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Hey! Welcome to my crazy life……
Welcome to my crazy little life! This blog originally documented my personal journey as a mature wife and mother embarking on a career change from the corporate world to the equestrian world. Nowadays, I tend to blog about three areas of my life I am most passionate about: my family, my business and self development. Join me, you never know what trials and tribulations we'll encounter, but it sure will be fun.
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So, I’m kind of a blogger…
...some of you have followed me since day dot (April 2015) when I started my journey of working as a Corporate PA to training to become a Saddler.
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Saddle Making Training – Week 1
Back in November (2017) I attended another training session at the Saddlery Training Centre in Salisbury...to embark upon the Level 2 Saddle Making training. According to the City and Guilds Level 2 Saddlery specification I am required to make a pony saddle using a wooden saddle tree. The seat must be pigskin or hide, the skirts and flaps must be solid with knee rolls and gussets being optional. The panel should be a Continental or Saumur type and the filling should be wool only. Here is my 16.5" pony saddle wooden tree that I was welcomed with...
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What a year 2017 has ended up being.
Who would have thought that this time last year I was signed off work for what was to be a three month break. Depression and anxiety had crept back into the forefront of my mind following six months of true unhappiness in the day job. I had broken up for the festive holidays a few days before Christmas giving me the time to dwell over what had been happening. I remember dreading Christmas as I often did since experiencing debt problems; wishing we had the money to do the simple things like take the children to see a decent Santa or buy the latest game or toy they had asked…
