There is still time to enter the Horsie Mama Horsey Super Bowl! Entries will be accepted until noon Eastern time today. Send yours to horsiemama8@gmail.com. (Be sure to self-score it first.)
The addition of the bonus questions was actually a last minute decision. I'd written a question whose answer was "Denver Broncos," and thought a few questions related to them might be fun. But, I also had a personal connection to them.
This blog post, written in 2016 when the Denver Broncos went to the Super Bowl, explains that connection.
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Our oldest daughter and her family live in the Denver area and avidly follow the Broncos (and the Packers and the Seahawks and...) They took me to the stadium once for an August scrimmage, so I actually have seen the team live and in person.
My classroom colors are orange and blue, too, but actually that is because my college degrees are both from the University of Illinois, a Big Ten team. (If there's anything I will root for avidly myself, it's Illinois basketball! )
But I have another connection to the Denver Broncos - one of those "who'd have thought" ones.
Denver's mascot horse, Thunder, is ridden by a woman I went to junior high and high school with, Ann Judge-Wegener.
Ann trains Thunder (not the horse's real name) and is a judge and horse trainer, living in Bennett, Colorado.
She is a year younger than me, but we were in choir, band, and drama club together. I remember her as a very nice gal, one who was quiet and even a bit shy.
I actually remember very little of her horsey side. I think that is because, even as a teenager, she was riding in big Arabian breed shows while I was on a backyard Appaloosa mare participating in local fun shows. She and I were both in 4-H together, though, attending Horse and Pony Club meetings and showing at the local 4-H fair and show every summer.
Our paths haven't crossed since high school, although her family is still here in West Lafayette. We are also friends on Facebook and share a lot of mutual friends there. Ann is good about staying in touch with her high school friends.
Her father recently published a book titled The Bronco Girl. The book is available on Amazon, and I have a copy and have read it. Ann came back to Indiana and did some local book signings with her dad when it first came out. I thought about going to one and saying "hello," but had a conflict and could not make it.
I usually don't watch much of the Super Bowl (aside from the Clydesdale commercials...) but I am rooting for Denver in this Sunday's Super Bowl. I am also hoping to catch a glimpse of Ann and Thunder racing across the football field, and hopefully in the winner's celebration.
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The winner of the Horsie Mama Horsey Super Bowl will be receiving a copy of this book.
Stay 'tooned!
That's so cool!
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