I have been saving my monies for about half a year now, and I saved enough to buy a ticket to fly to New York. I bought it a month ago, and did not say anything because it was to be a surprise for Choux. I will leave in the wee hours of the 7th, and return on the 16th. It shall be a good good trip. I miss Cornell, it shall be nice to see her again.

You know the sad thing? I have not been to Texas for over 1 1/2 years, and I have been to NY, so...huh, maybe I should go see Texas again.

Today my mother and I went to Fort Carson. It is one of the two largest Army Forts in the US, along with Fort Hood. My mom had to go see the Perdiatrist (sp) because her heel has been hurting her. Turns out she has a huge bone spur, even larger than large for normal. It is huge and ugly this thing. My poor mom...

Then we headed for the commissary (that is a military base grocery store), because when we drive in to town and are close to one we shop. We now have tons of yummy looking food.

This evening I will have to pick up my mom and dad. Dad was on a trip to Las Alamos, NM and needs a ride home from the rental car place, and mom is at work without the car. So, I will have to drive in, and back from town twice again. Yay.

I love Duke. ;-)

bye all!

I love all the animals that are in my life. They all have different animal-personalities.

For the cats I love that you can just put out some food and water and leave them be. They go where they want, and you do not have to worry about them (this is for female cats, male cats are much different... female are easier), but at the end of a long day they are there for you. To keep your lap warm, and to love you without end.

For the pups, I love the loyalty. That they get so excited to see you, even if all you did was go get something from the car and come back in. I love how they look up at you, and seem to love and to trust you. You are their pack leader, if you have their back, they have yours.

The horses are so much different for the house animals. They do not usually come to you for "love", there has to be something more. What I love about them is they trust they will form with you, if you give it time. They are not "manhandable" because of the sheer size and power they posses, so trust is a big part of the relationship. For example: when flag broke his leg, he trusted me enough to load him, and better yet, unload him from the trailer to get him to the vet. That might have been that the pain was keeping him subdued, but I think that trust played a role too. Or even more sad... when Slim my huge beautiful sweet boy, hurt himself so badly we had to load him up for his last trailer ride to be put down, he trusted for us to load him, not knowing what was ahead for him. They are majestic, and beautiful...the kind of animal that will send shivers down your spin.

All anilmals have politics. With cats it is more a territory thing/agreement. "You leave my bed alone, I will leave your bed alone". For "los perros", it is more political because Duke is a major puppy. He wants the rawhide Faith has, even though he has his own . So he will bark his deep hound barn until she leaves and he can have it, or he will stare are her until she looks away and dash in to steel the bone. It is a more political manor, "take what you want, then either leave it alone or fight for it". With the horses, it is harder to understand. Personally I think because we are not prey animals, and they are, we cannot relate as much. There are the obvious, such as pecking order (who eats first), and there are the less obvious...why rosie gives in to flag's pined ears even though she is probably 100lbs+ heavier.

All so interesting, but if I do not stop soon I will keep going on and on about my animals. So there you have it.

Hi!

Hello to all, my readers, and my not readers. So much has gone on in my life here in CO, it will be hard to post about it all at once.

Today I have a business final exam. I feel very good about it, and I hope it goes as well as I think it will. I just finished my econ final last week, and it did go well.

My days are devoted to: school, my horse, Choux, and Duke training. All are doing very well. School, is slower than it should be, but that is only my fault, and I am trying to make it all better.

Flag is OK, I have not ridden in about 3 weeks because 1) there was bad weather for a week 2) he had to be laid off for a week due to tooth extraction and 3)more bad weather. Right now we are sitting in a house surrounded by 12inches of snow. Yay.

Choux is well, he is enjoying life at school. (as much as one can enjoy school). Spring break is drawing to a close for him, and two exams await at the end of next week. Yay, again. ;-)

Duke, what to say about him? He is as spoiled as always, but as sweet too. A typical hound, he is sturburn, and very much jealous. Training is going well, he does "sit" "down" "stand" "stay" "leave it" " wait, and OK" pretty well most all the time.

Duncan had a kung fu tournament on the 18th. He got first (and last) place in both his events. That's right he was the only on in his classes. Fun time. He got two big trophies.

My parents are OK. Let's just say "I am not 15 anymore". I think you get the picture... :-}

exam time, bye for now!

Duncan turnes 17 on the 16th this month. Yay for my old brother!

Drop him a line if you can.

the stallion I think we will breed rosie to in May....

His name is, Yellow Creek. i have a feeling Shannon has heard of him, or his siblings. This is some of what it says about him..." “Yellow Creek” was bred to perform, and is from the same sound foundation eventing and jumping line breeding as the Silver and Bronze individual medallist horses at the Sydney Olympics, and 8 of the 12 eventing team medal winning horses. These include Bull Dog, Nashrullah, Mumtaz Mahal, Tourbillon, Teddy, Djebel, Blenheim II, La Troienne, Mahmoud, Bold Ruler, Nearco and Man O War."

Thoughts?