Posted in Pony Adventures, horse, tagged horse, riding, saddle, tack, American-Flex, english saddle, panel system, good deal, for sale, black, leather, stirrups, girth on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
American-Flex 18” Icelandic English saddle package, System 7 - $2000 or Best Offer
Free UPS Ground shipping to the continental US!
Do you want your horse to have better range of movement? Do you have a gaited horse or ride saddle seat? Do you like the feeling of riding bareback but need the security of a saddle? [...]
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Posted in Pony Adventures, horse, therapuetic riding, tagged adults, children, disabilities, disability, donate, fundraising, good cause, horse, horseback riding, non-profit, river valley riders, therapeutic riding on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I want to say thank you to everyone who helped meet, and EXCEED, the goal of donating to the River Valley Rider’s Ride-A-Thon. You Rock! I am humbled by your generosity and filled with gratitude, thank you very much!
Role Call of the Stars:
Paul Deeming
Jay “Rusty” Curry
Mary Murphy
Sharon Gerber
Mary Jo Guilmette
Susan Aguirre
Elizabeth Gatti
Nancy Bonanno
Jody Bymark-Boughton
Donnie Petersen
Ben Thome
Dawn [...]
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Posted in Pony Adventures, horse, therapuetic riding, tagged ADHD, cerebral palsy, disabilities, disability, donate, donations, fundraising, gratitude, horse, make a difference, non-profit, nonprofit, paraplegic, ride, river valley riders, therapeutic riding, therapy, volunteer on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed so far - without people like you, these disabled children and adults would not have the opportunity to take part in Equine Therapy.
We are almost there - $195 contributed so far, only $5 DOLLARS to go!
For the price of a combo meal at [...]
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Posted in Pony Adventures, tagged barn, equine, friends, fun, horse, Horses, pony, riding, trailriding on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Saturday I hooked up with a friend and we went up to the barn. One of my barn friends has two horses, one of them an aged gelding who is starting to sway because he isn’t being ridden as much as he should but he’s a great babysitter - and a good “guest” horse. The [...]
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Posted in Pony Adventures, horse, tagged horse, woman, Horses, women, ride, trailriding, camping, empowerment, capable on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Simple Statement “I Ride”
I ride. That seems like such a simple statement.
However as many women
who ride know it is really a complicated matter. It
has to do with power
and empowerment. Being able to do things you might
have once considered out
of reach or ability. I have considered this as I
shovel manure, fill water
barrels in the cold [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged horse, riding, equine, trail riding, first aid, pony, desensitize, training, spring, mud, yuck, saddle pad on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Right now just about all the snow has melted up at the barn and what is left is sucking ice cold mud. YUCK! And of course, as horses sometimes laydown, Griffin was covered, eyelashes to hooves, in dried mud. He is also shedding his winter coat like mad. It took me over an hour to [...]
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Posted in therapuetic riding, tagged disabilities, disability, donate, horse, horseback riding, non-profit, riding, river valley riders, therapeutic riding, volunteer, wild river state park on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, I have set the wheels in motion to try to gather $200 in sponsorship for the upcoming Ride-a-Thon for River Valley Riders.
I created this blog/site and announced it to all of my friends via email, myspace and the equine related yahoo groups that I belong to - I hope that is a good start.
If [...]
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Posted in General Musings, tagged deaf, horse, interpreter, irish, kelly, MRID, presenter, profanity, RID, sign language, wife on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Its a scary step to go public.
For all I know, no one will ever read any of this. Or people might find my adventures very interesting. Its up to you, dear reader.
On this site, you can learn more about the causes I hope that you will support, the everyday-ness of my life, and the extraordinary [...]
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