Hey all you beautiful people.

I'm just dropping in quite quickly to let you know that I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, nor did I get eaten by a bear in Alaska. Crazy as it is I'm in West Virginia for 4 weeks! I've already been here one week. The very night I got home from Alaska my sweet friend that lives in Pennsylvania texted me and told me the camp she works at needed another horseback riding instructor so I came and here I am. I'm busy, busy, busy so I'll try to post Alaska pictures soon and then post about here.

Much love!

-S

Miscellany Monday

I apologize for my absence in the blogging world these days! But I suppose ya’ll don’t expect to much from me…so its ok? 

First things first, I have to brag. My awesome boot making daddy made these for me! 

Aren’t they purty? 

--I feel like I've been running 90 miles an hour these past couple of months. Actually I don't feel like it, I have. Spring time has brought a lot of work. Mowing, watering flowers, fixing fence, laying water pipe and other exciting things such as that.


 

--I can't believe its May! They say the older you get the busier you get and the faster time goes by. I believe it! It seems like we should be just starting the new year. I also realized this time last year I was coming home from Hungary!

--I'm going to Alaska next month!  I think I mentioned awhile back how I was looking for a church...the Lord is so good and I found one that I really love! So I'm going to Alaska with them on a week long mission trip. I'm really excited!

...And now I just feel like there was something else I wanted to blog about....I know there was. I hate that feeling, don't you? Maybe it's just me though. It was almost as soon as I sat down to write I went completely blank.
   So I guess I'll sign off now and about midnight tonight I'll probably remember all the other super exciting things I wanted to write about. Don't be to upset, I know you're probably just sitting on the edge of your seat thinking "tell me more!" grasping your computer saying "don't let this end!"  but just think of it as getting a little taste into the life of me. You don't need a big serving, it isn't healthy.

Wishing y'all a great week!

A friend posted this on her tumblr. I liked it a lot and thought I would share!

“Can I say something to young ladies here? I’m trying to pick my words carefully here. Your husband, whoever he is, single ladies, will have an unbelievable amount of influence over your sons and daughters in regards to spiritual things. If you want your children to love Jesus deeply, hold out for a man that is Godly. And let me tell you this: I am well aware that Godly men are rare. Lots of neat Christian boys, not a lot of Godly men. And we’re working our tails off for you to try to develop some into that. But don’t settle, because it’s better that you be lonely now than you be married and lonely later. Are you tracking with me? It is better that you be lonely now than for you to get married to a man that will teach your kids everything but the way of Jesus.”
— Matt Chandler

Next time I'll share some pictures of a wedding I shot the weekend before last! but first I have 2,000 to go through...wish me luck.

I want to punch daylight savings in the face

Seriously. But as much as I loathe it, and moan and groan the morning of I much enjoy longer days.

It’s been a crazy past couple of weeks here on the Ponderosa! On the Prairie. On the ole homestead. The weekend before last my folks came up to visit me! We went to a hockey game and just hung out. Can we say hockey is my new favorite sport? Yes, yes we can. Even if I didn’t like the sport I might just go to watch the spectators. They are great! Anyhow it was my little brother’s spring break so they left him for the week. We did demolition in the barn, drank a lot of Snapple, watched a lot of movies, made a road trip to some other land my grandparents own to check on their cows and the new little calves being popped out.

Prime Catfish from the back pond.



Oh and here we have a picture of my top of the line cowdog stuck in the fold out couch.


And...I just don't know what he's demonstrating here. He sleeps like this a lot on pickup rides... maybe I should try it?


This week was the week from....the other place. If you know what I mean.
-Tuesday was mostly spent all day with a pregnant mare. I noticed her in the morning laying down and looked like she was trying to foal, sure enough she was. I kept watching her but it looked like she was having trouble. Now I've never dealt with mares, I've seen many, many calves born/pulled, but never had anything to do with mares. I called the vet, called my neighbor, talked to the vet some more and it came down to the vet coming out and having the pull the foal. The foal didn't end up making it, unfortunately. But thankfully the mare was fine, the vet said if it had been any longer it probably would have caused damage to the mare. The foals front feet got locked and that was the reason for all the trouble. As much as I hate it these kind of things happen.
-Wednesday was not bad at all, just super busy.
-Thursday I got sick and have spent the next two days feeling crummy.
I can't say that this week was all bad though though, I have a new nephew!!! My s-i-l had little baby K Tuesday night! From the pictures I've seen he looks absolutely adorable. I cannot wait to go rock and hold him!!

Spring has also sprung around here! At least its trying. The trees are starting to bloom, the grass is greening. If only the wind didn't blow 90 miles and hour it would be perfect!





In my last bit of news I have a mouse...not in that I own a mouse, more as in I have a mouse lurking and scurrying somewhere in the shadows of my apartment. I also wake up and am freaked out when I hear him scratching in the walls, or scurrying across the counters. He is outsmarting my mouse traps, the only thing I've caught in them is my dog. As much as I'd like to think its a cute little mouse like the one on Ratatouille that will make me an omelette I know that isn't the case...so if you need me I'll be mouse hunting.