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So I went through my friend list and got rid of those who I never talk to.  Please feel free to ask to be my friend - if I accidentaly deleted you, I'm very sorry, just comment again and I'll add you back :)

I thought I'd post this for you all. It was on CNN a couple of weeks ago, and I finally got a copy of it in an email. I gather that it took them over 5 months to fully organize, but its lively.

Make sure your speakers are on :)

Stand By Me

So, if I could pick one food to happily live on for the rest of my life, it would have to be the Mondo Burrito at Taco Del Mar I'm not kidding, its absolutely delicious-especially considering that it's essentially fast food.

So I usually go down once a week or so to pick one up on my lunch break. Now, its gotten to the point that they pretty much know my order already, which is bad enough, and might be a clue that one is eating at the place too often.

Today though I showed up, ordered my regular, and the lady looked at me and was all like "hun, you're looking rather pale today. You not feeling well? Have some more guacamole, its rich in antioxidants."

Yup ;) So apparently its not even that they now know my order, but they even know my skin tone colors! :P :P And hell, I'm sure, like windex in my Big Fat Greek Wedding, guacamole cures all evil :P

What's your experience with it? Do any of you have an iPhone and use a PC? Does it still work well?
My contract is expiring in July, and I'm really looking forward to getting a new phone, as I HATE the Samsung Instinct with a passion. And Telus just doesn't seem to offer any comparable phones that I like.

Me, actually :P

I think I qualify for dumb owner of the year award. So I decided to go down and ride Enrique today. Brought him up to the barn, checked his feet, groomed him, tacked him up and got on to ride. Stupid Owner on Duty mistake #1-I had him positioned bizarely; making it really awkward to get on from the mounting block. Instead of moving him, I tried to swing on, spurred him as a result, he shot forward, I slammed on to his back. We Were Not Amused.

So I'm riding around with the refrain from my trainer "transitions, transitions, transitions, and ride him up. Up to the mountains, not down in a hole" Good. I'm still not at the point yet where when I ride him up, he comes really through his back. So we have a couple of giraffe moments, but overall he was good. He tries. If only I knew what the hell I was doing, we'd be golden.

But for some bizare reason, he felt unbalanced. In the transitions he helt heavy, and he was trying to run away other times. (as a side note, I realize that if I'm very clear with my aids, he get's things 99% of the time. When I'm unclear, he just gets stressed and starts running or hollowing his back. Like in our walk to canter transitions, everytime I was clear, he nailed them without any fuss. Every time I was wishy wash, he'd either run, or totally try to explode into it) Clever Kayla here didn't stop to ponder it, but I started jumping him over the little cavelettis, because I figured, hey, change of scenery, might make him sit back on his hind more. We haven't jumped in months. We Were Not Amused. Or at least not to start with. But by the end, he was doing it quite well and balanced, so I was mostly happy.

So I got off, and was walking him around, and I noticed this clicking noise whenever I moved him. So with my walking backwards, I made him walk...seems to be in his right front shoulder area, but I couldn't see anything wrong. *shrugs*

So I untack him and lead him out on the concrete. I pause. I back him up and walk him forward and all I hear is clip. Clip. And I'm like "damn it to hell, where is the clip CLOP, clip CLOP of that left front shoe!?"

So keep in mind that I picked out his feet (with my head up my ass apparently), I rode him, felt he was unbalanced, examined his walking from the front, and STILL did not notice that my horse was sans shoe until I missed hearing the Clopping sound ;)