Monthly Archives: January 2014
Tig recap
| January 29, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s that time!!!!! My favorite time…..where I look at goals, progress and redefine where we are going :). First off, I want to recap the lessons learned! Tig has taught me that….I’m braver than I think. I cannot reiterate enough that I’m NOT a particular brave or courageous rider. But yet, like Farley did before […] more
Tig canters!
| January 28, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Saturday Aurora agreed to babysit me and Tig on an “appropriate mount” and I headed out to Oroville for a meet up. This ride represented the end of 2 weeks of rides on Tig, and our first “big” trailering out ride. After loading up gear I had 30 minutes to load Tig. PLENTY of time. And…she […] more
Post test/ride relaxation
| January 24, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Before taking a test this afternoon that I definitely-probably did not fail, and I rode Farley on a quick trail ride. Farley either feels REALLY good after chiro, or heard me call her old earlier this week and decided to blow through aids and half halts like a FREIGHT TRAIN. That about describes it. Incidentally […] more
48 hours post chiro
| January 23, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Took Farley out today for the first time since the chiro. Wanna hear what I think so far? Pictured above and below is the “bump” that’s on top of her butt. I couldn’t get a whole body shot of her in the fading light with my cell phone camera, but it’s definitely still reduced from […] more
A run, a ride, a chiro, AND a vet. Oh My!
| January 22, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m going to tell you how wonderful my Monday was. All at once, because if I try to write separate posts on all the different aspects of my Monday, I won’t get around to writing them. So here you have it – Monday bliss in one huge multi-subject post :). BTW – this ended up […] more
The Tig plan and why blogging is better than studying
| January 20, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
A three day weekend is a great chance to study. A three day weekend is a great chance to catch up on blogging! Blogging is more effective than studying anyways. I can’t tell you guys how much the questions you ask me and the topics I write about here (usually because one of you has […] more
Tig Week 1 – Part 1
| January 19, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I had expected a young horse to teach me some humility…I just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon. I had a choice. Keep quiet, pretend everything went perfectly since in the end everything was okay, OR in the spirit of my dedication to blogging and telling the whole story, share the story in the […] more
