Where did the weekend go?!?!?!?!

Lots going on this weekend. Mostly work, but that is okay. Lovely way to unwind, although it goes by way too fast!

I wanted to spend some time on the new property this evening and snap some photos of the view of the mountains when the shadows are playing across them, but alas. Another project took my time and before I knew it, the sun had set and it was too late.

I do so love these mountains here, so here is a shot I took earlier this winter for you to enjoy.

This afternoon I spoke with my girlfriend, Bobbie. Her husband has received orders to Japan and they will be leaving in the April/May timeframe. Unfortunately, they cannot take Bo, her beloved horse. 

Bo is a handsome fellow. And well behaved, especially considering he is a stallion. Believe it or not, he is a PAINT stallion, although he shows no color himself.

So Mr. Bo is coming to stay here with us on the homestead in Arizona. AND he will be here next weekend! I am really excited! Not only is Bo coming here, but Bobbie and Jeff will stop in Colorado and pick up Boo, Siri` and Jahzz! So all of my horses will actually be here in Arizona! We get to be a family again!

Poor Bo though! I really am not sure how he will react when he has to go from THIS......................

 

to THIS.............................

 



Where I live is not known for the beautiful green grass and lush trees. The new property where we will be moving to in September, will eventually have trees, but nothing like he is used to. I hope he will not have trouble adjusting to the climate change. At least he is coming in the spring and not the heat of the summer!

Winters are not what he is used to either as we do not get the snowfall in Arizona that they get in South Dakota.

(Bo playing in his snowy yard!)

Bo and Bobbie have been together for as long as I have known Bobbie. They are quite the pair. I love the fact that if Bobbie wants to try it, whatever IT is, Bo is willing to try IT too!

 

So this afternoon found me out in the back, putting up the electric fence on the south paddock. I am missing at least 7 yellow holder thingys so I will have to make a quick trip to Tractor Supply after work and pick up another bag and finish that tomorrow. I must have taken out 700 tumble weeds off that east fence line and I still have 1/2 of that to go and the rest of the entire paddock to finish. I will be a busy girl this next week!

 

But you know what? I can handle that.



Yayness! It's the WeekEnd!!!

Okay. It is Saturday and the sun is not up yet. I cannot start any projects outside when it is dark so here I am.

Last night as I was watering the horses and watching the shadows on the Music Mountains, I realized that I do not think I have ever seen anything prettier than Arizona. I LOVE watching the shadows play in the rills and valleys of those mountains. Long Mountain, which sits right behind my little homestead is the most beautiful in the evenings.

Today...what will I accomplish today? Laundry for sure and for certain, but I think I will take my geraniums out to the porch and relocate my gardenia.......I am thinking lavender will look good in that old rusty wheel barrow too. And of course set out the straw bales and start seasoning them. Planting season is upon us and of course, I am, as always, not quite ready. I look forward to gardening on the new property, but that will not happen until next spring when the fences are all up.

I will have a difficult time living through the anticipation of this next year!

Oops! Sun is up! Y'all have a lovely Saturday!

Rainy Days and Mondays

LOVED that song by the Carpenters. Richard and Karen Carpenter will always remain my perennial favorites!

Today it is cold and rainy. Right here in River City.

Yes. THIS is my back yard! And it is only getting worse. What scares me is the way these roads get slick as snot and coupled with the idiot Californian who lives down the way, it is likely he will get stuck. He does it every time it rains like this...

We really need the moisture, but....    Well. At least I have the day off and do not have to drive in this crap! Happy Monday, y'all!

Back in the saddle...

It has been awhile since I have written.....things have been so crazy.

Remember that movie "While You Were Sleeping"?

Lucy was right. Life does not turn out the way you planned it. Sometimes, it turns out better. Sometimes not. And so I find myself on plan B. Or is that X, Y or Z?

Whatever it turns out to be, I have a LOT of work in front of me.  I hope I am up for this challenge.
Sleep well my friend.

Meow

 

 

Home is where your heart is...........

It beckons. It calls. It woos. It charms.

                   It is sanctuary. It is safety. It is comfort.

                                                               It is home.

I have always been a home body. I love to travel, don't get me wrong, but for me? Travel IS exciting, but there is nothing like the feeling of coming back from your travels to a place of your own.........a place you call home.

I can live anywhere. I have lived in large houses. I have lived in small houses. I have lived in fineness and I have lived in a hovel. Through it all, whatever it looks like on the outside, wherever it is situated, home calls to me, through the family I have there and my collection of time worn objects and books. Things that provide comfort and continuity. THESE are what make a home for me. For me, home truly is where my heart is...................

I move in a few short months, (if everything goes as planned), and it won't be a mansion and it won't be a hovel, but it will be home. Since the advent of Pinerest, of which I am absolutely a devotee, if not a fanatic, I have saved and pinned numerous photos of things that to me, encompass a retreat for the senses. So I am sharing a few of my Pinterest pinned dreams for this new home with you. Just because............

Entryways are always so important! So don't forget to plan a lovely beginning to your home.

(I love the tile in this entry.......especially since I have 3 HUGE dogs! Easy to clean!)

 

I want light and air..........I don't want to ever be in the dark!

And lovely wood floors that feel so warm!

white~white~white! Fresh and clean!

 

It the details that give a home it's charm..............

 

The ambiance and aroma of your signature scent............. 

Am I the only one in the world who says excuse me when I step around or over my dogs???

 

The familiarity of my friends called 'old books'...............

and the warmth of a fireplace whether filled with candles

 

or a blazing yule log.................

 

I want a place to cook..........

 

a place to serve................

filled with hospitality in soothing patterns, textures and southern cooking..........

bright and sparkly and white..............

 

A place you where you can come in from doing THIS..............

or this.........

 and this.........

or this...........

 

And when you are finished you can get clean......

relaxing with a long soak in the tub....

 

so you can kick back in a comfy sofa.....

and put your feet on the coffee table without worrying if you will 'mess' something up!

 

So at the end of a long day of work and play...............

 

you can swing on the back porch and  relax

 

Before you curl up and drift off to sleep!

 

Most of all my prayer is...........

 

 

 

W.T.F.?????

 

 

Rules for making yourself appear as an Ass

(And a scary Ass at that.)

 

1. Fall in lust with your therapist, whom you have only seen THREE times. (Who really isn't all that great looking, but you think she is because you've lived out in the boonies for so long a dried up cow carcass would do.)
2. Send her flowers and say 'Thanks for all the hard work you do' and then follow it up with some comment that alerts her to your inappropriate thoughts
3. When you get changed to another therapist, pretend you don't know WHY this happened.
4. Ask for her phone number when you catch her in the hallway alone.
5. When she says, "Yeah, I can't DO that", ignore that answer.
6. Hang around the therapy door and look in the therapy room 400 times on the day you leave.
7. Call her at work after you have been discharged and ask to speak to her.
8. Come back into the facility to "visit your old room-mate" and hang around the therapy door looking in the therapy room.
9. Send her flowers with a note that you "MISS" her and ask her to call you.
10. Show up the facility, come to the therapy room with a 'take and bake' pizza for her.
11. Show up at the facility, come to the therapy room with a tennis ball, (?), and a note with your phone number asking her to call you.
12. Show up at the facility and drive around the parking lot looking for her truck.

 

Yes. This is happening to me. I am a tad freaked out. I am NOT looking for a man, but if I were? THIS is what I would look for. You would have to be SO sold out for Jesus, that when I looked at you all I could see is His love and your devotion. THEN, maybe, I would consider a relationship.

 

or.......................................

 

 

But not really.