Simon and I are doing My Fitness Pal. I’m counting calories to reduce my mass, and he needs to gain some… at least I think so. Let me present you with some photos taken this week on the exact same day. One of these photos makes me think my horse needs to gain some weight, because of the obvious ribs. The other photo is passable to me, but since I know how close they were taken it’s not like he…
Simon had his teefs done yesterday. I was told he had a lovely mouth, and typically only needs routine stuff done. This is great, because there are many other parts of his body that aren’t quite so lovely. The dentist said that some of the head flipping I’ve seen during my recent rides could be attributed to his teeth. It had been 13 months, so they weren’t terrible by any means but he had some irritating rubbing on his tongue on…
I walked to the barn for my lesson last night with my positivity hat on. I also immediately walked to a lovely group of barn ladies enjoying Sangria, and I had a glass. I figured Sangria could only help our situation. (P.S. I have no media so enjoy these random faces of Simon while I tried to take a picture of his new bonnet I made) Simon brought his A-game too. He actually trotted up to me in the pasture, which…
First off, thank you to everyone who commented on my post yesterday. I took each and every confidence building suggestion seriously and feel a lot better knowing I’m not alone with these feelings! Going to try and kick ass at my lesson tonight. Will report back 😉 Now those who know me well know that I typically try not to buy things for my horse unless he needs them. It’s pretty rare for me to throw about large amounts of…
I came off yesterday. It was the first jump of the second course of our lesson, so pretty early on. We cantered up slowly to a 2’3″ oxer. I leaned for him to jump at a spot that was maybe a smidge long, and he put his feet back down. I fell completely on his neck and then popped off to the side in front of the jump. I fell hard and got the wind knocked out of me. It was…
You know at least one person who’s said it. “I can’t even!” It seems like there is not a shortage of opportunities for people to use this phrase. Most of the time when I hear that I think, “I’m pretty sure you ‘can’ some!” Still, when I was perusing through my Pin Oak photos (aka pulling as many blog posts as possible from them), I noticed a few horses that really… can’t even. “I can’t even combination.” “I can’t even jog.”…
I’m trying to do this blogging series in the order that a new blogger would have to consider. Part I was about getting started and choosing a blogging platform. Part II was all about layout, but today’s Part III is unique in it’s something that both new bloggers should think about before they start and current bloggers can benefit from. SEO stands for search engine optimization, otherwise known as how high your blog ranks on Google. If you do not care about…
Last week, Diary of a Horse Obsessed Girl wrote an excellent blog post about the differences between local and rated horse shows. Since she has a lot more horse show experience than I do, I can go ahead and tell you that her post will be way more informative and accurate than this one. So go read that if you want to know the nitty gritty. This post however, is more about pictures and silliness. Since I haven’t actually shown rated,…