Y’all seem to really like this silly contest I created, which is awesome! We had a total of 42 blogs sign up to participate, and I’m starting things one day early so I can schedule some voting during my vacation at WEF this weekend. I will start this “Madness” off by admitting that I thought making a bracket was easy. Turns out it’s super easy if you have exactly as many blog entries as there are NCAA teams competing… if not,…
First quarter of 2014 has been a time of “pay all the vet bills” for me. Combine that with my saddle purchase, and I may be out of debt by summer. Maybe? Hopefully? Therefore, I’m trying to spend less money. This is not a skill of mine, but I improved my thrifty techniques over the years. Of course I still own a high maintenance horse, so I will not be teaching any financial planning classes just yet. One thing I…
If you’re a basketball fan, you’re already thinking about what teams you’ll choose for your NCAA tournament bracket… but what about if you’re a horse fan? We have no tournament. Sad panda! … until now! I thought it might be fun to do a “March Madness” for equestrian blogs. This is all in fun, and participation is completely voluntary. What is Eq Blogs March Madness? I will accept blog nominations from Friday, March 7th until Friday, March 14th. That’s an entire week…
Happy Fat Tuesday! Though I’m not from New Orleans or “Mardi Gras” country, I really do love the holiday. For many years, my mother in law lived in uptown New Orleans and we would visit for Mardi Gras every year. It quickly became even more exciting than Christmas! She would make amazing King Cakes, and we would pretty much exist on sugar and alcohol for about a week. There was a parade almost every day, and they were within walking distance from…
I really do try to follow the mantra “buy needs, not wants” when it comes to horse stuff. Let’s face it – there is a ton of stuff to buy out there. Most of it I don’t really need. Still, I usually will splurge and get a few things a quarter that are true “wants” so long as they are reasonably priced and I can afford them. However, I currently have pretty much all of my “want” budget in 2014 invested…
This post sponsored by the one giant “Fail Friday” that has been my February. Onto March! In like a lion! Roar the suck away! Also, yesterday I had a temper tantrum. Legit foot stomping, pissy, complaining, angry emails sending temper tantrum… over my saddle. Sigh. Through the suck this month, I was looking forward to several things: cross country schooling (moved to March, but pony should be better by then so it’s all good), equestrian social media award winners (didn’t…
I tend to write about blogging a lot on this blog. Probably because I like it, I don’t think I’m awful at it and way deep down under marketing content Lauren… I love to educate. My degree is in English Education ya know! Lucky y’all 🙂 I think when you write a blog, it’s easy to get lost in it. It’s easy to feel superior because you have an audience of readers that respect you enough to read your blog….
I’ve been reading An Eventful Life for a while, but had no idea about the amazing “before and after” behind Amanda’s eventing partner, Tristan. I first met Tristan in the summer of 2005. I had graduated from college and had a job lined up for the fall, and was staying with family at working at a convenience store during the summer before. The job didn’t pay enough for lessons, so I started volunteering at a local rescue: Ever After Mustang…