That stress breaking point ...
I am teetering on the edge of that point of stress where you completely lose perspective and get maudlin so I decided it was a good evening to get into my pajamas before dinner and not worry too much...
View Articleda plague
Every time someone says they have a bad cold and it's awful and I should stay away from them I always think "how bad can it be? It's just a cold. That's what cold medicine is for." Sigh. But now...
View ArticleDon't Be Shy
I'm not a huge Cat Stevens fan although some of the songs still make me feel like I did when I was a teenager. "Don't Be Shy" is one of those hippie songs that really was very valuable to me growing...
View ArticleIt's not a crisis, it's slapstick
Sunday my lovely husband came out to the barn where I board Maiden and fixed my stall door that was sticking. The boarding situation is such that we need to do all the repairs ourselves because the...
View ArticleBig spooks, little spooks
Maiden is all better today. This morning I listened to her heart and took her temperature before riding and everything was completely normal. Although she did try to threaten me by swinging her butt...
View ArticleLife in General
I worked Thurs, Fri, all day Saturday then filled in for another shift yesterday (Monday) and now I have two days off so I'm having a little trouble getting out of my pj's and off the couch. I was...
View ArticleWhy I don't need to look like Maria Kang
I posted this on Facebook a couple weeks ago but then I thought I'd repost it in my blog. Especially after seeing so many of the comments on Maria Kang's Facebook page. In case you were lucky enough...
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(Mis)adventures in cooking
Despite my life long claim of "I don't know how to cook" I've managed to pull off some fairly good easy Indian dishes thanks to my two friends from India. My favorite is one of their stand-by easy...
View ArticleBiding my time
I'm sitting in front of our fireplace hoping my jeans will dry before I have to leave to go grocery shopping, take care of my horse and volunteer at my daughter's school. November weather has hit our...
View ArticleWatching Buck Brannaman and Charlotte's Web
No, I did not watch Charlotte's Web and the Buck Brannaman clinic at the same time. That would be weird.A couple night's ago my daughter chose the live-action film of Charlotte's Web as our Friday...
View ArticleNew challenges
This session at pony school we're teaching Western riding complete with neck reining. Seeing as I have never actually ridden Western and don't know a thing about it I was pretty worried. Obviously...
View Articlepilates is a cruel mistress ... and why I don't want you to put your heels down
I think it's been a month since I've been to pilates so today was painful. I felt very marshmellow. After a half hour I had one of those moments where I looked at the clock and thought, "Oh no, I...
View ArticleRiding Horses is Supposed to be Fun
At one of my classes recently a new student asked at her second class, "Do you still want me to relax this week or are we done with that?" She was totally serious but I couldn't help but laugh. Not...
View ArticleA good decision
We made the decision to buy one of the pony school horse's for my daughter a few days ago. He went up for sale and I just could not pass up buying him. This means I need to sell Maiden which makes me...
View ArticleI'm really not that nice ...
I took my daughter to the book fair yesterday after school because she'd made a wish list of books she wanted to buy with some of the money she'd earned working at pony camp last summer. She was...
View ArticleCanceling everything today
My daughter is sick so I'm canceling everything I had planned today. I can't say I'm that disappointed about it because I'm looking forward to spending a day inside. Well, except for when I go out to...
View ArticlePosting without stirrups
One of the things I've been doing because I'm new to this teaching riding thing therefore I've had a lot of new students in the last few months (since I never had students before then!) is to ask them...
View ArticlePony Down!
Yesterday I didn't have to work, I canceled on pilates because I didn't know if my daughter would be well enough to go to school, but she ended up going so I had a whole day to catch up on all the...
View ArticleWhy is Santa so mean?
We're watching the obligatory every year Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas special and as I've thought every year since we started watching it again with my daughter years ago, I am continually...
View ArticleWhy is parenting so easy for some and hard for others?
In one month I will have been a parent for ten years. This never ceases to boggle my mind to be honest. Most of my life I swore I would not have children because I did not want to be responsible for...
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