Last week in a bout of self reflection about the last year, I wrote about the things I did right in 2016. Because this is the internet, I know there was at least one person out there thinking, “Well isn’t she just a little high and mighty.” Don’t worry person – this post is for you! Though I’m proud of a lot of the things I did or attempted last year, there were certainly some areas that need improvement. Neglected…
I still have a lot of California adventures to share with y’all from my vacation over Christmas break, but I wanted to break up those posts with a more reflective variety of the past year and the upcoming one. I haven’t done any of my normal “end of year” posts since late 2014/early 2015, and I won’t be doing them this year either. When 2015 ended, I wanted nothing more than to shut the door on that tragic series of…
Once upon a time, I lived in NC and boarded at a legit “A” barn for the first time in my life. The trainer there at the time was from New Jersey and grew up riding the 3’6″ big eq and all things legit hunter/jumper. She was the real deal. In contrast, I had my from-the-newspaper QH without lead changes and didn’t really know what being in a “program” meant. She didn’t have a problem with those things as I…