Yearly Archives: 2010
Revelation #??
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Revelation: Different horse sports are useful as metaphors for different aspects of life. I realized yesterday that for me, Dressage represents religion and is useful for me to understand and accept the various aspects of religion. I feel this needs additional explanation! I have a feeling this is going to be one of those […] more
Could it be??????
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s Spring!!!!! It’s spring it’s spring it’s SPRING. *ducking to avoid the snowballs hurled at me by more unfortunatly located BB’s (BlogBuddies)* Now, I KNOW next year when I start moping about the awfulness of winter, I’m going to zero sympathy, but I just can’t help myself. What a wonderful day! Driving […] more
Sponging
| February 11, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The How, What, Why, When, Where of Sponging. What: Sponging or scooping water onto the horse. I prefer sponging to scooping. I fell like I can get more water on the horse and really scrub to get the grime and sweat off. It also encourages me to be very hands on the horse, which […] more
Essential Equipment – Part 2
| February 11, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
All of you had really great comments for part 1 of this series and Nicole had great questions I will get to in very near-future post! A slight diversion….if you have time today, please check out this post here. It has some great thoughts on blogging, obscurity, and fame, and how that affects the posts […] more
Essential Equipment – Level 1
| February 10, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
When I start a new sport I usually have lists and lists and MORE lists of equipment I need. I’m convinced that’s part of the fun for an OCD person starting a new sport – lists. There are lots of lists for riders starting endurance, but they are usually so detailed the poor person throws […] more
Dental care
| February 9, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today I had Farley’s teeth floated. I mentioned to Dr. S that it’s hard to get her body score to stay where I want it – 5.5, but it could be the work load since I had her teeth floated a year ago…..Last year when I had them floated, Dr. R told me that […] more
Rainy Day Lessons
| February 8, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Last weekend I took a 3 day and learned how to camp and ride in the rain without ending up a pitiful cold, drowning rat-like animal. How to Camp in the rain: I’ve used my one person backpacking tent exactly twice – once at Tevis (I forgot the stakes, used screw drivers instead. Cursed […] more
