Yearly Archives: 2010
Tevis Drama
| July 21, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m sitting under my desk right now crying. I have NEVER in my working life lost it at work, thank goodness I have my own office. So at this point I CANNOT go to the Tevis unless my manager cuts his vacation short. I’ve had this vacation approved since the beginning of the year. I […] more
Really truly absolutely the last Tevis post
| July 21, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you don’t know a lot about Tevis, and want the very short primer, check out AareneX’s blog here. more
Tevis – REALLY the last post
| July 20, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m #68! Follow me on the webcast and you too can laugh and cry as I finish (or not). Go to the tevis website (www.teviscup.org), click on webcast on the right hand side bar, and watch me progress (or not!). 🙂 Great fun…. more
Tevis: Where I am today
| July 20, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You probably won’t hear anything else from me until after the Tevis. Here’s my thoughts as of today (4 days until Tevis). I still don’t know my rider number, since the Tevis website is so $#$*^#@^%@!!$ hard to navigate. If you want to follow me on the tevis webcast, you are going to have to […] more
Newbery blog change
| July 19, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
AareneX kindly pointed out that Newbery has only one “r”, and by doing so in the infancy of the blog, saved me and my mother (Carolyn) from the immense embarrassment of having someone tell us a year later…. So…..If you have decided to follow the fabulous Newbery blog in reader, please direct it to the […] more
Shameless Self Promotion
| July 18, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
My mom (author of the Food Adventures Etc. blog) and I have created a new blog called “Project: Newbery Award”. It can be found here. We are going to attempt to read through, and comment on, the newberry award winners. The focus will be on the books that have won the Newbery Medal, however on […] more
If the shirt FITS….then wear it!
| July 17, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Can you guys stand another product review? Have you ever, completely by accident, discovered a product so wonderful you don’t know how you did without it? That’s how I feel about my F.I.T.S riding shirts. My trainer bought them new, off the sale-rack for the low, low price of 10 bucks. The tag said $60. […] more
Can you guys stand another product review?
Have you ever, completely by accident, discovered a product so wonderful you don’t know how you did without it?
That’s how I feel about my F.I.T.S riding shirts.
My trainer bought them new, off the sale-rack for the low, low price of 10 bucks. The tag said $60. She couldn’t wear them and must have sensed my proviclation for used, cheap clothes and ambivalence towards funky patterns (why do you think they were on the for sale rack?), and offered them to me.
I tried one on, decided it was just OK and stuffed them in my trailer for later.
The next day I wore it in the arena while helping another boarder with ground work. Mmmm….comfy.
The day after that I wore in on a canal hack. Mmmmm….it doesn’t bind.
Friday night I slept in it (amazingly comfy) and Saturday I prerode Tevis in it (100 degree day). It’s the first shirt I have EVER ridden in that I completely forgot about. It didn’t bind, annoy, move, choke, get damp, chafe, or otherwise piss me off. I had excellent protection from the sun, but also stayed cool.
After that ride, I couldn’t get enough of the two shirts.
- I slept in them (way comfy)
- I went to work in them (trendy, cute, modest, and very stylish)
- I traveled in them (didn’t annoy me on the plane or in the truck)
- I did my stable chores in them (cool AND protected from the sun)
- I rode in them (absolutely perfect)
In fact, I can barely stand to peel them off my body to launder them. I would rather be stinky and dirty in these shirts than put on any other top in my current wardrobe.
I’ve decided to redo my entire Tevis wardrobe to accommodate these tops.
After testing and living in these shirts for 2 weeks, I can honestly say that I would ACTUALLY pay 60 bucks for them. Without batting an eye. They seem quite durable and can do anything from the office to the stable. I am cheaper than cheap when it comes to clothes, but I also know what it means when for 2 weeks, every time I grab a shirt, I find myself in a funky patterned F.I.T.S.
