Remember when I was complaining that nothing blog worthy was happening?   Remember when I wasn’t concerned about my 50 because it was *just* a 50?   *sigh*   Summary of the whole sordid tale:  Farley’s lame but it’s probably going to be OK. . . . At our lesson yesterday, Farley was fine in […] more

It’s going to be one of those days where I post a million different things.   Is it my fault that my fellow bloggers are putting together WONDERFUL posts today?????    Here’s one by “Now THAT’S a TROT” that made me feel so good to read this morning.   Fix-a-Test   It obviously wasn’t a […] more

With the permission of my trainer, I am going to link her on my sidebar.  Until I can get around to doing that (e.g. until I have access to non-work internet) – here’s the information if you’re interested in checking her out.   I train with Janelle Dunn of Maxfield Equestrian Center (which is her […] more

Dear Mr. Kitty – Althought I appreciate your efforts to save my carpeting, in the future I would prefer you to puke on the carpeting as opposed to my favorite sweat shirt. Sincerely, Melinda more

A very clever reader sent in more terms to add to our list.    Current terms:  e-rider, BBs   Proposed terms:   “When your boss hands you a huge, ridiculous, overwhelming task – just take a deep breath and consider it an OTS = Opportunity To Shine!” My gosh this is SO applicable to endurance!  […] more

I’ve reviewed my posts for the last week and have come to a very important conclusion.   I am posting complete and utter *crap*.   Wordy, long winded, overly opinionated, and poor creative construction.   What happened to my thoughtful, well written posts?  Posts that I was proud of?   So apparently it’s impossible to […] more

The Canter/Trot transitions continue to get better and better (both up and down transitions).  It certaintly isn’t a logical, linear progression – instead we leap and bound up to our next platueu, where we sit FOREVER and then it’s upward and onward again (eventually).   It seems like the whole “canter transitioning thing” is a […] more