sweet potato pie & shut my mouth

took the girls to a rodeo on fri. my parents took me to rodeos when i was a young whipper-snapper. i liked the bronc & bull riding the most. all the other events are pretty dern boring. i learned a few things on fri. night. the rodeo we attended was in ferntucky & was the high school big event for the state of nevada.

i learned that females don't rope calves & tie 'em up. they actually get a lamb tethered to a stake in the ground & the female approaches on her horse, then jumps off & flips the poor little lamby on his back to tie the feet. it was funny & a bit strange to see the lamb anticipating the horse/female coming towards it. it made little baaaaaaaaah sounds that were just pitiful. like i said- it was funny & there was definitely a strange feeling. we all thought it "might" be a bit cruel to scare the lamb then throw it on its back & then tie its legs. i don't know. maybe we just don't understand.

overall, i don't like rodeos like i did when i was a kid- especially high school ones. i don't think i'll be returning in the years to come. that is, unless my girls guilt trip me enough to take them. this infatuation w/horses is a bit concerning. i'll either need to buy a few horses, or not, & listen to them beg for one until they leave the house. hmmmmmm. what to do.