Adventures with my favorite horses
As many of you know, I have a long history with some pretty interesting hoof abscesses. In fact, if you search abscess on my page, you get 32 results. Now 33. Yikes! Last week, just before my two week anniversary…
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I’ve now done two rated horse shows with Ernie, one on property and one away show last weekend. Below is a recap of each show. HR Show First up was the home show that was the second weekend of July….
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Back in April when it was announced that everyone would get an automatic extension of the payment deadline for any tax returns due April 15th and after to July 15th I certainly didn’t understand what that meant for me. I…
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This past Sunday my barn hosted a local member show, which is basically an elevated schooling show. In the morning school horse kids did classes, then there were classes for the boarders. In addition, a couple other very local barns trailered…
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It’s so hard to believe it’s 2020 already, where does the time go? I was excited to get to ride Ernie outside the day after Christmas. Since he came just earlier in the month, I figured we were inside until…
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Ernie has certainly been reminding me of a few things I used to know, and honestly I’m having fun jumping for the first time in a while now. Ernie’s instructions to me have been very clear – do less. I…
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Starting in July Maestro and I began really struggling. Looking back, my stress and subsequent grief seemed to only add to our issues. P and Stampede always helped me relax and forget my stresses by riding. For some reason Maestro…
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Yep back to back weekends of showing, but this past weekend was at the home barn. Since Maestro had just worked hard at the WAG show, he had Monday and Tuesday off then I flatted him around on Wednesday. Of course…
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Considering the way the weather has been this spring and how few times we had gotten to jump outside I was a bit concerned going into this show. Never mind that my last show (an indoor show at the home…
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All I can say is that was one rough tax season! Tax reform certainly did not simplify anything for those of us in the trenches trying to help people with their taxes. I rode Maestro on April 6th then didn’t…
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