Oops! I Missed Something - 2nd Year Blogging Anniversary

Somewhere in all of the weather woes and getting over my surgery, I totally overlooked the anniversary for my second year of blogging. It just doesn't seem possible that it's been two years since I started this journey. Two years and 629 posts later (to my anniversary date) and I'm still going strong. It seems with that kind of milestone, I should stop for a little reflection on this time and maybe acknowledge some of the posts and people along the way.

My first readers I am glad to say are still hanging in there Dressage Mom and ProPhoto By Lori and Cheri, who doesn't write a blog, but is one of my mare stare friends, go back to my very first days blogging. They all give me inspiration to keep plugging away when I sometimes really don't know where to start.

Since those first days, I've added some other great connections and found some wonderful blogs. So many of them in fact, I think I'm going to have to take a cue from Lisa at Laughing Orca Ranch and build a blog just for all the links. Heaven knows the search engines are going to choke on all these links and my google reader has already made a mess out of them with double entries it somehow added with my blogger favorites. LOL

Although I am starting to believe this blog thing can be something of an addiction. I think my list is well up over 100. I may need an intervention and a twelve step program soon!

I can't believe all of the different types of posts there have been over this span of time. Beginning with that first post, Trash Talking Arabian Horses way back on Jan 7, 2007. Since then I've evan managed to be the target of a little trash talking myself in a couple of times. Trash Talking Comment However, that's not been enough to stop me.......heck it didn't even slow me down.

Not being afraid to voice my opinions I've racked up a whole lot of posts on just that. I've taken on everything I could think of like What's Up with Arabian Halter? Good, Bad, Ugly? and moving on into posts like What You Don't Know Will Cost You! Of course, a bit of integrity wouldn't hurt either, now would it?
Up Jumped the Devil - Integrity & Horse Trainers and there was Selling Horses which definitely has some objectional behavior in that process. I'm sure there'll be more posts like that coming down the pike.

I began that series on A Different Sort of Rescue Story that is yet to be finished. Even though the rescue involved asked if I wanted the other side of the story, that is yet to come. I'm not going to let this drop just because they haven't finished answering my questions. I'm willing to go with what I have so far and let my readers decide. Don't you think?

Then, of course, I've never been timid about my own perspective on raising babies either,
Attack Foal - Arabian Horses or training horses Ground Work versus Riding....What to Do? As Richard and I continue in our alliance training horses, there will be lots more on training........and even some on our mishaps, I'm sure.

I've never been shy about my feelings for Arabian horses in general. More on Those Wild and Crazy Arabian Horses along with their function in my life Arabian Horses as Healers or my tributes to them Special "Thanks" for Our Horses

Life has always done it's own thing and injected it's own issues into my posts with all sorts of incidents from the horse kind like Life Dares to Interfere with My Dream to fighting stallions
Twins Saga Delayed for Life Turns with Arabian Horses and Stallions Part 2 (can you believe dear sweet Storm was behind this?) And more than our share of drama with A Day in the Life....................911 to , of course, the human kind. A Day in the Life........up jumped the devil! That post didn't disclose the real injury which turned out to be four broken transverse processors (part of the vertebrae in your back). I'm sure there'll be more on this story as well.

The Baby Boomer series not only tells how I got started in this industry but has shared some of the tragedies I've experienced as well. The Legacy Continues - The Second Foal Crop nearly stopped me in my tracks. Not a day goes by I don't think about that time. Yet, I'm really glad I already had more mares bred to keep me going. As heartbreaking as times can get raising horses, they are worth every bit of the pain.

There have also been series on individual horses that I have raised like MiKael Meets Richard...............the ghost horse and Getting Started......and then there's Percy The future will bring more posts on these horses and a maybe even a mystery horse or two.


Somewhere in all of this I've even managed A Question on Color Genetics and a series on Clipping for the Arabian Horse Show Circuit - The Face although I've yet to come through with the promised post of body clipping. Hmmmmm maybe this year I'll get to that one........

All in all it's been a pretty exciting ride. Sometimes I thought I'd never think of enough stuff to write. Yet it seems to have gone just the other way. I seem to have this list of things to finish and things I haven't even started yet. I think it's a pretty safe bet I'll be at this at least another year. What do you think?

Are there any posts left undone or things I haven't covered that you'd like to see?

Also, please keep in mind the deadline is fast approaching for the next Carnival of Horses here on Feb 1. The deadline for submission is this Friday.
Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of the horses using our carnival submission form
Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page

There have been a few entries trickling in, but still more are needed. The only theme is horses.....posts can be humorous, silly, educational, true stories, you name it.....




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