Screeching halt ... HOME SWEET HOME
Well... after many sleepless nights, moody days, some nightmares & weird dreams we have come to a decision. We are putting our move to Florida on an indefinite hold. When we moved here to our dream ranch we said THIS would be our LAST move EVER!!! The thought of packing up all our stuff, cleaning, the drive there...UGH!!! Not anything I feel up to tackling any time soon. I have been absolutely sick to my stomach at the thought of not having Gypsy & Cheyenne, our beloved Appys! My daughter & I swore we would never re-home them and it has truly been bothering us at the thought of having to do that. Always wondering if they were ok & being taken care of. Well we do not have to wonder any more. We are staying here on our 40 acre ranch out on the Eastern Plains of Colorado. I have been looking at property in Florida since October & even have 2 different Realtors and my FIL also looking and NO ONE can find a place comparable to our ranch. The largest place I found has only 5 acres and that house is SMALLER than our current home! It seriously just isn't doable with all our things and all our critters. We'd be pretty much starting out totally new... new house, new neighbors, new job (if we could find one), only the in-laws that we don't really know. I have a few people that I've met on Facebook that live in Florida but we do not "know" them personally. It is just way too much stress that hubby and I really don't want to deal with. Things are getting better for us here and we love it on our ranch, all the fresh air, space and no BS unless we allow it around. Cut ties with the idiots and life is good now. We have some awesome neighbors/friends here too. ...we are home sweet home! Smith Rescue Ranch is our home =)
The BLAHS
Well... it's Winter once again here on the eastern plains of Colorado. With that comes freezing temps, howling winds and just a general grumpy demeanor in everyone here! We just do NOT like Winter any more!
We have decided we want OUT of Colorado! We are spending one last Winter here so we cannot say later that we miss Colorado and Winter. Come Spring 2011 we will not be living in Colorado any more! That being said we decided we want a warm climate.... Hawaii is lovely but there is only so much you can do on an island & moving there would be too costly getting everything over there. We have decided on moving to Florida! My husband was born in Pensacola & his Dad, step mom, and other family members are there too. We have been house hunting and there are a lot of homes available. We have a few months until we are going so we don't have to be in a rush to get a place & can be a bit picky so it has been an ongoing project house hunting.
The kids are getting excited about moving to a new place & we adults are more than ready to get out of this miserable cold.
I will attempt to keep writing about this process but I have not been very good at blogging every day. I will try to do it at least once a week. =)
Beaches, sunshine & ocean here we come soon! woohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo
THANKSGIVING SONG ADAM SANDLER
Hope you ALL have the most wonderful Thanksgiving Day with your loved ones!!!♥♥♥
From our family & critters on the ranch to yours!
Our newest Chihuahua addition
We have another new Chihuahua! He is a chocolate & white tricolor long coat & is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! He & Dharma will have beautiful pups when they are mature enough to begin breeding. We will begin breeding next year in late Summer early Fall. He and Dhama have become very close with each already. I am still looking for another female to add to our family for breeding.
Dharma♥ Is here!
Our newest edition to our Chihuahua family is here! Dharma arrived on August 14, 2010 in Denver. We drove up 82.7 miles from our ranch entrance to the Continental Cargo pick up in Denver, Colorado ONE WAY! It is WORTH it because these beautiful pups are priceless to us! Amen she made the flight fine because of all the precautions her loving & awesome breeder mommy took to make sure that her tiny 2.7 lb chocolate and tan puppy would arrive safely to us! Dharma is from "Robin Brannan's Chihuahuas" based out of Moore Haven Florida. We absolutely adore this precious girl! I got her CKC registered today so she is officially my baby! Her CKC registered name is, "Marie's Chocolate Dream Dharma". In about a year or so she will be old enough to be bred. Here is a photo of the little sweety!♥
Savannah Joe & Orion Welcome to the Ranch!
While we were away from the ranch for a couple hours picking up Savannah Joe a long awaited miracle occured!!! Artemis FINALLY had her cria!! He is a tiny little male that we have named "Orion". His sire is obviously D'Artagnon, who is also Patriot's sire, & Blake & Zeus are his older brothers. :)
What a day full of blessings! ♥
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