Tyler... are you my mom??

So, life has been quite a bit crazy lately and taken a HUGE turn. Firstly and most importantly.. I DECIDED TO KEEP MOLLY!!!! Each day that I rode her I fell more and more in love with her. How did I come to this decision? I got the opportunity to lease a farm just over the Cherokee Co. line just outside of Roswell, a 5.5 acre farm with a 5 stall barn... the day I signed the lease was the day I decided to keep Molly. I mean, really... what better lesson horse could I ask for?? Lessons you may ask.. why yes... I believe I am getting back into the horse business. I have missed teaching lessons for quite some time now, and am excited to dive back in.

Very sweaty after a ride, not the most beautiful ever, but her mane is pulled and lays on the correct side!

Getting SOME muscle.. but is tighting up a bit!

Now.. back to Molly... since my last post.. I rode a few more times and then my life turned upside down. Molly's canter improved as did her gates and transitions. Each and every day I could feel a stronger, fitter horse beneath me. She could maintain an actual PACE at the trot, and she really enjoys cantering. I had my mother ride her and also an old student ride her which they both thoroughly enjoyed their ride. I hadn't even SEEN Molly for over a week and I put her back on a trailer and moved her to our new home last Saturday, March 3rd. Again, with the help of a lunge line behind her butt... she walked onto the trailer with no fit. HA!-- and proved me wrong and ate a peppermint front Auntie Jackie! We also loaded up her pasture mate, Rex to come and live with us also. They have been troopers!

View of the big pasture from my bedroom, bed

Day 1 on new farm: we unloaded them and let them into the front paddock... and they went.. "AHH!!! GRASS AND CLOOOOOOVVVVVEREERRR!!!!!" lol... they enjoyed their time while I went to feed store and brought them in for dinner.

Rex begging for more treats at nightcheck- Molly is hiding from his teeth

Day 2: let them out into the big pasture and Rex proceeds to run around the entire pasture checking out all the corners as Molly follows behind him! After about one lap... she was ready to start eating... and hesitated and then following as Rex would randomly take off. :-) lol.. it was very funny.. she was like "Really Rex? We have to keep running? Dont you SEE the green stuff all around to EAT!" I was cracking up. They will get their workouts in as their pasture is a big hill.

Day 3: Jackie met me out at the farm to ride in the fields for some hill work! Rex had pulled 2 shoes, so she walked/trotted hills as Molly and I walked, trotted, cantered around the whole pasture! I wish you could all see what was going on at this time... the neighbors dogs were barking, my dog is running around, the landlords are cutting wood for repairs on the deck next to the pasture, moving stuff, etc. They were both so great! Molly learned how to control speed going downhill, and even did a left-right  lead change! lol.. not on purpose but I took it! :-) Took her a minute to give into the drawreins on the hills.. but she was great-- and VERY sweaty... she hadn't been ridden in a week- which I was quite upset about b/c she had lost some of the beautiful muscle I had put on over the past month! grrr....

The other grrrr to this story is my ARENA IS NOT INSTALLED YET!! grrrrrrrrrr. I HOPE we can get it in this weekend! This makes training very hard... and also hard to bring in boarders with no arena. Come on Bobcat part... get here!

Day 4: Molly just got a really good late night groom.. she is MAJORLY shedding out right now and looks ridiculous. As I was currying her last night and chatting with my brother-- I stopped for a second, and she literally side-stepped closer to me as if to say, "Excuse me.. that felt good.. keep doing it!" she is super ichy right now with the shedding... trying to get a good curry in every day to help. Cant wait till she is shedded out, I think she will be SO beautiful with short hair! :-)

Alrighty folks! Thats it for now... new pictures to come soon!