Itty Bitty Hooves

New Kids Comin… I hope

Well fall is in the air. It’s about that time. Mickey is getting geared up for his ladies. I’ve had two girls in with him for several weeks and he’s been interested, although I can’t say the same for the ladies, but now it’s time to let him in with the bigger herd and see what he’ll do. I sure hope he’ll make nice spring babies. I’m really looking forward to it. I love spring with all the bouncy babies. It’s been a long time since I had a bunch of goatie kids running around. I had one this spring, but next year, hopefully more than 20! There is something very special about the way a goat kid prances and leaps and plays. They have a zest for life that is contagious.

Two’Fer

Well, I’ll get to my point in a second, but dang that new picture of me looks… well freaky. lol Maybe it’s because I took it myself, but it’s just off. ARG,hahaha

Anyway, today was FANTASTIC. Hubby said he wanted to work out (he’s pretty hard except for right around the middle, but still good shape) anyway, I was like cool, I’m going to too. Wow was that fun. Not that we were doing the same things, we werent, while he did free weights I did the Total Gym, then we switched and I did free weights and he did the TG, and then I did some floor work with the ball while he did push ups, and well it was just a blast! I’ve enjoyed my workouts before, but doing them WITH someone (especially someone you get such a kick out of watching their muscles buldge LOL) just was so much better.

He put in the new Scorpion CD Humanity Hour 1 and let me tell you, the first song on that CD is one of the most awesome workout songs. It’s got such a power drum start that it makes you feel weak for a moment just because the music is so strong, but it’s awesome to work out to.

Take A Hike!

LOL you know they say you can’t judge a man (or woman) until you walk a mile in their shoes, well today I had my brand new walking/running shoes on for my mile walk and the support was GREAT but they’re a little stiff so I was feeling it in my feet. I know it was the shoes because that’s not usually where walking bothers me. Actually I haven’t had any of the pains I’d had the first time or two. Maybe it’s time to step it up a little, either in pace, or distance. I think I’ll give it a few more times first before I do that though. LOL

New England Charm

I’ve heard that Carolina is a beautiful place to live, and I can only imagine it is with its New England colors and seasons. Looking at Wilmington NC real estate is quite mouth-watering. It’s kind of far to move everything though. I’ve thought about it however. Florida is beautiful but a bit too hot in the summers, and Texas has had more than its share of problems relating to livestock owners in the past year or so. Something that is still temperate, and yet holds so much charm, like Carolina would be really nice, and it’s still by the ocean so I could have the Florida like beaches. Now just to figure out how to afford the land there. It’s higher than what the area I’m in is, but really I don’t need near the amount of land I have now to even do what I’m doing, so it would be okay if it were a smaller rural area. I love the architecture in the New England states. There’s something about it that makes me feel like I’ve just stepped into a Revolutionary war era time. It’s definitely worth a thought.

I Need An Excuse

I wish my grandkids were a little bit older, and a little bit closer. I’d love to get High School Musical tickets and take them. Personally it’s really because I want to see it, but I think I’d feel a little out of place on my own. There has to be something about all the hoopla around the popularity of the show, and I like shows like that anyway. Disney movies and theater shows like that are my favorites, and always have been. It was easy when my kids were young, I had an excuse to want to go to see the movies and stage shows… now… man, I wish the grandkids would grow up just a little bit more, a little bit quicker–I need an excuse.

Good Solid Earth

I was talking just this morning about needing a vacation. As winter comes I always begin to think about taking some time out in a warmer climate than good-old Illinois. Florida always comes to mind. Getting an Orlando vacation rental and soaking up the sun on the beaches of the ‘fun’ side of Florida as I call it, Miami, Tampa, and my birthplace–Fort Lauderdale is just the ticket in the cold winter months. That plus all the fun at Disney, Universal, and Sea World, my favorite places to have fun and I’m a happy camper that can make it through the rest of what Illinois throws at me for the year. Maybe I should broaden my horizons and pick a different ‘warm’ location. I’ve thought about a cruise, but something about that kind of freightens me. I think I’ll stick to warm sandy beaches, and good solid earth. LOL

Down 4

Well this morning was my weigh in day for the week. Mid-week not really being the actual one I use for a weekly total, just as a guide, it seems I’ve settled into a 4 pounds a week rythmn which is fine by me. Oh sure, I’d like 5, 10, lol, or more, but 4 is a respectible amount to loose per week. It even seems to be very evenly distributed. Two pounds mid-week, and 2 pounds at the end of the week.

I bought a pedometer on Thursday, and today I bought a new pair of really nice walking shoes. So I’m ready for my Monday walk. I might even do a short walk tomorrow. For a few days this week I was feeling kind of blah about everything. I didn’t give it up, I kept pushing through it, which I’m thankful for. I don’t know if it was the change in the weather or what, but even though the weather is still chilly, I’m back to feeling good about the way my new ‘lifestyle’ is going.

Now I have to go out and feed because the animals don’t give a hoot about my new diet, they want to EAT.

Getting There One Step At A Time

Well, as of yesterday at my mid-week weigh-in I’ve lost 2 pounds again for the 1/2 week. Sometimes I get a little depressed because I feel like there’s no way this diet can be working, I mean how can you lose weight when you’re eating so much and so often, but when it comes right down to it, the scale doesn’t lie–it is working.

This morning my walking partner, Ellen, showed up and we did our mile. Now, I THINK it’s a mile to the bridge and back, but I’ll know for sure tomorrow because after we got back I had to run into town to the store and I picked up a pedometer at Walmart. If my shins aren’t too sore I may even walk on my own tomorrow. So far they’re not hurting, and they didn’t bother me after my last solo walk on Monday like they had that first time last Thursday.

So, everything is moving along really nicely, even if it will take forever to get to my goal weight.

Walking Alone

Well, my walking partner ducked out on me this morning. 8:30 came around and I gave her a call–are we still walking today? Oh I forgot to call, I can’t today, she said. Well, she had a good excuse, she had out of town company in, so we’ll see what happens on Thursday. I was up, dressed, stretched, anyway, so I went ahead and walked myself. It was still fun, hard to believe, if you’d said a few weeks ago that I’d like taking a mile walk, I would have told you to get your head looked at because you were crazy, but I do. It took quite awhile–four days to be exact–to recover from the last mile. It wasn’t any other normal body part that hurt either, it was my shins! Of all things. They finally stopped hurting (and I mean REALLY hurting) yesterday for the first day since the Thursday walk. I felt them flare up a bit today on my walk but they’re not bothering me too much right now so hopefully it won’t take the full four days to recover this time. It should get better each time, right? I hope so.

The Final Reward

No, not ‘that’ final reward. I’m talking rewards for meeting my diet goals. I have several goals in my diet. It’s better to have a bunch of ’short’ goals than just one big one. For each I plan on letting myself get something special to ‘reward’ myself for the efforts of living healthy, not like living healthy should be its own reward, lol, but anyway, that’s besides the point. My long term goal, however is the big one. We used to have a swimming pool and I loved it, but without the kids at home, we really don’t need a big swimming pool, but what we both really like hot tubs. So, for my final end-goal, reach the peak reward I am going to get a hot tub for the back yard. I’d really like it to be enclosed so we can use it year-round, but I’m not sure on that. Either way though, having a relaxing hot tub to soak in after a long exercise routine, or just because would be wonderful.