Ich Bin Liebte!

Oh hey, an award!   And I'm actually mentioning it!   Wowie-zowie, Batman, it must be a slow day at the doughnut shop.   (Disclaimer:  I do not work at a doughnut shop.  Nor is it actually that slow of a day .  For that matter, I don't even know Batman.)   PS, I apologize to any native speakers if the subject line is more awkward than Google Translate would have me believe. 

Liebster means “dearest” in German, and the award is intended to help up-and-coming blogs get the attention they deserve. Here are the rules:

1. Copy and paste the award on this blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who gave us the award.
3. Pick your five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award.
4. Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.


I actually got this from two bloggers! :)

Kim from Make Mine a Draft, who very recently came over to Blogspot (and is in need of more followers)! She and her horse Gali are a hoot and it's nice to have at least one friend that can sympathize with having to find tack in size Giant.

Emily, writer of Born to Trot, also sent the award my way. Emily is another young blogger with a Super Standardbred, and she and Jet even tried out a version of skijoring with their friends recently. I was actually going to pass this to her when Kim first tagged me, so definitely check out her blog!

In accordance with the award rules, I'm going to pass this along to five newer or lesser-known blogs, which is a daunting task in and of itself, since I follow a few hundred and there are quite a few that are both eligible and deserving, but I'm picking some that I haven't seen tagged yet, that I think my readers will also appreciate.


Bakersfield Dressage -- Karen hails from a different coast and a different sport, but it's still amazing how many ideals we have in common! I'm not actually sure how many followers she has, but her blog is still fairly new so you should check it out if you haven't already. She puts a lot of thought into her posts and updates frequently.

Leaving a Giant Impression -- I can't fumble around with German words and not include Eryn, who currently happens to be transplanted in Germany and thus speaking it far more proficiently than I. Eryn started off blogging about another Standardbred, but now she shares some of the challenges of adjusting to life in a different country, including the horsey culture.

Redheaded Standardbred -- Saxon is one of those uber-rare non-brown Standardbreds that people don't believe exist, and a quite adorable one at that. His owner is a lovely and accomplished horsewoman that has already brought one Standie along through quite a decorated show career, so it should be fun to see how she brings baby Saxon along.

Memoirs of a Horse Girl -- Another Jersey girl striving for classical dressage with a non-classical horse, Val is a very thoughtful writer and I enjoy hearing about her progress with Harley as well as the other horses that helped her along her journey.

Horsez-R-Us -- I've known Stasha for a few years now, and I'm so glad she's finally getting more horse time in her life. She is a willing and enthusiastic learner and it's fun to relive, through her eyes, those days of discovering horses from the ground up.


 That's all for now! Real updates coming by the weekend, I hope.