a letter to myself 10 years ago...

sooo I am going to apologize now if my blog posts are a bit crazy for the next few days... I might get back to normal on Monday but from tomorrow through Sunday I will be out coaching at championships (horse show). those 4am mornings & super late nights don't really go well with blogging but I will try to stay caught up!

day 8 | letter to myself 10 years ago...
 so I decided to go back 10 years with this rather than forward 10 years because the thought of 36 scares the hell out of me but going back to 16 isn't so bad. so things I would go back and tell myself 10 years ago...

you won't be married at 25 & it won't be the end of the world... and on that note... you won't even be dating someone at 26 so don't panic... its okayliving with a boyfriend at 24 will teach you a lot about what you want & don't want & what you can & cannot live with.
the horses will always be there for you even when you don't want to be in it anymore.
people will always come & go in your life.
finding out who your real friends are is the hardest thing in life... it sucks, but when you find them it is the best thing too.
keep following the music... don't stop.

be thankful for everything you have... you never know when you won't have something or someone.

you are never prepared to put a funeral together... especially at 19.

life is tough.. no one said it was easy.
 

day 7 #blogtober14

day 7 | best/worst vacation   we have had some fun vacations over the years. unfortunately we don't get to take very many because that's what happens when you have horses. my mom likes to cruise so we have done a lot of those over the years & they have been the most fun things ever!  it has been a while since we have been on one which makes me sad & unfortunately I don't know when we will get to go again.   here are a few pictures from the last vacation...            

day 6 #blogtober14

day 6 | 7 things I would tell myself when I started blogging

  I am curious to see how other people post about this prompt today as well... I feel like my view on this is a bit different because I blog for myself mostly.   1. blog more often I say this to myself over & over again. I know I am not a strong writer & part of my life isn't really interesting so that is part of why I don't blog as often as I would like to.   2. photos yes! as a photographer you would think I would have more photos on here than I do... but referring back to number 1 up there... the non-interesting part of my life... most is spent training horses & I don't want to bore everyone with that!   3. design this is probably my most favorite part of my blog! I love the design of my blog! it took a little bit to get it right but with all great things they take a little time & love.   4. commenting I don't do this as much as I should... this takes a lot of work sometimes!   5. criticism... you have to know how to take it & it isn't always going to be constructive.   6. be yourself isn't that what this is all about?? I feel like my little blog is the one little place in the world where I can be myself :)   7. link ups link ups are great ways to meet new people & find new blogs!    

day 4 & 5 | #blogtober14

playing a bit of catch up from the weekend here because my internet was not working at home over the weekend!   day 4 | favorite photo you posted on instagram   this is a hard one! I post a lot on instagram & I actually have three different accounts. I have a personal account that is mine | kristinleighh I have one that is my horses & that business | kristin_posner and I have my photography business | inspiregracephotography I have this weird thing about trying to keep them all separate a bit.
they all have different photos on them & they all have some favorite photos in their own unique way.       day 5 | fall bucket list   hmm I hadn't really thought about this one at all really. this time of year is my favorite & I just put a new pumpkin spice wax melt in to my wax melt in my room! I really don't have a bucket list for this time of year but I really do try to just spend as much time as I can taking it all in & really enjoying this time of year.  

one thing you can't live without...

day 3 | one thing you can't live without   the answer to this would have to be my camera.  it's the one thing that means the most to me & that I take every where. it helps me remember memories. my camera also helps me to see the world in a different way. this time of year is my favorite! the lighting & the colors are to die for!     

dream job....

day 2 | dream job
I think when I was little the dream job of choice was to be a teacher.. we all thought it was cool & sounded fun. as I got older that didn't sound as fun & I went through a time where I really didn't know what I wanted to be... I don't think I really still do... I went to school & have a bachelors & masters degree & am not using either at the moment. one is in sports medicine & the other in sports psychology...   so at this point I would have to say my dream job would be to be doing my photography full time... working on making that happening but in the mean time I am riding horses & working my day job :)  

october.... blogtober!

I have decided to join in the fun for October with Taylor & Helene & do #Blogtober14 with them! feel free to join in the fun!   day 1 | if you won the lottery you'd I would have to say pay off my student loans right now... this has really been stressing me out the past few days as I have to start paying back most of them this month & money is really tight any way right now with my current job.
I think that would be one of the first things I would do if I won the lottery.. the second would be buy a house :)