I’ve heard through the grapevine that a certain Canadian/West Coast clique member received an incredible gift this Christmas!!
I wonder if we can coax this person out of the clouds and give us FULL disclosure, complete with pictures!
You KNOW who you are…we are waiting for all the great details!
-Puffin
While we all swoon over the generosity and kindness of Jair’s partner, we’ve forgotten perhaps that Jair deserves the awesome Alice. A nicer, more considerate and compassionate person you could not find on this BB. Jairness, I’m so happy that your partner recognizes what a wunderbar person he has in his life.
And you must post pictures-in-progress as Alice fits up and starts jumping GP courses. I’m already starting to feel like her auntie Heidi. 
Humph! Well Heidi, we tried.
It’s a two way street, you make US feel good too. Including this BB in your surprise, well, thanks Jair. Almost as if we are at the same barn, sitting in a tack room. 
Ya’ll are forgetting the not-wanting-to-be-so-sweet-but-failing-miserably DUFFY here!!!
Jair. . .??? I may not be as eloquent as some of my fellow BB’ers here, but you cannot doubt my sincerity. . .Others will shower you with their flowery words, but I know you can see through them!!
Good thing I was sitting down when that picture loaded! Jair, sorry its taken me this long to see the fantabulous Alice, but well worth waiting for! Congrats, and BTW, I love the name Adrian…
ETBW- can I go on the road trip with you and Robby, pleeasee? I’ll only bring one or two terriers myself and they LOVE to travel…
Please add me to the list!
Stop the selfish holding out and tell us! What great news
Jair she is gorgeous!!! And you must announce the debut shows!!!
What a Blessed Christmas for you. 
I’m struck speechless (typeless?) by the sheer adorableness. Congrats, Jair
Thanks guys! (I keep saying that don’t I?) I’m SOOO glad everyone else likes her too!
Hey LOUISE, I do indeed know her bloodlines (I’m a bit of a bloodline junkie myself) she is by Accord/Lanthan/Grundstein so a good mix of jumper and dressage in there. Actually the little description underneath her auction picture says she’d make an good choice for either discipline!
I’m so impressed that my partner took that into consideration! Guess he has been listening to me all these years when I talk about horses!
From what I understand, he went to my trainer in the summer and asked her to look around for a horse for me - he gave her some specifications based on what I guess I’d told him -apparently he once asked me over dinner (after several glasses of wine) what I’d want in a new horse! So he used that and then let my trainer do the scouting - he said he looked a two others (when the hell did he do all this??!?? 
) before he settled on her. Pretty good choice for a man who’s never sat in an english saddle!!
Thanks again everyone for sharing this special time with me!
WOW!!! Just had a chance to look at the photo. Alice is AMAZING!!! Lucky, lucky Jair! 
OMG…what an awesome horse! Congrats Jair!
That was so sweet of your partner! Great surprise planning and great horse.
Good luck with her!
Well, that’s it. Jair’s partner gave him the gorgeous Alice. Robby’s partner gave him a brand new horse trailer.
And we ladies wonder where all the good men are! 
Just how much younger is said younger brother??
ETBW - I think I’m in the mood for something with feta cheese. What do you have that falls in that genre? We had a going away party for my friend who is moving to, of all places, Middleburg (jealous me), to work for event rider Becky Douglas. She’s leaving Wednesday and will only be in VA for a week before they relocate to Florida for 2 months. I made this salad called Orange Basil Black Beans. Pretty awesome. So we have those leftovers to pack for our trip across the Rockies!
Kryswyn - do bring your terriers. Mine are very social and sweet.
Robby
I’ve heard through the grapevine that a certain Canadian/West Coast clique member received an incredible gift this Christmas!!
I wonder if we can coax this person out of the clouds and give us FULL disclosure, complete with pictures!
You KNOW who you are…we are waiting for all the great details!
-Puffin
Well - I was sure surprised to still see this thread going! Thanks PC and Mensach for the compliments.
Something tells me I’d better haul out my Julia Child cookbook and my old issues of Gourmet magazine - cause it seems like a bunch of you are going to show up on my door step led by the intrepid Robby!
I shall have tons of desserts waiting for you when you arrive! Robby has already given me a great Eggnog Cheescake recipe - perhaps he has another one at hand to lend me?
Thanks guys! This is so much fun to share with you - I must say you’re all more enthusiastic that my “real” friends who all went "not another one?! What’s wrong with the one you have? LOL!
Yes, I am gloating a teesy bit Jeb - I keep walking around the office thinking “I have a new horse! I have a new horse!”
My new horse is a 16.3 hand, dark brown hannoverian mare named Alice. She is five years old (rising 6 in June) and was a very generous and incredible Christmas present from my partner!! I had no idea it was coming at all!!! He just surprised me with her on Tuesday, there was even an assortment of little bows all over her stall door that he had stuck there earlier!
I am so totally excited its unbelievable - its a dream come true! Ever since I was little I had asked my parents for a horse for christmas - and now I actually do get one!! Needless to say I can’t concentrate a whit here at work!
I have never had a mare before, so I have no doubt that I’ll be posting a few topics for advice in the next few weeks as I get to know her!!
As soon as I get the picture I’ll try to post it!
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