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 AMWELL ART Horse List of New Year's Resolutions 1. I CAN walk and poop at the same time. I can, I can, I can. 2. I will NOT stop and poop or urinate every time I pass the same spot in the arena. 3. I will NOT leave when my rider falls off. 4. My stall is NOT my litter box. When I have free access to my paddock, I will NOT go back inside to pee. 5. I will NOT roll in streams or try to roll when my human is on my back. 6. I will NOT leap over large nonexistent obstacles when the whim strikes. 7. I will NOT walk faster on the way home than I did on the way out. 8. I promise NOT to swish my tail while my human is cleaning my back feet. 9. I promise also NOT to choose that particular time to answer nature's call. 10. I will NOT bite my farrier's butt just because it is there. 11. I will NOT confuse my human's blond hair for really soft hay. 12. I will NOT wipe green slime down the back of my human's white shirt. 13. I will NOT blow my nose on my human. 14. I will NOT try to mooch goodies off every human within 1 mile radius. 15. I will NOT lay totally flat out in my stall with my eyes glazed over and my legs straight out and pretend I can't hear my human frantically screaming, "Are you asleep?!" 16. I will NOT chase the ponies into the electric fence to see if it is on. 17. I will promise NEVER to dump the wheelbarrow of manure over while my human is mucking my stall. 18. I will NOT grab my lead rope in my mouth and attempt to lead myself. 19. I will NOT have an attitude problem. I won't, I won't, I won't! 20. I will NOT pull my new shoes off the very next day just to prove that I can. 21. I am neither a beaver nor a carpenter. I promise I won't eat or remodel the barn or the new fences. 22. I am NOT a Shin'a'in Battlesteed. I will not act like one. 23. I WILL forgive my human for the very bad haircut, even though I look like a freak. 24. I accept that not every carrot is for me. 25. I will NOT do the Arab Teleport Trick when a bad/naughty/awful Horsasaurus Monster breathes at me. 26. I will NOT jump in the air, turn 180 degrees every time I see a deer. 27. I will understand that deer are NOT carnivorous. 28. I will NOT shy at familiar objects just for fun. 29. I will NOT bite the butt of the horse in front of me during the trail ride just to say "Hi." 30. I WILL put my ears forward and cooperate when it comes to photos. You Know You're A Horseperson When ... All your cloths have hay on them. When you fall off your horse and are in a lot of pain and all you're worried about is if the horse is all right. When you go shopping for clothes and leave the mall exhausted and with a headache. But can with stand a two hour lesson with your horse and hardly be tired. The beautiful perfume at the store gives you a headache and you keep wishing they would make a stable sent because that's what you'd rather smell. You only listen to the news to hear the weather to see what the riding weather will be like. You can remember all the horse related events but not to pick up your little brother or sister. You'll drive through a blizzard to get to the barn but the weathers too bad to drive the two minutes to your friends house. You can notice something is missing from your tack box in less then a second but keep wondering what your forgetting when leaving the house. You say whoa to the dog. You can remember any horses birthday but not your mother's. You'll gladly do barn chores but moan and groan when asked to do house chores. You'd rather watch a horse roll buck and run then watch TV. You're up at the 7:00 am alarm and out of bed on the weekends but on the week days you hardly hear it. You walk by someone at school or at work and instead of saying "excuse me" you poke them in the ribs and say "over". Your horses hair in in better condition then your own. Your good clothes are the ones with less horse hair on them. Your tack box isnt in your car, it is. You buy your horse a present on his birthday. You buy you horse a present on your birthday. A friend tells you about a great sale at the bridle shop, and you're excited until you relize she means the bridal shop. You praise your husband by saying "good boy" and pat his nose. You dont want to go on vacation because you'll miss your horses. You horses baby book is thicker then your wedding album. You ask your pregnant friend when she is foaling. Your husband can track through the kitchen unnoticed, but God help him if he muddies up the tack room. You know half the owners in the barn, but you know ALL the horses. Your daughter asks if she can wash her saddle pad with her clothes, because she doesn't have a full load and doesn't want her brother's clothes contaminating hers. You keep a spare curb chain in your purse for emergencies. The family photos are in the bedroom; the horse photos in the den. The board check is paid before any other bill. Your instructor and vet are the only non-family on your speed-dial. You always have new foal pictures in your wallet. The photo Christmas cards feature the horses. You have memorized the addresses of your breed association and AHSA. You pull a $17,000 horse trailer with a $1,700 pickup truck. You plan your pregnancy around the show season so you can send your horse to your dressage instructor for training during the eighth and ninth months. You put a gun rack in your pickup truck to carry dressage whips and riding crops. Everytime you drive past a road construction sight you think what nice jumps the barricades would make. You know when you're a horse person when your boyfriend complains that you love your horse more then you love him and you answer: "And your point is?" You also know your a horse person when your trying to get by a co-worker in a restricted space and instead of saying "excuse me" to him/her, you cluck at them instead. You know you're a horse person when: Your secretary does a "hay check" on your suit each morning and your first stop in the office is the ladies room to remove the shavings from your shoes. Your non-horsey friend gives you a funny look after glancing into the back seat of your car, and you realize he's noticed your whips and spurs. *smirk* You groom your horse and you haven't been to a beautician in ? You pull change from your pocket at work, and hay falls all over. Someone says, "Does anyone have a screwdriver?" and you hand them a hoofpick. You clean your tack after *every* ride but never ever ever wash the car. You yell at the kids, and the horse's name pops out. On rainy days, you organize the tack room, not the house. Your horse's mane and tail get better care than yours, and it shows. Your horse gets more compliments for grooming than you do. You kiss your horse more often than your husband or boyfriend, and enjoy it more. You've considered moving into the barn, since it is cleaner than the house. Your horse seems the right choice when you need to talk something out with someone. You remember worming and vaccination schedules, but not your mother-in-law's birthday. You find yourself analyzing leg and foot conformation on your friends, and thinking how corrective shoeing could improve their way of going. You run your tongue over your back molars and idly wonder if they need to be floated. You talk to the horses like they were kids. All your stock has 4 legs. You chirp to, cluck to or spur your truck/car. You say whoa to your truck/car. When you known more about equine nutrition than human nutrition and it shows. All of your clothes have horsehair on them, even if they've never been worn to the barn. You trade your nice, nearly-new Suburban for a 1-ton 4x4 pickup, so you can haul hay & straw for the critters. (And have that 454 engine for pulling the trailer up those looooong hills.) You know you're a horse person when a new friend walks in your door for the first time. Takes a smell and says with a smile, "I didn't know you had horses." When your bicycle is mostly used as a bridle and saddle rack. You spend more on that 6 year old jumper than you've EVER spent on a car! You go on a diet, not to be more attractive, but to be a better rider.< Co-workers start pointing out green slobber or straw on your clothes. Your solution is to start wearing exclusively "hunter green". When your horse has its mane pulled more often than you get a hair cut. Your house is "decorated" with bits, saddles, bridles, halters, blanket racks, trunks, trophies and ribbons. There are bits soaking in your bathroom sink. You show up at work with bran mash (unbeknownst to you) all over the back of your coat. Your car is the only one in the company parking lot that has an inch of dust INSIDE and when you open the door, a swarm of flies emerge. Your horse gets vitamins and supplements everyday and you can't remember to take vitamins yourself. You can't make it to work because of bad weather, but somehow still make it to the barn. How many horses does it take to change a Light Bulb?
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