Three days til my birthday!

I've seen a few of my friends here make a Christmas list, so I thought I should make one too.
Gift art! Doesn't necessarily have to be a picture of my characters, a manip of Joker would be so cool.. anything made for me would be loved.
A print from my wishlist, if you're really willing to buy me sumfin'.
Christmas cards! I'm going to ask my mom if I can send some this year as well.
A simple note saying Merry Christmas.
For all this dArama to END!

That's about it, there's some other horsey things I'm asking for from real life peoples. I really want some new riding gloves since mine are ripped on two of the fingers. A bit warmer would be awesome too.. I also need a winter rug and fleece liner. Maybe some nice fluffy pajamas and socks too...

Joker was awesome today, had absolutely NO trouble putting the bit in his mouth. He was good while we were riding, kept tripping though, gonna work on some ground pole to teach him to him lift his feet. After he had his grain I noticed some blood on his nose.. he bonked his nose on the feed bucket. Cleaned it up with some alcohol and baby wipes so he should be good now. What a spaz...

Not much else to say, might go work on some Christmas gifts while I wait for my sunflowers on Farmville to grow.
Riley

First off, thanks for all the faves and comments on my recently submitted art! It means a lot. My birthday is coming up on December 3rd! I'm gonna have a party with my friends at my house, should be fun. I'm also seeing Trans Siberian Orchestra on the 29th of December with ~ilytoo!! I'm so excited!

I took Joker out on his first trail ride a week or so ago. We went out for a walk with my mom walking beside us, through the forest and fields and stuff. Joker was really good, no spooking or anything. I think we got over the problems with putting the bridle on, he's been very cooperative with it the last few times. He was sooo dirty today... rain + horses = . Grooming; the process of transferring dirt from the horse onto the owner..

I've been playing Farmville compulsively the last few weeks. *eyetwitch*

Riley

I've had a busy past few days...
On Thursday night I went to the Halloween dance which was super fun. I went as Harry Potter... it was epic. Then I had Wind Symphony next morning at 7:00 am... After school that day I went to my friend's Halloween party at her house. Slept in on Saturday morning, then went trick or treating with two friends. Then on Sunday morning I went to my dad's friend's house and raked leaves for 3 hours, watched the Spruce Meadows showjumping on tv, worked on art, and then went to the barn.

So I went and got Joker, all was good.. we groomed, tacked up. He was really good up until the bridle.. he really did NOT want it in his mouth. He was bobbing his head up and down, backing up etc. He eventually broke one of the crossties, it really freaked me out and I just couldn't do it anymore. So I took off his saddle and brought him back out to the pasture. He was being really cute once we got out.. so I decided to do some groundwork with him. Starting with the lead rope, then I took it off leaving just his halter. I walked away from him, and he started following me. After that, I started running around with him trotting after me! When I stopped, he stopped. We even went over a jump together! It was really awesome, and I'm glad we had some fun after the bridle fiasco..

Bye!
, Riley

MAN, I love my horse.

Today, my dad and I went out to the Greenhawk Tack store. We checked out some bridles and bits, and we ended up getting a black bridle and a full-cheek french link snaffle. We also got another curry brush, some horse treats and winter riding gloves. After we went to the tack store, we drove back home, got something to eat.. then we went over to the barn to try out the new bridle. It fit perfectly and Joker responded really well to it. It looks pretty nice on him too. We had a really good ride, he was very willing to do what I asked of him.

I have recently become obsessed with MLIA ( [link] )... spent a good couple hours reading the stories on there yesterday..

I saw Zombieland with my boyfriend on Saturday. It was hilarious. Kinda gorey, but whatever. Some girl sitting in front of us left 10 minutes in cause she couldn't handle zombies eating people alive... I highly suggest it to people who aren't queasy.

Art art art..............
Almost finished one of my trades.. that's about it. I feel so bad making people wait. I'm sorry.

, Riley

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone gets to spend the holiday with their family.

Yesterday was the Rockton Fair, I went with my friends and we watched the Hunter/Jumper show, went on a couple rides and ate overpriced fair food! The show was pretty cool, lots of good riders and some really nice looking horses. Lots of falls though, one girl fell off her horse and landed right on the fence, I don't think she continued with the show.. cause she looked pretty badly hurt.

Today, I'm working on art (for school and some trades), going horseback riding later and helping my mom with the Thanksgiving dinner. Sorry about the long wait with trades, I've just been so busy with school art, I have no motivation to finish anything else. We're working on an assignment right now with Conte and it's so. darn. messy. The assignment is due Tuesday so I have to finish that before I get on trades, sorry.

Short journal is short.
, Riley