My boss Allyn & Gina Miles

Here's Gina with her silver medal, and Allyn, my boss....having fun in Hong Kong!

Hey Allyn, thanks for the Olympic shirts!

My Birthday surprise

I got surprised by my girlfriends....dinner at Cedar Creek!

Marji, Sue, Marla and Bun, Debra Dianne and Julie all came!

We had a great time! Thanks GIRLZ!!!

Neat Handmade Stuff!

While cruising the ol' Internet, I ran across this fun website, for handmade items....there are SO many really crative people out there!

Esty.com

I thought it was fun, so have a look!

http://www.etsy.com/index.php

As soon as I can think of something to make, I'll be selling here too!

Olympic Equestrian Events - TV coverage times

NBC Universal will be airing 3,600 hours of coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, including the equestrian events, which will be taking place in Hong Kong. This total amount of coverage will be more than the hours of coverage for all the Olympic Games since 1960 Rome combined. All Broadcasts will also be in HD.The schedule is as follows: Date: Program—Time (EST) on Channel

Aug. 9:

3-Day: Dressage—2:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on USA

Aug. 11:

3-Day: Cross- Country— 6:00pm-8:00pm OXYGEN

Aug. 12:

3-Day: Stadium Team Gold Medal Final—6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN

Aug. 13:

Dressage—6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN

Aug. 14:

Dressage Team Gold Medal Final—6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN

Aug. 15:

Show Jumping—6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN

Aug. 16:

Dressage Individual – 5:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MSNBC

Aug. 17:

Show Jumping Team Gold Medal Final 1st Round—10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m on NBC Aug. 18: Show Jumping Team Gold Medal Final Round— 6:00pm-8:00 p.m. OXYGEN

Aug. 19:

Dressage Individual Gold Medal Final - 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on OXYGEN

Aug. 21:

Show Jumping Individual Gold Medal Final- 10:00am- 1:00 pm

So, you think YOU can ride?

The stuff I find at the swapmeet.....
This just cracks me up! lol

Hawaii bound!

Doesn't this look great? I'm off to Kauai in November (Equine Lameness Meeting) and the Big Island
in December!
I love Hawaii!

2008 Olympic Dressage Trials

We did it! The Dressage Olympic Silent Auction was a rousing success!

It was a TON of work, but we did have fun too!



The bidding was FIERCE at the end, and everyone said they LOVED the items offered!






Bunny & Raquel were SO much help, I could not have done it without them! I had help from Dr. Torrie Maxwell, Janet Gardner, Barb Laurito, Toni, Patrice & Martha helped, along with Karen from American Horse Products and her terrific mom Bobbie!




Huge Thanks you's.. to ALL!!!!


We did manage to break away and see the final Musical Freestyles in the VIP tent ...hey, we earned it! LOL.


Raquel is a natural photographer, Enjoy!







Debbie and Brentina sit and spin!














Leslie had a terrific go

Steffan owned this

competition from the start!

Ravel and Brentina, 1st & 2nd