cowgirl wishings

When I was younger, I had a grand dream that I would buy property someday on the Yakima River (where my Grandma lived) in Washington State.  There I would own horses and start my own teddy bear factory business.  I was thinking again about the dream of horses.  I don't know now if I would really want to own and take care of my own horses unless that could somehow be my income-providing job rather than some side thing to do at the end of every long work day.  I typed into google: "mommy i want to be a cowgirl when i grow up" and came across a blog post which I link Here.  I related a lot to her sentiments of using horse-riding as a means of escape -- the idea of being able to just pack some saddle bags and ride away really resonated with me.  Still, I do think I would enjoy living and working on a ranch; wearing my hair in braids and having a reason to own a plethora of plaid shirts and to buy a good pair of cowgirl boots.  There's something about the stillness and beauty of nature and being in a place where, even with all the hard labor, one would be able to soak in its majesty.