Happiness

What does happiness mean to you? Are you a naturally happy or unhappy person?

To me happiness is love, I feel happiness so much throughout every day. When I look at my children, when they give me hugs, when my husband comes home, and when I am around my animals. All these things make me happy and there is so much more I could list. I am a naturally happy person and I tend to see the beauty in everything and everyone. I am very easy to get along with and try to make others happy as well.

Some things that have made me feel happy over the years would be:
when my husband bought me my first horse Rezer I was so in love.

another time I was happy would be, when I got to hold my babies for the first time.

I really strive to make others happy, so I give without asking for anything in return. I gave a family that just moved to my area Christmas presents for their kids. No, I did not know them. I just wanted to make someone smile. I love to see others smile and be happy. I love it when I can make someone have a good day even if I get no credit. because to me that is not what happiness is about. I do not need credit to be happy, all I want is for another person to see the beauty in life and other people. 

Another example of happiness is my daughter, she is 6 years old now and in kindergarten. She is a naturally happy person also. She is always excited to go to school and always has a smile when she steps off the bus at home. I will never forget the day I packed her first cold lunch, she begged me for days to do it. Although she assured me the hot lunch was good to. After I got my ego in check for pretty much being told that she would rather have the food I make than the food the lunch ladies make, I packed her some leftovers. She thought it was the greatest thing and has wanted a cold lunch everyday since then. It makes me feel so wonderful to know that my daughter is happy with what she gets whether its hot or cold lunch, school or no school, shoveling poo or riding the pony. She is happy with life and I am happy that she is naturally happy!

A Filly for Laura

Hello, It has been a long time. I have been very busy this past year and forgot to keep up with my blog. I would like to announce that my book 'A Filly for Laura' is out and ready to be shared with the world.

you can purchase a signed copy on etsy 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/174418132/a-filly-for-laura?

In October of 2013 I opened a store front to go with my online store, The Pink Donkey Boutique. It was great but only lasted until December. I was having a hard time finding daycare and paying for it, it just did not work out. I have started making my own Jewelry. My line is called whispering winds designs, I also do photography which is called whispering winds photography. 

Both of my daughters were in cheer leading which was a ton of fun! They cheered a lot of games. 

The picture above is their last performance where they dressed up like they were in the 80's and were suppose to dance to girls just want to have fun, but they ended up just doing some cheers. It was still super cute. The picture below is my youngest, that is her face she makes when she is actually paying attention. I just love it!

Lacey's Curse

Lacey Keeley is a thirteen year old girl, who just wants to be popular. Halen Orway is a thirteen year old girl with fuzzy red hair and a freckled face. Lacey and her friends pick on Halen and tease her about her Irish accent. A witch curses Lacey for her wrong doings against Halen with bad luck. Is Halen her key to getting her luck back? What will she do when everything around her is falling apart? In the end despite her challenges Lacey learns the value of friendship and kindness.


Here is a scene from my book "Lacey's Curse" it might change and it is not edited the best right now, but I thought I would share it anyway.

As Pecos and I reach the corrals I could hear Kayla's laugh. It was a wretched laugh. She sounds like those green witches with faces full of warts you see in the movies. I could picture Kayla flying in the pink and orange sunset, on a corn broom the wooden handle gripped in both hands. Her bleach blond hair trailing in the air behind her under a large pointy black hat, with her head held back in a full on cackle, as she circles her victims below.




This book is so much fun to write and I hope you guys enjoyed the sneak peak.  I am so sorry I have been inconsistent with my postings, but the farm has kept me very busy lately. I am also selling Doterra oils if anyone is interested in checking those out my site is. 

www.mydoterra.com /ashleyhotter/


if you want more  updates on books head on over to

https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhotterauthor

Historic Sheridan Inn

Hello everybody,

I am thinking about my next book and writing it on one of the live in residents of the Historic Sheridan Inn of Sheridan, Wyoming. Why would I do that you ask? Well because, I grew up in Sheridan, Wyoming and it is a beautiful place. The Sheridan Inn was built in 1892, people like Buffalo Bill Cody stayed there. He held auditions for his wild west show off the front porch. Catherine B. Arnold or "Miss Kate" lived at the hotel from 1901 to 1965. She also worked at the Inn doing an array of jobs. When she died she requested that her ashed be returned to her room at the Inn. A private service was held in her room and then her friend put her ashed in the wall.

The Inn was closed in October of 2012, because the costs are becoming too much! I would like to write this book from the view point of one of its residents and donate some of the earnings to The Historic Sheridan Inn. I would like to do this because, it is an important part of Wyoming history as well as a magnificent building. I would like to help them raise money to renovate this building and turn it back into the majestic hotel it once was. Please if you would like to donate to them you can view their website at
http://www.sheridaninn.com  please visit their link and view the pictures and the history.  Also please go to Ashley's Facebook link and like the page, comment on who you think should be written about.

Thank you everybody!

sheep in sweaters?

Have you ever seen a sheep in a sweater? Well I got a couple of them head on over to my Wild Woman Farm Face book page and check them out! Click on  below! Don't forget to like my page!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Woman-Farm/149479805202661

what would you do?

Do you all remember when you were little how you couldn't wait to grow up? Now that you are a grown up do you ever think about what you would do if you could go back? That's what I am going to write about today!

If I could return to my childhood I would snuggle my mom. I use to love to snuggle my mom and have her rub my back. It made me feel safe and loved, I really miss that. I would also tell my dad that I love him. When I was little I was always mad that he came and took the place of my biological dad, if I could fix that I would. I want to go back and appreciate that he was my dad and he was there for me. He did not have to be my dad , but he chose too.  He was the one that took us camping, provided food and clothes for us. I always felt unwanted growing up, but I guess that was my own fault. I never took a look around and saw the people that were actually there for me and wanted me. I only saw the people that didn't want me. If I could go back I would take a step back and hopefully realize that. I would hug my dad and go fishing with him.

If when I was a child and I got a 24 hr chance to be an adult, I don't think I would take it. I don't like being a grown up. The only reason I wanted to grow up was so I didn't have to follow rules, but guess what, there are still rules. Another reason was so I could buy my own horse, I got that one, but if I were to only be a grown up for a day, what would happen to that horse when I went back to being a child? This one is really hard for me to write because I honestly don't know what I would do with 24 hrs.

What does every body else feel?  What would you do if you could return to your childhood for 24 hrs.? what would you do with 24 hrs. as an adult when you were a child?

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Thank you,

Ashley

book pictures

"The Lucky Clover" book update

I just received my manuscript back from the reviewer, it needs a small edit. Also we are putting everything together to determine the page count of the final book. After all this the pre-order page will go up and be ready to receive orders!

where do I live again?

Holy Ice cycles it is cold outside! I woke up went to the kitchen and made coffee. Looked out my window and thought to myself, it doesn't look too bad out there. I grabbed my coat and got the dogs out of the kennel and headed to the door. I put my coat and boots on. I skipped my hat thinking it wouldn't be that bad, and my gloves were in my truck, so I didn't have those either.

While doing all this you can imagine my 3 dogs were waiting patiently next to the door. Well at least they were being good. My daschund was sitting on my couch watching me, with the look that told me, he would rather poop on the floor than go outside. My big black dog was actually waiting patiently at the door, and our new pup was wandering around the house checking things out. I finished getting my self ready to brave the outdoors, and grabbed Prince off the couch and went to grab the leash for the pup.

 Oh crap no leash!  Well I guess these fuzzy reins I have will work, I thought. clipped one end onto the pups collar and headed out the door. I stepped out the door and was instantly hit with a blast of cold air. All the dogs turned to run back in the house, so I quickly shut the door.  I told them if I had to be outside then so did they! I put my head down and continued to my truck. At least I will be using my truck today, so I will have heat for a bit anyway.

I got to my truck hopped in with the pup and turned it on. I then proceeded to turn on the heat. I sat there snuggling my pup until the truck was nice and toasty. I put it in drive and proceeded to the Alfalfa stacks. Pulled up and my Goat had gotten out and was helping herself to the hay.

"Are you ready to get out?" I asked the puppy.  He looked up at me like I was crazy and slowly put his head back down on the seat. "I feel the same way," I grumbled. I scooped up the pup and opened the door. hurried out and plopped him on the ground into the snow.  As I was wondering how I was going to get my goat back into the fence. I can use the reins!

I just clipped the other end of the fuzzy pink reins onto the goat and drug her back to the gate and slipped her in before everybody else got there. Burr, where the heck do I live again? Well right now I feel like I live in the artic. It was suppose to be 29 degrees out right now, but it feels like 10 degree to a normal person. but I am not normal so of course to me me it feels like -50. I ran to the truck and grabbed my gloves and pulled them on.

Awe nice and toasty from sitting in the warm truck, that was the trick. I finished throughing the hay into the truck bed and headed to feed the cows and ponies. After a couple minutes of standing in the back of the truck throughing hay to the animals and getting a lot of it blown back into my face, I was done. I jumped down and grabbed my pup, and hopped into the truck. So nice and warm we drove back up to the house and just sat in the truck for a while. I did not want to get back out. I did not want to walk through that frozen tundra of a walkway to my porch.

 I just wanted to snuggle my puppy in the comfort of the truck, where it was nice and warm. After a few minutes of sitting there, I saw a face in the window. My kids are up, I better get in the house. I groaned and shut off my truck, grabbed the puppy and opened the door. With the puppy in my arms I sprinted through the icy wind and snow up to my porch and threw open the door just as my kiddos were walking out of there room. I let the puppy down and he and my oldest daughter crawled onto the couch and snuggled up.

 As I write this they are still snuggling on the couch, the puppy is laying on top of my daughter fast asleep and she is watching TV. I looked over and notice that my curtains are open as I get up to shut them to keep the heat in, I think to myself, oh man I have to do that again tonight. I quickly close the curtains and think until we meet again. I will defiantly be better prepared for later.

I just wanted to share some photos of some things I make and sell on Etsy! so if you are interested in anything you can find me there.

Etsy shop

 red fuzzy foal halter 

neon orange fuzzy rope halter 

 same fuzzy orange halter on my pony

neon green fuzzy roping reins

 Pink fuzzy barrel reins

Please Click the Etsy shop link to see more wonderful items I have for sale!

Well tomorrow is New Years Eve! What does everybody have planned? I saw in town today they were selling fire works, so I am expecting to see a lot of that. My plans are to go to bed, I don't mean to sound like the new year does not matter. However, I have small children and still have to get up early to make breakfast and be ready for them to wake up. My animals still have to be fed, so really to me a ball dropping does not matter that much to me.

 I love Christmas and my birthday, those are the days that I am like a small child. Speaking of b-days I just turned 25 on December 28th. We went to  Rib and Chop in Miles City, Mt. it is about an hour away from us. First I went shopping with my mother in law and my two darling little girls, then we met my husband and his father at the Restaurant. Oh my goodness I love the Rib and chop!

 For the appetizer we had Fried green tomatoes, oh my gosh, they are so delicious they could be a whole meal by themselves. We also had Calamari, mm I love it my husband hates it, but apparently my kids got my good genes because, they love it too. For our main course I ordered the Lamb chops mmmmmhhmmm they were spectacular. To me they taste like a buttery pork chop with the consistency of a steak. they came with mashed potatoes I also had a salad and french fries. Please keep in mind I did not eat all of the food it was shared between four people.All that food was so good and I was so stuffed I did not have room to get my b-day desert.

I love the new year coming in too, just the thought of everything essentially starting new. I like to see all the new babies animals, all the new spring flowers, and fresh green grass. It somehow makes me feel like the new year is magical, like everything is going to get better after the first of the year. Everything starts over but it really doesn't, it is still the same. The feeling you get though that everything is essentially going to start over is nice.

What are everybody's new year resolutions? Mine, well to start writing on here more, letting my kids help me more  in the kitchen, eating better (but who's isn't right?), and to managing my money better. I would also like to start putting stuff on here like recipes and sewing or crochet patterns. I would also like to reach more people and get more followers.

Well, I am going to go snuggle my hubby on the couch and watch transformers until my kiddos go to bed, then I am going to grab a cup of hot black tea and write some more on my third book. It is a love story, I will have to release a few pages on here when I get some more written I am only on my 6th page but everybody I have let read it ( an author Tera Lea Ferguson who also has a published book and my friend Debbie), They think it is great and can not wait to read more so I hope I get that reaction from more people. I hope that everybody has a safe and Happy New Years Eve!

Merry Christmas everyone!   What a crazy Christmas  it has been. In addition to my "A new day" book I will also be having another book come out next year titled "The lucky clover". It will be available for pre-order in a couple of weeks, so keep a look out for an update with a link to the site.                                    

  It is so relaxing to sit in  front of a fire on a snowy cold day and just write. Right now we are doing just that. I am snuggled into my husband on the couch, writing my blog on my new kindle, and toasting my feet by the pellet stove. My children are sitting with grandma on other end of the couch reading a bird book. Every now and then I hear what's this one's name? Then a random name like Ralph will  be called out. It is very entertaining yet very relaxing. It is not very often, I get to  sit and relax without two girls running around  the house, screaming. Jacey, My little blond bombshell is usually running around with the dogs, barking at everything. Then you got Rose my sweet little tornado, is usually running around tearing apart anything she can get a hold of. Well we are  going to open some more presents, and then eat again. I can already taste the smoked Turkey, the sweetness of this sweet potato bake, and the sour yet yummy taste of company potatoes.  I will leave you all with the Errol running out of your mouths. Now I hope everybody is having a merry Christmas and you get to eat, as good of food as I get. If not I'm sorry you are really missing out!

So Hard to Keep Up!

Well to update everyone I want to say that our cows are doing great! I have one that loves me and will stand there and lick my hands but, as soon as Ricky gets in with her she is swinging her head and blowing snot out of her nose. I love it and I love her but, of course she is going to be the one we are going to eat next year. Can't have one that butts all the other animals and jumps the fences, as much as I like her he sure is going to taste yummy!My alpaca that was sick well, he died we still do not know why. Every other Alpaca is acting normal and eating good. I just love it when they run up to the fence because they think I have food and are all up in my face. We finally went and got our cows branded and boy was that fun! I let Rick do the branding, I figure he can learn to do that and I can do the vaccinations and all the other fun stuff. My book is still in the process of getting published. I also met a wonderful Lady her Name is Tera Lea Ferguson, you all should check out her book that she has written. You can find it on amazon it is titled "A Channel Deeply Cut"
it is a great book and you will love it. I will paste the link: A Channel Deeply Cut

I finally also got a new website it is www.wildwomanfarm.org there is a link to my etsy website on there also.

Hey everyone!

Crazy year it has been, we added 4 cows to our farm this year and 2 more alpacas last month. One of my alpacas is not doing so good (will not get up or move, eat or drink, and has labored breathing.) I have given him some probiotics and wormer and also some bounce back.I go out every half hour and five him water and try to get him to eat. So far he is getting a little more alert but not much. I am going to go out here in a few and give him some penicillin and see what happens next. I have not taken him to the vet because there is not one around here that has dealt with them before.

I bred my cows to my neighbors bull he is a Corriente/Angus so he is a small bull. They should have calves next June. I put my Ram in with my ewes so they should be bred. today they are going to get vaccines and wormed, and feet trimmed. I am moving my Buck in with my female goats today also. they are getting the works too. Pigs will be bred in November so well will have spring piglets.

I am getting one of my books published, it is a children's book  about a girl that finds happiness after a tragedy. It should be ready to purchase next year, I will update everyone on that when it gets closer.
I am sorry if my post is unorganized today I just wanted to sit down and update it before I had to run back out side. Have a great day everyone!

a new day

Hey everybody sorry I haven't posted in awhile. It has been crazy, my grandpa died at he beginning of the month and then Ricky's grandpa died just the other day. I have been getting my garden ready to plant and I just can't wait.  built another pen for my boars so my sows don't get pregnant right away. My goat had her two babies that was exciting but of course it was when I had to be out of town.

Now my little brother is coming to stay with me for a week for spring break. I also finished my first short story that hopefully I can get published it is off being edited right now and I think it turned out really well. It is titled 'A New Day' , It is abought a couple kids whos mom died and they had nobody to care for them so they got put in foster care. Laura is an agry teen and her younger bro is happy to have sombody there. At the end of the story there is a big change in Laura, and she sees what her foster dad has been trying to show her for 10 months. That even though you have had a tragedy and everything seems terrible, there is still beauty in the world. You can be happy. I hope that I can get it published so that everybody can read it.

Just learned that my ponies are due anyday too, I was thinking the end of the month but I was just told they were bred the 7th and 11th of May so we should have one baby at least this week. Oh my I hope everything works out and slows down. I finaly started shearing my sheep it is no easy task when you are the only one doing it. I use the milking stand until I have to do the neck then I have to hold them the traditional way and I have to say the sure flail around alot when they have never been shorn before. Next is to get some carders so I can start making yarn. I decided not to dye the yarn this year because its my first year doing it and I don't want to over whelm myself.

We have been doing our Foster care classes and man are they long and informative. I am so excited that we are almost done though. we have had our paperwork in three times now and it seems like every time we get close something happens, like today I have a class but can not go becasue nobody would babysit for me. now I have to wait for the next class in a couple months, and hopefully I can get someone then. Then we have Adoption classes in May and a Homestudy to do then we will be placed with a child for 6 months and then we can adopt that child.

well so much stuff to do and so little time so I will write again soon.

chicken update!

She is doing great so far. Jacey has named her Justa as in Justa chicken lol! her wound is looking nicer everyday. She is enjoying being in the house and her daily meals include eggs, milk, soft crackers, water, apples, sometimes cereal lol, and softened chicken feed. I am suprised but happy that she has made it this far and I think she will make it, she just will not have feathers on that side. She looks really healthy with her shiny feathers and alert eyes, other than her wound she has no other sign of illness at all.

newest additions

Went and got my Alpacas yesterday they are beautiful!

moose toy

A moose toy that I am making for a friend it is all laid out and ready to be sewn!

chicken surgery

Sorry I haven't posted in forever! Its has been so crazy here. I am starting to watch a friends 2 little girls, an dwe have been sick. Well last night my dog Bobo, decided he was going to get in my chicken fence and kill him some chikens! He got one and ripped her wing of and ripped her crop open. My daughter found her and came in crying tellig me Bo killed another chicken.  Well I went out to put her in the garbage and she was still alive so I brought her in the house, got her cleaned up, and stiched her crop back together. it was really bad I left the other part open and I am going to stitch it up today but I wanted to watch her crop. She is doing really well this morning she is up and walking. Her balance is off but other than that she is doing amazing!