Summer

  • Beaver Dam

    At the end of the day we were all exhausted and hungry.  Dinner was was Chicken salad on Croissants, Chips, Pasta Salad, Corn Bean Salsa and Peach Cobbler for dessert. Pete even thought he should get in on that. D the Man might have even slipped him a bite or two… er…  I mean he…

  • Safari Hunt

    Ever been on a Safari hunt?  I haven’t, but I really want to, especially this type.  Read and find out! The morning began with certifying a scuba diver.  D the Man worked with him and he was certified.  Then he was qualified for the Safari hunt. The Safari hunt didn’t actually start until 1pm, however…

  • Camping Adventures

    Here we are, approaching the end of my time for my 101 in 1001 list.  Wednesday this week in fact is the last day.  Holy cow, it has been that long?  Anyway, one of the things on my list was to go camping.  The second was to spend the weekend at the lake.  So, this…

  • Hubby’s Smoked Beans

    If there’s one thing my husband likes to do, it’s using his smoker.  When we first started dating I heard all about it, and I still do.  Not complaining because he’s good at it!  Just saying, that’s one of his specialties.  Sadly, one of his favorite things to make is smoked beans.  I don’t like…

  • And then I fell off…

    Today is the last day of the Blog Every day in May… A Vivid Memory. So it was the last weekend of April, Easter weekend.  The Youth season for qualifying for the AQHYA World Show runs May 1-April 30 of the next year.  So, this was the last show to qualify for the Youth World…

  • Dear Friends,

    Dear Friends, I’m not sure I have told you lately just how much I love you guys.  You make coming to my little corner of the blogisphere fun every day.  I love reading your messages of encouragement and uplifting thoughts.  Here lately I have had a few moments of struggling.  Some things in my life…

  • Stories from my youth

    Tell a story from your childhood. Dig deep and try to be descriptive about what you remember and how you felt. So I learned to drive a truck when I was 4 years old.  The summer I turned 12 I actually was tall enough to push the clutch to the floor, so my dad taught…

  • Get Your Welding On

    If you were to ask me one thing I would wish upon my kid(s), my answer would be this… I would wish upon them the kind of childhood I had growing up.  Yes, my parents and I butted heads a few times, that will happen when you have different/similar personalities together, but I had a…