But Baby, It's New....

That's Right...he said it best.

Everything this past nearly a year has been entirely new!

-A new place to call home (to this day I still call the house I grew up in or the location of my parents-home....does that ever go away?)

-A new job/jobs (oh, and an adventure that has been)40 hour weeks/80 hour weeks, take this job offer, or stay with this one. Actually thinking about life ten years or 30 years from now, is the money more important that advancement?...In the end do we really get to go back and try the other options? Or does someone at the pearly gates ever tell you if you made the right or wrong decision?


-A New family - One who has adopted me as one of their own and loves me just as much, the ones who call in bad weather to make sure you ok, and invite you to holidays even if they hardly know you. The ones that can offer mommy advice when yours is away or you just need a hug.

-A New dog - Might drive you nuts here and there but by god he is special

-And by god a new beginning with a boy whom without my future would most likely not be here. The boy who makes everything ok by the end of the day and enpowers me to be better and feel stronger than ever before. The "grab life by the balls" kind of feeling. The one whom forces you look further, dig deeper, and imagine bigger.

And he says it best... "But baby, it's new..." and by god, it is and thus far I am loving it.

Hold On Folks...He Really is Back and Bigger..and Browner!!

BIG BROWN WINS MONMOUTH STAKES on GRASS...against OLDER horses.... Hot DAMN!

I'll be the first to admit I bet against him in all three of the triple crown races. I seriously thought he was merely a flash in the pan...a big fatty that could roll out a few impressive wins and fold unimpressively as the competition got stronger, healthier, and the challenges that faced him got more impressive. Now, I eat my words.



Only a few emerge from the complete failure that was the Belmont Stakes to remain a force to be reckoned with, but Big Brown has continued to soar...and perhaps has learned from his boyish overconfidence. In his old days he would burn out a track. Squealing tires and all leaving horses 5, 8, 12 lengths to the dust. Following the hell, or triathalon if you prefer, he did come back. The Haskell stakes was hardly a triumphant victory...but alas, a victory.

The BIG BROWN machine proved his worth on Saturday taking on older horses in his first start since his maiden voyage to win the Monmouth stakes. Not by much mind you, but very obviously with heart and the kind of drive we see so rarely on the track. Today, I set aside my doubt. Curlin or not, you have proven yourself to me.




Good Luck BIG BROWN, I've got your back that mighty weekend in October. Get em' Baby! PS: Is he not the most beautiful man you have ever laid eyes on?

Becuase girlfriends need a vacation too...

So I have been pondering a prospect, or a goal, maybe even a dream....

I look back at my life and while I reget no part of it all, there are still many things I want to accomplish....

-Riding an olympic equine, even one of the foreign ones will do.
-Riding in a hot air balloon
-Deep Sea fishing
-Traveling the world
-Shaking the hands of 10 famous people I idolize
-A BEAR hug from Marc Bolger ... I'm pretty sure it will improve their season!
-ONE night with Orlando Bloom, Antonio Banderas, and Angelina Jolie ... (I didn't say these all had to be do-able:)

Well, lets just say these could go on, and on, and on....but here is the point.

In thinking of all the things I still want to do in my life and in discussion with co-workers I have decided that this next year I need a vacation. Not just these 3 day weekends that are supposed to suffice for a vacation but an actual week where I can I can do something fun and exciting and see new things! To this day i have never seen an ocean, been on a beach, or traveled to a new country (the passport is still waiting....empty:(

Therefore I have decided that this next year I am taking a vacation..a cruise I think! Where I can see the ocean, travel outside the US, play on a beach, scuba dive!!, and enjoy the fun and activities with all my girlfriends!

So girls, I propose in 2009 we take a sail somewhere foreign and enjoy the luxury of a cruise liner, entertainment, and fun in the sand! Anybody game?

PS: Is there a better excuse to get a bikini body started? (Well, lets be realistic...sexy one piece?)

Lets DO IT!! Get out your calendars, I am totally planning NOW!

Yesterday was a tough day, but it did bring about many revelations.

1. I am not insane, just incredibly sleep deprived

2. Working a hundred million hours a day is affecting my mind, my sanity, and my relationships .. therefore I submitted my resignation immediately. In two weeks I will back to chipper old me!

3. Life without horses .. sucks! But an add on craiglsist seems to have done the trick. Ending job = More horse time. Hello Weeknight riding!

4. Working too many hours = no time for gym, running, dog, or ME! Goodbye Job - Hello Shrinking Booty:)

5. I have the most amazing boyfriend in the world -- End of Story. Enough Said.

6. This week I found out... I have girlfriends! Yeppers, the kind that live ten minutes away when you just need to vent. I am so incedibly lucky! Amen to you for as well for putting up with me!

Basically, I needed to make some changes and I just did! Hello life, I am ready to live again.....:)

Dear Matt, I'm sorry, but its so OVER!

Ladies, I admit I was totally a Matthew McConaughey fan until I read this...


McConaughey to plant son's placenta in orchard
Aug. 8, 2008, 4:06 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday. The actor kept the placenta from the July birth of his son and plans to plant it in an orchard, he tells CNN's "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta" in an interview scheduled to air in two parts Aug. 9 and Aug 16.

McConaughey says he hopes it will fertilize the land, a ritual long followed in several cultures.

"It's going to be in the orchards and it's going to bear some wonderful fruit," he says, according to an interview transcript. "When I was in Australia, they had a placenta tree that was on the river ... and all the placentas of all that tribe, all that clan, whatever aboriginal tribe that was, all the placentas went under that one tree and it was this huge behemoth of just health and strength.

"This tree was just growing taller and stronger above the rest of Mother Nature around it. It was gorgeous."

McConaughey also says he and his girlfriend Camila Alves have enjoyed integrating their new baby, Levi Alves McConaughey, into their lives. Already they've started introducing him to the "sights and the sounds" of the world — including a John Mellencamp concert.

"You're never told in our house, 'Shh, Levi is sleeping.' No. Get used to the ambiance. Come with us. That's how I was raised," he says.

The poor dear is obviosly incredibly sleep deprived and maybe taking drugs. I have waded in a many placentas is my short lifetime, but this takes the cake! Oh dear Matt I feel so bad for you.... please seek help immediately!

So I was bored and....

This made me giggle....

I can totally picture all the guys workong on a car, or building a fence, or moving friends into their new house and saying such a thing...tahe tahe:)

Because I have decided....

Remember the old days when you could make those really impulsive purchases and but something you probably didn't really need but you knew you would love it forever?

Well, after this long drawn out week I have decided that I need to make just one more impulsive purchase. An old friend from school made a purchase last week that I just have to have.



His name is McLovin and he has a new permanent home at her house. So, soembody get me a shiny new SUV for my new "puppy" to ride around in, and OH...does someone have a yard he can play in? Because I am pretty sure I absolutely MUST have one!

How about a syndicate? If million dollar racehorses can have one, why not a moo moo? How would we get out money back? Well, we surely could eat him, but wouldn't the love from those big brown eyes do the trick? I think so! So please send me a SAE ASAP and we will get right on it.

PS: If you have an SUV, please send a picture of it. Cannot have my moo moo riding around in some frumpy ole' thing or looking like OJ sailing down the interstate.