Hi all!

Can't wait to see everyone this weekend. Jordan and I and 2 of her friends will be arriving Friday night late. We are staying at the Best Western. Reservation under Kim Matuga, if you want to get in touch with us. I will leave my cell phone number at the PB booth for anyone that wants it.

I have reservations at Applebee's for Saturday night at 5:45 for those who have signed up (18 folks are included in this reservation). You can ask for the reservation under Matuga or Pony Boy.

Here are the directions to the Applebees. Leave the Horse World Expo and get on 81 South. 81 South will turn into 83 South. The second exit off 83 South is the Colonial Park Exit, and this is the one you want. At the end of the exit, go straight through the light, and Applebees will be on your right. You are there! THe phone number for this Applebees is 717.652.3061 if you get lost. They have assured me that they will have tables pushed together and ready for us, so we can all sit together.

So, see everyone Saturday night! And bring your cameras!

Kim

Have a most wonderful time, I will be there in spirit. Take lots of pics!!!

See ya all tomorrow night!!

But will they let you put your boots on the tables?

BYC

y'all have a great time!

Have a great time everyone.

GB

have fun guys!

This morning was funny when we started the web cam. There was a random viewer on who was watching. He must've seen us use duct tape on the camera, cause a few minutes later he posted on the chat "more duct tape, the cam is droping." Dawn still can't stop laughing about that! We joked that we should use that on a TPB t-shirt!

We've taken some great pics, but this is one of my favs:

And this:

Those are both GREAT! Thanks, Connie!

Personally, I think both of those pics would be great on a tee shirt.

L is for Leadership Dawn!

I agree! Oh Daaaaawwwwnnn!!

Hey, Y'all PLEASE be careful driving home, OK? Looks like weather might be a tad nasty.

hahhah looks like you all had great time

drive home safely gang

I didn't sleep good last night, looked out the window and saw it was snowing! I never sleep good when it snows, so that explains it.

Hold on, DJ, MOMH said it was Dawn's fault
Whatever, please drive carefully and let us know you all got home.

Yeah, it snowed last night. Roh and I will be there till close helping with tear down. Dunno what we're gonna do then, though...

Great photos y'all!

and yes, do be careful

I hate winter, I wish this would go away

March comes in like a lion, leaves like a lamb...right? I'm going to hold whoever said that saying to it

Hey guys (at the expo), it was great to see you all yesterday. Sorry we couldn't stay to join you for dinner.

GB

Great group of people! It was nice to see everyone. I dare say PB was one of the busiest booths in town! Best looking help too:)

Hope everyone had fun,

Fun? Do you call being so tired that while tearing down the PB booth you become slap happy FUN? Cause I sure do!

Seriously, though, we had tons of fun!

I'm at Roh's dorm. My dad emailed me to not come to his place cause he's got a bunch of snow and ice and is supposed to get more, so I'll be at Roh's dorm all of tonight and tomorrow, then head back to Lynchburg on Tuesday.

HOW DID I MISS YOU LIVE IN LYNCHBURG?
Do you really live in Lynchburg? Oh, we have to meet up because my land is in Campbell County- I'll even tell you the town because you're probably the only one who's ever heard of it.
I have 11 acres in Naruna.

Dawn, you should make this one your Avatar! LOL!

I think we should make a "booth" size photo of the picture of Dawn. Had a great time this weekend and it was great to see all of you. Connie and CJ great job with the web cam and Connie K...I think we booked up your clinic!! Hope everyone makes it home safe. I made it in time to see my daughter as a baby spider in her Charlotte's Web play. Thanks for staying to help Dawn pack up. I appreciate it!! Tina

Well, we did not go to the Expo today, instead, the teenagers went swimming, and then we went to visit my old mare Mabel. Which was wonderful, she is not a filly anymore! Click here to see some pics of us and Mabel:

http://flickr.com/photos/matugafamily/

We made it home safely, and I got all teenagers dropped off. Jordan was exhausted and very sore in her ankles and feet. Was asleep by 9:00 pm. Please everyone chime in and let us know you made it home safely! I am really worried about the folks who left late! For those that know, I did NOT get lost going home...LOL!

Had a great time getting to meet everyone, and I wish I could've visited more. Dinner was GREAT despite the loss of our reservations, having to wait forever to get our tables and our food, and DJ swooning all over me. I think she though I had chocolate in my pockets! LOL!

Would also like to say to PB, meeting you in person was wonderful, and I enjoyed hearing about your Chi-auchsand. Thanks for joining us for dinner. It was the high point of the trip for me! (And I did not come home and slap my horses about the face....)

Did you get lost on the way there Kim??????

Now for some reason that sounds familair

You did not end up driving back towards Pittsberg did you

Mabel looks great

Hey, I only got lost 2 times driving there! And I blame it all on MapQuest... LOL! Dinner at the horrible Dennie's restaurant took an hour and a half if not 2 hours. That's my story and I am sticking to it!

But thanks for saying Mabel looks great, I think so too, and I am so glad we got to get in a visit with her.

Oh come on now, do you really think we were slap happy? I mean, just cuz we were putting barrels on bulls, and jumps on people's head I don't know that we were slap happy? Of course, getting that table out to the truck was a bit more than I was expecting.......



If you hadn't hidden the chocolate on me, I wouldn't have had to resort to that. Seriously though, thanks for catching me. If I had known that they had lost our reservation, I would have grabbed something to eat at the expo-after we found MOMH's keys. Then my blood sugar level probably wouldn't have dropped then.

That's what friends are for. I will always catch you when you fall, or stuff enough Mand M's in my pockets to keep you safe!

I'm in Bedford County, yep! Naruna....actually haven't heard of it, but that's ok

I felt kinda useless most of the weekend, I'm not the best sales person . But at the end of it all, I guess me and my little hand truck got to shine a little .

Oh, and driving home last night? Talk about DeJaVu! Flash backs to my years living in New Brunswick Canada!

You should have left all of that nasty white stuff up there. I got stuck in someone's driveway today. I can't imagine why my hubby doesn't think I don't need 4-wheel drive.

Here's all the photos I have up for now. I'll add more later...

http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/il...ny%20at%20Expo/

Great pics Connie - Thanks! But who's who ?? I recognize a few faces....

Looks like you guys had a good time.

I'd like to "second" that...names with faces would be great!

Ditto.

I think y'all should guess

This is funny. This morning the janitor on Roh's hall thought I was her mother!!!

eh, we think you should guess

Have you checked your name tags?

I thought MOMH said you rode your motorcycle to the event to save gas?



BYC

I don't think so! If I did, I do know one person who would have loved to have seen it.

Connie....rule #1 to being Tina's friend....NEVER take a profile shot!!! Seems like somehow my nose profile is in quite a few pictures!!

I think you look fine! I wanted a pic of you helping customers, so .... that's what happened

Connie, Great pics! And thanks for sharing them. Either you or Roh took a pic of me and PB at dinner that I would to have. Can you email it to me whenever you have time?

I too want to share how wonderful of an experience that the PA Expo was. This was my first time helping with the booth and I FINALLY was able to meet many of the names and faces behind the postings. I trully enjoyed spending time with all of you and was sorry that I wasn't able to join in the evening activities! I thought of you all on Sunday and hoped that the weather didn't effect your travel in a negative way. Dawn, I hope you didn't get stuck in the snow on the way back to Florida! It was in the single digits here in Maryland this morning--can't wait for spring. Yesterday was the first time I had ever heard birds chirping during a snowfall. Spring must be on its way somewhere!

I look forward to the time when our paths cross again!!!
Sarah

Sarah, it was nice meeting you, too. It's cold here too! I'm so ready for spring. Did you guys get the snow? We got about 8".