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April 23rd, 2009 · Post the first comment

…indeed. My lapse in writing is due mostly to the lack of anything happening lately. I have been focusing my attention on keeping customers contacted, tracking orders and getting repairs done. The economy is taking its toll but we remain optimistic. Thank you to all of you who keep coming back!

I have been riding as much as I can and making slow but steady progress forward. I didn’t ride the short week I had a nasty cold and did not ride the week Tory jumped on my foot and almost broke it. I went to the ER and had it X-rayed as a precaution but was told that there weren’t any breaks or fractures. It happened quite quickly as most horse related accidents do. As I was holding him for the chiropractor, he spooked and jumped straight up in the air and landed on the joint of my big toe and second toe of my right foot. Within seconds, my foot had swollen tight in my usually loose boot and I thought for sure that my foot was broken. I’m now able to walk normally and put weight on my foot – even drive – but didn’t get back in the saddle for about four to five days. The intricate purple and blue color of the smaller than expected bruise vanished only after one week! Let’s hear it for arnica!

Spring came early – at least, in my humble opinion – and not a moment too soon. [Read more →]

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A Thought of Gratitude

February 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A day late and a dollar short – VERY short, in this economy. I wrote this blog entry shortly after the Presidential Inaguration and didn’t publish it. Here are my thoughts from a month ago:

Without a doubt, this has been a momentus week. I’m not talking about anything I’ve personally done or have done with Tory, but in the world at large. I risk putting my political heart on my sleeve (and I really won’t here) but I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude for small things that I take for granted on a daily basis. The little things that I don’t overtly recognize on a daily basis but ever now and again, I owe it to the universe to pay gratitude for them. [Read more →]

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