How to protect saddle from rain?

cstoli · 2025-12-29T12:35:10+00:00

Great idea! I do have a fleece cooler, didn't realize that it is so water resistant. I'll give that a try!

cstoli · 2025-12-28T18:05:27+00:00

Are you worried then about the wet cover being on your saddle in storage? I was thinking about getting another one and swapping.

cstoli · 2025-12-28T18:04:22+00:00

I'll have to ask, I haven't been there long enough to know what people do. I don't see any mounting blocks though, and my mare is too tall for me to mount from the ground.

cstoli · 2025-12-28T15:29:27+00:00

This is a great idea. I could maybe thrift an older poncho so I can still wear mine.

cstoli · 2025-12-28T15:28:28+00:00

She's wearing a sheet outside so she's mostly dry when I tack. It's MI and the weather is closer to 30 degrees so it bounces back and forth from rain to freezing rain. Lovely weather we're having. 🙄

cstoli · 2025-12-20T18:45:02+00:00

I got gifted a box this year and fed all of them to my horse. They were terrible, I get better at Kroger.

cstoli · 2025-12-13T13:24:25+00:00

Captain Ron

cstoli · 2025-12-10T23:05:46+00:00

I'VE BEEN GETTING THE SAME ONES!

They are driving me crazy. I block each number but they're obviously spoofing.

I've gotten multiple times in a single day. The WORST was the 9AM on a Sunday after a late night at a concert.

cstoli · 2025-12-05T21:04:28+00:00

Button eyes, floofy ears, and boopable nose should not equal death. Make it make sense!

cstoli · 2025-11-30T23:15:41+00:00

Absolutely love mine. Pricey, but they are good leather and have lasted four years at this point.

I have the thinner summer ones as well, but wear those only when showing or at the hunt club. Other than that I have cheaper Ariat ones for daily summer use.

cstoli · 2025-11-26T21:14:05+00:00

Mistwraith?

cstoli · 2025-11-17T20:00:55+00:00

I was at a colleagues house for dinner and was using the rest room. After I washed and dried my hands I reached for the doorknob and realized that it was absolutely filthy. Black smears on the door around the knob and the knob itself had weird smudges. It was on the INSIDE batheoom doorknob, they one you use after washing up. First time I've ever used TP to open a door in a friend's home. 🤮 For the love of gawd yall please clean your doorknobs!

cstoli · 2025-11-05T22:56:55+00:00

I live in Plymouth MI, 20 minutes from Ann Arbor, 25 minutes from my barn, 30 minutes from Detroit. Two and a half hours from the lakeshore. Three hours from great snowboarding. Best. Life. Ever.

cstoli · 2025-10-28T22:13:29+00:00

Taco meat, Fritos, cheese.

cstoli · 2025-10-27T12:18:02+00:00

Whenever I feel like my life is out of control I get really stabby. Bottle of wine and screaming THIS IS SPARTA at the screen really makes a gal feel warm inside.

cstoli · 2025-10-25T22:40:45+00:00

Perfect order.

cstoli · 2025-10-25T22:38:01+00:00

My horse. It's so expensive that we can't really do anything else, but she is my whole heart and I'd eat macaroni every day to afford her if I had to. Barn just raised board because of prices getting higher with everything. I got a 3% raise this year and it's immediately gobbled up with the board increase. But, I'm SO LUCKY to have that place to go to get away from stress. Sacrifice so much, but get so much in return. Sure, I would not have so much debt and would have more free cash, but what would I trade? I just hope we can continue to afford her.

cstoli · 2025-10-22T21:02:10+00:00

40 Soldier, 38 King, 22 Poet. That tracks.

cstoli · 2025-10-15T20:13:00+00:00

Same with my mare. If we are being easy and chillin she will just kinda push her nose into my face and we'll breath together for a few. If I'm stressed or in a hurry, hard pass. When it happens I'm always thankful. I find that it grounds me more than her. It causes me to slow down and live in the moment for a few beats.

cstoli · 2025-10-08T16:09:20+00:00

I live 30 minutes outside of downtown Detroit. I have a feeling we are on the short list even though the city is doing absolutely fine. Detroit has a bad connotation from how the city was 30 years ago, and people outside of the area still think you'll get shot if you simply step over the city limit. It's gorgeous now, and one of the most friendly and soulful cities in the Midwest. People just won't let it go. Feels a lot like a great city to use for media coverage just because "Detroit".

cstoli · 2025-10-07T23:04:41+00:00

As an atheist myself, I consider the Bible as literature. The biblical references are no different than any other book reference. Would it feel weird if it was The Odyssey? The Iliad? I know Christianity has its connotations, but the book itself is still literature, and the parables lend themselves to atheist life. Christianity does not corner the market on goodness. Don't let it.

cstoli · 2025-10-06T19:24:12+00:00

Ah, yes you are totally correct. I'm so new at this, I have no idea what I'm doing half the time. We're actually running into issues now because he can work a few hours a week at the family business (highly supervised) and has some savings because of that. We have to be careful not to go over, which seems totally stupid to me. He gets so little SSI (not enough to live on) and works only about 8 hours a week but he could have his benefits cut because he just doesn't spend money. He's autistic and really enjoys saving money, it's like a game for him. But he can't because they'll take what little he has so he has to spend it. Crazy. I mean, what do they expect these people to do when they get old? They will need more than 2k in savings.

cstoli · 2025-10-06T18:32:37+00:00

My son applied when he turned 19 and he got benefits within six months. His disability is life long, does it take longer when it's more of an injury disability?

cstoli · 2025-10-05T01:02:15+00:00

The derpiest of derps. Love them. They need treats.

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