Today I am grateful for my vision. My improved ankle pain. I am grateful for the sunrise and I get another day to pursue my dreams. I am grateful for hot coffee. I am grateful for my animals, the fish, the dogs, the cats, the rooster, the dragon, the birds. I am grateful for my children and my mother. I am grateful for all that I have, and all that is on the way to me. Not because I desire selfish wealth for my own edifice, but because I want to improve the lives of the animals in my care. I am grateful I get to go to work today in a place I love, surrounded by people who support and believe in me. Much to be grateful for, today, and every day.

Yesterday was my second time doing a live stream on the new platform. It was almost as nerve racking as last week, but I spent a little time learning how to use it and it was slightly easier. However, 20 minutes in, the screen went black, so I have no idea yet what happened there, nor have I had the courage yet to go back and review and try to figure it out. Sigh. I did have a wonderful lunch yesterday with a client who I happened to run into, so that was a pleasant unexpected surprise. I was able to film a few other video clips, mostly explaining why not having the tractor running matters, and contemplating getting horses ready to walk in the rodeo parade.

The tractor not running is a serious issue, becoming more serious each day. We are accumulating a ‘poop’ mountain that we cannot do anything about without the tractor. And although it snowed just a little yesterday, the sun came out and melted it right away. Summer is on the way, and with it, all of the annoying pesky insects, which will be absolutely horrendous for the horses if we can’t clean up the manure. We do what we can by hand each day, which is back breaking, time consuming, efficient and takes us all away from actually giving the horses the hands on care they need. For example, Dixie’s mane is super tangled and I wanted to brush it out last night, but I gave up after a few minutes, literally just worn out from working all day and then the extra work of all that hand manure scooping.

Fortunately, I have had at least 2 different people volunteer to look at it to see what it needs, and they both agree it needs to be pulled apart by heavy equipment, which, one my neighbors has, and has the knowledge to make the repairs. I just need to be able to pay him to do all that work, which we have no idea what that will be until he gets into it. But all seem to agree it will likely be close to $6,000. And that is what we need to get our next load of hay. So do I feed the horses or fix the tractor? Of course feed the horses, but we have to figure out through fundraising, classes, programs, something, a way to get the funds to fix that tractor before the animals begin to really suffer living in their own filth that I can no longer minimize no matter how much time I spend shoveling manure. What to do?

What to do is visualize and manifest a solution, and trust in the universe to give us what we need to keep the horses, and our visitors, healthy, safe, and comfortable.

What about you, Animal Loving Angel? What are you grateful for today? What are you manifesting today for yourself and your future? Remember to be kind to yourself today, no matter what. Everyone is going through something, and we all need and deserve a little grace.

And if you have the ability to contribute to our tractor repairs, we would sure appreciate any and all the help we can get, thanks in advance! https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Resqranch

​Have the best day ever, thanks for being here, and now that I appreciate YOU!

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