Moving one hoof at a time

I've got a confession.  It's a dark, dirty secret and it has started to take over my life.    No, I do not have another horse.  Besides...it's no secret those 4-legged-hay-eating-hair-shedding-balls-of-joy have taken over my life.  Wait...new essential oils stuff?  Nope.  Not oils related either. I carry this damn thing everywhere and am pretty obsessive about it.  In fact, I carry TWO with me. Maybe a new cell phone?  After all, I am kind of a tech junkie.....  Almost too much of a tech junkie at times.  In fact, I have given serious thought to this article on NPR  and wonder, how many times have I upset my children because I needed to read one more article or look up "one more thing."  I work hard to take time to "unplug" but I wonder if my family and I might need to "unplug" a little more.  Alas, no new phone.  I might be a tech junkie, but I am a CHEAP tech junkie; which means I will keep my phone until it doesn't work anymore.  E

I'm looking for a friend of mine and I'm hoping all of you can help me.  It's been a long time since we've seen each other and we're hardly the same person then we were before. I'm looking for my friend,Miss Dee-Lovely, who I knew way back in our teenage years....long before Miss Dee came out to play (at least publicly). We attended art camp together (Arts World, for those who are sticklers for detail), sang together, and  took goofy pictures of each other as teenagers.. long before selfies were a "thing."  We kept in contact for many years and then poof she was gone...or so I thought.  It turned out Miss Dee was REALLY busy and doing some advocacy work (yes, I've been doing some internet sleuthing).  However, it wasn't until recently that I started thinking about her again.  First, it was about a year ago when my husband and I started unpacking after our move to a new home. I open several boxes of photos and  came across photos from my camp

If there could be one quote to sum me up  that would be it.  I feel like I'm a person who knows a little about a lot but not much about 1 thing.  One of the "one things" I know a little about is writing.  It started when I was little and continued through college.  I've had my share of rejections and opportunities in the writing world.    I attended art camps as a kid and was highly encouraged to write as a teenager.  That all came to a halt when I received my first big rejection in college.  I was pretty naive and didn't realize there would be many more rejections after that.  Prior to that, I hadn't been rejected and I certainly had never worked with an editor.  Little did I know how important editors would be! When I moved on to other careers, I was give the opportunity to write again.  This time, with the work of an editing team to help me clarify my ideas.  The funny thing about writing is that it all sounds great in my head but doesn't always

One of my previous blogging traditions has been to a "one year later" review post near the end of the December.  I think I've done this in just about every blog I've ever had.  It was fun to link back to them and see how life has changed over the years.  My internet presence dwindled for a long a time and those blogs are long defunct...so there will be no linking this time around.  I can tell I've slowed down becuase now when I google myself (don't judge, you and I both know you ALL do it) my results are pretty slim.  In fact my doppleganger's life looks pretty appealing at this moment! Anyway, I digress.   So a year in review.  Here's the recap on 2016 (just the big stuff!) Move to "the farm" (well really, that was the tail end of 2015, but this was our first full year there Fisaco with old property.  I'll blog about some other time.  It's still fresh and still upsetting.  But I'll say this....be very careful when you pur

I've been to the auction I've been to the fair I've been to college Over the past few months I've been every where! Good grief it's been a wacky few months.  In July I resigned from Head Start and started teaching full time at a local technical college.  Rewarding?  Yes!  Bigger paycheck? Yes!  Time saver?  No!  Between my schedule, my husband's schedule, and the kid's schedule I've barely had time to think about oils or my horses.  So...you might ask, how do I work it in?   Well, as far as my essential oils business, I do what I can, when I can.  I've cut down teaching classes for now but hope to pick up again in the summer when my schedule will soften a little bit.  I share my daily routines with folks or offer oils when appopriate--otherwise, we're at a standstill and I'm good with that right now.  Riding?  Well, I squeeze in a few minutes during the weekend, but have actually just been spending more time on dail

I love DIY stuff.  Love is probably not the right word...obsess is more correct.  I would guess this obesession is why the essential oil business chose me.  On a side Inote, I'm looking at schools for aromatherapy--anyone out there have a recommendation?   Right now I'm leaning toward the program at AromaHead .  I have a lot of extra commercially made stuff from my subscripition services, but as I run out I add in my DIY products.    For your convience, I've included a list of what I've made and a link to where I found the recipie.  What do you make for your horses?  What do you want to try?  I'd really love to try some of the DIY barn organization ideas, but mine just never quite turn out "right."  They always look thrown together instead of neat-o and the end result should end up on one of those Pinterest Fail memes.    Anyway, list and links below.  If you've tried any of those barn hacks, take a picture and send to me.  I just might have a goodie t