The March Contiues

Okay so here it is Friday the 8Th of October. It is absolutely beautiful outdoors. I am sitting here at the dinning room table looking out the bay window ant the chickens and squirrel scurrying around. Yes I am blessed I would be even more blessed if I was out there enjoying the sunshine. I have work to do. So I will sit here and work on Photos. I have been blessed the last few weeks with wonderful flow of work. I took a family whom the Daughter and Son in law are close friends and we went to some battlefields and did a photo shoot so beautiful. I had so much fun! Hoping they love the Photos as much as I do.

As for my Healthy life style I am down 6 lbs WOW I freaking flipped out I was shocked I guess this counting point thing does work. :-D Who knew and it is so easy! I am continuing my daily work outs and eating healthy and I feel great! I love that I can eat what I want but I hold myself accountable for the mishaps So I am learning.

My ridding lessons are on hold it seems we all are doing the fall get aways. I am looking forward to seeing friends I have not seen in over a year. I so wished we lived closer. Of course I would prefer to live closer to them Mountain cool weather no bugs yes sounds like heaven until the winter dumps 5 ft of snow on ya. LOL

Well guess I need to scoot and do some work.

Eat healthy Be strong IN the end it will all be worth it.

Good morning! I hope this finds you in Great favor and in an up lifted mood. Sometimes we do not look at the spiritual side of working out.

God put us here to enjoy all the wonderful things and sometimes we find us over enjoying. Of course this is the conclusion I have found myself in since I married. Competitively eating with my husband who can put the food down.

My weight loss journey has been tuff. I actually stepped away from working out for a bit over the summer I enjoyed it but in a weird way missed it. Who knew I could miss sweating and putting myself through pain.

I have had a few loss's that can cause depression but God held me up and pushed me through those times. I get extremely depressed when I work out and am not changing. I find that to be a test in itself.

I am now working on the Wii Fit plus I do 30 minutes of the yoga. Then I will change over to the Wii Active ~more~ and do 30 minute of aerobic Step fast. I love this because this burns so many calories. Also I do the dance segment on the first Wii active.

I let a friend borrow the Wii active more yesterday. I found this to be tough since I use it practically everyday. It also gives me the option to do something different. Change who likes that?

Stay strong ask for the strength and amazing how God will give it to you. Determination,Inspiration and Dedication! Three things we have in life and Support from friends. They say you should hang out with healthy like minded people. Well, Most of my friends are skinny. So what am I supposed to live in a hole and not see anyone. LOL. Not I just have to be determined and stick to my dedication and get the support I need from friends. In the end We are thankful for what we have and the journey it took to get me here.

I hope you will come and join in the fun to a fitter you. I know the feeling of failure the feeling of not achieving goals. It is not about the fall you may take it is about the opportunity you do not grasp to take your life back and take control of who you are as an individual. I do not want to be the person with the number on my back in a clinic or having serious health issues. I prefer to face the fear to tackle the weight and to enjoy my life as a healthy woman not terrified of being over weight or struggling to walk or breath.

Your choice to be a healthier you. It is your decision as well as Mine. I am here for all my friends support a shoulder for when we fall and arms pumped in the air for great success. I have High hopes for all my friends who have decided to become determined, inspired and dedicated to saving themselves!

Hugs and much love.

Time to go work out!

Blaze Time

I have really enjoyed this past week. I started Playing and ridding Blaze who I have dubbed the wonder horse. He is so amazing. I am truly blessed.

Blaze and I went out on our first trail ride by ourselves and he did great. Deer being jumped squirrels scurrying along the path doves flying out of the thicket he stiffened up but did not flinch. He made me so proud. We also rode right along RT 10 motorcycles semis and cars seem not to phase Blaze in the least.

Of course I pray every time I jump on for a safe and good ride. I have been blessed thus so far. Of course If it is not a good ride there is a lesson to learn.

Well I finally finished editing photos that where taken at a shoot in the OBX. The Family was extremely Happy for their photos and they turned out beautifully.

I have the drive to photograph and I am Loving my life so Taking it one day at a time.

The ride Goes on!

I know I know it has been such a long time!

Summer was Great Hotter then the typical Virginia summer. I lived in the pool or in the house.

We did get to go on vacation. We really enjoyed our time. We went to Corolla NC even though it was cut short do to Hurricane Earl.

Now school is back in and time is continuing on. I started a Bible study today on the book of Ruth. I think this will be a wonderful study.

I decided since Homer is in school and has not had much time to do anything extra besides the half to get done list I should start working Blaze. I took him out today and we had an absolutely wonderful 2 hour ride. He is so much fun to ride! He is a little on the lazy side But he was a good boy and he really showed me some really nice flexion. He is such a talented boy.

Nicole came out today and ground worked Doc. Molly is doing great with Giving beginner ridding lessons. Seems like life is a blessing every day.

The New day!

Well, it has been much change in my life since my last post. I went from working 40 plus hours a week to no job. It is all good though. Long story short. I was never sure what my job really was the owner and manager went on vacation the same week. The manager comes back Myself and another no longer have a job we both where hired with in days of one another. Yes, a temp job that they forgot to inform us was a temp.

Oh well. It was fun and I learned much from the publishing end of things.

My focus is on my business. I am getting things together to start sending samples of my work off to hopefully be selected to sell though magazines stores whatever my mind decides may be a good plan.

I recently did a baby photo shoot. It was so much fun spent the day taking tons of pictures and they came out beautifully. I sometimes forget how great photography can be. Me being so judgmental of myself can consume the mind and cause so much devastation to my work.

I am so happy to be home and taking care of my husband and spending time with the horses and dogs again. It is an adjustment but I am okay with what Gods plans are for me.

May the road be bumpy but the destination be worth it?

Time Fly's

It has been awhile! It has been so busy and time just slips right away from me it is amazing where it all goes. Well I guess I should say where do I start!

Guess one place is better then none.

Blaze Is doing wonderful All the horses look as if they have been through a battle Blaze is getting the brunt of the biting but he is tough skinned he just has not gumption to move. NO one has come up lame or to the point of bleeding so I will let them be horses and pray that this will soon stop and all the pretty fur baby's will be back to normal. I have notice Blaze a little less then a week ago was head of the herd. Yes short lived but thought it was extremely interesting. He told Molly and Doc to watch out and they did as told. Blaze and I are spending some time at liberty together if he chooses to be with me great if not that is okay as well. He has been following me around the pasture's like a puppy dog even when I am cutting the grass he is out there with me. He loves for me to scratch him all over and brush him and I am so happy he is allowing me to do all this at liberty and he is becoming a happier boy about this as well. Of course he is Homers Boy! If Homer is out there he wants nothing to do with me. That is okay as well. I prefer them to have that bond I just want him to know to respect me as well. I have not been caring the Carrot stick or whip with me to the Barn the last few weeks. He has learned we do not tolerate miss behavior and if he is a good boy he will get a little extra snack in his bucket. He is still moody in the face Not sure why he is like that but Every day is better then the last.

I finally was able to get out today and get a ride in on Molly It was such a beautiful morning. We did some Round Pen exercises and took off for a well needed trail ride. I decided to ride English Boy it has been a while. It was nice though I Love western But there is something about my English saddle and ridding a gaited horse. The Love of the Show horse and the urge to show again. Yeah then I realize the Political craze's involved with showing horses and prefer to stay to myself. Happy to be right where I am at in life.

Doc is going to be getting worked I hope very soon. I met a wonderful Girl who is in her 20's and has been ridding since 5. She has experience working young warm bloods and many other breeds. Hopefully that will work out and Doc will be getting some well needed exercises as well.

Last night I finally broke down and started tearing the bathroom apart. We where suppose to start this a week or so ago but things kept coming up. Things that would continue to come up and never get this project done. So I took the initiative and went to work Homer soon followed suit and helped So we have the closet ripped out most of the floor trim gone. We still have so much more to do But I know once the bathroom is gutted we will know what we will be facing.

YES ! On top of all this we are building a chicken house. A larger one that is. We have a chicken shack right now but With us trying to grow our flock we need more space more layer boxes and more perches. Homer has been busy drawing up that to figure out the cost of this.

I have been slowly getting flower beds done and finished. It is a never ending job. The Garden is in but we are battling the Cooler spring weather so we have had to plant Cucumber seeds and watermelon seeds since the plants did not make it though the cooler night air we have been facing.

We have finally chosen a house to stay at for Vacation. I am extremely happy since mom will be coming most of the week. We will have a friend stay at the house during the week we are gone and hopefully see if a Friend would mine coming and feeding the horses. I prefer someone who knows about horses to take care of them while we are gone. I am extremely excited Weston will get to go with us this year. He loves the water but this will be his first time at the beach.

WORK ! Well it is what it is! I have been staying busy with Pre prom pictures. Very Happy with the way they came out and the Groups where so great to photograph. I am getting ready to have the photos finished with a check mark beside them. I am so excited.

My health well the cold has passed thank the Lord! I started a 6 week challenge to get my butt in gear and get to being back on a healthier standing ground. I have been so Unmotivated and a slug. I sure do feel so much better after I work out and I have all this energy. I love it!

Well That is about all the new I think. I sure hope I did not miss anything.

Be happy Be healthy!

Just another Up day

Well It has been a while! I know busy as can be. Amazingly things are going wonderfully.

Blaze Doc and Molly are getting along for the most part lots of ear pinning from the group but for the most part it is just ear pinning. Blaze is the low man on the to tum pole. Molly and Doc seem to switch there alpha positions all day I find this interesting to watch.

Homer has had his first trail ride on Blaze they both did wonderful. We have learned my saddle fits great with a thin pad so we know what we need to order when we finally get around to it. I love ridding in my English saddle so when ever Homer decides to find a saddle he loves it will all work out. Blaze has a show horse mentality. Something I am so use to with the saddlebreds. GO GO GO! I have realized as I have been playing with him He has had some serious show training in his back ground this kiddo has not been trained for trails. This is why he does not care for arena work he has been drilled so much with it in his early years before he started natural horsemanship and being able to be a horse and not a robot he is coming along well though.

Today I gave Blaze and Molly a bath. Boy They where both pretty dirty Blaze gets impatient and starts pawing yet another sign of being tied and becoming bored at a young age. WOW!! I am so glad I have worked in show barns and breeding barns to know what We have when we have it. I brought the clippers out to see how Blaze did he put his head down and was okay with it Not sure if he was clipped by Martha or not but he does not mind at all he almost loved it. The bath the pampering the clipping.

Molly as always stands she loves her bath she will fall asleep. I did do a little clipping on her what took me an hour to do last time took me less then 5 minutes this go around. I was sitting in a chair while I did it as well. Lots of break through and accomplishments.

As for me personally I am doing wonderful I have had so much fun with the horses and family and church family and friends it is amazing. I am so blessed and know every day is a gift from God.

The weather has been completely wonderful. It has been in the 70 until yesterday and today we are actually hitting close to 90 but temps will be dropping again a northern storm is going to hit us later in the week to bring spring like temps again.

Homer is on the way home. Hopefully going to get the garden tilled up so we can start planting this weekend while the temps are wonderful.

Be happy be healthy.