Thursday I had another lesson with Carrie K. from the North valley. I admit I haven't done nearly so much active riding this pregnancy as I was with the last two, Regardless I'm trying to get what I can from these lessons. I wasn't able to make any last month so I'm going to try and double up this month. I'm not sure if I'll try for one in ( Read more... )

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Two days canning tomatoes ending up with over 50 jars.
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Yesterday we loaded up the boys and headed to the North country. It is usually 20° or so cooler up on the Rim compared to down here and with the whole week threatening to nudge us into our first triple-digit day it was a good time to pack it up and enjoy some cooler weather. Thursday happens to be my least busy day so I cleared out my lessons and ( Read more... )

These are the cause of 90% of all falls in the cross-country phase of Three-Day Eventing. I saw my fair share of them on Saturday as well as two falls (one wasn't due to a dangling knee, but the other one definitely was). The danging knees became more obvious when we watched the Grand Prix Show Jumping Sunday night. By comparison some of them ( Read more... )

We saw two riders fall. The first one both horse and rider were okay, though the rider ended up under her horse's feet ( Read more... )

Took my computer in Monday and waiting for the call that says I can go pick it up ( Read more... )

So the last two weeks weren't necessarily ideal. Mom had to go into the hospital for a GIANT blood clot that ran from her groin to mid-calf. She got out the day I graduated, but was not able to make the ceremony ( Read more... )

I am now in Utah, yesterday was spent driving. I drove the first five hours and, must admit, it's much easier to be alert and awake when the sun is up than when it is not. I think my parents slept for two or three hours while I drove and while they drove I probably slept for 40 minutes, heh. I did finish reading "3001: The Final Odyssey," which ( Read more... )

I have returned from the not-so-sunny state of California. It rained Saturday and was a bit cloudy and also rained as we came in on Friday. Sunday was cloudy again and we didn't really hit clear skies until we were back in AZ ( Read more... )