Right now with the weather so crappy and our Austin winter having been wet and cold, I am not pony weary. The thing I want most is a week of sunshine and warm weather so I can ride my horse as much as possible! I don’t always feel this way though. Let’s face it – riding is a time intensive sport. Horse ownership doubly so. I fall very low on the scale of horse owners who have to live at the…
Partially because my brain is really tired and the weather is not being optimistic for riding this week and partially because I’m in the mood for an easy post… but today I felt sharing some of my favorite things. Naturally, my favorite things make me happy… and I could use a break from complaining about the weather. Watching YouTube videos explaining how to make shockingly detailed polymer clay food. I have yet to actually try and make any food though….
In yesterday’s Blogger’s Weekend post I alluded to the swag bags, but I thought they deserved a post of their own to give our sponsor’s some more recognition. First I want to thank Stephanie from Hand Gallop for having the idea to do swag bags and bringing treats, nose shavers and the bags themselves from The Horse of Course! This Oklahoma based tack shop does online ordering, consignment and specializes in a lot of premium harder to find brands. Let’s…
When Jen and I originally talked schedule for the bloggers weekend, we ended up with February because horse showing really starts full force here in March. She warned me that Texas winter can be unpredictable in February, and I said something like “Lolz u crazy this is Texas it’ll be 60.” Therefore, we had freezing rain for Friday & Saturday. That was lucky though… Dallas had 4″ of snow which left poor Andrea snowed in. Even with the freezing weather,…
It’s here! It’s here! I’m taking a half day at work today, and then commencing fun (and cooking) for tonight’s festivities. So excited to meet some new bloggers face to face, and overall have a fun weekend geeking out with horse friends. I may or may not have bought My Little Pony napkins. If you weren’t able to make it, know that you are missed. I hope this can become a yearly thing and perhaps be hosted by different people,…
Who’d have thought I’d have more than one post to write on this blog about bell boots? Back in 2013, bell boots caused Simon to sit on the ground like a dog. At the show this past weekend, we had another incident with bell boots but this time it wasn’t nearly as visual. Since Simon has pretty severe hock arthritis, I take a lot of (USEF legal) measures to make sure that he’s comfortable at shows and doesn’t get stiff…
To quickly recap Saturday, I had one amazing round with a great ribbon and two rounds where I made pretty major mistakes. This is how Simon feels about his mom throwing away ribbons: For Sunday, I had two goals. A) Go straight (Saturday I let him drift left a lot which caused issues) and B) Don’t go slow! As soon as we walked into the ring for our first 2’3″ Power & Speed class, Simon wanted to trot whether I…
If you follow my personal Facebook or blog instagram, you probably already know that I had a great show. In case you don’t… I had a great show. Great great great. Feel like a million bucks great. My goals going in were to have a confidence booster for me and to give Simon a show where he felt like a rock star for being a good pony. I can’t speak for Simon, but I feel like a rock star too and…