This message is from: Cynthia Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1. The barn will be cleaned before noon every day. I plan to resolve to do that...maybe even accomplish it. 2. I will clean my tack faithfully after every ride, even if it's just with the quickie leather cleaner. Okay, once a week at least. 3. I will buy three Lotto tickets each week: One to pay for more horses; one to cover veterinary expenses; and one to cover farrier expenses. 4. I will make appointments for a haircut at least as often as my horse needs new shoes. In fact, that's a good way to remember. 5. In the coming year, I will check my clothes for hay before going out in public. 6. When I reach into my coat pocket for change, I will try not to pay with pieces of hay, carrot or horse treats. 7. Horse clothing will not be cleaned in the family washing machine any more. At least, not while The Husband is home. 8. I will not soak bits in the kitchen sink. I will put them in the dishwasher instead. 9. I will remember to write social obligations on the calendar as religiously as I write clinic and commpetition dates. That way, maybe I can keep them. If they don't conflict, of course. 10. I will (occasionally) feed the family before the animals at least on weekends. 11. I will endeavor not to scream NO! every time a family member attempts to take a carrot from the 50-lb. bag earmarked for the horses. 12. I promise to stop critiquing every movie I see in which there are horses and the riding, grooming, or tack is incorrect. 13. I will stop saying "over" to my partner when he/she's in my way in the kitchen and "whoa" to my children. 14. On the first rainy or snowy day of the New Year, I will muck out the house. 15. In the future, the living room will not be decorated with bridles and bailing twine. I'll save that for the family room. 16. I will wash my truck as often as I wash the horses. 17. I will not use the exercise bike as a saddle rack. 18. When I uncover the exercise bike and find new homes for the blankets and saddles it is holding, I will ride it. 9. I resolve to completely ignore all of the above resolutions this year to take enough time to actually RIDE/DRIVE my horse and stop grousing about not doing it enough.
Cynthia Madden Las Cruces, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/cmadden88011 Zia Carriage Driving Club: http://www.geocities.com/zcdc_nm Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
