Holy cow that was a fun week. I am exhausted what from all the driving and heat and etc. etc. but yay! It was so great to see Austin again and Amanda and meet Henry and catch up with other friends. So I flew out Saturday evening and got into Austin about 830. Grabbed my … Continue reading Austin Part One: Henry Is Amazing!

TEXAS, YEAH BABY In 2009, I pulled out of Houston with a U-Haul, and two dogs and a cat in my truck. Heading north back up to Virginia. Three days later I arrived at my parents's house and was back in the Northeast. I still miss Texas to this day. My husband and I always … Continue reading Austin Here I Come!

Butterflies and Nerves, Oh My! So it was upon us, the show at Straight Up. Per normal I felt like projectile vomiting was going to happen anytime due to my nerves. I had to get up at 5 a.m. (UGH) as my dressage test was 8:56 a.m. I hate being late to anything and a … Continue reading Straight Up Fabulous (See What I Did There?) Combined Training Event June

Very little riding last week ended up with me panicking and asking Emily if she had an opening for a lesson on Friday or Saturday. She squeezed me into a Sat slot so I was glad I was going to at least get some instruction before the CT event on Sunday a.m. It actually...was not … Continue reading Try, Try, Try Again (Dressage Lesson Recap)

A local friend of mine has an eventing monoflap saddle for sale. It is a Intrepid Deluxe (which I had not heard about and I can't find a lot online about it). It is a medium wide tree and she has the swap for the wide tree if I buy the saddle. I think Remus … Continue reading I Shouldn’t Have Sat In It! Saddle Shopping Update

  What the heck, as I type this it is POURING outdoors. Again. FOURTH day in the row (NOT counting rain the past weekend). It is 50 degrees and raining again. It is MAY (Last time i checked the calendar) and almost JUNE! WTF. Seriously I feel like I live in England these days. I … Continue reading Stadium Jumping Lesson W/ Sally(Cantering Fast, Are You Serious?)

Finally got out to Emily's this week for another dressage lesson. Again, why she puts up with us sometimes I wonder! It seems to be the same old song and dance every time with us. My brain does not comprehend all the tasks at hand (thumbs out, sit back, legs stretch down to the girth, … Continue reading It’s The Same Old Song and Dance, My Friends….(Dressage Remus Style)

Saturday night we had an impromptu fun night at the barn. My barn is very social for being such a small barn  (I myself am NOT social but they do force me to be social once in a while). We ended up setting up a small course and taking spins over it. I jumped some … Continue reading Ponies, Jumping, and Potluck (Oh and Friends)!

Time to JUMP! As I said in my last Blog post, it was nuts keeping up with everyone at FH that day. I had a friend who had done Novice (She WON!) and already hauled her horse home and come back by the time we got there, I had another friend who was doing Beginner … Continue reading Fair Hill Starter Trials Part II (Better Known as YAY Jumping!!)

Starbar and Jess PLUS lots of Emma and Charlie! I was hauling a barn friend and her cute paint pony Starbar to Fair Hill. I wanted to go and watch and I figured I would have fun spectating for once and not wanting to vomit in the bushes waiting for my times to ride. So none … Continue reading May Fair Hill Starter Trials (Spectator Version), DRESSAGE