Happy Halloween!

We had a jackpot today and someone had suggested we dress up. Being that Voodoo is black I opted for Zorro (my cape was tucked, errr crammed, into my pocket for safety lol)

photo by K. Hoover
The jackpot was right next door so I had it pretty easy today. I woke up a bit early and fed the ponies, came back inside and had my breakfast, walked over to enter, came back home and when it was time I got costumed up and tacked up and rode over. Love it!!
It was a double header and my first run was slooow. But it was clean and that's what I was working for.
I had talked to Ed Wright earlier this week and he said that even though I knocked 3rd at my last barrel race he was proud of me for cleaning up 2nd. Well now I get to call him and tell him I had two cleans runs and even earned some cash!
Yep that's right, in the second jackpot I sped up enough to place! We got 3rd in the 3D. Still no speed demon (hey THAT woulda been a good costume!!) but we ran 1.5 seconds faster :)
AND we won "best costume" in the Open ("adult") division!

Hope y'all had a safe and fun Halloween!

Friday Funny

NO I have NOT seen your lipstick!

Why would you even ask me that

I`m insulted!!

Every time something goes missing around here everyone looks at me!

*not my pic, unsure of source*

So how was your day?

Last night we got our first snow of this winter (even though its still technically fall according to the calendar)
Doesn't look like much in this pic but it wasn't done yet...
The dogs & indoor kitties decided it was a good evening just to chill out. Tucker had been curled up in my chair with me when he moved to the couch so he could stretch out.

As you can see he didn't quite make it ALL the way onto the couch lol

Lola took over the empty loveseat

By the time I went to work this morning there was more snow. Not a lot by any means, just enough to make things crappy when you combine the snow with the not too cold temps and high winds.

The highway was icy and slushy... stupid slush got hold of my tires and pulled me into the ditch. (I wasn't even going fast, I was going 70 km/hr and the speed limit is 100)

I managed to stay calm and in control and ALMOST got out of that ditch. Unfortunately I was running out of room to make it back onto the road and that part of the ditch was very steep. The steepness and the icy slush on the grass sucked my poor little Chevy right back into the ditch.

It could have been much worse though. Those ditches are FULL of sloughy water. If I had panicked and not kept my cool I probably would have landed right in it. As it was when my vehicle came to rest the back tires were in the water.

Onstar put me through to roadside assistance, the wait for a tow was 45 min to an hour (which means at least an hour to an hour & a half lol). Some Good Samaritans had stopped to help and offered to drive me in to the city and drop me off at work :)

(over 30 cars drove by before anyone stopped)

Roadside wouldn't tow without someone there so I abandoned my poor vehicle to make arrangements later. When I got to work I tried to 'accidentally' leave some money on the back seat but the GS saw it and literally threw it out the window onto the ground lol. Such nice people and I have no way to thank them!

From work I made arrangements with Roadside to be picked up after work by the tow truck driver and taken to my vehicle. When we got there we boosted it and winched it out.

Not sure if you can tell from this crappy cell pic but its pretty close to the road and those back tires are in water... yikes!

From there I made it home safely. Now here's hoping Pie makes it home safe tonight after he's done work!!

Friday Funny

I keep wanting to post this commercial, for my fellow Canadians you`ll know its a few years old. Still cracks me up though!

Friday Funny

A man boards an airplane with six small children.

"Oh goodness! Are they all yours?" asks the stewardess.

"No" the man replies "I work for Trojan. These are customer complaints."

Barn Kitties

When we moved we got kittens from a couple different people. First was Evie, from my friend Zab; then Ethel and Olive from my stepdad (who in turn got them from the ethanol plant he works at); and then Oleta, also from Zab.

So there we were with four barn kittens with names that made it sound like there was a group of little old ladies hanging out at the barn.

The other day I discovered that I don`t have ``4 little old ladies`` at the barn.

I have 3 little old ladies and a little old man...`Olive`is in fact Oliver!!

Friday Funny

One day as a father is leaving work he suddenly realizes it's his little girl's birthday. He stops at a Toy Shop on his way home and asks the sales assistant "How much for one of those Barbie's in the window?"
"That depends" replies the sales assistant "Which one would you like? Work-out Barbie is $19.95, Shopping Barbie is $19.95, Beach Barbie is $19.95, Disco Barbie is $19.95, Ballerina Barbie is $19.95, Astronaut Barbie is $19.95, Skater Barbie is $19.95 and Divorced Barbie is $265.95."
The amazed father asks "Its WHAT?! Why is Divorced Barbie is $265.95 and all the other barbies are only $19.95!"
The salesperson rolls her eyes, sighs and answers "Sir, Divorced Barbies comes with: Ken's car, Ken's house, Ken's boat, Ken's furniture, Ken's computer, one of Ken's friends and a keychain made with Ken's balls."