Mini Tour

It's Tuesday! Three more days until the weekend! (four if you count today) Lately I've had the best time playing with my new camera! I'm learning all about how to focus and all about lighting and I'm also learning that I need to save up some money for new lenses!

Yesterday afternoon, I went on a walk around part of the Circle T and thought I would show you a few of the shots in a little piece I'd like to call....
Circle T Tuesday Tour! Say that five times fast.


These are all photos of my "back yard." Can you see my shadow across the ravine??
And of course my Chocolate Children came along with me! They swam in the river until I made them leave. I was being carried away my mosquito's and gnats.
I don't know why I took this picture but it turned out kind of cool. When the river floods like it did last week, it brings up all kinds of things, logs are one of them. They are scattered all along the river bank.

We also have an abundance of bones laying around. Remember the Steer head Sean found? Usually we just find random bones laying around like these. I think this cow as struck by lighting...


I took this picture to practice on my focusing skills. I didn't realize the dogs were in the picture..so it turned out pretty neat.

I took a ton more but I'll spare you. If you have any suggestions on how to take better pictures let me know!! I'm dying for advice!
And just because that was such a boring post, check out the sweet Halloween Decor you can score at Pier One! I bought the candles and the wreath! I couldn't find the candy basket, but how cute would that be to serve candy to all the little trick-or-treaters?? Pretty sure we won't have
any of those this year... oh well Happy Tuesday!

Shootin' Skeet

We had a very beautiful weekend. The sun finally peaked it's head out from the clouds on Sunday, for the first time in a week, and we enjoyed every minute of it.

Sean and some of his friends went in the back yard for skeet shooting practice. (for those of you who don't know what skeet shooting is, it's where you shoot at a clay disk {skeet} that is flung into the air. It's used for target practice for hunting birds) Banjo watched and Birdie, who had never been around Guns, hid under the bed. We'll have to start shooting more to get her out of her gun shyness.They went through boxes and boxes of shells.

Even I practiced a little. I suck at moving targets and my shoulder hurts really bad from the kick of the gun. (check out my beautiful updo in this picture....I know you are jealous that your hair can't look that good)

After Target practice Sean had to have a little talk with the Chocolate Children about how disappointed he was in their Listening abilities. He blamed it all on Me saying I spoiled them too much. That is so not True!We had a great weekend at the Rodeos. Sean one 500 dollars this weekend Yay! We're getting ready for a busy fall schedule, from Rodeo Finals, to Weddings, to Football games..I'm booked through November!!

The past month I've been making Necklaces for fun and I want to Start selling them on Esty!! I'm working on setting up an account and I'd love for you to check it out once it's up and running! I'll be giving one away to promote the "Grand Opening" of my Esty store so keep checking back for updates. Here's a sneak peak of some of my creations! All of my necklaces are made of real gemstones and are going to be priced very reasonably.

Have a great Monday!!

Show us your Life

Welcome to another addition of Show us your life Friday!! Today's edition is Dinner Recipes. I'd like to share mine and Sean's favorite recipe, Red Beans & Rice, non Cajun Style.

Two small cans of Tomato sauce
Two cans of Red Beans do not drain.
Half a chopped onion softened in butter
Add pound of smoked sausage link chopped into small chunks.
Mix together in a big pot and add salt, pepper, Tony Cachere's and chili powder. Add as much or as little as you'd like of all these ingredients. We don't really have a set amount we just throw as much in as we'd like.

Bring that a to a boil and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. Serve over white rice.

You can play with this recipe and add as many spices as you want!! It's delicious!

Thanks for stopping by!

Top Ten Thursday

Today's Top Ten Thursday is Sara and Domestically Challenged Idea. The Top Ten Reasons I love to Run.

I will slightly modify this Top Ten, as LZ did at My Messy Paradise.

The Top Ten Reason I DO NOT love to run.


10. I sweat profusely like a menopausal woman

9. My thighs rub together so much that they might catch fire.

8. My lower limbs tend to get numb after ten two minutes because I'm out of shape.

7. My lungs feel as if they have been deflated

6. I have flat feet. It isn't a pretty sight to see me run.

5. I sweat profusely like an old man who is overweight

4. I'm allergic to running.

3. The extra weight around my middle bounces unpleasantly.

2. I sweat profusely like a work horse

And the Number one Reason I hate to run is

1. It HURTS and I'M LAZY!

One day maybe I will enjoy to run and it won't be torture and I'll loose those 15 pounds I've been trying to get rid of! ...maybe ....one day.