I have quirks, flaws, dreams and motivations just like everyone else. And like everyone else my life has obstacles like money, not enough time in the day and a lack of dating. In everyday I work hard, write multiple blogs, and use life as a limitless resource to draw inspiration for teaching videos and blog posts. My dreams right now simply consist of finding more work, working hard, and traveling. I love traveling. For the time being I'm staying with my dad at Cool River Ranch. This has a few purposes Read more [...]

It's been snowing on and off again all day. Even when we did chores (we feed the horses twice a day). I feel so country bumpkin with my new cowboy boots. Also decorated our Christmas tree here the other day to surprise everyone. The tree is themed- Country. It's so cute. I bought these little strings of circle stars and cowboys on bucking horses and wrapped them around the tree. Then used a ton of lights and decorated two of the outdoor trees- one big that required the tractor to get to the Read more [...]

My Sophie, she is tough but sweet. A real guard dog, the kind that would make any pit bull scared. All two pounds of her. Okay, so she probably wouldn't scare anything bigger then a mouse but she definitely can annoy the piss out of the big animals. She scares the cat that is twice her size, they play constantly. She's not even scared of the baby horses that are literally 1000 times her weight. I should have taken pictures today when her and a baby Fjord decided to sniff each others nose. Too cute Read more [...]

I must be getting old when I title a post country bumpkin party and I really mean my dad, 3 dogs, a cat, and two friends watching sanctuary, playing spider and drinking spiked eggnog. Not even enough nog to spike and get a buzz. It's okay though, I got your attention. Or maybe my evil plan to get you to read my post failed and it's just me reminiscing. Dancing Dog I have been teaching Sophie a few new tricks lately. So far we have sit, stay, stand up, roll over, and shake. I'm running out of Read more [...]

Serendipity is a propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated. The first noted use of this word was by Horace Walpole (1717–1792). In a letter to Mann (dated January 28th) he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of". The name stems either from Serendip, an old name for Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), or from Arabic Sarandib, Read more [...]

Sophie is my Yorkie. She was born June 26th, 2010. A baby still, yes, but she is smart. I've taught her to sit, lay down, and dance. Come, potty, and stay have proven a bit trickier. She comes 60% of the time. She used to be potty pad trained, and still uses it in my room if she has to wake up in the middle of the night. In the rest of the house, she thinks the world is her toilet. The problem is the rest of the house wants to teach her to go outside, so I think she is confused. I want to get Read more [...]