Category: Uncategorized
Procrastinating Rider Fitness
| August 29, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you missed my ramblings on how I’m preparing Farley for our upcoming LD (THIS Saturday!!!!), go back a few posts and read ” What I’m up to…” (Aug 14th publish date). My rider fittness “program” is going to be awfully reminicent of Farley’s program…. But first, in the spirit of this entire afternoon which […] more
Horse time
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I know I’m definitely getting enough saddle time when….. …riding my bike around a turn on campus I looked down to make sure I was on the correct “diagonal”. *facepalm* more
The cow idea – never mind….
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Considering that the normal heart rate of a cow is above the recovery rate for endurance, perhaps they are not the idea, tougher endurance animal that I had suggested in a previous post! Posted with Blogsy more
Portable Standing desk
| August 25, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
For those of you that couldn’t visualize what I was talking about when I said I used a music stand, here’s a picture of my standing desk: A friend at school uses a more traditional, sturdy “school” music stand and it can hold her computer. Mine is less stable, but portable and I already had […] more
Ride and Tie practice!!!!
| August 25, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Ride and Tie, Uncategorized |
Note: pics are random from the internet. If I had tried to take pics last night I probably would have tripped and fallen on my face. Please let me know if you have the copywrite to an image here and want credit or it removed. All week I’ve been telling my friends that “I have […] more
Flurry of updates
| August 23, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m concentrating on doing well in this block so that I’m eligible for research funding, so the blog writing has been a bit slow. I’m learning all sorts of facinating things, including I’m pretty sure we should be riding cows instead of horses – they are just so much sturdier in all sorts of ways […] more
Tess Drama
| August 20, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I haven’t dropped off the map – just had some Tess drama in the last day or two and haven’t felt like blogging. Harley got to her again, and while the injuries are not horrible and she’ll probably be fine, I had them recheck the tooth from an altercation last year…..and the news isn’t altogether […] more

