I would generally describe myself as a fairly confident person. I’m not perfect, but I have a lot going for me. I don’t think I’m ugly and I don’t mind meeting new people. For the most part, I can put my best foot forward and tackle challenges. My Achilles heel if you will, is my weight. When I see myself in pictures, half the time I crumble inside and think really poorly of myself. This is something I’ve been working…
We just got back from a birthday trip for my husband in San Francisco. Even though he unfortunately got sick on his actual birthday, we had a great time. Neither of us had been to San Francisco before (I’ve never even been to California!) and we had a great time walking around the unique city. Since this was obviously several days without Simon or anything hunter/jumper, I thought I’d find horsey things around the city to share with y’all when…
When you read the Chronicle forum (or really any horse forum), there is a running theme among a lot of the posters. They are primarily women. They often complain about their husband’s not liking the horse/not wanting to pay for the horse/hiding from their husband at the barn/etc. I consider myself to be very lucky not to be in that 2nd category. My husband has come a long way with his understanding of my equestrian problem lifestyle. When we first met,…
I need a staycation from my staycation. This blog has been silent because I’ve been enjoying some days off with one of my bff’s and hitting up the Austin City Limits music festival. It’s kind of a whirl wind blur of great music, smelly festival people, pouring rain, and extreme heat. In short, I’m exhausted. The weekend was not entirely unhorsey, but I’ll have to fill you in on the Simon updates in another post. I’m completely slammed at work,…
I’ve been spoiled for most of 2013. Although my job is never slack by any means, all of my responsibilities clipped along at a reasonable pace. That’s been ramping up as we march towards 3rd quarter, and last week was pretty hellish to say the least. That’s not the reason for my absence from the blog though, I got a last minute deal on a plane ticket to go to North Carolina and visit family for father’s day weekend. There…
My dad was visiting this weekend, so while I didn’t spend much time at the barn riding (although he did come meet Simon) there was one very horsey activity we went to – Rodeo Austin. Every March, hipsters get excited for South by Southwest and horse loving Austinites get excited for Rodeo Austin. My experience with rodeo in North Carolina is slim. I went to a rodeo at the Raleigh fairgrounds once, and remember it had about 5 barrel racers…
I don’t know why, but the idea of a seasonally appropriate front porch is super thrilling to me. There’s no real reason for this. I don’t think anyone has ever driven by the front of my house and said, “Goodness! There is no seasonal wreath… how will I know if it is actually fall or spring right now? The horror!” Passers by might not do that, but I sure do. During spring and summer I lose some of the gusto…
Tim is in Chicago all weekend, which meant I created a list of ambitious plans to do in his absence. This list included (in no particular order) finish painting the doors and decks of our house, take down all the Christmas decorations, clean the house from top to bottom, re-organize the guest room and take the dogs on several long outings to tire them out so they won’t annoy me anymore. What actually happened is more like this… I woke…