Holiday at home

Hey I'm back! My technology problems have been well and truly sorted but I've been really busy so I'm afraid this blog has taken a back seat. So for the news..
We've been having a sort of holiday at home the last few weeks. Lots of friends and family to stay and a kind of last hurrah in our house. The weather has been pretty good and we've got one of those over ground pools on the patio so it has been great just chilling out and enjoying the sunshine. It was great to see everyone and thank you so much guys for the really cool present!
I've got a new computer and some really cool photography software (Aperture) that I've been playing with. Like all these things it will be great once I've got the hang of it but at the moment I'm still learning what it can do. I have to say I know it's a bit sad but I just love my Mac, it's so pretty!
So now the weather has turned a bit cooler and we have to get ready to move, again! We are going to a very nice house that we're renting down near Dorchester. It's a bit further a way than we wanted but it's a lovely place and there's room for the horse and excellent riding ( I can't say that didn't sway me a little). Anyway, we're going to try life a bit further south ( only about 30 miles!) and see how we get on.
I've been trying to do quite a bit of riding but I'm having some trouble keeping Balu sound. He's having problems with his front feet and his sacroiliac joint so I'm trying to sort things out with the osteopath and the farrier. It's not cheap let me tell you. Meanwhile Emma has had her first few rides. I bought her a really cute tiny saddle which has a big handle on the front that she can hold on to and she loves it. Today she had her first trot. She looked so funny I could barely hold onto her for laughing. I'm sure she enjoyed it much more than the pony did. Jade (her pony) is very old and I think she thought she had retired until Emma came along. Photos to come soon.
Also on the horse front Annie has been going great guns. She jumped a fantastic round in the King's Cup, having an unfortunate 12 faults. It was on TV and it was so exciting to watch. She looked great and jumped the difficult parts of the course with ease. She's been going well since with lots of placings and won the big class today in Staffordshire. At the moment she is Tim's top horse, as Corlato is still out with injury after his fall in Portugal, so the pressure is on. I'm sure she can come up with the goods.
I have to keep you up to date with Annie now as someone else found this site by googling her name. Weird, I always thought I was talking to myself. Lauren, if you visit again say hi in the comments. It's nice to know that someone is reading this babble.