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Loonies, Toonies, Poutine and Everything Quebecoise!

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Pic Courtesy of Cealy Tetley  Last we left off, was shortly after returning home to Wisconsin from a winter season in Ocala FL. and after completing The Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. Here we are just shy of two months since the last blog post and we have more to share. You may have seen some highlights recently from a little known show in Canada, but you may not be aware of the journey to get there and some of the speed bumps along the way. You may also not know that this isn’t Ali writing this, but in fact it’s Dave, her Mid-Best friend! And I know what you're thinking… Who the hell is Dave? What the heck is a Mid-Best Friend? and where is Ali? Well followers of the Pink Pony Club…. Put on some good music, grab yourself a drink (Moscow Mule is the preferred libation round here, but pour yourself whatever marks the end of a good day where you are) and saddle up for the first Hijacking Guest writer of this little blog. Don’t worry, you're ...
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Doing Epic Sh*t

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       Anyone who knows me is well aware that I'm no delicate flower. I have 1 whole feeling and I'm laissez-faire about lot of things and life in general. I like to think I'm not real easily offended and that I'm pretty sturdy in my morals. I was once described as 'slippery yet dense' which I haven't quite unpacked and figured out what it meant but I think it was meant in a good way for a corn fed midwestern girl with an up-beat personality. All these ingredients make up the chaotic good which is an Ali. And that's also what made these recent weeks strange. For the first time in my life, I felt the dislike of me around me.      Now, this is not to go on and say I'm the most likable person who lights up the room everyday. Some people's rooms might light up when I leave it and that's just fine. My 1 feeling isn't hurt by this. However, when they say it's lonely at the top of the mountain, oh-wee, they aren't kidding. When I was lit...
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The License to Have Fun

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       When I think back on the last 5 months of my life, I am in complete awe of the things that little ole me and my little pony achieved. I took my time sitting down to write this blog for few different reasons. One- I feel like I am EVERYWHERE right now. You can't open Instagram or Facebook and not find me somewhere. I am in so many interviews, podcasts, forums and pages. I feel like I am stalking people's homes with how often Hail and I come up. I wanted everyone to have a break! The second reason was feeling overwhelmed. The last month has been quite frankly, a lot. I took to turning my phone off so I stopped having mental breakdowns. Instant fame took some getting used to and learning how to be comfortable continuing to be me even though I garnered a lot of national (and international) attention for our performance at Kentucky. It started to feel like I was drowning but now I have swum my way to the surface and I want to share with you thee coolest horse show ...
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Manifesting My Moment

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     It's taken me far longer to write this blog than I was hoping for. Honestly, how does a person put into words the enviable summer I had and not sound like they are saying to everyone "Look how great I am!". It's nauseating and there's no easy way to talk about it. So here I sit, fighting a stomach ache, taking a crack at it. After these last few weeks, even I was sick of hearing and reading all about myself and my successes. Like do they have no one else to talk about?! But never Little Hail. I could talk about that pony forever. So, let's do just that.       This entire summer was a roller coaster of emotional turmoil. Florida was short and sweet. Came home, drove to Maryland to show and then Hail proceeded to fight a bout of cellulitis for 8 weeks. I emptied my bank account and fist fought my insurance to get the best care for him. He ended up spending a week in the vet hospital getting round the clock care for days on end. I cried. I felt like ...
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Finding Resilience

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       There is a time and a place for everything. I haven't sat down and reflected in a bit and while I'm not sure if that was due to lack or time or not having anything passionate to write about-I'm here now. The past year has been an absolute whirlwind of horse showing and travel. I'm grateful for all of it, but it's also exhausting. And as a friend of mine said the other day and I find it true for me too 'My soul is tired today'. Let me explain.      Anyone that's a horse person or friend of mine knows how incredible my horse career with the infamous Little Hail has been. For 3 years, that bay beast has been carrying  me around many a cross country course and was the first horse of 5 attempted horses to get me to intermediate. My focus has been entirely devoted to my career because hope isn't a strategy. Sweat and tears and committing every dollar to getting lessons and bettering myself constantly have gotten me here. Every waking day. That's...
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