our savvy journey

Dream Big and expect no less: My motto

2009-10-28T12:11:00.007-04:00

Some time when you look at yourself you realize the things that you may have wanted your entire life.. Your dreams your goals you strengths and your weaknesses… when you start to look back you can see all of these things lining up in a row and now its your turn to take the lead. I have personally had my share of ups and downs in horses, in work place, and in my life in general. Life has allowed me to see both side of the story the great and the Bad and to allow me to meet in the middle somewhere where you can finally take a big step forward.

I personally have found that there are two types of people in this world those that are living their dreams and the ones who aren't. I used to be frustrated, humiliated and aggravated with horses and in many ways myself so much that I had started to give up I had gave up my dreams of ever being able to do the things that I dreamed of. The day I met two very important people in my life Pat Parelli and my Trainer Michelle those things all changed I learned that through patience and proper technique I could accomplish what I have always dreamed of. I am living my dream I have a bright future ahead of me three wonderful horses by my side and friends that support each and every step along the way.

I personally have two goals in my life I have always wanted to be great with horses… and one is my always dream which is to work in animal care. Horses have always been my dream my life’s dream and I am living it…. Being great with horses is not only a goal it’s a passion it’s a dream it’s a blast!!!

My second dream of finally being a animal keeper (come on who does not dream of this at sometime in there life’s) is finally something that I am going to try to pursue. Taking that step and putting you on the edge of the rope is something not only difficult but also very nerve wracking but something that I really need to do. Dreams have gotten me this far now I have to take the final step and find and talk to the people that I need to see and the people which may finally allow me to get the experience that I have always wanted  and I cant wait to see where my life will lead me from this day forward!!!

Letting Go
-Katie Drake-
If you could see beyond these walls that I’ve erected
You might see a heart that’s longing to be loved

If you could just stay long enough to really know me
I might just be ready to fall

Setting me free from all of my shame
Letting go of all of this pain
Break away from all that has kept me locked inside

I don’t know the answers to all of life’s questions
When my hands in yours I can take on the world

You see me through my trials conquer all my battles
You’re my rock you’re my everything

Come tear down these walls that
I’ve built around my heart
Now I’ve fought long enough
And now I’m ready to fall

Time rolls on

2009-08-30T11:45:00.004-04:00

My Wish-Rascal Flatts
I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.

But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big

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as you read this songs lyrics i really have to look back at my life that i have spent and the places i have went..
My brother josh has taken a path that in the beginning i did have the courage to support or to follow. The path to lead a new life for his family which now includes his wife and two young boys Niko a almost two year old and three month old Wyatt..His path and his journey lead him on a path to a new occupation something that he nor i had ever experienced before.. My brother left 9 weeks ago for boot camp in Cape May NJ for the united states coast guard. And when i saw him two days ago march across the field i could have never been prouder! His path now leads him to a new home and new way of life all the way up in Vermont which is 12 hours away from our house here in the Cleveland area...
This path is life changing for us all i had grown so accustom to my brother, his wife Amanda, and my two nephews living in my back yard in the apartment. For me its a life going to miss so much. For them i also know its going to life changing as well they will go from having a huge garden.... chickens (for Amanda i know this was once one of her dreams)... horses.... cats.... and a yard larger than Niko could have ever dreamed of to a life that once again is composed of apartment life....
For all of us we are taking on these changes while we do know they are for the better each is a path that will lead us to a new future each is still hard to fulfill and accomplish...
This video was made to show the change in our relationship that Brego and i have created in 6 short months.
When i purchased Brego i was purchasing a hopeless cause according to the three trainers that had worked with him previous. He would not move forward he could not be lunged and he could not be ridden for more than 15 min but by taking the time it took we have created an unbreakable friendship and a relationship that will last for years to come-Enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QkIWZ9opU

Brego July 28-31st

and as far as for magic he is doing great even retired i can bring him out and play with him on a moments notice this shows that our relationship still is as strong as it has ever been oh i love him so much
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4eQbN0zNcc

My EMU expereince

2009-07-06T15:00:00.021-04:00

oh fun last couple days have been :(

On sunday at about 12:30 in the afternoon I was admitted to the Cleveland clinic EMU (aka Epilepsy Monitoring Unit) and things have been a little crazy to say the least.

The day i was addmitted it was a pretty easy day i just got my electrodes attached meet a doctor and basically just sat around doing nothing with no spells occurring. To say the least it was boring. Later i got a IV (yeah it took them 4 tries (and they hurt) and a 5th successful attempt to get one in OUCH! and i got a blood draw. (yeah i was a little tired of getting poked to say the least)

Today was not as fun. I got interrogated by a couple of doctors (yeah they were cool) and then later in the day got to meet another panel of doctors (yeah there were a bunch of people in my room :-( but yeah its crazy. Same questions again and again! Today though i got two Sphenoidal Electrode's placed inside my head. Yeah these hurt like alot they are implanted between your cheek and jaw bone and are left there to record electrode activity ouch! well i survived but boy am i sore which i dont find a susprise lol!

On monday night i was subjected to had to stay up till 4am in the morning yucky they did a sleep deprived study it sucked big time yeah next time try to stay awake when someone tells you to do it. And when i had already woke up at 4:30 that previous morning yeah being up for 24hrs is tough big time! Then finally when i got to go to sleep they woke me up twice b/c they saw something on the EEG that worried them so wanted to make sure i was ok.... Oh well i got a whooping 4hours of sleep

Finally today tues and weds (today) i have have had pretty much an uneventful day i cant wait to go home really i cant... but yet i still want answers :( other than that nothing much to say other than I'm bored out of my mind and cant wait to go home and play with my ponies :-) happiness oh i wish! will keep ya posted on the progress... Nothing much else to say

Oh yeah my pulse rate has been up out of the roof for my entire stay here at over 120+bpm some times higher and sometimes as low as 80 BPM but still massivly hight for me... So this morning (weds) i got a EEG not fun at all :-( think of what they do for a normall EEG and then remeber you are on Camera 24/7 oh thanks guys for keeping the privacy!

Enjoy the pics lol (well not so much) though i do refuse to post the horrible picture of my head they gave me a horrible hair do! lol... and i mean horrible very scary!

Talk to ya later and will keep ya all posted
Amanda

It feels like today

2009-07-02T15:34:00.002-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67no_80XJHY

Hi all here is a little update of Brego and I hope ya like it

Brego has continued to progress at a rate of amazing progress the other day (weds) we had an amazing lesson Brego is finally cantering when i ask and slowing when i ask. I think my buddy is finally getting his go and whoa down lol. I am really so proud of him.

On sunday i go into the epilepsy monitoring unit at the cleveland clinic check out the link it makes you realise how much fun im going to be having (NOT lol!) I will be there for five days so as long as there is interenet acess i will be sure to blog (believe me i will have lots of free time on my hands lol)
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/Documents/Epilepsy_Center/08_NEU_68_EpilepsyMonitor.pdf

Talk to ya soon
Amanda

Im not who i was

2009-06-16T12:04:00.011-04:00

I'm not who i was!
The song by Brandon Heath is really Bregos and my story when i got Brego about a year ago he was a horse that was standing on his last legs. he had been worked with by three professional trainers aka Predators lol! one was a young horse started/breaker one a dressage trainer and one a hunter jumper trainer all of which stated that Brego was un-trainable and no worth anything. They had given up on him until my trainer Michelle Lackey found him he was offered to her as a free horse because he had to go. She knew that i was in search of a new mount with Magic being retired and though of me. What a great thought it was because with the help of her and me just working over and over with the principles that i already knew Brego has become a horse that is starting finally to want to work like a partner no longer like a prey animal. The horse that would not lunge now plays all 7 games at all three gaits the horse that would buck everyone off now can be ridden in walk trot classes. All i can say i am proud of my self in finding this horse and because of him he has made me the horsewoman i am today. I am also posting a link to my video check it out i think it really is proof the progress we have made.

Brandon Heath - I'm Not Who I Was Lyrics

I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was

I found my way around
To forgiving you
Some time ago
But I never got to tell you so

I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
You were there, you were right above me
And I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was

When the pain came back again
Like a bitter friend
It was all that I could do
To keep myself from blaming you

I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
Now I'm not who I was
I write about love and such
Maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was

I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
But I never did forget your name
Hello

Well the thing I find most amazing
In amazing grace
Is the chance to give it out
Maybe that's what love is all about

I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was

keep it going

2009-04-25T19:07:00.017-04:00

Oh my....
now where do i start from now
Ok well on the 24th and 25th i had my second take of my sleep study you can see my room in one of the pictures that i posted. Well it kinda went ok. I slept at least some of the night and much better than my previous study but believe me though it sucked in a little room all day when the weather was 83degrees outside!! :-( if you see the other picture that i posted was a pic of my electrodes yeah and that was with some of them removed i felt like a human guinea pig!! Wires all over me!
Well i had to do two tests over the last two days the first was a PSG its an overnight sleep study in which they see if you have sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, insomnia, REM sleep disorder, or other issues. It sucks believe me the EEG wires
are ok you really cant even feel them. But then they wire up your face to with a bunch of sensors to see your eye movement, sensors by your mouth to see if you are gritting your teeth, as well as a snore mike on your neck (yeah they can hear everything you are saying-kind of disturbing) as well electrodes on your legs to see movements as well. Then they place three electrodes on your chest for the EKG then you get two chest belts to see if you are breathing and not having apnea events and finally you get the the nasal cannula (this is the worse of them all they put this oxygen reader up your nose and a heat sensor as well to make sure you are actually breathing-yes that does help!) and then finally they get to watch you the entire night on a camera (yeah i don't like that idea either) the thing i love about this is after they have you all wired up they tell you to go to sleep! NOT!!...well i did better than last time of the 8.5 hrs possible i got about 7 but it did take me about an hour to fall asleep and according to my tech i was up 19 times during the night wow that's alot!
Well today was day two of my study it was the MSLT (aka the daytime nap sleep study that is used to diagnose narcolepsy) the nice thing is many of the things they have on you at night finally come off yippie!! you get to ditch the cannula (my least fav. part about the test!) the belts, the leg electrodes but thats about it.. and then every 2hours for 5 naps they ask you to fall asleep they give you 20 min to fall asleep and if you do you get 15min to sleep they are testing to see how fast you fall asleep and when you do fall asleep how fast and how often you go into REM sleep. yeah this test really sucked. my window looked out over the amazing looking I-71 highway and it was 83degrees outside i would so rather be outside than in the room with a bunch of electrodes! Well my dr apt is in about 10 days and i will let ya know how it goes.

Well as far as my ponies go:
Brego is doing great... we have done alot of ground work with the games and finally my horse is starting to open up to me and play. Before he just kinda bolted or shut down but now he is playing he is animated and just plain having fun what a different horse from a year ago when i got him.
As far as magic goes i finally started playing with him again he is so much fun i really missed not being able to play with him when he was out of commission... oh i love my horse. btw Magic and I get to do our first ever demo in front of a group of people wish me luck while its only a group of 4-Hers from youth outdoors we still are very nervous and cant wait to give it a try :)
Will keep ya posted oh i have to get some pics of Brego and I riding and post them...

life rolls on!

2009-04-13T17:43:00.004-04:00

sometime you just don't know where to start:

Life has been a little ruff lately my grandpa (btw my grandparents live with us now, after my grandpa has been diagnosed over a year ago with severe spinal issues the decision was made for him to move in with us something which has been nice for both parties involved, it got me my farm-aka my ponies in my back yard. and got my grandpa out of a nursing home something that kept plaguing him with sickness after sickness!)
Well to say the least he was admitted back into the hospital for his 4th back surgery in about a year. They are hoping that this one will finally make him pain free at least we can hope. yeah today was the surgery and hes going to be in the hospital for at least 2 more weeks so i wish him a speedy recovery.

Brego is doing great, as my trainer says this may be our year of the trot lol!. Last year was our year of the walk. Well when i got him he would not even move forward under saddle his answer to any pressure put on him was to either shut down entirely or buck ya off (and believe me if this was his choice you were not staying on!) Well we have mastered the walk under saddle and are now working on getting a forward impulsive trot every time i ask him. Lots of passenger lessons though!!!

Work is going good hrs are finally picking up.. Yeah all winter i was only getting one day a week and this was really killing my pocket book. $50 bucks a week was just not cutting it! So thank god the busy season is on its way!

Magic and Lilo are enjoying their time off no work just fun times on the farm. The pasture was mowed and is looking good. We are hoping to get the all weather turnout finished this weekend or next weekend (keep it up dry weather please!!). Following that the electro-braid will go up and the ponies will finally be able to enjoy their new home :)
Daisy should be moving in soon to (yep she is our boarder who is coming into retirement with magic)-she will be able to have lots of turnout that way and be with her girl friend Lilo (they were best buddies at bridlewood)

Other than that school is finally coming to a close for the year next year is going to be great for fall semester at least i only have 4 classes!!! yippie! they run 11-4pm so will be totally great compared to the last 2 years of funky times 4-5days a week!! ONLY ONE YEAR LEFT AND IM DONE!!!

Well i better stop talking and get off to bed i have an exam in the morning and have to be at school for lab by 8am.

Night all
Amanda

THE EVIL PSG

2009-04-08T17:26:00.017-04:00

Yes well I'm changing things around a little bit

This time its not about my horses and instead about my little adventure last night at the Cleveland clinic.

Well to say the least to keep it short and sweet on January 21 2009 i got in a car accident because i blacked out behind the wheel in the process i totaled by car hit another driver going head on at about 25mph thank god i was not going faster and the only injuries that came out of it was that i had a compression fracture in my back, the other driver was fine just some whiplash (but belive me he is taking my insurance company to court for all they are worth!!!)

OK well their started my medical journey

I started with going to my primary care physician (actually this was my first Dr. visit with her since i had not been to a Dr. in about 3 years sorry but good thing is i haven't been sick in all that time!) She ordered the EEG, EKG, ECG, x-rays, cat scans, MRI ect. well you get the idea and referred me to a neurologist at southwest general named Dr. Kumar, of course he did his normal stuff neurological exam ect. Well to say the least he decided my case was to much and referred me to Dr. Imad Najm the director of the epilepsy center at the Cleveland clinic. So to say the least i have had my own adventure around Cleveland!!!

Well he decided to start his own testing journey!! (BTW i hate hospitals did i tell you that before) He has decided that whats been going on with me is either epilepsy or narcolepsy.. Oh both are so great BTW i will be a drugy!!! lol! So he started with scheduling a PSG with MSLT (see the amazing pics attached)

This is where my journey starts yesterday well i arrived at the Fairhill sleep center last night at 8pm yes what a great night for me it would be lol (NOT!) Well i started by meeting my tech (i think her name was Melissa yeah she was totally great!) well she got me all set up got all 50+ electrodes attached and sent me off to bed lol... yeah dreaming i didn't sleep to well at all. My room was 87 degrees (yeah it was right above the boilers anyone say hot!!!) so i spent the whole entire night waking up freezing from sweating so much (my tech brought me two fans to attempt to cool me off!) and burning up nice. and then their was the nasal cannula (this thing they put in your nose and mouth-kind like a oxygen thing you get at the hospital) its supposed to see how many respiration's you are having. and the waste belts do a similar thing... :)

Well the entire night was horrible it took me 1.5 hrs to fall asleep and when i did i spent the entire eve waking up and falling asleep between waking up for prolonged periods of time. Bad night to say the least i was given 9hrs to sleep of that time in bed i only slept 6hrs 1min nice time don't you think. Yeah the following morning i woke up to a wonderful felling majorly overheated and dying to say the least i thought i was going to pass out!! yeah my temp was high. To so the nurses, tech, and Dr.'s made the decision to let me skip the MSLT (yeah if i went though that i may have passed out from the heat!!) and try it all again (OH YIPPIE!!) so i get to do it all over but this time in the cool climate controlled room at the Marriott north Olmsted. :-) so things are going to be a blast but at least i dont have to bake this time lol!!

so i will keep ya updated my test as of today is may 16th but she is trying to move me up via the canclation list.

Talk to ya soon
Sleepy and tired
Amanda

Brego = :)

2009-04-02T08:43:00.006-04:00

Brego = :)

Oh Brego i can remember when i first got him on march 29, 2009 a horse that had so many introverted thoughts that i could not even get him to take a step forward but of course Amanda loves her problem horses and i could really see the promise and talent inside of him from the day i saw him.

Brego has become a real champ since moving to Michelle's (my trainers place) back in the beginning of march. Even though we only have a 3 month time there the progress already made has been tremendous! Brego is becoming a partner not a pain in the bottie lol! yeah i love him to death. I will have to vid some of my lessons and post them sometime but for now my camera has decided to hit the blitz and until i have the time to take it to the camera store no more vids for me :-(!!!!

Something that my trainer (who is parelli level 3 graduate) said yesterday is that she thinks and no joking about this, that i am her most dedicated student. To think back i really have to give myself some credit both Magic and Brego are totally opposites both gotten for cheep prices b/c their options were either me, pasture, or auction. So i was kind of their last resorts and its kinda cool to see that i have taken Magic the run away into a amazing partner one that will do flying changes on that will do amazing things that i never thought possible on the ground, and even though now he is retired he is my super horse. Then came along Brego he had one day to find a home or off he would go to auction so I was his last resort, he has become a wonderful boy i now can lunge/circle him without so much issues for the most part get all three gates and changes of direction on the lunge oh such a difference!!!! Under saddle he still gets frequently stuck but its so much better! He loves turnout with his buddy Zeffer and life is good :)

Yesterday our lesson was all on getting me to understand the idea of balanced movement and Brego to get better at his understanding of moving forward. I have realised that he is really not totally physically fit and this does make sense because i was and i will admit it he did not get the time he deserves when he was at bridlewood i was just flipping freaked out from him, see Brego has bucked me off about 5 times and some of those times were bad scary bucks and he used to rear and strike at me so to see him today is amazing you see a different horse :)

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As far as I go i have been doing pretty good, lots of exams at CSU midterm time actually i have to get back to studying for my last exam of the week that is today but believe me i really needed a mental break. Other than that for the most part life has been pretty good if only this economy would speed back up it would help so much out including my dads job. I am going to have a couple busy days next when it come to me i have a bunch of flipping medical tests yucky, at the Cleveland clinic on Tuesday night through all day weds :( so for me its not going to be a fun day lol but hopefully they will find out what caused me to black out and car totaling back in January

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Talk to ya soon

Amanda

The Clinic and spring Break Great time

2009-03-23T13:14:00.000-04:00

Oh well Brego and I did end up getting a slot to ride in the clinic on Sunday last night (well we were supposed to ride)
The original goal of this clinic was to ride Brego and work on forward transitions and getting him more balanced inside his own body and boy did i learn. Terry ended up taking Brego and working with him for about 2hours (yeah the clinic slot is 45min so we went a bit over) Yeah she worked with him in hand and found out that their are some major physical and emotional issues which are blocking us. Brego has some major issues with new people if he does not trust you he is not going to work for you. Unless you are my trainer (Michelle) or me you are out of luck and to say the least that's what Brego thought of Terry for the first 30min. She found out though that some of his major forward moving issues while are possible psychological are also physical see Brego through his past training has learned to stick his sternum (sorry if spelled that wrong the large bone in your chest) out this causes him to get stuck very easily. See when terry reminded Brego to work and keep his weight back on his hind end to work properly Brego was able to do amazing things. He can Bring his head down and his back up things that look amazing. I saw moments yesterday of what Brego will and can be soon down the road and i cant wait to see them more often. Brego my not so forward horse is becoming amazing and i can see what our years together will come. When terry mounted Brego though he shut right down he was saying NO, NO, NO!!! and believe me it was a strong no.... so she worked with Michelle on getting him to make one or two balanced steps forward and then back to ground work which he as improving on greatly. While i did not get to ride Brego in this clinic as originally thought i was able to make great progress i can now see what i have in my hands and terry said as well while he is not there now he will be in a year or two. Brego my baby naughty boy is growing up :)

Spring Break as a whole was spent doing not much of anything i cleaned up around the house and property. Took my doggy to the vet as some of you know she was having some major issues walking. But what we found out was Laura's chronic ear infections were causing her equilibrium to actually be effected and she could fall over with a tap. Now with the help of the vet the ear infections are under control and so is her walking and she is back to her old bouncy self :) which i am happy to deal with. Brego made progress under saddle in our lesson on weds with Michelle as well we cantered under saddle for the first time since i got him on march, 29th, 2008 it was amazing his canter is the best canter I have ever ridden even though we do have to follow Brahman (Michelle's more experienced horse yep he is amazing!!!) in order to get forward movement but what do i care it was so cool!!!

Talk to ya soon
Amanda

Today another day

2009-03-20T21:23:00.001-04:00

Today i spent the whole day at the barn fun times :)
got up early feed at our place at home at 5am yeah i dont like early morning btw but better get used to it b/c school starts back up in 2 days :( YUCKY!!!

Today Brego got the day off after yesterday being an amazing day of liberty work with him, we got some wonderful impuslsive canter on the ground at liberty and some nice transitons and changes of direction i could not ask for more :)... So Bregos day consisted of eatting and then spending about 4 hours out in the pasture with his best buddy Zeffer a dark bay TB yes they are in love with each other :)

At the barn right now is a clinic going on with terry wright (sorry if i did not spell it right lol) she is really an amazing rider and an great instuctor stupid me decided to not sign up for a slot b/c i figured i would not be riding b/c of my accident by then, well i am and in three weeks we have made more progress then what we had in about 8 months before udersaddle and on the ground good job Bregs:) so good news i got a slot sunday night (yep they squezed me in!!) so i will let ya know how it goes yippie!!)

Talk to ya soon
Amanda

We canter!!!

2009-03-19T08:28:00.000-04:00

OMG big news yes Brego and i made a big step foward yesterday in our lesson and of course no one was there to video it :(
Well Brego and i got about 6 strides of canter two times its big news yippie!!! lol
Yeah my bad not trainable pony is becoming a partner and a good one at that!!
Love ya brego :)

well here is a vid i posted on youtube its just some b4 and after video of brego no riding clips cuz no one to vid up but shows that believe me their has been major improvment!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxVGYUrcFpE

Friendship

2009-03-16T13:21:00.001-04:00

my dear friend www.findingelegance.blogspot.com wrote this for me and i love it i wanted to document it as a result decided to post it on my blog
:)

Friendship

Don't ruminate.

illuminate!

lose the dread

and laugh at the tough

cause darlin I know its rough

but light = fight

or maybe flight

and which ever way

you turn

I'll be by your side

I may poke and prod

and urge you along

cause I've seen your Magic

your brains and your love

for the life that you've worked

so hard to make clear

So I'm here holding you

up when you slip and slide

along this path on which we've tried

so hard to glide, hand in hand, side by side,

I'm here.

Keep breathin love,

cause the sky won't fall down today,

not when I'm holdin it up this way.

All about me

2009-03-16T09:25:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone my name is Amanda!!!
let me introduce myself I am a horse crazy!! 21 years old an loving my life.
I attend Cleveland state university with the hope to Major in Biology, with minors in both history and environmental Science.
I own three wonderful horses
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Magic my 22 year old polish Arabian gelding who i love to death!!!!
I purchased him over 6 years ago and when i got him he was a run away, he bucked, reared, and sent me into the hospital about 3 times. with the help of my trainer a level 3 grand magic has gone from wild to wonderful.

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Lilo my second horse she is a 5 year old mini mare and the cutest thing ever!! She was bought for magic 2 years ago when he foundered (yes i bought a mini for my gelding lol!!) she was bought to be a stall buddy for him so that when he was on stall rest he would always have a friend and bond they did. He does not like her even leaving his sight lol!

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Brego-My third and final horse is a 6 year old warmblood gelding i got him March 29 2008 and boy has it been a jouney i am hoping that he will eventually be my show partner doing lower level dressage and jumping :).... He has been a challenge Bregos anwer to most everything when i got him was no. He was pushed and basically became a no win cause the owners either wanted him out now or he went to acution! So thats how i got him. We are progressing slowly together i am making slow progress!!! We now can lunge (circling game!) all 3 gates while he does not maintain gate for long periods of time he is at least getting the idea. Undersaddle he is improving the most when i got him i was lucky to get 2 steps out of him at one time, now we can do walk trot transitions and while he does get stuck some times he is becoming a wonderfull horse!!
Love ya Bregs :)

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I will be sure to keep ya updated on the progress of all my Kids
untill next time
Keep it natural
Amanda