My Wildest Dreams!

Tony and I have been having a blast with Fay & Ian ever since they got here. Last night before we went over to Kinky's I took this picture of Fay & Ian having fun with Henry Standing Bear and Little Debbie.

The minute that Little Debbie laid her eye on Ian she was madly in love with him and she insisted that Ian keep holding her, in his arms. And that didn't bother Henry one bit, because he kept hamming-it-up with our Canadian friends, because he knows that they adopted his identical, twin sister, Miss Moneypenny and since they love her so much—he figured they must love him just as much, too.

This morning Fay & Ian came over to eat breakfast with us and drink some coffee, before Tony gave them a grand tour of the ranch, on Kermit. And while Tony was showing them the wild hogs, deer and turkeys eating along side Maya and our donkeys our good friend/volunteer, Tom, showed up, like he does most every morning, to feed carrots to Maya, Roy & Gabby and Little Jewford. And while they were out there visiting with Tom I took off, in Buttermilk, to run a few errands.

Early this afternoon we took Fay & Ian, to Fredericksburg, to eat lunch with us and to do a little shopping and they had dressed up, for the occasion, in their authentic-looking cowboy clothes. And they really looked like the "real-deal" too, wearing their cowboy hats, boots and western clothes, but the only thing that gave them away was Fay's cute Canadian accent and Ian's thick Scottish accent. 

We had a super fun, delicious lunch, at the Auslander and our friendly, cheerful waitress, Jaclyn, was absolutely the best waitress and she was most helpful with her food recommendations. 

After lunch, we hit the downtown sidewalks laughing and sharing stories. And while we were walking I noticed Fay's cowboy boots, because it was obvious to me that earlier, in the morning, Fay must have stepped in some fresh horse poop and hay when she had met Maya and the donkeys, because she had all this hay and "stuff" stuck, on the heels of her pretty boots. 

So I joked, "Good grief Fay, people are going to think that you're a real cowgirl, because your boots look like you just left the ranch." Fay looked down and was horrified and then we all started laughing, as she tried to rub "the range" off, on a curb. (I took a picture of her boots with my iPhone, but sadly it came out blurry, because I was still laughing.)

Our first stop was at Dogologie, one of my favorite stores, in Fredtown and we had a lot fun shopping there.

Fay & Ian bought fancy toys, Texas dog collars, etc. for Ranger (Blake Shelton) and Miss Moneypenny, who they adopted from us. And I purchased a beautiful, pink, dog sling big enough to carry both Little Debbie and Big Al(ice) at the same time and I also purchased a small, pretty, pink, collapsible water bowl for The Girls.

Our next shop to stop at was Heirlooms: Needless Necessities and Fay and I loved all of their cool stuff, because we did a lot of laughing, because of the hilarious quotes that we read that were on most of their merchandise. 

We found these two, cute, white t-shirts that were on a sale rack and the quote on them, in big, black, block lettering was "I Can't Even" but we didn't get to buy them, because they had already sold out of our sizes.

Then Fay found this great, hilarious, small sign, for a desk, that immediately cracked up both of us and so I bought it immediately. And to end tonight's post on a funny note here is my newest sign that I plan to display, on the breakfast bar, right next to Carlton.

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

Gerry Olert, Chris, Eileen holding Little Debbie, Jim, Suzanne, me, Kris, Bob, Chet, Lisa, Kinky, Wendy, Sally, Stephen & Hollin!

Today has been great and so was our weekend. Last Friday all of our great friends/volunteers met at the Thai O'Cha restaurant so we could celebrate Suzanne's and Chris' birthdays and Eileen brought the cutest duel birthday cake. And to say the least, our food was delicious and we had a lot of fun.

Chris, who played Ferg, in our Longmire—Texas Style video, is standing 2nd from the left and Suzanne, who played a cowgirl, inside the Grey Goose Saloon, is standing behind me,  to the right of Jim who played Longmire. I know this is getting a little confusing, so I am just going to list our friends from left to right that starred in our funny Longmire—Texas Style spoof.

Gerry Olert, Chris, Eileen with Little Debbie, Jim, Suzanne, me, Kris, Bob, Chet and Lisa.

And if you would like to see more pictures of the cast and crew I suggest that you watch my slideshow Longmire—Texas Style Behind The Scenes.

Last Friday, after the fun birthdays party, we came straight home, because we knew that our dear friend, Chet O'Keefe, was coming to see us, after his long three-week tour of Canada with friend Sarah Burton. And we had a fun visit with Chet, before he and his dog, Willie, took off for Washington state, Saturday afternoon.

After we adios-ed Chet and Willie, Tony took off too, so he could go fetch our mail. And I got got the cutest and the sweetest card, from a woman named Wendy, thanking us for rescuing her old Pit Bull that had run off during a thunderstorm. 

But first let me fill you in. Last month, while I was out in Terlingua with Cindy, Ronnie & Nita, Kinky had rescued a Pit Bull that was in a field near Highway 16. So when I got home from my fun trip, Tony told me all about Kinky's rescue.

So when we got back home, I went and met this lovely, sweet, old girl and I named her Sally Field, before we took her, to Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic, to get a check up and her shots, etc.

Well, it turned out that Sally had heart worms, so they treated her. Several days later, when we were going to go pick up Sally, Tony walked into the kitchen, and said,  "Nance, Sally is such a great dog, I'm sure she belongs to someone, so would you call the Pound to see if anyone is missing a Pit since last week?"

When I called the Pound, the nice woman told me that a Pit Bull, fitting her description had been reported missing since last week and she gladly gave me Wendy's phone numbers.

Then I called Wendy and told her that we thought we had her dog and that Sally had just been treated for heart worms. Wendy was so happy I'm pretty sure that she started crying as she kept thanking us. 

Wendy told me that her two dogs had run away, during an intense thunderstorm and that her little dog had safely returned home, but not her Pit. After telling her that she could pick up her dog, at Hoegemeyers, she said, "Please call them and tell them I am on my way now..."

An hour later, after eating a fun lunch with Jim aka Longmire, at Billy Gene's Restaurant, we stood outside the restaurant and called Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic, to find out if Sally Field was the woman's lost dog.

And to make a long story short, Susan told me, "Yes! Wendy and I guess her son came and picked her up and when Sally came into the lobby and saw her family, she went crazy trying to get to them and they started crying. And Nancy, the woman paid for the heart worm treatment..." This is a picture I took of Sally Field when we took her to Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic.

Yesterday afternoon, Tony and I jumped inside Buttermilk and took off for The Auslander, in Fredricksburg, because our dear friend, Stephen K. Morris, was hosting another one of his great "The Outsider Songwriter Spotlight" with his awesome musician friend, Hollin McKay. 

Tony and I had a blast watching and listening to their great music and Stephen even took a minute to introduce us to the standing room only crowd and he plugged our rescue ranch. Here is a picture that I took while they were performing on stage. Stephen is on the left.

And this one is Stephen's trunk with our bumper sticker on it.

During a break, Stephen introduced us to Hollin and I told him that I had and loved his and his brother's first album, which they had cut, in 1994. Anyway, I hope y'all will check out Stephen's awesome Songwriter Spotlight shows held every Sunday, from 4:00 to 7:00.

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!