angelspeeper
Well-Known Member
Many of you have read and/or posted comments on my thread "feeling a little unwelcome" First off I would like to thank all that made me eat those words. Many, many people DID indeed make me feel welcome.
Next I would like to personally apologize to Tremor. I was WRONG, and I'm sincerely sorry. I hope you forgive me.
(just for background info)....The last couple months have been extremely stressful. I am not using this as an excuse, just letting ya'll know what I've been through...so that maybe you can understand some.
So here goes what I've been through just since the World show in September. I had a head injury just three days after getting home from Worlds, then my kids (17 & 20) had a car accident while I was 150 miles away. If your a parent, you understand the stress of getting THAT call! (I should never have gone that far so soon after the head injury!...boy did I pay for that!) The next week my Mother, who lives out of state, was put in the hospital. The Drs. didn't know what in the world was wrong with her, but she just kept getting worse. (fortunately she's better now) Then another car accident (this one very serious) involving my oldest. (not even a month after the first one) He was injured and had to have surgery. Just dealing with the hassles of BOTH wrecks was enough to send anyone over the edge. Having a spouse who travels for their job, meant I had to handle all of this on my own. You can imagine all the stress. I was on edge and quite...um..."horrid". (a nicer word than what is actually on my mind.)
I saw this colt at the World show but sadly he was out of my price range. I couldn't get him off my mind. Then they reduced him, but I wasn't sure we could spend so much with everything that was going on. I decided I had better NOT. But then they tempted me by REALLY reducing him...so that they could make room for the new show string. I just could NOT pass him up at that price. I saw being able to get this horse as a "turning of the tides" if you will. I was so excited to share him, but my computer skills are awful. I didn't know how to post a picture so I used a link to the breeders website. But unknown to me, not long after I posted him they re-did their website...in effect changing the pictures. (at least that is the way I understood what was explained to me by a member here...I hope I got that right, don't want to stomp any more toes.) But because the pictures didn't match up with the name I gave...there were some not-so-nice comments made that FELT like...well...like I was being attacked and accused. It made me feel like I needed to defend myself.
That did NOT give me the right to be such a jerk with anyone. It was an honest mistake. Bad computer skills instead of "trolling" or some ugly "scam". Stars miniatures breeds some beautiful horses. I've drooled at them for years, and now FINALLY made one mine. I'm thrilled to get him and hope he proves to be all that I think he is.
And so I would like to apologize to ALL that I have hurt or offended! I need to go de-stress. So out to the horses I go.
Next I would like to personally apologize to Tremor. I was WRONG, and I'm sincerely sorry. I hope you forgive me.
(just for background info)....The last couple months have been extremely stressful. I am not using this as an excuse, just letting ya'll know what I've been through...so that maybe you can understand some.
So here goes what I've been through just since the World show in September. I had a head injury just three days after getting home from Worlds, then my kids (17 & 20) had a car accident while I was 150 miles away. If your a parent, you understand the stress of getting THAT call! (I should never have gone that far so soon after the head injury!...boy did I pay for that!) The next week my Mother, who lives out of state, was put in the hospital. The Drs. didn't know what in the world was wrong with her, but she just kept getting worse. (fortunately she's better now) Then another car accident (this one very serious) involving my oldest. (not even a month after the first one) He was injured and had to have surgery. Just dealing with the hassles of BOTH wrecks was enough to send anyone over the edge. Having a spouse who travels for their job, meant I had to handle all of this on my own. You can imagine all the stress. I was on edge and quite...um..."horrid". (a nicer word than what is actually on my mind.)
I saw this colt at the World show but sadly he was out of my price range. I couldn't get him off my mind. Then they reduced him, but I wasn't sure we could spend so much with everything that was going on. I decided I had better NOT. But then they tempted me by REALLY reducing him...so that they could make room for the new show string. I just could NOT pass him up at that price. I saw being able to get this horse as a "turning of the tides" if you will. I was so excited to share him, but my computer skills are awful. I didn't know how to post a picture so I used a link to the breeders website. But unknown to me, not long after I posted him they re-did their website...in effect changing the pictures. (at least that is the way I understood what was explained to me by a member here...I hope I got that right, don't want to stomp any more toes.) But because the pictures didn't match up with the name I gave...there were some not-so-nice comments made that FELT like...well...like I was being attacked and accused. It made me feel like I needed to defend myself.
That did NOT give me the right to be such a jerk with anyone. It was an honest mistake. Bad computer skills instead of "trolling" or some ugly "scam". Stars miniatures breeds some beautiful horses. I've drooled at them for years, and now FINALLY made one mine. I'm thrilled to get him and hope he proves to be all that I think he is.
And so I would like to apologize to ALL that I have hurt or offended! I need to go de-stress. So out to the horses I go.
