I was Lost Without Li'l Red

Last fall I got a little netbook as a graduation present. It's little and it's red. Hence, Li'l Red. Brilliant, isn't it? Li'l Red was to be my writing computer. I had all of my blog posts, ideas and works in progress on him. As well as my horse training logs, event lists, card and scrapbook designs. Sadly, I didn't realize just how much I had entrusted Li'l Red to hold for me until a couple days after my last post. Isn't it amazing how much we discover we depend on things AFTER we lose them?

I went to boot Li'l Red up one afternoon and . . . nothing. Just the blue screen of death. He was simply gone. The hard drive totally crashed, not to be revived. The good news is Maverick was able to reinstall windows and all things functional, thus resurrecting Li'l Red. The bad news is, everything that was on Li'l Red is gone forever. The good news is, my brain is always going and my creative juices are once again flowing. I'll be posting about the animal portion of my motely crew shortly.

Welcome back, Li'l Red!

School's Out for - EVER

But wait! Its September. School is just starting you say. Not for this middle-aged coed. In late August, a mere 24 years after graduating high school and 19 years after getting my Associates, I have FINALLY finished my BS in business. The one thing I learned more solidly than any other fact was that there is a reason you are supposed to do this stuff when you're in your 20s and life has afforded you the luxury of being narcissistic. YEESH! That was painful to get through. BUT, it is finished and I can now stop being the flakiest person I know.


Although, being the flakiest person I know did have certain advantages:

1. There was a ready excuse to get out of virtually anything without hurting anyones feelings; "sorry, I have to study."

2. The house can completely fall apart and nobody gets to lay the blame on mom; "hey, I was studying! The rest of you lazy people were just sitting around watching the fungus between your toes grow."

3. You can conveniently "lose touch" with annoying people because "sorry, I've just had too much going on with school."

4. The last week of every term is always so crazy that the hubby takes over the cooking. (in my case, that's a very good thing)

5. There's no better excuse than writing a paper or studying for mid-terms to get out of the house and head to Starbucks .... you know, so you can get away from the chaos and "focus".

Hmmmmmm ... maybe I should think about that MBA...


And now, since I'm officially all educated and stuff, I feel a must interject some culture. Ahh, the classics...

Holy Crap!!! I WON!

How the heck do you win a blogging contest before you've even started your blog? I don't know, but my buddy Jace over at Sawdust and Cowpies had contest...and I won. Go figure... So I figured, if I won this thing, I better get my hiney in here and at least introduce myself and tell y'all to stay tuned.

You see, I've had the idea for this blog in my head for over a year now. It's kinda developed as I've been finishing school, starting a new business, raising three kids and trying to convince all the animals around here that I really am the boss. All but the latter has been working out pretty well. At this time next week I will be taking my last final and finishing my undergraduate degree in business. It's been a LONG time coming and finishing has become the priority of life for the last several months. But more about that later.

So who am I? My name is Susan. I'm a self-proclaimed fabriholic and quilt addict. My husband and I work horse rescue with a group in Texas called Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society. You may have seen our president on Nightline recently. But more about that later. And I am incredibly cheap. I LOVE to save money and help others do the same. Since last February our family has lived on less than half of what we once made. But more about that later.

In short, if you like laughing, sewing, horses, kids and penny pinching, you'll wanna come back and check up on what's happening down here on the Patchwork Ranch. But first, I gotta get done with school so...

More about that later! 8^)