Crochet Me Crazy

After downloading and trying several different programs, I finally found one that works to get a video converted so I could post. This is Alison running a practice on Princess last night. Princess has never been trained on barrels and this is her 2nd time to ever do this.

I haven't had all the dishes in my sink washed up in over a week. I work on getting some washed each night but I can't get it all done. I'm so behind on laundry. We are completely covered up and I'm taking things as they come at me, the rest gets put on hold. Yesterday, we worked half a day and then Alison, Morgan and I went to town for Alison's dentist appointment. She had a tooth pulled. Not a good time for Alison. She was all messed up for a few hours and then we had horse club last night. Probably not a great idea doing the dentist appointment on a horse club night. Everything turned out okay though. So much excitement going on around here with Alison being Rodeo Queen and riding in the parade and carrying the flag in the opening of the rodeo! All "our" kids entered the barrel racing in the rodeo for at least one night except Alison entered to race both Friday and Saturday night. She has to be there anyway. Then there's all the drama with her "best" friend who is in horse club too. Alison is still amazed at her. Alison tried to talk to her but she's not talking much. I guess there's some jealousy going on...could be the boyfriend and it could be the Rodeo Queen status. Been there...done that. Oh well, Alison has said if they get past this, it won't be the same because she'll never trust her again because that's not what friends do. Alison is years above her age in maturity though.


Morgan & Silver -- Alison & Princess

I've been trying to figure out how to upload a video here on my blog so I can post a video of Alison riding. I'm still working on finding a program to convert my videos to a format I can post here.

It has been soooo hot the past few days that we have just been doing nothing but sitting up there sweating at the stables. People aren't riding because of the heat. It was 104 today and we had zero riders. We pretty much knew it would be that way so we were off by noon. By the time I did some running around and took the kids to the river....we got home around 5 pm today! A record! I took my shower and mixed up a casserole for tomorrow night's dinner.

Life is busy, but good. There is a little drama going on at the moment but nothing we won't get through. Alison is going through some tough stuff. Her best friend seems to be turning on her. She's really hurt by it but at the same time, Alison is independent and strong so I know she'll be fine. Alison also has her first serious interest in a boy...yes, I know she'll not appreciate be saying it on my blog but geez...it's certainly not a secret around here! Alison is not really boy crazy and doesn't like random boys so this is a big deal around our house! It's the stable owner's grandson that she has been friends with since we moved here. They have a growing friendship and so far we are okay with everything. They are proceeding in a responsible manner. They see quite a bit of each other since I'm practically helping to raise those kids (he and his sister). I'm very fond of both of he and his sister, actually. Alison is 15 and the day her daddy found out was the day he's been dreading her whole life! lol!

So anyway,

We had 59 riders today. It was a pretty rough day because Alison was feeling really sick to her stomach and she had to ride. We had 32 of the riders in the first 3 hours because it was a youth group. Mrs. Stables went on the third ride and I made Alison go in the house to sit in the Air Conditioning and eat. She started feeling better in the afternoon and finished the day out. It was super hot today. This year really seems hotter than normal.