Can You Believe It's Been A Year?

Can you believe that I have been blogging for one whole year? Seriously?!? Where has the year gone? It is amazing how fast the year went and how much has happened in that year. When I first started blogging, I was a little worried that no one would read my blog. I mean, who would be interested in reading about this crazy, little farm that we call the Painted Creek? Well, I am sure glad that you have all found this farm interesting! I have had a great time blogging and have really enjoyed reading other blogs!



So, what has happened in the last year? Goodness, I don't even know where to start. After working for the same company for 18 years, that company went bankrupt, so I was unemployed for 4 months. I thoroughly enjoyed my time off and had a lot of time to blog! But seriously, I spent most of that time riding my horses. I did more trail riding last year then I have ever done before.



I also spent a lot of time doing training in my arena.



It was so nice to have a summer off and be able to spend a majority of it with my horses.



I was able to start the path of conquering my confidence issue with Fritzy. That path will continue this spring and summer. I have so much planned and I can't wait to see what the future holds for the two of us.



I spent a lot of quality time with my dogs, especially my socially anxious, insecure Aussie, Sadie, who made leaps and bounds in her aggression issues with my other Aussie, Bailey.



I endured some sad times too. I had to have one of my goats put down, but the hardest thing for me to endure was when I lost my angel kitty, Domino. He is always in my thoughts and I still look out the back door to see if he is there waiting to come in. I sometimes hear a meow that sounds like him and I will stop what I am doing and look around to see if it is him. I doubt I will ever stop looking for him.



I landed my dream job working with horses at an Arabian Horse breeding/training/showing facility. I never would have thought in a million years that I would be working with horses every day and getting paid to do what I love to do so much. After 18 years of misery at my last job, I am now happy about getting up and going to work. What could be better than that?



And if I had never started blogging, I would not have met Tracey from Mustang Diaries, and be given the chance to adopt a Mustang! Thank you Tracey for that "push" that I needed to finally realize another dream of mine, adopting and training my own Mustang! I mean, seriously, who can resist that cute little Mustang face? She is absolutely adorable and I can't wait to hit the trails with her!



So I will continue on with adventures of horses, dogs and farm life on this crazy, little farm we call the Painted Creek! Thank you all for following along with this blogging journey and I hope to have many more adventures to share (hopefully without the bumps, bruises and sadness)!!