Product Review: Personally Preppy Helmet Monogram

I have said before that I am a monogram-aholic. If I could monogram every part of my life, I would. Now, thanks to Personally Preppy, I can!

I first found the business on Instagram and then on Twitter, I immediately followed them and saw post after post of their “Personalized Preppy Helmet Monogram“. This was the first time that I had seen someone monogram their helmet and it took me .2 seconds to realize that I NEEDED to have one. A few weeks later I went ahead and ordered my own.Continue reading “Product Review: Personally Preppy Helmet Monogram”

The “Rider Tan”

While most people go to the beach to lay out in the sun and get a nice tan, equestrians do it a little differently. Instead of laying on the sand, we are riding in it. The only problem is that we ride in pants, and no matter how much sunscreen we wear or if we ride in an EquiVisor, we still get some crazy weird tan lines…

First you get the infamous farmers tan, except your legs are completely and utterly white.

So are your hands from wearing gloves, but it’s better than the opposite.

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Along with that comes the helmet tan lines, so you use a little bronzer to try to even it out…

Often non-riders don’t understand why you are two different shades.

And they are like…

And your arms get so dark that people think you’re like…

Or they think you went on vacation and you’re like…

The first time you wear shorts you’re like…

But then you remember that it’s from something that you love and you’re like…

…because…

– TC

Head, Heart, Hands, Health

Much of my junior years of riding was spent participating and riding with 4-H. Over the course of seven years I did everything with my pony, Angel, from putting on fundraising shows to competing in quiz bowl to qualifying for States and Eastern States. So when a bunch of the kids from my barn needed two ponies trailed over to the local fairgrounds for a 4-H open fundraising show, it didn’t take much convincing from the barn girls to get me to tag along with Axcent. Why not go back to my roots while supporting my old 4-H county at the same time?Continue reading “Head, Heart, Hands, Health”

NHHJA Spring Show

My first show of the season has officially come and gone, and I couldn’t be happier with the way it went. Two Thursdays ago I came home from school and went straight to the barn to squeeze in one last ride before the first New Hampshire Hunter Jumper Association show of the year, the spring show. The next day, after spending all night unpacking from college and repacking for the weekend, my mom and I packed up Ax and were off to the show.Continue reading “NHHJA Spring Show”