Let's see, where we left off... Oh yes. Sophie was showing Buddy. Sophie and Buddy had an amazing year. Buddy took her safely from lead...

It's year end award season and we were part of several circuits this year. For year end awards, our family was eligible for awards in...

So it's "the" year in the world of POA showing. This is the year that Sophie will "graduate" from being a youth rider before next year...

Not gonna lie, the memes about the cost of eggs do make me laugh a little. The other day I posted a picture of 8 dozen eggs in the...

Well, I think we are officially going to try something new this year. We keep going back and forth and back and forth, but we need to...

I follow a mindfulness page full of activities that I can use with my students to help them manage their anxiety and practice gratitude. ...

So, my sixth graders will be writing creatively this week so I started doing an example for them and couldn't stop. Someday I dream...

It's no secret that I love this time of year. I cannot wait for Christmas songs and Christmas lights, Christmas cookies and Christmas...

I'm Tired. I know that I get this way every winter, but I sure feel like it came a lot faster this year. So many things have made...

This past holiday break was a time to put 5 solid days in a row into working with ponies. The weather was fantastic, over 30 every...

It has been all over my Facebook for the past month. I heard it again in my classroom coming from my students' mouths. People...

I think that sometimes, we all just get a little lost. If you don't make a conscious effort, life just keeps sweeping us along in a...

“Why would you cry about selling your pony, it’s just a horse.” “You got a ton of money, I wouldn’t be crying, it’s just a horse.” “You...

I get why some pony training programs are the way they are. I get why professionals have to set timelines for horses. They have...

Well, we officially finished our show season for 2022. The trailer is unloaded, unpacked and ready for storage. In some ways it was a...

As I spent a couple minutes this morning moving Elsie from the "Prospects" section of our farm website to the "Sold", I decided that I...

I was just having this discussion with my class of sixth graders again today. Some of them get it - they really do. They were so...

Someone asked me the other day about the babies I have raised in the past. This led me to taking the proverbial trip down memory lane. ...

Something I hate seeing on social media are posts about "kids these days" or complaining about young people. There are so many...

Last week I was working on transitions (for the millionth time) with Elsie. Working on getting those transitions up or down to flow...