It has been a crazy couple of weeks. We went to Las Vegas so I could go to the Cowboy Christmas shopping extravaganza. We flew in on a Friday and stayed to Monday. I have never been to Vegas so it was a great trip. I am not much of a gambler so I spent time people watching. Cowboy Christmas was kind of a let down. They had tons of blingy belts, purses and the new style of tattoo like shirts. Not really my thing. I wanted to look for a cowhorse legal bit with the cactus flower design and a medium priced set of romel reins. Didn't find either.
We had two company Christmas parties to attend. Both were very nice, great food, good company - except for the woman who kept referring to my "grandchildren" of which I have NONE. I told her once politely that I didn't have grand kids, but she just kept bringing it up. I just ignored her but what I really wanted to do was smack her up the back side of her head! I am so not ready to have grandchildren in my life. First off... none of my kids are married. That definitely has to come first. Got one daughter that is getting pretty serious with her boyfriend. So maybe some day.
I made a milestone with my weight loss. I have officially lost 91 lbs. 11 lbs to go to goal.
I haven't been riding much. I think that Semper is enjoying his time off. I got to get back to it in January. Cold weather or not. I have been giving him some turn out time and he runs around like a fool. The weather has warmed up somewhat but now we have rain. Rain equals mud. I hate mud. It is gross. The horses I have at home have made a muddy mess at their feeding area. Every year I say that I am going to gravel that entire area and every summer I forget or get side tracked. Maybe keeping this blog will help me remember all the things that I think I need to do before the winter when summer gets here.
I paid my membership dues for several groups so I can start showing. I am getting kind of nervous. I did buy a nice show shirt at Cowboy Christmas so all was not lost.
We have a new trainer coming to the boarding facility that I board at. His name is Deon Locke and he is a pro reining trainer from Australia. He has been in OK for the last few years.
So, here it is still snowing. Has been. Will be through the weekend. If I ever meet the idiot who wanted a "white Christmas"......Congratualations on the weight loss. Way to go, hurrrah!!! Makes my five pounds piddly. So sorry for your trainer. My dad has been gone 25 years. I miss him. It would have been so nice to have been able to call Dad when I had the drafts. They were his life. She will pull through. It is so hard but one does have to work at it. Go reining!!!! Would so love to do it, but I think the horse would leave me behind. I KNOW the horse would leave me behind. I have no seat.
ReplyDeleteHey 5 lbs is 5 lbs. Take what ever loss you get with great enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteI lost my Dad when I was 7, 42 years ago. He was a horseman and I have always felt a little cheated that I didn't get more time with him. My mom never remarried so I really never had a "dad" after he passed away.
I have always thought it would be cool to have a white christmas under several conditions... That I could sit inside by the fireplace (gas log - not messin' with fire wood) and drink hot delicious drinks, eat and play board games with my family. And that the next day when I had to go to work, the store, etc. the snow would all be gone!
Hee, hee, hee. Never works that way. Yesterday, it rained. All day. All snowy, icey gone. So guess what it has done on and off all day----SNOW. I am so not amused. NOT.
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