So, as some of you know, back in August I injured my finger riding, just before I left for Europe. So I couldn't ride for the last week and a half before I left. Then when I got back, I was barely home before I set off for Connecticut for work for two weeks. Then I got back and had to finish up a work project to a stopping place ( Read more... )

A brief update on my riding... Evergreen did, indeed, close at the end of June. So beginning in July, I began riding full time at Whistle Jacket (the dressage school). For the moment, Whistle Jacket is still on the Evergreen property, but that's probably not going to last past October at the latest. So the instructor is looking at a couple of ( Read more... )

I really need a Debutanté userpic. But I'll use my generic 'horse' userpic this time ( Read more... )

I finally managed to obtain the Canon PIXMA 9000 printer that I had been trying to get... and that became another drama in and of itself. I got to the Lynnwood Best Buy, found the PIXMA -- the last one in the greater Seattle area -- and got to the checkout line... only to discover the discount card (the whole reason I was buying in the store!) was ( Read more... )

At the end of June, after more than 40 years, Evergreen Equestrian Center is closing their doors forever; they just informed the students today ( Read more... )

So, this month I finally gave up my half-lease on Derby. I love the horse, but he's no longer right for me for several reasons (mostly that he's too stiff and old to do what I need to be doing in my hunter lessons anymore, and he's too stiff to do dressage at all, and dressage was what I wanted to do in hack sessions ( Read more... )

So, I haven't posted about lessons in a while. There's been stuff going on, of course: among other things, we're starting a dressage school at Evergreen, and I may be splitting my lessons between the hunter/jumper program and the dressage one. I injured my hand and couldn't ride for a while, and am only just getting back up to full-speed this ( Read more... )

Spent part of the day fighting off a migraine, lost my ATM/debit card (which has now been cancelled and I have to wait two weeks for a replacement), generally by the end of the day was exhausted and in a foul mood. Had lunch with shadowfey and kieri, and the topic came up that while I have a significant stress-factor in my life right now (as some know), I ( Read more... )

So, it's been... well, forever... since I posted in LJ. So I should at least drop a hello to everyone and a general sort of 'what I've been up to ( Read more... )

No riding for me this week. With the horrible storm we had yesterday, they closed the bridge and I couldn't get across the lake (and it turns out the stable was a mess anyway). My instructor just called, too... with the huge winds last night, and much of the area without power (I do not know how I've dodged that bullet and have both power and ( Read more... )