Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Snow Dog
So last week, I got to take a little walk with Cooper :) This of course was BEFORE all our snow melted.... It was 57 degrees yesterday. Its Jan. 30 and its 50 out!!!! So needless to say, all our snow is now gone, but we did have a bunch before it melted! So here are a few pictures of Cooper enjoying that snow :)
I'm not sure if he enjoyed eating the snow more, or playing in it.
On the other side of that fence there was a goat. Cooper was just getting ready to pounce, or hunt, or something! That looks like a hunting dog pose to me... He's supposed to be a sheep herder though, not a hunter.
Awwz...
Gosh, I just can't handle his cuteness!
So the farm got him three weeks ago, and just yesterday he had his first vet checkup. When we got him, he was about 10 pounds. He is now 21 pounds. In just three weeks he doubled his size! I want him to stay small forever.... Alas someday he's not going to be this tiny and cute. He's going to be a giant fuzzy teddy bear!!! Hopefully he stays sweet and friendly. He should though, he is spoiled enough.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
God has a funny way of making the world spin. Not literally, but in a way that events work together. Remember my bad week last week? Well in some odd way, it turned out for the best? Sorta. Kinda. I think.
One thing from it though, is that I started to read the Bible more. Now that should be a normal thing for me right...? But I am just so bad at reading my Bible all the time, I can't find the time, or more like I don't make the time for it. But these past two days, I read the book of Ruth and the book of Esther. As odd as it is, I sorta feel a difference too. I can't really explane it, so I won't even try, but believe me when I do say I feel a difference.
Also I found an app on my ipod that gives me a devotion every day - once in the morning, and once at night. I have lots of trouble waking up in the morning but I have found that if I go on my ipod and check my email or facebook I tend to wake up. So now I've been reading the little devotion in the morning to wake myself up, and I read the night one right before I go to bed. And in an odd and sorta geeky way, I sorta look forward to new devotions everyday now. They may not be long or too in depth but I think its a good start. So that hopefully I can get into a nice habit.
One thing from it though, is that I started to read the Bible more. Now that should be a normal thing for me right...? But I am just so bad at reading my Bible all the time, I can't find the time, or more like I don't make the time for it. But these past two days, I read the book of Ruth and the book of Esther. As odd as it is, I sorta feel a difference too. I can't really explane it, so I won't even try, but believe me when I do say I feel a difference.
Also I found an app on my ipod that gives me a devotion every day - once in the morning, and once at night. I have lots of trouble waking up in the morning but I have found that if I go on my ipod and check my email or facebook I tend to wake up. So now I've been reading the little devotion in the morning to wake myself up, and I read the night one right before I go to bed. And in an odd and sorta geeky way, I sorta look forward to new devotions everyday now. They may not be long or too in depth but I think its a good start. So that hopefully I can get into a nice habit.
Friday, January 25, 2013
How you know...
How you know your having a bad day.
1) you start crying in the middle of spanish class.
Do you really need a two?
I'm sitting here in spanish (once again, this may become a thing.) and just a minute ago I was sitting at my desk crying. I honestly and not really sure why, just everything I guess. Plus I dislike this class (not hate, thats too strong), so that could be part of it. This class just doesn't put me in the best mood. The thing is, some girl I'm pretty sure was watching me. She just kinda stared at me as I sat here with tears rolling down my cheeks. Awkward. To say the least. But the teacher didn't even notice.... I'm not sure if thats a good or bad thing. Oh well, I stopped crying now, so its better. Lets just hope I can make it through the rest of the day, cause I'm not even halfway yet.
Tonight will be good though. I am going to my first basketball game of the year, and probably the only one of the year. Then I'm going to have a writing party with best friends :) So at least I have something to look forward too. This day shall get better, I am convinced.
Also in creative writing we talked about picking out the small things in life that make us happy. So maybe I just need to focus on that today, and look for some good things, cause there are many good things that have gone on today already - I just have to look for them. We called them Pennies, because there was a whole story and with picking a penny off the sidewalk. Anyways, I don't feel like going into it. But you should be happy when you find a penny.
Pennies of the Day.
1) I'm wearing one of my favorite T-Shirts today. (My warhorse one from New York.)
2) I ate an Aunt Annies pretzel for breakfast.
3) My mom got me a Chinese cookie to eat for a snack today :)
4) I got some extra hours of work for Feb that I'm super excited for.
5) We confirmed today, going up to Cran-Hill to volunteer with the horses for a weekend.
6) Two people complimented my sweatshirt today. Plus I found it in the mens section at whatever store I bought it at.
7) After school, I can't wait.
1) you start crying in the middle of spanish class.
Do you really need a two?
I'm sitting here in spanish (once again, this may become a thing.) and just a minute ago I was sitting at my desk crying. I honestly and not really sure why, just everything I guess. Plus I dislike this class (not hate, thats too strong), so that could be part of it. This class just doesn't put me in the best mood. The thing is, some girl I'm pretty sure was watching me. She just kinda stared at me as I sat here with tears rolling down my cheeks. Awkward. To say the least. But the teacher didn't even notice.... I'm not sure if thats a good or bad thing. Oh well, I stopped crying now, so its better. Lets just hope I can make it through the rest of the day, cause I'm not even halfway yet.
Tonight will be good though. I am going to my first basketball game of the year, and probably the only one of the year. Then I'm going to have a writing party with best friends :) So at least I have something to look forward too. This day shall get better, I am convinced.
Also in creative writing we talked about picking out the small things in life that make us happy. So maybe I just need to focus on that today, and look for some good things, cause there are many good things that have gone on today already - I just have to look for them. We called them Pennies, because there was a whole story and with picking a penny off the sidewalk. Anyways, I don't feel like going into it. But you should be happy when you find a penny.
Pennies of the Day.
1) I'm wearing one of my favorite T-Shirts today. (My warhorse one from New York.)
2) I ate an Aunt Annies pretzel for breakfast.
3) My mom got me a Chinese cookie to eat for a snack today :)
4) I got some extra hours of work for Feb that I'm super excited for.
5) We confirmed today, going up to Cran-Hill to volunteer with the horses for a weekend.
6) Two people complimented my sweatshirt today. Plus I found it in the mens section at whatever store I bought it at.
7) After school, I can't wait.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
OPEN YOUR DANG EYES!
So you know when I originally said I was going to post a lot about my farm life at the Critter Barn? .... hahaha..... I do have a reason though why I haven't! Its winter, and winter kinda means the slowest farm season. Christmas is done, meaning the Live Nativity is done (thankfully, that really takes a lot out of you). Sorry if you don't know what that is... go look it up at Critterbarn.org
Anyways! So sense the farm is slow, and we don't get many visitors, plus the day hours we are open are less, that means I get to work less. That means we are all finding lots of others tasks to keep us busy in the lull months. So that just means there is not much new, and not much to post about. Trust me, this summer I will have at LEAST one story each day. Doesn't mean I will post that often.... sense I am super busy in the summer, working, but we will see. So that is my reason for not posting much.
That just means I get to post a lot of other random things going on in my life. Now this post, is going to be a rant. If you can't tell from the title, I'm just in sort of a ranting mood. You see, this week has not been the best (as mentioned in an earlier post). There is just a lot going on, and the start of a new semester and so many other things. Although oddly enough, I have been learning so much. Not necessarily in school so much, but in other ways as well. The thing that really stands out the most at this moment, is that sometimes I just can't controle everything. When something is going wrong, isn't it everyones natural response to want to fix it? It is for me at least. I just want everything to be perfect and good, and I will do whatever it takes to help fix/change/something-else it. But sometimes, as sad as it is, things get out of control and out of the range that you can help anymore. All you can do is try your best, but mostly just step back and let God take controle. That doesn't mean you should just let it all go together, there are still things you can do. Pray, just pray. When there is NOTHING you can do, you can pray, always. You can always try your best, but if thats not enough then thats okay. Not everything you can fix by yourself, sometimes you need someone else's help, and sometimes you just need to realize that you are not God and you can't.fix.everything.
I think thats a good way to end.... You can't fix everything. (even though I never even got to the part where I explane why I titled this "Open Your Dang Eyes." Maybe I will blog about it another day... but for now this is good.)
Anyways! So sense the farm is slow, and we don't get many visitors, plus the day hours we are open are less, that means I get to work less. That means we are all finding lots of others tasks to keep us busy in the lull months. So that just means there is not much new, and not much to post about. Trust me, this summer I will have at LEAST one story each day. Doesn't mean I will post that often.... sense I am super busy in the summer, working, but we will see. So that is my reason for not posting much.
That just means I get to post a lot of other random things going on in my life. Now this post, is going to be a rant. If you can't tell from the title, I'm just in sort of a ranting mood. You see, this week has not been the best (as mentioned in an earlier post). There is just a lot going on, and the start of a new semester and so many other things. Although oddly enough, I have been learning so much. Not necessarily in school so much, but in other ways as well. The thing that really stands out the most at this moment, is that sometimes I just can't controle everything. When something is going wrong, isn't it everyones natural response to want to fix it? It is for me at least. I just want everything to be perfect and good, and I will do whatever it takes to help fix/change/something-else it. But sometimes, as sad as it is, things get out of control and out of the range that you can help anymore. All you can do is try your best, but mostly just step back and let God take controle. That doesn't mean you should just let it all go together, there are still things you can do. Pray, just pray. When there is NOTHING you can do, you can pray, always. You can always try your best, but if thats not enough then thats okay. Not everything you can fix by yourself, sometimes you need someone else's help, and sometimes you just need to realize that you are not God and you can't.fix.everything.
I think thats a good way to end.... You can't fix everything. (even though I never even got to the part where I explane why I titled this "Open Your Dang Eyes." Maybe I will blog about it another day... but for now this is good.)
1/24/13
Shouldn't life be easy? Hahahaha no! Yeah, thats a funny joke. Life is anything BUT easy, but you know what, thats just part of life.
As awful as it seems now... Its gonna get better. But its also going to get worse. I'm only 17, and so I have a lot of my life ahead of me. Their will be much harder times ahead, but also much better ones.
*sigh*
Its just been a very bad week this week.... to say the least. So I guess thats why I've been being all thoughtful and the like about life.
And so here is a picture that I found on my laptop. And of course their is an AMAZING story behind this picture :) (meaning not really... but I can pretend)
As awful as it seems now... Its gonna get better. But its also going to get worse. I'm only 17, and so I have a lot of my life ahead of me. Their will be much harder times ahead, but also much better ones.
*sigh*
Its just been a very bad week this week.... to say the least. So I guess thats why I've been being all thoughtful and the like about life.
And so here is a picture that I found on my laptop. And of course their is an AMAZING story behind this picture :) (meaning not really... but I can pretend)
So this past summer (2012) I went to New York with the theatre department from my school. We saw a bunch of musicals and plays on broadway, and toured around like tourists. So on the first day, or I think it was the first day but I don't quite remember, we went walking to tour or look at somethings in New York. Now all along the street on New York are horse drawn carriages, and when I say all along the street I really mean it. We probably saw at least a 100 different ones, or more! And of course, sense I'm an animal lover, I had to take a picture of every horse I saw. So I probally have around 100 pictures of horses from New York on my camera... I haven't even dared to look and sort through them all yet. After a while I even gave up and stopped taking pictures. My favorite ones where the white (actually they are grey but they probably look white to you) and the one chubby pinto I saw. But the picture above is my favorite picture that I took. Just the horse surrounded by all the pigions, I just really like it. Yes, I'm sorta proud of this picture :) Plus the horse is freakin' cute!
On a random note... some girl in my spanish class - yes I am sitting in spanish blogging - doesn't know what her last name is... I'm dead series! Sadly... When you look it up, it says her last name is Edward, but apparently her Grandpa's last name is Edwards. SO she is not sure whether her last name is Edward or Edwards... *sigh* sometimes freshmen just put me on edge.. I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Cooper!
I would like to introduce you all to someone new down on the farm....
Cooper!
So some people have thought that he is a golden retriever, but alas he is not. He is actually a mix of a Spanish Mastif, Polish Tatra, and Maremma. Don't worry if you have no idea what breeds of dogs those are, I had never heard of them before Cooper. He may be small now, but he is going to eventually be 150-200 pounds! He is going to be a freaking massive dog! So I'm trying to appreciate his smallness and adorableness now. Not that he will grow out of being adorable, I don't think that is possible.
Now Cooper did come to the farm for a reason. Mary, my boss and the 'owner' of the Critter Barn, found Cooper at a sheep convention she was at. He is going to be our new guard dog on the farm, and our first sheep herding dog :) Mary had wanted to get one for a while, and now she finally has!
So I think this is my favorite picture of him (above). But the funny thing is, I have like 10-20 different pictures of him posing like this. EVERY time I pull out my ipod to take a picture of him, he sits down, and starts to pose for the camera! What a little stud-muffin.
This is the first ever picture I got of him <3
This picture just breaks my heart.... He was pawing at the gate and whining as I left. He didn't want me to go! :'(
*Yawn*
Now this will most definitely not be the last post about Cooper. I'm pretty sure you can say I'm obsessed with him. Last Saturday when I was working, he just kept whining at the gate, wanting me to play with him. Don't worry, I did everything I needed to, then right before I left for the day I got to spend five minutes with my favorite puppy :) although I'm pretty sure he is teething. He just keeps trying to chew everything, especially my hand. Good thing he's cute, so I don't mind.
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