Equi-Spa Grooming Products
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
I was recently asked to review some horse grooming products for a local company here in Iowa called Equi-Spa.  I gladly agreed, but it was just coming into the dead of winter, and since my horses are kept mostly-outdoors (they have a shed they can freely go in and out of for shelter, but usually are outside most of the day) and I don’t bathe them in winter, I was unsure of my ability to use the products and write a good review.  But what caught my attention was the description on the packages saying these grooming products are also suitable for coated dogs.  And I knew immediate ..read more
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“Cowgirl Lessons”, A New Horse Book For Christmas
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
I just got a new book in the mail, called “Cowgirl Lessons”, by Rae Rankin.  It’s a sweetly rhyming storybook about a little girl’s adventures on her horse riding lesson day, and it’s illustrated by J-san with whimsical ponies and all the cowgirl details you could hope for in a children’s book.  You get a real-life glimpse into a cowgirl’s day:  from the very beginning where she’s looking for her other boot; to the great riding advice she gets from her instructor, Miss Valerie; to the end of the day when she’s dreaming of the next time she gets to go ride her favorite horse, Du ..read more
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From Sunrise to Suppertime–Makeup That Stays
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
A cowgirl friend of mine (Allie, who blogs over at Rocking E Cowgirl) asked me if I would be interested in trying out some ShadowSense eye shadow.  I’m not one to go buy the latest greatest thing, but I like wearing makeup so I said, “Sure!” From what I had heard about LipSense, I knew the basic edge this line of makeup has over other competing products is that it stays on all day.  So my first question to Allie was, “How do you get this stuff off?”  She said you can rub it to blend it as soon as you put it on, and remove some that way, or just use your regular makeup remover at ..read more
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Farm Life
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
It has been busy around here, and I can’t believe it’s April and three months have passed since my last blog post.  One of my excuses is that it’s calving season, and this year has been especially difficult.  When cattle are involved, there’s always trouble of some sort.  This spring, we have had cows with stillborn babies, cows that needed stitches before and after calving, cows that needed their calf pulled, cows that wouldn’t feed and take care of their babies, and cows that just died, for whatever reason.  We’ve had cows getting out, bulls breaking their round ..read more
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AQHA Mares For Sale in Idaho
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
These two AQHA mares are being offered for sale, located at my dad’s place in Challis, Idaho.  They have been raised, trained, and ridden on his ranch, sometimes used to work cattle and sometimes for recreational riding.  Dad retired a year ago, sold the cattle and the ranch, and dispersed of most of the horses.  He planned to keep these two mares, since they were young and rideable, and he thought they would be used when grandkids came to visit as well as his yearly horseback elk hunts. A few months ago, my parents had dinner guests of a visiting preacher and his family.&n ..read more
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The Beauty of Fall Horseback Riding
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
I started giving horseback riding lessons to two little girls this past summer.  With fall approaching, daylight savings time changing things up, and the temperatures dropping, we started feeling like our horse riding time might be nearing an end.  So we decided that since these warm fall days are still lingering here in the Midwest, we would make the best of them!  We went on a fun trail ride on a beautiful Saturday morning, and had a wonderful time. The girls’ mom has been riding with us off and on, and she agreed to ride Daisy, my big sorrel mare.  The two ..read more
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Book Giveaway: The Tale of the Dancing Slaughter Horse
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
Alert all your horse-loving and book-reading friends!  CowgirlDiary.com is giving away a new book, just released this month!  It is The Tale of the Dancing Slaughter Horse by Victoria Shade, and is a memoir written about her life growing up with horses and learning dressage, finally getting a horse of her own, and finding out that her biggest dreams were never out of reach.  If you love reading horse stories, you will really enjoy this book. The story is written by a girl who grew up in a chaotic and abusive home, going through the tragedy of her parents’ divorce, with a lot of ..read more
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Stitches For Daisy
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
Well, just when everything is finally going good…the pony recovering from her tendon injury down at summer pasture with the two buckskins, and the older mares at home being used for weekly riding lessons…disaster strikes.  Sunday we were at the farm after lunch, planning to work on rebuilding a fence, and so while we were there I went to let the mares out to graze.  They ran out through the gate and into the grassy yard, and I noticed that Cricket went right to eating, but Daisy laid down and rolled.  This seemed strange, and we usually watch them for abnormal rolling, which in ..read more
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Riding Lessons For Beginners
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
I was recently asked by a friend of mine if I would give horseback riding lessons to her two daughters.  I have never taken riding lessons or given a formal riding lesson.  But it sounded like fun to me, so I said “yes”.  The girls are beginner riders, and I am a beginner teacher, but fortunately we have two older mares to learn with, and that makes it all possible.  We will have our fourth lesson this week, and I have discovered that it is as fun for me as it is for the girls! So far we have covered the basics of grooming a horse, safely tying a horse with a quick-release ..read more
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A Western Wedding
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by Cowgirl
5M ago
It was a year ago that we enjoyed being a part of my youngest sister’s wedding on the ranch out in Idaho.  She got engaged in May and married in September, so the wedding had to be planned in a hurry.  I wanted to help her with the preparations, but I live over eighteen hours away, in Iowa, so all I could offer was sort of a long-distance effort to help her with wedding plans.  I looked up a lot of wedding ideas online, and told her about them, but she really had only three things on her mind:  marrying the guy she was in love with, singing a favorite song at her wedding, a ..read more
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