Hooray

OK, life has been interesting here this week, but it is turning around!! I talked to my Dad today....Now, my Dad and I have an interesting relationship...Anyhow, I made him an offer. I have a buckskin mare that has been for sale for a year now. No bites. She is foundation bred....We have her filly and LOVE the filly so no need to have them both right? Well, she is a 9yo broodmare cause no one took the time to actually ride her. So, Thinking " darn it, that will be two mouths to feed come spring" ( I bred her cause she is a broodmare) I called my Dad to offer a trade. He has a colt that I actually created his dam and picked his daddy. The colt is a yearling now and is a chestnut with a star and a left hind sock. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/zbar+lynx+to+cash He is super laid back and since he has that left hind sock, I knew he was MEANT to be mine. But my dad refused to even sell him to me. Says its business and I dont need any more horses. Well, today he agreed to trade this gelding (one less thing to pay for) for my buckskin mare!! If you knew the ends and outs of my dad, your next question would be........"and you will let me transfer him in my name right?" The answer is YES!!!! So, I am trading my mare for this colt and I am jumping for joy!!! No, I dont need a trade, but I really resented my Dad for not letting me have this colt or the other 6 horses that I created for him....So, this is good in soooo many ways!!

My Hair

OK, i hate having to put money into my hair. Lat year, i highlighted it and then this year, I am SICK of it. SO, I colored with something from the store. Looked good till it grew out a little. THIS time, I went in and had the hair lady match it to my roots. got it cut again too. I like it!!

Its Been a While, Sorry

Well, I have been busy and not tending to my business as much as I should!! LOL But, I am here now!!! OK, for starters, PMS is here...hopefully gone by the end of the week, I have gone several months with out a steroid shot....meaning that my Body is doing better. Gabe is getting in shape and I am getting used to my new saddle. Our last run was in Marshall and I am NOT thrilled about it.


Basically, i was nervous and holding on for dear life to a slow moving train. I did not ride him. I sat there. OH and if I dont figure out how to SHUT MY MOUTH, I am going to break out the duct tape!!! LOL However, yesterday we went to the covered pen in Hemphill and made two runs. First one, we did not go right to the first...so, I took him all the way to the fence and re-directed. Second run was OMG great!! He did everything that we have been practicing! So, we are ready and I am going to try like hell not to dwell on anything this week. We will be heading to Wacko on Friday for the WBR race. BIG race and lots of fun! We will run Sat night and Sun morning. I am thinking that we will not have internet, so be patient since I am not coming home till Monday. Thankfully I will have brooke for a co-pilot and she claims that she is the driver, groom, shit raker and something else...LOL So, we should have fun!! Also, Michelle is going!! SO, good times had by all!!! TTYL!

Hm....I dont Know...

OK, this is a weird post for me, but, I am having an issue...There is a funeral Sunday for a man who inspired me soooooo much. Mr. McCarey was a cowboy. He was a tell it like it is, no need for fluff cowboy. I was in awe when we went to his 90th B-day and he got on Bryan (his horse) and rode him around the arena....everyone wanted him to get off, but he refused. He died Thursday at age 92. Last time Jeff and I went by there, he was so happy to see us. I just knew that we needed to stop and say hi! That was a few months ago (maybe 6) and he was down, but still full of him self...He always had that cowboy wisdom to pass on to us youngins. I loved his stories and just in general loved to be around him. He was the one who Dubbed TJ Speed Wiesel. He also told me that I needed to retire TJ and get Gabe going...Gabe was only a yearling when I kept TJ at the McCarey house. He loved Gabe and said that Gabe would be around for a lifetime. I always said, "No, he is a turn around" Pop would come back and say "Sure, wait till you get to ride him, he is a keeper". That meant a lot to me :) Now, look at Gabe....my ideal horse.
My problem is that the funeral is Sunday and I really dont want to go. Not just because it is a funeral and NO I have no other plans. I just dont think Pop would want us to drive down there to cry over his death. He was one to tell me that time is best spent on a horse. I feel like I would do better to honor his life by staying home and enjoying my horses. I know that he would be proud of us for running today. My other thing is that I feel that funerals are for the family. I was by far family...I am a strange griever. I rather grieve by myself. I rather take Gabe to the back and have myself a good cry than to be around a bunch of folks crying.....Am I a bad person for this? Also, someone once told me that funerals are for the family so you can hug them and show them support....There will be so many folks that were a lot closer to the family there. I will feel much more in the way than anything....