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A Thousand Little Things
The job has consumed my life. Too many evenings and weekends sacrificed over the last couple of years. The few that were not were used for catching up – either on chores or rest. Couple that with the longest, wettest … Continue reading
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Tagged Coffee, coming back, finding time, horse time, Noble, Roxie, Tally
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Paying the price
It was a perfectly fine Sunday. I hadn’t been feeling well for a couple of days, sure that I had contracted a virus – but it never fully materialized, and I was feeling marginally better. Things had finally dried up … Continue reading
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Tagged leg injury, medication, Noble, pay for play, veterinary treatment, veterinary visit
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Rain, rain … go away!
If you didn’t already know, California has been in a years long drought – 5-6 years, depending upon the source. For at least the past couple of winters, we were promised wet systems that would break our drought. None materialized. … Continue reading
Posted in My Journey, Thinking Out Loud
Tagged flooding, life in the country, mud, Noble, stir crazy, winter
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The End of Lofty Goals
I took a much needed sanity break. My inspiration for these posts comes from two main sources – my own little herd and what is going on in the horseworld at large. As the year wound down, I found that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Coffee, competitive riding, dogs, goal setting, Happy New Year, Horse training, horses, Jake, Nash, Noble, resetting expectations, riding, Roxie, small steps, Tally, trail riding
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Try not to laugh …
Things are a bit chaotic in the barn this week. We’re tearing off an unused overhang on the back of the barn, in order to add runs off the backs of the stalls. The roof overhangs a very low spot … Continue reading
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Tagged bad behavior, growing up, Horse training, Noble, relationships
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Ah, capricious youth!
It is not by accident that every modern sitcom surrounding family life makes jokes about kids who are sweet one minute, and acting like a brat the next. I have known many a parent who will remark how much they love … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, behavior, capricious youth, good behavior, misbehaving, Noble, teenagers, trim
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