Two Stoney Acres

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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts, too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin. ~anonymous

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wrapping up Summer

Sorry . . . No new pictures. We've been busy just trying to get all the outside projects done before cold weather comes. We have the pool closed up finally. We are starting to haul hay to get the barn full for winter. And we've been trying to make time for Jordana to ride Mac. I'm Jordana's "horse caddy" (you know how a golfer has someone to carry his clubs) - so I carry the bridle and other necessities back and forth from the barn to the riding ring. I took my camera out with me, but was too busy to get any pictures! Maybe next time. It was a crazy busy weekend, but it's a good kind of crazy if you know what I mean!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Great News!

Tonight, Liberty and Tommy shared their moving plans with us! It's official - they'll be residents of New York in less than two weeks!

Tommy drove to Long Island and has started his new job. He found a house for them to rent which is less than 10 minutes from his work and very close to the elementary school. He is flying back to Florida next weekend to help Liberty finish packing and they will move during the first weekend in October. Tommy will be looking for a new daycare for Grayson this week. Liberty starts work at Ralph Lauren mid-October.

They will be about 3.5 hours from here, which is very comparable to when they lived in Virginia. We are looking forward to having them home during the holidays and hope to have the boys spend some time with us next summer! Yeah!

Motivation

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.
Randy K. Milholland

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work. You don't give up.
Anne Lamont

Inspiration

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. ~ Anna Freud (1895 - 1982)

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

Advice to young women from Nancy and Ann Wilson, of the rock group Heart (as printed in the 09/19/10 Parade magazine):
Nancy: There's a great deal of pressure on young women to portray a hyper-sexualized image.
Ann: And I think they get told that if they do that they're going to be successful. When, in actuality, if they look like pole dancers, all they do is make themselves more disposable. So be true to yourself.