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I’d love to go to the Rodeo

December 6, 2007 by Tricia

When we picked up our puppy Midnight two weeks ago she was being kept in a pen in a barn. Did I tell you that there were also three horses on the other side of the barn? Absolutely gorgeous horses.

I’ve always loved horses. When I was growing up we had a cottage on my mothers family’s old farm land and when I was very young there were still horses, cows and pigs there.

I must admit that I haven’t spent much time around farm animals in a long while, but I did enjoy seeing the horses in that barn.

When I was growing up my mother used to take me to horse shows. She loved the jumping, but I was always partial to the Rodeos. I guess I loved the action and perhaps all those cute cowboys too.

In their later years my parents were winter Texans and they attended the Houston Rodeo a few times.

Did you know that the Houston Rodeo is rated as the largest rodeo in the world? Over one million people attend each year. It’s so big that each night after each days Rodeo events there’s a concert feature Country, Rock n’ Roll, Hip Hop and and Latin music stars and bands. I doubt very much that my parents ever attended any concerts, but if I got a chance to get Houston Rodeo concert tickets I’d see a band. My preference would of course be a rock band.

Have you ever been to the Houston Rodeo? Did you enjoy yourself? If you’ve been to the Rodeo did you also attend a concert?

I was looking up information on the Rodeo and this years concerts will be by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana), Rascal Flatts, and there’s still a number of concert performers to be announced. Check it out for yourself – perhaps you’ll go to the Rodeo this March.





Filed Under: Cool stuff, Entertainment, Family, Home and Lifestyle, Pets and animals, Recreation, Sports, Vacation and Travel Tagged With: animals, bands, concert, concert tickets, concerts, cottage, events, Family, Horses, Houston Rodeo, live stock, mother, Music, musicians, parents, puppy, Rodeo, texas, tickets, winter, Winter Texans

What to get a 10 year old for Christmas?

December 2, 2007 by Tricia

I’ve been trying to think of what to get my youngest niece for Christmas. She’s almost 10 years old and she’s a real girly girl.

It can sometimes be hard to buy gifts for kids when you don’t have any of your own. There are so many trendy items that are hot one month and dead the next. It’s hard to keep up.

I’m pretty sure that she’d love it if I could get her High School Musical tickets. It looks like the Ice Tour is here in Toronto all through the week of Christmas. Surprisingly they even have a show on Christmas day!

Do you think that that’s something a 10 year old girl would really like to get for Christmas? Any other ideas?

Filed Under: Entertainment, Family, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation, Toronto Tagged With: buy, christmas, gift, Gifts, High School Musical, Ice Tour, ideas, kid, kids, Music, Niece, show, ticket, tickets, Toronto, trendy, week of Christmas

Should I go to the all weekend long party?

November 2, 2007 by Tricia

I was just saying in my last post how busy I’ve been this week and how I think I made myself get sick since I over did things. Well, you’d think after the week that I had I might get to relax a bit this weekend? Doesn’t look that way.

This weekend a good friend of ours is holding a surprise birthday party for my sister in law. Not only that, this friend of ours took my sister in law and her husband on a cruise to the Bahamas last weekend too! That was also a surprise. Nice eh?

These parties are a taxing event in themselves. Our friend goes all out. I’m sure she’s got an eight course meal planned, lots of booze and to top things off they have a hot tub so I’m sure it will end with everyone in the hot tub.

Speaking of going all out. Last summer our friend had a 10th wedding anniversary party for my sister in law. She deep fried a turkey, cooked a ham, served seafood and invited guests from all over North America. I’m sure she’s already planning the renewing of their vows, perhaps one of those beach weddings or something!

I’m not sure I’m up for the party. It’s out of town so we’d have to stay over night either at our friends or my parent in laws (also stressful!). I might just try to bow out gracefully. Hey, I need to be healthy by the time we hit Vegas next week right?

If I was feeling better I don’t think I’d mind going away for two days, but the way things are for me right now I think I’ll be putting my trip in jeopardy if I go to this party.

Maybe Chris can bring me a doggy bag?

Filed Under: Entertainment, Family, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Recreation, Socializing Tagged With: all weekend, beach, birthday party, busy, Chris, Food, friends, ham, Health Fitness and Beauty, hot tub, husband, lots of food, Party, planning, seafood, sick, sister, Summer, surprise party, turkey, Wedding, weekend

My lucky sister in law gets a surprise cruise for her birthday?

October 24, 2007 by Tricia

It was my sister in laws birthday on the 18th. She turned 40.

Not this weekend, but the next a mutual friend of ours is going to have a surprise birthday party for my sister in law. She even went so far as to send out invitation – even sent one to Chris’ brother in Chicago and he’s planning on coming to the party! Since he doesn’t fly I think it’s quite a distance to drive just for a birthday party, but he’s like that and that’s another story in itself.

Not only is our friend having a surprise birthday party for Chris’ sister, but this weekend she’s taking my sister in law and her husband on a weekend Bahamas cruise! That’s also a surprise.

I can’t believe she bought four tickets (her husband is going too of course) for a cruise!

I imagine it was a special package deal. I was curious as to how much it might cost to fly to say Miami and then go on a weekend cruise – for four so I visited the travel club that my husband and I joined when we got our package deal to Las Vegas and looked at what kind of prices they had for their cruises. The lowest price that I could find for airfare and four people on one of the big cruise lines in the cheapest cabins offered was about $3500 in total!

Wow. I sure hope our friend got an even lower price than that. Still it must have cost something close to that.

Now why can’t our friends give Chris and I special surprise parties or buy us trips too?

Our friend has surprise parties or big dinner parties for Chris’ sister or her husband every year and of course we’re always invited. My only problem with the whole deal is that whenever it’s my brother in laws special party – it’s alway either on my birthday or the same week as my birthday .. uh what about me? LOL Or … Chris’ sister’s birthday is only four days before Chris and I’s wedding anniversary but other than an invite to the party our special day is forgot.

We’re all very close friends too. I just think it’s a little strange.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Family, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Recreation, Socializing Tagged With: anniversary, Birthday, birthdays, brother, chicago, Chris, cruise, deal, dinner, friend, friends, gift, husband, offer, Party, planning, prices, sister, special, strange, surprise party, ticket, tickets, travel, weekend

B.C. plane crash

October 19, 2007 by Tricia

As I’ve been sitting at my computer trying to get some posts done I’ve been listening to the television in the background.

They just interrupted the show that was on to tell us about a small plane crash in Richmond BC. You should see the damage! The plane is right inside the building! At this time they have no confirmed injuries, although I’d imagine that the pilot might be severely injured or even dead.

The reason why I’m writing about this though is because as I was listening to the news cast the reporter couldn’t get straight where the accident was … she’d say Richmond B.C – a suburb of Vancouver and then she said, once, Richmond Virginia.

Well what is is? She confused the heck out me! The big red banner across the bottom of the screen says “B.C. Plane Crash” so I’m assuming that it really is in Richmond.

The other reason that this newscast caught my attentions is because my brother and his family live in Vancouver and I have some friends that live in the affected suburb. I’m fairly certain that no one I know is affected, but still, when you hear of something bad happening in an area where your friends and relatives live you pay more attention, don’t you?

Filed Under: Canada, Family, Television Tagged With: accident, BC plane crash, brother, damage, Family, friend, injured, news, Richmond BC plane crash, Television, Vancouver

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