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| Sun, 04-22-2007 - 9:30pm |
I had an excellent weekend:
Friday night, I had dinner out with family. Then I went to my brother's and shot some basketball.
Saturday, I met two friends downtown and we painted pottery. Afterwards, we had lunch and perused some of the local shops.
Today, I went to my 8 year old nieces birthday party at a science museum. I had SO much fun! My sister had her hands full! She had 20 kids to show up. I climbed, slid down slides, rode a flight simulator, basically, I got to be a kid today!
The best part is, after the party, I took my two nieces to dinner downtown. The weather was ideal so, we ate outside on the patio then walked around town for a little while.
-- Did you guys enjoy your weekend? What did everyone get into?
Edited 4/22/2007 11:13 pm ET by cfk_3

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Well, congrats on winning! Thanks for elaborating. I have a terrible memory!
I thought there was a lot of money to be made in the horse world. Go figure. Maybe that is just breeding or, maybe it's an altogether false perception ; )
No - very few people really make a lot of money in the horse industry.
Breeding? By the time that baby hits the ground, you have about $10K invested.
The overhead in the horse business is incredible. So while the customers may have beaucoup bucks - rarely is it the trainers with that money.
If anyone ever tries to sell you a horse as an investment - run as fast as you can. Very rarely do you come out in the black. It's very much a rich man's hobby. I think the only deal I ever actually made a decent profit on was a pony I picked up at an auction for $50 and flipped a few months later for 25K.
Yeah, that's a once in a lifetime deal. And of course, it was slightly less than $25K profit - there were training, board and showing fees for the time I owned her.
If I had a spare $30 K sitting around, there's a pony in Maryland I'd buy because I'm willing to bet I could flip him for $100 K in two years.
One of my nieces is completely enamored with horses. I don't think she realizes the cost invlolved with owning one, though. I have tried to explain but it's difficult where money is involved. At the age of ten, they still think it grows on trees ; )
She and her sister will be taking riding lessons for the first time this summer. I am ecstatic for them!
That's awesome!
I think all kids should be exposed to horses at some point.
In fact, one of my heroes, Kathy Kusner, started a program called Horses in the Hood that takes kids from Watts and sends them to horse camp.
There's something very special about the horse/human connection that's not found with other species.
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