Goals for 2011

So and I quote goals for 2010,

"And for next year;

1) To a great show season with Lucas :) I hope I can continue to ride for a few more years but when that time comes, he should be able to learn how to drive so that we can show in harness.

2) To good friends, and fun at all the shows.

3) I hope that my job continues to go well, and that I might get a raise soon ;)

4) to good National lists for the Apps :)

umm yeah so thats it! All I can say is that I hope the new decade turns out alot better health wise for me than the last one. And now Im off to the barn, to ride the year out in style :) "

Well we did have a great show season, the first show was a bit of a write off but we both improved as the summer went on. I love showing with my friends on the AQHA circuit. Some of my best friends I have met though quarter horses, and friends that have stuck though me thick, thin, and sickness and health.

The job is ok. The better I feel the more I want to just go clean stalls and work horses. Its high stress and low paying.

We did end up on the national list for the Apps, reserve in the open 2yo mares, and earning her open and amature superiors in Halter (and about 10 points away from her youth one as well) She got hurt in June, and was sound by the end of the summer but the owners have brought her gradually back into work and hope to show her under saddle for the summer.

Goals for 2011:

1) If we get to shows this summer I want to enter the ring as confident and as happy as I entered the show ring at the last show! None of this worrying about what everyone is thinking about, no one else's opinions matter EXCEPT the judge!

2) To win a showmanship class at an open show. Lucas is broke enough and talented enough, its just me holding him back! There is lots of local competition so it should be tough enough to keep me working all year.

3) Hope that the RA stopes progressing and that the new drugs continue to improve my symptoms.

4) Go for a ride 'outside' of the ring this summer. Maybe just a walk on the lawn with the kids, but we both (me and Lucas that is) need to get more comfortable without fences all around us.

5) To put Lucas back into a 'normal' snaffle at some point this year. No twisted wires, no curbs, no ports. This will be a chalange but its time for us to try it, if we ever want to try dressage it is the one thing that we NEED to do.

6) Either teach Lucas to ground drive, or refersh his memory. Its possible that he was ground driven before, but I think thats somthing that were going to start working on soon.

So this should do for now, I may amend this at some point but we'll see how the year progresses!