Budget Equestrian
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Now that the wedding busy-ness is done, now I have time to refocus on my horses, and the upcoming riding time! I am SO excited!!!! And to really motivate myself, I have decided to do a makeover, an EXTREME makeover – tack room edition! Yes! I am finally going to have an awesome tack room! …
100 Things To Do With Your Horse I wrote this article way back in March. You know, when we were at the beginning of this awful pandemic. And with the threat of yet another lock down, I wanted to bring this blog post out again. Mainly because I know when thinking about being locked down …
Spring Is Here! Happy Spring! Ok, in Colorado spring has sprung, but it’s still a little chilly outside. But with a stay at home order in place for our state, I decided to take the weekend and clean up my little red barn as well as clean out the stalls, and tidy up my riding …
Do you ever find yourself looking through past photos you have taken of your horse and wishing they were better? I know I do, especially because I enter a lot of photo horse shows. The photo horse shows, like Global Showing allow me to combine two of my most favorite hobbies, horses and photography. And …
Get Ready Fly Season Is Coming Depending on where you live in the world fly season may still be a while away. But for others, it may already be in full swing. And I don’t know about you, but I HATE flies. So I am doing what I can now to cut down on flies …
25 Things To Do When You Have To Stay Home I have been reading and hearing a lot about others that have to stay home because of the entire social distancing thing that is happening. I don’t want to say I wish I were able to work from home, because that is just not possible …
This blog post is an in depth look at how I get done what I get done. And while Monday through Friday are pretty boring, and mostly the same because I have to work, I though it would share with you what a typical weekend looks like for me. And this is what I did …
Budget and equestrian are two words that don’t really go together. Let’s face it, a horse habit is not very budget friendly. But it doesn’t always have to be so expensive. I thought I would share some of my favorite budget ideas with you that may help with your equestrian endeavor this upcoming year.
Clothing To Keep You Warm When Working With Your Horse Well we are not even officially at the first day of winter, and already I am daydreaming about the spring and summer time. But dreaming about the nicer weather won’t make it arrive any faster, and I still need to ride, and work with my …
Getting Ready For Fall Podcast Episode 020 Hello my favorite equestrians of the internet! Can you believe this is already episode 20 of the podcast?!?! I can’t! It seems like I just started podcasting yesterday. And here we are, already at episode 20! And I don’t know about where you live, but fall is making …
Budget Equestrian – The Podcast – Episode 19 Talking About Riding and Some Of Our Favorite Equine Products Welcome back to the podcast my favorite equestrians of the internet! Last week I had my friend Lynda on as my guest. And we decided we were going to get together once a month to recap how …
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 …
Time For Catching Up Well, while I have been sooooo busy for the past month working on the Confident Rider Challenge and a blog post every day, along with a video every day, I have neglected projects that I have been wanting to do. But I find that when I put all of my focus …
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 …
Happy Day….NOT So today was supposed to be a happy day. I am officially 6 weeks and 2 days out from surgery. So this weekend was supposed to be when it was safe for me to climb back up in to the saddle and start riding again. I have been looking forward to this weekend …
Always Looking For The Perfect New Home I am ALWAYS looking for a new home. Even though I love our home, and we have been making improvements over the years to make it perfect, it still isn’t quite perfect. And the biggest reason for this is I do not have a ‘real’ barn. This is …
Horses After Hysterectomy Yesterday was a good day. I had my first appointment with my surgeon after having a hysterectomy. And I had a lot of questions for her about what could I do, how long, what is too much, etc. I got all of the answers I needed to progress to the next phase …
A Week Into Recovery After Surgery Last Wednesday, at this time I was getting ready to go to the hospital for my surgery. Leading up to this day, I had undergone so many tests, and exams including a nuclear stress test for my heart to make sure my heart would be strong enough for the …
My Weekly Riding Lesson This week’s riding lesson was a little bit different. Ok, actually my riding lesson was completely different. You see today, I gave myself my own lesson. The barn where I take my weekly riding lessons was upgrading their dirt in the indoor arena. SO this meant no riding lesson this week. And …
Bonus Riding Lesson This Week Bonus riding lesson! Yes! Well, it wasn’t really a bonus, it was playing catch up from missing last Thursday’s lesson. But it means two chances to ride this week, so I am looking at it as a bonus! And I assumed that it would be with my regular instructor, but …
Just Go With The Flow – My Weekly Riding Lesson After last week, and my first professional riding lesson in more than 6 years, I thought I would share with you what I learned. I want to get the most out of each lesson that I can. So after that first lesson, I came home, …
Taking Professional Riding Lessons I have been wanting to take riding lessons again. I think I need professional help, and I am in a place where I can afford to do this now, both with time and money. And I found a barn with a trainer that is about 6 minutes away from where I …
Finding The Time To Ride This time of year I have a really difficult time finding the time to ride. There is just so much to do, and I find myself wanting to come home and just become a zombie in front of the TV. Not the best use of my time, I know. But …
Fall Riding Essentials For The Adult Rider The season has changed and in Colorado, fall is definitely here. That means it is time to put away the t-shirts and sunshirts and get out the warmer clothing. But I don’t run out and spend a lot of money on new riding clothes every season. I try …
