Mikey's
Madness
Your
Daily Dose of Drama from a
Horseshoeing
Housewife
Wednesday
October 31st, 2007
ItÕs
Halloween!!!
Ok, tomorrow you get those
pictures
TODAY
you get
ŌMy 3 yr old can move cows
in the darkĶ
pictures
After watching the sorting
she went on and on
so we took her down there
at feeding time
and let her play
She just thought this was
the best thing EVER
Start em young!
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Monday
October 29th, 2007
The Grand
Opening
This weekend was our Grand
Opening
for Triple S Arena
Team Sorting
We are officially EXHAUSTED
For those who donÕt know
We partnered up w/Leland
Spriggs
who put up an arena and
started this team sorting
We all pitch in to help
Leland announced teams
I ran concessions
At our arena
WeÕll serve you and your horse
Grandma ran the thrift
store
Wade and
Charley worked the arena
We had a
really good turnout
Everyone who came
We sure
appreciate you!
Cars out
front, trailers w/horses in back
Even dogs ride
Future NFR
contenders
I liked this
kid
His feet donÕt
reach the stirrups
But he could
dang sure get the job done
Uh oh
That oneÕs a renegade
Paula, Wade
and Mercy
and their
kissy face horses
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Thursday
October 25th, 2007
Dogs, Cows
and SpidersÉ
Are these not the cutest
little helpers??
I was babysitting these
lil darlings
No
No No
Not even the puppy dog
eyes are going to work
We have 9 dogs
I refuse to graduate to
double digits
Thank you very much
It was a busy day at the
shop
I need one of these rigs
Out pop some cows
OH YEAH
The other night
Mercy shrieks ŌMommy look
– BIG SPIDER!Ķ
I turned around and yep.
ItÕs a BIG spider
HereÕs your token
tarantula pic
I know yÕall never get
enough of these
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Monday
October 22nd, 2007
Triple S
Arena
Now has itÕs own website!
which is cool and
a work in progress
So you know
We had to go down there
yesterday
and see how the ground is
Quinn likes it
Leland and The
Boss
approve
Leland showing
off a lil spin
Very nice
Miss Smarty
Pants
has her own
camera
Clear the
arena
Water truck
A little
instruction
Mercy
proclaims the ground
PERFECT
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Sunday
October 21st, 2007
The dumb
things I do
The following is a prime
example of my
unintentional
brainlessness
A while back, my mom had
to have surgery.
For a few weeks, my
grandma lived in a very nice nursing home.
The day we went to pick
her up was a busy day
I was behind on laundry,
so I
yanked an old (but clean) shirt out of the closet and threw
it on
As we went down the hall
to pick up Grandma
Another patientÕs
relatives were leaving
Upon seeing me, the lady
took a step back,
looking directly at my
chest
Right then I realized
I had worn the wrong shirt
to a nursing home
I know
Totally true story
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Saturday
October 20th, 2007
Your
Halloween Preview
Feeding the
great pumpkin game tickets
The slide is still
the best
-------------------------------------------------
The Shop
ItÕs almost
done
HereÕs a few
before and after shots
Gosh
ItÕs shaping up
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Wednesday
October 17th, 2007
From the
Other Side
Cathy and I rode
on the far side of the
river
today
Lots of stuff out there
Cows
and
All together nowÉ..
Awwwwwww
That little guy on the
right isnÕt more than a day old
and OlÕ Bossy there is sporting
one WICKED set of horns
Those deserve a closer
look
Dang!!
Those would look so good
on the front of my truck
Did I really just say
that?
ThereÕs something cool up
here
Butch CassidyÕs hideout
A BIG cave
Can you see the ocean???
Surefooted horse required
____________________
From the peanut gallery
Who?
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Tuesday
October 16th, 2007
Deep Thought
Of the Day
Normal is getting dressed
in clothes that you buy for work
and driving through
traffic in a car that you are still paying for,
in order to get to the job
you need to pay for the clothes and the car and the house
you leave vacant all day
so you can afford to live in it
- Ellen
Goodman, Boston Globe
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Monday
October 15th, 2007
Field of
Dreams
If you
build it
they will come
Team sorting
Coming soon!
Another
gorgeous evening
Captured by
Mom
Nope
Not doinÕ
nothinÕ
Honest
Happy helmeted
child
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Saturday
October 13th, 2007
Shoot Low
Boys
TheyÕre
riding Shetland Ponies
Kinda looks
like a Shetland, huh?
this is why
I ride BIG horses
This is our
first ride out
Nice flex
donÕt bite
me
These were
taken earlier in the week
When I wasnÕt
surrounded by
a sea of
snotty tissues
Yes IÕm
STILL sick
Whatcha think
horse?
This guy was
cruising the desert
this morning
He was very
nice to veer away
from
residential areas
I wanted to
see what the horses would do
Oh well
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Friday
October 12th, 2007
I Plead the
Flu
The flu has hit
I am not functioning
But I managed to snap a
few pics
last night while
struggling
to feed the horses
Mercy said
Casper COME
And he did!
this delighted her to no
end
Then she said "Mommy,
take my picture"
So I did
I gave her the
grain scoop
He really followed her
then
That's good
stuff
Now I must go
blow my nose
For the thousandth
time
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Sunday,
October 7th, 2007
Diamond
Equestrian Fall Series
We did it!
We did good at the
Diamond Equestrian Show
My biggest fan
My second biggest fan
Look who else came along
Cloud!
Get to the point
I know
How'd we do???
Not too bad...
We're so cute I can't
stand it
See this ribbon?
That's the Hi Point 18 and
Over
Ribbon
Where's the jumping you
ask?
Did I fall off?
No!!
Here's one of our Hunter
Hack classes
on You Tube
I have a better run
But it wonÕt upload
Of course
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Saturday,
October 6th, 2007
Congress Days
Gymkhana
That's my
girl!
Turning
barrels
Smokin it home
Mikey and
Monte heading home
on poles
Wade and Olga
doing poles
Only
because I entered them in everything
and said
yes, you HAVE TO
This event is
called Crawl Though Barrel
It's mostly
for the amusement of the crowd
Let me just
say
It's WAY
harder than it looks
Then you hop
back on
and ride hard
for the finish line
Oh, and did I
mention?
Your horse is
supposed to stay
while you do
this...
Most horses
don't
I will be
in big trouble for posting this picture
But it's
worth it
Not staying
Yet he STILL
beat my time!!
Probably
cause my fat butt had a hard time
getting
thru that barrel
We did pretty
good overall
This picture
is minus one of our blue ribbons
Wade and I
tied for Reserve Hi Point
Next: 5 a.m.
wakeup
Dale Creek
Horse Show
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Thursday,
October 4th, 2007
Social Studies
Freshly gelded
Meet and Greet
Just stand there and look
pretty
C'mon girl, gimme some
kisses!
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Wednesday,
October 3rd, 2007
Us Women
We descended upon Cloud
today
We had him pose
Cathy says "These are
clippers,
Cloud"
Cloud says "Uh huh.
And those go where?"
You're gonna look so
PURTY
Look at this cute little
saddle I found nearby
Cloud says " Uh,
we never talked about this, but ok"
Look at him go!
Here's the peanut gallery
watching all this
This is the
"OOoooo, not a good
idea Mommy" face
she had that same look
when I rode
the steer with a snaffle bit
And THIS
Who does this dog think
she is??
see below
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Tuesday,
October 2nd, 2007
Free to ANY
home
One dog
who doesn't know when to quit
Recently spayed
I knew I should have
had those teeth pulled too
Behold
this week's damage
One pillow
not her first
Another hat
I had it ONE DAY
A friend gave it to me as
a replacement
after Maggie ate my
favorite
John Deere hat
My Land's End sandal
They were just getting
comfy
The FOURTH hardback
library book
The looks the
librarians give me
How am going to face
them AGAIN??
Last but not least
my chair
I keep thinking the
Good Lord
HAS
to be testing my patience,
right?
Well
if I EVER
catch her at it
I may have to pray
for
forgiveness
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