Some Morning Silliness

You can't not smile when you see this guy in the morning.
(he has hay stuck to his face)
I love the horses at my barn so much. :)

So things are complicated right now. I used to have a pretty good idea of how things would go in a couple months, or at least what I wanted things to be like. But now...well God threw a curveball :) And truthfully, I'm okay with that.
I'm trusting things will line up by the time they need to. God's got this under control.

-No interview in Lexington this weekend. :(
-Only 5 days of college class left :)
-I love my family. I love my friends. I love my dog.
-I won the photo "scavenger hunt" @ school

I'm not feeling very inspired anymore. So..nothing good to say.

Have a blessed week!


♫ I'm sitting here trying to entertain myself with this old guitar.
But with all my inspiration gone, it's not getting me very far.
I look around the room and everything I see reminds me of you.
Please, baby, won't you take my hand-we've got nothing left to lose. ♫

Birds & Songs

Ok. Today was awful. Well part of today.
Not many people know this about me...it's my deep dark secret. But I'm afraid of birds. Borderline terrified. I hate all of them. Chickens, turkeys, parrots, whatever. They all scare me.
Laugh all you want but it's the truth. So when it came to getting through the bird part of my vet tech schooling where I actually had to hold them and such...it was a challenge. But I got past that 8 weeks. And I may eventually need therapy. *joking*

So today I had a test in my large animal class..I'm waiting in the classroom with all my friends doing some last minute studying like always, and then my teacher walks in...with a big ol' bird on her shoulder.
Now as long as it stays up there with her and FAR AWAY FROM ME I was fine. But as soon as the classroom door shut that dumb bird flew all over the room, landing on people's shoulders, flying around all crazy. And needless to say, I immediately forgot everything I previously knew about Gastrointestinal and Neurological diseases in horses.
My morning was traumatic. :)

I don't know whose kid this is, I saw the picture on Pinterest. But lets be real. That's the face I make when I see birds...like today.

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I'm gonna start this next part with an apology. I'm sorry that I relate everything back to a country music song. It's all I listen to and I love every bit of it. So deal.
Kenny Chesney has a song called "I Go Back". And it's kinda about how when he hears a certain song it takes him back to a special memory or whatever. (I heard it today, twice, and it really got me thinking about which songs really spark something with me. It got me reminiscing, which is also one of my favorite things to do. Because life used to be a lot simpler, a lot more fun.)

Well I love those moments. I love hearing that special song come on the radio and it immediately brings a smile to your face or even a tear to your eye.
For example: When you have best friend/boyfriend/love/whatever it is, every song is "your song". You feel you can relate to almost any song in some small way. But there's always a song that you feel really defines your relationship.

Like the song "We Got Us" by Canaan Smith brings back memories of when Cody and I first met.
Every Sugarland song makes me smile because one of the best nights of my life was going to the Sugarland concert last year FOR FREE with my best friend and her guy (plus me and Cody) and we looked fabulous :)

And then there are songs that just plain make you smile. Just hearing those first few chords, those first few words of a song can make your heart skip a beat.
Like the song "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line.
I love that song so much for so many reasons. It's safe to say it's my favorite song right now, and I love it not only because it's a good song, but because it makes me think of a lot of good times. Especially now. It hits my heart like no song has in a while, and just hearing it start gives me chills :)

And I even have that with my best friend. Pretty much every country song that came out before 2010 has some sort of great memory attached to it with Victoria (my bff).
The song "Austin" by Blake Shelton brings back soooooooo many memories. We were obsessed with that song, so much so that we changed our voicemails on our phones to be like "blah blah blah and P.S. if this is Victoria/Sarai, I still love you" hah Until we realized how weird that was. Then we grew up a little bit. I really miss my best friend. :/

Songs have the ability to change my whole day in a matter of minutes. I love music as much as anyone else, but I am just crazy about those songs that really tug at my heart strings. I'm such a girl. I'm feeling so nostalgic today. It must be the weather. Thank God it's Friday night.

P.S. I just looked it up and I have Ornithophobia. An abnormal or irrational fear of birds. :) Pray for me.


♫It's like a storm that cuts a path, It breaks your will..It feels like that
You think you're lost, But you're not lost on your own. You're not alone.

I will stand by you. I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
If you can't cope, I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight, I will hold you tight
And I won't let go

It hurts my heart to see you cry, I know it's dark, this part of life.
Oh it finds us all, and we're too small to stop the rain
Oh but when it rains, I will stand by you♫
-Rascal Flatts

Have a good weekend loves!
And remember, every storm runs out of rain. This too shall pass.

By The Way..

I updated my photography website. And it's 100 times more beautiful now so check it out.

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Have a good night!!

Don't Be Afraid To Fall

After today I do NOT feel like writing. Actually. I could write a book right now. But I have nothing happy or good to say. Just depressing stuff. So I'm going to keep it inside and never let it out. Because that's my prerogative. Stick with reading this post. It gets happier at the end...or at least cuter. :)

Today sucked. But God didn't say "Rejoice just when things are good". He said "Rejoice ALWAYS". There's no way to get around that 'always' word. So this is me rejoicing today. Yay.

So with a heavy heart, a hurting head, and tear-filled eyes, I'm gonna step back and let God's love comfort me tonight.

I hate when situations come up that make me doubt God. I don't know why things happen the way they do. I don't know why God brings people into your life long enough for you to get attached and then allows them to walk away, even when it ends up hurting you. I don't know why God allows promising possibilities to come up, and when they are right around the corner suddenly that possibility is pulled out from under you. But I have to trust that the back-up plan is better than the initial one.
I need to trust God. That's all I can say. I'm trying so hard. I don't have a choice but to just lift my hands and say "This is all you God." Let go and let God right?

So on a completely different note..some updates.

Stan the Man (aka Stanley, my car) hit a milestone Tuesday. A whole 100,000 miles :)

Also, my school is doing this "Scavenger Hunt" thing for the Vet Tech class, and we have this list of like 20 things to find and take pictures of. Animals and whatnot.. For example, a dog doing a trick, a rabbit, a horse..blah blah.

Now normally I don't participate in much of these activities my school senate puts on. But come on, taking pictures? I'm all over this.
I should also add that if you win, you get a free vet tech sweatshirt. And everyone that knows me knows I love sweatshirts. So, needless to say, this is right up my alley.

This one was supposed to be an animal in a halloween costume. But I don't do Halloween so, here's Nando in my football jersey :) He is thrilled.

The fun stopped yesterday though. I had to take Nando to the vet today. He has a nasty sore on his leg. Found out it is a "Lick Granuloma". Got some meds and it should be fine. Bad thing is...

That's right ladies and gentlemen. My dog has to wear the cone of shame.
(That's Dug from the Movie UP on the bottom)
Nando is really having trouble with it. He runs into everything. He whines ALL THE TIME when he wears it. It breaks my heart.
Nando hates it. Batman is scared of it. And I feel like a horrible mother. Especially since I take these opportunities to get pictures of him being pathetic.
So hopefully his leg gets better really really soon.

Now some things to smile about.
1. In ONE WEEK I will be done with class. Basically forever. But lets be real..I'll end up back in school for something. I love it that much.

2. I'm 99% sure my dad is getting me the new camera lens I've been begging for since I got my new camera. Pretty sure I'm getting it as a graduation gift and I'm super excited. I really want it :)

3. My husband is pretty cool. He let me watch the Notebook last night instead of making me watch the movie Taken like he wanted. He just loves me :)

4. He also made me chocolate chip cookies last night, granted they were "place and bake" ones- but we proceeded to eat almost all 24 of them. I love cookies.

5. I love meeting new friends. God surprises me sometimes by bringing people across my path that just brighten my day. It doesn't happen very often but when it does it's nice.

6. Just going outside brings a smile to my face most days. I LOVEEEEEEE FALL. Bonfires. Sweatshirts. Boots. Scarves. Pretty Leaves. Cold Mornings. Pumpkins. Flannel Shirts and Carhartt Jackets. Candy Corn. Pumpkin Pie. Holidays. EVERYTHINGGGG. Fall > Every other season. Period

Dad and I went to a horse show the other day in Edinburgh and this is the only picture I came home with.
It's a really cool bridge we came across while we were walking trails between shows. I loved it.

Done for the day. My...self is exhausted. Happy Wednesday. This post was so much longer than I intended it to be.

"You can say we're done, the way you always do.
It's easier to lie to me than to yourself.
Forget about your friends
You know they're gonna say we're bad for each other
But we ain't good for anyone else." -Kenny Chesney "Come Over"

It's Just Like Reading A Book

So I am proud to say that I'm a book nerd. I LOVE reading. Anything. I love school, I love magazines, I love any and every book. I just love to read. That being said..I think that "reading a book" is a great analogy for a lot of things. And here is what I'm talking about.

Do you ever feel like your life is a book? People often say you have to "Begin a new chapter of your life" or "Close the cover of this book and start a new one". Meaning that that particular part of your life is over and you need to move on.
Well I feel like my life is a book. However, mine is a bit different than normal books. I feel that my life is the kind of book people like to deem a "cliff-hanger" kinda novel.

As you get closer to the end of the last chapter of this particular book in the series, you are thinking NO way...this book/chapter cannot possibly end like this. It's right at the height of the story, right in the middle of the action, and you are loving every minute of it, and then you flip the page and suddenly the story is over. You're left thinking "I just wish I could keep reading the last page of this chapter so maybe, just maybe, the story won't end the way I know it's going to". Maybe if you read that last bit enough, when you flip the page over, miraculously the last, conclusive, settling, satisfying chapter is there and your heart can finally feel good that that book is over. You think that the characters in the story can't just end things the way the book ends. You finish the last line and you sit there going That didn't just say "THE END". There has to be more to the story than that.
And sometimes there is. Sometimes a few months or years down the road, those people get the chance to pick up where they left off. People get a chance to find out what happens in the end of the story, and they are finally left with some peace. But there are two sides to that. Sometimes, you never get to find out. Sometimes the story ends abruptly, and no matter how hard you try, you never get that satisfaction of knowing things worked out. You're left to wonder your whole life what would have been, what could have been.
I wish every chapter of my life had a happy ending, or maybe not an ending at all.
But it doesn't work that way. The country band Rascal Flatts has a line in a song that says "Life's like a novel with the end ripped out". And that's so true. As much as we can wish and hope and pray that the story, OUR story, ends happily just the way we want it to, it isn't that easy. We have no idea how our story will end. Even if we have read the back of the book, it doesn't reveal every detail about how the story will end. We can't know how it all unfolds. But we read it any way. We keep flipping those pages. We trust that eventually the story HAS to get better. So we keep reading. And that's how life goes.

So if you agree with me, if you feel that your life is like a book too, keep flipping the pages. Don't stop reading your story just because it's sad. Don't put down the book because you think there is no way the story can end well. Keep reading. Trust that if this particular chapter ends in a way you don't like, the next chapter, or even your next book, will have a better ending. If one of the main characters in your story, or perhaps even your favorite character, doesn't make it to the next chapter, trust there is a reason.

You can be a co-author, but God is the ultimate Author of your story. You just have to give up your pencil, hand it over to God, and let him write it instead. Trust he has big ideas for your upcoming books. You know he won't leave you standing on the edge of a cliff wondering what just happened and how your life could ever get better after an ending like you just experienced. Let his presence and his plans for your life give you peace.

And keep reading your story.

Count Your Blessings

I'm blessed. Plain and simple. And I take it for granted so often. But I'm a lucky girl.
Countdown:
2 weeks left of class.
3 weeks until Graduation.
2 months and 2 weeks until I'm completely done with school.
I have a lot of change coming and I think I'm looking forward to it.

Cody and I rode horses today. So we took pictures with my favorite girl Meg. She deserves a better name but I didn't get to name her :)

I love this girl. And this first picture is my absolute favorite.

Then the Hubs and I decided to go down to the dock and my inner photographer jumped out so here is one that I liked the most.

And then one last one because 1. I love horses. And 2. This girl is gorgeous.

I'll write a better blog tomorrow hopefully. I've got one brewing.
Happy Monday :)

♫ We give You praise, and all of the honor
You are our God-the One we live for.
We give you praise and all of the glory, God ♫

My Horses :)

A regular old photo shoot with my loves at the barn this morning :) sorry if you don't like horses because here comes a bunch of pictures of them :)

This last picture is the official indicator that it is fall. :) I FINALLY got my pumpkins. Paid way too much for them since I didn't buy them at a grocery store BUT...totally worth it.

My dad and I are heading to a horse show in Edinburgh here in a about an hour. Gonna spend the day out there. So on the next post..expect more pictures :)
I'm a happy girl today.