Back In The Saddle Again : )

How is everyone doing????
Kelly & I have been doing ALOT of horseback riding again which has been wonderful since the loss of my horse Roper. It really is AMAZING how God works... A few days after the death of Roper my neighbor mentioned that she wanted to get another horse and she wanted to give Zip (the fellow I am riding in the picture below) back to my daughter-in-law. Zip was Annie's horse for many years, her parents sold him a few years back to my neieghbor. It has been a dream of Annie's to get him back some day, Well you guessed it he is ours again! Annie & I share him : ) He is a dream to ride, Kelly & I go out for hours on end and just enjoy. It has been such a blessing in so many ways....
Until Next Time
God Bless!!

Look Who Turned 18!

My baby turned 18 years old on Feb. 19th.!!!!!
We had a nice party over at my son's & daughter-in-laws house for her special day.
My baby is an adult now : (
Time sure does fly....
Until Next Time -God Bless!!

What a Difference a Few Hours Makes

I woke up yesterday hearing my neighbor banging on my door at 7:30am, she came to tell me that my horses had broken out of their pen and were over at her house roughly a block over. I got dressed and drove over there they had already moved on but she said they had been there since around 6:30am. I drove around and couldn't find them! Kelly had spent the night down at my son & daughter-in-laws house so I had no one to help me look, I was starting to panic. I called another neighbor who has horses and asked if they were at her house, she said no but would help me look for them. I was driving home now to call the police and let them know when I saw Chance Kelly's horse come running down the road towards me. I got out of the car and got a rope on him, he was all upset neighing and pacing which really worried me because my two horse are NEVER alone they are always together. I called the gal who was helping me to meet up with me to hold Chance so I could continue to look for my horse Roper (picture above). Chance just kept neighing so loudly I knew he was really worried about Roper, I turned to leave them two after the gal got there and we saw Roper galloping down the road towads us. I as never so happy to see him until he got closer and saw he was covered head to toe with what I think was sweat and had no halter on. He looked terrible, I mean really bad! It had only been about 2 hours tops that they had been loose and most of that time they were eating grass over at my neighbors, so I was concered on why he would be in such rough shape. We walked both horses back to my house, as soon as Roper got into the pen he started to go down and roll - colic! We got him up and I gave him the tube of paste stuff that I have for when the horses get colic. The gal walked him easy since he looked so worn out I didn't think he had any energy left in him. I fixed the fence best I could and got my car then she had to leave for an appointment. Roper wasn't trying to go down any more so I was happy about that, I took some towels and started to dry him off. Then all HELL broke loose, he started coughing with his tongue sticking out and urinating. He was wobbling and I knew this was it, He was dying! Chance and I watched as my beloved horse hit the ground and took his last breath! I just stood there and bawled my eyes out, I couldn't belive it just two hours earlier he was alive and happy and here he was dead on the ground. I won't go into details on what in necesary to bury a horse, lets just say it involves a backhoe... I just couldn't stop crying all day. I just couldn't belive it had happened. To tell you the truth I keep looking out there and thinking it was all just a bad dream and he will be out there muching on some hay. Chance is taking it even harder than I am, he keeps neighing for him! It is the saddest thing all last night and this morning he cries for him, Kelly & I go out to him and try and calm him down but he just doesn't understand where he is... Okay before I start bawling again I will leave you for now.
Until Next Time - God Bles!!

Counting Down....

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!
We spent the day over at my son & daughter-in-laws house and opened our presents there.
I got a Nook Simple Touch with a Glowlight - LOVE it!! I have to control myself from buying books, it's just to easy to read one and buy another : )  My library has free lending of e-books but I can not figure out how to get it from my computer to the Nook, maybe one day I will figure that out.
Okay, Off of Christmas talk, are you sitting down.....
KELLY HAS A BOYFRIEND!
The so called "friend" she has been meeting up with for months at the movie theater, park & pizza place who I thought was a girl is a 20 year old guy.... She lied right to my face about this whole issue and it really hurts. I thought we had a very good relationship with each other were she felt she could tell me or ask me anything, but I guess not : (  From what I gather they aren't that serious with each other yet but the guy lists himself as "in a relationship" on his Facebook page (Yes, I checked him out on Facebook - I was dying to see what he looks like). I just look at Kelly now and think "Do I really know her"? Kids, It is one thing after another but you just got to LOVE them and see where it takes you.
On a sad note, We had 3 chickens & 1 turkey taken from our pen. We are not sure if it was a bobcat, raccoon, dog or person that took them, but what ever it was it was able to climb over our goat/chicken pen fence which is like 5ft. tall and pick up a turkey which was at least 12lbs if no more without dragging her and got her back out over the fence.... It was really sad because we have had Tomaseta for many years, she was like the grandma to the other chickens. We are now down to only two hens, I pack them up each night into a dog crate and put them away and let them out in the late morning just trying to save them from what ever it is raiding our pen.
My husband is still working - Yea! He HATES it and complains every day, but it is job!
Well I'm counting down the days till the New Year arrives - I pray 2013 is a better year for all of us!!
Until Next Time - God Bless!!

It's Starting To Look Like Christmas!!

Only a few more days to go till Christmas! I am still not done with my shopping - Yikes! I will be out there on Christmas Eve for sure picking up those last minute gifts....

You know we are all really blessed,  Make sure you let all those you love know it!!

Happy Holidays!!

God Bless!!

Happy Holiday Season!!

I can't belive I have not blogged in sooooooo long!
Hope you all are doing well & are enjoying this holiday season.
I have been away from blogging & facebook and have missed sooo much of what has gone on with all of you - I'm sorry!
I was floored to read that of one of my dearest blogging friends husband had passed! It sure puts everything else into perspective real fast...... May God help ease her & her children's sorrow.
We have sure been having our lows here, but as I said when you read  about news like above all this stuff seems minor. Just this past week my husband got called back to work for a few weeks (Praise God) - He has been out of work for months...
Kelly finally got her driving permit, but still has no interest in driving. School has been horrible this year! I can honestly say it has been our worst year ever. She has no interest in anything..... She turns 18 in Feb. but she still will have one more year of schooling to do - God Help Us With That!
I have let candy be my rescue wayyyyy too much, I've gained more weight which just makes everything else seem worse. The lawyer issues I have been dealing with have taken a toll on me also, I pray that all of that mess will be wrapped up by the end of this year.
I still need to Chrsitmas shop, the holiday is almost here - YIKES!
Sending prayers out to all who need it during this time, the holidays can be such a tough time for some many....
Until Next Time - God Bless!

Suck It Up....

Wow, It has been harder than I thought getting back into the school grind! Neither one of us is in a school work frame of mind, but sometimes you just have to suck it up and do it!
Did I mention that Kelly stepped on a rusty old nail??? Yes she did! I had to take her down to the doctor's office and get a tetanus shot. She was actually pretty good in the doctor's office this time, most times she shakes so much that I worry they will want to put her into the hospital for tests : ( This time no shaking and no crying when they gave her the shot, I was a little wozzy tho.
My husband isn't working AGAIN, It is really unusual for there to be no work at this time of year so I am pretty nervous on where all this is leading to. We do have the money that I had gotten a number of months ago from my being the excutor of those wills, but the sad thing is I had gotten$12,000 and we are now down to $5,000! It is amazing how fast money will go when you have none coming in : (
Until Next Time - God Bless!!