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…
There are two types of “country.” One is your typical rolling hills, old tobacco fields, rustic barn with beams and a warm cozy hay loft. Think old Virginia plantations, Kentucky bluegrass or even parts of my home state in North Carolina. This country is pronounced con-tree. Then we have the sticks, the outskirts of a major city that aren’t quite rural but not quite metropolitan either. Some questionable trailers, one or multiple broken down cars in the yard… Even the…
Today we reach the final oh so exciting conclusion of how my dorky horse hobby is almost exclusively responsible for my career. In Part 1, Sim Horse Chat I developed strong typing and descriptive skills, and in Part 2, Automated Sim Games I discovered Photoshop in a major way… but the real reason that simming helped me get my career is learning web design. Even though sim chat and automated sim games were fun, my favorite sim games to play…
In Part 1, Sim Horse Chat I fessed up to my secret horse sim addiction that’s been around since I was a kid. While Sim Horse Chat helped my typing and descriptive skills, discovering automated Sim Horse games really opened up a new world to me. Hello Photoshop! Automated Sim Horse Games are sites that have a sign-up, usually a fee to play, and run in a similar fashion: you buy/sell/breed virtual horses that have stats, train them to improve…