We rode in the indoor arena again today. Steen wasn’t quite as energetic as he was last ride, and he was thinking a little more than I would have liked about going to the middle of the arena and standing still. This is habit that surfaces now when we ride indoors. Basically what it amounts… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
Back Indoors
After a long couple weeks of traveling, we felt like lounging in our own house a little bit. So it was a few days before we got out to the barn to see the guys. I definitely missed them, but it was also nice to know they were getting some good time off. Bear was… Read more »
Back on the Kid
We’re definitely having a somewhat lackadaisical start the year in terms of riding. But the weather is never great in January, so we tend to figure we’ll get out there when we get out there and not worry too much about how often it is. Today it was time to get Laredo going again. Ever since he… Read more »
Home to Winter
After our weeks in sunny Arizona, getting back to Iowa (where there is snow on the ground and temps have been in the teens) has been a bit of an… adjustment. Between the backlog of work-related tasks and some work we’re having done on the house, we had an unusually busy week and didn’t manage… Read more »
2012 Sum Up
It is now officially 2013. 2012 was a great year with the horses, and both Brian and I met our goals. My final stats are as follows: Horseback hours: 153:05 Here’s a breakdown of the horses I rode: And here are all my rides and how long they were: So, that leaves us with our… Read more »
An End and a Beginning
2012 closed with us spending some nice time in Arizona. People complained about it being a little cold there, but we were comfortable hanging out in t-shirts and working with Jak and Rojo. Jak was really the first horse I ever rode, and for a few years I would get out on him for a… Read more »
Tucson Rides
We had one last ride on Bear and Steen on December 17th, then weighed anchor and started our holiday travels. We spent the end of the year at my family’s home in Tucson, which meant we got the opportunity to ride my Mom’s horse and my sister’s horse a bit. In the past, Brian has… Read more »
Busy Weekend
We had a lot to get done this weekend, largely of the “preparing for the holidays” variety. Saturday was dreary and rainy. It was pretty much wet all day, and instead of going to the barn we got copious amounts of very “responsible adult” types things done, like cleaning the house, and finishing our Christmas… Read more »
Easing out of 2012
It’s time for the obligatory end-of-the-year retrospective post (in which I will reflect on the year in general and provide copious numbers of back-links to previous posts). I’m less than an hour away from hitting my “time in the saddle” goal for 2012, and we still have two weeks of the year left. I think… Read more »
Steen vs the Gate
I have been a bit lame about blogging because our barn trips have really fallen off. I’m trying to wrap up a bunch of work before we escape to Arizona for a couple of weeks, and it’s been cold. Not super duper horrible cold, but just cold enough that it’s easy to talk yourself out… Read more »