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August 9, 2024

Horses and Poison Ivy

Poison ivy and I go way back. But, they don't go further back than my horses. I never truly experienced poison ivy until I got horses. The poison ivy problem started with them, and they have been forever linked. It's completely possible this is entirely a me problem. In fact, anyone that I've ever[...]

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October 18, 2023

Why I’m so Excited About Skincare

Post contains affiliate links.  I know, I know, this is a horse blog. Why am I talking about skincare? Don't click away yet, I promise you it'll be worth it.  I've always had pretty bad skin. I had acne f[...]

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August 9, 2023

A Plea for Sunscreen

When we are young and youthful and carefree, it's easy to live in the moment and not think of what is in store for the future. Now, this could apply to many things, your career, your love life, or your entire view of your existence, unable to understand why we are here, what it means to be human, a[...]

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February 2, 2023

I am Declaring War on Sugar

I, Courtney, am addicted to sugar. I love it. I will devour just about anything with sugar on it.  When I mean devour, I really mean devour. I am the person at parties who goes back for a second slice of cake, and if I can sneak it, a third piece. In fact, I'd probably eat the whole cake by my[...]

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September 12, 2022

A Simple Makeup Routine

Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash I stopped wearing makeup during the pandemic, like many others. There didn't seem to be much point in wearing makeup when I'm not leaving the house. But even after life retur[...]

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September 5, 2022

How I Just Started Losing the Baby Weight

I've always struggled with my weight a bit. Sometimes it was under control, other times it just seemed impossible to stop gaining weight. I gained a lot of weight when I was pregnant with the twins. I felt sick a lot, a[...]

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Warrenton, VA
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January 2, 2018

2018 Goals

Despite all my efforts to discover time travel, the years continue to go by faster and faster. Tomorrow, I'm going to wake up 80 years old. To maximize the moments I have left, I am actually going to set some goals this year. I don't think I set any last year, and then I ended up buying a baby horse[...]

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September 1, 2017

The Stages of Going to the Gym

The Trigger Something triggers you to join a gym. New Year's, or a desire to finally do it, or a picture, either of someone who did do it, or a picture of yourself, and you are shocked at how you changed so much without noticing.  There's a gym by your work, or by your house, or next to a s[...]

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August 3, 2017

Whole 30 Follow Up

A while back, I started up Whole 30. I meant to post a more weekly update of what was going on, but let's be serious - I didn't have much to say and it would have been super boring. But, now that it's been several weeks I thought I'd provide an update. Yes, I kept with it to the bitter end of tho[...]

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June 19, 2017

Whole 30 – Week 1

I have made it a full week on Whole 30. It wasn't that hard. Apparently "tough love" is common in this system, and there's an emphasis on not being that hard. I agree it's really not that hard. I did end up buying the book to see what I had actually got myself into - It's a full explanation of the p[...]

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