Monday, April 30, 2012

I Have Dreaded This Post

I apologize for my lengthy absence. To be honest I have not been looking forward to writing this post for several reasons. The first and main reason being pride. I guess the only way to go about this is to just lay it all out there...

As mentioned in a previous post I fell off a horse on March 9, injuring my shoulder. I was very lucky that it was a non-surgical injury and was expected to recover with a few weeks off. Unfortunately the fall also started a chain of events that turned my life upside down.

There was another health scare that was brought to light from the scans they took at the ER on March 9th, luckily I got the biopsy results back last Friday and everything is benign. I narrowly missed not one, but two surgeries in less than a month's time!

I guess the biggest change this all brought on, and where the pride factor comes in, is that due to me not being able to ride for several weeks I lost my job. I am extremely lucky that I have parents who are not only willing, but able, to let me move back in with them for a short while. 

The heartbreaking changes that have occurred due to all of this is having to find a new home for my dog. Luckily an old friend from high school was looking for another dog; her and her boyfriend fell in love with Cowboy. I hate that I had to give him up, but he is not a house dog and my parents don't have a yard for him to run and play in. The part that sucks the most (sorry, that is the only way to explain it) is that now I am faced with finding a home for my horse. After a lot of thinking, soul-searching, and prayers I have decided that my goal is to go back to school; to do this I cannot have a horse. As much as it breaks my heart (I am literally tearing up as I am typing this out), Flint needs to go. 

If you have followed my blog at all in the past couple of months then you know Flint is a little too smart for his own good sometimes and can be a bit of a special case. It is because of this that I have decided not to sell him, but rather to find him a suitable home and give him to them. To make him marketable to sell I would have to put in a lot of time and money that I don't really have. By offering to give him away I not only have complete say over where he goes but I don't have to be able to guarantee anything about him. My biggest fear is that people are thinking I'm trying to "pawn" him off on somebody; that is about as far from the truth as one can get. Other than my high school horse, Onyx (who is going to a friends' farm about an hour from Little Rock to retire), I have never enjoyed another horse as much as I enjoy Flint. The selfish part of me is giving him away because the thought of getting him going and competing only to sell him breaks my heart. 

With all these factors I hope that you can see why I have been absent from my blog lately. Don't worry though, I plan on continuing to post - it was just getting this first one out that will hurt the most. Living in my parents' house again I doubt I will be doing much "craftiness" for myself, but my mom has several pieces of furniture she is going to let me play around with...so we shall see what kind of trouble I can get myself into in Little Rock. 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Cowgirl Photo Frame

Hey y'all, hope everyone is getting and enjoying this wonderful weather like we are here in Arkansas! I'm (slowly) in the process of redoing my bedroom and wanted to share my latest finished project!


Sunday, March 25, 2012

Funday Sunday [2]

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first Funday Sunday last week! There were some great projects, tips, and recipes posted!

Now I can't wait to see what y'all can bring to the table this week

Just remember the "rules":
1.) Make sure you link up an individual post (not main blog address)
2.) A follow on LinkyFollowers would be great
3.) Please no shops or giveaways
4.) Please no more than 4 links per blog
5.) Remember to grab the button!



The Crafty Cowgirl





Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Music That Keeps Me Going

Earlier this week I did a post on my favorite running app for the iPhone/iPod. Now I want to follow that post up with my favorite running tunes!


Thanks to all of the rain we have gotten here in Central Arkansas I haven't been able to run these past couple of days (I'm a fair-weather-runner) so I've used this time (lol, okay so it didn't take 3 days) to prepare my favorite playlist for running. Below is the list of songs that I like to listen to for workout/running:

Monday, March 19, 2012

Swimsuit Giveaway at Keeping It Simple

Hey guys! Kaysi over at Keeping it Simple is doing a FANTASTIC before-summer giveaway:

*drum roll please*


Go check out her site on how to enter (and possible win!)!!!!

Thank's Kaysi for having this awesome chance to win (somebody's got to, it may be you!)! http://www.hapari.com/

Look at That Body, I Workout


I love that picture...and the sad thing is it is so true! Whenever I run I have this great, tv ad worthy video montage running through my head of what I look like. Then I get back to the car/house, look in a mirror and think "oh dear!" I become a sweaty mess. It's all good though, because another one of my favorites is:

Sunday, March 18, 2012

A Pink Candlestick

I was about to leave my parents' house one Sunday afternoon and saw an "old school" candlestick (think Beauty and the Beast) sitting on the dryer. I immediately demanded that she give it to me asked if she was going to do anything with it and if not could I have it. Of course being the wonderful mother that she is, she gave it to me. I saw great things in this little candlestick's future!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Funday Sunday [1]

Welcome to the first Funday Sunday at The Crafty Cowgirl! Thank you for stopping by for a bit to link up some of your great ideas, projects, and such! I'm looking forward to seeing what everybody brings to the table!

Just a couple of guidelines:
1.) Make sure you link the individual post - not your entire blog
2.) It would be great if you would follow me on LinkyFollowers
3.) Please no shops or giveaways
4.) Please no more than 4 posts per week per blog
5.) Please grab my button to put on your post or blog



The Crafty Cowgirl




St Patrick's Day Wreath

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone! Hope you are wearing green!


Two of my really good friends were born on St. Patrick's Day - one of my favorite memories of one of them is when she bugged me and bugged me to call her "when I first woke up" on her birthday to wish her well. Haha! Joke was on her because I had a horse show and I called her at about 4:30 in the morning!

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Finally Finished: The Entryway

I finally finished my back wall of my living room that happens to be by my front door entryway! Yay! Slowly but surely my house is starting to look like an adult (yikes!) lives here and not a college kid.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Easy Tip for Painting Candles

I needed silver candles and couldn't find them in the color and size that I needed (welcome to Smalltown U.S.A.) so I decided to spray paint them. It was actually a lot harder than you would think until I thought of this...


By using a hanger with skirt clips, a piece of twine, and clothes pins I was able to get the perfect, non-drip, no rolling color coverage!

Chicken Tacos

Now you KNOW if I'm cooking something it is a.) easy and b.) most likely in a crock pot...well today is no different. This simple and amazing crock pot chicken recipe may be the best yet!

Life With Flint = More Blogging!

Well, I guess the Good Lord decided that I needed to blog a bit more, though I don't know if I totally agree with his methods. 



Sunday, March 11, 2012

Flowers in Mason Jars: A Southern Staple


It is so true. You are not a Southern Girl if you cannot appreciate the simple beauty of a mason jar holding flowers.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Wooden Letters: A New Obsession

I have now become obsessed with wooden cutouts that can be painted, hung, and adored! I have found a website, Craft Cuts, that has good prices and pretty much any size, type, and font you could ever want. Shipping was pretty fast as well! 


My first wreath/wooden letter experience!
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