Life's little curveballs...

So today a few wonderful surprises were thrown at me and just let me tell you -- WHAT A DAY!! I think it's God's way of telling us that life is not always what you seem and it just reminds us that life is full of these little curveballs.

I.love.it. :)

I'll always be a country girl...

Around this time last year, my family and I were in Las Vegas celebrating the PBR (Professional Bull Riding, for you folks that don't know what it means... LoL) World Finals and enjoying a nice family vacation. Well we weren't able to make it back this year but that didn't stop us from watching it on TV and still celebrating. It's like I told Michele.. it's our family's version of the NFL Superbowl. We were clapping and yelling at the TV since one of our fave riders ended up winning the World Title. But it was sad too cause 2 of my fave riders ended up retiring this year. :( But we are for sure going again next year and plus who doesn't want to go to Vegas?? LOOOVE that place! And it's that one time of the year when country folks take over that place! Haha!

So anyhoo -- after we watched the finals and what not, I realized that I will always be a country girl and that I see myself settling down with a cowboy. I mean yeah, I'm going through my 'chocolate' phase right now and just having fun but when it comes down to it, I really see myself that way that I've always talked about. Living on a ranch, taking care of cattle, and settling down with my cowboy. As long as I can remember that's all I've ever been around. With daddy rodeoing and roping all the time, all our family friends were either ropers or cowboys. Plus being on my granddaddy's ranch and going to the cattle auctions when I was younger, I got used to that way of life. I can remember being just a little girl and riding a horse all by myself. And then doing the rodeos as I got older. I miss those days actually. Nothing is better than traveling from place to place and doing what you love. Who knows, I might get back into it after college. My lifelong goal (after spending some time in Boston and NYC of course!) is to buy some land in Texas, build my house and my parents house (I told them they could live on my land with me!) and just have my own ranch. Nothing would be better ...

So as much as my parents get freaked out by my 'phases of boys', they always tell me that I'll end up with a cowboy. Heck, there were a couple of guys that I met last year in Vegas @ the World Finals. Who knows, I might meet me one at next year's World Finals.

So like they say: You can take the girl out of the country but ya can't take the country out of the girl! :) [And that's alright by me... ]