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eBear made me do it… (meme snurch)

(eBear did not make me do it per se… but since all the “cool kids” were doing it…)

You sooo CRaFty! :D (or epic level leathercrafting)

Liz(gf): “Wow, you know more about purses than I do…”
Me: “I don’t hear you complaining…”

I made Liz a Saddle Bag Purse for her birthday:

I modified a very traditional western saddlebag pattern and used 5oz shoulder hide as the “frame” of the purse. It’s sturdy as hell — you could probably beat the crap out of [...]

aaaaaaand theeeeen….

gf and I were continuing the halter breaking lessons when Miss Broodmare drives up. She’s absolutely estatic at the progress we’ve made. Several of her horses are already haltered and this is the first time she’s had her hands on most of the foals ( I know, I know, handle early, handle often— they’re not [...]

Too much fun for one evening … or: Tales of Stupid Horse Owners pt II

So without much of a cooldown after yelling at Miss Spoiled Queen Teen the dogs go tearing down the driveway. Our three dogs aren’t aggressive, they’re protective: they know what animals and people belong here and which ones don’t.

I hear yelping and dog fighting and bolt from my seat to see what the hell is [...]

Too much fun for one day… or Tales of Stupid Horse Owners pt 1

What my fellow horsemen and horsewomen failed to warn me about was that bitching about problem horse owners and bullshit horse trainers only causes that mystical Murphy’s Law interlock to slam shut and the floodgates of Stupidom open…

I’m making this into several posts to save from eyeball strain from my horrible grammar, spelling and ellipse [...]

“I fix problem horses!”

I’m about sick of horse trainers.
Damn near every one of them I meet “fixes problem horses.”
Where’s the people trainers that “fixes problem horse owners?”

We’re getting rid of the “horse trainer” by the 31st (couldn’t find a way to keep his kid) and replacing him with a small animal vet-tech. I would have hoped for an [...]

Oh internet …oh internet…

…how much I really, missed you!

We’ve been internet “dark” now for two weeks at least. Not that I had time to really post anything with everything going on.

So to sum things up briefly:
Quit the “corporate world” to go work for a local not for profit as a Job Coach (ETS for those familiar with [...]