I'm SO excited ....... We did X's FIRST job yesterday - a QUINCE (15th
b/day party for the Spanish girls).
    I want to tell you, it was fancy indeed!!!  As I'm told, the Spanish go 
ALL OUT for their daughter's 15th birthday - there's a huge Mass ..... then a 
reception that lasts well into the night and maybe even into the next day for 
them.
    Our job -- to carriage the birthday girl to the Catholic church mass and 
back .......
    The girl, Maria, was dressed almost like a bride - sequiened white ball 
gown (right out of "Gone with the Wind" type dress) ...... we had decorated 
up the carriage with white and gold nylon and lace - pom-pom type things on 
the spokes of the wheels ...... the ride to the church was about 5-6 miles 
from their house ..... X trotted on just he had been doing this all his life 
-- I was soooooo proud of him!!
    Buddy was dressed to kill also (I was just the "groom" for the horses so 
I didn't have to be dressed up ).   We took Tuffy to help keep X quiet -- 
heck, we really didn't need to, if X was any quieter, he'd have been dead 
.
    There was MUCHO commotion ..... LOTS of people -- LOTS of cars (loud and 
most of them had their radios blaring) ..... X didn't pay any attention to 
anything except what he was suppose to be doing ...... he's really a grand 
little trouper for sure.
    Anyway, I thought I'd let you know how his first job went ...... we made 
some good contacts (a caterer and a photographer who asked for our number).
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