be warm and sunny all weekend in Denver. We will be leaving this is Seattle:

Homestretch

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man" -Winston Churchill Just watched this documentary on PBS. With Derby Day being tomorrow it seemed appropriate.