Adventures with a Baby TB: My 2014 Resolutions....arg.

Arg. Everyone makes them but almost no one actually keeps up with them. I did uphold some of mine for 2013 though!

I bought another horse--my very first OTTB of my own:

I also DID lose weight. It's EVERYONE'S resolution. Gym owners are anxiously awaiting the mass influx of people signing up for memberships. I was not one of those people. I lost weight by this baby horse kicking my sorry behind all around the arena and on trails. I still live on a diet of garbage.

Since I was successful with keeping those two resolutions, I have more for 2014!

My BIG one--successfully compete in a recognized BN event. I'd like to compete at Plantation ideally but may go to other places like Rolling Rock or Bucks County. I'll be doing 1-2 unrecognized elementary trials beforehand. I'd like to fit in an unrecognized BN as well, but my budget is tight so we'll have to see how things go. I have to get my red-headed goofus cantering properly as well. He was doing so well, then his vacation struck and he's turned back into a beasty.

You want me to jump.....THAT????

I'd also like to find my inspiration to shoot again. I used to love shooting, but in the last year it went down the toilet. I want to be doing this again.

All photo shot by me in 2012

My other horsey goal for the year is just to make Apollo an all-around better horse. To prove the naysayers wrong, to show all the people who think or say I'm stupid for doing what I'm doing that it's NOT stupid, that switching disciplines is not a waste of time because I think it makes you BETTER.

My last goal is to not let things bother me. I take everything personally. I'm not going to fret about it anymore. If someone does not make the effort to reply to a message or make communication in some form, I am not to blame. It is not my fault, and there is nothing wrong with me. They are not worth my time.