Heather's Perfect Day....

This past Saturday morning, Nick loaded up Lilah and headed to Corvallis to visit friends for the weekend.

I, on the other hand, loaded up Sweet P and hit the trail around Battleground Lake. It was the first time I had ever ridden Sweet P solo on a trail, and she did great! I'm estactic that she's willing to go down the trail by herself -- (not every horse would) -- and now I can hit trails more frequently without waiting for a trail buddy!

After the trail ride (the first since September), I hung out at the barn, making sure Sweet P was tucked snuggly back in her stall. Like the horse-sick kid I used to be, I even cleaned the stalls of the other horses in the barn just to get more of a horse fix.

After puttering around the barn without feeling the rush to get home, I stopped off at a horse show my trainer was judging. I was able to sit quietly and stare at the super-nice horses, which, for the non-horse people reading this, equates to the same drooling over hot boys at the mall.

Only after several hours of horse-related activities, I came home to a quiet house. I ate a late lunch without having to share or defend it with a toddler, and then took a very long, candle-lit bubble bath with reading material (horse magazines and a critically-acclaimed novel, natch)

After the bath, I continued pampering myself. After a couple hours of further "spa" treatments, I decided I better take advantage of Lilah-free time, so I put myself in a frenzy cleaning the house. I cleaned EVERYTHING thoroughly, even cleaning out Lilah's closet and scrubbing the living room couches!

Even with the crazy house-cleaning, between the trail ride and bubble bath, it was a perfect day for me!