No Truer Commercial

Commercials today are pretty genius. I mean, how many Wednesdays have gone by without you hearing "Hump Dayyy!" at least four times? People still talk about various Super Bowl commercials, and of course, we all know and love the Budweiser Clydesdales. 

But there are two commercials that ring so close to home, I forget about everything else for the 60 seconds they're on.

Piglets or Puppies?

Fourteen piglets have been a blast. And they're growing faster than those little sponge animals you soak in a bowl of water overnight.

Apology/Country Humor

Hi faithful followers. I'm really sorry I haven't posted in a long long time. I haven't been doing much other than going to work everyday and hanging out at home after, so there hasn't been anything fun to write about.

If you'd like to hear more about any particular thing, let me know! Leave a comment on here or on Suburban Hoofbeats's Facebook page.

Here's some country humor to hold you over until I have something more fun to post.

Fight or Flight?

Horse people know the phrase "fight or flight" when discussing survival tactics in the equine world. Well, mules tend not to know what 'flight' means, they're all for the fight. I found this on Pinterest today:

Holy. Crap. If (when) I end up trail riding in the mountains, I am so using a mule. This sucker took on a full grown cougar and killed it.

Do not mess with a mule.

Independence Day

I hope everybody had a great 4th of July! It was a perfect day for celebrating America. I spent the day surrounded by some of my best friends, playing in the woods, picking berries, and eating food cooked on the grill.

Summer Storms

You probably know by now how much I love storms. Thunderstorms over the farm are always spectacular. There's something about the incredible cloud formations, the warm wind before it hits, and the force of the rain, lightening, and thunder that captivates me.

The sky grew black so fast, it looked like someone spilled a giant bottle of ink.

Reby was checking out the storm also. I was running around the field trying to get good shots of the horses as soccer moms filed down the road next to me. They probably thought I was nuts. The storm was pretty much on top of us as I did this.

It's hard to tell in this picture, but the middle section had a freakish bright blue tint to it.

This storm hit particularly hard, with a ton of lightening bolts and those super loud, no-warning, cracks of thunder. Ironically, the piglets slept right through the whole thing. Sound asleep.

I'm pretty sure lightening could have struck the metal roof over their heads and they would've kept on snoozing. Heaven forbid you drive a tractor past on a sunny day, though. Pandemonium ensues.

Do you enjoy thunderstorms? If you have any cool pictures, feel free to post them to the Facebook page.

Piglets!

Wilma delivered her piglets!

The Face 48

I went to my first NASCAR race over the weekend. It was AWESOME. It was definitely fan-overload and I was more excited than Justin Bieber fangirls when he swishes his hair. There were vendor trailers (Jimmie Johnson's and Danica Patrick's were right next to each other, which was so super cool), people everywhere sporting their favorite driver's merchandise, and the actual race was fantastic.

My Top Horse Movies

Let's be honest, horse movies can be painfully cheesy. I know it. You know it. Every person who has had any kind of background with horses, knows it. But for every three cheesy movies, there's one really good one. So which ones are actually the good ones?

Everyone and their brother thinks they have the best list of horse movies, but when I check them out, they have horrible movies listed as their top five. Movies like Flicka, Flicka 2, The Derby Stallion, and so on. (Zac Effron? Really??) So I figured I would put together my list.

This is from a 1927 movie called Napoleon

Tweets About My Horse That Make It Sound Like I Have A Boyfriend

This is my new favorite twitter activity.

Comment below if you come up with any more!

Wilma's Expecting!

Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks, there hasn't been much going on. (And if there has I must have missed it.)

However, Jeff confirmed that Wilma should be delivering a fresh new batch of piglets sometime this week! We haven't had tiny piglets since Christmas time so we're all very excited to have little ones again. I'll post as soon as they come!

Can't wait!

Adventure Time

Sorry for not posting in a few weeks, it's been a bit busy with traveling and a horse show (which we did amazing at! I'll update you as soon as I get a chance). I was offered an internship in Pittsburgh back in March and it starts tomorrow. I'll be working in the tallest building in the city, full time this summer. It's going to be a big difference from my usual babysitting summers, but it will be a great experience. As a small town country girl, I'm obviously intimidated by the notion of working in the city, but hey, gotta try new things.

Even though I have to be up in about four hours, I just can't seem to find sleep. I often listen to soothing instrumental music to help quiet my brain and as a nerd, the Lord of the Rings soundtrack is one of my favorites. I was lying in the dark a few minutes ago, listening to Concerning Hobbits when an image from the recent (and amazing) movie, The Hobbit popped into my mind. This sums up how I feel about starting my first internship in the morning:

I hope you all have adventures this summer, too!