Okay, what is everyone up to?  It is obvious there is no talking going on here.   

Jeeze no kidding I cannot answer myself u all would think I was even crazier then u think now.

Whats everyone doing?

I have done nothing lately at all.  A lil trail ride yesterday in the mountains other then that zippo.....

Robert got a truck 1969 ford f250.  Runs down the road like a scalded chicken..... He has ran it outa gass already once and the throttle came loose once too....so he has been walkin down the road a couple of times...ahh the joys of owning an older car.....

I'm around, been trying to find a new job & dealing with our sorry ass good ol' boy redneck INjustice system down here.  On the plus side Cathy got a job at KFC & she loves it, and school starts next week- YAY!

im here also, just got back to work tonight after 6 days off. I have not had time to even get close to a computor.   Friday night a friend of mine came by and let me and Cash hitch a ride with her to a local play day. I just did slow work on Cash, we trotted and loped around the barrels, and he ran a 20.01, and a 16.7 won....Gosh just think what we would have done if we were running...LOL  I got back to the trailer and unsaddled him and them dang dry spots were there. So I was glad i did not run him.  I had an old timer tell me a few days ago to take a spray bottle and wet the areas that are staying dry, and this would cause him from getting sore. Well gullible me I am gonna try it, till i can get another saddle.  I have several in mind, either a sherry Cervi or a marlene eddleman, or a cecil phillips from shiloh saddlery special made.  I am just not gonna run get the first thing that comes along this time. uh oh got off subject didnt I, i went to rambling. Lets See, Saturday  I rode both my horses on trails at home. Sunday rode Cash but it got to hot before I could get Pistol rode. Then Monday I Rode Cash again before having to mow and weedeat my lawn. Tuesday I had Dr's Appointment, nothing wrong just a checkup. Wednesday i Cut Hay, and today i had to clean house, do laundry, try and get a couple of hours of sleep so i could work tonight, and then i raked hay while hubby baled. we put up 83 round 4x5 bales today. THEN i came to work to rest...LOL

Well TBB sounds like you are at least playing with the horses.  But you sound like me, not quite sure what you have been doing.  LOL

Shannon - looking for a new job?  I thought you were managing your own store now?  What the heck happened there.  Also HH wants you to call her when you get a chance. 

Clover - I want to haul somewhere even if it is just to ride my horse around and visit with my buddies.  We need about 80 more round bales to make it through the winter. 

Now if we can just hear from the rest of the people

OH MY!  You guys are alive!  I have been so lonley without you all!  I check the site 3 times a day just to see if anyone has posted!!!

Lets see what have I been doing......  Feeding the horses, cleanning stalls, sitting in the AC, stripping boarder in my bathroom and thats about it (oh we did load 54 bales of hay on Tuesday)!  I live a boring life I know!  I wanted to ride last night, or at least work with the horses but it rained and we had company, ssssoooo....  It's been to freaking hot for me to do anything outdoors!  I have gotten used to working all day in the AC!   By the time it cools down in the evenings I have lost my energy!  Stripping boarder is a pain in my ass!  I am hoping to have it done by Sunday so me and mom can start painting.  Won't take me no time to paint it, I can't wait for it to be done!  Oh and we FINALY set our vacation date!  We are taking off the week of Labor Day, not going anywhere to special.  We will probably just go trail riding a couple diffrent close places and the rest of the time spend at home!  This will be Matt and I's first "Vacation" together other than our honeymoon.

Val- I am ready to go to a show too!  There is a barrel race in the next town over that I wanted to go to August 12th but we signed up for a Shriners Trail Ride instead that day.   Scout isn't ready for barrels but it was just a 4H show so i was just gonna go and use it as a training type thing.  Instead he will get to go trail riding!   Have you been riding any?  How is HH doing?  Any updates?

Shannon- yeah spill it about the job!  Congrats to Kathy!  Is she back home, or is she still with your aunt?  How is George feeling?  Any luck finding Sunny?   How is Doc, is he getting big?

Turnin- too funny about Robert!  Just wait till he gets big mud tires on it!  Keep him away from my husband!  He will have him beefing it up faster than you can say git-r-done!

Clover- HOLY COW   You have been a busy gal! 

Well I *was* managing...then had a bad week (during the county fair) where I worked almost 80 hours between people calling in, leaving early and just plain old not showing up. It all came to a head on the last day when money came up waaay off along with my gas totals, called my district manager & she went off because A) things were off and B) I hadn't gotten the computer stuff done and sent in yet. Well it's kind of hard to be on the computer when you're stuck at the cash register & I pointed that out to her. When she got to the store she jumped my butt because one night when I finally left I had to stop at the grocery. My cell phone doesn't work in there & apparently the cashier working had called about something stupid, couldn't get me so called the DM instead. I explained that my cell doesn't pick up inside Krogers and she got snippy, said then I needed to get a new phone. I just kind of saw red. Called George & discussed it with him, he's tired of the phone ringing all night and me coming home about to snap so I went and gave the DM my keys. Told her I'd stay on as cashier but I would not be manager. Her comment was "Fine, you weren't my first choice anyway, anybody else would have gotten all this learned in a week and not still be bugging me with problems." Well fine, whatever. So she made one of the little 18yo's the new manager and they gave me a week off as punishment I guess. I'm supposed to go back on Sunday but I won't stay long, I've been applying like crazy everywhere I can.

Cathy is back at home, has been for about 3 or 4 weeks. Serious issues with both my aunt and the people she was staying with. I have found out some things about these people that truly make me regret letting her go there. They are NOT what they represent themselves to be and have managed in the process to convince my aunt that Cathy is a horrible person, they almost had me convinced as well. The funny thing is that George of all people was the one who stood firm and said she would NEVER have done the things she was accused of. Sad to say it reached the point where we had to pay for Cat to take a lie detector test to disprove several allegations made against her. The guy who gave the test assured us that she passed, we're still waiting to hear from the sheriffs department about what happens now.
I'm a little worried because the husband involved in this grew up here, went to school or is related to half the people on the sheriffs dept. or at the courthouse and is a close personal friend of the sheriff. We'll see how that goes.
The other shitty thing about this is that it looks like they will be allowed to take Dallas back after all the money and work we've put into bringing him back to decent health. Stupidly I lost the paper saying they were giving ownership to us, their story now is that they just loaned him to us while Cathy stayed with them. George is totally pissed about this, both because of the money and time we've put in and because Dallas is the only horse I've been able to ride in a long, long time.
Damn it feels good to finally put all that down in writing, haven't really been able to talk to anyone other than George about it.
No luck on Sonny but I haven't had much time to look lately. George is doing alright. Still coughing up blood but not as bad as he was. Tried to get him to switch to another company where he wouldn't have to unload but he won't leave Hardins.

Val, I'll try to call HH tonight or tomorrow, I got her phone number off her DH ads since I couldn't find it here anywhere.

Good god I am boring.

Wild   Keep your husband far far away...He has changed the trany fluid and wants to change the oil.  He has new Cowboy up floor mats and a flaming ford thing on the windshield.  Since changing tranny fluid the damn truck goes like a bat outa hell.   Last thing I needed...

The parents are back from Greece.  My mother is furious with their cruise line.  They gave her food poisoning, then quarintined her for 48 hrs to her cabin cause they thought she might have the norwok virus.  She was really really sick.  Then when she was better and able to go ashore they pulled her outa line and told her she was confined to her cabin and she couldnt go.  They forgot to take her off the list.  So needless to say she was pissed off plenty cause all the other passangers were there when she got yanked outa line.  I kinda giggle but yet she did miss the greek isles and Turkey two of the main reasons she went on the trip.

Shannon management sucks butt especially in the situation they put u in.  Thats bull sh#t!!!!!!!  Tell them to kiss your carkass and walk.  I wish I could get out but everytime I try I have been unsucessful.  The new location helps but I am still so nervous I am gonna get yelled at for no good reason its really weird.  I am doing things I NEVER was aloud to do at the other location.  Its great.  Whats really funny is I have been at this location for like a month.  The sales this week are possibly gonna beat the #1 store in the company for the first time in like 4 years!!!!!!  That would be a browny point for me.

TBB brownie points are good, way to go 

Your truck must be fixed huh? 

I think all of us should get together and move to Missouri, I found a strip mall with a mom and pop grocery, beauty shop, 7 rental apartments and a gas station.  There are several cheap properties nearby and we could run barrels and those that like to trail ride, well that is trail riding heaven

Well now that sounds interesting the running horse community apts.  Boy would we have fun or what?

You and Shannon could manage the grocery and gas station, my daughter in law is a beautician and the rest of us could be flunkies

Woohooo, count me in!!!

Shannon, are you going to have to give Dallas back?  I am so sorry to hear about that.  I thought possession was 9/10ths of the law, so to speak.  Also, sorry to hear about your daughter's problems.  It always seems like it pours.  Okay we are all ready for some good luck for awhile now.

Shannon- that is terrible.  I am so sorry Kathy is going though this.  I hope she is doing ok with everything.  Thank god she is home now and hopefully get things back to "normal".  Too bad about Dallas, you can hide him up our way if you want!  Stand your ground, they gave him to you and you have nothing to prove that he isn't your horse.

Turnin- Did you say Brownies?   Thats it get a plane ticket it's time for your vacation!

Val- I think that sounds like a great idea!  I have always wanted to work at a mom and pop store!lol!  So are you getting excited to go on your trip?  It sounds fun and exciting!  Mom and Dad came down yesterday and saw Fran and Shot for the first time.  They really liked them both!

time for good luck to all and much spare time for riding!!!!!!!!

Yea like brownie points YUM  I love brownies.  I wouldn't mind being a flunkie I would make a good flunkie I could eat my brownies and have a great time.