The way to heaven is on horseback

hey guys tomorrow i am off to centreparcs so replies will be slow but I WILL be posting cause i have found my baby notebook in bright pink to take with me so before i go to sleep each night i will post to you all! I won't be able to add photo's until my macbook air is fixed, which I should have back by the end of the week eeepppp buzzing! unfortunately I am still having issues with typing as when I make certain movements with my hand I can feel the bones all moving it is gross! any interesting riding stories you guys have got to tell me?  Love A Girl With A Dream.

hey guys sooo updating you on my life! not much is really happening im doing my art coursework the majority of the time which as you can probably imagine with a broken hand is not the easiest jobs and am spending a lot of time reading fanfictions (stories based on books that are already out but some of them are really good and they fill up time when theres not much else you can do) so my next theme for art is as my art teacher keeps saying 'afternoon tea' which is what it says looking at cupcakes and still life drawings which is something that i have never really done except when drawing flowers! Below is a picture of the cupcake that I have done and either in this post or my next post I will try and put a picture of the drawing of cupcakes on a cake stand that I have been working on all night. Cupcake cut out on the cricut ( take a look at my mums blog and see who she follows for more about what a cricut is ) i then empossed and debossed the broen and pink cupcake and st...

okay guys so ive been failing in updating you all daily but with my stupid hand in a splint its a bit hard to type as i can feel all the bones in my hand moving plus side i have finally started packing for centre parcs and yes i havent gone too mad on what i am taking! but more about that tomorrow much love a girl with a dream x

Hey guys sorry that i did not post much yesterday but unfortunately after four hours in the hairdressers i was just a little bit tired! and below is the finished product purple hair that straight but does look pink in one light and I love it! Purple and straight hair took for hours but it was so worth it! But even the simple thing of getting my hair done was a fiasco! Mum had sorted out getting my hair done and had spoken to Laura (who does my hair) at 3pm on friday afternoon and got told that they had deffo got the right colour in for me cause the colour that I like is an unusual one apparently! But they then rang my dad's mobile at 6 friday night saying the wrong colour dye had been ordered! So whilest I was watching my riding lesson on saturday morning mum was ringing around all the hairdressers to be able to get me this colour and she did eventually manage to get it! But on to the riding! So as you all know mum wouldnt let me ride because of my hand! But inste...

Up to today I always said that I would never want a grey horse, but today I was sitting looking at ' horse ' magazine and there was a pretty picture of a 7 year old Dutch Dressage Gelding that was 17hh that is was Breed from a top German Stallion! So now I am sitting here looking at this horse thinking maybe I could have a grey horse because there is something that has drawn me to this horse and i dont know what it is, i would not say the colour because i don't normally like grey's but maybe that is because of the fact that they get so dirty so easily who knows not me? Another thought that I have had was this its to do with the age of horses now i am not saying that we should ride horses until there last minute when its hurting them but I think that if its not hurting them and they enjoy doing it then what is the problem with it, it got me thinking when i read in ' horse ' magazine that a horse at the age of 28 after 10 years off is eventing again! IS THERE ...

well hey guys, it seems like here in england we complain when its too hot and we complain when its too cold personally i would rather be colder than warmer why? because whenever i get too hot a get headaches (which are worse since i hit my head and then start feeling sick) and also its easier to warm yourself up. so what have i been up to? not a lot. Seen as i cant ride i decided that i might as well get my nails done for my holiday to centre parks that is in just over a week! More natural than normal but still bright! Yesterday I was supposed to go swimming with my little nephew but instead we went for a nice long walk maybe it was a bit too long in the red hot sun and we think that i ended up having sun stroke from being in the sun too long! so now i am spending the day at home away from the sun in the cold! Anyway chat later A Girl With A Dream

woop so i am so excited until next year my exams are all over! hehe no more left to do! but textiles was a nightmare, mum managed to get my special circumstances and one of my teachers was trying to be really helpful by suggesting  that i used a laptop to work with as i still can not type! but then my head of sixth form decided that it would be better off that I didn't use a laptop so i was a bit like okay wtf? but the nice lady that was doing the exam decided part way in to it that i needed to use a laptop because  it wouldnt be fair for me not to use a laptop. But on to the horsey side of life I havent done any riding since my accident but I text lauren today to let her know what the hospital have said plus side she did not say that I could not ride but  she didn't say that I could either. But i think mum has already decided that I won't be riding so instead I am going to go up and spend sometime grooming Gatsby and other ponies because that always makes me feel bette...

Today I slept up until 1:30pm after a rather rough nights sleep because of ache's and pains waking me up none stop! Took me forever to fall asleep but then did manage to sleep and mummy decided that it was best that I stayed asleep with having my textiles exam tomorrow, which involves two hours of both writing and drawing and I've got to manage to wash my hair some time tonight. Update for you all on how I am feeling slightly better, but deffo not 100% better. My head is still really hurting but i suppose that is to be expected with having a concussion and have been sick today as well. My hand is really saw and aching and feels exactly like it does when I broke it last time. Mum emailed my school teacher (head of sixth form) today to say that they might need to sort out special circumstances for my exam, and was expecting that I would get a fine that's what has been done! But Mrs Walton just replied and said that she would have to check whether i was allowed them or not...

Not the clearest picture but shows off his chocolate brown colour especially on his bum but if you look underneath his neck and around that area and a bit on his bum you can see the dapples faintly wasnt that great to see them cause the sun wasnt out!

so today's been another long and tiring day, but lets just say nothing much has happened just been waiting and I think that is one of the most tiring things. Let's start at this morning! This morning mum woke me up to take me up to my riding college to get my riding jacket which I ended up leaving at Broomfield yesterday in all the stress and pain, and had tried to fetch it last night but by the time I had remembered the yard was all locked up so had to wait today! I had left it outside Arthur's stable and surprisingly it was still there so it also meant that I had time to say hello to Arthur and give him some fuss cause as much as I do not like him I wouldn't have liked to see him get hurt. He looked fine there was no cuts that I can see and his legs weren't bandaged but it was still time to fetch in the horses so there was no one on the yard that I was able to ask but I think that he is fine! Then my mum and I decided that it was best to get my hand checked as...

so as your guessing from the title of this post, its been a interesting day at the yard for the competition i got there at 9:30 to start getting Arthur ready for my test that was at 11:13 at least that what i thought was going to happen whoever said life was easy was deffo not telling the truth! Arthur's bum all plaited and pretty and looking good clean for once it makes a change! He was fine when it came to tacking him up and I even managed to stand behind him and get a picture of his bum butt if only it stayed that simple but it didnt! I tacked him up and things were going really well as much as I don't like him I thought things were actually going on him, He let me get on him, tighten his girth (thank god my stirrups were already long!) and start walking down towards the bottom school where I was going to be warming up! Arthur had other ideas, he heard an engine start up and it spooked him so he a u turn went straight in to canter, and starting going mad, I was holding...

competing on my boy arthur tomorrow just wanted to let you guys know that cause i said id keep you upto date pictures will be up soon! well after it tomorrow x

just a quick one tonight still no update about the riding at this rate i doubt I will even be doing my riding competition I know great isnt it! But I also wanted to let you know that I am going to be adding a new page soon, thats got cute pictures of both my riding and things that I just generally like so if you want to see anything particular on my blog just let me know! and I will do my best to add it in, it can be pics of jumping, flat work or just grooming whatever you guys think just let me know :) Love A Girl With A Dream x

Hey Guys we'll ive heard a little bit more about Arthur today, he was rode by the staff for the past two days and hasnt shown up being lame but I have been told it will be a last minute thing whether I know if i will be doing the competition! so what have i been doing today? Well this morning i took my daddy to the hospital whos got to have his eyes checked because of being diabetic and cause of glucomer (no idea what it is or if thats even how you spell it)! Then I went to see my gorgeous big sister and my little Nephew Brody, who was all awake and hyper until towards the end when he started to get hyper because he was becoming tired which as you can imagine at 6 months old you know when he is getting tired! I then went in to school for two hours for a revision session for my english lit exam that is tomorrow! Hopefully my spelling will be better by then but you never know it might not be hehe nah I am sure that everything is going to go fine, In the morning I've got my ph...

Okay so today i though i would tell you more about the horse thats made me who I am, he's a piebald cob that goes by the name of Jake, or Jakey Boo, or various different names depending on whether he behaves or not that more times than not he doesn't do. He's about 14 years old maybe older than that and thinks that hes a 3 year old that gets him to have as much fun as he really wants too. To most people he might not look like much but to me he is the best horse in the world. He might be over weight and he might be lame on and off but to me he is magical, he's a horse that bought my riding on to where it is now, and I will always love him no matter what. Things Jake loves, carrots, food of any kind, definitely polo's, lots of attention although iif you overcrowd him he is not going to be happy. What doesn't he like? WORK, having his hoofs picked, work again and being away from his mates, yes he might be a big baby but thats why i love him. I've r...

feel free to leave any comments on my video or pictures if you see anything that you think I need to work on and I will remember to work on them next week or the week after depending on when I next have a lesson! :) A Girl With A Dream x

hey guys just a quick update about my competition at this moment in time it is looking like it is not going to be happening, Gatsby's owner hasnt been able to be convinced to let me use him booo :( but theres still a chance that I am going to be riding but it is only a small chance that i will be competing, hate not knowing whether I will be or not! But there's still a 25% chance that i will get to ride arthur and do it on him! He's gone lame for no reason, but they are going to trot him up and see what happens on monday when he was trotted on the yard he wasn't looking lame but this could be very different when it comes to him being rode as nobody knows whats actually causing him to go lame. Finally got a video of my boy up might not be the best but this was some canter work and for some pictures guys :) So below are some pictures of my boy, yes he can be a pain and over excitable but hey that's why i love them, these were taken from another video that i...

Hey guys So ive just got back from my riding lesson and I had my boy Gatsby :') Love that pony he is great though I don't like his owner! Urghhh annoyed.com but more about that later. So I rode Gatsby and did some canter work (there will be video's for you all) that I hope you enjoy hehe, feel free to tell me if you thing I need to improve things :) I always appreciate constructive criticism as my aim is to get better at what I do! So below is a video of me and my boy Gatsby. He's the big black one and I'm the one that is wearing the pink top and beige jodhpurs :) So today we were working on getting better transitions for the dressage competition next week working going from walk to trot, trot to canter, halt to trot, halt to canter and then walk to canter. This wasn't easy because Gatsby doesn't like doing too many transitions and gets bad tempered when he has to work too much (or what I should say is when he thinks he's done too much work). But s...

eeepppp so tomorrow is riding day hehe cant wait its my last practice for my competition and then its competitions the week after CANT WAIT!! Its only a quick one tonight to say thank you to all my followers for following me i appreciate it guys :') but tonigth is a night with my girl evie where we ar going to watch gerard butler and enjoy that! and then we are going to watch jason statham and have a generally fit lads night maybe even including ashton kutcher? but i watched him last night and ended up crying myself to sleep yeah cause that was a great night! well it was because I love the film. Anyway I will let you know about my riding tomorrow hehe wish me luck :) Love A Girl With A Dream xx

This time last year (well tomorrow) I had left school and was chilling out without a care in the world, all I was bothered about was riding because my riding cause hadn't changed and that was all I wanted to do, was keep riding, keep pushing myself. Work at a stable and thats when Lauren sorted out that I would work three days a week at broomfield college but to do that I had to have a CRB check URGHHH the most annoying thing ever! you might ask why? simple fact it takes far far far too long for my crb check to get done and this is what I wanted to do and it was taking to long (yes i am impationet) Now once again its the day before my study leave and the riding's still going but this year there are changes to be made, for example I'm actually going to revise more I want to do the best I can do in both school and riding! I know not easy but damn if i dont try then what's the point!? On to the riding sooo its two days until i get to ride again! Hopefully I will be rid...

Hey my loyal followers :) I decided to let you all in on why I tide and what it means to me, and why it's so important. I've been riding for about 10/11 years now, and I'm still riding everyone thought that it would be something I did for a while and gave up on like i did on most other sports but that never happened, I've stuck at it and kept working hard, because I know what I want to do. To me riding isn't just a sport, it's a passion, its something that means the world to me but it is also something that is completely indescribable because the feeling it creates the minute I'm even near a horse or think about a horse I know that its something I could never stop doing. I could never stop doing it and plan on doing this my entire life! But I'm going to try my hardest and put it in to words so you can know a little bit more about me and why I do what I do. I might not be the best rider in the world or the most natural rider in the world. But I have...

its about affording lesson's growing up I always wanted to ride it was my thing it was what made me me. It was what made me light up, feel better about my self, and know that there was something that I cold do and just have a great time doing that's just the way things where. But affording lessons werent always easy in fact if it wasn't for my amazing mummy I would probably have never rode because of how expensive it was then came all the extra things the jodhpurs, hat, gloves, etc. And this is where my nan came in because she helped me to get the things that I need to make me better at a sport that I love. Now my nan helps me out with my college course. You might wonder why i decided to share this with you guys, it was because I wanted you to feel inspired. It might be hard to afford lessons sometimes, but in the end things always work out for you and if you love something you should never ever give up on it because its what you do. Never give up on something that makes ...

Hey guys, Before I went to bed, I thought i'd tell you more about my day. :) as i said I would earlier. Today's been a pretty normally day for the most of it i suppose you could say, I had art for two hours this morning (A-level) which as much as I'm knackered I was glad about as my dead line is coming up on Friday lunch time will be glad when its over then I have two weeks off and then I will be starting doing my second year of A level work. I also had an hour of philosophy which I'm starting to get its only taken a year but I'm starting to get my head around it you never know one day it might make complete sense but I doubt it. But on to the best part of my blog the part i am sure you are the most interested in, my horse part. So today was a good day for my riding whilest I didnt get to ride (not riding til Saturday too far away!) I worked on learning my dressage test the first one of two that I am going to be doing I found it okay to learn but I have a few qu...

Hey guys just a quick one to say hey to everyone and let you know that I'll be posting later tonight as I've got my A-level coursework fashion show tonight so will be out til 9:00 (uk time) and then ill update you all including pics Until next time love A girl with a dream

So just wanted to let you all know I finally entered my competition for May 19th now all I have to do is hand the entry form in. eeeppp buzzing! so the form's filled in and I've entered class no.4 which is PC Novice Dressage 2009 and class no.10 which is BD Prelim no.14. Buzzing but so nervous but hey I just can't wait. I've put down my first choice of horse my 17/18hh wonder Gatsby.  (more about him on horses i ride at the moment page). He's amazing and brings out the best in my riding, its plain and simple I just adore him. Second choice is my Tobias, I competed last year on him and would love to do it again that and i just love him.  Here's the beauty filled in. Tomorrow's school but I know my mind is going to be on learning my new tests, ones slightly harder and makes me push myself more and the other is more of a fun thing to do, that's a lot simpler and will help me to chill out. There both to bring on my confidence I'm not expecting amazi...

Hey everyone :)  so it's may day meaning another day off from school, I would love to say that its for a break but nope it is another day of art work? The plus side of this I get to watch as many horse films as I want while working and also that I get to draw my favourite animal horses of course! As my theme for art for another week is mythical creatures.  I've been thinking about a lesson that I had two days ago, I woke up and was buzzing I was thinking I was going to be riding Gatsby (Who is one of my all time favourite horses, hes everything you could ask for and more) I  got to the yard and saw the ride list and it said 'Arthur' also known as Arthur Bear. I wasnt happy to start with because he's the mardest cob ever, and doesnt tend to listen to people he's idea of fun is trying to annoy everyone else. But I got on him and thought I would enjoy my time with him anyway as much as hes not my favourite pony hes still good to ride.  Things were goin...

Just a quickie why not look at my new page 'goals and ambitions' just click the link :) ----> Goals and Ambitions page Love A girl with a dream x

Dog washed, voice watched time to curl up on the sofa, while watching Planet Earth live and time for some horse thoughts 'To place your horse's need for you to let him leave his failing bod above your need to keep him with you... that... is the greatest and purest love.' This was said by Cynthia Garrett. (This quote really touched me because there comes a time where you need to say good bye and all though its hard it will be the best thing to do even though we know it will be hard). 'I've spent most of my life riding horses, the rest I've just wasted.' The author of this quote is unknown. (This quote made me smile because it made me think, if you aren't doing something that you enjoy then what's the point in doing it? Just a thought). 'A true horseman does not look at the horse with his eyes, he looks at his horse with his heart' unfortunately the author is this quote is also unknown. (I like this quote because its the truth of the m...

Hey, So todays my second day of my blog and at the moment theres nothing that interesting to say, why? Because nothing much has happened. But here goes... Setting goals is something I always have to do, to keep motivated otherwise I start thinking well what was the point in doing that? And being a person that's got a long term illness I have to keep motivated, so todays goal was art, and design a new logo for my mums business. So far the logo's come on really well and we have thought of a few possibilities so far 10! My favourite is shown above the colour scheme is chocolate brown, lime green and Pink (the brighter the better I say!), how about you let me know what you think? Another goal that I have been working on is losing weight as my riding school has a limit of 13 and 1/2 stone, which was great to start with but because of the tablets I am on my weight has gone up! Well thats about to change, over the past two months I have lost 1and a1/2 stone nearly 2 stone and ...

Hey,  :)  My blog is here to show people my steps towards owning my own horse for my 18th birthday, which is in just over a year. While this is going to be a hard task it is something that I am passionate about and will work hard to achieve, and having been working towards achieving since just after christmas (new years eve). So far I have said up £400, and am still saving (this is a hard task for me as I love to spend money).  Each Week I have one riding lesson at Broomfield College as part of an 8 week course that I enroll into every 8 weeks, and do an 8 week course. This morning I rode Aurthur (nickname Aurthur Bear) he is a 14hhish piebald cob, and was well behaved other than spooking! He kept spooking at a pair of fillers that had been put away, but he only spooked at them in canter. So at the end of the lesson I made him stand next to the fillers and gave him lots of fuss and attention because he stood next to them quietly (even if it only took us an hour to g...