Happy Howl-o-ween!!!!

Hope everyone has a very very happy and safe halloween!!!!!

soooooo worried and stressed about the move!!!

So I have been beyond stressed out about the move!!! I have been shaking like crazy and just plain nauseous even more than usual. I am not worried about us or the small animals just worried about the horses. I don't want anything bad to happen to them and it is a long stressful trip for them and a new place again. I do have a little secret angel in Colorado that is trying to help me out with my mare;) That does make me feel A LOT better.

This is a long trip and our truck has 320,000 miles on it and even though it has been going strong this trip will be a lot to ask of it with it loaded down for moving and with horses and then a second trip back to get the rest of our stuff. So please everyone pray for a safe, uneventful trip:) It would REALLY REALLY help. We will probably be leaving here early early am Tuesday to try and still get to there in the daylight for the horses sakes.

Last night though I was laying in bed praying and asking GOD for peace and comfort and I picked up my bible and he had me open it to Philippians and it was the perfect thing I could have read. It made things a lot better!!!!!

do not be anxious about anything; but instead pray about everything. Tell GOD what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience GOD's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

Going to be calling Colorado Home

So it looks like Colorado is going to be home for us:) We are both sooooooo very very excited. It will be so awesome to wake up every morning and see the mountains:) This is a big leap of faith and that faith is in GOD. We pray this is going to be our permanent home and that GOD will show us what he wants us to do here:) Now we got to get everything packed and pray the weather stays good until we get the horses over the mountain passes safe. I just pray and hope this is not only good for us but for our "kids"(the animals:))

Look forward to seeing what Colorado has in store for us. I so look forward to when I can go skiing someday:) Been so long since I have gotten to do that. It has been a dream of mine to go to Vail or Aspen and to stay and go on a sleigh ride who knows maybe someday that will happen since we will be living so close:)

Possibly may be calling ourselves coloradins soon!

Well we got home yesterday evening from the western slope of Colorado. We had a job interview there with a little ranch/farm. The people were extremely nice and of course the area is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I SOOOOOOOOO love the mountains!!! They are suppose to let us know if we got the job end of the week. So we might be moving down there soon.

We loved the area and think it would be perfect for us but my only hesitation is taking my horse down there. I finally have her fat and happy for the first time in years. I am just so nervous to move her to a new area and have her loose weight. Also they do not have a place for us to have our horses on their own they would be thrown in with their horses and moved through different pastures. That does not make me very happy. If she wasn't older and on a special diet wouldn't be a big deal but I like to keep her close to watch her, feed her, and she needs a water heater in winter or she doesn't drink enough. I KNOW, I KNOW high maintenance but she didn't grow up a ranch horse and she has done everything in the world I have ever asked of her so I can't not take the best care of her. I am thinking I could find a place close by to board her so that she would have shelter, constant hay and such.

I guess we will worry when we get the job:)

A true christian coboy!!! AMAZING!!!!

It is amazing what GOD can teach anyone if they are willing to listen!!!!

I was kidding if I thought I could quit blogging!!!

I have been thinking about it the past few days and I just can't quit blogging at least not yet. I like what my friends TJandMark said they use it as a way to remember things. That is why I started this whole thing in the first place was to just keep track of my life and see where the LORD takes me:) I have let that get lost in trying to think I have to make it interesting to people and getting my feelings hurt. It is just truly to mark my journey in this life and that's what I would like to continue to do. It is nice to have people read and to see what people think so I want to keep doing it.

With that said things are really upside down and crazy since we lost our job. We have been searching hi and low for something. We would like to stick with ranching but we are open to other options but we have to make sure we can afford housing and such. I know things would be easier if we didn't have pets and I know there are probably a million ways we have screwed up or could have saved money but we can't change that now but we can change the future but the pets are my "kids" so they will stay and we can work on the rest:)

We have another very promising interview Saturday and hopefully this will be the one as we really really need to get out of this place. We are both just ready to move and leave all the negative behind. God will show us where he want us ranch, city, wherever and we are both open and listening for his guidance and he has been guiding us so far. If we didn't have him we would have nothing. The stress and not knowing has been so hard but I couldn't imagine what it would be like without GOD. It would be unbearable.

Thank you to all who have been kind, supportive and also honest. I do love hearing from everyone!!!!!

Thinking of quiting my blogging

So I have been thinking about quiting my blogging. I really enjoy reading every ones blogs and seeing what life has in store for them. But I am not sure that my blog is contributing what I would like it to. I will keep reading every ones as I really enjoy it. May the LORD bless every ones live immensely. Thank y'all for your support and prayers and comments. I have really enjoyed getting to know some of my fellow bloggers. You never know I may decide to do it again but for now I will say good bye.

Got an interview tomorrow:)

We are sooooooooooooooooooooo excited. We have an interview at a ranch outside of Shoshoni Wyoming tomorrow. This job sounds like a great opportunity. So we are praying and hoping it is the job for us:) We have found out all to well that things sound great but turn out to be nothing like they said. So we are pray, pray, praying. Without GOD we would be in big trouble. So we trust in him and know he will take care of us. :)

On the hunt for a new job right away!!!

So we are on the hunt again for another job. I haven't written about all the troubles here but it has been getting worse and worse. Our boss has just really been being a jerk more and more. He is rude, has no communication and gets mad about everything. We should have known the first day! Let me say that during the interview he seemed so nice and we were really open and honest about what we were looking for and wanted out of a job and it seemed like a perfect fit. So the night before we were suppose to start work we talked to him and asked us what time he wanted Eric out to work and where to meet and such. He said I will pick you up at your house at 7am. So at 6:45 sitting at the table watching for him to pull in well 7 comes and nothing then about 7:15 he drives right by the driveway so Eric figured he was going to do something and come right back. Well 7:30 still no boss so Eric walked over to the barns he headed towards and the boss says we start at 7 around here. Should have know because since then has been nothing but that. Tell us to do something, we do it how he wants us to tell him it is done and he gets mad and says I didn't want that done. We say you just told us to and exactly how he told us and then he gets even more mad and says well that's not what I meant. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I honestly have never met someone you can't figure out how to do what they want to make them happy. I honestly think he is truly bipolar. Doesn't help he is older so he is mostly deaf and doesn't remember things a lot.


The other thing is that the other guy on the ranch is a Hispanic man. Which I have NO problem with but I do have a problem with us getting in trouble when he doesn't understand the boss and tells us to do something and we do and then the boss says that is not what he asks and then the guy lies to ours and the boss's face and says that is not what he said that we weren't listening. Not to menchin we were told this guy was the best ranch hand that anyone could ever have and they brag about him all the time and make Eric feel like crap but the guy doesn't know how to calve, can't fence, doesn't know how to do anything mechanical, has had a lot of animals die under his watch and takes all day to do things that should only take an hour. That aside who cares right he isn't us but then Eric will be doing extra things or hard things that no one else can do and nothing but rude comments and such.



Anyways I could vent all day!!!! but now as of yesterday and another one of his boss's great communications we have to look for something else. I don't know how long we have to find something and such he was so mad yesterday he said it was our last day. So as of right now I am in panic mode but really trying to just lean on GOD. We don't have anywhere else to go and no money to go anywhere so honestly without a miracle from the LORD we are in DEEP DEEP DEEP trouble. So please say a prayer for us, we could really use it. Thanks!!!!

HELP need y'alls opinions please!!!

Ok so I have been crocheting baby blankets for friends and family for a while and everyone has told me I need to sell them. I have really not thought about it till a friend of mine told me she was doing a craft fair this month and said I should make some up and come with her and see how they sell. So I have been busy, busy and have 4 done so far and am hoping to have 10 at least. Here is where I need your help. I need to know if this is even something I should try to sell and my biggest dilemma is how much to charge for them. I know I will never make enough to make a lot for all the time I put in them but I enjoy it so I don't expect to get rich. I am not sure even how long they take probably 6-8hrs each and they cost me around $8.00 to make. So please let me know what you think, I would really appreciate it:)

so excited it is october!!!!

I am just so excited it is October. I love, love, love the fall and even more my favorite holiday is Halloween:) I just love Halloween. I am a kid at heart for sure. I love to dress up and be someone I am not for a night:) I am not sure what we will be doing this year as my grandma is going to be here visiting so I am not sure what we will be doing but I know the neighbor kids will probably at least come by so I will dress up for that:)

I got to get my decorating done this weekend. I can't wait to decorate the new house:) New house= need a few new decorations:) Below is a few pictures from a past Halloween:)

Eric's costume was so appropriate for the bar costume party:)

Our anniversary trip

So our anniversary trip started out prity stressful. We had been asking for time off so we could figure out where we were going and get reservations but our boss kept saying he wasn't sure what was planned so when Saturday came along we knew we could leave after work and have Sunday off but we planned on going to the buffalo round up in Custer on Monday morning but our boss said he may call and we would have to go home and haul cows. So we just said we will wing it and do what we can. With not knowing if we would have to come right home we couldn't go very far so we headed for the blackhills. We ended up staying Saturday night in keystone. I love keystone so it was a nice evening with dinner in the little town and then back to the hotel for swimming and such.

Then Sunday which was our actual anniversary we decided to hike harney peak which is the highest point in South Dakota at 7,242 ft. It is a 6 mile round trip but it is a prity good hike especially the end is prity steep. but my gosh when we got to the top the view is amazing!!!! I could have stayed up there all day:) It is an amazing hike. But of course my body had to go and ruin it some. I was shaking like crazy, dizzy and my eyes wouldn't focus right. My face and arm were numb most of the time. But I just prayed and kept on going enjoying the beauty around me and my wonderful husband!!!

Tower at top of harney peak

only a little of the view

We also had a surprise and got to meet up with some friends from Missouri. They called us when we were on top of harney peak and we decided to meet up with them and they wanted to take us out for supper and we would stay at the same hotel as them. They were also going to go to the buffalo round up in the morning. It was a wonderful time.eric and john watching buffalo round-up. They said there was 14,000 people there.

Monday morning we waited and luckily the boss didn't get the fuel permits so we didn't end up having to be home that day. We got to the line for the buffalo round up in Custer state park at 5:30 am and we were still like about a mile or more back and waited for the gates to open at 6:15am. People usually get there at 3am to be first in line to sit at the fence. It was fun but warm and you wait about 5 hrs for about 15 minutes of seeing the buffalo come down the hill around and into the gates. It is beautiful!!! I want to be one of the riders that helps bring them in but one person told us a friend had done it and paid $1800 to do it. No thanks!!! buffalo heading wrong way:)

1500 head hitting to 12 ft wide gates all at the same time. I think I wouldn't have done it that fast and I don't think they ment to.

loved seeing the flags in with the round up

eric watching them as they grazed waiting to be put into the branding pens.

Monday evening we went through deadwood on our way home and ate dinner and seen the celebrity hotel museum. It was a great anniversary for just winging it:) I am just so blessed to have such an awesome husband:)