Taking Care Of Business!

I have been very busy the last couple of days, taking care of business, and I am glad to say that I am finally caught up with it.

This morning, after doing our outside chores, I went over to the Lodge to visit with Kinky. Before having a fun visit with him, he watched our friend and talented videographer, Gerry Olert's "Kinky's Man In Black Tequila Bottle Signing Party," on my laptop and Kinky seemed to really enjoy watching it.

When I came back home, because it has been a chilly and rainy day outside, I sat behind my computer, for hours and worked.

Around 5:45 this evening, the phone rang and it was Susan, at Hoegemeyers. "Nancy, I have some good news for you. I want you to know that people do listen to you on the radio. Yesterday, a man heard you talking about Minnie, the Chihuahua, on The Harley Show and he told his wife about Minnie and they came by the clinic, met her and fell in love with her and they adopted her!..."

Tonight I plan to do some writing, until the predicted thunderstorms light up the sky, because then I will have to unplug everything and that is about it for today.

Y'all have a great evening!

Solar Flares! or "Have-a Tequila!"

The reason that I didn't blog last night was because I couldn't quit reading the book, The King Ranch Quarter Horses, even though I only read about the history of the King Ranch and not their famous Quarter Horses.

Today has been a total blast. After doing our morning chores outside, we called Carol to invite her to have lunch with us, in Kerrville and to run a few errands with us. And we laughed so much, my back is still aching and that is why I am sitting on Mari's pretty, pink sheepskin, as I type this.

While watching the nightly news, early this evening, I became a little worried when I found out about the two giant solar flares headed towards our planet, because the duo-huge-flares can possibly affect our power grids and GPS systems, for the next couple of days. And to make it even worse, tomorrow is the full moon and four days later, on the 12th—Mercury goes retrograde. So, not to worry about the solar flares, full moon and Mercury, I called Ronnie to visit with him, because he always cheers me up.

During our fun telephone visit, we started talking about Maya, of course, and he made me laugh when he said, "I think you should call her, Maya Trigger."

"Maya Trigger?"

"Yes, Nance. Just about everything you own is either named Trigger, Roy, Buttermilk, Dale, etc. You can say, "Where's My-a Trigger?" A few minutes later, before adios-ing each other, I told him I liked his idea and that I was going to start calling her, My-a Trigger.

Tonight, before I start reading my book again, about the awesome King Ranch Horses, I just received an e-mail news flash from our dear friend and awesome videographer, Gerry Olert, to tell me that the video he made for the unveiling of Kinky's first signing party, for his Man In Black Tequila, at the Main Street Liquor Store, last Saturday, is now up on YouTube and it is so fantastic, even though I am briefly in it, talking to Big G on the air! Please check it out, because it is fun to watch and the music is great, especially the, "Have-a Tequila" song performed by Greg Forest and Ronnie Leatherman. "Congrats Gerry, on a job well done. I love it and I can't wait to show it to Kinky, in the morning. I know that he will love it, too."

And FYI: Dale Evans got adopted yesterday to a very nice couple, who adopted B.J. from us eight years ago, so please keep your fingers crossed that it will stick.

Y'all have a great evening!

King Ranch Quarter Horses!

Today has been a good one. This morning after we did our morning chores outside, I came inside and did some paperwork and cooked lunch, before we picked up Carol, at her ranch, to go with us to Kerrville to run a few errands.

The three of us laughed all the way to the big city, as Tony chauffeured us, in Buttermilk. Our first stop was at Billy's Western Wear, so T. could get some new cowboy boots and when the three of us walked out of the fabulous cowboy store—T. had new cowboy boots and I had a new, pretty purse.

Our next stop was at Wolfmueller Books for several reasons. One, to see Sandy and Jon, because we wanted to see them. Two, because they had seven Clyde Edgerton books to give to me, because he is now my new favorite author. "Thank you, Sandy and Jon."

And the third reason we went to Wolfmueller Books was to buy the book, The King Ranch Quarter Horses by Robert Moorman Denhardt, that they had gotten in, especially for me.

The second that we walked inside their cool bookstore, Sandy and Jon greeted us, from behind the counter and then the laughter commenced, as Carol, Jon and Sandy teased me about my new, pink horse blanket that I had purchased for Maya, my awesome Quarter Horse. "Wow, Nancy. I like your bright pink saddle blanket," Jon said, as he looked at the pictures of it, on my blog, on his computer. "Does it glow-in-the-dark?"

After taking some teasing about Maya's beautiful, pink, non-glow-in-the-dark saddle blanket, we talked about Maya's awesome lineage, as we took turns thumbing through, The King Ranch Quarter Horses book. Then after a fun visit with Jon and Sandy, Carol, Tone and I adios-ed our dear friends and headed for our last stop—H-E-B, to buy some groceries.

Early this evening Kinky called to invite me over for a visit. When I pulled up to the Lodge, in Trigger, Winston Churchill and Sophie S. Friedman came running outside to greet me, because Kink was talking on the phone, in his office. A few minutes later after Kink got off of the phone, he and I talked some rescue ranch business, while we petted The Friedmans and then we decided to go on a hike with them.

While we were hiking, I told Kinky about all of these people, who read my blog, sending me self-addressed stamped envelopes, because they want me to send them one of my free, "What Would Ronnie Do?" refrigerator magnets and it made him laugh. "I'm serious, Kinky. I had to order a bunch more magnets to keep up with the demand and today I received from our dear German cowgirl friend, Karin Pohlman, a stamp to cover the postage, because she and her husband Air-Gun can't wait to put it on their fridge..."

And that is about it for tonight, because I am going to spend this evening reading about the famous King Ranch Quarter Horses.

Y'all have a great evening! And Karin and Air-Gun—"It's in the mail! And everyone in Texas sends you our love."

It's Sunday! We Took The Day Off!

Today has been a total blast, because it's Sunday—we took the day off. This morning after we did our morning chores outside we cleaned up, because we met Carol in Bantucky, because she treated us to lunch.

After a fun, delicious lunch Tone and I went over to Carol's beautiful ranch, so Maya could wear her brand new, beautiful halter,  pretty, pink horse blanket and reins and we had a blast. Once Carol and I took off on our horses—T. shot us having fun and here are a few of his pictures.

Following a great ride, we sat out on Carol's porch, next to her lake, for happy hour and then we came home.

When we got home, after hugging all of our dogs and telling them how much we loved them, I went into Outer Space with my iPod Bose Dock and happily cleaned my old saddle again, as I listened to my music. And that is about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening!

Unveiling Party!

Today has been a total blast. This morning after T. and me did our morning chores outside, we grabbed my old saddle out of the barn and took it into Outer Space, so I could start cleaning it up, because it has not been used for years.

After Tony had read the instructions on how to use Horseman's One Step cleaning and conditioning he told me to go get some rags, so he could help me clean it up, which I thought was very nice of him to do. And thirty minutes later, after we had cleaned and conditioned the old leather—my saddle looked a whole lot better. "The directions recommend cleaning old leather saddles several times, so tomorrow we will clean it again," Tony said. "We had better go clean up, so we can go to Kinky's Man In Black Tequila unveiling party."

When we arrived at The Main Liquor Store, in Kerrville, around 1:45—the parking lot was filled with cars and trucks and people were standing in line outside, waiting to get inside to buy Kinky's tequilas and get him to autograph their bottles and get their pictures taken with him.

Before we went inside to find Kinky we saw our friends Harley Belew of KRVL Classic Rock 94.3 REVFM and Big G (Gordon Ames) of Big G's Texas Roadshow on The Real Deal 93.5 and KOOK 1230 KERV doing a remote, so on our way over to say "howdy" to them we saw our dear friend Gerry Olert, the best videographer in Texas. Guess which one is Big G.

After  howdies, hugs and handshakes with Gerry, Harley and Big G, they surprised me, "Okay, Nancy, you'll be the first to do our Kinky Man In Black Tequila remote with us. Put these on." I started laughing, as I put on a huge set of headphones with a mic, that looked like something I would have worn when I listened to my music back in the 70's. Then Gerry grabbed his video camera and started filming Big G and me talking on air, in the parking lot, about our rescue ranch. So, T. stood behind Gerry and shot all of us.

After we had a fun visit with our friends, Tony shot me next to a gigantic Man In Black tequila poster. Then we went inside the crowded liquor store.

The unveiling party of the tequila, which was the first one ever, was so much fun. Everyone was laughing and having a great time inside and the two musicians playing, blew me away with their talent. While our friend Gerry walked around videotaping the extravaganza, we had a blast running into old friends and people who have adopted dogs from us and visiting with them. All in all, it was like a family reunion for us. Here are some pictures that T. took. The first one is with Max Swafford (in the middle) visiting with his famous musician friends, bass player Greg Forest and lead guitarist and singer Ronnie Leatherman.

Here is Kinky with his Kerrville Folk Festival friends, Rod Kennedy and Dalis Allen.

Here is Gerry Olert posing with Kinky

And here is Copper Love, Dylan Ferrero and me visiting.

Before 3:00, there was good news and bad news. The good news was they sold completely out of Kinky's tequilas and the bad news was they sold completely out of Kinky's tequilas, because the liquor store was still full of people wanting to buy an autographed bottle(s) of Man In Black tequila, but everyone seemed fine with it and they signed up and prepaid for a bottle. And that is when Tony and I said goodbye to our friends, because we needed to get back to the rescue ranch.

As Kinky walked with us outside to say goodbye to us, we had a wonderful surprise waiting for us when we walked up to Buttermilk—our dear friends that we haven't seen for several years, Dianne and Len, from Round Rock, Texas, walked up to greet us. After howdies, hugs and handshakes we had a fun time catching up with each others news and because they made me laugh so much, my back is still aching a little. T. took this picture of us laughing.

On our way home Tony and I talked and laughed about how much fun we had at the unveiling party. I wish that all of y'all could have been there.

Y'all have a great evening!

Chem Tac, Inc. Rules!

Today has been really fun. This morning while Aaron was mowing and Tony and I were doing our morning chores outside, June, Eileen, Jim and Lisa, "Texas Greatest Volunteers," showed up to walk our dogs for us and our super dogs were thrilled to see them, as we were.

While we were outside Carol called and Carlton took her message. Around 11:00, when I came inside to check our messages, I burst out laughing when I heard Carol's. "Nancy, Tony. This is Carol." Then she started laughing. "I have done the dumbest thing and I need a big favor." Then she started laughing again. "Three days ago I put a trash sack in the trunk of Mom's Cadillac, that she loaned me until I get a new truck. Anyway, it's been sitting in there for three hot days and it stinks to high heaven. I was wondering if I could come over and throw it away in your dump. Call me." So, I did what she had asked.

"Hi, Carol...." Fifteen minutes later, while we were outside by the barn visiting with everyone and laughing about Carol's stinky dilemma—Carol drives in, so to make her laugh when she drove up—Tony and I pinched our noses like we smelled something awful. Then we all had a fun time teasing her about it. Then we all decided to do lunch at Koyote Ranch.

After Eileen and I had talked to Carol about Maya's impressive lineage, I took Carol aside, "Carol, we got our IRS refund. When do you want to go to that tack shop, in Fredericksburg, so I can buy Maya a pink horse blanket, halter and reins?"

"Let's go today, after lunch." Then everyone jumped into their vehicles and took off for Koyote Ranch for a fun lunch.

Aaron, Tony and I were the last to arrive at Koyote and when we walked inside the building, the volunteers had already placed their orders and were sitting and laughing, at a long table and that's when the party began.

We laughed hard as Eileen and June took turns telling us about their fun-filled trip, with Ellen, up to Dallas last Saturday, to cheer on Luna-Tick Tick Boom and as we ate our delicious lunch the laughter and teasing never ceased.

When it was time for us to leave, I told Eileen, "Carol, Tony and I are fixin' to go to that super tack shop in Fredericksburg..."

"Can I go, too?" Eileen asked.

"Sure, but you have to ask Carol," I joked.

"Carol, can I go with y'all?"

"No," Carol said solemnly, wearing a straight face, and then she broke out laughing and so did we. Then we told her that Tony was driving us and then we made plans to pick her up at the Subway, in Kerrville.

As T. chauffeured us to Fredland, Carol, Eileen and I talked non-stop about horses, etc. and trust me—there was plenty of laughter and that is why I am sitting on Mari's pretty, pink sheepskin as I type this right now, because my back is sore.

When we walked inside Chem Tac, Inc., just outside of Fredricksburg, Eileen, Carol and I were like kids in a candy store, as we checked out all of their beautiful tack.

Thirty minutes later, after I had picked out Maya's pretty, pink saddle blanket, a beautiful pair of leather split reins decorated in silver (aluminum brads), an awesome black and tan, braided Rope Halter Elite that Carol told me, "This is what Lawlor uses on his horses. They are the best," and a jar of Horseman's One Step saddle cream cleaner for my saddle—I wrote a check to pay for everything and then I took this picture of my big Maya purchase.

While we visited with the young, friendly, knowledgeable horse woman, at the counter, Eileen purchased a one-size-fits-all llama halter for her friend Baxter, who rescues llamas, to try out, that our super volunteers also help and then our chauffeur drove us home, as we talked non-stop about our adventure, which T. and I jokingly referred to it tonight as a mini-vacation for us.

"Nancy, when it comes to horses, instead of asking, "What Would Ronnie Do?" Eileen joked, Carol and I started laughing, because we already knew where she was heading with this. "We should ask, "What Would Lawlor Do?"

"Yes!" Carol said. "It's perfect."

"I love it. Tomorrow morning I will make some free refrigerator magnets that will read, "What Would Lawlor Do?" I can't wait..."

Early this evening, Kermit took Tone and me over to the Lodge for a fun visit with Kinky, to check out Sophie's new summer-cut doo and for T. to put Winston Churchill's dog tags on his new dog collar. And then I bragged about buying Maya's new pink saddle blanket, awesome halter and decorated reins and Kink thought it was cool. Then we came home and that is about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening!

The Cowgirl Sisterhood—Rides Again!

Today has been one great day and there is much to tell, but not tonight because I am pooped, because late this afternoon I went over to Carol's beautiful ranch, so she and I could ride our horses for two hours and I had a blast and am now on Cloud Nine, as I type this.

When I returned home tonight, from cowgirl-ing, Tony and our dogs were glad to see me home and Roy, my Roy Rogers, would not quit sniffing my horse-scented jeans, as I listened to Carlton's 23 new messages for me to return and since none of them were urgent, I am not going to return them until tomorrow morning, because I need to go clean up before going to bed.

Y'all have a great evening!