Whether I’m driving, working out or doing any non-writing work, I am almost constantly listening to something! (To the point that I was recently talking to my husband about that constant need for an auditory distraction and learning to be more content in the quiet…but that’s another topic for another time!) When it comes to what […]
Life / Travel
Friday Favorites: the Great White North
I have the privilege of spending about four weeks of the year in Canada (or more specifically in Ottawa and Toronto), and Ontario never fails to disappoint!! My most recent two week trip wrapped on Monday, so this week’s ‘Friday Favorites’ is devoted to all things Canada – well almost! 1. Ottawa National and CSI3* […]
Fitness
Six Reasons Why CrossFit for Equestrians
I try super hard not to be one of those people that talks or posts excessively about CrossFit, because I get it, very few people actually care about how much you can front squat. (Currently only 140 lbs., but I’m working on it; thanks for asking!) But unfortunately, when you do something a lot and […]
Life
Life Lately: Polo, Patriotism, Pool Parties (and Canada Bound!)
I can’t seem to wrap my head around the fact that it’s already the middle of July! Where has this summer gone!? There is so much that I’ve set out to do work wise, riding wise, etc. that I haven’t done yet, but somehow it simultaneously feels like I have crammed in a lot. It feels […]
Life
Weekend Golf Outing
Fun fact of the day: when my dad was a teenager, he convinced his parents/my grandparents to turn their family dairy farm into a golf course! How cool is that!? There’s obviously a lot more to that story on how it evolved from a dairy farm to a nine-hole course to the 18-hole course it’s […]
Life
Life Lately: Ponies, a Wedding and Wicked!
If you aim to build blog traffic and maintain any sort of active blog, it’s never a good idea to go a month without blogging…However, if you’re currently just blogging sporadically, it can be kind of fun to look back at the month since you’re last blog post and see all that you did that […]
Horses / Travel
Kentucky Derby Bachelorette Weekend!
My Facebook “On This Day” for the second week of May shows that for three consecutive summers I spent that time in Kentucky – but never arriving by the first Saturday in May a.k.a. in time to check the Kentucky Derby off of my life long bucket list! This past weekend, I got to do just that, […]
Fitness
2017 New Jersey State Half-Marathon Recap
Generally when I do race recaps, I try to include my mile time splits or some review of the method to my madness on how I ran the race…This time though, my Nike+ tracking did not track my splits properly, and I literally had zero plan for running the race. So instead, this recap is […]
Life
Friday Favorites: Week in Review, Weekend Plans…and a Salad Bowl
This week’s ‘Friday Favorites’ is largely a quick wrap-up of some of my favorite things from this past, jam-packed weekend, one wild card favorite, and one thing I’m extremely looking forward to this weekend!! 🙂 1.) Trying new things – On Friday night, I joined my good friend Katie and her mom for a calligraphy class at […]
