Fall & Winter Preparations

Well its officially fall, crispy evenings, and nice days! Always bring thoughts of putting hay up for the winter, cleaning out the tack room, swapping all the blankets, bringing in all the freezeables from the tack room, digging out the water heaters, and certainly finding my winter riding tights!!!!

Lots of changes in the last month. We have welcomed in our newest boarder& close friend Janet and her beautiful Friesian TB cross mare "Beaucoup", also welcomed Michele who has been riding our mare Farrah- and is presently distracted with her future "Friesian" purchase. We have also had several new buildings & run in shelters installed, wind break walls, new water tubs with heaters installed, new electrical and lighting put up, painting, whew.......it never stops.

With all our new updates, I find I need to carve out more time for my training and office time, in order to launch our new product and services. So with that, I have decided instead of sharing an office with my wonderful husband, I am moving it into our downstairs appartment and will be enlarging my office where soon there will be a recording studio and my home base for training and consulting services. Very exciting!!!!! Ps....looking for a really nice big unique desk!!! Anyone have something fun????
Cheers and break out the scarves already!!
Meghan

Creating a new Product

Well it is a cool crisp September 1st here, 55 degrees and wonderful sleeping weather.

I have a confession. The little gerbil wheel has been turning in my head as it always is, some tell me I have smoke coming out of my ears often. That little wheel has been spinning ideas left and right as we are working on something huge! Something that will be so useful to equestrians all over the world. Something that you can use at home, in the arena, on the trail.

A hint................It is in keeping with the times of technology! We are working on a product that is very affordable and usable by every horse person out there! We cant tell you yet what it is, but we can keep torturing you until it is ready for its release....LOL.
Stay connected and keep watching for our updates as we blog.

Have a beautiful Tuesday and enjoy it!
Meghan

What are you made of?

Well we could answer one way and say particles, atoms, engergy, skin, etc. Or we could go with the unknown. The part of you that one might call "Guts" or "Chutz-pa"!
A quote I really love is:

"Sometimes all that stands between you and the RIDE OF A LIFETIME is simply getting in the saddle and seeing what you're made of" -Unknown-

Simply means that you have to go out there and try new things, no matter how scared you are. Reach out to your friends, family and mentors for guidance when you don't know. Don't be afraid and get up on that tall horse and ride it as long as you can!

I could not be as successful as I am if it were not for the support system and mentors I have in my life. They have shown me and guided me to think for myself and when I don't have the answers I accept their help to guide me as well.

I dare you to go out there and ride that tall dark horse and find what your made of!

Madisons First Show- FIRST PLACE

Madisons first show was at the Marion Fourth of July 2009 Horse Show.

She was fantastic and quite calm. We are so proud of her.....Enjoy


Please use this link to YouTube......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToswFSS3C-8

Something Missing in the Equine Community

Ok.....so we have something in the works. Over the years we have noticed within our equine community, areas that desperately need help on the business side of things. Some of those things we noticed were: Profit loss, Going Green Options not yet applied, Customer Service, and more.

We are here to make a significant difference in the equine business community from the back yard urban farmers to the large elite facilities. Please stay tuned as we are tweaking this and that and getting ready to launch ourselves as Southern New England's Premier Equine Business Specialists! We will be bringing you tips on how to increase your profitability, decrease your carbon footprint, how to deal with difficult situations in the boarding business and provide outstanding customer service. Thanks Meghan

Ode To The Horse

Where in the wide world can we find nobilitywithout pride,Friendship without envy, or beautywithout vanity?Here where grace is laced with muscle,And strength by gentleness confines.He serves without servility,has fought without enmity.There is nothing so powerful,nothing less violent; Nothing as quick,nothing more patient.The world's past has been borne on his back.We are his heirs; he is our inheritance.The horse.

Ronald Duncan in Ode to the Horse

PROBLEMS ARE ONLY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THORNS!

Problems can always be solved no matter what. There is always a solution to anything if you want to make it possible! Be creative and find a way to work something out, you may be amazed at what the outcome may be. So often we tell ourselves a common story i hear so often " I can't do that, that can't be done"..... well let me tell you , we all live within the confines of our own heads and if we tell ourselves that we "cant" then it must be, RIGHT?

Wrong....... we all have a power within ourselves to reach out and be more creative than you ever imagined. There is no such thing as "Can't", it is plainly called WONT. Because you are not comfortable coming out of your comfort zone to try a different way to get what you want. By saying "Can't" you are taking the easy way out.

When we are confronted with every day life "problems" be creative and use the problem solving part of the brain..... go with the "What if we did this instead" scenario and see what happens..... There are always solutions to a problem if we think hard enough and get past the daily grind and the storys we tell ourselves.

Be proative and solve a problem today!

-the voice of an experienced horse woman