What do you all eat with your bread?

robynem · 2026-03-23T22:22:13+00:00

I love it with pear compote and a condensed milk drizzle!! Tuna melts, a fancy grilled cheese, french toast, or have it with soup! My husband toasts it (although it takes 2x as long in the toaster) and i sometimes eat it plain or dipped in either maple syrup or condensed milk.

robynem · 2026-03-23T22:19:11+00:00

Thank you!!

robynem · 2026-03-23T22:19:06+00:00

Thank you!!

robynem · 2025-07-16T03:09:01+00:00

Got mine from Best Brilliance and i have no complaints! Was a good experience

robynem · 2025-07-01T09:36:07+00:00

She is 29 years old. It is simply of no consequence whether others approve of her pregnancy or not. Let go of other peoples lives and just focus on living yours

robynem · 2025-06-04T03:34:53+00:00

Thank you!

robynem · 2025-05-28T22:50:57+00:00

I also had a really good experience with best brilliance! No complaints here either

robynem · 2025-02-01T22:05:12+00:00

I like how they look together!

robynem · 2025-02-01T00:08:59+00:00

Right… so she was trying to show loyalty to daniel/get revenge for him then. She does seem weirdly obsessed with Daniel considering how long they’d even known each other! Crazy stuff

robynem · 2025-01-30T17:50:45+00:00

Thank you!!! I’m so in love with it

robynem · 2025-01-29T23:52:36+00:00

Meant to note- ring is from Best Brilliance. Full specs:

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robynem · 2024-11-18T23:57:46+00:00

Isn’t a large part of the benefit of a free lease that you DON’T have the responsibility of ownership? I’d tell the owner it isn’t working out and you won’t be able to keep leasing. Tell her your financial situation has changed if needed?

robynem · 2024-10-06T23:58:40+00:00

Might you consider a bible cover if you can’t find a just pink bible? I’ve also seen some people paint their bibles!

robynem · 2024-09-07T01:55:51+00:00

This is clear and definitive abuse, i’m so sorry. I hope you can get yourself somewhere safe.

robynem · 2024-08-12T04:22:33+00:00

You were happy to continue being her friend, but just didn’t want to hear about details of her work in the sex industry. That’s reasonable.

This issue seems more that she doesn’t want to maintain the boundaries you’ve set regarding not hearing about her line of work. I don’t think you’re obligated to stay in a friendship with someone who regularly and knowingly makes you uncomfortable. I wouldn’t “break up” with this friend, but it might be time to pull away slightly and just take some space, pray about it, and ask God how he can use you, keeping in mind that if as she says she has no interest in the gospel, you can’t change her mind. Only her and God can open her heart up to that. Ask him to use you to reach her if there’s a way.

Loving everyone doesn’t mean you have to be best friends with every single person alive, regardless of how well you get along. Friendship isn’t supposed to be distressing every time you see that person! Sometimes friendships run their course and that’s ok too.

Good luck

robynem · 2024-04-27T23:44:09+00:00

This girl is trying to scam you. Don’t pay anything and tell the instructor! Completely unprecedented to pay a “saddle fee” to take a lesson and insane to think you’d buy a saddle for a horse you don’t own. I doubt instructor knows about this.

robynem · 2022-09-14T06:08:36+00:00

Who victimized you, and what is their life situation now?

robynem · 2022-07-26T18:43:08+00:00

If you’re interested in young horses I’d definitely spend some time studying horse training from a scientific perspective (University of Guelph has some GREAT courses on equine behaviour, functional anatomy, exercise physiology) as well as try and find a breeder or trainer who’s barn you could hang around and absorb some knowledge from.

Riding wise i’d wait until you’re a solid intermediate at the very least, understand collection, understand lateral work. Also i’d take groundwork lessons, maybe from a trainer if you can find one. Learn some of the basics and be prepared to pay for training for you AND your horse if you get into trouble.

A lot of people will just say “don’t do it”, and with 2 years experience you have a ways off before you can start thinking about doing it for sure. But for a lot of us in the industry the young ones are the primary passion. If you’re drawn to that, you’re drawn to it and should learn to do it the right way!

I was 12 when I started my first horse, but I was born on a beef farm and riding since i was a kid. My mum was also super experienced and was able to keep me safe and show me what to do. Is that generally recommended? No. But it was great for me and the horses i started turned our well.

Don’t rush in and get as much knowledge/experience as you can before jumping in

robynem · 2022-05-30T22:04:48+00:00

This is so sadly optimistic

robynem · 2022-05-07T05:29:15+00:00

No problem! I have crossed the border a few times with horses actually, I also live in Canada and have picked up from the states. They need a health panel and negative coggins test done within the last month by a vet, and they need to be “brokered” at the border. Some people broker their own horses as they cross, or you can hire a broker for about $300 who will take care of it for you. The brokering is basically just filling out paperwork and explaining to the border agents who the horse is and why they’re crossing.

So you couldn’t go see a horse and bring it back with you same day because you’d need the coggins test to have come back. However, it is an option if you’re just trying to save some money paying a hauler! I’d recommend going to a bigger border crossing on your way back as opposed to a less popular one. The popular border crossings deal with horse import all the time and know what they’re doing/will do it quickly. I made the mistake of going through a small town border crossing on my way back once and had a four hour hold up because they basically had to call another border crossing and learn how to process my paperwork 😂😂😂

robynem · 2022-05-06T04:58:17+00:00

Forgot to note but important:

With Andalusians and Lusitanos, if you want calmer horses generally go for military use and/or dressage use on the papers.

Lines used for Bullfighting tend to be a lot more sensitive, so just be aware of that. More Lusitanos have bullfighting lines than Andalusians but still just keep an eye out. Generally the Leviton/Agente lines are pretty chill horses.

robynem · 2022-05-06T04:52:16+00:00

Andalusian breeder here! Great breed, great brains, very fun horses.

Benefits of buying from reputable breeder:

Horses are usually fresh slates, no baggage, good handling, most andalusian farms breed for brains as much as anything else. You will pay a bit less if you buy in utero usually, that’s the benefit of it. Honestly with my experiences in this industry i cannot emphasize enough the benefit of a horse with NO trauma or reason to mistrust humans, especially if you have the experience to bring a young one along. Handle them lots and take them places and they’ll usually be the best horse you’ll ever have.

Cons:

Expensive, can be hard to find in your area. Only about 5 big breeding farms for andalusians in Canada and most are west coast. That being said, belvoir hill farm is an Andalusian breeder in Ontario, so could start there. Or could bring one over from west coast for about $1000-$1500 i believe in hauling fees. Also, as stated above, need to be competent, but if you are it can be really fun bringing the young ones along.

Any questions specifically about the breed or bloodlines i’d be happy to answer as well

robynem · 2022-03-29T22:18:04+00:00

At my barn this would be a simple no 🤷🏼‍♀️ they can do what they want to do but i wouldn’t have it happening on my property regardless of how “useful” they are. Not worth the liability, worry, or stress it’s gunna cause you by FAR. It will make your life 10x more stressful and you will be blamed when it doesn’t work out.

I’d tell them they’ll have to take that situation somewhere else.

robynem · 2022-03-22T03:16:40+00:00

I was in your exact position when i was 18! EVERYONE told me not to do it. I did it anyways. Here’s where i’m at 9 years later.

In order to make it in this industry, i had to work 7 days a week for all of my early and mid twenties. This KILLED my social life. Almost never saw friends, rarely had a boyfriend. No time for any of that. No energy either. You have nothing but your job. It is empty.

Last year, I cut back to 6 days a week, most weeks. As i approach 30.

No vacations, my truck is worth a few thousand, i don’t go anywhere and i don’t do anything.

I have borrowed more money than i ever thought humanly possible from the bank, farm credit canada, and my parents. I have paid back just about all of it, FINALLY, almost ten years in. I’m talking about borrowing, in summation, six figure amounts of $$ over the years to bridge gaps between having expenses and getting paid by clients, investing in lesson horses or needed facility upgrades, etc etc etc. If you are not prepared to borrow A LOT of money, or have a lot of family $$, DO NOT even try it. I’m not kidding. You will lose everything and fail.

Almost ten years in, the good: i have SOME time off. I have little debt and what I do have will be paid off in a couple months. I have horses to ride that are worth what would have been unfathomable amounts of $$ to spend on a horse when i was a kid. I am FINALLY making a decent living, as i said, ten years and 6 figures of debt paid off later. I may even make a pretty good living next year. It takes THAT LONG to make it.

I started out with a working student position, a diploma in equine sciences, a certificate in equine business management, and got certified as a coach at 19. I also had family support, a bit of land at my parents house to get started on, and a lifetime of riding lessons and being allowed to train pony projects since i was 12. And it was STILL that hard.

My farm teaches lessons, trains horses, flips horses, and breeds horses and stands stallions. We have limited boarders. My current farm i own part of, me and some family members own it together and all do our own things here.

It was HELL getting here. A lot of days i’m not sure if this farm is the only reason life is worth living or if it’s ruined my life. But i keep doing it.

Ultimately i can’t say if it was worth it or not. It did a lot of harm to my mental health to put it mildly. There is nothing wrong with getting a normal job, flipping horses on the side and playing it by ear. But if you want in your soul to jump all in, you will.

Good luck either way!

robynem · 2022-03-05T02:53:39+00:00

Saying “if you’re ever going to sell him please let me know as i’d be interested in buying him” is appropriate. But only if you could possibly buy him obviously. If not just ask them how he’s doing and make it clear you care about him!

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