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#1 ·
Dear e-diary, plus whoever the heck else wants to read,
Had a great ride with Rainy today. Rode in the outdoor and did okay after a nice long warm up. Bucked (or kicked? couldn't really tell) while cantering, but finally got her to do about a half a round collected. It was fun, and we both enjoyed our cool-down on trails. Even if I got a little muddy. ;] Older sis wasn't too pleased to have it in her car though! Haha.

In other news, I still don't know if we're buying Rainy. I hope so with all my might. I just don't know what I'll do if we don't. I won't be able to stand seeing her go to someone else, all my hard work wasted. And then I'll be stuck doing it all over again, no doubt! I really don't want to re-work ANOTHER horse for show team! =P Let's see, by now I've:
-Encouraged boring Boomer to trot at a semi-fast (for him) pace
-Gotten Pepper to canter correctly (after ONE ride)
-And completely re-trained and turned around my little bay monster named Rainy

I'm not starting over AGAIN. Not after all the work I've put in with her! Ugh! Well, I'll find out what's going to happen soon, my birthday (celebration, at least) is this weekend. We'll see what happens...

Meanwhile, I'm still pondering what breeds Rainy has in her. We know for sure Quarter Horse (duh!) and throughbred, because Hayley (her mom) was an Appendix. But ivorygold1195 (she's my friend who goes to the same barn) thinks she has Morgan in her too. From what I've heard about Morgans' attitudes, that doesn't surprise me. I wish there was a way to know for sure...=P

Anyway, suspense will haunt me for a few more days...

<3 horseluver2435 <3
 
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#2 ·
Dear e-diary (+ whoever else),
Hot as heck today, and I worried about her getting enough water. At our last show, we stayed the night, and Rainy ended up drinking 6 or 7 buckets of water throughout the night and through the next day. Luckily the mares have two tanks for water, but i don't know if she'll be able to get what she needs. On the plus side, only 5 days left until I find out if she'll be mine!
<3 horseluver2435 <3
 
#3 ·
Good luck horseluver, I hope you get rainy, it sounds like you really love him. There should be a way to do a DNA test on horses if you really want to know what all he has in him. I seen them do it on dogs on some tv show once so I don't know why they couldnt!
 
#7 ·
Dear whoever's listening in,
Another super hot day, so no riding. Of course! Good news though. My mom (who's allergic to hay and horses) is going to an allergist, so in a few months (after going through allergy shots :( and other treatments) she'll be able to go on a trail ride with me and Rainy! Awesome! Hopefully this also is a big hint that Rainy will be ours! Since in a few months, (if we didn't buy her) she'd be someone else's.

Anyway, still sweating it out and waiting for lessons tomorrow morning. Bright and early, since they start at 10 o'clock AM. Which means I'll probably be up at 9. =P Oh well, as long as I get to ride! Haha, I'll do anything to go to horseback riding.

<3 horseluver2435 <3
 
#8 ·
Dear whoever's listening,
Great ride today! When we first got there, we reviewed safety knots (fun, but I'm kinda bad at it). Then we had a cool demo on lunging. =] We got to ride bareback, which was fun, but I'm really going to be feeling it tomorrow. Actually, I think I can feel it now! Rainy did very good, I think it's the slowest we've ever trotted. Haha. But it really was good. We 'cooled down' (I don't think we ever actually cool down in summer-it's WAY too hot here) on trails, which was really nice too. xoSonnylove123 and I are riding buddies-her horse Sonny loves Rainy. On trails Sonny kept trying to trot to catch up with Rainy since her walk is so much faster then his-it was adorable! :) Anyway, we finished up with a hose down and some fresh water, then the humans got to swim in the pool! Today was great, and I really hope tomorrow is just as good!

<3 horseluver2435 <3
 
#10 ·
Dear fans of us (haha, not really),
Yesterday was like the best day of my life! So, we (me+non-horsey friend[who came to watch us ride]) headed to the barn for a free ride. (totally fun, by the way). We walked up to the main barn to see who was there, and suddenly I heard a voice call my name. (Yes, God? I thought secretly) I turned and saw, by Rainy's stall, balloons and streamers. No, I thought, no way! I ran towards them (a no-no in barns, but no horses were in there, so it's ok) and they all yelled 'Surprise!' It was all my friends from horses, plus my instructors, plus....
................
........
....
.
RAINY!
You are now talking to a horseowner!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh!
I gave everyone hugs and ohmygosh, she looked so cute! They had spent all this time cleaning her off and putting red, white and blue ribbons in her mane and tail (since my birthday is on the 4th of July [and Rainy's is too now, since we don't know when it really is]) I was-no, I am! so excited! We had the best ride, goofing off and switching horses and finishing it with a great bareback trail ride! =] I also got $70 from my friends to spend at the Wire Horse, a tack shop in town! Best friends in the world!!!!! I can't wait for tomorrow, to find out what tack I'll get, and what tack I'll get to shop for! ;) Everyone loves shopping for horse stuff! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
eeee! I am so excited!!!! As soon as I can get pics off the camera, I'll post them up here! YAY!!!!! I AM SO GEEKED THAT I'M USING WORDS LIKE 'GEEKED'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3 horseluver2435 and....RAINY!!!!<3
 
#13 ·
Dear journal
Deff time to start this up again. So much has changed. Rainy and I are still a team, just a lot has happened. For instance, we can't jump anymore, and we're not doing canter classes this summer. But we're still working on dressage and (OMG pirouettes look so fun! even though we're ages away from even coming close to trying that) we're thinking about doing a trail class or two, maybe even getting back into the halter circuit.

But for more present news:
Tonight we had lessons, really fun, did this weird little drill team thing. Rainy was...way too fast. But it was still fun. :D
Xanadu Farms Drill Team has pleasant ring to it, doncha think?
We worked on cantering a bit- I still have no idea how to tell the difference between the wrong and right lead! It doesn't feel much different, and I can't tell from looking at her legs. :P Oh well, just more to work on. Anyway, I should go.

you know it,
we're back,
better and
more bootlicious
than before,
rainy
and
shelby
<3
 
#15 ·
Dear journal,
I was planning on riding tonight, but since it was -1 F with wind chill, we decided not to...
probably a good idea. :) The horses were inside all day, since their blankets are being washed, so they were hyper and going nuts. Which was annoying. I discovered another of Ginger and Teodora (the new Appy mares which will happily be moving along to a rescue home on Saturday)'s redeeming qualities- neither of them will stand in crossties! Yay! :P Not really. sigh. So I pulled Poco, (another cutie Appy, this one's a permanent fixture of Xanadu, though) who is living in the indoor arena until the two mares leave, out and put him in crossties, since I knew he'd stay, and then switched the mares out. Since they all had been in, and Poco had been allowed plenty of chance to frolic and play (lol), I decided that putting out pasturemates while I cleaned stalls would work best. It did indeed. Wiseman (a sorrel TWH) and Push (a tobiano TWH) had a LOT of fun goofing off. It was hilarious! They kept cantering around, and playfighting each other, trying to play halter tag, and doing little mini-rears, which looked hysterical. :) Then Wiseman, feeling all tough and stallion-y, decided to 'challenge' Push to a game of halter tag, which led to Push picking up his front leg and striking at him, which made him look like an Andalusion.

All in all, a great night. :)
Love,
Shelby and Rainy <3
 
#17 ·
Dear journal,
Oh how I adore the winter season!
...
Not really. It's freezing! And there's always the chance of lessons being canceled, which would drive me nuts since this coming lesson will be our last until after Christmas. :P All of the horses are being blanketed, and I can't wait to see Rainy in hers, she looks so funny! She's just not the type of horse who seems to need a blanket- she thickens up so quickly, and loses it really fast too- and if we lived somewhere just a smidgen warmer, she could probably go without a blanket. But we don't. We live in Michigan, where Hell freezes over.
sigh.
On the plus side, the show team Christmas party is this Friday, and I'm very excited for that. I have my presents for everyone (not telling, they come on here too!) and a present for Laura and Sarah. I'm so excited! Oh, and because I feel like all the people I mention is confusing, here is a list of everyone at the barn:
-Laura: the show team instructor, sister of Sarah, owns Rhett, Ivy, Mocha, and Rheno
-Sarah: instructor for the other lessons, sister of Laura, owns Dealer, Poco, and Sparky
-Carrie: helps instruct other lessons, friend of Sarah
-Cara: My BFF! On show team, shows Ivy, gaited
-Juliyana: My other BFF! lol. On show team, owns Sonny and ride non-gaited, is doing show jumping
-Megan: Another BFF! :D On show team, owns Crimson Honor (!!!) and rides non-gaited, is doing dressage! (and will totally own!)
-Mackenzie: On show team, owns a Clydsdale that does not live at Xanadu, might be showing it, but for now is in between horses
-Emilie: On show team, rides Rhett, shows gaited
-Morgan: On show team, owns Zephyr, shows gaited
-Julianne: On show team, shares Poison with her sister, shows gaited
-Abby: On show team, shares Poison with Julianne, shows gaited
-Nicole: Non-show team, rides Rhett and Dealer in lessons, loves gaited
-Lily: Sarah's youngest daughter, shows Sparky
-Izzy: Sarah's oldest daughter, shows Poco
-Jenna: owns Wiseman, away at college

Horses:
-Rainy: owned by moi, shows, is a lesson horse (sorta...)
-Ivy: owned by Laura, shown by Cara and Laura, is a lessson horse
-Ellie: owned by Xanadu, W/T/C lesson horse
-Zephyr: owned by Morgan, shown by Morgan, is lesson horse
-Poco: owned by Sarah, shown by Izzy, is retired lesson horse
-Wiseman: owned by Jenna, shown occasionally by Laura
-Pusher: owned by Xanadu, will be shown by Laura
-Rhett: owned by Laura, shown by Emilie and Laura, lesson horse
-Dealer: owned by Sarah, shown by Sarah, lesson horse
-Poison: owned by Julianne and Abby, shown by J & A
-Indian: owned by random boarders whose names I don't recall, lesson horse
-Bubba: see above
-Sonny: owned and shown by Juliyana, lesson horse
-Crimson Honor: owned and shown by Megan, lesson horse

sorry for the overload of information! :)
<3
Shelby and Rainy
 
#22 ·
Dear journal,
Because of our orchestra's holiday concert, I was only out to the barn once this week, for lessons. But I'm probably going today, around 4. I'd like to work on trail stuff, cuz I'd love to do a trail class with Rainy this summer. :) I feel like it's been forever since I've seen her, let alone riden, and it's driving me crazy! :P The Xanadu Christmas party went well, everyone loved their presents, which is good. :D
Love,
Rainy
and
Shelby
 
#23 ·
Dear journal,
How much do I love my horse? SO FRIGGIN MUCH! :D
Anyway.
I did trail work- so much fun! I realized after setting up the course that Rainy has never backed up for more than three steps. Problem? Of course not! She was a little hesitent at first, since she doesn't like not being able to see, but after I reassured her that a gaping hole had not sprung from the ground behind her, she was fine. :) We even managed a wall-length of collected canter. So much fun! Ah...it was good day. Lunged and then free lunged her after- trying to get her to canter (in the counter-clockwise direction) with the right leads on the ground, so I can (hopefully) be able to get that under saddle as well.
Another great day at the barn.
Oh, and I totally made Rainy a FB page. My friends all think I'm crazy, but personally I think they're just upset that they didn't think of it first. :D
Love,
Rainy
and
Shelby
 
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