....just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."
                     ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Camp season begins in T-minus ten days.  After a marathon planning session, I'm oddly excited about it, even though in a way I'm also dreading it.  I don't think I've ever had ( Read more... )

Day 29 - Your aspirations

The problem with this question is that I think I already answered it.  I distinctly remember rambling on at length about hopes and dreams and plans to do wonderful things with my life.  So, we'll go in an entirely different direction tonight!

This is my Mission 101 list:

( Behind the cut, in case inspirational lists are not your cuppa tea. )

Exactly six years ago today, I moved my two horses into a big old fixer-upper of a barn and took the first step into a new phase of my life.  I had four students.  I was so, so naive and so full of uncertainty and big dreams.  Six years later, I have twenty-two students and six horses and a wonderfully growing and awkward adolescent business and ( Read more... )

The Bucket List is making the rounds, which is fitting, because I'm all about dreams and goals and shooting stars these days.  (Or trying to be, at any rate.)   Unfortunately my list seems to be expanding as my projected remaining life decreases. :-)

Inspired by lilia2000 , 
Things to Do Before I Die:

GO TO IRELAND.  Better yet, go trekking on horseback across ( Read more... )

I love the holiday season, but somehow I'm never prepared for the amount of stuff I have to do.  I don't mind it, most of the time... I just never seem to be able to stay on top of it all.  In the next couple of days I need to buy stamps so I can mail Christmas cards, do a ridiculous amount of laundry, finish my online ordering, pop a TON of ( Read more... )