October 6

What a rainy dreary day....

Life has thrown me a few curve balls lately but I'm working my way through all of the crud to find the place that I need/want to be...Sometimes you get comfortable with your life and forget that the curve balls are there.....it's not all bad though...I have a great husband that I love very much and a great family as well.

So...go away rainy day blues.... I'm ready for the sunshine!

I love Fall

Well, I'm back...I hope....
I'm so loving the crispness of the beginning of our fall weather. I love lots of things about fall. It's a great time to be outside...I'm looking forward to some fall rides in the nice cool weather.

A few weeks ago, George and I were working outside and I kept seeing spiders webs...actually we've had a pet spider on the back porch for a while but it finally moved away.... this web was spun on the front porch...and the dew was glistening in the morning sun...I couldn't help but run back in for the camera to get a shot before the dew went away....


I love how crisp and clear the sky can be in the fall....I'm really bad about snapping photos while driving down the road...but don't worry...I don't take time to make adjustments...I just pick up the camera and snap snap snap and hope that something comes out ok. This was Sept. 26...after the golf tournament when I was driving to Bono....it was a beautiful afternoon...




I took a few shots on the way home too...(notice the bugs spots on the windshield).... the sunset was amazing that evening but it honestly didn't look anything like the photo...in real life, the sunset was all silvery bright and the clouds that the sun is going behind were glowing as well. But...I thought this was interesting as well.

A loss

This day has been sad...I lost a co-worker friend today....last week she had an aneurism and surgery...she came through surgery fine but took a turn for the worse and today she passed away. She was an inspirational person. She was thrilled to work at Ozarka...to her it was a good place to be and a way for her son to afford to go to college. She had the worst job on campus....she cleaned the bathrooms in all of our buildings...3 times per day.... But, she was always cheerful, always doing a great job and so very pleasant. I'm going to miss seeing her....lucky for me, her janitors closet was right outside my office so I got to see her frequently. Rest peacefully Lesa...we will pray for your family.

Not much to say

I've been quiet on the blogging front lately...just not much to say that I think would be interesting to anyone.....

Haven't been riding much lately...we set a time and date and then it rains....and since we set the date at the end of the weekend...it's too late to reschedule...

The boys have been coming to visit...they haven't been here the same weekend but they have both been home...and Ryan is coming in today to hunt in the Urban Deer Hunt at Horseshoe Bend and/or Cherokee Village.

Russell is liking school a lot and enjoying having roommates (haha) and looking for a job....he's like every other college kid...broke and having to share a room.....

I haven't heard from Nicole since she went home from her visit before school started but George usually talks to her during the week and she seems to be fine.

Ryan is good...he is still dating Leah....I think most of you have met her but if not, you probably will...she fits in nicely with us.

George is excited about the Urban Deer Hunt and he's ready to get some new goats...so maybe I'll have my goat blog back soon. We've been scouting for deer hunting location several times lately....

Me...I'm here...I'm working and in addition to that I'm teaching 2 College Success classes...I'm starting to look forward to the fall weather...it would be nice to ride Goldie on a nice cool day.

That's just a little update about us...not much going on that is exciting...just living our everyday lives.

Recession

I'm really not diggin' this recession. I think I'm ready for it to end.

Laurel's visit

Laurel came to visit us this weekend. We planned a little trail ride with some of our friends...we went to Rafter D's and met Karla and Fred there....they brought an extra mount so that we could all ride together. Laurel met John and rode him for the Trail Ride. John is a super good, mellow quarter horse that is very trustworthy. The ride didn't start off as "easy" as usual...Karla's little mule Pebbles was having a bad morning. They (Karla & Fred and their mules) ended up not making the ride with us, but they left John for us to use.



After the ride, George and Laurel rode the 4 wheeler. After checking the game camera, they decided to set a trap (live trap) for a raccoon...since there are 4 of them eating the deer corn. (They did manage to catch one...and transported it to another home).


They also did a little fishing on our pond...Laurel's first cast caught this handsome large mouth bass....After this it was time to fix dinner and settle in for the evening (George and Laurel fell asleep in the living room shortly after 9)


This morning, the last day of the visit, Laurel and George went for a little ride behind the house. They had some adventure as Goldie and Hat got a little skittish about something. Apparently Goldie made a quick retreat from the woods but Laurel didn't have a problem with it...she just kept on riding her.... Goldie is a little high strung sometimes and I worry about putting someone other than myself on her.... but she was doing great until she got spooked and according to Laurel she was fine after that too.


This is just a little parting shot of Goldie and Laurel at the end of their ride.


Soon we'll be taking Laurel home....and she and I are hoping to talk Uncle George into taking us to lunch somewhere on the way....

A little ride

This evening after work, Nicole and I took a little ride around the property on Goldie and Hat. It's the first time for Nicole and Goldie to ride together. I think we had a pretty good time.

If the weather holds, we're borrowing John the Quarter Horse from Karla and going for a ride at Rafter D's tomorrow.

Come back by for updates on Nicole's visit.