Tuesday, September 30, 2008

"A Pony for your thoughts?"

I've been off line for a few days my friends, although I have managed to read all y'alls blogs everynight before going to bed! I'm still looking for a temporary job~ or something I like to do a lot- which led me to a local Regional Park- Tilden in the hills of Berzerkley. Yes, you read that right, I added a Z in there- because the town is full of certified nut jobs. (Of course if you live there, that doesn't mean YOU!) I wanted to find out if they had ever gotten a vendor for the pony ride. They had not. When you look at the pictures you'll see that the place is in disrepair, but not so bad that you couldn't fix it up easily. And that got me thinking about bringing the ponies back to the Park. So I have spent the last few days doing the research- crunching the numbers and so forth.
What I have found out is that I could start out small (no pun intended) and work into more ponies as the buisness made money.
But then I got to thinking further. .. I like my hobby. I've never wanted to make it anything more than that.(Not counting the few years when I was twelve and thought that being a jockey would be cool.)
If I decided to run the pony rides, I wouldn't have the time for my very own loveable boy- Desi. That would mean no horse shows! Gulp! I'm not setting the world on fire- but I do have a long term goal- to qualify for the Select Show. Next year will be my first attempt at qualifying.
Sooooo to make a long story short- I have decided not to bring the ponies back to Tilden. At least not yet. I'm going to continue to enjoy my very own personal pony ride. The job can wait.

5 comments:

The Wife said...

Thanks for visitin' me! Berzerkley-too funny! I say make that job wait and reach your goal.

Cheryl Ann said...

HA! We call it "Bezerkley" too! But that's because our daughter went to UCLA! One of the teachers at my school went there and I rib him about it ALL the time! Hee, hee!

Meg said...

Hey there! Love your blog...thanks for stopping by mine. I see you are reviewed Wild Horses...I am in the process right now.

I am originally a California gal...I am so glad to meet you!!!! The blogosphere needs more "mature" women blogging and THANK God cowgirls are finally getting our say!

I am subscribing to your blog today and plan on reading everything...

We are going to be great friends, thanks again for your support!

Hugs from the Hill Country!

Meg

Train Wreck said...

LOL!! Check out what I posted for my WW!! Great Minds!!

Mikey said...

I hear ya on the Bezerkley thing. Spent some time there as a teenager (I grew up in Willits, so not a far drive) and yep, there are some nuts there!
Love that pony pic there for Wordless Wed. That is so darling!!! Love the eye shot too.
Bummer you can't bring the ponies back to Tilden :(