So, I had dental work on Monday. I have lost 14 lbs since then. I have stitches in my gums, so I have not eatin, I am sure that helps. I just don't want anything at all to bother the healing. But, you know darn well once I can eat again all the weight will find its way back onto my hips!
I have decided that now that we actually HAVE to clock out for 1/2 hour at work that I am going to take walks. The area is nice and I will go by several places that have horses so I can visit. Ten hour days at the computer can hinder this diet for me, but I am going to try my best.
My son, TRuck, he said a few weeks back, "Hey Mom, Dad, how would you guys like to walk with me when I am home in the evenings?" WOW, I asked him why he said this, I think he was being kind to say that he just wanted to spend time and felt that it would be good for all of us. But I am going to take him up on this.
I am also going to be able to ride with a friend at least once a week, which I absolutely love to do.
I'll check in with you again soon.

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Update to the battle of the bulge!!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Just call me chubby (I mean FAT)!!

I am sure this is why I was able to
keep my weight down.
(as you can tell... I am little,

we are in Florida at Disney World
for a cheerleading competition
(Her sqaud won 3rd from all of the united states)!! I think I was maybe 125 lbs then.

A coworker got me hooked on it
and it became my lunch 3 times a week
and I gained at least 10 lbs.
Swearing that I must lose weight!
(geez... more than just pudgy that is for sure!!!)
I was unhealthy in that I just didn't eat and I was losing my hair, my nails
got week. Amazing what terrible things stress can do to a body.
I got thru the real estate deals and I was.feeling better about myself.
Luckily
And with menopause came several things, my thyroid was
whacked. I became anemic.
(the hot flashes and weight gain)
only lasted about 2 weeks, thank goodness))
exactly how much over 160, but it is less than 165........
I have to lose 40 lbs, so that if I gain back half of it, it won't be too bad.
Hey, I am off to a good start.... I haven't eatin' anything for7 hours,
but of course it is 11:15 at night.
LOL
I have a dental appointment tomorrow, they will be doing a lot of dental work,
so this may be a good head start... I will be too
sore to eat much, if anything.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
keepin track...
I am trying to put together a notebook to keep track of all stuff horse related for my little ranch here. I had at one point some preprinted papers from Country Supply (Horse.com), but found these to be too detail oriented. I am looking for a simple way to keep track of feed, grain, psyllium, farrier time, bath time, etc. I guess I can just type something up and place it in my notebook, but thought I should come to the blog world and ask. So...

Monday, August 24, 2009
It has been forever since I have been able to put some time into writing a blog entry.
There has been loads that has been going on. I will try and mention the most important things, then maybe over the course of the next few days fill in some of the mundane things.
When last I wrote I mentioned about having to fix our truck. We did finally get it up and running after almost 3 weeks. The only thing is it is still not right. Apparently there is a sensor that needs replacing (this is the one that makes it so it starts right up, rather than hesitate a little).
Several months ago I spoke of having our friends horses here with no payment and them basically taking advantage of s. Well, hallelujah,
The quad that hubby got in April is already on Craigslist for sale. It is apparently just too fast for what we need it for which is trails. It is more a dunes kinda machine. So, we are hoping for a buyer soon!! Anyone need a FAST AND FURIOUS quad???
In April we went to
Here are some of the many pictures we have of her.
Brookelynn, 3 wks...
Brookelynn was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at 6 weeks. This was a devastating blow for our family. I read everything I could on it. My daughter and I cried for days. We have now gotten to a point where we understand that this is a disease that is having more and more research done and are coming up with many new drugs that make the mortality rate older and older. Brookelynn was put on special enzymes and vitamins and medication to help with her digestive tract. She is to take a sweat test soon that will indicate just how bad she has the disease. Her last Cystic Fibrosis check up proved wonderful. They have taken her off all enzymes, and medications because she is having no problems with her digestion. She is now 2 months old and almost 15 and a half lbs already. We are blessed with her!!
A few months back, when Boo, son #4, came to visit, he got me into doing web pages and HTML. Since then I have been engulfed in making web pages … just fun music pages. I have spent so much time doing this, I do almost nothing else. I like working in my paint program to come up with images to use on my web pages. I will post the images here as I complete them just for the heck of it.
This Friday night hubby, a buddy of hubby’s from his work, me and TRuck, are going to the Cardinals Football Game (pre season) they are playing the Green Bay Packers who is my hubby’s favorite team. Whish used to be my son TRuck’s fav team also because of Brett Favre. I am looking forward to see the stadium; I think it is going to be great. Our seats are not too far off the field level near the 20 yard line of the Packers side. I will grab some pics to share for sure.
Then next week we are going to
OH, oh… I still have pics from when we went on that cruise back in Feb.. Oh my Goodness!! I will post about that in the next few days.
I have so many blogs to get back to reading. I usually try to go back a few months and read what I missed, but this time, I am sorry I am not going to be able to go back that far. I miss all my fav blogs and some new ones that I have book marked to start reading. There is not enough time in my day to do all the things I want to do let alone the things I should do and don’t get done.
Take care all… i’ll be baaaackkkk!

Friday, June 5, 2009
Nice day outside/Saturday May 30th...














Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wanna Barn...
Floor Space: 1,440 Sq. Ft.
Loft Area: 576 Sq. Ft.
Ridge Height - 21'




Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Diet Anyone???
I have to lose weight. I am getting to the age where the weight comes on but it, for some unknown reason, doesn’t go away all by itself. Over the last year and a half I had gained almost 20 pounds (since the lovely menopause happening).

It’s nice to have to buy a bigger bra…
but I refuse to have to buy bigger pants!!! LOL

Where I worked before I had to walk up and down 2 flights of stairs at least 5 times a day. Now where I work, there is not much walking involved. I sit at a computer for most the day unless a patient needs a representative to talk to. And I just don’t get on my horses enough, to get any exercise out of that.
I read in a recent Family Circle magazine about these 4 ladies that are starting a diet and exercise plan… they are all going to do some sort of walking regimen. I am going to pick one and also write down a bit of a diet plan to eat healthier (I don’t eat enough calories in a day as it is to worry about that part) I WILL ADD MORE WATER TO MY DIET!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Shopping with credit...
Hubby and I decided we would go shopping and charge on a few of these cards that were at the lowest rates before we closed the accounts.
And here are the things we got…
On March 10th we went to Best Buy and we got a camera… a Nikon DSLR D40 camera (Yep, the same one that Pony Girl just got.. haha!) Man.. I am loving this camera. Depending on the pixel size of the picture we can get as many as 3000 pictures stored on it. We made the pixels a little higher, so our storage on the camera is at about 2200 pictures. Yeehaw!
The OLD camera:




new laptop. This is taking a little getting used to because it has
The new laptop:

Then we went to Lowes and got faucets for our kitchen and 2 for the master bath. We used to have those funky white plastic things in the master bath. This was a good upgrade that has long been needed.




Then we went to the Nascar race down in
YEEHAW!
Go Gordon

Go Earnhart

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That was a nice spending spree….the bad thing is now we have to pay the bills (but at least they are at a low interest rate!!!!)



















