Too Busy

No riding time last week.  School started and the busy summer just became the even more busy school year.  I think things will settle down - in February.  *sigh*

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GPS Camera

I am a picture taking fiend!  My kids groan whenever they see one of my cameras come out (glad the horses can't complain).  Now there's a new camera that I don't have - a digital gps camera - that will give the location of popular spots of the picture you are taking.  How cool is that?  The price is pretty reasonable too - not anymore than I've paid for my last camera.

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Recent Pics of Our Painted Girls

Woo hoo!  Waking up in the morning to cool air is such a relief after this super hot summer!  Much cooler for the horses and my spotted draft LOVES the cooler weather (that is the Clydesdale in her). She gets quite frisky! Then at night, we can light up the fire in the pit and relax (I really want to look at outdoor fireplaces but I'll have to make do with my pit until we find exactly what I want).

Here are a few recent pictures of our painted girls...

My girl.

This picture below is my daughter's horse.  In this picture, this pretty mare was watching her girl ride MY horse in the arena. She sat looking through this fence for the entire time.  Think she was a little unhappy at being left behind?  

I love color on horses, if you can't tell.

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Costs Keep Spiraling Up

I just received a notice in the mail from our life insurance company.  Our insurance rates are going to go from $26/month up to a few hundred a month! What? Obviously, we need to find a better option for insurance because that is just ridiculous.  My husband has good life insurance through his employer but I like the added cushion of having extra just in case. We have a lot of kids so it is important to make sure they would be taken care of in the event something happened to the both of us.  I am researching different options, like http://wholesaleinsurance.net/.  I have a couple months to get it figured out. I think I had until October. Maybe it was September. Oops, I don't remember now.

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Not Stabling Horses - Two Years!

We are two years away from the home of our dreams!  My stepdaughter graduated high school this past June and my stepson will graduate in two years.  After child support is done, we can move into a home that will actually allow our big family room to grow.  Right now we are stepping all over each other in the bathroom and small kitchen and our horses are at a stable.  We want them on our own property.

I am hoping to find property with a nice barn and fenced pasture already but if not, I need to start pricing different options for us.  I've also looked at metal buildings online for an indoor riding arena.  How nice would that be?!?!

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