Oh my, I do not believe I have had the opportunity to introduce myself… First, I’m in the wilds of Alpharetta, which, at least from a horse showing perspective is a little remote, compared to South Florida, where I previously lived…
Well, let’s see, I, like Flash have been called quite a few things, and since we don’t want to test Erin’s “delete” reflexes, I guess we won’t repeat 'em here 
As for age, I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you, and that could get messy. Suffice to say, I showed in the A/A hunters up to last year, and got to be in the infamous “middle” or “more mature” adults. Sadly, I recently moved up to the A/O’s where I am just plain referred to as “older” (P.S. - anyone attending the AHSA convention, PLEASE support the proposed rule to split the Older A/Os so once again, I can reclaim the “middle” ground!!!)
As for careers, I am currently dot.comming it in an online insurance company, after years of working in probably every aspect of health care insurance you can imagine (not that I think anyone has spent one nanosecond of their life thinking about health insurance careers). All this came after years of managing a surgical/post op facility for racehorses, and majoring in international relations and math. (Oh,yea, I can see you are all really following that career path!)
Now, on to the important things in life… the beasties… 5 to be exact… well not exactly - one is a 30 year old QH mare I “gave” to a family about 9 years ago - I don’t think she is ever coming home again, but she is still part of the family. Then come the 2 ponies - Rebel & Princess, who live in glorious retirement at ages 20 and 26 , respectively. Rebel can give Louise’s Stormy a run for his money in his ability to cause trouble, and we have agreed for the safety of mankind, those 2 shall never meet.
Finally, my 2 TBs, both off the track. One is my old man, Raven, who guided me through many years at the A/A’s, and is the most mannerly, affectionate horse I’ve met. Last, but not least, is Robbie, my 8 yr old current show horse who I got off the track 5 years ago. We moved up to the 1st years and A/Os this year, and I have to say, he is one of the nicest horses I have ever jumped (and I would say that even if I wasn’t the one who trained him 
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A pleasure t’meetch y’all! (as we say in the South)
I mean, first I disocvered BB’s at Towerheads. Then I wandered a bit…happening upon y’all. Then I became a horrendous lurker… reading everything and cursing and laughing at the posts… but never having the guts to to reply. 
Then came the day when I finally posted… whew! What a thrill! 
And now, gasp, I am posting on the intro thread. Baby steps… it’s all about the baby steps, RIGHT? 
