Random Updates

In no particular order...

Thanks to a friend from high school, I've found a new time toilet. As if I needed another one?!?!?! I am now on Facebook. It's been fun to catch up with old friends!! But, does anyone else get that weird, almost queasy feeling in their stomach when they get to reminiscing too much? It's not altogether bad, but not altogether a comfortable feeling either. Sometimes I feel like I've lived and am living thousands of little lives, rather than this one big one. Whoa, that was profound.

It rained today. It has not, to the best of my recollection, rained in June in Ventura in 15 years. Crazy!! The sun came out by the afternoon and it's clear and sunny now, making me feel like the rain was a weird illusion.

Mario and I took Faith to a client/friend's place in Ojai on Sunday. Mario got to ride her awesome reined cow horse, Will. I slowly accustomed Faith to the idea of Carol's buffalo! To put it in

perspective Faith lost about 50 lbs from pacing and panicking over the cattle that live at Aliso where she lives. The whole reason we took her to Carols was to give her some confidence and comfort that buffalo/cows are ok and she can actually have power over them and make them move out of her way. We did it very nicely and slowly - by the end of the day we were walking and trotting behind one of the more quiet buffalos. Mario got to do a reining spin on Will (in slightly slower motion than a show spin ;-)) and I then got to ride Will on the buffalo... he worked them hard and fast, I just held on for dear life! it was so FUN! I pulled a muscle in my bicep from holding that horn so hard.

The fountain is now cemented in and Mario is working on concrete stain to make it look like natural rock/sand. Then he's going to seal it... It is the NeverEndingProject.

Last night I drove to Santa Monica to meet Alison for dinner. She was visiting the area on official Kohls business from Milwaukee. We had a yummy and fattening dinner at La Vecchia and caught up on some of the latest happenings in her life. It was great to see her and hear about everything in person. I hope she and her boyfriend Jeremy can come visit Cali together... maybe other family members will want to do the same???

Bailey got a hold of a mostly empty peanut butter jar. She licked it for about 4 hours straight and then slept for 4 hours straight. I think she exausted herself!

I picked up this new pet bed the other day at The Wharf (where most of my $ goes) and I think the animals in it look like a baby in a cabbage. :) Here's Luna in it.

I have a phone aversion. There, I've publically admitted it. I really don't like to talk on the phone, and I don't like to answer the phone especially! I've tried to figure it all out. When I looked it up on line, it said -- "Don't like the phone? You might be a blogger!" Doh! How did they know? It isn't personal, I don't like to talk to friends, family, or clients. I absolutely cringe if I hear the phone ring...it's always something I will need to do or was supposed to do! I think it's a symptom of feeling overwhelmed, as best I can figure. I don't have any true "off" hours. I work weekends and have worked 12+ hours. I feel guilty for all the things I don't have time to do that I want to or need to do, and I sure as hell don't want to talk about that! ha! I don't know how to fix this?? Therapy? :-P I just got a new pink handsfree headset and a beautiful cover for my iPhone, to try to make it more enticing. So far? Not so much.

This leads me to the final update. Mario and I started the latest manifestation wall. I tried to take some photos but I couldn't get close enough that you could read or see what the images were of, while still getting the whole feel for it. I might try again later when we have more of it done. I really love it though! It is in the general shape of a tree with branches of images coming out of it. Ok no one else would probably see that, but it was the intent. It covers feelings of abundance, robust exercise, good health, riding, boundaries, friendship, etc. I am obsessing currently over a foreclosure house for sale in Ojai that we really, really want. We are not in a position to buy it, which makes me obsess a bit more. I cut out photos of it and am adding it to the wall... it represents many of the things we want to attract in our lives!! beauty, room for friends and family to visit and stay, shady horse paddocks, entertaining, groundedness, accomplishment, permanence, investment... OK i'll stop but you get it. The last wall said, "What if it made you different...?" The fact that it means almost nothing to me now tells me that its goal was accomplished! The new saying will be "If you are not changing it, you are choosing it." I LOVE this. It really grabs me right now, and I feel like that is my lesson. Personal responsibility.

I am heading out to visit my ponies. Late!