roping is fun!!!....

Finally got the welder to finish working on the gate yesterday.....we had some work that needed done on the gates and one half of the corral near the barn...just from animals kicking things around and a few mishaps over the past year or so w/those trucks backing into things...but all in all i'm glad we got that done finally....i don't know how to weld,although i did take that class in Ag during high school...lol....i could probably weld around here!.....


Went to the team roping last night over at Uncle Pete's arena...everybody stayed there from 5:30pm til about midnight last night...They just get off work and go load up their horses and drive over to hang out all evening....we helped Auntie J w/the concession....she still likes to help with that even though she and Uncle Pete are divorced and hate each other...Haha!...


There was beer,sodas,water,nachos,hot dogs,pickles,hot pickled peppers----AND the ever famous "frito pie in a bag"...LOL.----you know where you slit a small bag of frito chips down the middle and pour chili,mustard,onion,sprinkle cheese over it and eat it out of the bag like that w/a plastic fork or spoon....good stuff on a cold arena night.....lol...


I like to watch them team rope...it's a lot of fun for me giving it a try too..it's mainly a guy's sport in rodeo..but it's kinda fun for me too even though i am a girl...i think roping is something that takes your mind off things that bother you..you can really get serious about it and focus on that for hours at a time trying to perfect it...you're roping and riding your horse both at the same time while making a throw/catch..you're doing several things all at the same time...something to be proud of yourself for once you accomplish it!


perfecting it takes lots of practice, training and skill...eventually it evens out.....it's a lot of fun for me anyway...i have the best teachers in my family...all the cowboys in our family love roping...my Uncle is a very serious competitive roper...he could talk all day about it,so does my dad...there's no question they can't answer about it either....

i like to rope/ride in the arena to music.....i gotta have some tunes....I've been listening to the Reckless Kelly cd "Good Luck and True Love" non-stop this past week..it's really good..i like all the songs..i could only find a few of the songs people had made videos for..here's one song i did find that's on that cd...


better go another long day awaits...


Kisses!