My Digi Life

These are three LOs I've made using the new She Dreams kit by Bits N Bobs available at Exquisite Scraps here - http://exquisitescraps.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1856 .

This kit is just gorgeous with loads of delicate, beautiful b/gs and elements! I loved the paint splashes and little birds though especially!!

These layouts were just so easy to make using the kit - the swirly decorated frame was so easy to use, even for someone who doesn't usually go for frames on a layout!!

I think the first LO at the top reflects my feelings at the moment!! We had the sad news that the owner of Antoinette's loan horse is ill and needs to move to Sussex to be near her son. So she is selling her horse, Molly, which Antoinette has been loaning since March. Pat is a lovely lady and has been so kind. She only charged half the going rate for the loan, as she isn't interested in the money, and whenever Antoinette has wanted to enter a dressage or showjumping competition on Molly, she has been only too happy to oblige, and has even paid Antoinette's entrance fees, saying that the experience is good for the horse! Very generously, she has now said that in the two months notice period she has to give the stables, Antoinette can go up any time she is free to ride Molly (we're technically only supposed to get a half hour on Saturdays and Sundays!).

Of course, Antoinette is heartbroken! When she started loaning Molly, who is a very young horse, she said that no horse would ever be as wonderful as her first ever loan horse, Ralph! Now she's totally in love with Molly...and Molly has started to really respond to Antoinette lately, where she won't to other people! Even her owner noticed how she would go into canter easily and smoothly for Antoinette, which even she herself could not get!!

It's such a shame it's not at all possible for us to buy Molly, as she's been offered to us for a very good price - £3K. Molly is such a great horse for her age! Other horses Antoinette has ridden at this age - 4 years - have still been quite spooky and rough around the edges, but Molly is now very well behaved! She's stopped the bucking when going into canter, and stands nicely when required, walks forward nicely (so we're hoping for a good mark in the Dressage test on 29th June!!), she's even getting braver around other horses(her pet fear!)!!!! She would be great for Antoinette's future use, Megan as well, and even Evie, who looks good on her already!!! However with a monthly investment of at least £500 needed, on top of the buying price, for stabling, feeding, veterinary insurance and other insurances, not to mention buying tack, there's just no way we could take on this type of commitment at this moment in time. It's very frustrating, and we can totally sympathise with Antoinette's sadness! I suppose it's something we will all look back on one day and believe it was a good lesson in life that needed to be learned, but that won't be for a while!! We know it is, but it just doesn't feel that way at the moment!!

So! this evening's LO has no pretty, gentle elements on it, just violent paint spatters, and hard, harsh chicken wire! Think that pretty much sums up the frustration Andy & I are feeling!

So, on that note, I'm going to go watch some mind-numbing TV for a while before bed!! Dentist - well, hygienist tomorrow - HATE that newly-scraped feeling, lol!!! Ugh!!

Bernie x