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Hey! Welcome to my crazy life……
Welcome to my crazy little life! This blog originally documented my personal journey as a mature wife and mother embarking on a career change from the corporate world to the equestrian world. Nowadays, I tend to blog about three areas of my life I am most passionate about: my family, my business and self development. Join me, you never know what trials and tribulations we'll encounter, but it sure will be fun.
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It’s Been A While
It's been a while since I last wrote a blog post on this site...truth is I didn't know what the hell I was doing anymore and overwhelm and procrastination took over...
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The Blog has a Makeover
For some time now I’ve been looking into changing the style of my blog. I guess I never really liked it the last time I gave it a new look and I think I did it to impress others more than for myself which resulted in me not liking it 100%. So I decided to change it again, after all, this blog is about ME and not them so I should choose a style that I am happy with which is why I took it back to what I feel is a more simple, fresh and classy looking style. What do you think? Did my plan work? UPDATES Every time…
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Why I abandoned my Social Media Accounts.
I did something a little bit extraordinary last week, which would either liberate you or put you into turmoil; I abandoned the social media accounts for Heels To Horses. Why did I start the social media accounts? Pretty much since the day I launched the Heels To Horses blog site in May 2016, I have posted via social media as a way to grow the followers to my blog site, and to help reach as many people as possible who may be interested in my journey. This was done via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. The Problem: As well as these social media accounts I also started social media accounts for…
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Olly Goes Back To School
Whilst we attended our friends wedding abroad, Olly went back to school...
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So, I’m kind of a blogger…
...some of you have followed me since day dot (April 2015) when I started my journey of working as a Corporate PA to training to become a Saddler.
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Stewarding at a Fun Ride makes me want to join in.
Today I have been helping out at Bissell Wood Equestrian Centre by being one of their Steward’s for the day during the fun ride. It’s the second time I’ve done this particular event; once before in the snow and sleet, and today it was cold and damp. The actual working side of things is dead easy. I have to make sure horse and rider’s cross the road safely and I have to check their number’s off a list to make sure riders are reaching my check off point. The best part about the whole day is meeting the stunning horses and their riders. From big hunters to dainty ponies and…
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Where did April go?
It's been approximately a month since I last posted anything on here and the one thing I can't get my head around is that we are just 3 days away from May, how did that happen? I have some news I'd like to share with you all being as it's been so long since I last wrote...
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Week 10 of Olly’s Update
The rugs are off...yeay!
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Week 9 of Olly’s Update
Olly needed a trim...he reluctantly co-operated...eventually!
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Saddle Making Training – Week 1
Back in November (2017) I attended another training session at the Saddlery Training Centre in Salisbury...to embark upon the Level 2 Saddle Making training. According to the City and Guilds Level 2 Saddlery specification I am required to make a pony saddle using a wooden saddle tree. The seat must be pigskin or hide, the skirts and flaps must be solid with knee rolls and gussets being optional. The panel should be a Continental or Saumur type and the filling should be wool only. Here is my 16.5" pony saddle wooden tree that I was welcomed with...
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Week 7 of Olly’s update
Week 7 of Olly's update is very dull due to the aftermath of Storm Emma/Beast from the East...
