Dan and I have been on this roll since we got married where our lives are filled with adventures, and traveling, and house projects, and darling weirdo Jeoffrey, and wonderful family and friends. Every night we'd sort of turn over to each other and say "It's been so easy, the honeymoon will never be over, we'll always feel this way, as long as I'm with you, life will always be awesome." and you would let yourself believe it, because when else have Dan and I ever had the chance to believe in something like that?  Recently, things in life have not been awesome. Dan's hours were drastically cut back at work through the winter, our Valentines weekend in Moab was dramatically cancelled because of death-snow in Spanish Fork Canyon, one of our cars failed inspection and has to be replaced, I got an enormous mystery bill from my broken hand from THREE years ago, Jeoffrey had another seizure, I've been fighting off the threat of a cold for two solid weeks, an

Lorraine:   did you watch?? Lacey:   Yes.   Crazy town! Lorraine:   CRAZY TOWN. Lacey:   For so many weeks Kacie was the shoe in for the top two. Lorraine:   Totally. When he said Courtney and Lindzi first, I was completely shocked, because I thought it would come down to the two of them. That's what is so ridiculous about this show. He sent home the girl who presented the most real life obstacles, and that is not real at all! He clearly had the best chemistry with her of all the women, so, it was startling, and I just don't know what to think of him anymore. Lacey:   I'm pretty disappointed in him. Lorraine:   Lacey, this is kind of a big moment in our legal sisterhood. we've faced some adversity in our opinions up to this point, and we've weathered through. I feel full in heart to tell you that I am no longer a card-carrying member of Team Courtney. Lacey:   Really?!   Lorraine... I... I don't know what to say!   Welcome back from the Dar

The Bachelor #7:Sharks, and Dumb, Pretty Fish Who Cannot Fend For Themselves (I am rooting for the Shark). Lacey: I'm glad you're back! What should we talk about? Lorraine: ‪Oh boy lacey. an EPIC week in the life of Benjagirls.‬ that's of course their names until he picks his one and only. It's so close I can taste it! Lacey: ‪It's crazy that we're already this far into it. It snuck up on me!‬ Lorraine: ‪I know, I feel like we went from 9 girls to 4 in 2 episodes. It was a bachelor heart massacre.‬ Lacey: ‪In fact, I feel like the season has been so focused in on Courtney drama, I was genuinely surprised this week to see that he has other relationships. When he and Lindzi were all cozy in the helicopter I was thinking, "Wait. Do they know each other?" It's weird.‬ Lorraine: ‪haha, I have a spoiler alert for you. He doesn't know any of them! gasp! shock! awe!‬ Lacey: ‪Ain't that the gos

I looked at my blog stats this morning, to discover to my dismay that someone found my blog by googling: "gained 15 pounds." INTERNET. Does this blog make me look fat???   In other news, I have three articles up on HorseNation.com today.  This brings me great joy. Read my Story on the Hungarian National Gallop Here Read About my Pilgrimage to the Spanish Riding School Here Read about my Kindred Horse Spirit in Moldova Here Three cheers for having two careers!

Oh hey! This is a travel blog again! And my sister in law will be devastated to learn that I missed this week's bachelor episode. What do you do? So, you know how there's this mystical place in your head that represents "America" in the most idyllic sense?  It's that place where people actually work in factories, live in the suburbs, and there are whole neighborhoods in the cities that look like they're inside a time capsule representing the 60s or the 20s or some other industrial boom time? That place, my friends, is Ohio. May I please start my photo reel with a food tangent? thanks.        So I wasn't even all that hungry, but when there is a trailer parked at a busy Ohio intersection with the words "fish sandwich" and "deep fried chili dog" hand written on a neon poster, that is a sign from Heaven that you are supposed to stop and partake. 

Lorraine:   LACEY. There were BUTTS on the bachelor, and we NEED to discuss them.  Lacey:   We do indeed.   Thank goodness for the blurs.   Lorraine:   hahha, yes, I feel like as it is, I already know way more about the bodies of these total strangers SANS bluriness, so bravo, ABC. But I get ahead of myself. Should we start with the good girls and end with the butts? Lacey:   That's an excellent idea. First- Jamie should never attempt to speak Spanish ever again.   Date card SLAUGHTERED! Lorraine:   that was bad. I thought to myself, I speak spanish, but I have no idea what she just said. So bravo to Emily for not only speaking spanish, but also speaking Jamie. Lacey:   Emily uses multi-syllabic words AND has a working knowledge of another language?!   She is miles ahead of these other girls.   Lorraine:   Too bad she is also fluent in jealousy and self-destructing. Nicki's date was basically pleasant, not terribly noteworthy to me, though I commend her honesty abou