WONDERFUL!

Ok... last nite didnt go anywhere close to as planned... BUT, we were exactly where we needed to be!!

I made my hubby an amazing steak dinner...we watched a movie that made me cry... and we cuddled up with the house to ourselves!

Yesterday turned out to be a long, strenuous day. Soooo... the down time last nite was awesome!

Today...
Hubby is working. Then going to peak at Josh's mess (He blew his car up).
I have the day to MYSELF! I have some things I need to get done... and some changes I want to make in our side kitchen. I have to get ready for my soap making adventure this week... AND, my "Magic Handcream" making!! I think I have almost tweeked my recipe to perfection!!! Fingers crossed! I will def be sharing!!!

I think a nice relaxing soak in my jetted tub will also be in order today!

And if Sprocket tries to eat one more dish rag... Grrrr... I may scream! LOL!!

Stay warm everyone!! ;-)

Busy Day... Busy Day!!

Today has been crazy busy... imagine that. I feel as though, lately, I dont even have time to breath!

My day started out with a trip for coal for Mom and Josh's... then it seemed to take forever to get home because we were stuck behind a plow. Once home I made my hubby a bacon & egg sandwich... while he plowed. Then I put in some shop time. After that... over to unload the coal... load up the couch and crap on the porch over there. Had to make a hay run... then home to burn the crap from the porch. Now I am starting a steak dinner for my hubby before we set off on our hot date!! :-)
I am exhausted... and my back hurts. AND... Stacy has to work tomorrow... which has me bummed.

Stacy and I did have plenty of time to talk about our future goals and plans today... while traveling 10 mph behind the plow...LOL!
I am sooo excited!!!
I also am excited for the shop ideas I have! Cant wait to put them into action in the up coming month. I am not ready to share them yet... we know how this goes... there are others out there (my stalkers) who like my ideas soooo much they jump right on using them. Rest assured... I WILL share them, so they can be used by others... Just not yet!! ;-) Ppl amuse me!!

There should be a "For Sale" sign going up on our other house today yet. I just sooo want to be rid of that nitemare. I just cant deal with ALL I have going on in my own house and with the shop... to deal with a second house. It is just weighing us down... I want to be able to move forward in life.

I guess that is all I have for now... Have to go cook and do a load of laundry. I will probably pass out before we get to where we are going tonite!

Dear Stalkers (My own personal fan club):

You poor spineless creatures... DUH... You know how I know you are talking to/about me... because you are responding to me! Now... having common sense... that is what leads me to KNOW you are referring to ME!! I am referring to YOU... because YOU are referring to ME! See how that works. THAT... AND... the fact that you stalk my blogs and use my thoughts word for word in your psychotic rants!!! Again... DUH!!! Boy... some ppl are NOT the brightest bulbs on the strand!! LMAO!!
Please... continue to stalk away... I am soo very flattered!! Unfortunately, for you, you will only ever find out what I put out there! Soooo... dont get too excited about what you read... there is soooo much more to me, that you will never catch a glimpse of! :-)

OK... on to enjoy the company of my awesome hubby... and soon our awesome friends!

Drama BE GONE!

I need to go out and do some sort of drama repelling dance in the sun!!
But... I have put an end to as much of the stalking and bullshit as I possibly can.
I have added to our blocked list... and I have reported the crazies!!

Now... I know I cant keep the nut jobs from reading my blog... But hell, if that is what they want to spend their time doing. I am FLATTERED!!! :-)
I am feel so special that I am what they want to put their energy into!

Anyway...
I just want it to be known...
That anything I have to say or I even think... I will gladly share with anyone. Please... come to my home... stick your foot in my door! I guarantee you will get a whole different reaction from me. I dont scare easily... My life was quite a bit different that those "townies" had from this area! LMAO!! My thoughts and feelings have always been... BRING IT! You know where I am... you know how to find me... Anytime!

As for "THE TRUTH"... NOTHING I have ever said was a lie. Plain and simple. I speak nothing but the truth. And, I can back everything up.

-I am not the one using other ppls accounts to stalk you... that is what YOU are doing to us!
-I am not the one who couldnt "man up" and call to notify me of your presence in our peronal business... Nope... had to hear that from other family memebers!! But, rest assured we were NOT allowing you in our business!
-I am not the one hiding behind a screen and using FB as a battle zone.
-I am not the one with a criminal record and a shitty set of priorities.
-And last... I am NOT the only one to feel this way... just the only one with the balls to express it! Please... you think your pot smelling ass showing up at get togethers didnt get a few "interesting" words from those present?!?! LMAO Seems to be you are the only one fooled!! DUH!

So... as of right now... I am done with this bullshit and drama. Until you want to approach me AT AN APPROPRIATE time (obviously, Christmas at another family members home wasnt it... DUH) to discuss it WOMAN TO WOMAN!

Please... feel free to follow my blogs... but you have been blocked from my FB. See how much we are enjoying our lives... how far we are getting... take some notes...
Maybe... just maybe some day you will see the light... and make the changes you need to make... get some medication or something!

Bottom line... in my world... the same last name doesnt mean a damn thing... it those ppl that are worth putting the time and effort in... THAT is family!

AGAIN.... THANK GOD I have the awesome husband I have... who has the same thoughts as I do!!
I cant wait until Saturday evening... when we are enjoying time with our FAMILY OF FRIENDS... who are uplifting to us... dont push drama or ex's our way... and like us exactly the way we are!!

OK... lunch break is over... gotta get back to work!!

It's the weekend!!

Here we are... we made it to another Friday!! And... we have a little bit of white stuff outside... with more on the way!!

This weekend will be a busy one for me... once again! Have I mentioned I LOVE what I do?!?! Well, I DO!!!
I am soo very thankful for the things that happened that led up to me making a decision to go to grooming school! AND... finding an awesome instructor!!

I figured I had better get this blog done early... before the craziness starts... and I just dont have the time!

Anyway,
I have a SUPER HOT date Saturday night... which includes an evening out with some wonderful people! I am so excited!!! I am really looking forward to great company and great laughs!!!

Yesterday we managed to get my E Lop buck put out in the big hutch. I am sure he will enjoy some time with some added hopping space. I have my E Lop doe inside... hoping their are baby bunnies in her future... that will be ready just in time for Easter!!

I am now trying to decide if more chickens will be in our future. Hmmmm...

OHHH.... Stacy and I listed the other house with a realtor again!!! I REALLY hope it gets sold. It will be a HUGE weight lifted from me... us! I just cant manage our house, our kids living at home, my business and all that goes along with the daily drama of that other house. SIMPLIFYING!!!
Plus, Stacy and I are working on some goals... which will eventually lead us to a bigger place with acreage!! My hubby wants some draft horses!! He so amazes me sometimes! He went from fearing horses just a few short years ago (glad he realized it was the idiots who took him out on the horse that planted him on his ass on the ground... and NOT the horse! Boy, that took some work and explaining!!). Anyway... he went from fearing horses... to wanting some of the biggest horses there are out there!!! LOL!!!
He wants Belgians... I would love to have some Percherons... BUT... Appaloosa's will always have my heart... since that is what I started on as a little kid!
Oh well... that is all things in the future... and we have some time and some progress to make before we get to that point.

I guess that is really all I have time for... have to push Nathan along...

Oh... I wanted to add that I DO NOT add ppl as FB friends unless I KNOW them. So the ppl that keep sending me requests, and keep getting denied...DUH... you can stop now!! So sad when ppl need to use other ppl to stalk me on FB!!! That is like us deleting certain ppl just to have them jump on their siblings FB account to see what we are doing!!! LMAO!!! Now THAT is the true meaning of STALKING!! Oh well... once again... I am completely flattered... "Love me or hate me... it is still an obsession"!!!
YES... it is strangly interesting knowing that I have that much power over ppl!! GOOOOO ME!!!
LMAO!!!

Anyway... I hope everyone enjoys their weekend half as much as I will!!
:-)

Daily Dose...

OK... I had my daily dose of entertainment this morning. I swear... I am not sure why there are ppl out there soooo interested in what I have going on... or what I do... BUT, hey... if their lives are that sad and lonely... more power to them!! Please, observe away!! Maybe they will learn something!!

Stacy and I are still going strong with our Couples Counseling!! I have to laugh... because everything that other ppl see as a problem with me... Is exactly what attrated my hubby to me!!! LMBO!!
It may appear to the outside world that I am just a loud mouth dictator... but it came to light yesterday that I am actually the puppet on the string. I do everything that Stacy doesnt want to be bothered with!! He WANTS me to take charge... He WANTS me to draw those invisible lines... SO HE DOESNT HAVE TO!!! Stacy never looks like the bad guy...I do! LOL!!
Oh well... I am ok with it. As long as the end result is something we both have previously agreed on... and he and I are the ones happy... I dont care how we get to that point! I will be the big mouth, "ABRASIVE" one!

For example...
We recently found that a distant "family" member had access to our personal info. He was not happy about it just as much as I was not happy about it. (Since he, too, is living that persons mental issues of delusion and stalking etc). I got put in charge of dealing with the issue. Why? Because Stacy doesnt want to have to deal with the fall out from others. So, I made the phone calls... I had our situation investigated... and I got the end result HE and I BOTH wanted! He came home from work... I gave him the run down... he said..."GOOD, glad that is taken care of!"

Hmmm... which brings to light... there are TWO sides to EVERY story. Just because I dont care to sell everyone mine... doesnt mean the other story ppl are hearing is accurate!! I just dont give enough of a crap about it to waste my energy! ;-)

I am so happy Stacy and I are on the same page and track to setting limits and boundaries with ppl. And hopefully with some encouragement and help... HE will find and USE his own voice, instead of counting on mine!

Oh well...
Today is MY DAY OFF!!!
Granted I still have a ton of things to do around the house... it will be my first day in 10 days that I can just focus on things around the house with NO shop appts. I am still so shocked at how fast things really picked up for me! I am LOVING it!!

So... on my day off I plan on accomplishing-- the mountain of LAUNDRY... making more healthy snacks for the kids... baking some bread (Have to bake and freeze a couple more loaves, especially if the kids want to go to HBG this weekend)... I have some shop paperwork to get in order... some general cleaning... a few phone calls to make regarding Courtney's future...and I hope to find some time to curl up with my current book and just relax for a bit!!
Oh, I guess I have to figure out and make dinner in there somewhere too...lol!

Well... That is all I have time for. I have to get Nathan packed up and on the bus!
I hope everyone enjoys their sunny, fridged day!! ;-)

Down time...

I am sooo looking forward to some down time tomorrow. I have been going non stop for 10 days straight!! There is always something between shop hours and being a Mom and wife!! Today I have a bunch of errands to run... I have an appt, then Stacy and I both have an appt together, then just Stacy has an appt! We will be all over today!! LOL

Stacy and I have been doing some talking about getting to where we want to be... in life. And, apparently we need to make some more changes! It wont be easy... but things need to move in a more positive, freeing direction... and right now we dont have that. Which is making life a bit hard.
At least we have similiar goals... and know what needs done to get where we want to be. So, it is a start. Now to just put words into actions!!

Yesterday was another awesome day in my shop! I am soooo very pleased with how things are taking off!! I LOVE what I do!! My 2012 goal of having 3 full days by the end of the year shouldnt be hard at all... if things keep up the way they are!! I enjoy welcoming new clients... and seeing my faithful repeat ones! New friendship around every corner!!

We are still hard at work on our real food diet! Doing VERY well, I might add!! Starting to branch out a bit more... trying new things... It has become really fun!! I still average making a loaf of bread a day. AND, the kids like the different "fruit" breads I have been whipping up for breakfasts and evening snacks! JUICES seems to be the only thing that is really "missed" by the kids... so tomorrow I will see what I can do to find some new options.

Other than that... things are moving along as usual.
I think I have almost mastered painting my own finger nails... yea, sounds funny I know. LOL! BUT... since I never really had or kept them long... this was a real challenge for me!

Oh... Sprocket got DE-Mohawked yesterday!! Back to being a regular OES for now. I am hoping he cooperates with letting his coat grow out until spring. It is sooo soft... and I was thinking about spinning it!!! I guess we shall see how he does with my brilliant idea... LMAO!

I guess that is all we have going on here right now... For now anyway. Just more simplifying and downsizing... and getting things to a more managable place.

Ohhhh... I think I see the sun trying to make a visit... must go enjoy it!!!! Until next time!!

Last week in reveiw...

Again... I have been super busy!!

I had some full days in my shop over the past week! I had one equipmemt failure... turned out to be operator error... LOL! But, managed to switch a few things around and made it through.
I will be using my new IVAC system with the next appt I have. I am pretty excited to try it out... see how I like it.

Stacy and I took my Mom and the kids to the Farm Show on Thursday. We were pretty disappointed in the lack of animals. But we had fun. We enjoyed watching all of the Draft Horses!! I KNOW that horses are in our future!!! Just have to get some things organized and taken care of in our lives... then we can better work toward that goal. A lot of tough decisions... UGH!

Let's see...
Kids had a flood make up day on Friday. Sunday we went hiking...even tho it was 17degrees! We had a blast tho... especially Nathan!!! There was SNOW... so he got to roll around and play in it, even tho it was just a dusting. I really am liking our weekly hikes!! On the way down the mountain we ran into some trouble... half of the road was washed away. Stacy wanted to try to get my truck through... I objected!

Kids were home today for the Holiday... I put everyone to work cleaning up around the house. I have chicken cooking in the crock pot... making bread... Oh, I made Blueberry muffins for the kids to snack on this week. Tomorrow I have to make more granola bars.

Nathan was MISERABLE yesterday... turns out he found some Kool-Aid!! Stacy took it and hid it!!! I guess I am not the only one that firmly believes in our new diet...LOL!

I guess that about sums things up.
We are suppose to get some nasty weather tonite... Not snow... just ICE! YUCKY!!!

Well, I guess I have used up my computer time for now...lol. Until next time.