Merry Christmas & Happy New Years Everyone

OK, I found the best song for a Brentina freestyle!! Check out "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" by Mika on iTunes. It'll have you dancing around the living room.

I am currently holed up at my parents', working on the January issue of the Canadian Arabian News and occasionally venturing out into the snow with Pirate. I managed to get him stuck in a snowbank yesterday. We were out with Tamara and Doc and decided to cross a small ravine in the field out back. We made it through the middle part OK, nothing worse than knee-deep snow, and were climbing up the far bank where it was drifted over - which would have been fine, but the bottom also dropped down about a foot underneath. Pirate got into the middle of the snow bank, dropped down the extra foot, and turned around and gave me a dirty look, like "Now what, Miss Smartypants?" So, I rolled off (it was up to my knees in the saddle) and led him the rest of the way. (To anyone who is gasping at the daring of our trail-riding exploits, I must remind you that we are in Saskatchewan - that means flat - so this "ravine" would probably barely qualify as a ditch in other parts of the world; we've been through many times but not usually with this much snow!)

In other news, the Canadian Arabian Horse News now has its own page on Facebook. If you're on Facebook, you can sign up to be a "fan" here. I hope to post the cover and some other teaser bits soon. The entire magazine will be available as a free download from the website after it's published, at www.canadianarabian.com.