So you like the snow.....

December 8
6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romanti...c we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.

December 12
The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.

December 14
Snow lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life!

The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way.

December 15
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer.

The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.

December 16
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my butt on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like heck. The wife laughed for one hour, which I think was very cruel.

December 17
Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere.

Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20
Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Darn snowplow came by twice.

Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22
Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white crap fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to got to the bathroom. By the time I got undressed, went to the bathroom and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter; but he says he's too busy. I think the jerk is lying.

December 23
Only 2" of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she nuts!!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying.

December 24
6". Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the man who drives that snowplow I'll drag him through the snow by his nose and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been!

Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the snowplow.

December 25
Merry -bleeping- Christmas! 20 more inches of the slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff the TV into the microwave.

December 26
Still snowed in. Why the heck did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27
Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze, plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1400 to replace all my pipes.

December 28
Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The witch is driving me crazy!!!

December 29
10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

December 30
Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver. He is now suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up where the sun don't shine. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.

December 31
I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.

January 8
Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?



I swiped this from a friend hope you enjoyed it!

Things accomplished in 2010

There was a lot of things that I wanted to get accomplished during 2010 and a lot of them I did manage to get done. First things first

1. We wanted to get Rooster qualified for the AQHA 2011 world. We accomplished this in one show and went on to get a total of 4 points in open halter and 4 points in amateur halter.

2. We wanted to win a belt buckle. We won my first belt buckle on October 2nd 2010.


3. Win a futurity. Not only did we win one, but we went on to win two futurities.

4. Achieve a year end award with Rooster. OKQHA Year End Grand Champion 2yr old and Under Amateur stallion, we also win a belt buckle for this as well, so we doubled our goal see #1)

5. Be Able To Show Freedom. Not only did we show him, but he went on to win both the open and amateur aged stallion class, and in doing so, giving him a point in open and a point in amateur. So we actually killed two birds with one stone in this show!

6. Get two stalls built.Thanks to the help of my brother and loving husband we managed to get it done.

7. Breed Freedom to outside mares. Two very nice outside mares in foal to Freedom. Although one mare was struck by lighting, bless the owners heart. It was a very sad loss.

8. Sale a futurity breeding. The OkPtHA breeding sold the first time we put it up.

9. Buy a home. We did this in December of last year only it took us till February of this year to get moved in. We also accomplished being closer to Bobby's' work as well by purchasing this home!

10. Show a foal out of Freedom. We showed Coffee this year. She was Top Ten in the OBHA Futurity(6th out of 10), and placed in the top 3 or higher in several weanling classes! Not bad for a filly that is out of a performance breed mare!

11. Buy a Dun Haven Slinky. We will never buy any other brand after trying these!

12. Go to the movies more than once in a year. We watched, Tangled, Harry Potter 7 part 1, Eclipse & The Chronicles of Narnia.

13. Go to the AQHA World Show. It was an absolute blast and we look forward to going back next year!



There was many more accomplishments that We did as a family and to list them all would take a long while. We plan on having many more goals for 2011 and look forward to giving it our all to get them all accomplished! I hope that your 2010 was as successful as ours was and we wish you all A Happy and Successful New Year!

Kids Finest Chick, we'll miss you.

I had to make one of the hardest decisions ever. It was hard but it was the right one. My mare June Bug has been living on 3 legs for 6 years roughly. She had an injury, a cut to be exact on her ankle and the original owners instead of treating it just let it be which cause an infection in the joint, and eventually caused the hoof and ankle to curve under. When my friend got her there wasn't much left to do except to see what happened. For years June Bug was doing okay, but this year she really took a downward slide. I took her to the vet and asked him if there was anything extra I could do for her that I wasn't already doing. He said I was doing everything and the truth was that if she didn't start picking her weight back up in the next couple months we would have to make the decision. June Bug to mine and the vets surprise started to get better for a bit and then I noticed that she was hunkering down on her back leg and then would stand back up, her hip was hurting her. June Bug was also in foal and only 8 weeks from carrying to term. We had already made the decision, that if she carried to term after the baby was weaned she would be humanly euthanized. Last week we lost the foal, born 8 weeks to early, a buckskin colt. It was at that point that we decided to go a head and give her peace. I tried everything in my power to make her comfortable while she was here. My vet told me she lived longer on 3 legs than most horses normally do. She will be miss by all that knew her, she was such a sweet mare.
This is her last picture taken the day we said goodbye. You can see her bad foot. She loved to lay in the sand, or in the dirt. I think it was because of the heat that come from them spots.

You can see she was still drawn up from having the baby. You can also see the swelling in between her front legs. She had one on the back of the other leg. They where from her laying down a lot.
RIP girl, your are missed.

The Letter and The Trophy!

A couple days ago I received a letter from AQHA. It stated that in recognition of my achievement that I was being award the below stated trophy.
Open Show Grand Champion Stallion for Playin Chicken Two. This came as a total surprise, as I was not expecting this. I called AQHA just for curiosities sake and asked them why I was chosen to get this award. The lady in the awards department said to me it was because I had won Grand Champion in Open halter and because it was the first time for me to win this title at an AQHA show that they where sending me a complimentary trophy. She also said that when and if I win Grand Champion in the Amateur division they would do the same as well. She went on to state that any time after this that I win Grand Champion I would receive a letter and would be able to purchase a Trophy if I liked.
The letter stated that it would be 4-6 weeks before I received my trophy, but low and behold, it showed up in the mail today, and to say I was impressed was an under statement!

The trophy is a lot prettier than these pics reflect. It reminds me a lot of the ones they give away at the Quarter Horse Congress!!

This trophy is really heavy and this horse is of some sort of metal. Very nice!

Getting into the spirit of things!

It never fails every year Porsha will wear the garland until the absolute last moment before we put it on the tree!


Bobby couldn't resist giving bunny ears for this one!



She also informed me that the flash on the camera was really bright!

Christmas Tree Blues!

Love our white Christmas tree with blue lights!!!

I love this ornament. It's so typical of a foal. To get into anything and everything they possibly can!

This one reminds me of ice that is melting. The little drops of glass look like water droplets.

Again more mischief. Mischief and horses goes hand in hand!

I have never been fond of Appys or POA's,but there was just something about this little guy that makes me smile when I see him! Just to cute!

Playin With My Boy!

You've got to be kidding me?!? Really mom must we do this?

I am done discussing this until you remove this contraption from my back!

Thanksgiving Color!

My Moms flowers that I bought for her on Thanksgiving!

9yrs and counting

November 26th 2001, my beautiful baby girl was born. Porsha Lee Jarvis.

SURPRISE!

An all TANGLED up Birthday party!

Awe new hat and gloves!!

More Tangled stuff! The smile says it all!

We ended the night with watching Tangled at the movie theaters!

CK Maria

Bobby and I went and picked up my early Christmas present this morning. Her reg name is CK Maria, but we just call her Maria.

She is by CK Kid AQHA World Champion. She is a 2009 AQHA Mare, HYPP N/H and just gorgeous. I can't wait to start fitting her for show!

A Thankful Thanksgiving

This year I have a lot to be thankful for. I know it's a day early but tomorrow is a busy day!

I am thankful that we found us a home close to my husbands job. Not only a home, but a home with land for all my horses and dogs, and our cat! A home that we are buying, something that will be ours!
I am thankful that my baby brother Jimmie helped so much on getting my stalls done for my show babies.
I am thankful that I have someone right here in town that has nice grass hay and will deliver, and that there is someone just 30mins away with awesome small squares of Alfalfa, and for a reasonable price at that!
I am thankful that I have a wonderful husband and two gorgeous daughters whom I adore, and love with all my heart.
I am thankful for a family that loves me and stands by me no matter what, and they actually care what happens to me, my husband, and our girls.
I am thankful for a wonderful farrier, without whom showing Freedom next year would not be possible.
I am thankful for my very good friend Kari, who is always there no matter what is needed, and isn't afraid to tell me the truth even when it hurts!
There are many many more things that I am thankful for and to list them all would take days or longer. My life is AWESOME, and good or bad I love it all. Each and every person that has come and gone in my life has helped make it what it is today, and for that I thank you. For those that are still in my life thank you as well. You help make my life fun and entertaining.
Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring, so be thankful for what you have, life's to short to live in the past. So look to the future, it's much brighter!
Love to all and Happy Thanksgiving!
C~

AQHA World Show

On Friday the 12th my family and I went up to OKC to go watch the quarter horse show in particular the 2yr Old Ammy Stallion class, that and I wanted to see Influential for myself. Live and in color so to speak.

Here are the pics I took of the class. They are not the best as I couldn't find my digital camera so I used my 35mm camera for the pics.


Very Cool~World Champion~Owned by Mark Lakenburger~Exhibited by Matthew Lakenburger


Influential~Reserve World Champion~Owned and Exhibited by Terry Bradshaw

Attencion~3rd Place~Owned and Exhibited By Chad Beus

Special Ordered~4th Place~Owned and Exhibited by Barbara Hoffer

Elusive Maker~5th Place~Owned and Exhibited by Roger Graham

Advantage One~6th Place~Owned and Exhibited by Joel Jacque

Classic Clu~7th Place~Owned and Exhibited by Dr. Hugh Leggett Jr.

Arts Golden Rainbow~8th Place~Owned and Exhibited by Shelia Rogers

OBHA Futurity and Horse Show Pics

Rooster was Grand Champion Yearling stallion in the futurity and took first in the yearling stallions class

Coffee took 6th in the futurity, 3rd in weanling mares, 2nd in weanlings all sexs, and 3rd in open mares.

This one is my favorite pic of her. She is naturaly THAT shiny.

This is also a favorite of mine. Love how the early morning light makes this pic look!

It's good to be me!!!

My girls and I went to another futurity this weekend. It was put on by the Red River Horse Club. Coffee was 6th out of 7th having to be in the senior op fillies, bless her heart again she was the smallest, but that's alright she'll get there. Rooster on the other hand won his futurity class, and won the AQHA yearling stallion class AND Went on to win Grand Champion Stallion adding another point and 1/2 to his open points towards his R.O.M.(reg. of Merritt)

This is the first buckle I have ever won, and let me tell you it felt great!

Toodles ~C

OBHA Open Futurity Show

Coffee took 7th out of 10 in her weanling class. She was one of the smallest there, but that's alright it gives me more incentive! Rooster HOWEVER, won his futurity!!! So he is now a futurity champion...I am so proud of my boy! These pics where taken after a 4 hour trailer ride home. P.S. He loves jackin with Bobby so he is not set up perfect in ANY of these photos!!

Toodles ~C

A Few pics of Coffee

These are from this morning right before the color class!
I know she's not set up perfect but these are more so you all can see how she has grown! She got 3rd in the Open Mares class ALL AGES out of 7, she was the only weanling in there. She also got 3rd in color class out of 8! I was so proud of her she behaved like a perfect lady!