Friday, January 19, 2018

People are weird

We all know people are weird and horse people can be twice as much. Seeing as how I am boarding my horses again, I see this a lot more on an almost daily basis. Sometimes it is laughable at best and other times it can get a bit scary. I try not to say anything and reserve judgement. I also roll my eyes as I remind myself that it is not my job to police things. I just go about my business and take care of my horses, mostly just sticking to myself.

Having my very diverse backgound with horses, riding both English and western, spending time in both training & show barns and being around people who only trail ride and have no desire to compete in anything, really "Ups the ante" on how weird things can get. Over the years- I have seen a Lot! I won't say I've seen it all, because when I do? Someone will come along with a new brand of crazy that takes it all to a whole new level....

The reason for this post is because there's a person that I can't quite figure out. I've seen them riding around like they're trying to show off, but I'm not sure if they're trying to impress somebody or if they just come off that way. I haven't figured out the angle yet.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Money well spent

My riding boots are in need of repairs yet again and it got me to thinking about a topic for a blog post.

What One item have you purchased long ago, that has lasted well past it's shelf life or expiration date, yet it still seems to just keep hanging in there, fighting the good fight, not quite ready to give up the ghost and die already? Would you say you got your money's worth out of it?

For me it is my dress boots. I bought them probably 17 years ago, after going on vacation and packing on some extra pounds, then trying to put on my previous pair and not being able to get them up over my calf. I had to go with Wide calf boots and wasn't exactly thrilled at the time.

I probably paid a little over $100 for them, had the soles restitched on them about 5 or 6 years ago for somwhere in the ballpark of $20-$25 and even though they need it again, once fixed they still look nice enough to show in.



For those thinking they probably haven't seen much use? Just one look at them says otherwise. For a while I was using them to ride at least 3 days a week, sometimes more. But I also typically take care of my things since I don't like having to replace stuff often. Yes my boots are a bit dirty at the moment, but they will be cleaned before I take them in for repairs.

Although the soles are coming off again in the same place- on the inside of the right foot from the ball of my foot back to the arch and the left one is likely to go there too, finding somewhere to have them repaired yet again is certainly in the budget and I seriously doubt it will break the bank. I found another pair so no rush on the repairs.

For those wondering what brand they are?  

Devon-Aire. 

Yep, no lie.