There are a ton of really awesome, really expensive equestrian products out there. They are usually beautiful and made more beautiful with monograming and bejazzling and all other sorts of fun things. On the flip side, there are the unsung heroes of my tack trunk. Here are my favorite products for under $5 that I use on an almost daily basis. Menthol Rubbing Alcohol This has many uses. You know when you’re a really gross head sweat’er who lives in…
For a while I had lots of blog content deep down in the drum of my drafted posts. Thoughtful! Exciting! Funny! Yeah, that’s all gone. Until I refill the drum or something exciting happens, I just have posts like today’s where I’m going to rattle off lots of nonsense tidbits for no other reason besides I’m happy about them and you’re a captive audience. 😉 I present to you – things that are so random they don’t make sense to make an…
Have you ever thought about how much the equestrian world feels like a rat race at times? Something about the sport seems to bring out a ‘more more more’ mentality in me at least, and I thought it’d be an interesting topic for a mini-blog series to see if other bloggers felt the same way. There’s no denying that the equestrian world is full of trends, and they seem to change completely each time I get back into showing. When…
When I was super sad and down on top of on a 100% spending freeze, I was oh so excited to win Sprinkler Bandit’s blog contest for a custom beaded browband from Dark Jewel Designs. Beaded browbands aren’t super popular in the hunter/jumper rings, and I’d figured I would get two “fun” bead strings and one pretty conservative one. Let me say that when I got the browband and beads in the mail the quality far exceeded my expectations! Pictures…
I love reality television. It’s my guilty pleasure, and there are almost no limits to my reality TV love. Cooking shows? Yes please. I never get tired of listening to Gordon Ramsey yell at people. Hoarders? Can you think of a better program to motivate you to clean your house? If I watch more than 15 minutes of Hoarders, I inevitably start straightening and dusting. And yes, it even goes all the way down to Toddlers and Tiaras. That show…
True story – I’ve had visions of trying to organize an equestrian bloggers conference one day. Another true story – that’s a pretty big undertaking. However, I was talking with my local blog buddy Jen from Wyvern Oaks about how cool it would be if we all get together, and then we got to brainstorming… You are invited to an equestrian bloggers weekend in Austin, Texas! Jen and I, and possibly the super cool $900 Facebook Pony (depending on the…
I’ve probably mentioned it on this blog at least once or twice, but my husband is vegan due to animal rights reasons. He hasn’t always been vegan during our relationship, but for the past four years veganism has been a steady part of our household and life. I think he’s in it for the long haul, and I support him in his choices. That being said, I’m not vegan. I’m also not planning on becoming vegan (though I’ll never say…
We cancelled our cable subscription several years ago, and have been relying on just Netflix and Hulu for TV. It works out really well, because I don’t like to watch a ton of TV. Cable is really expensive, and when you factor in high speed internet plus a premium cable package (for BBC America, obviously) my bill ended up being huge. I’ve been cable free for over three years, and I really don’t miss it. Since I’ve watched every available…