Stacies update

What a start to the 2009 year. I have already put $1400 in my truck to make it run smoother. 2008 was a great year, nothing major happened-that I can remember. I had a a great year at the rodeos. I made all the year end finals I was a member of. I have two horses to rodeo on, and I am going to team rope more often-heeling. Mom bought my head horse so I am forced to heel steers. I went a USTRC in Waco and heeled for the first time this year. No money won, but my end was not the problem. I love my new school. It seems to be a good change. I still have the famous grulla horse Artie, he is retired and 25+. He just gets fed and hangs out at the Hoover ranch. I have my dunn horse Scooter I bought in 2000, who is 15 now. He works great every time. I bought a paint horse I call Hildago in 07. I spend alot of time on him, but it is paying off. I have won several checks on and hope to have him 100% finished by this summer. He has a huge motor and you have to get him super tired before you rope. I like my dunn horse cause you can lope a few circles and be ready to go. T-bones my blue heeler is 16 this year. She gets around alright, her hips seem to be her problem. Once she is up she loves to go. She rides in the back seat to every rodeo. I have to help her in and out of the the truck and trailer. She even has a handicap ramp for trailer. She is mostly deaf and blind so I have to watch her closely. Things are great here in Texas. I love the weather and dont miss the snow. They cancel school here if it is below 25-so funny. People freak when they hear the words "cold front". So different then Utah.

Its A Wikipedia Life

This is a VERY important link for everyone to review:

http://en/wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_Of_Our_Lives

I love Wikipedia. It is so fun and you can learn so much. Like, I learned a proficient explanation what I do for a living:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Analyst

And, of course, I was able to learn interesting things about 'my show'. Days is a family tradition, passed on from my Grandmother Curlock & my mom, down to me and Stacie. We all still watch it. We've been there through the good storylines and the bad. That's what good fans do. If you aren't already a Days' fan, then jump on the bandwagon. Its the best way to spend a morning-waking up, Tivo-ing Days, and drinking Hot Apple Cider (since I've quit coffee and green tea). And, that way you can skip the commercials so you watch it in half the time. (P.S. Coby is standing over my shoulder MAKING me type this: HE HATES DAYS AND REFUSES TO WATCH IT)

I encourage you all to take a look at www.wikipedia.org and have fun surfing the online Encyclopedia! I'll post more interesting links here later!

Since its cold and snowy out and not much going on, here's a couple pic's from our trip to TX last May for Jodi's wedding. This is the bridemaids & bride at the rehearsal dinner/party. The other pic is Laurel and Trish getting Jodi laced into her dress.

It amazes me how I can sit at my computer for 8 hours a day working keeping my creativity alive, but when I sit down to work on this blog I can't seem to come up with anything interesting to write about! So, I took a break and went and watched Coby through the sliding glass door. He was turning all the horses out so they can run and play for a few hours. The sun's shining today and its nice and warm here at the window. Outside I can hear the roads are crunchy with ice, its probably only in the teens. That means its an indoor day for me. Its always such a kick to watch the horses after they've been stalled up for a while. They love it, they roll and run and play and eventually find one to pick on (today it's Cort's colt). They get around good in the deep snow. They can race back to the bottom of the arena and burn around the turn and they never seem to hurt themselves. I feel like I've been stalled up for a while too, I don't spend much time out in the deep freeze. I think if I were to go tearing through the snow and run my butt off I would most likely 1. hurt myself 2. definitely regret it in tomorrow 3. hurt myself. I've worked very hard at getting this out of shape. It doesn't just happen overnight. That's what I get for not riding this winter. Riding in the winter keeps you in pretty good shape because everything takes twice as long in the snow and cold. I just haven't had it in me this year to get out there yet. I think my horses needed a break from me anyways. They are all young horses and I trained on them pretty hard this year. It seems like they come back more solid after a break so the time off shouldn't hurt them any. Coby's horses were due for a break too. They are getting a little age on them and he hauled them hard this summer. They all look good, just really hairy because we didn't blanket this year. So, today, we'll just let them play and save the real exercise for another day!