HOME SWEET HOME!!!

By the time this will be posted we will have been back in the PNW for about 3 weeks. Both cars will have arrived fully loaded, which of course will have to all be unloaded and put away. This usually takes me longer than 3 weeks because...I take too much stuff back and forth every 6 months. The horses will have been delivered to the stables and already getting used to all the "GREEN" around them. I will pretty much have my summer schedule in place which will include overnight visits with the boys and days were I have the baby girls...one at a time. I will have 2 ride days a week for sure and maybe a 3rd from time to time!
So you would think that I should be all set...but transition is hard... even when it is from my desert home to my PNW home, there is still adjustment physically and emotionally to work through. I miss the easy schedule of the desert...but here is my PNW COWGIRL HAVEN!!

This is my "Cowgirl Great Room"!!!

Here is our brown hounds tooth sofa, zebra rug and throw, and Faux croc leather studded tables that can be moved individually!
I just spent 1/2 hour de-spotting the rug...apple juice and colored markers!!

Bulls eye ( Bottom) and Buck Shot (Above) are patiently waiting to buck off their riders!!!

And IF...this Cowgirl cooked...I would do it here!!!

And here!
Self cleaning double ovens...LOL if this cowgirl cooked! ( A certain Pony Cousin recently made a snide comment about my kitchen and the fact that I DON'T COOK)

And IF this Cowgirl cooked...my family would EAT here!!!

No need to do the dishes...you got it, I DON'T COOK!!!

"King Ranch" bar stools where I like to check e-mail and blog!

Whet your whistle here at the bar!

Grandchildren book corner!


Here are some of my favorite things!!! (No, I won't make you sing again!)









And my most precious thing in my Cowgirl great room... a portrait of Major Bonanza,"George" who graced my life for 9 years!

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The "FUCKINGBLOGBOOBOOFROMHELL"!

Hay Cowgirls!!!

Have you ever had the worst 2 weeks ( or 3) in your life??? Well...I just have!!! And other than the grandbabies, the Kittens and of course the Horses...my life has pretty much sucked for the past few weeks!

I will catch up on some posts...due to technical difficulties...are weeks over due! I also am sorry to have missed all your posts...I am trying to catch up, but it is difficult, as you all know.

So here is love to you all...and wish me luk on my trail ride tomorrow with my Sissy, CowgielJLynn!!!

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The Cowgirl Spirit Award!!!

Hay...all you Cowgirls!!!

In case you did not know, I have been ever so busy in my bi-yearly migration to the PNW from the desert!!! It is a very difficult trip for My Loving husband and me..Oliver and Suzy Q, and then this year 2 horses!!! Shortly after we arrived to the PNW we had a 6 day trip to the east coast and them to CA for a wedding! Today was...Saturday Grandparents day and 4 of our lovely grandchildren were with us today!!! I will post about this later!

I want to thank my Sissy Cowgirl Jlynn who bestowed upon me the "Cowgirl Spirit Award"!

Thank you Sissy for this great honor!!!

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Another one Bites the Dust!!!

This past weekend my Loving Husband and I attended the wedding of The Cowpoke aka Cowboy H to The Evil Long Legged Cowgirl aka.Mama H in a small town near San Louis Obispo CA. It was a wonderful loving event and right up this Cowgirls alley! The reception was held in an old recovered barn that has been fixed up fancy for doing's such as these. I promised The Evil Long Legged Cowgirl aka Mama H & now aka Mrs. Cowpoke that I would not post any pictures of the wedding until SHE did.

Mrs. Cowpoke finally ropes her man!!!

However...that promise will only hold me back for so long because I am chomping at the bit to post about this breath taking experience I had seeing the 2 of them so happy!

So instead...I will post this picture of The Cowpoke and me at our favorite photo opp place in the desert!


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A COWGIRL DOG AND HER BABY!

Our 5 month old granddaughter, The Rosa Jewel and her Cowgirl dog, Laya are becoming fast friends! Notice how Laya thinks she has herded The Rosa Jewel to the blanket??? Can't wait till the Rosa Jewel starts to walk...!!!

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OLIVER LOVES SUZY Q!!!

Most of us have at one time or another had a secret crush on someone or fantasized about someone from afar. The worst is of course is when the object of your affection does not respond to your advances of courtship and love. It can break your heart. In our household Oliver is "the prince". He is 18 1/2 years old and has a brain tumor that has been radiated. Other than arthritis he really is doing well.

When he lost his companion of 15 years, 2 years ago, we agreed to take one of the Rosebud's cats and see how she and Oliver got along. We knew that there would be some adjustment time for both of them...for Oliver it was love at 1st sight. Suzy Q on the other hand not only hissed and slapped at him, she would attack him!!! And for no reason! Because of Oliver's health issues we decided that Suzy Q could not live with us anymore. However I checked in with his animal communicator to see how he felt. She had helped him through the loss of his companion and in making his decision to have the radiation treatment. I was pretty sure Oliver would say that she should go and maybe we could look for another companion. But... Oliver told the communicator that it did not matter to him that Suzy Q was mean to him or that she attacked him. He was content to worship her from afar! Unrequited love...and Oliver would rather have that with Suzy Q than not have her at all!

Here are some pictures of Oliver sneaking close to Suzy Q...and she allowed it!!!

Suzy Q must have grown fonder of Oliver over the years...however she will still slap at him and every now and then...attack him!!!

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Time too....say Goodby!!!

We have come to the end of our season here in the desert! It is always hard to say good by to friends and...the leisurely lifestyle we lead down here. Most of our friends are also heading back to the PNW for the summer but I will need to say good by to my desert buckaroo's and this year Little lady will have to say good bye to her 2 dads! I bet some of you are thinking that Little Lady's dads are gay...like the book, MY 2 Dads!

In this instance I mean Slick and The Bossman.

Yes...they both think they are studs, but only one is a STALLION!!!

Slick is her biological dad...and The Bossman is her human dad! This year instead of going to Montana in the big pasture for the summer she is going to the PNW with her Auntie Rose! And of course Jesse will be staying with The Bossman. This will be one of the saddest goodbye's I will have to say. It will be over 6 months till our next season starts...so I will need to come and visit Jesse during the summer. I am trying to convince PONY GIRL to come with me in June ( 100 plus degrees) and ride the PCT!!!

As all of us equine owners feel...there is nothing as sweet, to the depths of your soul as the bonding you have with your horse! They touch you in a way that no one ever has...or ever will because it is not a place that a "mare" human could go. Oh and by the way...notice how Jesse matched his outfit to mine today??? Would YOUR cowboy do that, with out begging him???

And talk about sweet, 2 new friends this year, Tristan and Toby have to say good by for the season too! But Toby is already planning his visits down here next season. One change will be that his 2 yr old brother Jed will get to come down too because Toby has FINALLY agreed that Jed can get a TICKET too!!!

The Desert Rose will still be posting and riding, no pun intended here only as of May 16th with Little Lady and The King, in the PNW!!!

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Clinical Trial, Cowgirls Needed!!!

This is a clinical trial:

So let's say the cowboy is just ugly...and he does buy you another drink. Does he become more handsome or less ugly??? Or if he's really ugly and he buys you a drink...is he now just ugly? And if he bought you a 3rd drink would he now be really handsome and hardly ugly???

About the only way you can really answer this I think after 3 drinks!!! That is assuming you only had one to start with. You may start your research at any time I will even provide the ugly cowboy that will be used in this trial.

So you cowgirls know the routine...you have all seen "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"

THE GOOD......................................................THE BAD ......................................................THE UGLY

You must use THE UGLY in your clinical research...using the strikingly handsome GOOD GUY or the suave and darkly handsome BAD GUY would only give the research false results! I trust that all you cowgirls will tell me truly if after your 3 drinks you still think the "THE UGLY GUY" is STILL UGLY!!!

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The "Grand" Nanny Diaries!!!

So...I have heard of the book, I hear they made a movie about the nanny and her "tattletell" all experiences. Now, I am pretty sure she has never dreamed of working for someone like The Desert Rose but a few weeks ago one such lucky nanny...got to! Toby Jack was coming down to visit us for one whole week and that is a long time for Papa and Zsa Zsa to be on duty. We decided to get a nanny for the week.What a GREAT idea we had! The nanny came every morning at 9am. Toby would get up anywhere between 8 and 9 and come into our bed and play and snuggle with us. When the nanny arrived she would fix him a tasty breakfast. Then came craft time...Toby Jack and the nanny made this puzzle for Zsa Zsa!

Toby was soooooo proud!

The next day...I had a headache so after the nanny arrived in the morning I went back to bed to rest for awhile. 2 hours later I awoke to laughter in the pool so I went out to say hello to Toby and the nanny. However as I walked through the family room to my amazement were Toby's morning crafts...just waiting for me!

Toby put together 2 rather large puzzles...made a bear and horse that move their arms and legs, made a door hanger and a pumpkin!

I think the "Grand" Nanny Diaries could be a best seller!

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Life is a box of chocolates...you never know what You're gonna get!

Forest Gump!!! What a movie...and metaphor for life!!! I will always stop at this movie ...if it is on when I flip channels!!! Case in point!

Here is "Slick The Ungelding"!

He was bred to a bay mare, and look what came out!!!

Ok... (no NOT me ) but this beautiful... (no spots...) bay mare... She is...Little Lady!

So Forest Gump is NOT as stupid as he looks... you never know what you are going to get!!!

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HOT MAMA COWGIRLS!

Just a tribute to those of you cowgirls that are mama's! You don't have to have stretch marks to be a mama...your furry babies count just as much here...although I am laughing at the image of one of you with a kitten hanging from her titty!!! LOL

Remember when you were little and your mama would give the same good advise her mama gave to her!Because of her mother daughter talk to you, you vowed to never loose your man to a cowgirl, instead you would become one!

You found a Flashy horse...

And learned to ride him!

You can handle a six shooter...always wearing your spurs!

You dreamed of finding your man!!!

A bit disillusioned...you realize he needs more training than your horse did!!!

So for all you HOT MAMA COWGIRLS out there...Happy Mother's Day!!!

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