Texas Style Reunion

So Sunday we have the hubby’s family reunion out at the horse races... (Yes... the horse races in Texas are a perfectly acceptable family reunion meeting place... provides all the necessary entertainment factors... gambling and booze) So for your entertainment… I am proud to present….

Highlights from the horse track!!

1. Horse track food... not so good... (blah)
2. Horse track sodas come with free refills... (So drink till you pee pure soda)
3. Never turn your back on a 7 year old with a spoon... (What is it with me and children and ice cream lately... OMG)
4. Pick your horses before you ever go inside the track.... (I won big on those)
5. Never bet on a white horse because it looks pretty.... (Cause when the race is over, it will be gray from being behind all the other horses)
6. You’re never too old to get your first tattoo.... (She was 60+ and I have never been more proud!!)
7. Always trust the voice in your head that says to bet big on the horse named Magic Pleasure... (Yeah... I just could not pass betting on the horse just for the humor of it... and boy did he pay off well... hee hee hee)
8. They will auto add 19% to your tab based on the size of your group... no matter how you behave.... (*cough* no comment *cough*)
9. The TVs at your table play things other than the track info and races... make sure your child head is averted when browsing thru the channels... (*cough* no comment *cough*)
10. Statistics really don't mean crap 90% of the time.... (Darts I think would be a more effective horse picking method)
11. Be sure to point out all the sexually explicit horse's name to your spouse while driving to the track... (While this may be a great deal of fun... you will not win the Defensive Driver of the Year Award)
12. Yelling for the horses that were scratched from the race is also a great deal of fun... (Of course people think (a) you are drunk or (b) you were the one on that short bus in the parking lot)
13. Gamblers are typically a loud group of people... (And they like you to be loud too... even when the horses are not running... really...)
14. The people that work the windows where you place bets... do not like being referred to as "Vote Takers"... (And they do get annoyed when you try to place "votes" and not bets... evidently they are two different things)
15. When it is all said and done… you pay $2 to get in the door (for the cheap seats… don’t know what we paid to sit inside in the bar area) and $2 minimum bets… a full days worth of entertainment… You can’t beat it with a stick… (Well I guess the jockeys do huh… lol)

All in all... had a great day!! We ended up with close to 30 in our party... and boy was it a great one!!

Out of the $100 the hubby gave me... I came home with $70... Not too shabby for all day fun in the sun if I do say so myself.... lol... put that little wad of cash in my shoe fund... Woot!!

Me favorite part was cheering (screaming) for the last place horses... poor things... they need someone to cheer for them.... they have to go back to all their horsie friends... try to save face... walk into their “last place” stalls.... while trying to hold their heads up high... endure the whispers of being sent to the glue factory...

*hugs*