The dead goat game

Sounds pretty awful, huh? Way back when, when Mongolian horseman got bored, they would form two teams, mark goals (sometimes a mile or two apart) and see who could get the carcass of a goat to their goal - I'm guessing they had no soccer balls.... Anyway, at equestrian practice we play a version of "Buzkashi" minus the actual dead goat. My friend Kathryn has a wonderfully sewn stuffed goat, complete with horns and a billy-goat beard! He has a bag of grass seed velcroed into his tummy that makes him weigh about 25 pounds. We tossed that goat around for two hours or so the first day - the horses were a bit shy of Mr. Chupa Cabre, but then decided that chasing each other around the arena was fun, even if their retarded riders kept laughing so hard... I'll get some pics at the next practice in January, and you can all see what a vampire, horse-eating goat looks like.

Thanksgiving with my mom

Tom carves the turkey...

Helping Mom in the kitchen...

John can't help it - his face stuck that way...

He ate my biscuit!

On Saturday, because Jen and Ryan took some time off, Tom and I decided it would be a good day to take the kids horseback riding - and not just in the front yard, either - we went to the George Bush Park, a huge place where we could really enjoy ourselves! Papa (Victor) was our only casualty of the day, after slipping sideways off of Nipper. Jake claimed Nipper for the rest of the day, sharing with Katie, and Tom, Jaky and Manie (Marion) rode Dixie. Raven was feelin' her oats, so I stayed on her myself, except for leading Katie around to give my butt a rest!!! ANYHOW, when we took a break for KFC lunch, Jake and Nipper had a little "discussion" - basically, Nipper said, "hey, don't leave your biscuit where I can reach it next time!" My little war pony then proceeded to work over Jaky for HER biscuit, too. Dixie and Nipper might be on the Harris County Precinct Three website promoting equestrian activities! Cool! I'll post the website when I get it!

Riding in the park

George Bush Park on a beautiful day!
Jake and his faithful, hungry steed.

Jaky and Dixie

Jaky and Dixie are a lovely pair of ladies!

Watermelon is Good Eats!

Dixie eats every little bit. Jake is a little grossed out - Raven has NO manners when it comes to her favorite treat!

Welcome to the Lost Soul's Tavern

Beware, all ye who enter here! This be the party of the season at Joe and April Bennet's house! Arrrr!! 

My sweet highland Laddie

Tom wore his clan tartan and looked a fine lad!

The Cap'n and his Mate

A well earned smoke break for the Cap'n! 

A best friend....

is someone you can always lean on. 

Jen's identity crisis

By the end of the night, she'd labeled all of us... scary part is when I walked up and said "hey! I need one that says" and she slapped on my "wench" nametag. She has GOT to stop reading my mind! 

The Flasher

And quite possibly the most disturbing of all.... 

The Seer

This be the Gypsy wench whot told arr fortunes.... 

Arrr... the Cap'n

Cap'n Biggun's and Mr. Prostitute abscond with sum rum! 

Cap'n Bigguns' Hot pirate Mama

Believe it - this foxy lady is Joe's mom ! She were an excellent wench! 

ARRRR Mateys!

Arrr, me bruther and me at the best Halloween party - here there be rum! 

October 22, 2005

Got up this morning and went to go see Jacob Ober (Tom's nephew) play tackle football. His dad, Ryan, is the head coach of the team (the Falcons) and Jake's sister Katie is a cheerleader. It's Jake's first year to play tackle football, and Katie's first year as an official cheerleader, and since their Manie and Pawpaw are in NYC, Tom and I filled in. What an exciting game! Those little guys fought hard and played better than the Packers! Even though the other team's QB threw a great pass (and almost made a second one!), the defense held, and the offense was fantastic! They were so excited! It was so fun to watch, Tom and I are both hoarse from shouting! GOOD GOING FALCONS!! And Katie was cheering like crazy, those girls have a ball yelling at the boys! GREAT JOB, CHEERLEADERS! Went over to scrapbook tonight with Jen and Nora Ober. I started on my cruise scrapbook and got to Grand Cayman. Took about 6 hours to do 7 pages, but I'm just learning. It was quite fun, and now I need to finish. All is well in school, just doing the stuff!

Test results

Well, except for my English essay, all my test results are in and I'm doing well! (Better than I thought, really!) Macroeconomics got a 95, and history was a 93! So far, I'm an all - A student! I read all the readings, do the homework, review before a test, and that's the trick, I guess. In my history class, 15 people didn't make above 60! What is that? Maybe the difference is the fact that *I* paid for these classes and I plan to get my money's worth! :) I'm aiming for the honor society, they have some nice scholarships I could use next semester. We'll see! Amy

Sushi

The lady who brought her to the shelter said she thought her name was "Sophia". When I realized how very silly this little grumpy-faced cat was, her name began the morph into its present form. She LOVES bags of any sort, and she almost went for a ride with Tom several times, as his brown leather duffle is her VERY fav! Here she's helping me avoid homework!

Can't catch me!

Dutch races a new friend to the water at the dog park.