The New day!

Well, it has been much change in my life since my last post. I went from working 40 plus hours a week to no job. It is all good though. Long story short. I was never sure what my job really was the owner and manager went on vacation the same week. The manager comes back Myself and another no longer have a job we both where hired with in days of one another. Yes, a temp job that they forgot to inform us was a temp.

Oh well. It was fun and I learned much from the publishing end of things.

My focus is on my business. I am getting things together to start sending samples of my work off to hopefully be selected to sell though magazines stores whatever my mind decides may be a good plan.

I recently did a baby photo shoot. It was so much fun spent the day taking tons of pictures and they came out beautifully. I sometimes forget how great photography can be. Me being so judgmental of myself can consume the mind and cause so much devastation to my work.

I am so happy to be home and taking care of my husband and spending time with the horses and dogs again. It is an adjustment but I am okay with what Gods plans are for me.

May the road be bumpy but the destination be worth it?

Time Fly's

It has been awhile! It has been so busy and time just slips right away from me it is amazing where it all goes. Well I guess I should say where do I start!

Guess one place is better then none.

Blaze Is doing wonderful All the horses look as if they have been through a battle Blaze is getting the brunt of the biting but he is tough skinned he just has not gumption to move. NO one has come up lame or to the point of bleeding so I will let them be horses and pray that this will soon stop and all the pretty fur baby's will be back to normal. I have notice Blaze a little less then a week ago was head of the herd. Yes short lived but thought it was extremely interesting. He told Molly and Doc to watch out and they did as told. Blaze and I are spending some time at liberty together if he chooses to be with me great if not that is okay as well. He has been following me around the pasture's like a puppy dog even when I am cutting the grass he is out there with me. He loves for me to scratch him all over and brush him and I am so happy he is allowing me to do all this at liberty and he is becoming a happier boy about this as well. Of course he is Homers Boy! If Homer is out there he wants nothing to do with me. That is okay as well. I prefer them to have that bond I just want him to know to respect me as well. I have not been caring the Carrot stick or whip with me to the Barn the last few weeks. He has learned we do not tolerate miss behavior and if he is a good boy he will get a little extra snack in his bucket. He is still moody in the face Not sure why he is like that but Every day is better then the last.

I finally was able to get out today and get a ride in on Molly It was such a beautiful morning. We did some Round Pen exercises and took off for a well needed trail ride. I decided to ride English Boy it has been a while. It was nice though I Love western But there is something about my English saddle and ridding a gaited horse. The Love of the Show horse and the urge to show again. Yeah then I realize the Political craze's involved with showing horses and prefer to stay to myself. Happy to be right where I am at in life.

Doc is going to be getting worked I hope very soon. I met a wonderful Girl who is in her 20's and has been ridding since 5. She has experience working young warm bloods and many other breeds. Hopefully that will work out and Doc will be getting some well needed exercises as well.

Last night I finally broke down and started tearing the bathroom apart. We where suppose to start this a week or so ago but things kept coming up. Things that would continue to come up and never get this project done. So I took the initiative and went to work Homer soon followed suit and helped So we have the closet ripped out most of the floor trim gone. We still have so much more to do But I know once the bathroom is gutted we will know what we will be facing.

YES ! On top of all this we are building a chicken house. A larger one that is. We have a chicken shack right now but With us trying to grow our flock we need more space more layer boxes and more perches. Homer has been busy drawing up that to figure out the cost of this.

I have been slowly getting flower beds done and finished. It is a never ending job. The Garden is in but we are battling the Cooler spring weather so we have had to plant Cucumber seeds and watermelon seeds since the plants did not make it though the cooler night air we have been facing.

We have finally chosen a house to stay at for Vacation. I am extremely happy since mom will be coming most of the week. We will have a friend stay at the house during the week we are gone and hopefully see if a Friend would mine coming and feeding the horses. I prefer someone who knows about horses to take care of them while we are gone. I am extremely excited Weston will get to go with us this year. He loves the water but this will be his first time at the beach.

WORK ! Well it is what it is! I have been staying busy with Pre prom pictures. Very Happy with the way they came out and the Groups where so great to photograph. I am getting ready to have the photos finished with a check mark beside them. I am so excited.

My health well the cold has passed thank the Lord! I started a 6 week challenge to get my butt in gear and get to being back on a healthier standing ground. I have been so Unmotivated and a slug. I sure do feel so much better after I work out and I have all this energy. I love it!

Well That is about all the new I think. I sure hope I did not miss anything.

Be happy Be healthy!

Just another Up day

Well It has been a while! I know busy as can be. Amazingly things are going wonderfully.

Blaze Doc and Molly are getting along for the most part lots of ear pinning from the group but for the most part it is just ear pinning. Blaze is the low man on the to tum pole. Molly and Doc seem to switch there alpha positions all day I find this interesting to watch.

Homer has had his first trail ride on Blaze they both did wonderful. We have learned my saddle fits great with a thin pad so we know what we need to order when we finally get around to it. I love ridding in my English saddle so when ever Homer decides to find a saddle he loves it will all work out. Blaze has a show horse mentality. Something I am so use to with the saddlebreds. GO GO GO! I have realized as I have been playing with him He has had some serious show training in his back ground this kiddo has not been trained for trails. This is why he does not care for arena work he has been drilled so much with it in his early years before he started natural horsemanship and being able to be a horse and not a robot he is coming along well though.

Today I gave Blaze and Molly a bath. Boy They where both pretty dirty Blaze gets impatient and starts pawing yet another sign of being tied and becoming bored at a young age. WOW!! I am so glad I have worked in show barns and breeding barns to know what We have when we have it. I brought the clippers out to see how Blaze did he put his head down and was okay with it Not sure if he was clipped by Martha or not but he does not mind at all he almost loved it. The bath the pampering the clipping.

Molly as always stands she loves her bath she will fall asleep. I did do a little clipping on her what took me an hour to do last time took me less then 5 minutes this go around. I was sitting in a chair while I did it as well. Lots of break through and accomplishments.

As for me personally I am doing wonderful I have had so much fun with the horses and family and church family and friends it is amazing. I am so blessed and know every day is a gift from God.

The weather has been completely wonderful. It has been in the 70 until yesterday and today we are actually hitting close to 90 but temps will be dropping again a northern storm is going to hit us later in the week to bring spring like temps again.

Homer is on the way home. Hopefully going to get the garden tilled up so we can start planting this weekend while the temps are wonderful.

Be happy be healthy.

Better Late then Never!

Sorry Been awhile!

Blaze Update Tonight was the first afternoon or few hours that I turned all three horses out together. Doc just herded Molly away from Blaze Blaze was just happy to eat and be left alone. So I will turn out everyone again in the morning So they can spend the day together. Blaze is getting so much better about the ugly faces and Homer and Blaze are bonding well. I have been so busy this past week and weekend I have not been able to do much on top of that it has been Raining and Boy it was ALOT of rain. The mud is now drying up and we are having the typical march winds. Blaze is getting to be comfortable beside the dog run to the point he likes making them bark at him. Then he turns his butt to them. Drives the Dogs CRAZY! Oh I decided to let Molly and Blaze be in the back pasture together last night. I woke to find out that he has jumped the fence and was in a small wooded Fenced in lot. Blaze is fine a few scratches but nothing major. I walked the fence line and found out that a tree had fallen and Blaze jumped/walked over the fence and that is how he was most likely scratched. Very thankful he was AOK.

I picked up my camera today so much to see and take photos of today the skys where clear and the birds where out and about So I did get many photos I just need to upload the pictures I will get around to it maybe tomorrow.

Well I am a little on the tired side tonight spent most of the day running. Need to start cleaning for Easter dinner. The Inlaws are coming over Very excited to have them come for Dinner.

Be happy be healthy.

PART FROG

Yes! I have Learned that Blaze has some sort of frog gene in his background. That horse Jumps a little log as if he is attempting to jump the grand canyon. Amazing!

Blaze is coming along really great. Today was the first day he felt safe enough to Bask in the sun and sleep I went out and He did not feel threatened of me walking out to rub on him and take some pictures. He just laid there and watched me enjoyed the rub and Watched me walk away. I went out this afternoon to play He Does all his games so well and with very little effort he gets what I ask and he is extremely responsive. So I decided to use my driving harness and do a little ground driving we worked in the Round Pen to make sure he understood what I was going to ask from him. He tried spinning and backing and I just stood there and let him have a temper tantrum and then he realized he was not getting any reaction from me and just stopped. He then decided maybe it was not worth being silly and he moved forward. Blaze responded to the Driving well. I decided to take him out and drive him around the yard and In some new areas to see how he would do. He stopped and looked around and I let Blaze take in all the new surroundings. We moved forward I decided to take blaze for a drive/walk up the drive. Quarter mile trail drive. He did absolutely wonderful. He took in his environment absorbed what was being asked of him. I even had him stop and stand and look around No panic no freak outs calm and Happy ears forward relaxed. It was a wonderful experience for him and I both. I have learned his game though when he does not want to do something he spins or backs or jumps around acting like a goof ball of course me giving no reaction and letting him get over his own issue he seemed to give it up.

As for he Ugly faces he is becoming a little better each day about that. He is now approaching meals a little happier. I did have to drive him off his hay due to an ugly face this morning but he turn licked his lips ear forward and i asked him to come back happily he did and had a better attitude.

Molly is Doing well She is putting her weight back on and I think she loves just being locked in her stall for meals. Not feeling she is going to be chased off her hay. So I do not mind the extra work and She seems to be content with the situation.

Doc has been a little moodier I am hoping that Doc and Blaze get along when that time comes.I guess the dynamics of the new situation has him frazzled but in time he will become use to the situation.

I am still dealing with congestion and cough. It is a nagging cold that just will not release. I feel as if it is part of me now. I am attempting to not let it knock me down to much.

I have been working on a few photos here and there. It is suppose to rain on Friday so that will be the Day I spend working on the computer and getting edits and scans done.

Guess I am going to go kick back and relax.

Be happy be healthy.

Easy Pleazy

Today ended up being one of those days. I am exhausted!

I had a hard time sleeping last night. It felt like when I finally made it to sleep I was waking up and rolling from on side to the other. I finally Got up this morning and made my way out to the Barn to feed. Blaze peeks out of his stall ears forward I can hear Molly nickering and Doc standing at the back pasture fence tossing his head as if to say can you come a little quicker. It took a little bit longer to get Blaze to give me a happy face but he came around. After Every one was fed and watered I made it back to the house. The wind was wiping right through me and it was so cold. So I decided to do a little Laundry and cleaning. Well the cleaning went from Dusting and sweeping to taking everything off of dressers and shelves and cleaning. Then the cleaning sweep went into the bathroom and start packing up everything for the remodel. So I did get much accomplished.

Mom ended up staying home from work so It was nice to have her home today and she fixed an awesome dinner. I grilled some chicken on the charcoal grill so it was like summer in spring.

After Dinner I made my way back to the barn with Homer I cleaned the pasture and the stalls and refilled stall water buckets and Homer Fixed the drip in the water trough the Gasket was put on the wrong way. :-) So that is fixed. Blaze did so much better on the happy face. He would give Homer or I a ugly face we would drive him Far away. He would turn around and look at us like what just happened. He would walk back up to us ears forward and completely a different horse. Every day I see a little different horse. He was so cute last night I let the dogs out and he was up at the back yard and he was like Hey what are you doing out this late. I think he is finding being in turn out all the time with free run of a stall and pasture interesting. Well That is about all that is happening for now. Off to go watch American Idol.

Be happy Be healthy!

A little give

Well today has been extremely busy for me today! I woke this morning with my feet on the ground running!

It was a wonderful morning. Bible study went well. I will miss Monday morning bible Study I have become so close to all those wonderful women. Please continue praying for Leah She is really having much health Issues. She has such a good heart and soul. You can see God shine through her. I really have enjoyed getting to know her and I appreciate all prayers for her. I am hoping to get my tail back in church this week. No excuses for me not to be going. It is where I need to be Sundays Not in the bed catching up on sleep.

~Doctor News~

I went to my Drs appointment. She says I am still sick. Go figure! She did send me for some new meds. Hoping I can kick this last little bit of a cold that is hanging on driving me crazy.

I went by to visit My grandmother. Whom I have not seen since Christmas It was so nice seeing her. She is such a busy little bee so it is hard to catch her home. I prefer her to be busy then sit around waiting to die. It keeps her young!

~Horse News~

Blaze seems to be coming around to me Finally! I guess it is due to me feeding and giving treats. He is giving me so much. I know it is not a lot but it is leaps and bonds for me. He is eating with his ears froward he is taking treats without pinning his ears. When I went out to feed I have been watching him and he really wants to be with you. But I just do not have trust in him yet as a partner I am just getting to know Blaze all in time. I know if you give him an inch he will take 5 miles. So I prefer to keep him at a distance until I can truly trust him! I went down to clean stalls this evening. He met me at the fence This was a First His ears forward and he was happy to see me. Of course I had a little Something for him to snack on. I always carry Peppermints or apples or carrots or Apple wafer horse treats on me. I really want him to know there is no reason to give ugly faces when he is eating. I am sure this has something to do with him being in a herd at some point and feeling threatened not to get his share of food. I have seen this In fields of brood mares and colts. So it is natural But he needs to know that He will get food and there is no need to be ugly. So If he gives a little I give a lot! Oh I am so happy he is pooing normal! Very happy to see this. I have been keeping close eyes on his Poo since arriving. I know crazy I search Poo. I remember when I was an assistant Trainer. The head trainer told me to keep a close eye on the horses Poo because it would tell you what was going on with the Horse. I have always kept that info with me and it is so true. I know that if you see feed in the poo the horse is not getting all the nutrition it needs since it is just passing right through. Poo also holds sand so you can test it to see how much Sand is in the horses system. I know when a horse can be under stress from the way it poos. WOW. Amazing the little things that stick with you through the years. Now since I shared a bunch of Poo info with anyone reading this. I hope you can chuckle since I am!

Hoping the weather is nice tomorrow. We had Thunder showers today So I did not get to play with Blaze. Hoping to get out tomorrow if the weather permits.

May the evening bring many blessing's