L'il Beginnings International
 (LBI) Owner / Host

I get great satisfaction hosting the L'il Beginnings web site... especially when I hear all the success and fun people have using this web site. Always open to your suggestions for improvement... I plan to stay at it at least a few more years keeping this web site the best on the Internet for all things related to Miniature Horses!

Please scroll down to view my friends and assistants that are so important to this web site..

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* LBI Assistant
* LBI Web site Management
* LBI Small Horse Connect
                       Management

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* LBI Tech Assistant
* LBI L'il Beginnings Top Sites
                      Design & Host
* LBI Miniature Horse Champions
                      Design & Host

Debby Bowen - My husband and I live smack dab in the geographical center of the state of Georgia in the good old USA. I was born and raised in Jersey and was uprooted at age 18 to move down here in the boonies, the only time I had seen dirt roads and outhouses was on "Gunsmoke"... so imagine my surprise... I was married within the year and I adore the south, can not imagine living anywhere else. I have one daughter who turns 30! this year (2006) so that will tell you I'm older than dirt, I also have 2 of the best Grand children you could ask for. I've had horses most of my life and am an animal lover, I dearly love my dogs and it is very hard for me to part with my horses. My little ranch is named the Ramblin Rose and I have miniatures only now.

I started my graphic design business, Bowens Design in late 2002, earlier that year my sister insisted I have her old computer, she brought it and hooked it up and I was on my own. I took to it like a duck to water, for some reason this was easy to me... who knew! I had always been artsy crafty and drew with charcoal and pastels but now I could design with this computer! By the end of the following year I was fluent in html and now do php. I LOVE to design magazine ads and banners. My websites are works of art and I guarantee my work, please browse my sites. I like to say "I am my clients" because some of my first ones took a chance on me and to this day I treat everyone the same, each one is very important to me and must be satisfied with the work they pay to me to do.

I am grateful to Mary Lou for allowing me to design for her and I hope your visit to the LB Top Sites is an enjoyable one. I am here to help you so do not hesitate to drop me an email or call me if you need help.

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* LB Last Chance Auction
                   Owner / Host

Lois Simons – When my husband retired from the US Navy in the winter of 1995, we bought a small farm in Virginia.  We had moved up and down the east coast for 25 years and had never been in a position to have a horse.  In the spring of 1998 we bought our first mini.   I soon found L’il Beginnings and started reading and learning everything I could about miniature horses especially how to take care of them.  It was so nice to find a place where you could learn so much and ask questions when you needed advice.

Five years later, we found a stallion we liked on the LB Last Chance Auction.  It turned into a “hot auction” that eventually went into additional time.  When it was over, I could not tell if we had won the bid or been outbid due to my poor internet connection.    After confirming that we had the winning bid, the next week went by fast, and our stallion arrived on our farm at midnight.  As he stepped out into the moonlight, he was simply stunning and was everything I had dreamed he would be.

It was a no brainer when Mona announced that she had decided to sell the auction that I step up to take on the challenge.  I have learned from the best and hope to do as well as Mona, and Mary Lou before her, have done in continuing to run LB Last Chance Auction as a successful, fun, and SAFE online auction. We work hard to ensure that we have HONEST people buying and selling so that everyone’s online experience is POSITIVE.

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*LB Entertainment Coordinator
LB Contests
Annual Forum Secret Santa
LB Forum Monitor

LB Forum
* Technician
 * Administration
* Global Monitor

Trying to keep the busy (averaging 200 active users per hour!) LB Miniature Horse Forum running technically smooth has it's challenges at times.. but I manage to keep things going.. LOL!  As for monitoring it.. I really have to say.. I truly appreciate my friends below... they keep the forums safe and informative for our members & visitors of all ages.. thank you Forum Monitors!!

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LB Forum
* Administration
* Global Monitor

I encourage you to enjoy the use of these fun and informative forums. They are a wonderful source for learning, as well as entertainment, support and camaraderie. Please feel welcome to PM or email me any time you feel you want or need to... that is what I am here for! Please be sure to follow the rules/guidelines of the Forums to ensure they run as smoothly as possible.

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LB Forum Monitor
* Global Monitor

Carol Albritton - Forum name - Vertical Limit

From as far back as I can remember I always said I would grow up  training horses. I never thought about anything else. At the age of eight, I started riding and showing Saddlebreds and my family also had two palomino Quarter Horses that I also showed. Then one day when I was twelve I met my first Arabian horse. That was it for me, I knew it my calling. There is nothing I would rather be doing than working with, showing and marketing Arabian horses and being at the shows with my "horse show family" of thirty plus years. To be able to travel with the horses and meet people from all over the World is as good as it gets. 

My husband and I bought our first miniature horse for our three year old daughter in 1984 from Komoko Farms. We ventured into a very small breeding operation but have since stopped breeding because of my other big horse obligations.

I am a long time member of the LilBeginnings Forum and enjoy helping anyone I can. Being a Forum monitor for a good while now, the people who have contacted me know I am always there when they need me, no matter what the reason. And for those of you that I have never had the pleasure of talking to, please feel free to contact me at any time. I look forward to my continued work on the Forum.

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LB Forum Monitor
* Miniature Horse Forum
* The Back Porch

My equine background: I grew up on a horse ranch in Northern California, worked at polo grounds in Southern California, and later worked at a riding center for handicapped children. I have been raising miniature horses for 10 years and teach “Classes For Kids” to young children which includes grooming, haltering and basic equine care. Please visit my web site – Silver Mist Ranch. I also am active in and help moderate a large Cushings/IR Forum. Aside from horses, some of my hobbies include hiking, gardening and home repair projects.

I am a long time member of the LB Forum and always enjoy sharing experiences, learning from my peers and helping people who are new to miniature horses. My hope is to help continue building a cohesive forum where we can learn and expand our knowledge of miniature horses. Please feel free to contact me any time with questions or concerns. I look forward to working with everyone.

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LB Forum Monitor
* Pony Talk

Lewella T. - Forum name - Lewella

I've had ASPC Shetlands since 2000 and AMHR Minis since 1999. Please visit our web site Platte Ridge Farm, located in central Minnesota. Other than showing and breeding ponies, I like to read, cross stitch and do bead crafts.

Please contact me with any of your questions or concerns about the "Pony Talk" Forum!

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LB Forum Monitor
* Mini Donkey Talk!

We own a 120 acre farm called MeadowRidge Farm, in northeast Wisconsin. I got bit--and HARD, by the mini bug in 1997, after just telling myself only one, then two, well, we all know you have to pass the 10 mark to hit the 20, and so-forth, we now have 32 miniature horses and 8 miniature donkeys, including our hinny and zedonk. I'm a stay-at-home Mom to all our animals, they have turned into our daily passion.

Some of my favorite things to do, besides the horses, would be having a bunch of friends over and sitting around the campfire in the backyard till the wee hours in the morning. Almost all our friends breed and show horses (drafts, so what a comparison!) and there is always a lot of healthy horse talk going on.

My advice about the forum, I would really like to see the donkey forum be a good gathering place for all ages, for us to learn from one another through our experiences, and to share what ever knowledge we have about our long-eared friends. I would like the newbie's to remember that we we're all beginners at one point. Also, I am always "there" for anyone ever having a forum problem, or feel free to talk to me openly about problems.

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