Its been awhile . . .

Since I posted here.  Long enough that I had even forgotten my password!  But, we have a new computer so hopefully now, trying to load PNN won't cause the computer to crash. 

I recently joined Facebook under continued badgering from my friends.  I like it but I don't see that there's a really appropriate place to write out longer thoughts on my life, what's going on here at home or in the world around me.  So, that's brought me back to PNN. 

I'm doing better at making time to write.  I'd probably be happy if I could work at writing a couple of hours a day.  The other hours would be split between my kids and the horses, garden, etc.  Aaahhhh . . . well, its a wish.  Oh, and I'd have to keep doing float.

O.k., so hopefully I'll be posting a lot and hopefully you'll come read it and be a bit interested in what I've got to say!

Introductions

Thought I'd introduce "The Family and The Farm":

"The Family" consists of myself (Danelle), Brian (husband), and our two kids - Evan, who just turned 5, and Ella, who will tell you "I big girl.  I two and a half!"  That is, when she's not convinced that she's already 3.  Ella's like that.

"The Farm":  Stori Stables is its semi-official name.  "Tori" was the very first horse I owned.  I added the "s" onto the front of his name for "Stormy", my second horse and a current resident of Stori Stables.

The other residents of Stori Stables are:

Flicka - Our miniture pinto mare for the kids.

Nikki - My warmblood whom I bought last September with visions of returning to the hunter jumper showring.

Stormy - My sweet, dependable, retired, Thoroughbred.

Fred - Our giant black lab whom the kids have inexplicably renamed "Egg".

The Goats:  Oh My, Oh Dear, Strike, Billy and Willy.

The Bunnies - Sweet Pea and Blueberry

The Chickens - There's six of them and they don't have names.

The outside animals are rounded out by the "Aquatic Dept." inside - a fish tank in each kids' room full of unnamed fish and the turtles - "Cream" and "Wheat".

Pictures to be added soon!