Sylvana, an awesome natural horse trainer (and mentor), met me at the barn after work to help me with Kasane. Sylvana and Chris, the barn owner, have given me tips and suggestions for working with young horses using natural horsemanship methods. I’ve always done traditional training methods and always enjoy learning new techniques and methods. Sylvana watched me work Kasane. The Bay Wonder Mare Junior was frisky at first: she bucked at me...
Continue reading...April 2010
Back at the barn
After over a week of being away from the barn, I finally got back out there on Sunday. Sunday morning I realized just how much stress I’d been living with because I felt shaky and off kilter. The best solution when I feel like that is to go to the barn. Not to ride, but just to see the girls. Just putting my hand on Isis washes away the stress and everything is...
Continue reading...Moved. Finally.
For the past month, I’ve been packing and coordinating a move. Finally finished the move on Friday, cleaned like mad on Saturday, and turning in the keys to the old apartment on Sunday morning. I used a moving company for the first time: Trosa Moving. These guys were great. It took five guys about 3.5 hours (they estimated 4 hours) to move my stuff from a third floor apartment to a third floor...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25
Have moved into new apartment. Have box city to unpack. Am rebelling and watching Time of Angels. # Stuff is moved. Now it is time to clean my old place…Arg. All I want to do is go to the barn… # Got the keys to the new place. Now the fun begins… # RT @svgeesus: Leaked Copyright Treaty and Net Freedom: http://bit.ly/8XuCi7 via @thetyee # http://twitpic.com/1hqycf – The pile of stuff to move…...
Continue reading...Lessons from riding
I’ve had a riding lesson for the past two Saturdays. It has been a roller coaster where my riding skills fluctuated from newbie to advanced. Had my skills degraded? Muscle tone wasn’t as good as it had been in 2008 when we were able to ride more. In 2009, riding time was minimized due to Isis’ and my medical issues. Even though it was hard to ride when Isis tripped several times every...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18
Worked two horses. Played D&D. Played with cats. Ren faire tomorrow, then riding. Packing panic for move to follow. # Found out Christina Cox was in Defying Gravity (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184965/) She was great in Blood Ties (based Tanya Huff's novels) # Dentist appointment this morning. I just love dentists. No, really. I do. Really. # RT @bookviewcafe Today's Special from Judith Tarr: – new chapter in Ars Magica – read it for free at...
Continue reading...Swedish ad for horse racing
If horses lived and worked with us, maybe it would be something like this… Interesting how some ideas don’t even need words to convey meaning. 🙂 Especially with horses. Related Images:
Continue reading...Lunging two horses at one time
Yesterday I did an experiment: I lunged Isis and Prize together in their paddock (which is also a backup ring). A few nights ago, I did a similar experiment except I lunged one horse at a time and swapped between them with both of them loose in the ring. It worked pretty well. How would it work with both of them being worked at the same time? Surprisingly it worked out pretty well....
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-11
http://twitpic.com/1djfcx – Kiesha helping me sort cables. # Fusion Garage JooJoo review — Engadget.. http://digg.com/d31NbHK # Found some of my old CDs. Currently listening to Toad the Wet Sprocket's album, "Fear." Fun stuff. # 47 Products we wish that Steve Jobs would Release.. http://digg.com/d31NiaH # My orthodontist wanted to break my jaw, remove .25 inch, and reset it so my mouth would be "perfect." I fled. # SVG and canvas demo on the...
Continue reading....NET, Windows XP woes
I’m having to use the Winddow XP virtual machine on the Mac to do character updates for gaming tonight. Stupid fucking Windows keeps asking if I want to reboot. It’s downloading updates in the background even though that was turned off. I get so aggravated with Windows. It’s amazing how having to use an application that relies on Windows’s .NET will drive you up the wall. Even though my netbook has XP installed,...
Continue reading...N900, Skype/VOIP call quality
The Nokia N900 has Skype integrated into the UI. Once a VOIP account is configured, contacts show up in the phone’s address book with Skype call/IM options. Since I’ve had the phone, I’ve never been able to answer a Skype call and hear a person for more than a few seconds. Reading on the Maemo forums helped uncover two facts: Some cellular service providers, like T-Mobile, may filter VOIP traffic to prevent Skype...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-04
How To Become Immortal (The Archaeological Way)!.. http://digg.com/d31Mkki # I penned the suckiest movie ever – sorry! – NYPOST.com.. http://digg.com/d31MrJl # Who Wants In Google's Experimental Fiber Network? (Map) [Goo.. http://digg.com/d31Mw99 # Related Images:
Continue reading...Nokia N900 controls full-size helicopter
Once the Nokia N900 was shown to be able to control a miniature helicopter, it was only a matter of time before one success to was extrapolated to a larger scale. The video, originally released by Tweakker and featured on Nokia’s blog today, is a hoax. Wouldn’t you love to have the option to purchase a full size helicopter as an “accessory”? Related Images:
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