Happy Birthday Mom!!! We love you!!!

Today I woke up to snow and temps in the 20's. I am glad that we got out and about yesterday and that I was able to go for a run. Before I forget to mention it, I have to give you some background on the pigs above. (you guys must think that we are nuts, almost all of our pictures are of animals, we love them. :-))

These pigs live about 2 miles down the road from us towards town. About 2 weeks ago the people who own them were building this pen and Garrett and I were making bets on what it would house in the future. He did guess Pigs. I had to disagree, naturally, so I said sheep. :-)

Well, to my surprise, last Monday on my way home from dropping Garrett off in Belgrade for his work week, I saw! Yep, 2 cute little pigs, probably 4-H projects. GG was so excited to meet them when he made it home from Billings on Friday. :-)

As for the pictures that I added to the right, they were taken in Three Forks. It is a town that is about 45 min. NW of us. It is named that because it is where the Madison, The Gallatin and the Jefferson Rivers merge together to form the Missouri. Pretty Neat! It is also the town where Stephanie, my sister, and I are going to meet to hang out in a few weeks when she comes to visit. There are lots of State Parks and things to see around there. I guess that they also host some pretty great 3-day country and rock concerts as well. Probably similar to the Sweet Home Jamboree in Oregon.

Yesterday in Three Forks there were hundreds of people lining the streets awaiting the Annual Montana Horses Horse Drive. Montana horses is a leasing operation out of a ranch just north of Three Forks. They lease horses to pack strings, dude ranches and to individual recreational riders. They have been doing this drive annually from their winter pasture up Willow Creek to the summer pasture at the home ranch. I think that they have about 150 head and they also breed ranch/cow horses. It is a 3-day drive and the second night the riders stay in 3 Forks. There are craft and food vendors, music stages and other activities going on all day. Fun Stuff!

Sorry that I don't have any pictures of the horses actually going through town. We showed up about 2 hrs. before the horses were going to make it there and after walking around for an hr. we decided that we would rather go fishing vs. wait around for another hour. :-) Figures!

Anyhow, in other news, Garrett is liking his job and will leave again for Billings on Monday morning bright and early. :-) I am adjusting to him being out of town and am meeting more people in the area and getting out into the community. I have contacted a few local 4-H clubs to volunteer with through the summer and I also am starting up a new home-business. :-)

I have been doing a lot of thinking and have decided that besides the horse ranching industry and similar endeavours, there are really only two other topics that interest me, Nutrition and Helping people. As most of you know as well, I like to do my own thing and have wanted to be in business for myself for quite some time. I had been focusing on the horse aspect of business but have realized that until we own our own operation, I'd rather just have the time and money to spend with my horses.

I was fortunate to meet a gal last week that has a daughter my age who is also into horses. She is also helping people every day in her home-based business and making an awesome income to boot. I was a little curious about this. So I met with Michelle on Tues. and we chatted for about 3 hours regarding horses, life for her as a mother and her PT job. For 6 years she has been an Independent Distributor for an International Company called Reliv. It is a network marketing company that actually is backed by some of the best credentials I have seen for any type of Small Business in the US. It is publicly traded on NASDAQ, is a Fortune 100 small business, holds 5 US patents for nutritional supplements and still has the same management that started it in 1988.

After talking with Michelle, hearing several health recovery stories and testimonials, and attending a training seminar yesterday morning with Garrett, I have decided to give it a go.

I am wanting to reach out and help people achieve better lives on a daily basis through their health and their finances if that is their choice. This isn't a sales pitch guys, I am speaking from my heart and just sharing what I am learning. I have dissected the http://www.reliv.com/ website, have watched different DVD's on the products and read Success from Home magazine cover to cover. Incredible.

Garrett and I are going to start taking the basic nutritional 3 products that are recommended and also a patented item called Arthaffect. The basic three are the Classic, a synergistic blend of 72 vitamins, minerals, and herbs. Innergize, the vehicle to help ones body more readily absorb the classic nutrition and then the FiberStart for basic cleansing and detox. The Arthaffect is the best of its kind, for Arthritis and other joint reconstruction.

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Wow, I could go on and on, but I won't. I think that I'll let the products do the talking. I am excited to have an improved quality of life and I am hoping that Garrett will regain perfect health as well. Of course I encourage any of you to call of email me if you are interested in improving your health or starting up a new way of living. I am so excited to share what I am learning and to make a positive change in the lives of others in a new way.... I know that these nutritional supplements can improve any ones life and they are reasonably priced, made easy for anyone to purchase in any walk of life. In love and appreciation~HB & GG

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