Trials and Tribulations

Wow...I have to say this Spring/Summer has been pretty tough...lots of crying and hard times...but I am starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel...FINALLY!

One great thing that has came out of everything that has happened is....I'M SHOWING HORSES AGAIN!!! :)  which is very exciting and nerve racking at the same time....I have two horses I'm showing right now...CHUCK  - big dummy (reminds me of our mastiffs) and I will be showing him this fall in Novice Amateur Hunter Under Saddle...which I haven't shown in since I was 12!!! Our big show together will be at the end of October at the Congress...keep your fingers crossed that we do well!
My second little pony is Miss Rosey (Rangy Cowgirl - I love her name!)...she is the cutest little roan you have ever seen! I have a special place in my heart for roans because my first "expensive" show horse was a red roan named Oh Goody Goody - hence why my license plate is OHGOODY.  Rosey and I will be showing in Amateur Western Pleasure and 3 yr old classes.

Rosey Posey and Danielle at the Congress last year...TOP 5 IN TWO YEAR OLDS! :)

Chuck at his first show in Lincoln - 2 points the first day!

I also wanted to added that we lost Chevy in July...it was so hard...she was a member of our family and one of those once in a lifetime dogs that you will never forget and never be able to replace. 

We are getting another little female for Blue though... he is so lonely and has been looking for Chevy for weeks...he needs a partner in crime....her name is Malibu and she will be meeting Blue Thursday afternoon.





Looking forward to the ISU game this weekend...big Labor Day weekend tailgating party....pics and blog about that to come! TTYL

WOW it's been awhile...

 Well, it was brought to my attention that I need to update this thing...I taught a class to my lovely real estate agents about blogging and I told them this is a situation where you follow the rule of "do as I say, not as I do!" 

It's been over six months since I have blogged, so lets see what has happened....NOT ALOT!  I still work at Iowa Realty and I still live at the Harvestor.  The house is still a work in progress and I still love my job. 

I did cut my hair...which I love as well.  So I would say I have been doing pretty well....some big changes might be on the way though so stay tuned!

Oh and this is my haircut with my friend/"cousin" Ash! :)

Busy Busy Fall...

Well we have been extremely busy this fall...with ISU football games and then we are finishing our basement...

The basement was a struggle at first...picking things out can be really tough, I constantly second guess myself...so I just let Mom and Colby pick out most of it...but it has turned out REALLY well...now we just have to put the final touches on it and I will post pictures as soon as we are done!!!  Hopefully next week sometime!!!

ISU football has been up and down...but Mom and Dad were honored last weekend for given a donation for a wall that includes all of the All-American's from ISU...it was a really fun day and neat to see their names up in lights!

PROUD TO BE ONE!!!

New Addition

We have a new addition to the "family" our new puppy Hugh!!! aka Hughbert....he is a mix between a Shih tzu and a Brussels Griffon...people say he looks like a monkey, but I think he looks like a normal puppy...

He is really a pretty good puppy...not totally trustworthy, but potty training is coming along...hopefully in a couple of months he will have it down!!!

This is Hugh on the bar at the Ozarks with a mohawk!!!  Adopting a puppy...I think I get an A for Adulthood lately!!!

If it's not one thing...it's another...

So it's been a while...and I still haven't post Fun Day's pics (I forgot my camera all weekend...oops!)  and pictures of Hugh (the new puppy)...which people on facebook have been hounding me about...so I will get some of those up this weekend...hopefully...
But anyway, my latest disaster is the washing machine broke a hose and water was all over the basement...it doesn't help that I just bought a new dishwasher last weekend because it almost started the house on fire because the control panel wires were fried!!! Awww I'm keeping my fingers crossed that nothing else goes wrong...but Jeff Lamb, a good friend of my mom's, is coming to look at the washer today and hopefully he can fix it and I won't have to buy a new one!  I need to buy decor for the house...not appliances!!  But these are very adult things to buy and hold off on the others so I suppose I get an A- for adulthood this week...points deducted for throwing a fit when it happened...

First Post EVER!

What to say, what to say, what to say...getting started with this whole blog thing is kind of tough! 

I guess I should say something about myself...I grew up in a small town called Baxter, IA (which I truly love) and then I went off to college in Ames, IA to Iowa State University.  I spent SIX years in Ames (and no I am not a doctor) I have two degrees, one in Fashion Merchandising (not currently using that major) and the second in Journalism and Public Relations. 

I had an absolutely horrible internship with a small public relations firm (I wasn't paid) and then after I graduated I land my current job which I completely love!  I work with social media outlets, newspaper ads and a television show!  It really is great!

Recently, I bought a house at the Harvester Golf Course near my hometown (Baxter) and it is a work in progress because now I am strapped for cash and broke.  So I have aways to go before I have all the furniture I need for it!  Colby, my boyfriend, lives with me and we have been together for almost 4 years.  He is wonderful and I don't know what I would do without him.  We just added another member to our nontraditional little family, he is a puppy Shiffon named Hugh.  We already had a Maltzy named Gracie but she need a brother so we got Hugh!

I am extremely excited for this upcoming weekend which is Baxter Fun Days.  It may not seem exciting to anyone but the townies but it will be a blast and I will be updating with the weekends events and photos!

It seems like my life right now is my best attempt at being an adult. Buying a house (very adult like) - washing paper towels with regular towels when we moved in (not so much). I have a lot of failed attempts and also a lot of successes. And this weekend I am going to try to be a successful adult and I know Saturday night at the Street Dance I will fail miserably!
Cheers!