Yearly Archives: 2014
I nominate last week as "Best Week Ever"
| February 2, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m going to tell you about my AWESOME week. Even though very little of it has to do with horses, or endurance. As you may know (or guessed) I tend to keep this blog specific to a small portion of my life. This isn’t a diary or a journal or a “tell all” or a […] more
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
