Month: December 2009

I’m wondering this myself as I was grabbing my iPhone to take the picture. Zita’s such an interesting creature and Ex is pretty interesting himself too!

Anyone can nominate HorseGirlTV for the Streamy Awards so we’re calling on all HorseGirlTV fans! Click each category to nominate HorseGirlTV for the Streamy Awards! **PLEASE, be sure to select the correct category from the drop down menu on the Streamy site.** We’ve made it über simple! Just click each link below and you’ll be taken to the correct nomination page for that category. You can nominate each category one time daily until the nominations close on January 15, 2010 so make sure and start your mornings off right with a surfing of HorseGirlTV Streamy Awards nominations!

Best Hosted Web Series Nominate HorseGirlTV at http://bit.ly/7xgs7P

Best Web Series Host Nominate Angelea Kelly at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9

Best Editing In A Web Series Nominate Brent Streeper at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9

Best Branded Entertainment Web Series Nominate Absorbine at http://bit.ly/7xgs7P

Best Guest Star In A Web Series Nominate Maeghan Ridley at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9

Best Original Music In A Web Series Nominate Frank Maddlone at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9

Best Product Integration In A Web Series Nominate Absorbine at http://bit.ly/7xgs7P

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Hubert, North Carolina December 16, 2009 Tune in. Tack up. with HorseGirlTV. It’s that time of year again. It is time for the Streamy Award Nominations! The Streamy Awards is the first and most prestigious awards devoted to honoring excellence in web television. They identify and celebrate the pioneers laying the groundwork for a new and dynamic entertainment medium.

HorseGirlTV, into its third year of producing top quality online equine entertainment for equestrians and mainstream audiences, is up for nominations for a number of Streamy Awards. We need your to help ensure the position of HorseGirlTV alongside others leading the industry of web television. Please nominate HorseGirlTV as Best Hosted Web Series by pointing your browser to http://www.streamys.org/submit/public-submissions/ and completing:
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HorseGirlTV’s complete Streamy Award nominations include:
Best Hosted Web Series HorseGirlTV, Nominate at http://bit.ly/7xgs7P
Best Web Series Host Angelea Kelly , Nominate at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9
Best Editing In A Web Series Brent Streeper, Nominate at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9
Best Branded Entertainment Web Series Absorbine, Nominate at http://bit.ly/7xgs7P
Best Guest Star In A Web Series Maeghan Ridley, Nominate at http://bit.ly/5LD3O9
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Best Product Integration In A Web Series Absorbine, Nominate at http://bit.ly/7xgs7P

Submitting nominations is free and easy! One nomination per category can be made per day until the nominations close on January 22, 2010 so make sure and start your morning by submitting your HorseGirlTV nominations for each of our Streamy Award categories including Best Hosted Web Series and help us get one step closer to the Streamy Awards red carpet and further bringing the horse world to mainstream audiences!

About HorseGirlTV
HorseGirlTV is an Internet series hosted by Angelea Kelly producing educational and entertaining webisodes. The goal at HorseGirlTV is to educate the equine community, and to entertain and educate mainstream audiences about the wonderful world of horses, thus enriching and expanding the equine industry. HorseGirlTV is equine entertainment for the wired generation! Website address: www.HorseGirlTV.com.



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So this is my first real traditional style Christmas tree in years. It seems I’ve killed the norfolk pines or other plants I’ve tried to make into Christmas trees the last few years so I figured it would be ok to buy one that’s already been hacked down. I guess I’m voting with my purchase it’s okey to harvest trees for the holidays but when it boils down to it I’m actually just helping some Christmas tree farmer so it’s all good!

Don’t make fun of the bows as I made them to keep the tree less commercial. The lights are LED so energy efficient and don’t burn hot so safer. The little braided angel is from my childhood and the tree stand we bought but it’s made super well and while isn’t über attractive, I think it’s fine without a skirt!



Zita and Picollo were not too impressed and refused to help out!

I held off as long as possible before starting up projects but we’re updating our fields for the winter turnouts and giving the spring/summer fields a break so there has been fencing work to be done. The arena sat dormant for the months I was training in The Netherlands with Anky so it was interesting to see just how it settled and how the fall rains affected it. Ex bought a new John Deere that supports the Kieser drag by ABI very nicely. I’m looking forward to producing a webisode on their really neat tool as I call it a drag but it’s soooo much more than that! Here’s a shot of me with my maiden voyage driving the new tractor! Thnx Ex. It’s definitely a step up from the 1950s model 40!



I mention the tool cause it’s just so darn kewl. With the arena really hard packed after sitting for several months all I had to do is pull a few passes over with the Kieser tool cutting/leveling blade, scarfing teeth and finishing comb to turn it back up in perfect harmony of base to top fluff footing! Now I just can’t wait to get the entire arena 100% perfectly flat then meet with Edwin from the innovators at Attwood Equestrians Surfaces to talk about top performance horse footing!



What else has been on the stable to do list? Well the stalls are ready for the horses to step in them now. My tack room is climate controlled. The hay barn is water proof and the feed room is organized for efficiency! So we’re all set! I’m excited for Carrara to get back to the stable and to meet my new project horse from The Netherlands. He’s an adorable 4 year old gelding by Sir Donnerhall and should be a fun resell to work with! No presents needed Santa. This Christmas it’s great to just be home at our stable for training, training, training!

It took about 22 hours stopping every 2 hours to let Carrara rest and stand still quietly in the box but I would do it again to do it myself knowing first hand how well she was cared for as well as saving on the expense. She was a rockstar going on as always just walking right up and she was completely quiet less the VERY last stop about the last 5 minutes of her last non-moving break she pawed a couple of times. Seriously this horse has an amazing character! Here’s the front sign of her CEM where she’ll be for about the next 21 days. The people were super sweet there and the state vet fun to chat!



The last leg of my non-stop 2 day driving fest was almost over. I was heading home to the farm on the coast. I just thought this old car I saw at the petrol station was too cute! Surf’s up dude!

So Carrara is being released from USDA quarantine in NY and the requirement is she must be transported in a USDA sealed and approved van, trailer, horse box to her CEM facility. They tell you this special sealed van transport will cost $800-1200 for the trip. Being as thrifty as possible, I do a bit of research and find out that my horse box can be approved by USDA and I can do it myself thus paying only the petrol and turnpike fees which I think will total to a couple hundred dollars. Hmfp! I guess they don’t want to eat into the pro transport peoples profits but hey, I’m down for saving where I can. Having horses is expensive! So I drive the Jeep and Brenderup to NY (about 14 hours going slow and stopping often to stay fresh). Here’s the USDA quarantine office. I didn’t take any pictures of the stall or horse area as I thought they might not be too keen on that and I just didn’t want to ask but it was nice and clean, they were very professional and although I don’t think they blanketed Carrara the entire few days she was there, she looked well and alert!



Here’s the special “seal” they put on the transport to ensure it’s not opened. They made it all sound so fancy when really it’s quite simple!



A quick shot of the USDA sign and we’re on the road to Southern Pines, NC to begin Carrara’s CEM!



Driving by day was great but I hit Baltimore about the time of their rush hour(s) traffic. I made a mental note to never travel through Baltimore (especially hauling) during their peak hours! Zoinks! It took 3 hours to get from Baltimore to Washington DC!

I was looking back through a series of photos taken with a local photographer in a shoot here over the summer and had to laugh at this sofa picture. It was Janice’s brilliant idea to juxtapose the sofa outside and wow how the bright red sofa contrasted with the green, green pasture! What a fun afternoon and evening!

So it didn’t take long for me to embrace the commercialism of the holidays. I made a pumpkin pie and we bought a Christmas tree. Now the pumpkin pie? Well I didn’t have a pie plate so improvised with a skillet. I think this could be a big southern hit “Skillet Pie Cooking With HorseGirlTV” so Martha Stewart has nothing on me! Hah! Thnx for the idea Andrew! And yes, I make my own crusts. I used to have a bakery in Oregon back in the mid 90s!



Next it was on to the Christmas tree. I haven’t had a “real” Christmas tree since my small little one in Madrid in 2004 and Ex and I hadn’t ever had one together just opting for Norfolk pine or some tiny, tiny table model the past couple years. BUT!.. it was our first Christmas at the farm and we needed a hearty country tree. This is what we picked! Oh and we did try a couple of the local nurseries to support our local economy before heading to Lowes.

Okey! So some girls collect purses and shoes. I happen to collect the more fashionable yet function things like dress riding boots, saddles, bridles and the occasional fancy leather halter. But I have too many dress boots! Now some of you folks will say “Too many dress boots? Well that’s not possible.” but really there is too much of a good thing. Trying to decide which pairs to part with I am starting with my two brand NEW pairs, my Dehners (back zips) and my Ovations (side zips). I’ve just listed them on eBay so take a look when you have a sec and feel free to pass the links on.

The Dehners retail for $875.00! Yup, holy calfskin leather Batman! BUT… they are American made by a company with decades of experience in crafting quality boots for Americans and the world! I’m asking the Buy It Now on eBay at $249 but make me an offer!

Follow the eBay auction online at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250545673975&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

The Ovations are a bit less steep retailing at $200 but still a great quality boot and the inside zips are pretty awesome. The Ovations do have a WAY low reserve. We’re talking over 65% off retail type reserve hint, hint! I didn’t take custom images of the Ovations as they are still wrapped up in their original tissue in the box but here’s a stock image.

Follow the eBay auction online at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260520559168&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT