Vampires and Horses

Like every other female in the world between the ages of 13 and 50 I have been consumed with the Vampire obsession. Twilight in particular. I truly believe the love story between Edward and Bella is one of the greats. It rival es Romeo and Juliet, Heathcliff and Catherine, and Zak and Kelly as greatest love story of all time. What 17 year old high school student wouldn't be swept off her feet by a 100 year old vampire that glitters in the sun and drinks animal blood to survive....? Be still my heart (swoon).

Soooo when my impromptu horse search turned up a young gelding named Edward it seemed like fate tapping me on the shoulder! (He was also the right price, and related to my moms horse Bailey....but the name is what's most important) December 23, 2009 Edward joined the Higgins family.

A couple months later my Mother In Law (MIL) received a call from a farm in Indiana that was having financial problems. They were looking for someone to take a Saddlebred broodmare named Matilda and her 1 month old baby at her side. Travis' eyes basically glazed over and he started salivating at the idea of having a broodmare. I started having heart palpitations thinking about the extra expense our "free" horses were going to cost us. But....like the soft hearted push over I am I agreed to take Matilda and her baby. So on April 30, 2010 Matilda Bay and her baby also joined the Higgins family.

For those of you keeping track this now makes me financially responsible for 3 horses....and 1 on the way. Because the instant my husband found out we were getting a broodmare he and my MIL arranged to have her bred back immediately. As my MIL put it, "We now own a Factory." But I figure maybe I can distract him from wanting 4 kids by letting him have a baby horse every year? I will keep you posted as to how that plan works out.

So my newest money pit now needed a name. We couldn't just call her Baby Matilda....I feel bad that we have to call Matilda Matilda...ick! And then it dawned on me....I already had Edward burning a hole in my wallet why not add his girlfriend to the mix. Edward and Bella. So baby Matilda (ick) is now officially Beautiful Bella. I had my own official Twilight Saga standing in a field in Northern Indiana. It's every tweens fantasty!

So if you happen to ever drive through Fort Wayne Indiana there is a really good chance you might see my hay burners hanging out in the field. I hope you enjoy my pasture ornaments because they are bleeding me dry!

Moral of the story....beware of free horses! And ladies, if you figure out a way to make your husbands/significant others into Sexy Vampires, look me up! I am dying to know. :)

http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/my-rejected-twilight-screenplay/

If you love Twilight you will love Eric Sniders commentary! It made me laugh out loud.


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