#ed_op#font size="-1"#ed_cl##ed_op#tt#ed_cl#MIA? More like POW, in the War With Time. I'm so
swamped with family problems (mostly kids and school), pre-Christmas
rush of portrait commissions and just plain everyday stuff, some days
I hardly remember what my name is. And work is getting suddenly busy as
well, so I don't have time to surf and post a lot. Mostly I "read and
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What have I been up to? Well, let's see. I left somewhere in the
summer, before our vacation from he** that almost ended up in divorce
(we straightened out most of that so yes, I'm still married . Then
kids went back to school (my little guy's 1st time into SK) and the
school problems started... Those are getting better as well, but I find
I've been trying to catch up to the stuff that was supposed to be done
months ago all this time. Not sure if I ever will catch up.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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But at least riding is going well! (BG) I lost my favourite horse, my
buddy, with whom I really had a connection. He had some soundness
issues and had to go back to the dealer where he came from. Even though
he was a school horse and I knew he might not be there forever, I still
had a hard time with him leaving... OK, so I cried for 2 weeks... And
still tear up when I look at his stall or someone asks me about him
unexpectedly. What makes it hard is not knowing what has happened to
him after he left. The experience took a lot of wind out of my sails
confidence wise and when I started riding another horse it was as if I
had to learn all over again. I gained most of it back and my new mount
is teaching me different things. I'm getting really confident in canter
(yippieeee!) and starting to do some bending exercises and dressage
movements (as in serpentines, simple changes of leg in canter, etc...)
It's getting fun. The only problem is, I wish I had a dressage horse
schoolmaster to ride as opposed to a jumper. Sometimes I ask him for
things he has no idea how to do. But that will come when the time is
right. I so wish I could afford my own horse... Yes, I do keep buying
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That's about it in a nutshell. Not much new, just busy, busy, busy. And
tired. I do check the BB often and enjoy reading, just don't find I
have much time to think about good replies and type them out. I'll try
and get better... #ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Margaret, who was never really MIA.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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