A few Days Off

I've taken a few days off, mostly due to writers block. Isn't that always the way? I put the start of this project on hold for a period of time because of the problem of coming up with a decent name for it, all the while having all of these great things I wanted to write about, and now that I'm off the ground I'm stuck. All of the great writing ideas went right out the window. Urgh!

Well, anyway, we decided to get out of the house yesterday. It was rainy and wet and generally not very good "out" weather but we decided that a drive would be nice. During our wandering, we remembered that we had once talked to someone about getting some horseback riding lessons for Erin. Luckily, doing everything by memory, we were able to find the Galerie farm and the people we'd talked to and take an hour to talk with the owner, play with the dogs, pet the horses and just generally let Erin go nuts around the animals. When we all got home Erin went for Heather's old riding helmet and has been just psyched about learning to ride ever since. It was nice to be out on the farm for a bit. I'd forgotten how much I missed having dogs around and spending time in the barn with the horses. Someday I think I'd like that for my family. It's a lot of hard work but I'm ok with that. It's just, all in all, a much healthier environment I think.