tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post6102443093289627079..comments2023-12-24T11:05:20.209-08:00Comments on C-ing Spots Appaloosas: Today's giftC-ingspotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17744931697050670013noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-78521152010593769832013-05-28T11:58:40.062-07:002013-05-28T11:58:40.062-07:00Cindy, what a fantastic idea! Maybe I shall try t...Cindy, what a fantastic idea! Maybe I shall try that too. We moved into our home 18 + years ago, and feel many times how little we've accomplished...but, when we look back at pictures and really take stock of what changes/improvements we've made, we're shocked at just how much we've done. What a great way to keep track and remember ones' accomplishments. I'm going to give it a try!<br />Aurora: Thank you Miss Fly!!!C-ingspotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744931697050670013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-47175920949170743942013-05-27T13:15:11.655-07:002013-05-27T13:15:11.655-07:00I really like your idea of starting your day off w...I really like your idea of starting your day off with a devotional. I've kind of done the opposite by ending my day with one. I was having a hard time with feeling like my wheels were always spinning and I wasn't getting enough done each day. So at the beginning of this year, I started keeping a little journal in a hardbound planner on my bedside table. Each day has a few lines of space on it. Instead of writing down "to do's" in it, I write down what I did during the day. Each night I reflect back on my day and jot down short notes of what I've accomplished. I'm amazed at how much it has increased my peace of mind. At the end of each day, I am always surprised at how much I really did get done... even if it wasn't on my to-do list.<br /><br />Cindy at Rosehaven CottageCindy Garber Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543940998038589239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-4254527217090065942013-05-27T06:55:40.138-07:002013-05-27T06:55:40.138-07:00Great insight in this post. Not sure where my prev...Great insight in this post. Not sure where my previous comment went? Must have not been using Chrome. Anyways, I came over to see what you've been up to lately. Hopefully spending some time enjoying your horses?! You've mentioned Eagle is doing great, looking forward to hearing more.<br /><br />Managing time is a never ending challenge, one I'm not very good at. Hard for an unperfect perfectionist like me. I continue trying to juggle, with more balls in the air then one could possibly ever catch. I am not a very good finisher, too easily distracted. Maybe someday I'll find that sweet spot called balance, but more then likely die trying. I recently started doing hot yoga to help me learn to "let go" of all consuming things. Appreciation is a practice. Trying to do more of it. We've got a lot to be thankful for, said one fly to another.aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731529798233954353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-22291495158169359312013-05-27T06:54:30.283-07:002013-05-27T06:54:30.283-07:00Great insight in this post. Not sure where my prev...Great insight in this post. Not sure where my previous comment went? Must have not been using Chrome. Anyways, I came over to see what you've been up to lately. Hopefully spending some time enjoying your horses?! You've mentioned Eagle is doing great, looking forward to hearing more.<br /><br />Managing time is a never ending challenge, one I'm not very good at. Hard for an unperfect perfectionist like me. I continue trying to juggle, with more balls in the air then one could possibly ever catch. I am not a very good finisher, too easily distracted. Maybe someday I'll find that sweet spot called balance, but more then likely die trying. I recently started doing hot yoga to help me learn to "let go" of all consuming things. Appreciation is a practice. Trying to do more of it. We've got a lot to be thankful for, said one fly to another.aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731529798233954353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-90152158161841588242013-05-20T10:50:40.284-07:002013-05-20T10:50:40.284-07:00You're so right about peace of mind Marvel...I...You're so right about peace of mind Marvel...I wish I had it more often.<br />Linda, perfect verse. I wish I were content to be still more often.<br />Thank you all for your comments. It's helpful knowing I'm in such good company! :)C-ingspotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744931697050670013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-48160565798123615642013-05-17T13:04:30.995-07:002013-05-17T13:04:30.995-07:00Great post........me TOO! Be still and know that ...Great post........me TOO! Be still and know that I am God.........I need to be still sometimes and just KNOW!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183448760614051130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-61873754278720068372013-05-17T12:28:14.092-07:002013-05-17T12:28:14.092-07:00Very perceptive post! You have so many gifts and y...Very perceptive post! You have so many gifts and you certainly show that you are aware of each one. The problem sometimes is ... we make our lists too long. Peace of mind is the greatest blessing... getting it is our challenge. Strawberry Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555143299042580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-5455046506764443012013-05-17T07:05:56.856-07:002013-05-17T07:05:56.856-07:00Wonderful post. I also try to appreciate the gifts...Wonderful post. I also try to appreciate the gifts of the day in my own way. Often that means literally stopping to smell the roses ;)Stephen Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657698116552267561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-64030595597535535602013-05-15T22:25:59.584-07:002013-05-15T22:25:59.584-07:00perfect post, a wise woman you are perfect post, a wise woman you are Sherry Sikstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739108723318002627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-73915579614661274662013-05-15T15:46:45.204-07:002013-05-15T15:46:45.204-07:00You have a great attitude...and honestly it seems ...You have a great attitude...and honestly it seems that no matter how much or little we work, there isn't enough time. I guess it's all in how we perceive it.<br /><br />JenRURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-87661732169148523352013-05-15T09:57:39.665-07:002013-05-15T09:57:39.665-07:00I wonder how my husband puts up with me, sometimes...I wonder how my husband puts up with me, sometimes, too. Then, I remember, that I'm also putting up with him. *grin* <br /><br />Blessings,<br />CarolynnCarolynn Anctilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566204713508877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-57910587808018977382013-05-15T08:43:07.124-07:002013-05-15T08:43:07.124-07:00I needed this reminder, thank you! I work full tim...I needed this reminder, thank you! I work full time and try (sometimes to the detriment of myself and those around me!) too hard to get "everything" done "right now" at home. Run a farm, ride and care for the horses, get the gardens in, make repairs, etc. etc. There doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day, but I do need to slow down and enjoy the hours I do have instead of rushing through them or wishing there were more. Jennhttp://www.greenslobber.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-91559929551331628522013-05-15T07:39:14.134-07:002013-05-15T07:39:14.134-07:00This post just hit home in a way that I am not sur...This post just hit home in a way that I am not sure I can explain. It is as if you opened me up and took everything I feel and laid it out on the computer screen that is our paper. <br /><br />I don't even need to tell "my version: of the story because you already have. <br /><br />Suffice to say that I am right there with ya "sistah" and we just have to hang on to what is really important. Because the truth is, when we are gone no one is going to remember if we got everything done or not. They are going to remember us for the women we were/are.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617546413512282387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-16025745276455770002013-05-14T23:18:06.214-07:002013-05-14T23:18:06.214-07:00Now that I am no longer working, I am way busier t...Now that I am no longer working, I am way busier then I have ever been. But I feel that way because I have the time to do everything that I didn't have time to do before when I worked. Actually I have no idea how I ever got anything done when I worked. I was like you, exhausted and hurting so bad when I got home from the Arab farm I worked for. I could barely function. I couldn't ride my horses, clean my house, do yard work... it was just too much. I am still tired after a long day of training horses, doing yard work, cleaning house, but I don't have that full time job on top of the other full time job anymore. It is so hard to find the balance of work and home life, I think especially more so when animals and kids are involved. <br />I am just very thankful that my other half has given me the special gift of staying home and taking care of him and the farm. I am loving every minute of it, no matter how crazy the days go!!Paint Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095673661149903754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-33700541366097051092013-05-14T18:35:40.450-07:002013-05-14T18:35:40.450-07:00Oh Lorie, I don't work outside home anymore bu...Oh Lorie, I don't work outside home anymore but I did for years. I don't think I was as busy then as I am now. However we lived in town, no horses, cows, chickens, goat, donkeys, pigs plus 5 dogs and 2 cats. BUT, I would not change it, shed a couple of horses and several bovines, but thats OK. God gave them to us to be good stewards over them. I thought we would be traveling or something fun in these days and for the most part it is fun. I love riding, I love schmoozing on Sage, I like my little goat that follows me like a dog, I love listening to the donkeys telling me its time to eat. One of these years we will have to start down loading, we will both be 75 this year but by faith we walk each day.<br />When I complain, I am just airing a moment in time that is irritating me. I love my life, and God permit we have more years ahead of us.<br />Blessings, LeaLea and her Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081978031741002235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-53815157083761546372013-05-14T17:46:41.491-07:002013-05-14T17:46:41.491-07:00Wouldn't it be nice to be like our horses and ...Wouldn't it be nice to be like our horses and simply live in the moment and take what is offered. I may not work anymore but I have less time now than I did when my kids were small and at home. I'm generally very organized but I have more work now than I did when I was younger. Or maybe it just feels like that...Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534808870944137638.post-70831224935176306622013-05-14T17:22:38.729-07:002013-05-14T17:22:38.729-07:00Life was simpler when I worked an 8-to-5 job; I...Life was simpler when I worked an 8-to-5 job; I'm not saying EASIER, just simpler. Wearing the hats of full-time mom-and-5th-grade-teacher, graphic designer, payroll specialist, shepherd, farm hand, gardener and domestic engineer sometimes leaves me feeling like I don't have a brain left under all those hats!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com