where is waldo?

I don't know where Waldo is, but I've been hiding too. 

I had the best Valentines Day week ever playing in the snow in the beautiful north woods, snowmobiling with the love of my life. Good luck finding me there. We didn't sit still very long.

Happy Helmet Heads
(yes, it was snowing)

My job is plain ol' sucking the life out of me. At the end of last year I redesigned the org's website. I'm still working with a programmer doing a ridiculously arduous customization of a new CMS system (among zillion other responsibilities). Trust me when I say, you don't want to find me there. My family has been seen tip-toeing.

Holidays, birthdays, and family to-do's, with so many thing's, it's hard to snooze.

You won't find me at our trainers. I can count on one hand how many times we've seen Cierra since she has been at school. No worries, we have a solid relationship with our trainer. Cierra is doing great, still sweet as ever. Such a smart & willing girl to be ahead of the general training benchmark. Brad has not ridden her, that special day is yet to come.

We are having a real Wisconsin winter this year. With my new-ish winter sport passion, you might find me in the backwoods, or on the local trails that wind through beautiful private land, only publicly accessible by snowmobile. I only wish some of those trails would be open for horseback riding, the other three seasons. Why only three? Have you seen a horse around snowmobiles? I'll leave that for another post.

Don't think for a second that our horses are less-loved in the winter, they are just less ridden. My hubby takes care of them alone most days. You could find me there? I'll be taking care of them too. When I am home, in the dark, or on the weekends.

Pretty sure I covered the "not riding" and "winter weather" whine. There was no need to bore you further. I feel slightly better after talking with our trainer, guess it's not just me that doesn't ride over the winter months. Apparently it's not that unusual around here. Sadly, it's unlikely you would find me on horseback. Too many barriers.

We recently headed back to the Nicolet for a weekend trip, to close out the season. You could have found me at Cathedral Pines, soaking up the serenity.

Cathedral Pines in the Winter

I apologize if I caused any concern with my absence. I wonder about others when I don't see any posts for long stretches, just like sweet blogger friends from C-ing Spots Appaloosas & All Horse Stuff did. Great blogs & awesome horsewomen! You'll be able to find me soon. We have a planned indoor ride coming up. It will be one hundred and twenty nine days since my horse has been worked with, and I've been in a saddle. For some reason that number sounds slightly better then, over four months. But who's counting? Stay tuned & you'll find me.