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I am now in texas.
On monday morning at 4:30 am my mom and I left CA. after over 24 hours on the road (we stopped for a few naps) we finally got to the ranch.
the pond in the geldings' pasture had dried up while we were gone so my mom and i spent the first hour here watering all the horses by bucket. luckily, they hadnt been out of water too long. we think it was only a day. the pond has a pump from one of the wells but it wasnt working for some reason.
so theyre all watered and now we're just waiting on some bales of hay to be delivered.
I havent been online since friday, and what a perfect surprise to see my set on the front page
couldnt be a more perfect day for it.
thank you for all the awesome comments
the set was shot in the arena at the ranch that my stepdad used to manage. it was a 400 acre ranch for raising cows and horses. Step dad retired and moved to texas so there hadnt been any horses in that arena or the ranch for months.
there were several cowboys who lived on the ranch and worked there, breaking and training horses, shoeing horses, and other stuff. These guys would also participate in local rodeos and I loved going to watch them compete in calf roping, team roping, and bronco riding.
I loved going to the ranch, riding my horse there, taking care of the horses, watching the cowboys in the rodeo, and being out in a quiet peaceful place.
im very happy I was able to shoot there while I still could, and im very grateful to Lorelei for her awesome work.
On monday morning at 4:30 am my mom and I left CA. after over 24 hours on the road (we stopped for a few naps) we finally got to the ranch.
the pond in the geldings' pasture had dried up while we were gone so my mom and i spent the first hour here watering all the horses by bucket. luckily, they hadnt been out of water too long. we think it was only a day. the pond has a pump from one of the wells but it wasnt working for some reason.
so theyre all watered and now we're just waiting on some bales of hay to be delivered.
I havent been online since friday, and what a perfect surprise to see my set on the front page
couldnt be a more perfect day for it.
thank you for all the awesome comments
the set was shot in the arena at the ranch that my stepdad used to manage. it was a 400 acre ranch for raising cows and horses. Step dad retired and moved to texas so there hadnt been any horses in that arena or the ranch for months.
there were several cowboys who lived on the ranch and worked there, breaking and training horses, shoeing horses, and other stuff. These guys would also participate in local rodeos and I loved going to watch them compete in calf roping, team roping, and bronco riding.
I loved going to the ranch, riding my horse there, taking care of the horses, watching the cowboys in the rodeo, and being out in a quiet peaceful place.
im very happy I was able to shoot there while I still could, and im very grateful to Lorelei for her awesome work.
Im suddenly feeling quite optimistic. So I'm going to hang on and ride this wave.
Hard.
Goals for this month:
Hard.
Goals for this month:
- pay off the Saks card.(I havent used this card in a jillion years and there isnt much left. This is gonna happen
- do my taxes.
- study for my GRE's every day. it seems lofty I know but at least an hour a day with my books and practice tests will probably make a huge difference. Also, I'm looking into taking the LSAT.
Club Suicide
peas & I
I really need to go more often
tacos, anyone?
my kisses taste like tacos
Thought I made it through the winter healthy.
meh
I ran out of yarn for a blanket Im knitting for khoos's baby and both the craft stores by me didnt have the color. the pattern said I needed two skeins. total lie. Im so close to finishing too!.
I had to get a new sensor for my wii because a mouse chewed through the wire on the old one when it was stored in my closet. The new one is wireless and Im about to try it out on some Paper Mario.
Really wish I had Mario Galaxy. Sometimes I kick myself for leaving that at my ex's house since he didnt have a wii but he bought it so it wouldn't have been right to take it.
More than that, I wish my nose would stop leaking.
And the mouse would go away.
And I would like some soup. Maybe hot & sour.
meh
I ran out of yarn for a blanket Im knitting for khoos's baby and both the craft stores by me didnt have the color. the pattern said I needed two skeins. total lie. Im so close to finishing too!.
I had to get a new sensor for my wii because a mouse chewed through the wire on the old one when it was stored in my closet. The new one is wireless and Im about to try it out on some Paper Mario.
Really wish I had Mario Galaxy. Sometimes I kick myself for leaving that at my ex's house since he didnt have a wii but he bought it so it wouldn't have been right to take it.
More than that, I wish my nose would stop leaking.
And the mouse would go away.
And I would like some soup. Maybe hot & sour.
For the last few months I've known theres a mouse in my apartment. Now I know there are more than one.
I've cleaned under my stove and fridge twice. Both times there were a lot of mouse droppings. Maisy used to have a doggy door to the back patio and I knew they were getting in that way so I took it out and now the little critters are stuck in here. They have not gotten into any of my food. Im pretty sure they go after the seed Elanore drops on the floor and I've heard noise from Maisy's food dish sometimes when Maisy is not eating, so I've started putting Maisy's food away when shes not eating it.
I have realized that cohabitation is not possible.
I refuse to buy any fatal traps and I dont want to tell the management because I know they will use something deadly. Ive already seen the poison traps for mice outside around the complex.
So I need one of these, badly
has anyone ever constructed a successful no-kill trap? I've seen a few online but most seem to be theory. I'm really close to propping up a box with a stick with a string attached, with bait under it and camping out waiting to pull the string. Wiley Coyote style.
I need to evict these little fuckers
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This last Saturday I took Maisy to a dog park by a friend's house. There were actually two separate parks. Once for small dogs and one for big dogs. Maisy is good with dogs of all sizes but we went into the small dog side so she would have less of a chance of being run over. In the last 6 months, Maisy hasnt had a doggy companion. Now that we live by ourselves I have no roomate with a dog for the first time since I've had Maisy. As I watched her poke around the park, I realized how much she needs another dog around. She seemed more interested in the people than the other dogs. Shes not afraid of other dogs and shes not mean to other dogs, shes just seemed a little indifferent toward them.
Shes always been good about letting dogs know if theyre bothering her. Another dog there in particular came up and bugged her and wouldnt stop. The owner came running up screaming at her dog "no! no! no chihuahuas!!!" The woman apologized and said that her dog loves to bite the tails of chihuahuas. Just chihuahuas. It seemed like a friendly dog, very playful. I thought it was strange but since she was here at a small dog park, where easily half of the dogs are chihuahuas or chihuahua mixes, it must not be that harmful of a habit. Otherwise she wouldnt bring her dog here right? After taking her dog to the other side of the park, it ran back to where Maisy was and chomped on her butt! Maisy howled and jumped onto another dog owners lap (I was standing). The woman apologized and since I didnt see any damage I accepted and since Maisy was visibly upset and shaken, we left. When we got back to my friends house I noticed that the dog had actually made a wound! That thing really chomped her butt! Poor little Maisy has a little puncture right near the base of her tail. I can see how I could have missed it since she kept holding her tail over it. I should have looked better when I was at the park.
So what kind of a weirdo takes their chihuahua chomping dog to a park filled with chihuahuas?
Is that the strangest habit ever? Only likes to bite chihuahuas butts....
The wound isnt bad.
Her ego was more hurt than anything.
poor little monkey.
Of course, if I see that woman and her dog again at the park, Im going to make sure they never come back.
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Still not working.
Still going crazy.
At the end of my rope.
I've cleaned under my stove and fridge twice. Both times there were a lot of mouse droppings. Maisy used to have a doggy door to the back patio and I knew they were getting in that way so I took it out and now the little critters are stuck in here. They have not gotten into any of my food. Im pretty sure they go after the seed Elanore drops on the floor and I've heard noise from Maisy's food dish sometimes when Maisy is not eating, so I've started putting Maisy's food away when shes not eating it.
I have realized that cohabitation is not possible.
I refuse to buy any fatal traps and I dont want to tell the management because I know they will use something deadly. Ive already seen the poison traps for mice outside around the complex.
So I need one of these, badly
has anyone ever constructed a successful no-kill trap? I've seen a few online but most seem to be theory. I'm really close to propping up a box with a stick with a string attached, with bait under it and camping out waiting to pull the string. Wiley Coyote style.
I need to evict these little fuckers
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This last Saturday I took Maisy to a dog park by a friend's house. There were actually two separate parks. Once for small dogs and one for big dogs. Maisy is good with dogs of all sizes but we went into the small dog side so she would have less of a chance of being run over. In the last 6 months, Maisy hasnt had a doggy companion. Now that we live by ourselves I have no roomate with a dog for the first time since I've had Maisy. As I watched her poke around the park, I realized how much she needs another dog around. She seemed more interested in the people than the other dogs. Shes not afraid of other dogs and shes not mean to other dogs, shes just seemed a little indifferent toward them.
Shes always been good about letting dogs know if theyre bothering her. Another dog there in particular came up and bugged her and wouldnt stop. The owner came running up screaming at her dog "no! no! no chihuahuas!!!" The woman apologized and said that her dog loves to bite the tails of chihuahuas. Just chihuahuas. It seemed like a friendly dog, very playful. I thought it was strange but since she was here at a small dog park, where easily half of the dogs are chihuahuas or chihuahua mixes, it must not be that harmful of a habit. Otherwise she wouldnt bring her dog here right? After taking her dog to the other side of the park, it ran back to where Maisy was and chomped on her butt! Maisy howled and jumped onto another dog owners lap (I was standing). The woman apologized and since I didnt see any damage I accepted and since Maisy was visibly upset and shaken, we left. When we got back to my friends house I noticed that the dog had actually made a wound! That thing really chomped her butt! Poor little Maisy has a little puncture right near the base of her tail. I can see how I could have missed it since she kept holding her tail over it. I should have looked better when I was at the park.
So what kind of a weirdo takes their chihuahua chomping dog to a park filled with chihuahuas?
Is that the strangest habit ever? Only likes to bite chihuahuas butts....
The wound isnt bad.
Her ego was more hurt than anything.
poor little monkey.
Of course, if I see that woman and her dog again at the park, Im going to make sure they never come back.
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Still not working.
Still going crazy.
At the end of my rope.
phone charger broken.
phone dead
cant afford a new charger
ain't that some shit?
I really wish I had something better to say right now! ha!
phone dead
cant afford a new charger
ain't that some shit?
I really wish I had something better to say right now! ha!
Nothing new to report. Im looking as far as LA for more work now. Wondering if the commute would be worth it.
In other news:
lets give this another shot shall we?
set in Member Review as of this morning
After The Rodeo shot by the gorgeous and talented and so darn awesome Lorelei. She was such a sport to drive out to my step dad's ranch. It was literally the last few days I could use it since he and my momma have since moved to Texas.
and, oh, is it march yet?
In other news:
lets give this another shot shall we?
set in Member Review as of this morning
After The Rodeo shot by the gorgeous and talented and so darn awesome Lorelei. She was such a sport to drive out to my step dad's ranch. It was literally the last few days I could use it since he and my momma have since moved to Texas.
and, oh, is it march yet?
So I dont have a lot going on.
I still dont have work. I am technically employed but they have no clients for me so I am looking for another job.
This gives me plenty of time to go to the gym, which I have been doing 4-5 days a week. I've been losing some of the weight Ive gained in the last year or so while I was in school, being sedentary, drinking, and working around baked goods all day. So in about a month I expect to be back to my regular shape.
I'm also pretty sure I'm going to take this set out of member review
I revisit it ocassionaly and I am so thankful for all of the support and comments it has gotten. It is not a bad set and I certainly find it more interesting and shot better than half the sets that are being accepted by staff these days. I'm not a fan of the idea of free content on this site. Girls should at least be paid a small amount for a set in member review. So this is coming down. It was put in member review before those sets were featured on the front page so perhaps that has something to do with it going under the radar. Or maybe its not as good as I think. Either way, to me, free content is a scam on the girls here. Its been up long enough, almost a year. tmronin did an awesome job and was so cool to cram me into his already busy schedule to shoot this for me. I hate for him not to get proper credit, and be paid for it. If I was supposed to get paid for this, it would have happened already.
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now here is maisy, doing what she does best:
I still dont have work. I am technically employed but they have no clients for me so I am looking for another job.
This gives me plenty of time to go to the gym, which I have been doing 4-5 days a week. I've been losing some of the weight Ive gained in the last year or so while I was in school, being sedentary, drinking, and working around baked goods all day. So in about a month I expect to be back to my regular shape.
I'm also pretty sure I'm going to take this set out of member review
I revisit it ocassionaly and I am so thankful for all of the support and comments it has gotten. It is not a bad set and I certainly find it more interesting and shot better than half the sets that are being accepted by staff these days. I'm not a fan of the idea of free content on this site. Girls should at least be paid a small amount for a set in member review. So this is coming down. It was put in member review before those sets were featured on the front page so perhaps that has something to do with it going under the radar. Or maybe its not as good as I think. Either way, to me, free content is a scam on the girls here. Its been up long enough, almost a year. tmronin did an awesome job and was so cool to cram me into his already busy schedule to shoot this for me. I hate for him not to get proper credit, and be paid for it. If I was supposed to get paid for this, it would have happened already.
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now here is maisy, doing what she does best:
Brace yourselves. Total cuteness overload in this entry
my brother just got engaged! To this awesome girl:
awwww
shes a great little photographer and took some awesome pictures of Maisy recently
my brother just got engaged! To this awesome girl:
awwww
shes a great little photographer and took some awesome pictures of Maisy recently
and now, pictures of babies. My dad's cousin's kid's kids..... I dont know ezactly what relation that makes them to me, but I do know theyre damn cute. Taken this Thanksgiving in Oklahoma at my dad's closest cousin's house.
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Im looking forward to the holidays. My sister will be here from Chicago, then hopefully, Ill be going on a trip myself.
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Reminder from last blog:
I was finally able to get a regional group approved for Central Coast dwellers of California
If youre anwhere in the central coast, or youre a frequent visitor, join up!
SG Central Coast
I plan on keeping it an active happy place with plenty of events
Also, I have the SG For The Birds group for all the bird lovers here
So I was finally able to get a regional group approved for Central Coast dwellers of California
If youre anwhere in the central coast, or youre a frequent visitor, join up!
SG Central Coast
I plan on keeping it an active happy place with plenty of events
Also, I have the SG For The Birds group for all the bird lovers here
For Thanksgiving, I went to Texas where I hung out with my mom, stepdad, brother, sister and their significant others. My stepdad just retired and they moved from the 400 acre ranch that he managed to a 100 acre ranch. They're quite happy out there in the country and fixing the place up nicely.
Many pictures were taken. heres a taste. spoilered for your sanity:
If youre anwhere in the central coast, or youre a frequent visitor, join up!
SG Central Coast
I plan on keeping it an active happy place with plenty of events
Also, I have the SG For The Birds group for all the bird lovers here
For Thanksgiving, I went to Texas where I hung out with my mom, stepdad, brother, sister and their significant others. My stepdad just retired and they moved from the 400 acre ranch that he managed to a 100 acre ranch. They're quite happy out there in the country and fixing the place up nicely.
Many pictures were taken. heres a taste. spoilered for your sanity:
holiday fun
moar critters!
How was your holiday?
