So a Cruper teaches you how to buck eh?

The horse that only bucked like a little rocking horse, back and forth, like a little ship on the ocean, has learned how to buck for real.  I put a super cruper on him to get him to loosen up his back end, and what do I get?  I nast horse that tries to bronc me right out of the arena!  Oh yeah, he was nasty!  Cow kick, hop curl... BUCK!  Nothing like he used to do... no, I don't know where it came from!  I didn't know he had it in him!  Lucky for me, I have velcro on my butt, so I stayed right in the saddle.   And I eventually won the fight, and he finished his ride off real nice like :)  Still having the cut in problem when I go to the left.  The bad knee just cant support his girth and push him out.  :(

Getting there...

Well, on a happy note, my niece was born last night at 8:30 PM, Ireland Pauline, at 7 lbs, 3 oz.  So thank God for a quick and safe delivery!  Time to start brainwashing her to be a horse loving cowgirl!  Time to get a pony for her big sister (who is turning 2 on the 3rd of March!)  :) 

I rode last night, and had to put Will on a lunge line.  My knee was hurting bad, so he kept sucking into the circle, I couldn't hold him out with my bad leg... but he did well after a while.  He is such a butt head sometimes, pulling his head around, and won't stay in center. 

As for our big fundraiser on the 10th of April, KUPL donated some awsome stuff!  Thanks KUPL!  5 CD's, Sees chocolate gift certificate, Movie passes, stickers!  So far we have a childs rocking horse and some horsey supplies... The raffle is nowhere near ready yet, so any and all help would be really appreciated!  We still need a grand prize!  Some of the bigger stores we asked for help are letting us down, which is a total bummer.  :(  But little by little we will get there, I hope. 

17 days until my surgery, and 6 months and 17 days before recovery.  Lets see, that puts me at September1st?  Right before my birthday! 

Update Money Problems

So an update on the money problem, Silverton Hospital just whamed me with a $1450 emergency room bill that my insurance is refusing to pay out on, and the starter and clutch are going out in my 4Runner, so I can't even sell the stupid thing for deductible cash. Crappy crap. What else could frickin go wrong?

The first Lope!!

Ok everyone... after all the debbie downer stories, its time for a great one!  Tonight I was asking my boy to trot up, and thenI gave him the cantor cue and he slipped right into a wonderful balanced lope!  Throughout the night he gave me several more circles all wonderful! YAY!