You are a Horse Person If.....

1. You walk around the house with a measuring stick or hairbrush, slapping yourself on the hip like a crop.

2. You begin to hyperventilate when your sweeping and find a stone on the floor.

3. A grocery bag begins to fall and you squeal and rush to stop it before somebody spooks.

4. You have actually thought about trying to get your dog on a lunge line just to see if it would work.

5. When you where little you really truly ate the grass in your back yard behind your mother's back and rear when a sibling comes to "catch" you.

6. You sit in bed at night practicing you posting skills.

7. Two years ago you pretended to have your own horse who galloped at lightning speed beside your car. Okay, her name was Chestnut and she was....duh....Chestnut.

8. You get yelled at for sitting at the computer and watching dressage, hunter jumper, cross country, and polo videos for house on end.

9. You get nervous before every virtual horse show in a computer game.

10. You talk to your most favorite horse in the world while you groom her.

11. You smile and sigh as soon as your in the saddle again every week even if last weeks lesson was crummy just because it feels good to be on top of a horse again.

12. You swear that horses necks where made for hugging and do it every time you get the chance.

These are a horsewoman's confessions. Mine, to be honest. :)

-Hanna

Perfect Creation.....

Yesterday as I was preparing myself to go and get my pictures taken for a photo contest I realized a very important thing and felt impressed to post it.

Almost every person in the world - particularly in America - tries as one point or another to look like the people on the magazine covers or in the movie releases. We don't think of ourselves as beautiful enough to go out looking the way we are - always trying to alter what God as made us to be. I'm not saying that we should be condemned for washing our hair, putting makeup on, or wearing jewelry, but when people feel like they need plastic surgery just because they don't like the way they are, or when people cut their tongues or ears because they think that it looks better or because they want to look like animals, that is sin. God made you the way you are, and God made animals the way they are - there is no getting around it. Now, sometimes you may be thinking: "But I want to look like so-and-so, she is beautiful." By whose standards? Yes, she may be beautiful, but that is the work of God. Actually, some is the temporary work of man, Ever heard of airbrushing? Photoshop? What you think of as beautiful is what the world tells you is beautiful. What God thinks of as beautiful, is exactly what you are. He made all of this with His own hands His own design. Even people who are born with deformities are beautiful and even perfect. There is no such thing as imperfect looks. God is perfect. He does not make mistakes because He is perfect. If He does not make mistakes - then He made us all exactly the way He wanted us to be. Sometimes it may be something that you think is imperfect about you - your ears are too pointy or too big, your waist may be bigger than most, your eyes are not the right color, your hair won't do whatever is in. Just remember that He has made you perfect. Absolutely.

"For I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

Psalm 139

Happy 6th Birthday, Rilly Billy!!!!

Happy 6th Birthday, Rilla Anne!

Today is my little sisters 6th birthday. Most of you know her, I think. That adorable, brown eyed, long haired, laughing kiddo who stops you in the hall every Sunday and tells you a random joke? Yeah, that's her! Marilla, the kid who has such a strong sense of killer humor that you laugh at the never ending joke: "Knock, knock! Who's there? Banana! Banana who? Banana - my name is not ANNA!" Hu?

Yeah, well, today is her birthday! So, if you will, give a happy birthday wish to her. She deserves it in return for all of the laughs, smiles, memories and her "Rillaisms".

LOVE YOU, ARMADILLO RILLA!!!! *lol*

- Big Sis Y

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYBODY!

Happy Sweet 16th, Ashawe! *lol*

YYYHappy (Belated) Sweet 16th, Ashley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YYY

You are an awesome, amazing, friendly, talented 16-year-old! I'm so blessed by you every Sunday (or whenever your around!). You're easy to talk to and relate to and that is a very hard thing to find nowadays....somebody to talk to - not to hear the latest gossip. : ) Thanks for being you!

And btw - I was a bad friend. I forgot your birthday date, and I had my mom ask your mom and I mom forgot to tell me. Sorry 'bout that!

Confessions of a Sick & Busy Girl....

I confess that I have not posted since October 5th and it is now November 4th. Two good reasons for this: I started something called The Little Lounge which is a sight just for home schooled kids. The "mommy version" (if you want to call it) is The Homeschool Lounge. It's something like Facebook....only, as my mom puts it: "There is more meaning to it all." There are games, a chat room, forums, discussions, invites, contests, basicly that kinda stuff. I'm really liking it and that's partly the reason why I've been on there more than Blogger.

The other reason is that I've had something seemingly close to H1N1 since Sunday all the way up until last night. Lele, Nate, and Muver had a touch of it also but it wasn't as bad as the way I felt. I couldn't go to work, I couldn't ride, and I didn't go to tutoring....all of which I cried over except the latter. *lol* I had a fever of 102.6, my skin hurt, I had a headache, I was dizzy when I stood up, my lower back hurt really bad, my throte was scratchy and sore, and I wanted to sleep but it took forever to get there! So, my daddy who is the best, went to the store and picked up Canada Dry, pudding, and sherbet, just like I had asked. Mommy took great care of me, Liddy cleaned my room AND made my bed (I've thought about hiring her full time *lol*), and Lele got me my water, and offered me Snuggles....could somebody tell me where Leah went? *lol* Anyway, I felt crappy last night after taking care of the pigs and fell asleep right away. I woke up this morning and felt like a new woman! My fever is gone, my skin feels normal, my headache has been thrown into the abyss, but, granted, my throte still hurts.

Chicken soup doesn't cure all things (unless it's Cambel's), but chocolate pudding, sherbet, and Canada Dry does! So, could you all pray for Lele, cuz she feels worse today. You could also pray that we can get our swine flu vaccinations very soon. We where supposed to get them this morning but they don't let sick people come in and the vaccination is running out.

Love ya all!

-Hanna

Really Quick, Really Busy!

Well, today was interesting. I got up this morning about 8:00 and was ready by 9:40. Then, Mum and I went to the cardiologist for an appointment. My heart lately has been raising mostly for no known reason so we wanted to check it out. The doc thinks that I have been drinking too much coffee, and not eating enough salty foods or drinking enough water. That checks out.

I soon returned home and squashed lunch into a half hour time frame. Then I had to leave once again for tutoring. I got home at 3 something and finished some chores and fun, happy stuff like that.

I got to ride yesterday. But I can't ride for most of the month cuz Mrs.Love will be gone to places like Italy, Florida, and the Bahamas. I wish I could go with her. *lol* Karen (old barn manager) will be house sitting so I'll get to see her.

Oh, and I'm babysitting tonight so I'll have some moola in my empty wallet! I like that....a lot.

-Hanna Liz