My back was out last Friday and then it rained on Saturday, so today was my first time to rope outdoors. It's amazing how hard it can be to switch from the indoor arena to the outdoor that first day; I'm always a tad bit nervous ( Read more... )

Found out this morning, when I went out to start the car at 5 a.m., that I must have bumped the door lock button last night. And locked the keys in the car ( Read more... )

Someone had asked Papa to send some pictures of Tuffy in an email and he asked me if I could do that. And I thought, we should also video Tuffy and I could upload and they could just see him work, too ( Read more... )

Roping went quite well today. We had a few extra people her this morning, one of which is the guy who started Tuffy in the heeling for Papa. And I still roped good, so that was really awesome ( Read more... )

We roped again this morning and it went pretty good. Spent most of my time on Papa's horse Tuffy, only riding Senor one time through. He's a finished rope horse and doesn't need as many runs, while Tuffy is still pretty green. Even just with today, he was working a lot better and had a more solid pattern when I finished than when we started. So yay ( Read more... )

Another new year; oohh aahhh. Mostly it means I have to remember to write the correct year on the invoices for work and that my horse is now 8 instead of 7. LOL. am pretty sure he's 8 now....Roped for the first time for the year this morning; it went really good. Papa's new cattle are fun and the headers are improving, so they gave me some pretty ( Read more... )

Roping went okay Saturday. The cattle ran a bit more than we thought they would, and one of them set up a couple times. The first time was the scariest - he set up, but didn't stop completly and ended up cutting right in front of me ( Read more... )

My family and I had been invited to a little get together by a family friend for today. Just a small gathering, with a few people roping and a couple others doing a little trial riding, and afterward having a BBQ/Potluck for lunch ( Read more... )

Ugh. So hot. ::whines ( Read more... )

It started raining on us while we were roping this morning. Takes a bit o' the fun out of it. Things went well before that at least. Only missed one haze, so yay for that.

It's been awhile, but have updated dalaz_iconsMy arms are still sore, though the spot that is bothering me the most is on my hand, where my pinky joins my palm. Everytime I move my ( Read more... )