I like Over-rated Dressage Goon myself
Well the part you do not know is that when I got Bud I traded him for the HORSE FROM HELL. I only wanted something with a brain that was not bent on my destruction.
Believe me when I say I thought long and hard about a 3 yr old. Didn’t even go look at him for 90 days until the Idiot wasn’t moving. So yes it was a dilemma. But hind sight being 20/20, the best move I ever made.
You can see Bud’s before and after at the link below if you really want a good chuckle. How many times I have thought when I look at these old pictures, “You must have really hated that other horse to bring this one home.” And the skinny photo is after I had him 3 months. 
Life Is Good (aka Bud) Webshots page
With any luck it will work. Thanks for your encouragement. In case you didn’t pick up on it. I am very proud of this guy. 
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
>>>hot pants ARE in fashion at the moment
Just goes to show where YOUR personal shopper is from - probably on the staff of “Hustler.”
>>>I feel something for you, I really do, but what exactly is that? Oh, yes, now I know, it’s pity.
Yes, Velvet, it IS such a pity that you can’t be like me.
>>> (I have nothing to say about dark roots? I’m a natural blonde, so that’s completely impossible and yet another wandering of your fantastically warped imagination.)
Of course, YOU have nothing to say, but your hairdresser had LOTS to say.
Horse, horse, horse.
Really, suzy, and here I thought we could have a fun discussion on the stability of Twinkies in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
Well, back in my day, a little blood letting was considered cathartic. I’ll try to play nice.
Can I have Opinionated Dressage Geezer, this should, after all, be reserved for only those of us over fifty! Of course I would be willing to share my title with any so qualified.
We need each other for support.
Like please help me get on this dang tall horse, or deary would you mind handing me my gloves I don’t want to dismount, and you there, you darling little child, would you be so kind as to please fetch me some water from my bottle.
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
Absolutely LOVED the one with the comment about the getting rid of the hunter slouch! Boy is that right on the button for me. I feel so sorry for my trainer because she is always after me to get my hands UP for the flat work and DOWN for jumping. It’s just that I’m a bit dyslexic. Still have to think twice about left and right!
I neverwould have guessed that you were proud of your boy!! 
msj
Senility is so fun to watch…especially in someone like you.
If you were only as young and gorgeous as I am, you’d know that your attempts at insulting me only make me laugh. A svelte, natural blonde, such as myself, never has anything to fear.
Oh, and speaking of “unnatural” blondes…James has been telling me some very interesting things about you, and not very flattering, I might add. Is it true that you made him change your “Depends” every morning?
So that’s where my dictionary went to!!! Sheesh, imagine my horror when I leaped out of my car in a moment of road rage, ran around to the trunk to get the dictionary so that I could spew the most vituperative words imaginable only to find it wasn’t there. All I had available to me were some broken bridle pieces and a whip to spank his car with. Somehow it just didn’t have quite the same effect as a few good “quotes” from Merriam Webster. In fact, I think the only thing I succeeded in doing was convincing him that I was a bit kinky.
>>>We need each other for support.
Yes and that would include support hose, crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, reminders, and the like for those of you who didn’t get it. 
Hm, speaking of which, where did Granny Velvet go?
But I love it…
Can we all say D-E-L-U-S-I-O-N-A-L!!!
