Cowboy!

Oh Boy! I'm trying to not be too excited, but I might be getting a new horse. His name is Cowboy.
He's a bit older - 18 years old. He's a Paint. He's been ridden in the Tucson Rodeo. He's totally non-spooky. He'd be a great beginner's horse, which would work out wonderfully with my students - I teach beginner riding, to help pay for the expensive hay. And to give my horses a job to do. And to keep me involved with my horses, cause I do not ride like I used to - due to breaking my back after getting thrown 3 years ago.
He's not perfect, he does have arthritis. I won't know until I see him and ride him myself, if it's really bad, or manageable.
I'll let you know, wish me luck! I'm going on Thursday.
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GEORGEOUS WATERCOLORS YARN GIVEAWAY!

The MOST Georgeous Yarn!!! 90 Yards of Yumminess! OZKNITS spins the most beautiful yarns ever!

In OZKNITS own words:

This is 90 yards of merino and tencel spun into a soft, silky thick and thin single.

The skein is not superwash so it will felt.

Spun in my smoke-free home, the twist has been set.

10 WPI

How can you win this georgeous skein of yarn??

Visit OZKNITS.

Pick your favorite colorway of yarn. Try not to drool too much.

Come on back here and leave a comment with your favorite.

*Please* leave a way for me to reach you!

Contest will end one week from today - which will be May 2nd! at midnight.

(Only open to US residents)

Thanks for entering!

(Oh, and there's also another giveaway going on in my shop - click HERE to enter that one!)

Natural Kids Giveaway - Round #2!

The Second round of the Natural Kids Giveaway features three shops ~ BirchLeafDesigns, LittleElfsToyshop and MamaRoots.

On Etsy, my Woolies shop is a member of The Natural Kids Team. We are a group of shops that make items for kids out of natural materials. You will find some of THE most georgeous, innovative, heirloom quality, imaginative, exciting.....there are not enough superlatives to express my amazement at the work and skill that goes into these toys and items.

So, every two weeks for the next few months, The Natural Kids Team is offering you a chance to win some of these amazing works of art.The rules are simple.Each giveaway will consist of 3 (THREE) shops giving away a prize.You will have to visit each shop.Then you will have to come back here and post about your favorite item from each shop.

*You can put all your favorites in just one post*

*Please* leave an email address or a link to your blog so I have a way to reach you if you are the grand prize winner.

The second round of the Natural Kids Giveaway will end on April 29th.

And there will be more! So if you don't win during this round - you will have lots of chances.SO - onto the details of the Natural Kids Giveaway #2!
The Shops to Visit are:

BirchLeafDesigns

LittleElfstoyshop

Mamaroots

There will be ONE winner during each giveaway. Each winner will receive all 3 items from the featured shops! Questions? Please let me know.
So head off to find your fav item from each shop; come back to my blog and post about it. Enjoy all the wonderful shops that are part of the Natural Kids Team!

Thank You God, and to my blogger friends

Just got the call, it's benign. NO CANCER.

I want to say a really heartfelt thank you to all who responded to my plea for prayers. You really have no idea how much it helped to have your prayers and support.

Thank You!

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(I can take some deep breaths now, for the first time since Monday. )

Personal

I don't usually write about very personal things in my blog, but I'm so anxious my head might explode.
I had a biopsy on Monday. I am waiting to hear if it is cancer. My mother died of cancer at 56, my father died of cancer at 79.
Please don't let it be cancer.
I'm terrified.
The two kinds of cancer that it could possibly be, are both really bad.
I'm so scared that I drove the car into the side of the garage on Monday night! Distracted, or what??
Please say a prayer for me?

Help!

So...........I was knitting this bunny. But then I decided to turn her into a bear. But...then she got a pink nose. And her bear ears are kind of big. But...she doesn't have a tail.

My friend called her a hamster.

Is she a mouse?

What do YOU think???? I could use some help here.....

You can read more about her in my Woolies shop! I'd appreciate your thoughts! If she needs a tail, I can certainly give her a tail!

HELP!

UPDATE: She SOLD today. I asked my lovely buyer if she would prefer a mousie tail, and she said no, she liked her as a very unusual bear.

Thanks to all who who posted their suggestions!!!!

Natural Kids On-Going Giveaway!

OOOOOO you're going to have lots of chances to win absolutely amazing natural children's items !!!!!!!!

The first round of the Natural Kids Giveaway features three shops ~ Nushkie, Natural Star and WrenWillow.

On Etsy, my Woolies shop is a member of The Natural Kids Team. We are a group of shops that make items for kids out of natural materials. You will find some of THE most georgeous, innovative, heirloom quality, imaginative, exciting.....there are not enough superlatives to express my amazement at the work and skill that goes into these toys and items.

So, every two weeks for the next few months, The Natural Kids Team is offering you a chance to win some of these amazing works of art.

The rules are simple.

Each giveaway will consist of 3 (THREE) shops giving away a prize.

You will have to visit each shop.

Then you will have to come back here and post about your favorite item from each shop.

*You can put all your favorites in just one post*

*Please* leave an email address or a link to your blog so I have a way to reach you if you are the grand prize winner.

The first giveaway starts April 1st and will run for 2 weeks - ending on April 14th at midnight.

The second giveaway will start on April 15 and run for 2 weeks - and so on. So if you don't win during the first round - you will have lots of chances.

SO - onto the details of the Natural Kids Giveaway #1!

The Shops to Visit are:

Nushkie

Natural Star

WrenWillow

There will be ONE winner during each giveaway. Each winner will receive all 3 items from the featured shops! Questions? Please let me know.

So head off to find your fav item from each shop; come back to my blog and post about it. Enjoy all the wonderful shops that are part of The Natural Kids Team!

We have a winner - JJ! Thanks to all who entered. Look on my blog for the next giveaway!

Coyote Den?

Just maybe 50 yards (I'm really bad at guessing distances) from my horse stalls, we found this.

If you look closely you can see the paw prints all around. This is one BIG hole. Most definitely not rabbit, or pack rats.

Maybe bobcat?

It's not on our property - it's on a piece of property that I hope nobody ever builds on.

Dozer (one of my horses) is rather concerned about it.

I'll let you know if I see any coyote pups soon!

Natural Kids Store

I encourage you to visit the Natural Kids Store, which has just been revamped and is very spiffy with all kinds of amazing wonderful natural items for your kidlets - the human kind.

Some of these items will be appearing here, on the pages of the Natural Kids Giveaway (on my blog). But others just have to be seen.

Like:

You'll have to go visit the store to see more!