I had many great horsey experiences in 2019! I am really pleased with how the year went overall; nothing is ever perfect, but both horses are sound, happy, and healthy, which is really what matters to me. Some of my 2019 goals were met easily or with lots of hard work, and a few of them were utter fails haha. C'est la vie! Let's recap! Happy, health, sound Both mares are doing well in this regard! Dreamy will be 29 this year, and while she definitely shows signs of her age at times, she overall looks and acts much younger than she really is! Ellie has really matured this year, filling out as well as mentally becoming more comfortable in her own skin. As she will be eight this year, I feel like we have moved through the baby phase. having this photo shoot was definitely a highlight of 2019! Continue lessons with Beth and Babette This goal was met and then some! I took almost weekly dressage lessons with Beth and monthly jump lessons with Babette. Thanks to the
YAY!!! Thirty days of posting for NaBloPoMo! Here is the final entry! This was fun and helped keep me focused through the month, but yeah, I am definitely feeling some writing fatigue! :-) In the immediate future, I hope to continue bringing Ellie along so she trusts me and we build a partnership. I prefer the slow, systematic, patient approach, so while she is going to be six next June, I don't feel the need to push her because of her age. We have all the time in the world. I do hope to get her out more to little shows next year, putzing around at maybe Intro B and C at the local dressage shows and then becoming confident enough in jumping to do some little three phases. Maybe I'll try more of the H/J shows to do pleasure and equitation classes, since I tend to put MUCH less pressure on myself at those types of shows than in dressage/eventing. Maybe someday we will try a Morgan show, but I don't know if I want to do that type of showing any longer. Mostly it