IRL – January 2014
| February 13, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how a conditioning program is being applied “real life”. It’s one thing to talk about the ideal program – it’s quite another thing to see how an actual person is applying it real life horse. Maybe you are a new rider that is trying to find […] more
Exhaustion thoughts
| February 10, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m not a fan of posts where I whine about how tired I am. Or how busy I’ve been. I feel like if I’m here writing than I should buck up and give you something to make the time you spend reading my blog worth something. But I AM tired. and exhausted. and a bit […] more
5 year anniversary gift – new URL
| February 7, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You may have noticed that the blog looks a little bit different and you were directed to a new URL (www.bootsandsaddles4mel.com/blog). I’ve finally gotten around to doing what I’ve meant to do for years – get my blog off of blogger and onto the my main webpage. Increasing problems with blogger (such as the search […] more
Selfie
| February 7, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Was planning on writing a cute little story about how me and Farley went on a lovely little ride this afternoon since it would take too much brain power to write about Tig and a very interesting Farley/Tig ponying ride earlier this week. I even took selfies of us prior to ride. See how thrilled […] more
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