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Thursday, November 5th 2009

8:26 PM

Hmmmmmm.......

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Not much to post about today.  I could post what I all did, though it would be a very short list, but here I go....

Woke up

Fed Horses

Tidied Up The Kitchen

Worked On Chapter 3

Watched A TV Show (Can't Remember Which One)

Cleaned The Kitchen So My Dad Could Make Dinner

Made My Bed

Ate Dinner

Cleaned The Dinner Mess Up

Watched icarly

Came Online And Finished Chapter 3 And Chatted With A Friend

So ya, not a lot was done today,

Maybe tomorrow will be more eventful.




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Wednesday, November 4th 2009

8:22 PM

Another day....another mile in the road of life.

Today wasn't very eventful. I got up and fed the horses, as I do every morning, then cleaned out the barn. We were out of hay, so that meant it was time to clean the barn spotlessly.  Get every little thing off the floor and make room for the load of 50 plus bales of hay.

My brother and dad go to pick up the hay while I clean the barn. Then they come back (it usually takes 2 loads) and it's time to unload. We have this system going. My brother throws the hay out of the trailer and my dad throws it to me (and at this point I might have to jump and dodge the 60+ lb' bales of hay, ) Then I pick them up (no easy task mind you) and throw them into neat, stacked piles.

We organize them by type. 1'st cut in one pile, 2'nd cut in another.
Once the piles start to get high, I have to make a step-like pile of hay so I can reach the top easier.

By the time we are finished, my lungs are full of hay and I can hardly breath. But seeing the horses run around excitedly as they watch us unload their food, makes it all worth while

Then my dad toss's (yes, toss's) the 50 lb bags of feed to me. I catch them, and put them in the barn. The horses really go wild when they see their grain being unloaded!

So by the time all that was finished, it was only lunch time. Talk about a long morning!

Then the rest of the usual event happened. My mom did school with my sisters while I flipped through the local phone book.  I had to change the last names of the characters in my book. And what better way to give them new names, then by spending hours flipping through the phone book?

After that, I tidied the kitchen, did a bit of this and a bit of that and voila. Here I am. Working frantically to get this posted and get as much of chapter 3 done as I can before my brother kicks me off of here.


Once I get online, it's basically the same routine each day. Google "Book Publishers" and log into facebook to chat with my friend. Work on book 2 while also writing in here, AND trying to go through the dozens of emails in my inbox  I really need to stop multitasking!

Good news: I have now contacted about a dozen publishers. I have already heard back from 4. All of whom have requested to view my manuscript!

And after this, I shall go feed 5 hungry horses their new feed and hay. Then go to bed and fall asleep half way through a movie. 
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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009

8:16 PM

♪ ♫ Just keep moving ♪ ♫ Just keep moving..... ♪ ♫

What happens when life hits a dead spot? And it just feels like you can't move. If you take a step in either direction, left, right, forward or back, you hit a wall.

Sometimes I hit those walls, but more recently then ever before. I know that just because our house wont sell is a reason to hit the stop button on my life, but it sometimes feels like that, until we move, my life will continue to be on hold.

Sometimes the question pops into my mind "Is all this really worth it? The three years of waiting? One showing after another and still no one buys the house? The stress? Is it all worth it?" and each time I decide "Yes! It is!"

I have been told before that I need to be "realistic" with my life, and stop waiting to move, which might not even happen (I know for many people, they believe it WILL never happen and I hope to prove them wrong! )

Some people believe it is stupid for me to h old off on finding a boyfriend, or getting my drivers license and all the other things a girl my age should, and is doing. But I think it's smart.

What would happen if I were to get sick of waiting, and go hitch up with a guy just because it's "what all the other girls are doing." and then the next week, our house sells and we are suddenly moving across Canada.

Then I am stuck. I am on one side of Canada, and my boyfriend is on the other side. Then what?  I'm not moving back, and I doubt he would move out there.

And the same goes with my drivers license, except it's sort of different while still being the same. If I get my learners license, which I would then have to keep for two years, and we move within those two years. I have my learners yes, but it's no good over there. And I have to pay to retake the test AGAIN! Well these goes hard earned money!

I struggle with patience. And each time we get a call for a showing, I get stressed and I want to scream. But I don't. I try (the best I can) to hold that in and think positive thoughts. "Just think, these could be the buyers!"

My relationship with God has also been tested through these past few years. Sometimes I blame Him for not moving us sooner. I think things like "If God can make a donkey talk. And He created the earth in just seven days. Why the heck can't He sell this house?!   "

Then I calm down, ask for forgiveness for blaming God and ask for His help in selling. I mean, there must be a reason we have been kept here so long? Right? Everything God does, or doesn't do is for a reason.

So though it is hard, and tough, and trying. I have to just keep moving with my life. Keep my finger on the play button and don't let anyone get in my way and drag me down. Making me think that we wont ever move. Because I know God has big plans for my family. Plans that can't be destroyed by someone else saying "Be realistic!" when discussing our moving plans.  
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Monday, November 2nd 2009

3:58 PM

Clearing my own path in life...

What's the number one question kids are asked these days? "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

I've had that question stuck in my head for years, up until four years ago when I got my first horse. (who is no longer with me now )

It was at that point that I realized that I have a strong, unbreakable passion for horses. Whether it's training, riding, breeding, rescuing or just sitting and watching them be..well..horses!

So after that, my mind went sort of..haywire. Did I want to breed? Compete? Raise? Train? Riding lessons? What did I want to do with horses that I could make a living from?

While I was trying to straighten that mess out, I began to fall in love with writing. Any type of writing.

I won my first poetry contest at 11. Then I was the first runner up in a Canada wide poetry contest and a horse magazine had been holding. I was 16 then.

But I really sucked at rhyming, and I moved to short stories. Though I have been writing short stories since I was about 8. And please don't ask to read any of them, because they were really awful

I started out with small stories, mostly about girls and their horses. The time line was always around the 1800's. I actually thought I would stink at writing things with a modern time line.

Then my mom told me to at least try it. And I haven't written an old fashioned story since

My stories always vary in style and story line. From a story being told from a Mother horse to her baby, to a story being told front he point of view of a wild stallion who guards his herd.

I wrote stories about girls and horses for several years before forcing myself to try something new yet again.

Now one thing to keep in mind is, by this time, I had never finished a book. Honestly, I'd never gotten past chapter 5 in a book before. They always seemed to die. The flame I had for writing them, had fizzled into nothing.

So when I started my new novel last January, I hoped that this one would be different. It was definitely different then any other novel I had writing. Without even mentioning the word "horse" in the book, it was unlike any other story I had written.

Unfortunately, that book soon died after only 3 chapters, thus continuing my "never-finished-a-book" streak. So for about five months I went book-less.

But by that time, I had already been writing for a horse magazine for almost a year, and been paid for an article on foaling and the first few hours.

I worked on several other books int he few months in my spare time, but each seemed to die faster then the previous.

It was really beginning to annoy me that I couldn't even finish one book. It didn't have to be anything long. Just a good story that people would actually want to read!

But at east I was able to build up my career in the horse area while I waited for my next idea. I was writing a monthly article, and even getting emails from a reader with questions they had about their horse.

I was happy to help them, and get updates of their horses progress. I also began working more with the horses under saddle. Taking Raiah out as often as I could, I jumped with her.

Scary at first, I soon adjusted and we were flying over the jumps together. Now at 2'6", I am ready for our first competition, possibly next year. When I give Raiah a day off, I take Mina out and work with her. She is now at 1'3".

Lacey is also being trained to jump. But since I cannot ride her yet. I lounge her over jumps. But when she was only 3 months old, she already proved to be a born jumper. Mina as well. They both cleared out 4'6" fence one night and didn't even get a scratch.

So just picture a small, 9hh (4 inches per hand, so 9X4=36 inches) jumping over a 4'6" fence. Something I wish I had seen!

That cleared it all up for me. I HAD to get into horse training. So I started taking online courses, and reading all I could.

Which has set a path for me. Once our house sells, I am going to get more into horse training and become certified. But since I can't be out riding young, unbroken horses when I'm pregnant, I will be giving riding lessons.

I would LOVE to apprentice under Ian Millar and learn as much about horse training as I can from him. And also learn how he is able to jump 6' and not fall off

I am also going to get into real estate. I hope to buy my first rental home next year and invest in it. Then as the years go, eventually sell the house and move up to something bigger.

But another thing I REALLY want to do in my life, is publish a book. That is why I was thrilled when I finished my very first novel last month.
"the extra-ordinary" is a book better then I could have ever hoped for. I've had people read it and compliment me on the story and style writing.

People have even suggested I publish it which I hadn't given a whole lot of thought to until recently.

So looking online I found a website for Dorrance Publishing Company. One of the biggest and oldest publishing company's around.

I sent them a small preview of my manuscript, and held my breath, waiting to hear back.

Then today, when I wen to check my email, I saw an email from Dorrance Publishers!

It said the following:

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in Dorrance Publishing!  I just wanted to touch base with you and thank you for requesting information on Dorrance.  We recently emailed our publishing guide to you, which contains more information on our programs and on our publishing process.  If you have any questions on this material, please feel free to contact me.

If your manuscript is complete and you are ready to do so, I would like to invite you to submit your finished manuscript for our consideration.  You can either mail your manuscript through regular postal mail or just hit reply and send it as an email attachment.  The review process will take about 2-4 weeks.  You will then receive by mail our publication decision and additional publishing information.

Please let me know if I can offer further assistance!  I am easily reached by email and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,
Heather Curley

So you can imagine how thrilled I am that a publishing company as big as them, wants to read MY book!!

Of course my stomach is flip flopping with the fear that they won't like it and I'll be back to thinking I can never get published!

The book is just the first of a series, and I am currently working on the sequel, which I think will be even better then the first.

I have so many dreams that I want to reach and accomplish in my life. And just when I thought I had to pick just one of them, things begin to happen and I am doing them all!

I am becoming known for my advice articles in the horse magazines

I have written a book and I'll be emailing the manuscript to a publishing company to review

And I am training horses, which was my main goal.

Just when I think I have nothing to show for my 18 years of existence, something amazing happens and God slaps me over the head and shows me everything that I have done!

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Sunday, November 1st 2009

6:55 PM

I've lost a whole hour!

Well, daylight savings has hit, yet again. I shouldn't complain. It meant I got a whole extra hour of sleep last night, which is awesome. It's something I have been lacking lately.

I am going to try and post everyday from now on. My life will start sounding predictable and boring, but it's a good way to keep myself consistent with things.

Last night was Halloween, as everyone should know (unless you have lost all sense of time, then this is informing you now. So happy Halloween  )

We were out for about 3 hours last night, and all I got to show for it was a lousy six pounds of candy. Can you believe it?!

So today was slow. By noon I already felt drained of any and all energy. Probably because it actually felt like one to me.

I didn't get a ton of stuff done today. Sunday's are usually super lazy days with our family.

So until about noon, we watched "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" the new one. Awesome movie, especially to someone like my little sister who would watch horror movies if she were allowed!

I did some work for my mom this afternoon, then had another hour or so of lazy time.

Around four, we all went out (me, my mom and my brother) to brush our extremely muddy horses.

Mina was first for me, while my mom and Josh did Raiah and Bandit. She was happy to be out. She basically loves any type of attention! But she's such an angel! She deserves it!

Sometimes while I'm brushing her side, she'll reach her head around and nuzzle my hand. It's so cute!

After she was done, I too out Lacey, and decided to have some fun. I brushed her, then took out my old English saddle (well not so old, I got it two years ago for my 16'th b-day from my parents.) and got her saddled up.

She was honestly excited. For almost two years she's had to watch all 4 of the other horses get saddled up and ride away. Having fun. So she was thrilled, thinking it was finally her turn.

So once she was saddled, I got the bit and bridled her up. She didn't mind that either. She was actually nuzzling the saddle and smiling! (I know, so many people think I'm nuts to say my horse was smiling at me, but she was!) But she was upset when I started un-tacking her and putting the saddle away.

So then I did some lounging with her and put her away. After that dinner was made, we ate, I cleaned up, then came online.

So it's now time for me to disappear for an hour or so and become engrossed in my book. I know, dull post. But sometimes life isn't all action, comedy and all that bubble stuff in the movies. Though movies like that make people, myself included, feel like real life is super dull!

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Friday, October 30th 2009

2:37 PM

Going over my "Things to do in 2009" list.

The other day, I stumbled across an old blog entry. It was posted on January 7'th, 2009. Here is a recap..... 

My goals are:

# 1: Write and finish a whole novel. I don't care what it is about as long as I finish it, LOL.

# 2: Become a monthly paid writer.

# 3: Enter my first horse show.

# 4: MOVE!!

# 5: Win my first horse show

# 6: Become a paid writer

#  7: Become more organized

Going over the list, I started to think about how much I have/have not done this year. Let's see.

#1: I have written and finished an entire novel of a series, and I am now working on the sequel. I also have plans to publish this series, and things are in the works for getting book 1 published.

#2: I have not become a paid, monthly writer. I am still writing for free, but hopefully that will change soon once my name is more well known.

#3: I have not entered a horse show this year. I hate to say it, but I haven't even ridden as much as I would have liked to. But when I do ride, I work on jumping. So far, Raiah is up to 2'6", and Mina is up to 1'3"

#4: We have not moved, and we will be taking the house off the market on November 1'st. So we are all praying really hard that SOMETHING will happen in the next two days and it will sell!

#5: Well since I haven't entered a horse show, I'd have to say I defiantly did not win it either =P

#6: Yes. I have been a paid writer. I wrote an article last October that was published in a horse magazine across Northern Canada and the US. I was paid for that, much to my own surprise. But it still counts.

#7: Well what can I say. I struggle with this. Most of all, I struggle with organizing my time. But I am working very hard on fixing that. But I think it is something that won't just happen over night. 

Well those are the things that I have, and have not done this year. I am extremely proud of myself for number one. It is the first novel I have ever finished, and I am actually still interested in it enough to continue on with book 2, and the rest of the series.

Here is a small preview of book one of "the extra-ordinary" series.

What would you do, if you had a secret? A secret so big,it would change your whole life if even one person knew it? Well I have a secret like that. It's changed my life, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. No one can ever find out about me, not even my best friend or my mother. I fear, if they knew about me, they would leave me and I'd be alone. Hunted like a wild animal.
Then what?

It was allot of hard work, but well worth it in the end.
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Tuesday, October 13th 2009

4:55 PM

Today I'm stealing a post from my other blog. YES! It's that important!

Ever wish you could go back to a simpler time? A time when technology didn't run our lives for us? A time when family time consisted of playing games, telling story's and just spending quality one-on-one time with each other?

Not when it consists of watching TV, playing on the computer or talking on the phone?

Many times (this will sound stupid, but it's the truth) I wish I could have been born in 1880. You may ask, "WHY? Everything had to be done by hand then, they didn't have dishwashers or washers and dryers." and I will admit, you are right.

But back then, though those chores had to be done, the children knew no other way. They were not lazy like so many children (many times including myself) have become accustomed to today.

Instead of watching TV or playing video games, they would play outside, or bake or read together. Families still had their moments, but they were more dependent on each other, then anything else.

They didn't have Facebook, or Twitter, or Myspace to take up their day. The children were handy. They could sew, or cook, or hunt and chop wood. They could hitch up wagons and ride into town on their own. But today, most children cant even step outside without the fear of being hit by a car.

I'm not saying our life today is bad, I'm just saying, what happened to the old fashioned way of living? Whenever I see someone who makes their own bread, plants and raises their own food, whether meat or fruits and veggies, I admire them!

Not because they are learning how to save money, but because they are being dependent on God to supply them with their needs.

In my life, technology often takes the wheel. And whenever that happens, I'm sure to crash. Whether it's by spending WAY too much time online, watching hours of endless TV and movies, or playing game after game on the xbox. Either way, we think we are in control of the technology, but the truth is, it's in control of us!

This video Joshua Harris posted on his Facebook page the other day, really hit a nerve. It's called "Self-Control in a Wired World"



I couldn't help but laugh when I saw it, because, it seriously reminded me of myself. It always starts out at "Just checking my email" and then gets out of control, and soon, I'm forgetting anything and everything that I SHOULD be doing, instead of playing on the computer.

In many places with my life, I lack the self-control I need, to stay focused on what I should be doing, instead of playing online, watching TV or playing video games. But I pray, that God will strengthen me enough, and help me to fix those issues in my life.

  Proverbs 25:28

“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.”


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Friday, October 2nd 2009

12:46 PM

House hunting, just like Christmas for us =D

You may ask, "How on earth is house hunting like Christmas?" Well I shall tell you.

Every time one of my parents decides to browse the realty sites online, looking for hopeful future homes, we all gather around.

Pulling up anything we can find to sit on, we all huddle around the computer screen.

Talking excitedly about the houses we find, we "ohh" and "Ahh" at them. Bursting out things such as "That’s my room!" or "Can't you just picture the horses in that field?"

It something we all love to do. Stare at listing after listing for sometimes even hours at a time.

Then when we find a house we like, we go to Google earth and map it out.

We locate the nearest town and see how the lay of the land looks.

Then we notice something like an airport in the back yard of one of our favorite houses and it's "On to the next house!"

It may not sound like Christmas to you, but it is fun. For a while anyways. After a while, it gets tiring and we all slowly part to go our own ways. Leaving the parents to look on their own.

But each time we click the little link that brings you to the house info, it's like unwrapping a present. Sometimes you like what you seen, sometimes you don’t'.

But we are all anxiously awaiting the moment when we will all fall in love with one house. We'll all burst out "That's my room!" and spend hours just staring at the pictures.

Hopefully, one day, we'll find a house like that. But until then, we will all gather around the computer and stare at listing after listing.
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Wednesday, September 23rd 2009

8:18 PM

Wow! Where did this blog come from? O.o

It has been way too long since my last entry, but I guess it doesn't help that I lost my password (oops)

Let's see, what's happened since my last entry. I guess I'll start by saying THE HOUSE STILL HAS NOT SOLD!! Unbelievable as it may be, it hasn't!

But besides that, allot has happened (sort of) Lacey, is now over a year and a half old, and wow, is she ever a spunky yearling!

I've been training more with Raiah, and we are jumping at 2'3" now, and Mina is jumping 1', ya! Lacey has proved to have it in her to jump, since she will seriously jump anything in sight!

I've gone from 17 to 18 (eeekk!) and it feels like half my life is over!

I am still writing for the horse magazine, and I have managed to keep going with that (Ya! I haven't been fired yet! ha-ha)

I mentioned in my last blog post that I started a novel, well, that novel was born then died and I moved onto a new novel. Oh wait, then that one died and I am currently working on yet, ANOTHER new novel! Though this one is kind of like the first one, but different.

I've started a new blog ( www.hisdaughter.bravejournal.com ), one that is more about my spiritual journal then personal, yet I do share personal, spiritual experiences.

Hm mm..what else..

We've started school again (yes, I am still in school, but honestly (as my mother puts it) when do we ever stop learning?) and many of my days consist of scooping horse manure, being lazy and cooking and cleaning. (more laziness then cleaning though  )

Since my last entry, I made many stupid mistakes, and I've had to own up to them (I shall not share them because well, I'm not THAT dumb )
But they are definitely mistakes that have changed my life!

This summer, I have worked allot of saddle breaking my youngest sisters pony. It's actually going very well. I was surprised that a pony THAT stubborn, would be so easy to break! My sister has actually been able to ride Nikki (the pony) around the paddock by herself (I am there to supervise of course,) but she loves it!

Now it may sound like all fun and games to own a horse, but you know what...it is I wouldn't trade my life for anything! (even if it does come with several strings attached)

Well, I think that about it, now I should probably go, some horses are hungry (HA! When aren't they? ) and my brother MIGHT want to get on here before midnight.

Hopefully I don't loose my password again, if I do, then, I wont be back and you should call the police! If I don't loose it, I'll try to stay more regular. 

Alesia..Galloping Out!
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Thursday, February 12th 2009

9:05 PM

Life, As It Ticks By Slower Then A Broken Clock!

OK, so I haven't posted in here for a while, oops!

Allot has been happening in my life lately, but I'll start with the most important.

I have already knocked one item of my 2009 Thing-I-Want-To-Do list.

I have been paid for an article and they said that they may consider having me write for them again.

Lacey turns 1 year old next month and she's only a bit smaller then Mina.

I've started writing a novel, and I've finished 2 chapters so far, approx 12,000 words, the book will end up some where around 110,000-130,000 words when it's done, so about 500 pages or so.

We are listing the house soon, so it hasn't exactly had a change to sell, but hopefully it sells FAST!! I want out of this place!! lol

I've re-thought entering a horse show this year, it turns out i need a sporting liscence and to be a member of some type of club that provides insurance or somthing.

So i'm going to enter a Gymkhana.

So it's only for fun, no serious stuff.

It'll be for 100% fun!

I'm still jumping with Raiah, but Mina starts her training this year, and Lacey starts in 2 years, that's hard to believe!

We've gone from 5 rabbits to 2, one died and one ran away, and the other one, um mm, I forget, that's bad of me.

Not much else has really happened in my life.

This-That, the usual!

We are going to our grandparents again next week, but I'll try to post another boring post before that, lol

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