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Bring It On November! No Stirrup November – Working through No Stirrup rides is definitely a challenge. Here we are, halfway through the month, and halfway through No Stirrups November! And this year I haven’t had as many rides for the month as I did last year, but the rides I have had have been …
Because Of The Horse… “We believe in challenging the status quo. By thinking differently. Observing and Understanding the Horse. Seeing Horsemanship As Art. We Challenge You To Do The Same. Become a Student of the Horse. BE the BEST YOU For Your Horse! Your Horse Deserves It!“ That is a quote from Paula Curtis, the …
I Love My Exercise Ball I really do. I bought a Gold’s Gym exercise ball from Amazon for less than $20.00 a few years ago. And I have used it off and on when I would go through my getting in shape phases. Then I would deflate it and hide it away in my closet. …
Budget Equestrian Podcast #17 Having An Accountability Partner Last week I was super excited that my husband would want to be on my podcast. THAT was awesome. And it got me to thinking about bringing on another guest, and I want to tell you why. Life Happens If you follow my blog, Budget Equestrian.Com, you …
I Have Created A New Habit Last night, I completed my own challenge. And while I am extremely happy to be done with it, I woke up this morning feeling a little lost. Because every day for the past 32 days, I have been getting up at 5:00 AM to work on editing a video, …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 30 Yes, it has happened! We have reached the end of the 30 day confident rider challenge!!!!! Some days went well, and others, well they were a challenge for sure. But it is done! Complete! Finito! And even though the challenge is done, by doing it, I have found new motivation …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 29 Oh yes, day 29 in the challenge! One more day, just one more day! And today is one I have been thinking about for a while, for myself personally. And everyone is different and has their own personal struggles. For whatever reason, mine is cantering for the first time. But …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 28 Oh my goodness, I am cutting it close this evening! I never seem to have enough time in the day, even when I get an extra day or two off from work. There is always so much to do, on a normal schedule. But then add in writing a blog …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 26 Better late than never right? This is getting up late because I had to do the trotting in order to create the blog post. And since the forecasted high temperature is 95 degrees here, I had to get out and ride early. So about 2 hours after breakfast, Frisby got …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 25 I don’t know about you, but I am finding that every day I get out and work with my horses it just seems normal. So even after I get home from work, I still make a point to work with at least one horse, and sometimes both of them. In …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 21 We are way into this challenge now! How are you feeling? Is your level of confidence improving? Are you getting out and working with your horse every day? Do you find it is getting easier? How is your horse reacting to so much time with you? If you have been …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 20 I cannot believe we are at day 20! The time is flying by in this challenge. How are you doing? Are you feeling more confident? I hope so! I know I am. I think a lot of my confidence level increasing now is because of Frisby. He is such a …
