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Article recommendation
| October 10, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Remember this post here? During my foundation post, I talked about not being a victim and accepting my failures as a training and becoming better. If you are interested on where I got the concept of “playing the victim”, read this article here. It also inspired an article over on Tess’s blog. more
Dear Mel
| October 10, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Dear human who buys my hay, Did you know that it is raining? Right now. And you seem to have forgotten something. Like a blanket, or a shelter, or a nice covered barn. Do you really expect me to use my copious amounts of fat and a few pitiful trees to shelter me from the […] more
Tevis 2011 – Seizing Life’s opportunities
| October 7, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Did you hear!!!!!?????? From the Tevis website: NEW START TIME AND LOCATION: Due to snow in the high country the 2011 Tevis Cup start has been moved to 6:30am at the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn on Saturday 10/8. Rider Check-In begins at 10am at the Fairgrounds on Friday 10/7. More details coming soon. For those […] more
The first rain
| October 5, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On Monday we had the first rain of the season. This does not bode well for my conditioning this fall. As I’ve probably mentioned a hundred times, where I live in California, the jet stream changes approximately every 3 months. The weather we have in the first 2 weeks of the “new” jet stream at […] more
Blogging – just do it
| October 3, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is a shameless post to encourage you to start blogging. Blogging is incredibly rewarding. It will develop skills such as writing, communication, planning, layout, visual design. You will learn far more than your readers, even if your intent is to educate. It will make you a better thinker, analyst, communicator, and planner. It will […] more
Fantasies
| September 30, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
What if…. I had a personal assistant? What would I choose to “contract” out of my life? This one is easy. Phone calls and listening to messages. And handwashing dishes. And washing my vehicles. But let’s face it – that’s a boring way to look at a rather fanciful question. “What do I want […] more
In which I compare Farley to vehicle maintenance
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As you will shortly find out, I really have nothing to talk about – blah blah blah blah. But since this sounds very much like my current lecturing professor, I’m going to make a valiant effort. Oh – and BTW, most of the posts for this blog are scheduled now. It’s in an effort to […] more
