Giddie Up!

After a long time this afternoon after a trip to buy size 12 pants, I could get the 10's on but they were extremely tight, for work, I came home to find my youngest daughter working mine and her's horse hard to calm him down.  Why?  Because she felt it was time I accomplished my most desired goal that I cried about infront of my DOctor.  To be able to ride this 5 year old horse I had never sat on.  I have been putting it off cause this horse hasn't know any more than probably at the most 120 pounds including the trainer.  My daughter is 105 on a heavy day.  I was scared with my weight 188 he'd either lie down or buck my saggy butt off.  There was no way out of it.  Though I knew I could not get my unstretch leg up in the saddle she had him waiting at the tail gate of the truck when I came back out.  I ended up stepping up on a cooler than the stirrup.  I was scared I'd sink through the top of the  cooler but not so.  The best part was he didn't buck me off or lay down LOL.  As a matter of fact he didn't want to do much for me.  She had worked him hard so he was ready to slow down.  But honestly he fears little people up to 5'2 around 100 pounds,  they mean business.  His trainer was a little tough Aussie, her riding instructor is a tough little woman and Amber is tough.  Here I am 5'6 188 and was lucky to get a trot.  My daughter said I was to soft on him.  I was scared my butt was going to the dirt and I'd rupture something in my gutt if He decided enough was enough. LOL.  Any hoot.  I finally did it!!!!!   I am back in the saddle again.  Will be warming up to a group ride on the Beach!  I can't wait!!!!   My next goal is a new one.  Learning to Scuba dive with out looking like Mammo.  It's coming too!!

Now that's a nice rewarding achievement!  I wauld so love for a group of us to go riding together!  taking those baby steps Lynn toward a freer happier you!

Lynn, that is soooo cool!  I'm proud of you for taking that step!  I love horses but haven't riden one since I was a kid and was bucked off.  I will watch from the sidelines!  Scooba diving sounds fun too!!!  I have met all my goals (except maintaining my weight, which I'm working on again) so it sounds like I need to set some new ones.  The scariest one for me was paragliding since I'm afraid of heights, but once I was up there it was a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Anyway, congrats on your achievements!!!

Horseback?  Paragliding?  Scubadiving?  Sounds like a bunch of adreline junkies here!  Guess I need to think of some things like this.  Congrats on getting "back in the saddle again", I bet you loved every minute of it! Nancy

It was really exciting.  My daughter was so proud.  She even told her granma on the phone.  Just like I was the kid that did something special.  Now that paragliding that sounds fun.  I wanted to go to the fair this year and everyone was like well you can't eat anything.  Excuse me this year I could still have a pickle and this time I would get weighed on that big agriculture scale in that building.  While I wouldn't want a fried what ever and the roasted corn would probably not sit well wasn't what I was after.  I wanted to get into all those rides I haven't done because I was to emabarassed for being too big and squishing someone.  Hell with the food!

Paragliding was a blast, I was in Myrtle Beach and my girlfriend talked me into going, it was so much fun!  I'm sure I"ll do it again, but I'm sure I'll have to hype myself up for it again, it was high.  I have become more adventureous, I wouldn't say daring necessarily but  yeah I like the adrenalin thing (duh 911 dispatcher here.. lol).  I went to the NC State Fair last week and had a good time.  I thought I'd be craving every food in site but I actually only had part of a piece of chicken and was good.  I REALLY wanted a dill pickle but I found out that getting one of those big dill pickle at a fair must be a west coast thing and I was totally bummed!  I was also looking for beef jerky but didn't find any of that either...ugh!  I guess I'll have to go to San Diego next year just to go to the county fair and have a pickle... lol!  In San Diego they also have a huge hall with nothing but kitchen gadgets (I'm such a gadget girl!!!) I sure missed that...  Anyway, it was fun but not quite what I expected, guess I was spoiled in San Diego.  

Lynn -

I hope that you are at least half as proud of yourself as your daughter is ... Sounds like you have a great girl there! I can't even imagine how wonderful that must have felt.

Congratulations on those size 12's too! The 10's are just 'round the bend.

Barb