Nuthin’ humble about this brag

I rode Tricia for the first time in literal months.  Like six months.  No rider, just mom coming around to feed her treats off and on.  She was essentially on a horsey summer vacation, just being spoiled by our wonderful barn manager and eating her fill of lush grass. This may seem completely silly, but……

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The Boys of Summer

Yes, it’s September.  No, it’s not quite Fall yet…Those days are gone, and we can never look back.  If you’re still hanging out with me, thank you.  Since the death of my grandmother last October, until now it’s been a roller coaster year.  They are not usually like this!  After January it was back and forth……

The problem with 9 degrees…

All of you are really smart.  I am pretty sure you can guess what the problem with nine degrees is…IT’S EFFING COLD!  So cold, in fact, that our pipes have frozen twice.  Weee! (that’s the sound of money rushing from our wallet.)  Oh, and an interior pane in our double pane windows edge failed and then cracked……

Keto Suiza

There are changes afoot in our little world.  Some of them I am not ready to share–they are my little secret for a little while longer.  Other things I am not emotionally ready to tell the world.  Sorry world. What I can tell you is that diabetes is a bitch.  My diabetes doesn’t like any……

The dancing horses.

I cannot believe that it’s October!  This year has flown by!  It’s been some time since I’ve said hello, and all of this was not twiddling thumbs.  In the interim I have been completing a Master’s in Public Health-Nutrition.  The course work has kept me busy, and I am in a full time internship-though I……

The Arts of War

I got hurt doing Crossfit.  Not badly, but a pretty decent muscle pull.  “Personal training Crossfit” and “just doing classes Crossfit” are two majorly different things.  I didn’t realize at the time just how much care Trent (the trainer) was taking in creating my weekly torture sessions.  I was always challenged, but never felt like I……

Hurricanes

My eldest nephew turned five this weekend.  He wanted a hurricane party!  Ala Ms. Frizzle and the magic school bus variety.  My sister-in-law’s people are from Nawlins, and they know how to throw a good hurricane party.  Despite the rain outside, it was a fun time for all the little ones inside. My trainer calls……

Wine and Chocolate

I have four drafts sitting the trash.  I started them along the way, but couldn’t finish.  The New Year draft went exactly like this:  How do I even start?  Tricia colicked in November, right before Thanksgiving.  We made it to GA for Thanksgiving, and what was supposed to be a five people dinner morphed into……

Balance (sorry it’s a long one!)

So, it’s time to put my money where my mouth is-warning, this is a long one. So the first picture is roughly five years ago, so summer of 2011?  We were at a stock show, and I did show western, but had been riding in the hunt saddle because it fit me better than the……

These precious moments…

It’s Monday, and I am in my final week of this quarter.  I am behind, and exhausted.  We had a hard weekend.  My very fit, very healthy, very young brother-in-law was hospitalized and diagnosed with advanced stage cancer.  This is not the post I had planned for today.  The hubby and I spent Saturday hunting……