First, I want to announce the winners for my final giveaway contest… Custom Bonnet! Carly S with a pink and navy bonnet! Mini Painting! Bette! Photography Art Print! Bryce! Congrats to ya’ll. Now I have to get super busy making and getting all these prizes mailed out… no rest for the wicked? Now there’s one more lady for us to celebrate, because she’s made it to 1,000 blog posts. That’s huge. Think of how many blogs come and go, and then…
So. It seems everyone some are upset with me about the anonymous blog survey posts. I have mixed feelings about that, which I don’t think I’ll go into. Instead, I’ll say that I promised I would post all the responses… and I did regardless of how I felt about some of them. Like almost everything in life, I don’t think that little blogging series was wholly good or bad. This is not a post about that though, even though it was spurred…
I’ve been wanting a new helmet for a long time. Of course, this want happened during my “don’t spend any money and pay off your credit card” budget time this summer, so I missed all the Helmet Awareness day sales. I decided that my current helmet was two years old with no falls, so I didn’t really need a new one. At the show on Saturday, I complained about my helmet all day. See, I can only perfect hunter hair…
Some of you may have noticed last week that I was schooling Simon in a dressage bridle. No, we’re not moving to the dark side… but we were reviewing a dressage bridle from Horze! I’ve actually never bought, borrowed or used a black bridle with a flash attachment, so this was a first for both me and my horse. While I do think he looks quite handsome in the bridle, I had mixed feelings on the Horze Novara Bridle. Instead of…
It’s the final anonymous survey blog post! I daresay today is the least controversial of the three posts… which may be good. I get the sense that after last week’s post, everyone is ready for a little less drama on their lives! Thoughts on overall horsemanship. I had a bad experience in IHSA, and I’d like to share it, and call out a few specific barns in the process… but I don’t want to stir drama. Seriously though, it’s not okay…
I think a staple in every horse owner’s tack trunk is a good nylon halter. They’re durable, easy to clean and a good one will last forever. As nylon halters go, I look for something that fits well, is durable and can adjust to my horse’s face. This padded Nylon halter from Horze does all of these things! Let’s be honest – this is a nylon halter. It’s not reinventing the wheel or changing the course the universe – it’s…
Here we go with round two of my anonymous “What would you say on your blog?” survey… Lots of people had talk about their trainers and training. It’s okay to have multiple trainers! No one person has all of the answers for you OR your horse. I love my trainer dearly, but she has shortcomings. Sometimes I want to talk about my desire to find a new trainer, but I cant… because my trainer reads my blog!!! Dear Trainer: I…
Remember when I asked y’all what you would say on your blog if you could be 100% anonymous? Well, the results are in! Some responses are snarky, some are thoughtful and some are just plain interesting. I will refrain from commentary and let people speak for themselves! Since there were so many responses, I grouped everything into themes and will post in a small series over the next week or so. Thoughts on our blogs themselves. I met one of…