Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say             The car is full of teenagers and I am the only adult driving the rowdy bunch home from school. We are a new blended family of 14 children. Luckily, we only had 9 sweet darling children living with us, 8 boys and one girl. All of our lives have made dramatic changes. I am now the stepmom instead of the fun neighborhood mom. The mom who had parties, taught 4-h and was saddling horses for the neighborhood kids to ride gentle nags. This mom had rules and she meant what she said and said what she meant. I gave a straightforward warning, “You all need to be quiet, quit fighting, it isn’t safe for me driving or I am going to stop the car and leave you all on the side of the road.” Then new stepchildren thought this was a game. My big boys new different and warned their new siblings their new mom didn’t lie, “you better stop, she doesn’t lie!” The two nearly 200 pounds football player boys started rocking the back of the car and used their loud, low boisterous voices, the stunning, darling girl in

Sometimes the pain is so deep there are no words. Silence is all you have It is personal and your own And the choice is yours Will you stay in the pain? Will you cut through?  Who will pick up the weapon first?  Who will move the hand? After you get through this trial, Who will help you next time?  This is what life is all about. Getting through the pain. If we can get through the pain, we can find happiness. If it was always happy and easy, we wouldn’t appreciate the good times or even the cut through the hard times. I am grateful for people, angels, Jesus Christ, God, and the Holy Ghost who pick up the weapon and move the hand to cut through my pain so I can feel hope, happiness, and joy.  Thank you, Carol

When I started my eBay business I had I thought I knew where I was going but it was constantly changing. I have tried to work through different platforms and when it came down to it eBay and Amazon are the biggest platforms. I personally have not found the success on any other platform. I need to focus on fewer things.  Because I love western wear and the western way of life. It was natural for me to open another eBay store the focuses primarily on the cowboy and cowgirl way of life.  Many of my family members and I just returned home from the World Team Roping Series in Las Vegas. This is where all the big things happen for the cowboys. There are many things like the NFR going on there and there is something for young and old. There are shopping boutiques and arenas set up in many casinos and venues.  I do believe that I am the 1st one and Idaho to wear the new western flared fringe jeans.  I came home with a cold unfortunately,  but it was worth seeing my boys rope. Now l am back to work giving the world the new fashions for the western