Monday, October 19, 2015

Six Years!!

Six years ago today I brought Chrome home!!  Best decision I ever made!  :D

October 2009



October 2010


October 2011


October 2012


October 2013


October 2014

This picture doesn't look like October, but it was on an October post and I love it so it stays haha.


October 2015

He's wet from a bath in this picture.


Also some from today...


He's always making me smile!


 Look at how gray he's getting!

 Dapples finally!!

 So flea-bitten on the face!

 I love his flea-bitten ears!

 I love his mohawk, dapples and how it shows the 
difference in his face and neck color in this picture!
 The process of graying in horses is so fascinating!

 Also a video because he's just TOO CUTE!!


It's been the best six years ever!  I love this horse so much.  I regret nothing about our time together and I'm so happy that six years ago I told my hubby that I couldn't take not having a horse anymore and I was going to start shopping immediately (even though I was saving up for a purebred Friesian).  I found Chrome within days of that.  It was a very spur of the moment decision!  As much as I've always loved and wanted a purebred Friesian I'm so glad my impatience won out and I got a Friesian cross instead, because Chrome truly is my dream horse.  Happy six years together Chrome!!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Four Facts Survery

Thank to L. Williams at Viva Carlos for this filler post haha.  Gives me something to post on work days when I'm too busy to do much else.

Four names that people call me other than my real name:
1. Uhh... I don't have nicknames... my best friend calls me sis or sissy because we're like sisters.
2. Hubby calls me things like babe or hon... or spoiled brat.. depends on my mood haha.
3. Donkey!!  A coworker used to call me donkey because of Zep and a mutual fondness for Shrek haha!
4. Chica... another friend calls me that.. it's just a generic nickname for everyone though.  This is hard!!

Four jobs I've had:
1. Stablehand
2. Customer Service Rep at a salvage yard place
3. Receptionist at a vet clinic
4. Assistant manager at a convenience store

Four movies I've watched more than once:  (Gonna go with ones I've seen a million times... instead of just two or three times.)
1. Ladyhawke
2. Labyrinth
3. The Secret Garden
4. Black Beauty

Four books I'd recommend:  (All of the ones I recommend are probably going to be series... I love series..)
1. Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr
2. Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
3. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
4. Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton

Four places I've lived:  (I'm not comfortable sharing where I live on a public blog, but it hasn't been very many places.)
1. N/A
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. N/A

Four places I've visited: (I have not been many places and never out of the country)
1. Florida (went there for my honeymoon, first time on an ocean beach)
2. Kentucky (went to Rolex this year yeah!!)
3. North Dakota (met up with some Canadian friends, closest I've ever been to Canada hehe)
4. Las Vegas, Nevada (went to the FEI World Cup in 2007!)

Four places I'd rather be right now:  (I'm home... that's my favorite place to be!  How about I share four places I would like to visit someday??)
1. Ireland and/or Scotland
2. Holland
3. Australia
4. Canada

Four things I prefer not to eat:
1. Corn
2. Sushi
3. Lima Beans
4. Apples

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Anything pasta!  Especially macaroni and cheese or tortellini.
2. Chicken and rice!  Cooked several ways, but especially as a casserole with mushroom soup.
3. Tacos, nachos and taco salads.
4. Mashed potatoes and potato soup.

I'm totally a carb-a-holic apparently.....  I also love asparagus, salads and broccoli... those others just outrank them haha.

Four TV shows I watch(ed): (Past tense, because I don't even have a tv anymore.)

1. Veronic Mars
2. Gilmore Girls
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Chuck

Four things I'm looking forward to this year:  (This year?  It's almost over.  How about next year?)
1. Our anniversary (wedding and dating), it will have been ten years we've known each other (seven years married).  :D
2. Finishing my barn!
3. Our next vacation... shooting for Canada maybe??  It would be my first time out of the country.
4. Learning and trying new things with Chrome.

Four things I'm always saying:
1. "Are you okay?"  I say that to everyone... it's annoying lol.
2. "I don't know."  Another annoying thing.  I say it any time I'm frustrated, flustered or indecisive, even if I do know the answer.
3. "Awesome!"  Seriously way overused in my vocabulary haha.
4. "In a week (day, month, etc.) this won't matter."  My mantra when my anxiety kicks in or when in pain.

That was a fun survey!  I went a little overkill when thinking of movies I've seen multiple times.. look at this list!

Anything Disney especially Lion King!
Edward Scissorhands, Hook, Mrs. Doubtfire, Waterworld, Jumanji, Dirty Dancing, Tremors, Contact, Ferngully, Grease, Con Air, Speed, Homeward Bound, Old Yeller (still cry ugh!), The Net, Message in a Bottle, Searching for Bobby Fischer and so many more.  I've rewatched a lot of my favorite movies from the nineties over and over again.  Now I'm feeling really nostalgic.  I would watch any and all of these again right this second.  Love these movies!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Horse Play - Part II


Do you know what he has in his mouth?  A pillow!!  He LOVED playing with it!!  I guess my horse likes cheap toys lol.  Here is the video.  It's very long, but totally worth watching... well to me it is hehe.


Don't worry though, for those who can't watch videos, I do have lots of pictures and screenshots.  :)  First the pictures.

 Boo!

 Aren't they cute??  Jackal isn't as scared of Chrome as he used to be.  :)

Now for some video screenshots.

 Smacking himself in the head lol.

 Weirdo intentionally smacked himself repeatedly with the pillow...
he tried to smack me too lol.


 He's so cute.  Also here is one more video that makes me happy.  Don't worry it's short.


I'm glad they are getting along.  I was afraid for a while there that Rocky was going to be too bossy to Chrome.  Chrome was getting gashes and bite marks on him constantly for a while there.  I'm glad they've settled everything out.  :)