It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

This was a great weekend. I got to go riding yesterday over at the Ravines with some friends of mine and Glori was in fine spirits. She is such a competitive little horse and she wants to be at the front with everyone else, but the only way that she can do it is if she canters. I know that she has a fast largo, but she has only gone into it a couple of times. Usually, if she gets frustrated enough because I won't allow her to go into the canter, she will largo.

I got her to largo a little bit, but I finally let her out because she loves to canter so much and she is so smooth that I love to let her out. It's like sitting in a rocking chair, she's very comfortable. She got so mad because my mom was ahead of us on her horse that she asked me to let her go, so I let her gallop, which was a blast! If you haven't ridden before, you have no idea of how enjoyable it can be to ride... and not only to ride, but to ride your own horse and not some hack horse.

So anway, had a great ride yesterday. Today, I had to clean the house, hence the lesson of the day. The reason why that was directed at guys is because my ex roommate said that he would clean the bathroom before he left, which didn't happen. Ugh.... what a mess. I did get it cleaned along with rearranging some stuff in my house, so I'm a good step closer to doing some more remodeling on my house.

I think my kitchen is going to be my next project. It's really dark and it's such a focal point of the house that I need to do something different. I have this ugly orange tile on the floor and the walls are a very dark wood (real wood, not some fake paneling). There is some really old wall paper on one wall that needs to GO. I also want to get rid of the flourescent lighting, take out the sliding glass door and replace it with french doors and put in a breakfast nook in the corner. I do have this really neat alcove where an old pot bellied wood stove used to be... I think I'd like to have a pot bellied stove there, but have it be a gas stove. Lots to do, have to figure out a budget for it all. The joys of owning your own home.

I still love living out here.