A while ago, I had lunch with several barn friends and the men in our lives came up. One who was single at the time said, “I just want someone who won’t get upset about the horses!” It’s a pretty valid request, as we all know just how much time and money horses take up in our lives. Today I want to focus on the money part though. Does your significant other get upset about the money spent with horses?…
Aside from running myself over with my car, I did have some great fun this weekend when awesome blogger friend Tracy from Fly On Over came to Austin for vacation! Now I’m not sure you’re aware, but no trip to the Lone Star state is complete without a visit to nerd horse and yours truly. Lucky for me, Tracy and her awesome husband agreed to trek outside of Austin for a bit of a horsey adventure. When I finally managed…
Last week was not my week. We won’t get into the crux of it, but on Friday night I was so looking forward to the weekend when we’d have sunshine and lots of barn time! Plus, super awesome blog friend Tracy was coming to Austin for the weekend and we had fun plans to hang out. We did hang out, and it was super fun but I’m going to save the fun post for tomorrow and today share my stupidity with y’all. First, on Friday…
Things are pretty slow here, but the weather is getting dryer so hopefully that means lots of riding in my future! To beat the slowness, I’ve crafted a little online equestrian challenge that I offer up to you all. I love a good scavenger hunt, and think this will be fun! Here’s how it works – I have ten items outlined below. If you want to play, look for a video or image (please link images back to the source…
Shopping for riding clothes is always hard. They’re expensive and they fit weird and they can be oh so exciting, but also a huge let down. Add being a non-traditional size for a hunter/jumper rider, and the challenge grows. Though I’m not a fashion diva at the barn or in real life, I have tried my best to dress just as stylishly as thinner equestrians. The general tips are stay away from super Euro or super trendy, and SmartPak is…
After doing my 30 before 30, I decided a year long birthday challenge was something fun to add to my yearly blog goals. However, I didn’t want to do another horse bucket list this year. Therefore, I asked readers to help me come up with photography ideas that they would like to see on the blog. It was fun reading everyone’s suggestions! I took all of them to heart, and added some of my own as well. Some were modified…
My mood has been foul this week for no particular reason. I could dwell on that, or I could distract myself with an equestrian fantasy in The Owl’s Approve‘s blog hop this week. I choose option two. Let’s pretend that financial restrictions don’t exist and logistics isn’t a nightmare. If you could do anything with your Ponykins, what would you do? If I could do anything with Simon, it would be show at WEF for the entire twelve week circuit….
While you wouldn’t expect a Texan to complain about the weather, winter riding and winter survival in general is a bit different here. See, up north where it’s truly cold, there are institutions set up to deal with the cold. These institutions include things like snow plows, covered riding rings and winter jackets. A cold day in Texas means “put on a sweater”. Cold + any type of precipitation? Forget it. If it’s below 40 and raining, we’re going to…