Crickets

Wow. I kind of forgot to post here for a while.

It doesn't feel like it, but I have bought some horses lately.

First, the local Target is apparently not carrying Schleich anymore. So I ended up bringing home some of the Elf sets and other random animals when they were marked down to half price. I also got the Classic rodeo set for $6 (75% 0ff) and the SR Rearing Stallion in pinto for $11 or so.

I finally had time to stop at the Kmart in Jefferson City, and found the Classic probably-SR foals set and the Stablemate probably-SR set. Yay. Now if only I could find the Meijer's Frolic Stallion somewhere. No Meijer's in the area, and my sister isn't near one either, now.

I finally had some lucky timing when I ordered the JCPenney Christmas horses. They'd dropped the price to the usual level (instead of the inflated "retail"), but I was waiting for another free shipping code. Instead, they had their Friends & Family weekend sale, 20% off and it applied to toys! That was a better deal than free shipping, and they had discounted shipping for the sale, too. So I got the gaited horse set (I love the MFT) and the Stablemates set for $94 shipped. Score!

I bought Nutcracker Prince in person this month, too. We stopped at the Farm & Home in Bonner Springs on our way to the Renaissance Festival, and they had two in stock at a decent price. Their stock wasn't as good as usual, but still had a decent selection. However, their single RR Stablemates were priced at $5.99, which I think is just a little high.

On the down side, I bought a Breyerfest SR (the dunalino Surprise QH Gelding) from someone semi-local, and it's apparently been lost in the mail, due to drug issues on that mail run. It's been two months now. Sigh.

Rats! again

Just missed out on a BF Galahad because I got busy offline yesterday. :( The delay I had downloading the pics didn't help any - the perils of dial-up internet and Really Big picture files. Took me about 8 hours to realize that my email wasn't downloading, and then remember the pics that were coming, that were clogging up the download. Sigh.

Ah well, he'll come around again.

New SM pony - with eye detail!

Found this little guy at Target last month. I've got another one, but not sure where at the moment. The new one has bi-colored (tri-color, if you count white) eyes. Pretty neat, although he looks a little startled because of the extra eye white.

Pictures from AHL 2009

Pictures from American Heartland Live 2009 (most of the horses aren't mine):


A lovely UVM Yesteryear (I've got an unpainted Yesteryear)

The OF Cleveland Bay class - lots of Joes!





Lake Platte!

A resin - Knightly Cadence, I think.

Performance entry

Diana Parker's Standing Ovation, the Overall Grand Champ in the AR division.




My CM Foxtrotter, the only horse I've NAN'd twice (both times in small classes)

Diana Parker's Sir Winsalot, a Thompson's Cleveland Bay, painted by Chris Nandell.

Some of the Pony Division winners. The Stone Pony is mine, he (she? can't remember) was Pony Division champ.

Crunch time

I've got just over a week to get ready for a live show that I'm attending. Got the entry sent and a hotel room booked. Just have to get the horses found - the down side of having most everything in boxes. :(

Black Beauty!

I just got this guy in the mail today:


It's the QVC SR Black Beauty from a few years ago. I've been wanting one of these since they came out, and have been outbid on quite a few at Ebay. I got this one last week at a great price, I thought - Roughly $85 with postage and insurance. Didn't come with the video, but I've got the movie on DVD already anyway. And, he's in great shape as far as I can tell.

Ebay luck!

I just bought/won an auction on Ebay - the QVC Black Beauty (Silver mold) from a few years ago. Supposedly in pretty good shape, but black would be fairly easy to touch up if needed.

Now to pay for him and see what he looks like in real life.