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- Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:41 am
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Motivember Challenge- Week 1!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18160
Re: Motivember Challenge- Week 1!
We have two? Threads I mean.
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:51 am
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: 30 day challenge goals thread.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15822
Re: 30 day challenge goals thread.
I am changing one,
Test blood glucose,
No swearing,
Drink water. 10 glasses a day. I'll float away, but it's my goal. Starting now lol.
Test blood glucose,
No swearing,
Drink water. 10 glasses a day. I'll float away, but it's my goal. Starting now lol.
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:54 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A few jingles for my dear old dad, please...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22000
Re: A few jingles for my dear old dad, please...
Gosh, I am sure that is very stressful for you and painful for him. Many jingles.
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:21 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Happy Halloween from Paris
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10187
Re: Happy Halloween from Paris
I think its something most people celebrate, so happy is appropriate,
happy halloween, Paris
happy halloween, Paris
- Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:15 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64168
Re: Where we have failed....
I work with people with behavior disorders, in other words at times they can be a danger to themselves and others. I am trained in restraining techniques and when it is appropriate to use them. Having, on multiple occasions single handed restrained and brought down a level four person younger and st...
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
- Replies: 808
- Views: 620870
Re: "What's for dinner?"
I was late, brought rotisserie chicken home, deboned it, threw a bunch of stuff in for sauce Mashed white sweet potato, and made crunchy green bean salad. Tasted soo good I am trying to remember what I put in the sauce, curry, peanut butter and Chinese five spice, with coconut milk, but there was so...
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:54 pm
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: 30 day challenge goals thread.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15822
Re: 30 day challenge goals thread.
Test my blood glucose three times a day.
Ride my own horses four times... I am zealous about working my training horses but oft skip mine if I am a bit bushed.
Do not swear.
I am also doing nanowrimo. So I am skipping heathy eating goals this month.
Ride my own horses four times... I am zealous about working my training horses but oft skip mine if I am a bit bushed.
Do not swear.
I am also doing nanowrimo. So I am skipping heathy eating goals this month.
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:18 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: So, how about a less contentious topic...Pit bulls!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14655
Re: So, how about a less contentious topic...Pit bulls!
Chi, you have Bull Terriers??? OMG I am jealous. I love them, especially the smaller size. Patton had a white one named William, after William the Conqueror. Yes, had Bullies all my life, since before I was born, and never been without. They are clowns, and luv bugs, and twice Kenya has woken me wh...
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: can i just say...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8039
Re: can i just say...
I am sorry, hope it all works out.
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Sharing your horse... Yey or ney?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16100
Re: Sharing your horse... Yey or ney?
The plusses, horse will get exercise and experience and you know the rider and the horse is still in your care and monitoring. Minuses, some of what the horse learns may be different from your method and skill set. Generally it's a win win, i would also recommend a gradual immersion, poster av ride,...
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:31 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Challenged to Gallop
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13067
Re: Challenged to Gallop
I still think galloping with others would help her find more of a desire to go.
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Shareboard fell through
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14352
Re: Shareboard fell through
I am sorry, do not give up (except the smoking, lol, give up the smoking) but do not give up looking for a horsey situation that makes you happy.
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25446
Re: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
Without any criticism for others making decisions, i do want to explain why I feel the way I do, and will act the way I act, if i am ever faced with a similar decision again. There are a number of routine things you have to do for your horses. they are not wild horses, so it is not okay to put them ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Well, one milestone has been reached
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6881
Re: Well, one milestone has been reached
you were first
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:31 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: The Big Black Freight Train - GOING HOME
- Replies: 87
- Views: 55504
Re: The Big Black Freight Train
it worked!! look forward to seeing you on your newly svelte horse working on patterns
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A lesson pony
- Replies: 35
- Views: 22688
Re: A lesson pony
As an update, i thought i had a couple of months before things got bad, but I came home and she nickered and wobbled over, she has been neurologic, which was the first clue that something fierce was wrong. anyway, she wobbled over and i offered her slices of apple i brought from the tree near the ba...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64168
Re: Where we have failed....
So to answer the original question, where did we go wrong? i think that in more than one place. I think that it is increasingly evident that police officers should be taught, as much as possible how to enforce physical compliance with the least likelihood of injury, however with the understanding th...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64168
Re: Where we have failed....
I think she has a broken arm Chisamba. well then i would go to say that is proof that excessive force was used, and I will change my mind. i think he should have removed her, but not with sufficient aggression to actually hurt her. There are ways to physically ask for compliance minimizing the like...
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:32 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23191
Re: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
well, since reading did not do it, sketching? i love doodling and sketching all you need is a pencil and paper, sorting photos, although in this mood it might be tearing the ex out of all the old ones, listening to music and napping are good ones too!
Hope you feel better soone
Hope you feel better soone
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:28 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64168
Re: Where we have failed....
i looked and looked and did not see a choke hold, what i saw, and even the eye witness said, was the closing of the computer, the moving of the desk and then a very rapid flipping of the chair, and pulling the student out and arresting her. perhaps it was excessive, but i would like to know if she e...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:48 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23191
Re: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
Read i get lost in a book, snuggle with the doggies and nap
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:39 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: The Big Black Freight Train - GOING HOME
- Replies: 87
- Views: 55504
Re: The Big Black Freight Train
he sounds like a good natured freight train i too would love to see him
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: So, how about a less contentious topic...Pit bulls!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14655
Re: So, how about a less contentious topic...Pit bulls!
me and my dog coverlet
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:15 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Well, one milestone has been reached
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6881
Re: Well, one milestone has been reached
which one? the how to host the training forum one was locked within the first week i think, lol. welcome home,
oh it was my thread, sorry about that.
oh it was my thread, sorry about that.
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:40 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Where we have failed....
- Replies: 114
- Views: 64168
Re: Where we have failed....
Maybe it's my phone but I couldn't see a darn thing on the fee second of video shown. I will watch on the computer. I am concerned about police violence, but I also dislike it when TV has to interpret what i am seeing... I feel likevf they have to tell you what it is, it's not that obvious. Now I ha...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:35 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: It's That Time...Show Your Fall Colors!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20668
Re: It's That Time...Show Your Fall Colors!
i snapped this one quickly on my walk today, its my neighbours tree and i have enjoyed it for a couple of weeks, the colors are fading now but the light was pretty
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:53 pm
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23024
Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
my husband reminds me to look forward, not back.
i should perhaps make this a goal, so on thinking about it, its not fair to come into something carrying resentments from the past, so forgive me for my blathering
I am in.
i should perhaps make this a goal, so on thinking about it, its not fair to come into something carrying resentments from the past, so forgive me for my blathering
I am in.
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25446
Re: Breakfast with Mama: The Final Chapter
I had a mare like Mama. Got a diagnosis from a lovely vet chiro with a kind soul, he showed me the pain scenarios - turned out my mare couldn't carry weight. No matter how light. Like your mama things would set her off and she wouldn't stop the explosion until things got hurt, her, humans, other ho...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:52 pm
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23024
Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
its okay, your thread inspired me anyway, i circled a day on the calendar, wrote down three goals, and will start scoring myself each day. they say twenty one days of success to make a new habit, so we will see how it goes. i have on two occasions joined udbb health challenge threads, and each time ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:56 am
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23024
Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
Okay, well count me out then, because I have no desire to be shamed into living up to some one elses hype. Measuring by other means obliterates the simplicity and level field of a point system. Be it weight loss, photos, or miles, immediately introduces an element of comparison that is a huge turn o...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:43 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Are any of the candidates, either party, electable?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25847
Re: Are any of the candidates, either party, electable?
I too like Bernie. I like his stance on getting money out of politics. Once the big money is out of politics, a lot of our problems would be much more solvable. And I think that is an issue that many people, regardless of where on the political spectrum they fall, can agree on. And he seems to be t...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:34 am
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23024
Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
So on Halloween we announce our three goals on a new thread and check in daily to score ourselves? It is my opinion, which may be unpopular, that no photos be allowed, or over boasting about how well you did or how much weight you lost, you score a zero, one two or three and realize if you score a n...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:19 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: ever seen rain rot that...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13514
Re: ever seen rain rot that...
Sounds more like hives to me
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: So, this munchkin arrives tomorrow ... She's here! :-)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 23648
Re: So, this munchkin arrives tomorrow ...
hope she travels safely and is soon in your care.
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:47 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Ebola daughter update and advice.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14451
Re: Ebola daughter update and advice.
What would it cost as checked luggage?
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: My week - complete with gory pictures
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21936
Re: My week - complete with gory pictures
I bet the bruising will come! I am glad you are recovering and that you had good help quickly.
Jingles for a good recovery
Jingles for a good recovery
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:57 pm
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23024
Re: Should we do a 30 day challenge/makeover?
interesting thought, and idea, i wonder if it would help me stay on track. i am willing to give it a try
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:32 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A lesson pony
- Replies: 35
- Views: 22688
Re: A lesson pony
i just stood and groomed her for an hour today, as she munched on some hay, she nickered to me when i came, other than that she is not doing well, its so hard to know exactly when is a good time, and i am hoping she can 'tell' me. its a part of horse stewardship that is very difficult.
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: It's been a year!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4709
Re: It's been a year!
life has to be better with that sweet face looking for you! and she is growing! ( of course she is growing lol)
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:04 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Introducing counter canter
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38230
Re: Introducing counter canter
thank you musical comedy, excellent article.
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:01 pm
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- Topic: Should I have been embarrassed?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11661
Re: Should I have been embarrassed?
I have a very funny embarrassment story, or at least i think it is. my sister was ten years older than me, and very attractive, she drew glances wherever she went. she about seventeen, in her last year of high school and i was seven, and we were traveling by train from Zambia to South Africa to visi...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:48 pm
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- Topic: You have to laugh at dementia.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17029
Re: You have to laugh at dementia.
it is best to find the humor!
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:37 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Introducing counter canter
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38230
Re: Introducing counter canter
i do not know if it just me, but the article posted does not open for me
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:03 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A lesson pony
- Replies: 35
- Views: 22688
Re: A lesson pony
As Chantal said emotions are fragile, and with me carries over into other interactions.
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:06 pm
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- Topic: nothing to see here, move along
- Replies: 48
- Views: 33309
Re: nothing to see here, move along
I did not think the link i posted would evoke any of the concern about litigation that the training thread did, but when it did, I did not want to endanger the new bulletin so I removed it.
Thanks for the support and humor. And threats of Christmas cards. You all are great!
Thanks for the support and humor. And threats of Christmas cards. You all are great!
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:15 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Introducing counter canter
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38230
Re: Introducing counter canter
I am looking at starting work on the counter canter as there is a loop to X in Novice 2.3 here (guessing you guys also have one in First 3?). I've just been researching the placement of the horse's body as I can't remember reading anything on this in this thread. The advice I have found is the posi...
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:15 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A lesson pony
- Replies: 35
- Views: 22688
A lesson pony
You are is a lesson pony Not too fancy, more inclined to take it easy than to show off, You have shown countless people how to ride, forgiven their poor balance Tolerated their learning aids. You patiently waited till someone found their half seat before taking the jump, You lovingly found the dirti...
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:28 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Swiss ban
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12185
Re: Swiss ban
They have not been allowed in the US dressage warm up as long as I have been here, nor the UK when I showed there.
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:24 pm
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- Topic: Working like freeking crazy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9401
Re: Working like freeking crazy
Hope you can reduce your stress!! Good luck with new renters. Congratulations on your efforts
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:36 pm
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- Topic: nothing to see here, move along
- Replies: 48
- Views: 33309
Re: my personal favorite critique
Look, I have no dog in this fight but some seem to be shooting the messenger. Whether some object to their posts from elsewhere being posted here or on FB is not really the point, you are putting this site in legal jeopardy and potentially causing the new board owner headaches by doing things that ...