tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306672662012-02-12T11:24:36.704-06:00Sarah Goodyear: Daydream BelieverSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-85560308194576221022010-01-03T22:12:00.002-06:002010-01-03T22:22:43.470-06:00

This is my new lovely horse, BrookThat was just a test picture, so I could check and see if I'm linking my photos properly to my Flickr account now. Apparently, I was not complying with the user agreement for Flickr, which my husband pointed out to me tonight. I'm supposed to use the actual HTML, not the URL link, even though they put them both as options. (Now it does tell you this at the

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-81785906489952864382010-01-01T19:46:00.005-06:002010-01-03T22:24:47.748-06:00

Wow!1 year ago, today, we got the most wonderful puppy in the world. Our sweet, dear little French Fry, Frodo.He has been outstanding and makes us smile all day long.Here are a few of his Christmas pictures.....Frodo's kennel, decorated like Snoopy's in the Peanut's Christmas SpecialAnd to all a good night............

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-17480724298720641802009-05-31T17:18:00.002-05:002009-05-31T17:29:02.152-05:00

Ok! It's the time that we've all been waiting for, (well at least Grant Ronan and I.) The Leslie Law Clinic at Falconwood!!In case you don't know, Leslie Law rides for the Great Britain Eventing team, and was the individual Gold Medal winner in Eventing at the Athens Olympic Games, and he's coming to train ME! Well, me and about 15-20 other people, but anyway....This will be our 4th year to ride

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-45152150659420401672009-04-29T12:57:00.003-05:002009-04-29T13:06:26.514-05:00

Another ball from planetdog.Another example of the plethora of photos that I've been taking for my photography class.The truth is, Frodo can't actually pick up his "fetch ball", but tries to and chases it around the house playing soccer and bouncing it all over the place, so it's almost better! I think it's a little big for his mouth, and it's a bit squishy, so he can't just chomp down on it with

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-78055324403469373642009-04-22T20:50:00.005-05:002009-04-23T18:01:38.562-05:00

Happy Earth Day from Frodo!!Cool depth of field trick...I know. It's because I'm taking the "Snapshots of a Good Life" photography workshop with Karen Russell over the next 2 months, and we're in week 3 now...aperture and depth of field.The ball came from Planetdog.com, which is just about the coolest dog toy store ever. They donate part of every purchase to help service dogs, promote recycling,

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-43477806219922651122009-03-21T21:50:00.006-05:002009-03-22T18:15:16.128-05:00

Went to see Elton John and Billy Joel together in concert Thursday night.Yes! I said TOGETHER!!!! In fact, not just sharing the venue, and night, but performing TOGETHER!!! Like, in a dueling pianos sort of way! Yes. I saw Billy Joel and Sir Elton John sing several of their songs back and forth as duets, and yes, it was just about the coolest thing I'd ever seen.When the show started they both

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-55809835682598350372009-01-29T20:41:00.008-06:002009-04-24T08:59:46.437-05:00

Wow....so I know that there are hundreds of things that I have neglected to blog about in the last few months, and I really do mean to at least post some sort of summary, but in the meantime.......This is Frodo!!!Frodo 9 wks.New Years Eve 2008Frodo 9 wks.Well, we wanted to start the year off right.....so, on New Years Day we got a new Frenchie! (French Bulldog)The above picture is from new years

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-61382333480959880582008-11-12T14:39:00.017-06:002008-11-12T19:18:24.861-06:00

Halloween was so groovy. We actually got to dress up this year. I made us real costumes and everything! Well, I made the robes, which was actually plenty, believe me! Especially since I had to alter the pattern, attach a lining, and I had a horrible time finding enough fabric....Oh! and did I mention that I had to do it all twice? (since there are 2 of us) ...but anyway....Grant was Harry Potter

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-41470038894953915402008-09-29T12:09:00.006-05:002008-09-29T13:50:01.192-05:00

We've had power for over a week and a half now, but there are still several people that we know without it. Still seeing lots of blue tarps on the roofs of many houses where hurricane Ike took them out.Went back to work the day after we got back in town since my hospital had power, and man was it crazy, crazy, crazy. I was scheduled to work the next 19 days straight (teach me to take a week off!)

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-31940719301640068022008-09-16T10:00:00.003-05:002008-09-16T10:08:49.793-05:00

We're safely back in Houston. Our pets are fine, and our house weathered the storm perfectly as far as we can tell. We have (natural) gas and water, but no electricity or phone/dsl service. Cellular service is flaky, but text messages and voicemails do seem to arrive eventually.Ronan is happy back in his barn. The barn lacks power, but Ronan doesn't really care.

Grant Goodyearnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-85921527554870841092008-09-13T10:53:00.002-05:002008-09-13T11:02:21.673-05:00

Ok...so we travel all of the way to Chicago, just to get poured on at a horse show like we do in Texas! (I swear...ever since we bought the Irish horse!) Oh, well. At least it didn't rain on us until our show jumping phase. The cross country for other levels yesterday was wretched, slippery, yuck. They had to keep taking out jumps because the footing was getting so bad. They changed the cross

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-85835787214386071142008-09-13T10:33:00.003-05:002008-09-13T11:03:53.098-05:00

Nothing could be more groovy! I just wanted to come, have a good time, not fall off, and not get eliminated so that we actually got to do all 3 phases....and what happens? We kick butt!I finished on my dressage score of 28.4! Really great. Fantastic. Super! I was tied for 5th, and lost the tie because I was farther away from the optimum time for cross country.....Yeah, like 25 seconds early...

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-37898465376303555992008-09-11T15:10:00.002-05:002008-09-11T15:31:52.789-05:00

Wow! I finally got to an internet connection.The show is just awesome!! Lamplight Equestrian Center is beautiful. Really great facility.We are currently tied for 5th after cross country !!!! How totally cool is that?? Dressage was yesterday, and he was pretty great! Not his best test, but a good one, and no silly spooking stuff. Very focused, very grown up. :)X-country was today! I walked the

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-37494791933499872032008-09-05T21:39:00.003-05:002008-09-05T22:01:00.528-05:00

Ronan pretending to be RockyWell....Here's the tentative schedule...Saturday, 9/6 - Sarah works 8-6, rides Ronan (courses) then finishes up some packing, panics, etc.Grant, works diligently on preparing for the trip, and does all of the stuff that Sarah thought that she'd get to, and of course, did not. : ) (I know...he's awesome.)Sunday 9/7 - Sarah works 9-6...Grant picks up Dad from the

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-23133689715836144982008-09-02T15:06:00.004-05:002008-09-04T13:10:14.328-05:00

Ok...so...still having trailer woes... : ( Tried Laura's trailer out this past weekend, and well....1.) He really didn't fit much better in it than in mine. 2.)The yellow truck/yellow submarine/big yellow taxi pulled that big sucker just fine. 3.)Her super huge long trailer is actually easier to turn and back up than my little Sooner trailer! 4.) Somehow, the balance wasn't right for my truck,

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-68711093080228189072008-08-27T14:39:00.003-05:002008-08-27T15:08:24.073-05:00

Well, Ronan went to see his favorite Equine Vet Dr. Jenni Schroeder out at Waller Equine, and he got a thumbs up! So, all set to go from that angle.Yes...I take my horse to another vet. I feel that since I see him everyday, that I might miss something. We discussed our travel plans and she gave me some great tips on traveling with him for that long of a distance. We're still trying to decide on

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-72534896620805338512008-08-25T12:14:00.005-05:002008-08-25T12:49:14.549-05:00

Ok...For those who don't know, Ronan and I have qualified to ride in the American Eventing Championships at the Novice level! This is beyond groovy!They will be held from September 10-14, 2008 at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL (outside of Chicago). So, YES WE REALLY ARE DRIVING THE HORSE ALL THE WAY TO CHICAGO FROM HOUSTON!!! (and no, we're not crazy....well, maybe not.)We have all

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-4754518817965769052008-07-20T11:37:00.001-05:002008-08-08T12:26:44.305-05:00

Went to see George Michael in concert last night. All that I can say is damn! He is still awesome. I wasn't really sure what to expect, as his latest album is more of a greatest hits collection....basically it's called "25 Live" and it's a representation of the 25 years that George Michael has been in the music industry. So... I was like....hmmm....Does he have an actual new album with stuff on

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-82222491830942525572008-07-08T19:18:00.002-05:002008-07-08T19:28:50.973-05:00

Ok, ok....So people have been bugging me about not blogging more. I know...To say that we've been wonderfully busy is such an understatement! Life is groovy. Gas prices suck, but my 10 mpg while pulling the horse trailer, detonator yellow pickup truck is still AWESOME! Hey, at least I only use it when I pull the horse.Yes, Ronan rocks., and is going better than ever.But, ahhhhh....now it is

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-81287337254927570102007-09-14T02:11:00.000-05:002007-09-14T02:17:54.055-05:00

I'm off to a continuing Ed. meeting tomorrow (The Central Veterinary Conference) and won't be back until Tuesday night.Grant's coming with me which is just too groovy! He has some friends in Kansas City that he can go visit and it's just going to be awesome having him there!One of the best parts is that I'm going to get to go visit my friends Dr.'s Will and Heather Heeb!!!Will and I used to work

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-55662040388856770952007-09-11T22:13:00.000-05:002007-09-11T23:15:09.782-05:00

So, my ghetto truck that I pull my horse trailer with died this week....while I was trailering the horse. Grrrrr....Luckily, it died at the end of Ruth's (my trainer's) driveway. So, Ronan was ok.Unfortunately, the truck, was not. The engine died.... (yes, I truly have bad engine karma, but I'll save that for another time.) We've only had his truck for 2 years (bought it used) and only put about

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-29044404142992294502007-08-26T20:51:00.001-05:002007-08-27T08:31:04.801-05:00

Took Ronan to Meadow creek to school today, and we had a blast! I'm moving him up a level for the shows this season...thought it's be a good idea to school him somewhere else where he hadn't seen any of the jumps.None of the jumps were numbered or flagged so I'm sure we did some that were higher than novice, but he didn't have any problems.Going through the water at the bottom of a steep hill,

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-85893299856076254752007-08-14T01:08:00.000-05:002007-08-14T01:17:55.581-05:00

Lots of exciting things going on....Work's been nuts...oh yeah it's summer, duh!Ronan's going better than ever!Still working on my PSE classes.Ronan and I have a clinic with the ever-so-awesome kiwi, Nick Larkin this weekend. Can't wait!Made an awesome coffee table type scrapbook for my "Worth a thousand words" class with Shimelle.... (I'll try to post pics in the next few days....love this

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-18525513704847210182007-07-30T01:28:00.000-05:002007-07-30T01:33:10.177-05:00

I had to finish this layout for my class this week, but I'm not sure if I'm happy with the lettering or not, so I may go back and work on it some more this week....but here's the initial version....

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-30672403986549516812007-07-21T13:24:00.000-05:002007-07-30T01:32:49.475-05:00

After hanging around Borders for a few hours checking out all of the cool costumes, we got our book! They started distributing them at midnight, but we didn't get ours until about 1:00 AM, so not too bad! We were pretty excited!Amazon.com should be delivering one to our door today as well, and I think Grant ordered the UK version from them too. Did you know that they actually alter the American

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-54625311411419167582007-07-20T13:58:00.000-05:002007-07-20T16:10:07.371-05:00

Over the past several years, I've come to the conclusion that I don't like endings. No, seriously.Grant's been dying for the new and final Harry Potter book to come out since, well...since about the day after the last one came out! (The half Blood Prince).Not me.I am really excited, but actually, to some extent, I've been dreading it a bit.I really love these books, and enjoy emerging myself in

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-52002752758599254712007-07-17T13:18:00.000-05:002007-07-17T13:40:58.897-05:00

Right now, this is one of my favorite pictures. Even though Ronan looks silly in his braids.Ok, so I'm finally at the point in my class where we're starting to do photo montages. Learning lots of cool blending and mask techniques. Very neat.Here's one of my class assignments, work in progress...I still have to do some graphical and text things to it for class, but it'll give you some sort of idea

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-73462743510562138762007-07-15T02:27:00.000-05:002007-07-15T02:50:31.615-05:00

Ok, so I'm taking a pretty cool Photoshop Elements scrapbooking class this month on Digitalscrapbookplace.com Very cool. I met the instructor, Emma, at the digital crop that I went to in Arlington at the Great American Scrapbook Convention last month.Her classes are very detailed and pleasantly complex. I've taken several other digital classes and they've all been pretty basic and about the same

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-66370166821307016002007-07-11T07:27:00.000-05:002007-07-11T12:08:04.536-05:00

Movie was cool, getting up after 2+ hours of sleep is not.

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-85126072335886793842007-07-10T15:15:00.000-05:002007-07-10T15:26:19.631-05:00

And so it begins...Tonight, well actually it's extremely early tomorrow AM, we're going to the 12:00 showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.Can't wait! It's going to be awesome. Umbridge is truly disturbing. (I'm terrified of her.) and I've heard that her portrayal in the film is excellent! As scary as that may seem, at least I can be waiting for those centaurs...they should know

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-87338160368468693762007-07-09T19:10:00.000-05:002007-07-09T23:56:23.908-05:00

So late last night, I'm struggling with some concepts from my digital PSE class, and feeling creatively blocked and frustrated when I get this email from my friend Shannon (of Matt and Shannon who ride out at Falconwood ). It said something like:Matt said that you wanted a copy of this song....and there it was....the Elvis Costello cover of "She" from the movie Notting Hill that I went rambling

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-5806866927755519632007-07-09T15:03:00.000-05:002007-07-10T15:27:51.844-05:00

Wow! I had the weekend off, and we were at home! No shows, clinics, trips, etc. Whew!I think that we really needed a break.I did take Ronan out to Pine Hill on Saturday for our lesson, which was awesome! He was perfect. Jumped a whole bunch of new cross country jumps on the novice course. No problem! Just like it was nothing! Very relaxed....Go Ronan!Otherwise, it was an eclectic mix of things

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-51342104861313109132007-07-06T00:05:00.001-05:002007-07-06T00:26:03.238-05:00

Been working on my PSE skills.Here's some pics from one of last month's lessons....(can't figure out how to get the picture to be larger in the post but if you click on it, you get the full effect.)Photos by Grant Goodyear

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-42461507423811822232007-07-04T18:56:00.000-05:002007-07-04T19:39:47.692-05:00

"She" I'm talking about the song...(not Heidi Swapp) that goes....She may be the face I can't forgetThe trace of pleasure or regretMaybe my treasure or the price I have to pay....and so on.Well, it was originaly written by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer.Anyway, Elvis Costello does this awesome cover of it on the soundtrack for the movie Notting Hill, (one of my favorite films, by the way.)

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-41245225302395895312007-07-03T15:16:00.000-05:002007-07-03T15:35:55.278-05:00

Well, it rained again this weekend, so what were we doing? At a horse show of course! I swear that every show that we've done since getting Ronan, except for the combined test. the weather's been bad. In the last month alone, we got poured on at Meadow Creek, I got rained on all week at Horse camp, and then we got poured on again at the Pine Hill show on Sunday. The trailer's an absolute mess on

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-78017241654451866232007-06-29T23:27:00.000-05:002007-06-29T23:35:08.612-05:00

I am the coolest....well, actually, Grant is the coolest, well, he was the coolest before, but regardless....he bought me an iphone!He swears it isn't just because he felt guilty about washing my cell phone earlier this week.....After giving it to me, he took me to the apple store (which was open until midnight tonight for the iphone launch) so that I could play with one. Yes, I saw Steve Jobs

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-29708737907314598562007-06-25T22:25:00.000-05:002007-06-26T23:21:14.189-05:00

I just have one thing to say about my past 4 days at the Area V Adult Rider eventing Camp.....I have the Greatest horse EVER!!!!!!!Ronan showed me that he's really coming into his own now, and just loves jumping. He is like a transformed horse since he had his jumping epiphany on Memorial day.The camp was taught by Rainey Andrews from VA, and she was extremely good. I just loved her, and I

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-8036841271475179162007-06-20T17:20:00.000-05:002007-06-21T01:14:13.616-05:00

Well, Tomorrow, Ronan and I are off to camp. We'll be going to the USEA Area V adult rider's eventing camp with the trainer, Rainey Andrews. She used to be a trainer under Jimmy Wofford, one of the most famous eventers in history.So, hopefully, it'll be fun and relaxing for me, and good training for Ronan, who I'm afraid will just be hot. But....in the meantime, I thought I'd leave with this....

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-25706445293600898962007-06-18T15:51:00.000-05:002007-06-18T15:55:00.562-05:00

Ok, so my wonderful husband has ironed out all of the bugs and given my blog a behind the scenes overhaul/makeover. I just wanted to leave a quick post just so that he knows that I'm very happy now!More updates on life, the vet world, Ronan and other random stuff to come......Oh! and new pictures of Ronan!Cheers!

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-91989377523325304542007-03-12T16:29:00.000-05:002007-03-12T16:32:13.675-05:00

Ok, so I'm going to try this again!I've been so exceptionally busy, and every time I've tried to access my blog, google was having some problems or something. Or my network at work was being wiggy. I've still got some old posts that never published period and I have no idea where they've gone, and some that didn't publish, but at least I have the draft form although without the pictures, so I'll

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-1168970895246566992007-01-13T22:05:00.000-06:002007-06-18T00:19:02.863-05:00

Tomorrow.Tomorrow at 7AM, Grant, my husband, will be starting his very first marathon.I can't wait.This is absolutely the most exciting thing ever!!!We went to the runner's expo today to pick up his chip. (something he wears on his shoe that allows them to track him, and also to determine his time and speed.)Wow. I mean WOW!There's a chance that it's going to be cold and raining tomorrow, but

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-1167539101789215702006-12-30T21:59:00.000-06:002006-12-30T22:25:01.800-06:00

Some really groovy stuff in the works....!Some of it's secret, (has nothing really to do with me or my current life, just a surprise that I'm working on, so don't go thinking that I'm pregnant or moving or anything like that.) so it'll be a while before the details are revealed! Also....I'm trying out this incredible Irish Sport Horse named Ronan. Just waiting to see how he's going to do over

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-1166132419198287712006-12-14T15:27:00.000-06:002006-12-15T00:41:45.036-06:00

Is it possible to have too much fun?? I don't think so, but if it is...I guess that I've been doing it here the last few weeks. Crazy, crazy, crazy....So, of course I've had no time to write in my blog.... or edit/ look at the pictures that I've taken, etc.Ok..so I've mentioned making the Victorian Gown thing already....then...Let's take the 1st weekend in December....Friday: I worked 7-4, did

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-1164836441711457332006-11-29T15:33:00.000-06:002006-12-26T22:49:33.200-06:00

We're going to the Dickens on the Strand Victorian Ball! This is so amazingly groovy. I have always, always, always wanted to go to a Victorian ball. Well, this year, Grant decided that we were going! How great is that...the dancing, the beautiful gowns....Yeah..that's the problem. No gown.So.....I used to sew (when I had more time and didn't have a job)....I used to make most of my dresses and

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-1163114262248788362006-11-09T17:12:00.000-06:002006-11-09T17:17:42.256-06:00

I'm free.I'm free,ands freedom tastes of reality.I'm free.I'm freeAnd I'm waiting for you to follow me.-The WhoI'm FINALLY off!I have 3 days off. I'm going to spend tomorrow riding and preparing for the show,spending the night at Mom's, and then I'll be showing on Saturday.Sunday....I'm doing nothing except sleeping and scrapbooking, maybe a movie.Yes!

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967115411996564786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30667266.post-1163006079067061662006-11-08T10:53:00.000-06:002006-11-08T11:15:42.846-06:00

This is from the recent "Bit of Britain" add. I just love it.

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Just for everyone to know, that even though I've been stressed and really out of it lately, I'm not always like that, and I'm gonna be just fine. : ) This is me and Ophelia a couple of days ago. Editing inspired by Elsie Flannigan.

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Ok, so I'm currently on day 8 of working 11 days in a row. I only had 1 day off prior to starting this elongated stretch of veterinary hell...and can you tell that I'm tired?? Yipes!My brain is toast.My creativity level has been just lousy, so when I do have a brief second to relax, I can't even do something artful. That's not completely true. I did complete my Christmas tag album from my online

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Today is the day, I always waited for all year. More important than Thanksgiving, more important than birthdays, more important than ....Christmas? ......YES!I love costumes. I love getting dressed up, and the ability to choose a new identity or something different to wear that you might not normally do...I can't think of much that is more groovy and inspiring.I used to plan all year, and

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Wow!It was in the 60's yesterday! Finally. I actually had to wear a jacket and long sleeves out to ride. This is a good thing. I hate summer in Houston, and it just lasts forever.Nice to not get all sweaty every time you step out the door.Now, perhaps our electric bill will start going down. We can only hope!Tried out some of Club Scrap's assembly line scrapbooking Wed. night.They had an online

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So, here's my layout for this month's Pinecone Press Book Club. The book topic this month was "More Than One Photo". However, I must admit that this month's book did NOTHING for me, and I wasn't too crazy about the paper kits that came with it...(actually I despised 1 of the 2) So, of course, it took me forever, and finally I was like...just do something. This is done using the inspiration

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Grant ran in the 10 for Texas race on Saturday, which was a 10 mile race starting at Market Street and running through the Woodlands. I t closed Woodlands Parkway down to 1 lane, and I think that they closed off the Market Street area too. Grant said that it caused all sorts of traffic problems. Glad that I wasn't trying to get into work that morning!He's up to 12 miles now, and almost half-way

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Groovy.

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This totally awesome picture came in an email from the Disney store to me....Since Figaro sightings are so rare....Just wanted to show off the coolest kitty in the world.

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Wild show this weekend out at Pine Hill. Riding 2 horses in back to back divisions at a 1 day horse trial is CRAZY Wild! Poor Grant really got a work out, but he was so amazingly helpful. There is no way that I could have done this without him.I promise to post pictures later. So the good news is that I took Doc in the novice division for the first time, and WE WON!Can you believe it? We won

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Check out the new camera (fujifilm f-30)....This is with the natural light setting....taken at 10:00 PM in my kitchen with the fluorescent lights on and...NO FLASH!!!!!Pretty subject, too....don't ya think?No more "pet eye" for me!Just too cool!Oh...Halfpipe!I love birthdays.....

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Today.....I am 32. Wow.32 is the first age that I actually remember my mother being. I'm not sure what that says about me.Hmmmm.I awoke this morning to a scrumptious breakfast of.....Made from scratch.....Boston Creme Pie!Grant made it overnight while I was sleeping.Chocolate ganache.... yummmmmmmmy.It's all gone now.No, I didn't eat it all myself! I brought it up to my hospital and my staff

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Just returned back from the Greenwood horse trial. Grant got to finally go....yay!!!! (Last fall, we couldn't go on account of hurricane Rita)It was awesome. Poker was really good. Me...not so good.I had some timing issues during both jumping warmups, which luckily didn't carry over into my courses. However, I did jump the wrong fence #1 for Cross country so it all ended up a wash. Man...what a

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Happy Birthday to Grant!!!!!!The most wonderful, spectacular, and grooviest husband in the entire universe!!!!I Love you, Dr. Grant Goodyear!!!xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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Lots of stuff has been happening this week....Almost all of it really good, or really, really bad.However, tomorrow is Grant's birthday, and things are getting better....Last week, our friend, John "kiwi" Flitcroft died from a heart attack. Leaving behind his wife, our dear friend Kristen, who is also one of my veterinary technicians. He was 33.For some things, there just aren't enough tears.So,

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So, my cat, who is notorious for tearing up, laying on, and tossing around my scrapbook stuff....was just on top of my Navigator....I heard a ripping sound...Grant said "Oh no"...I turned, saw what the cat was doing and instantly yelled..... "FIGARO! No Rusty Pickle!!!" He had just stated to bite and tear at the packing envelope that housed one of my scrapbook kits that was made by Rusty Pickle.

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Ok....so we had just the best time on Monday! Cindy picked me up around 2PM, we headed down to Kemah, stopping at Novel Approach on the way...(my favorite stamping store)Then, we met up with Toni, Laurel, and Gloria at Scrapbook Junkie, did some groovy shopping, and then all went out to dinner! Mmmmmm....I had snapper.....yummmmmm.We got to meet Elsie, at the book signing. She liked my trademark

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So here it is, the 5 year anniversary of September 11th, and the world is once again in mourning. I refuse. There is just so much sadness in the world; I will not let this keep bringing me so far down. Otherwise, I might as well give the terrorists another point! I feel so much for the people in which this brings sorrow to their lives everyday....and I know that there are many. But I feel that

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Tomorrow, Cindy and I will be heading on down to Kemah for a really groovy scrapbook class that Elsie Flannigan will be teaching! She's a guest teacher down at The Scrapbook Junkie since she's in town for CKU this week anyway! We'll be meeting some of our groovy friends, Laurel and Gloria for lunch, and of course we're gonna do some shopping on the way down there! (Hey, I'm going with Cindy...

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Well...It sure was nice to have 4 days off!We did some of this....and I did lots of this...Stormy did lots of this..Ophelia and Hermione got to spend the weekend doing this...and Grant RAN 9 MILES on SATURDAY !!!!By the end of it all on Tuesday, I looked like this.... Thanks to Poker hitting me on the head while jumping on Tuesday AM.He threw his head and neck way up and just whacked me in the

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So, I just wanted to share a few pictures that make me smile....Today, Grant and I were headed off to brunch...(yes, Poker threw a shoe again...hence why I was home to go to brunch on a Sunday....but he already has it back on so he'll be ready for tomorrow..) and Figaro always sits in waiting when he knows that we're going to leave. He's ready to pounce and play with his favorite toy "pound puppy

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Wow...starting at 4PM, I'm actually off through Tuesday. That's right...4 DAYS IN A ROW!!!Poker isn't gonna know what's hit him! Besides riding...I plan to scrapbook and work on my Personal Treasury Album from CKU.I have been steadily working on it, but I'm nowhere close to being done yet...but maybe after this weekend...yeah, right. But the good news is that it is coming out gorgeous! I am so

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It's tragic. One of my absolute favorite bands, Nickel Creek, sent me email yesterday saying that they were going to take a "break of indefinite length". How sucky is that?Yes, I'll still have my CDs, but the worst part is that they are the best live band that I've ever seen.I'm mourning....."cause I......Should've known better.IShould've seen it coming...My heart sankwhen I read that letter.Sank

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I got this email the other day from club scrap headquarters, about my layout! Hi Sarah, I was forwarded over your great layout Riding is my Life by Tricia Morris to post on the CS website. Your layout is in the Gallery on the website under the Color in Black & White kit. If you would please e-mail me your City and State so I can include the information on the site under your great

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So, yesterday, I was thumbing through the yankee candle catalogue, and I was wishing that they'd bring back my favorite scent, "Sugared plums" (They discontinued it a few years ago, but brought it back for the holidays last year, and then took it away again.)Then, today.....in my inbox is an email from yanke candle that says...

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Check out my new updated blog! My oh-so-groovy husband, Grant, did some changes for me last night..(I'm too lazy to learn HTML myself)It's looking pretty darn cool! Everything's notinanittybittylittlecolumnanymore.See? : ) He's the best! I LOVE YOU GRANT!Husbands are the best!

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Well, in case you haven't noticed....the movie that I've been waiting for all summer (well.... other than that pirate movie with that oh-so-attractive Depp guy) is out this weekend!That's right...good, bad, or other....Snakes on a Plane is here.Of course, being me, I'm going to embrace a campy cult followed film..."The Adveturs of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension", "The Lair of the White

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Saturday we went on a road trip to San Antonio with Peter Suk and Diehl Moran for the San Antonio Contra Dance. Grant had a calling gig, and Evil Genius was playing.I love road trips....especially with eclectic, geeky people. That way, I can pretty much be my normal self, let loose, and pretty much look standard and normal within the present company.The highlight of the trip up was stopping at "

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I've been back from CKU-A in Atlanta and my Personal Treasury experience for 1 week now, and I'm still completely overwhelmed by the experience (but in a wonderful way.) It was all good.However, I've wanted to post about it, but my feelings were so intense that I didn't know where to start, and I know that it'll take an enormous amount of time to relay what this experience was for me.

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I have finally found something that Halfpipe likes to eat other than his Totally ferret food! Wonders never cease.Last night, my most wonderful husband made me Rice Krispy Treats to take to my scrapbook convention this week. We tried giving Halfpipe a bit of the leftover in the bowl...and he liked it. He REALLY liked it.This is the ferret who won't even try Raisins or ferret treats or even peanut

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Off to CKU in Atlanta today! I was up most of the night because I couldn't sleep. So, guess what...now I'm pretty damn tired. Oh well. I'll be sleeping on that jet plane.I'm in desperate need for a vacation. Sometimes I just get like that, and this month has been one of them.Looking forward to spending some time with just paper, ink, paints, and stamps...Hopefully, the kitty will sleep with

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This morning, when I was driving out to go riding, at a time that was way too early in the morning, making a drive that's ungodly long....I saw a rainbow.Right there on 290.The truth is, no matter what happens, a rainbow just makes the day magical.You don't see very many of them here in Houston, TX...I'm not sure if it's because of the climate or the topography, or something else, but I've found

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6 DAYS unil I leave for Atlanta!!!I can't believe that it's already here! I'm going to be working on an album track with Danelle Johnson, who has the Art Warehouse line of scrapbooking supplies! Woo-hoo! She is way groovy, and she does a lot of stamps and texturizing, etc in her artwork, so I'm hoping to gleen a bit of artistic skill while I'm there!The album that I'll be doing is called "A

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Well, I'm finally off work today...and had a day to go riding. So I left the house around 8:15 drove the hour and 15 minutes to get to Pine Hill....just to find that Poker's thrown a shoe. Being the wimpy horse that he is, of course he is lame without his shoe...so therefore unrideable. grrrrrr. So, I rode Doc, the green horse that I've been working with lately, and drove all of the way back

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So, we made a second attempt at the Pirates flick and I actually saw the entire film this time!! Grant is already chomping at the bit, not wanting to wait another year for the 3rd installment. I can't really blame him, but I'd much rather relish in the glory of the second film (Dead Man's Chest). It just made me want to go back and watch the original again. (Which I've already seen several times

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Yes...last night, Grant and I went at midnight to the first showing for opening day of The Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's chest (the sequel). I've been dying for this movie to come out. We bought our tickets ahead of time...but unfortunately, we only got there about 35 minutes in advance...and the theater was packed. We had to sit in the very front row...pretty much on the floor right in

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My first attempt at putting a recent picture into my profile....Who knows if this will work....

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Just testing out the new blog. Aren't fireworks just the greatest thing? Big bonus point for living in Texas. All of our neighbors are out lighting off fireworks in the street. Pretty groovy.

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