Retreatmania....Mz. Bella your about to get to know me even better :)

WOW...what a weekend... after a year of planning the retreat went really great. Week leading up to retreat I just kept saying..I just want it to be over... and I didn't mean that in  a negative way but I had been planning for so long- and I just wanted to see it in action. I was crazy nervous night before hoping I had not forgotten anything. But once we got there and got it all set up...all tension was released. I was so happy Jess, Mel, Sam, and Kayla..they all did their parts and extra special thanks to Ms. Sam..awesome crafts. We had a Mary Kay demonstration that we got makeovers and then the opportunity to buy make up and Tracy was so kindly to share a % of her profit... Thank you We didn't even expect that and she didn't have to do that...our speaker was so wonderful Sunday morning.. She really made me think about a lot of stuff and I'm afraid I'm really going to work on changing how I'm doing things...I just may really freak some people out.. ! :)... the only down fall was our hotel rooms...the set up was so great..the patio room "our meeting room" was joined with sliding glass doors...so nice...but the rooms aren't no 5 star hotels you know...and one room wasn't vacuumed b.c. there was crap left under the bed and also lol... a pot seed left on the box spring...so I guess the cleaning lady doesn't get a pat on the back!.. I liked on people's surveys where they were trying to be nice and one comment was about hotels ..."I've stayed in Haiti before so hotels were fine!"...besides that...everything was great....also on the surveys there were a few just plan on planning it next year!.... which I could do that if no one else wants too...or maybe someone else take the lead and I help..anything works...after all these baby showers and wedding showers and retreats I could be a professional planner...maybe I just found my true calling lol...

Life I'm hoping since retreat is over should be slowing down... well not really... its just about Horse weather. and Jake's Hay season will start up..which has me out to the ying yang...I have a yearling that needs trained...I have such mixed emotions about her... I know if I don't get attached to a horse soon then I may never ride much again. She is a beauty. born on Valentine's day..Her name is Bella... she is a nervous horse...but once you catch her and get your hands on her..she calms down..its that whole catching part...when we got her she was a few months old..but My Myst was still a live and nobody worked with her... and I was big and pregnant...so in July when Myst died... immediately my Mom and Jake were like well that Colt is yours... I get it what they were doing..so yesterday at TSC I thought I should probably get Bella a new halter and lead rope to start messing with her... she won't be able to ride for a while but she needs a lot of ground work experience...I need to 1st fall in love me and 2nd teach her to respect me... thats what I loved about Mystery..she knew I loved her and she loved me...she never needed reminded when I got on her back..she instantly did what I wanted and what I asked...

so this training thing is going to be..tricky and not so tricky...I on one hand have absolutely confidence in myself.. I know what to do. I know how to do it..I just need the time. I have never really trained a horse from scratch...but I'm confident in myself... on the other hand I look at Bella and see and think of Mystery...I question..will I ever be able to put Sondra on her back?.. W/Myst we just started letting Sondra ride her by herself b4 she died... I just don't know... I got Myst when she just turned 2...she was a green broke horse that just needed hours on her back..but she was so quiet so putting the hours on her back were quite easy. I had her for over 10 years... we knew each other very well.  So once it dries up some I'm going to try to make it 2 to 3 times a week. With 2 kids...getting there will be tough.. but I gotta do it if I want to have my dream horses again..  

Well I must be going!..Thanks for reading..and I'll update again soon :)