babblings at 2am

So my sleep was cut short. I was up at 9am (after posting at 5am) and on my way to the farm to talk to the barn manager. There is something so very theraputic about venting to someone not involved. She has a heart of gold, she listened to my concerns for the clinic, to the details of the story I'm writing, we talked about training issues we are both having with the horses we are riding, and my favourite topic of life... COLOUR! I love colour in the horse world, it excites me. Some of my favourite breeds of horses come in very exciting colours, or they should at least (in my oppinion).

This is a short post, have to be up in 3 hours to get ready for work. Night night all, hope your holiday was wonderful.

morning musings

I'm having a hard time today. Since opening up my clinic its been quiet. I knew it was going to be quiet, I've pretty much dropped off the planet for a year and a lot of my clients have either moved on to other therapists or are seeking other forms of treatment. Yesterday I had to turn down a client because of the type of insurance they were coming in with. That frustrated me because this was the only new client call I had all week, and here I had to turn them away.

I have done some work with this type of insurance and it ended up with me doing thousands of dollars of work and not being paid for it. I would rather not go down that road again, as not only did it end with me not being paid, but with the client in an uncomfortable situation. I don't want to go down that road again.

Where is this going? I'm scared it won't work. I don't have a backup to speak of other than a part time job that really doesn't cut it. I love my career, and the clinic has huge room for growth, but with the economy as it is I'm not sure that it will work. People don't have the extra $$ to spend on what most consider frivilous things. And while I don't believe preventative care to be frivilous its hard to convince the majority of people.

My family is very supportive this way. My parents want to see me succeed, and really see this as something that can work. My clinic is in a great location, there are lots and lots of people that have great coverage in this city. I have an add out in the next couple of weeks, hoping to catch the crowd before the new year using up the last of thier coverage. I'm also sending Christmas cards to the clients I was seeing last year before the fire, letting them know that the clinic is open now and I am taking clients.

So all in all I'm whining and crying at 5am, tired of trying to sleep and needing to vent all over the internet. I know this will work; it has to. I will have a great career in this.

Its Invasion Day!!!

I love this time of year. Canadians take over my favorite message board, and yes, its called Invasion Day. But thats not what I am writing about.

I thought I would share some recipes. Recently I have been expanding my cookbook of things that I put in the freezer (as I explained in a previous post) to include more soups. In an attempt to eat healthier and lighter soups can go a long way.

So first off, Mushroom Soup.
3 cups sliced mushrooms
2 medium carrots, sliced
1 large onion sliced
1 box chicken broth
1 package Uncle Bens long grain and wild rice, garlic flavour
1 can creme of mushroom soup
2 cans milk

Fry the mushrooms, onion and carrot together till cooked. Add rice, chicken broth. Blend milk and soup and add to veggies. Heat for 20 minutes so flavours blend.

This recipe freezes very well, and is a fabulous meal on a cold blustery day.

In other news, nothing further on the house. I hope to someday have a back deck I can sit on... One day...

what to do what to do???

So since I already celebrated thanksgiving (up in the great white north) a month ago, and I haven't been good about my blogging, well, it's time.

I'm venting. I recently recieved an email from a family member regarding Prop 8 in the states. This family member knows my oppinion of such things, and that I do not apreciate such hate mail, and that just in general it makes my quite angry.

I'm not in a good situation to be venting to that person, because well... they are my support network right now. And I need them. But to shove this stuff in my face really bothers me. I grew up in a conservative church, and in conservative schools, but now I choose to live differently. My beliefs are still important to me, but I realize that there is more out there than any one person can pin down.

I'm sorting through some big changes in my life, and I need my support system, but I really do wonder how much they will be there for me when they put all the peices together.

and the adventures continue...

No more news on the house front. Contractor has had some family issues, all understandable and out of his control, so things are on hold until that gets sorted out.

Today was a lovely day, and my aunt and I went car shopping. Sometime in the near future I am looking for a vehicle. I want to know what I want so that when the day comes that I am ready to purchase I just go to the lot, say to the sales rep "I'm here, lets do this" and drive off with it the same day, at most have to wait a week for them to get it in in the colour I want. There really is nothing wrong with the vehicle that I am driving now except for the fact that my father is the only mechanic in the city that works on them and he is away for 3 months of the year. Its an imported older (pre 1990) vehicle and parts are very expensive and getting hard to find.

What I have found while car shopping is that no one thinks a woman is capable of purchasing a car for herself. I started off going with my dad, he is a mechanic, knows how cars work, and used to work in sales so can read between the lines better than I can. No matter how many times we told the sales rep that I would be the one buying said car the sales rep would still speak to my dad because he was older and male.

At least taking my aunt with me the sales rep looks my way now and again. There is still the fact that she is older and they look to her because they feel that she will influence my decision (not going to happen), or that she might be paying (also not going to happen).

So basically because I am young and a woman its impossible for me to make a sound decision to buy a car myself....

In other news, I am taking off for 5 days. I'm caring for a friends farm while she vacations. Me, 40 horses, and 6 dogs (2 of my own), should be fun!!!