Monthly Archives: December 2013
I did it!!!!! 10%!!!!
| December 10, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I thought long and hard how I wanted to celebrate reaching this goal. I didn’t feel like celebrating with food – I’ve managed to work in treats that I really want in my new lifestyle so there’s nothing I’m particularly craving. A special outing or self-gift didn’t seem right either. It feels false to celebrate […] more
Ground work – be inspired!
| December 8, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I do a lot groundwork. I always have – either because my horses were too crazy to ride, were recovering from an injury, or I couldn’t ride because of footing, lack of facilities, darkness etc. In addition to riding, I also drive horses – ground work is an opportunity to tune up my body language, […] more
I know my job! (The role of anticipation in the performance of our endurance horses)
| December 6, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As usual when I have an unpleasant decision to make…we are going to talk about an interesting concept instead of some real life event! “But wait wait wait!” (My Dear Reader says) – “what unpleasant decision?????” Fear not, it has nothing to do with Farley. You see, we are experiencing a weather event here in […] more
GRS clean up
| December 5, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
In my stupor last night I realized I forgot to share with you some of the specific things that worked really well for me, that were “new”. – Winco’s self serve almond grinder was down…so for the first time I bought almond butter in a jar. It is really different!!!!!! Very smooth and not as […] more
Gold Rush Shuffle Ride
| December 5, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
AAANNNNDDDD…..once again it’s after 8pm and my day is finally drawing to an end and I find myself not motivated to write my gold rush story. It’s not that I don’t have an AWESOME story – it’s more about really long days of school learning REALLY challenging skills that is sapping most of my energy […] more
No ride story yet!
| December 2, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Sorry folks, but what stands between you and the gold rush shuffle story is:– one OVH surgery with associated records, surgery reports– paying bills– Intro to repro class– comparative ethics class– scholarship essays So, it’s coming, but it might be a day or 2. Just in case you were following along on facebook, some reassurance […] more
