Motivation

M

My paternal family has a history of adult-onset diabetes.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.

At my last blood test, my sugar numbers where a trifle high.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.

I’ve been having insomnia recently.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.

Only my lack of trendy jeans keeps me from sporting a muffin top.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.

The scale at the Y has topped 161 pounds.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.

I can’t fasten the waistband of my show jodhpurs.
WHAT?!? Little red can, you are dead to me.

Blogging from A to Z Challenge April 2014
List of my A to Z posts
______________________________________________________________
Gratuitous Dog Picture

Dash Dog of Destruction
Dash
Dog of Destruction

Lessons

L

One nice part of a lesson program is riding different horses.

At boarding barns, there was always a horse or two to ride in addition to my own. When we moved the horses into the backyard, I lost access to those casual rides. I love having the horses at home, but the variety is undeniably less.

Stepping Stone has a range of horses. On one hand, young Trump needs to be both soothed and bolstered. On the other hand, Sam is older and knows it all. Just ask him.

Of course, if one gets too big for one’s jodhpurs, one gets put up on a performance horse to demonstrate how much one still has to learn.

That’s why the plan (HA!) is to continue with saddle seat lessons even when I am happily galloping (double HA!) about on my hunter/jumper/event horse (I say unto you HA!).

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
goodreads: Woody Allen

Blogging from A to Z Challenge April 2014
List of my A to Z posts
______________________________________________________________________
Gratuitous Cat Picture

Ghost Jan 2 2014 wm

Interlude – Text Art: Morse Code

atoz [2014] - BANNER - 910

To continue the A to Z theme, I will render the blog title in various alphabets over the four Sundays in April
________________________________

.-. — -.. -. . -.– .—-. … / … .- –. .-

________________________________

Courtesy of Morse code translation web site.
Systematized Morse Code graphic – it’s all lefts & rights.
Another site recommends against using visualization to learn an auditory system, too much brain conflict.
Letters, punctuation & numbers

Blogging from A to Z Challenge April 2014
List of my A to Z posts

Komplete – Twitter Storage 4 of 4

Katherine joins the Kollective. (The title is a reach. I scheduled the post before I learned about the A to Z Challenge.)

K

Final batch of tweets to archive. For now.

Start of cell phone tweeting a la minute [Newest Toy]. Prior tweets had been from desktop once I got back to my office. Start of show tweets.

Twitter Storage 1
Twitter Storage 2
Et Cetera – Twitter Storage 3 of 4

October 2013 – April 2014, 37 tweets

A Horse Show In 86 Tweets

Show Tweets: Winter Tourment 2, Hartselle AL

Show Tweets: Winter Tournament 3, Leeds AL

Grooming Tweets


Hashtags – Show Tweets: Pro Am, Perry, GA

SUMMARY
102 tweets reblogged in Twitter Storage 1-4 + show tweets + post notification tweets (example below) + retweets = 337 tweets to date.

Blogging from A to Z Challenge April 2014
List of my A to Z posts

Ivy League

I

D scan

A cheap* shot, but I’m being very good about getting to the gym, sticking to my diet, and working with Rodney twice a day. Leaving me no time to execute the brilliant idea I had for today.

*Given the cost of tuition, not cheap in monetary terms, but the post was certainly cheap in terms of creative effort on my part.

Blogging from A to Z Challenge April 2014
List of my A to Z posts

Hashtags – Show Tweets: Pro Am, Perry, GA

H

The proper use of hashtags, I believe, is to group tweets from the same event. Let’s say a bunch of folks go to a horse show in Georgia. All tweets would include the hashtag #GaProAm. Then, clicking on this hashtag would display everything being said from or about the show. This is not what I did.

Hashtags are also used at the end of a tweet as a pithy, possibly snarky, summary or commentary on the preceding statement(s). #thatwouldbeme

Yes, I used hashtags specifically so that I could post this under H. #mybloghastakenovermylife

That will be my first and last Coke Zero. #lasixforhumans

While I felt totally safe all night, it’s probably a good habit not to announce such things beforehand. The world being what it is.

Once I get dressed, I stop tweeting. Part of it is practical. I’m all dolled up & have nowhere to put my phone. Mostly it’s mental. The call for hair & make-up is usually well before the show starts. On Saturday, I had at least three hours wherein I could have provided a bright & witty running dialogue. However, I lack the aloof removal required from an observer. Normally, I have a constant thread of commentary running through my head. Once I’m dressed and thinking about a class, the internal dialogue is along the lines of who? huh? horse. there. tweet? what?

Change. Arrange for prize photo. Run back to car for wallet to pay for two photos been meaning to order from 2013 shows. Two for one deal, today only. Watch the rest of the Academy riders in their Championship. Load up & go. Trying to minimize my time away from home. No chance to tweet.

Divided four-lane with little to no traffic. Car easy to stop & start at the occasional light. Car is perfect for anything below a crowded Interstate. Flying along densely packed I-40 across Tennessee is certainly possible and safe, but would keep me on my toes as a nimble little mouse among elephants. [Fiat 500]