Horses and Houses

Here's my sweet daughter who's growing up so fast. She loves horses like her mom did (does). She has horses pasted all over her room. Her border is horses, her closet curtain and bed cover have horses on them, not to mention all the posters and paintings all over the walls. I'm so glad we've been able to work out riding lessons for her and she is loving it...a very confident horse gal. A lot of people are afraid of horses but when I was young I learned that you can't be afraid of them or let them know you are scared because they can sense it and use it to their advantage. You have to be confident and show them whose boss! Then they can be so much fun! When I was around 13,(I'd been taking lessons for about a year) the horse I was riding acted up and threw me off. My wrist was hurting and I was scared but my teacher made me get back on and discipline that horse and I'm glad she did or I never would've rode again. It ends up that my wrist was broken but I was still able to get on that horse. After a couple of years of lessons, I got my own horse, Crisco. He was a beautiful chesnut brown. He was probably too young for an inexperienced rider like me but he was a great horse after I showed him I was in charge. I rode him until I got married and then he was sold because at that point I had lost interest...moving on to other things. Now I wish I could've kept him somehow but there was really no place to keep him here and we couldn't afford him. I guess my horse gene has been passed on down to Samantha now. She's actually going with Ken and Ginny on a weekend trail ride. She was pretty excited when we told her. I can't wait to hear all about it.

Here is a sneak peak at our new siding. We like it and hope to have our kitchen done soon. Ian tells me I can start painting on Tuesday so I plan to purchase the paint soon. Debating on colours...think we have it narrowed down. Then all the cupboards have to be assembled and installed (which we are doing) and the flooring layed (which we are doing). Our contractor is doing the trim for us because Kevin hates doing trim so it will never get done and it doesn't look like a job for me either. Our new front window was installed today so we are just waiting for our front door and the two garage doors. Then we have all the outside mess to start at...but that's a whole new ballgame! That doesn't affect our living though, and can be done over several years. So there you have it....