Making It Happen
I think the main thing I learned during my 50+ pound weight loss journey that began a year ago is that you can talk all you want but if you really want to make a change you just have to…
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Author Archive: Stampyandthebrain
More stuff for sale, mostly breeches!
So yes I shrunk another size after buying replacement clothes and thinking there was no way it would happen. This is obviously a positive except for my wallet which cries as I continue to replace my riding and non-riding wardrobes…
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Testing Testing
So I realized that something had happened and my blog posts were no longer coming through on Feedly. So this is a test to see if my husband has fixed that issue. 🙂 I figure I might as well share…
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My first dressage lesson
Getting the chance to take a dressage lesson has been on my goals list for a while and I can finally say that last weekend I finally made it happen. A while back I had happened upon the blog of…
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Show Recap: Stoney Ridge B Finals
I’m a bit slow on the recap here! This is now three weeks out somehow. Saturday we were pretty early on the schedule. Stampede warmed up crabby in the busy schooling ring so I was looking forward to getting in…
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6 Years
“If he were only a memory I could call him back – horse of my childhood who continued with me into womanhood. But he outstrips memory, runs through my veins, pulses luxuriously like the still yet trembling fissure of hallowed…
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Show Recap: Just a Folly August 2016
The weekend before last Stampede and I had another show. This one was at my barn again but hosted by another barn (called Just a Folly). This show also used a different photographer who took lots of photos of us…
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Wall of Ponies
I’ve already posted the digital copies of the photos I purchased from the shoot that I did with the ponies, but I did buy a canvas and some prints of some of the photos and they finally got hung up…
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Show Recap: HR June 2016
This past weekend there was another B rated show at my barn. I wasn’t sure at first if Stamp was going to be ready to show since he had a mild case of cellulitis pop up on a hind leg…
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Lots of riding clothes for sale!
As some of you know, I’ve been losing weight since late last year (thanks for all the support many of you have given!). Due to that, I now have quite a bit of riding clothes that no longer fit me…
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