Okay so back at the end of September, The Printable Pony did an awesome post in the style of “Behind the Stall Door” from The Chronicle of the Horse! It’s adorable and I partially wrote this post back when it was an appropriate time to participate in a blog hop. But who cares, I’m publishing … More Behind the Stall Door with: Noble Streak
Overnight success doesn’t happen overnight. I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea. I have no idea why it popped into my head one day, or even how to appropriately attribute the quote. (If you know where it came from originally, drop me a comment and I’ll make sure to update the post.) I like … More Overnight Success
No Weakness November Update So far I’m very proud of myself in my two “No Weakness November” challenges. I have done no-stirrup work in every ride except my lesson last night, and I’ve done my planks every day as planned. I planned to do some no stirrup work in my last night’s lesson, whether as … More 1 Week In
A Month in Review Or, a month-ish. Since the end of September, life has been crazy. HAHA j/k it’s been crazy since, um, before I got married in June. But it has felt especially crazy the last month or so. It all started the weekend of Sundance HT, when my husband and I closed on … More Whirlwind
No Stirrup November It has begun. I got right into No Stirrup November last night and it was…enlightening. I’m not strong. I knew I was out of shape, but yeesh, it’s bad, guys. Anyway, I decided that, due to Duke’s previous Kissing Spine surgery and our subsequent protection of his back, I am not going cold-turkey … More What Doesn’t Kill Me
Hi, hello. There’s been an awful lot going on lately. I will let you in on it in a future post. I honestly developed something of a block about how to write about it all; I feel like I have a lot to say but couldn’t quite figure out how to say it all. So … More Blog Hop: 25 Questions
10 Years Ago On the morning of Halloween 2008 – a crisp, sunny, misty morning – my heart horse, Moses, was put to sleep. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years. It sucked really bad and I miss him. He was the best, coolest horse. He was calm but athletic and took to whatever we … More A Decade
Sundance has the most beautiful cross country courses, and it’s nice because we can go school there throughout the summer. It’s familiar but they make the courses challenging. Duke was a super star! He needed some encouragement to get going, and until he made it over fence 5 – a gray ramp with feed bags … More Sundance HT: Cross Country
Omg this week has both flown by (how is it already Thursday?!) and dragged (how is it only Thursday?!). Regardless, I’m a bit late on getting the show recap up. Hey, I’ve been a bit preoccupied with things like finding dishes and silverware and clothes among all the boxes in our new house, plus the … More Sundance HT: Dressage & Show Jumping
Show jumping day dawned hot and muggy. We didn’t go until midday so we got to watch some of the upper level rounds. It was a dang yard sale with fences coming down left and right. Fence 4 in particular was a deceptively tricky single off a 90-degree turn away from home. It seemed to … More Otter Creek Fall HT: Show Jumping
