Let it...snow?

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Nope. Please don't.

The weather reports are calling for inclement weather all across the greater northwest. Here in my little corner it was to be high winds, snow and freezing rain.

But what about my Hags on Stangs horse show???

City Boy was adamant that I could not host a show in such foul weather. Since the over zealous Craigslist flaggers had been pulling my ad for the down this week, I decided that perhaps I ought to put up a cancellation notice. I didn't believe for a minute that we'd have snow, but...j


Wait..what is that? Ah heck...slushy wet rain with ice balls and snow. Bleh.

But it was only momentary. 30 minutes, and then nothing. The hill was white, but the ground here? Wet and muddy. But the cancellation had been posted.

So now here I am, no snow, no ice, no winds. I have access to an arena and I don't know if anyone is going to show up or not. What if they didn't see the cancellation? I've canceled one show already after the flooding last month. I feel horrible. The weather was just poor enough yesterday for me not to go fetch my prizes from the donors, but I do have my little ribbons made and plenty of candy canes to hand out. Perhaps the local feed store in Lynden will donate a couple bags of grain? They should be open before the start of my canceled show.

I think I'm going to haul on up and see what I can salvage. Could be some folks will be willing to just toss some coins into the donation pot in exchange for being able to ride a bit.

With the weather as poor as it was yesterday, I elected to give Steve Holt! the day off. I hauled Sandy up to the riding club and took advantage of the covered arena in the morning, and in the afternoon I had a reporter come for an interview on the Mustang Makeover. I'm sure Steve Holt! appreciated it.

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Hags On 'Stangs

I was reading Jessie's blog a couple weeks ago when she talked about a club she belongs to called Hags on Nags. How cute! Although Jess is far from a hag. More like a babe. Me, though...well, Hag is definitely where it's at!

If you haven't heard, I ought to tell you that the Mustang Heritage Foundation has announced their list of upcoming events, and among them? The Northwest Extreme Mustang Makeover! Yes, northwest, which is here, where I live...in the northwest!

Of course, I've been trying hard not to think about it. Applications are due this month. Pick up is in December. The actual competition is being held in Albany, OR in March. This is not exactly prime horse training weather up in this neck of the woods.

Still...

I never really got to compete in June. I've got, as it were, unfinished business.

I've been talking with Debi, the owner of Mist (aka Firecracker), and encouraged her to sign up. She said yes! She's so excited about the whole mustang thing that it didn't take much of anything at all to get her downloading the application. And if Deb is accepted...well...we could drive together to pick up our horses, which surely cuts expenses. And this time around I'd be smart and start asking for sponsors to cover feed costs long before the horse gets here. Debi and I discussed a tack sale to help cover fuel costs.

And then it hit me. We needed to host a fun show. Something with a handful of performance classes, but some fun stuff like egg and spoon, toilet paper pairs, and sit a buck. We'd have a suggested donation that would cover all classes all day. Maybe have some pizza donated and sell that. And we needed a clever name...


So you see I must thank Jessie for her blog post about Hags on Nags. I do not ride a nag (although I've heard that I am one from time to time), but I do ride a 'Stang! So Debi and I are Hags on Stangs and we're going to host a slew of fund raisers to help us cover the expenses of travel. We'll have our Hags on 'Stangs fun show in November, and a tack sale maybe in December. And most importantly, we've got a very exclusive club forming for women over 39. Yes, 39, not 29. If you're not afraid to ride the brand and not afraid to brag about your age, then you, too, could be a Hag on Stang member! T-shirts are being offered in the column to the right for $20. And if you're not yet 39, or if you don't ride a stang, but would like to support us, we're happy to provide you with an Honorary Hag shirt for just $22. Yes , you read that right! Hey, membership has it's privileges, what can we say?


Guess I'd better print up that application, eh?