Home life, mom life, horse life, homeschool life
When we bought our first home together right after getting married Jeff and I were certain we’d live in the house we had found until we died or couldn’t care for it anymore. We poured ourselves into it physically, emotionally and financially. Painstakingly cleared acres of land for almost two years, brought our vision of […]
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Whether we equestrians want to admit it or not the horse world can be a little… “clique-ey”. We tend to group ourselves by our style and discipline of riding, or what breed we’re partial to, or what training methods we use, and can become a little judgey of those not in our groups. One area […]
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If you live in any climate where there’s regular rainfall and have horses, you know that mud is an issue. It not only sticks to your boots and hooves, it can also cause hoof problems, lost shoes, equine skin conditions, and makes a mess of zones with any traffic. Because our barn basically was sitting […]
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Did you know that mucking one stall once per day taking 15 minutes to do, you’ll spend 91 hours and 15 minutes per year per horse doing so? Did you also know that in high school I had a weekend job at a training and boarding barn and would clean up to 25 stalls per […]
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To set the metal t posts we used a hand t post driver to set them in the ground, and by we I mean I did none and Jeff did all of them. In my defense I was almost nine months pregnant during this installation however. We also placed t post caps on the top […]
Read MoreO Holy Night is my favorite Christmas song. I love music, and Christmas music lyrics are especially meaningful to me. I think the lyrics of that song are beautiful, and the added lyrics to this version of O Holy Night (Hear the Gospel Story) by Sovereign Grace only deepen the meaning and beauty of this […]
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When it came time to consider fencing for our soon to be pasture, which had zero fencing anywhere, my first move was planning how we’d use the pasture spaces. For me daily turnout is a must, so is safe fencing thats low maintenance and wouldn’t explode our budget. Also, the pasture grass would be fairly […]
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The story of Black Beauty based on the novel by Anna Sewell, has been told in book, movie and cartoon form many many times. In my opinion, this 1994 version is the best by far though. It tells the classic story, told from the horses point of view, about the life of a horse with […]
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Tack rooms and tack stores just make me happy. The smell of leather, the sight of neatly hanging bridles and saddles, a grooming box just waiting to shine up your pony… Our diy tack room was planned out at 10 ft x 11 ft, that size worked well because it allowed the walls to be […]
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