Pie's Foot

So I said I'd do a post on Pie. So, lets see,  I rode him on friday, he was doing the same thing again, tense tense tense and getting really quick, pretty much not wanting to give me his back. So I decided to mess with the saddle, I've recently started using a Passier Grand Gilbert dressage saddle on him, it's owned by the owner of the barn I do chores at, as long as he's not using it, I'm free to use it on Pie. Well, I had initially started to use it with my fleece half-pad, cuz I was thinking it was a tad wide, well, friday I gave it a try without, soooo much better. He was still quick, but was giving me his back. I felt rather sheepish...

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Well this stinks

Ugh, life... So yesterday went pretty well until about 5 o'clock. It was nice and warm, unseasonably warm, ate breakfast, watched a movie with the kids, went to lunch at the in-laws house (and I love my in-laws by the way!), then I took off to the barn to get my chores done while they went to the pool, got done with the barn, then went to the grocery store to get stuff for dinner, chicken alfredo was on the menu. I'm feeling pretty good about things, well I'd been home not but 3 minutes when I get a call from my husband. The first thing he tells me is "Sweetheart, I just got in a wreck." ....... "what" I felt like I'd been slammed into a brick wall. My heart sank. It was just a minor fender bender, and nobody hurt, but because he was the car at the end that couldn't...

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Half-halt: a lesson in review

Well... when I mentioned earlier that our half-halt needed work, I might have under-estimated HOW much work! It's practically non-existent *dies* I guess it doesn't help either that I only get to ride here and there thanks to my work and school schedule. Getting to ride on consecutive days? Forgettaboutit! Sooo... my lovely OTTB who has had a few days of rest and is feeling very good because his foot isn't hurting him, combine that with the lovely warmer weather and a light breeze, you've got one VERY wound up horse! The thing with Pie, he gets quick, quick quick quick. And that's when he gets tight/tense and goes into a headset, and braces his back and looses all contact on the reins with you, either that or just runs against him. When he braces his entire body against me...

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The one that got away

I was just looking back over some old pictures, mostly from reenactments, there is a movie shoot this summer I may participate in (how cool is that!!??) and they need pictures of us mounted in period uniform, so I was flipping through my photos to see if I had a decent one I liked. Well, didn't find that picture, but did find a bunch of pictures from one of my very first reenactments, where I didn't take Pie, but I took a pony I was riding at the time, a black paint breeding stock pony named Chloe. Goodness how I miss that pony, so so soooo much. I let her get away and I regret it to this day.  She was owned by my trainer, she had three...

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phone post

So, this afternoon I am attempting to post from my phone (while being bored in between classes), nothing much exciting going on. I managed to get our chickens to venture outside of their coop for awhile. They've been rather shy about coming since Fiona our dog terrorized them last week, she now wears her shock collar to remind her how a good doggie behaves around chickens! I went out and took some pictures of them, they are so darn cute, I'm rather smitten with these birds! Well class is starting, so I'll finish this off with a phone pic of Pie man. edit... ok so inserting photo via mobile phone failed, will have to keep experiment...

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busy busy busy

Ugh, life can be a whirlwind sometimes. My days start at 4:45am when my alarm clock goes off. I work full time in an inbound customer service call center, that's about 37 +/- hours per week, on top of that I do barn chores 4 days a week at a private farm, about 5-6 hours a week. Then I'm going part time to school, two classes, one of which is chemistry with a lab, so that's 9 hours a week I spend in the classroom. That all adds up to a total of 52 hours a week, that's not including homework... On top of all this I've gotta find time to spend time with my husband, cook and clean at home, and squeak in a ride or two on Pie. Someone tell me how I'm suppose to do this all? Guess I'm just feeling very overwhelmed at the moment. I was so stressed out last night, I went and just sat for...

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Welcome!

So welcome to my blog, nothing of much consequence, but it's something. Mostly to pass the time at work inbetween calls... the title of this blog is maybe a teeeeny big exaggerated, considering I actually live about 300 feet under the 1 mile elevation mark, but considering I previous spent most of my life living at 7600ft, and most competitions and whatnot that I'll go to (at somepoint in the future) will be at or above 5280'. Sooooo it all evens out in the end right?? Regardless, I love where I live, love the view of the mountains, and love colorado in general :) And I love my pony!! For 3 years I leased another gelding, fondly nicknamed "Buddy", that I evented on, but last summer sold him on as I just didn't have the time between working full time, going to school, and my husband to devote...

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