03/02/2026
These are a few of my favorite things. Most of all the adorable pink nose!
Phoenix and I (the dog too) ‘ran away’ from the snow and headed south for a week of warm weather and fun with horse friends. While the weather wasn’t exactly as warm as hoped, it was so nice to have some time to bond and recharge batteries. I was working too but a change of scenery and quiet morning hacks around the property filled our buckets. We worked on remembering a few things about dressage and had a blast running around the cross country field.
It’s been 3 years together and while I sometimes get hard on myself that we aren’t further along, I also need to remind myself where we started - a mom that rode as a kid set out to find a horse on a tight budget she could share with her girls and a nervous natured 10 year old horse who had sat in a field his whole life. Probably not the smartest combo. But he was a well bred cute mover on budget sooooo?? (Sure, there was a reason for that.) What’s the saying, ‘green and green make black and blue.’ Lol. I had no idea what I was getting into. But I was determined to try - for my kid, and to prove to myself that I can do hard things. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks right? It’s been quite the journey to this point, and there was lots of help. I could go on forever about little victories and set backs along the way but I won’t. What I will say is we have learned and grown, a lot, and together - most of all we’ve learned to take a breath, be patient, be brave and to trust. And of course he stole a piece of my heart along the way.
Now he’s getting ready to have his first full eventing season with my daughter, and I couldn’t be happier that we are at this point and she’s taking the reins (literally).
Love you Goober. 🐦🔥