Monthly Archives: September 2010

First Thing in the Morning

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

The girls and I are headed out of town for a few days and the fellas will be holding down the fort. I’m leaving you with a few photo posts, beginning with this guy. I love waking up here.

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Playing Dress Up

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

Sometimes I really want to dress just exactly like my husband wants me to for a week or so. I only think this because he would probably end up feeling almost as humiliated as I would and maybe he’d quit … Continue reading →

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Payday, World’s Coolest

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

This post has nothing to do with money. It has nothing to do with the day the paycheck arrives. It’s about my horse. If you look at the picture up there and you know a lot about horses, you might … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 24, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

>I have the World’s coolest husband. >Yesterday, going through old papers and things that needed to be filed and dealt with after a year of avoiding it, I found a letter that wrecked me when I first read it. Upon … Continue reading →

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Date Night/Richmond

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

Mark bought tickets to Jamey Johnson and we went to Richmond on Sunday afternoon. Terrible traffic, I had a fever, we missed the opening act. All-in-all an excellent evening. We had supper at a great little place I found via … Continue reading →

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Trail Riding

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

I’ve seen a lot of miles between those dark brown ears. Payday, my horse, is 26 now and we’ve been together since he was 8. I posted a Facebook status while riding that most of the best things I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Jasmine

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

This is Jasmine, aka Skootchie Butt. Jasmine is an Australian Shepherd and she used to herd sheep back when we had them. She was pretty good at it and we do still have bratty goats who get out now and … Continue reading →

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Along Came a Spider

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

This is Spidey, she lives outside our kitchen window. We have watched her all summer, which has been kind of cool because we can get really close but there’s this pain of glass in between, you know? Well, contrary to … Continue reading →

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Good

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

Today I realized that things in my life are really good right now. Part of this realization is a continuing dawning of just how closely my moods are tied to the weather and the seasons. Part of this is the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts…

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Bettina Colonna Essert

Dogma is the territory of those incapable of critical thought.  ~~Me

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