2. The only way someone can get your attention is by yelling HALT HO
3. People step on your foot and you don't even realize it
4. You don't care about broken or dirty nails
5. You go everywhere in white pants with a brown butt from riding bareback
6. The color of a bandanna is suddenly very important to you
7. You muck your stall and keep your trailer clean, but your bedroom is a disaster
8. You connect everything to some horse or another
9. When people ask what you had for breakfast you say dirt and horse hair
10. You don’t even notice when you step in manure
11. Hay in your hair and down your shirt is an everyday thing
12. Those white clothes you have never really come clean
13. You give directions to turn to the rein hand or flag hand, instead of left or right
14. You decorate your locker with pictures of horses
15. Your arms are tan, your face is tan, but your legs never get any sun
16. Your idea of the perfect boyfriend is a horse.
17. You spend more time thinking about Westernaires and horses than anything else
18. Dirt in your teeth means you were smiling and having fun the whole time you were riding
19. You memorize all the livery horses and their numbers
20. Every time you get on your horse . . . you RIDE WITH PRIDE
21. When asked to tie a knot you tie a lead rope knot
22. Aren't afraid to fight a guy bigger than you: horses are way close to 1,000 pounds, how much damage can a guy under 200 do?
23. Carring boxes is nearly impossible but anything remotely saddle like is a piece of cake.
24. Random bruises appear on the inside of your legs and you think nothing of it
25. You would rather smell like horse manure than the new perfume
26. Your favorite belt is covered in crystals
27. You have a separate drawer just for your Westernaire clothing
28. Your friends don't even try to contact you on Saturdays
29. You root for the rental horses at Interclub
30. As you drive into Westernaires you can spot your favorite horse in the pasture
I'm reading through all your posts, and this one is over a year old but is still so true!! Number 28 is perfect :)
ReplyDeleteLOL i love number 25 ITS SOOOOOOOOO TRUE!!!!!!!!
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DeleteMy non-Westernaire friend HATES broken and dirty nails, she would rather smell like perfume, not that nine year olds get to wear it, and basically, she is the opposite of the whole list! Meanwhile, that list describes me perfectly except for I only have dirt in my teeth on Saturdays and I have not had my bareback ride yet.
ReplyDeleteOnly Westernaires Huh? Gotta love it :) just wait till diagramming starts lol then you see arrows everywhere
DeleteWesternaireGal is bareback scary??
ReplyDeleteIt can be yes. It is very slippery and takes a ton of thigh muscle. It takes some getting used to but it's super fun!
DeleteHas anyone ever ridden Hickory besides me I L-O-V-E- HIM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI rode him twice my tenderfoot year
DeleteI LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE RINGOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #16 is ssssooooooo true and awesome its my favorite
ReplyDeleteI couldn't tell lol
Deleteringo almost killed me earlier this year
DeleteHe was my first interclub horse. I also rode him for AAA equitation testing. I was sad to hear of his passing this year :( sorry your experience with him wasn’t great.
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