Archive for March, 2009

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by by jodie

RIP AQHA Shows

Just got back from an action packed weekend.  I was planning to try and hit both the AQHA and APHA shows which were about 20 miles apart.  Unfortunately things don’t always work out as planned.
I was really really disappointed with the numbers at the Jasmine Jubilee.  First of all it was EXPENSIVE – I mean [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by by jodie

An open letter to the yuppy scum parents who we sat next to at dinner

I just wanted to let you know how memorable my meal was thanks to you.  I understand that little Timmy is in fact a genius and it was so nice to have him tell you the alphabet over and over.
And over
And over…..
I enjoy meeting new people so thank you that you allowed little Sally to [...]

Posted on March 16th, 2009 by by jodie

This SEO stuff actually works!!!

So I decided as a lark to try and beat the pinto world show with Ace’s website.  Remember we just put it up yesterday and we are #8 on the first page of Google for Pinto World Championship and we are top twenty for Pinto World Championship Show and top thirty for Pinto World.  How [...]

Posted on March 15th, 2009 by by jodie

Ace has her own website beatmytrips.com

I finally caved in and did a website for Ace – please check it out and let me know what you think.  The colors were inspired by the rockin picture Jaime Foutty took of me and Ace last fall.  I used a really cool slideshow with text overview on it (poor Ace gets to be [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2009 by by jodie

It’s a left coast thing

On Saturday Kevin was trying to tell me that East Tennessee was cool.  He got his first taste of my California attitude.  Nothing against y’all in the middle states but to us you ARE flyover country…
I may have left okay fled California thirteen years ago but you never can take the California away.  North Carolina [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2009 by by jodie

What is that warm yellow thing in the sky?

OMG we had SUN and it was warm too…have not seen that in ages.  I actually got enough sun I am a bit sunburned.  And you know what?  I am thrilled – we have needed this.
Ace has not been ridden since the show.  She was really tired after all that showing so I asked Kevin [...]

Posted on March 6th, 2009 by by jodie

It’s a Mean World

I have always been a huge supporter of the APHA – anyone that has read my blog knows this.  But systematically the things I like about them are whittling away to where I am now.  They are now the DMV of the horse world.
If you follow Facebook or Pleasure Horse you know what I am [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by by jodie

Just for THEIR Pleasure

In case you did not know, Just For Pleasure announced that the funds for the 2008-2010 shows is gone.  But oh no worries the 2011 money is all safe – just ask them!!!
It makes me sick – especially when you read the letters which state that they realized this in 2007.  Oh yeah they had [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by by jodie

Leading a Double Life

I have always wondered how people have two families…you know the guy with a wife in Philly and a wife in Dallas.  Well now I know exactly how they feel.  I live that myself.
In my world there is a loose group that I call the Southeastern Paint Posse.  It is a documented fact that we [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by by jodie

I may have a pleasure horse

I swear I am DONE showing in bad weather!!!  It is my fourth show of the year and all of them have had some kind of bad weather.  This one was the worst by far.
The show started with cattle and there were I think a total of 8 cutting entries, one working cow horse (who [...]