30 Jan. 2013

Ugh, I can't seem to remember to write anything here on a regular basis, so guess it will have to be when I find the brain cells to remember.

Been fairly quiet around here lately, went with Sabrina and Lily to look at a horse last weekend. He was a bit on the underweight side, bay Arab gelding. A good size for Lily and Sabrina. The young lady who was riding him got him to hot too fast and he ended up tying up. He was hurting so badly but was a brave little guy. Didn't so much as react badly when I massaged his hip/stifle area. We talked about it and while we really wanted to just get him out of the situation he is in, there is no way to know for sure that he will still be suitable for Lily after he has gotten fattened up and muscled, he may turn out to be a lunatic. There is time and we have several more to look at over the next couple of weekends.

I took Charmer out to Harmony Grove Farm yesterday. Marilyn was supposed to go with me but she had tripped over hay strings the night before and bruised her hip. We got there and unloaded, walked around a bit and then went to tack up. All good so far, I put him in the round pen for a few moments, just to see if there was going to be any freaky moment. All good. Got on and he started with the spooks which makes me start to tense and hyperventilate. It takes about 20 minutes for both of us to relax, for his ears to start coming to back to me. Did a little trotting because by this time he was hot and sweaty. 30 minutes total, not too bad. Going to head back out in the next couple of weeks just to get more comfortable. Want to take him to a couple of other places as well over the next few months. Need to get him and me settled so that we can show again. Hoping to be able to show some this spring and summer but unless I find a real job that pays I won't be able to do much.

I joined a weight loss challenge, I weighed today as an official part of the challenge. Let's just say it was NOT pretty. I have to do something about this weight, I am going to be more diligent about eating better and walking more. I need to find a strength training method that will work with no gym. I think there might be something on youtube or sparkpeople. You can find all sorts of thing on both of those websites. My goal is to lose 15 pounds between now and the end of the challenge, which is April 15th. That is 2 1/2 months, should be doable if I make and stick with a plan. I wish that I could find some folks to walk with, would make it so much easier to be motivated. I need to just suck it up though, there is a woman that walks with her husband along the road near the barn. If she can do it alone in the rain then I need to quit bitching about it. Just do it!!!!!