Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Happy Horses!

I just posted a link on my sidebar to my friend, Melissa Neill Webb's, blog about her farm/business, Paradigm Farms. (That's Melissa in the picture riding "Catfish" at the 2006 Middle Tennessee Pony Club Horse Trials in Nashville, TN.) She and her husband, Jason, run a retirement farm for older horses and she is a really special person when it comes to the ultimate in horse care. Having recently lost my horse Reece, I don't envy her the obvious sorrow and heartache that comes with caring for sick, injured, or elderly horses, as their passing is a constant eventuality. However, I am comforted -- as is Melissa -- by the fact that, although they must at some point cross the rainbow bridge, we can make their stay here with us better than they ever thought possible...in the time that we are blessed to have with them. Check out her blog and see what it's all about!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

No Freaking Way!!!

Is this for realz??? I'm so jealous.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Sad Tragedy

This happened here in Knoxville yesterday morning. Sad, senseless, and truly terrible.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Safe!

Chelsie and Mark both made it to the top 6 last night. Hopefully they'll get to dance together one last time before it's all over!!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Life's a Beach















It looks like the
expensive renourishment effort has paid off! I'm glad to see things get back to normal.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Ummm....

I recently applied for several jobs in the Spartanburg area, but now I'm not so sure! I used to spend a lot of time in Sburg with friends at Wofford, and there was NONE of this back in the day. What is the world coming to, when little Spartanburg succumbs to nighttime violence and gun crime??? I am not happy.

Monday, July 21, 2008

I saw this HBO documentary this past weekend and it was really disturbing. We just do not see the things that the rest of the world deals with on a daily basis in most of our traditional, domestic lives. This was really heartbreaking to watch. I am not a mother and am not exactly yearning to be one right now, but it really made me sick to see the decisions some of these people made, or to feel the fear of those who lost a child to kidnapping. I just can't imagine being told "one child, one child only" and for there to be legal implications should I want more. It was intriguing and eye-opening.