Horses and Cleanup

Just missed Mercy's ride at the gymkhana last night but I got to see Wade and Mikey run. Too dark to get pictures that far away but got a couple shots on the bleachers... Mikey and Mercy

Wade sits down, Mercy jumps in his lap and says "Daddy save me from the Mommy monster" whereupon Mikey growls and tickles...

Notice the color of the shirts worn by Wade and by Mikey...I told her, next time SHE should wear the blue shirt... and maybe SHE would win the blue ribbon instead of the red! Congratulations on a good night though to all three as Mercy also took 1st in her age group... Mommy better watch it!
Then I got up early this morning and went for a ride with some friends

Came home and fed and unloaded hay and grabbed a bite and down for the count I went... Got up about the time Hilary came home from work and we took two young'uns for a ride - kinda! Neither one wanted to be first so we had a heck of a time getting anywhere. Until we turned around to head home of course - THEN they moved out...
Got the yard cleaned of critter litter before trash runs tomorrow, fed the horses, then spent an hour or so driving all around in the golf cart, picking stuff up that was in the wrong place and putting it where it belongs. Randy did the same with his 4-wheeler and things are looking better around here. Still a lot to do but we are making progress!

Snakeskin Update and Miscellaneous

Ran up to Wickenburg this morning, picked up friends Mary and Lisa, had breakfast at Cowboy, picked up a load of bermuda at Serenity Farms (wow does Matt have some nice hay in!) then stopped by Mikey's mom's yard sale and picked up some good odds and ends, and this:

Leave it to Mikey to wrap it in PINK paper...

Mikey said, "It's like butter".
Isn't is pretty?

I'm bummed I can NOT get a good closeup of the rattle... 3 tries and this is the best.

Now it's off to a nap! I think I will run up to Wickenburg again tonight and check out the gymkhana...

Can't Resist...

Sharing a little known fact...

The first testicular guard (Cup) was used in baseball in
1874. The first helmet was used in 1934. ~~

It took 60 years for men to realize that the brain is also
important.

Aarrgghh!

Lindsey called me today and commented what a drag it is to be home. I agree. Work is hectic, there are tons of chores to catch up on, I've woken up in the wee hours the last two nights and been unable to get back to sleep forever... and the wicked stepmom is at it again. Now that the girls are both 18 and child support is all done I was hopeful that she would just GO AWAY. But she still feels it necessary to bad-mouth me to my kids. You know, if she wants to b*tch to the ex about me, hey what do I care? What either of them thinks means about as much to me as, say, whether it rained a quarter inch in China or Spain today - in other words, NOTHING! But why does the witch have to constantly rag on my girls? All I can figure is, she is still jealous because I had him first, even though I don't want him and haven't for almost 20 years now... guess she just can't handle being the encore instead of the real thing? I am so tempted to use some of That Chick's famous terms... douchebag for instance? But really, I have more important things to do, so I'm gonna go do them ;)

And if I get lucky enough that she internet stalks me again and reads this, hey, BONUS!

Catching Up ;)

OK if you've been checking here you know I haven't blogged in over a week, but I am going to take advantage of Blogger's "post options" and go back and fill in... so be sure to check back! Was busy getting ready for and going on a trip to San Diego with the horses so there will be some awesome pictures as I get time to update...

UPDATED to say, ALL CAUGHT UP! So go check out our awesome trip...

Back to Normal :(

My first day back to work (well ok, PARTIAL day, I went in late!) and this afternoon Andria flew back to Utah...

BLECH! I want to go back to San Diego!!!

Get A Load Of This!

My new tattoo!

It's Dillon!!! The guy did a great job with the shading etc...

And why did I do this? Well I've been wanting to for a while and when the girls decided to get "sister" tattoos, I tagged along.

They had been talking about sister tattoos and Andria had the idea to each get their own unique butterfly but in the same place that I have mine (back of right shoulder), to honor mom... and I was honored!

Following are closer shots of each one - unfortunately they turned out a little blurry. Oddly enough all three girls chose various shades of blue and purple... but each style is unique.





So for me it's one down and two more to go... For years, besides the donkey, I have been wanting to do a design of a string of tiny horses I want made into an anklet, and I want to do a lower back piece of my Justice...

However... While there I looked through the books and now I have LOTS more ideas {grin}