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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I know a lot of people who were just thrown on horses like that as kids. I have always ridden with a saddle and a helmet, but I was thrown on horses as a kid that I def should not have been on lmao. All green as hell except for my mare. My childhood mare was an old white Arabian that was a chubbier version of Sandy. Same attitude and coat pattern lol. She and I were going to do competitive barrel racing. She knew the pattern herself, so all I had to do was get on and say “let’s go” and she’d go through the barrel pattern on her own as fast as she could. All I had to do was hold on. She colicked before we could start racing for real, though.



  • According to her old owner, she’s been ridden with mostly bareback pads and bitless bridles/hackamores. I’m opting for a snaffle bit for now just so I can have more control in the beginning in case she gets wound up. I have a really nice bareback pad on the way that has safe stirrups and an “oh shit” handle. I’m more comfortable in an actual saddle, so this bareback pad is the best parts of both lol.

    She hasn’t been ridden in at least 7 years, so I’m going in expecting her to be green broke again. She might surprise me tho! She’s always surprising me with how smart she is! I have some friends who are pro trainers/horse flippers who said they’ll hop on her first to get a gauge on how much she remembers. That’s if she’s cleared for riding on the 30th. Everyone expects her to be, but you never know.







  • This week has gone by so slow. My cat caught my house on fire on Saturday and I’ve been dealing with the aftermath since. I’m fine as are my pets and my home is still habitable, part of my kitchen just got a lil crispy. It’s been one of the most stressful experiences of my life. My fire alarms didn’t go off and I woke up choking on smoke. I got lucky. I could have just died instead of choked.

    Life pro tip: make sure your pets can’t turn on your stove. Get covers or clips for the knobs to animal-proof them.