A Grand Old Time

Whew I survived! My first Grand National Rodeo as a staff member. With 2 weeks, visits from 5 family members, one botched horse show class, and 500 students in one school tour; I can officially say this was the best Grand National ever. Running around our facility I was right in my element, making sure […]

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The moment of truth…

Well after a week of commuting from SF to Stanford via train, Friday arrived all too soon, and not quick enough! I was fortunate enough to have the day before the contest off work, so I could pull together all the last minute details. From finding missing shirt snaps, to making sure I had my […]

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Just stay on course…

Wow, do I have one heck of as horse show hang over! As I lay here re living the past week and a half, I am still in awe of it all. My adventure at the Grand National couldn’t possibly fit in one post. So here is part 1!  After work last Saturday I threw […]

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Always be a unicorn

For me this silly phrase has even more meaning, because one of my horses I ride is nick named the unicorn! When I read that quote it kind of made me laugh, because the times I am most like myself are when I’m in the saddle.  There are a lot of things that concerned me […]

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Miss what?!

One of my greatest aspirations in life is to be considered a belle. Not like the annoying thing at old churches but a stunning classy home grown debutante. Though I may not have grown up in the South, in some ways I am as far from Californian as it gets. I adore my state and […]

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