We are heading out today to Fort Worth

Here it is, Sept.12th, and we are leaving for Fort Worth. The Little Guy is bathed,all packed and ready to roll in his limo. Marilynn and Lynn are going with me. Sister Shielya decided not to go. She will take care of The Horses and Dogs and hold down the Fort so to speak. We figure we will be in F. W. Tuesday according to the travel Director, M.

Terri Russell from Kolo 8 and her cameraman, Walker filmed last Tuesday and the story aired on the 5:00 p.m. news Thursday. It was fantastic. They even showed IlDivo and I working a cow which was the most fun and he loved it and actually tried to work on his own.

Check out the picture of Shielya riding him and then go back and check out her picture on the day of pick up at BLM. Big difference.

We will keep you updated while traveling and during the competition. Tally ho

Dark Horse Diva's having fun at the rummage sale

On Saturday the 5Th we had another fund raising rummage sale to raise money for the trip. Rhae organized it and the rest of us helped. The day started out with Ona modeling some robe she grabbed out of the clothing pile. Of course she had to try to lure shoppers to the sale, I don't think the outfit HELPED much but it sure was funny. Shielya decided to try on leopard PJ's with a robe!!!!It all looked pretty funny with her cowboy boots and " it's all about the horse" rhinestone T shirt.She looked like " ERKLE" ! Remember him? He used to pull his pants up underneath his armpits! Marilynn was a Southern Belle as always and stored the money in an appropriate spot! Check the picture. I wasn't as flamboyant as the rest but had a blast! It felt good not riding the Mustang today just having fun. Now Rhae was a bit Risque' in her picture trying on the underclothes over her shorts so I am posting it because she gave me permission! After all, we are adults, supposedly!!!!!!!Enjoy the Diva's pics.

We have traveled today!!!!!!! 9-04-09

Wow, what a day. We have traveled, Ildivo and I. The day started out with a really good bath for the once " wildone". He received a real good scrubbing because he had a appointment to go meet Mark Menezes, one of our very generous sponsors. I wanted a picture of Mark and Ildivo so we just loaded up and headed to Lockwood. We parked amongst the trucks, trailers, etc. and unloaded. It's a really busy place. Menezes Bros. is the place where we get all of our feed, alfalfa cubes, etc. They make the cubes right there. It's a huge facility with alot going on and their cubes are shipped all over. When the price of hay started going down, Mark lowered the prices of his hay and cubes and passed his savings off to all of us!!!!I don't know any other business who has done that. Thank you Mark. Check out Mark's picture with Ildivo and his logo on the side of my trailer.

From Menezes cubing facility, we traveled to Ona's place. She and Ildivo are best friends as you can see in the picture. I unloaded him, and off we went, with Ona and Gabe, ( her horse) and headed to the neighbors who very generously offered me the use of their 2 roping steers to introduce my Mustang to. I had expected that he would take one look at them and RUN!!!!!!!NOT So. He was so curious and wanted to see what those two things were. From there I was able to follow them around, hold them in a corner, and half way take them down the fence. He acted like a little wannabe cutter.
We will be going back. It was really good for Ildivo, it cleared his little overworked brain.

Overall, everything is falling into place. I have 10 days to go. Terri and Walker will be filming on Tues, and yes, they will film us working a cow! It will air on Thurs. Walker is coming over this evening to get a night shot of Ildivo in his pen with the full moon!!!

We are having another rummage sale tomorrow, 9-05-09.