Horses

Soooo....I have another itch besides the baby itch.  It's an itch that I have had for some time now.  I want to start riding horses again!  Jessie, I miss those days.  I miss the smell of horses.  I miss the excitement of being on top of a horse and feeling like I can take on anything.  I'm scared that I am "too old" to start riding again but if I don't start now then when will I ever start? 


My girlfriend Keshia owns a horse named Mable.  I talked to her about possibly riding Mable.  Keshia could give me lessons and I will help pay her bording costs and food costs...kinda like co-owner her.  I ran this idea past my husband and he is fine with it.  When we buy a house, he wants to buy acreage so that I can own my own horse.  I would love to have a ranch and board other people horses for a fee, and run my own place.  That would be amazing.  But first thing is first.  I have to get back up on a horse.


So I'm going to text Keshia today and ask her some more questions and see if we can set up a time where we can get together so I can try out Mable and see if riding is something I truly want to do, or if it's just a faraway dream of my childhood.  I will keep everyone posted.  Fingers crossed that I don't fall off my first try! haha


Much Love,


Amy

A Year Later.....

Greetings!  Wow it has been over a year since last time I wrote on my blog.  Main reason I haven't been on here is because my background looked all kinds of messed up because it was outdated or something.  But FINALLY I figured out how to customize my blog to the way I like it.  And I LOVE IT.  Makes me want to write a lot on here...inspiration! 

Not a whole lot has happened in the missing year of my life.  My wonderful husband and I are still married of course.  We still have our wonderful kids (dogs) and live in the same house with the same old jobs.  How boring is that?

I have been thinking a lot about going back to school.  Just take a couple little college courses a Clark and see where it leads.  Something I have always wanted to do in my lifetime is write a novel.  My twin (cousin Katie) and I have been playing with ideas for a 5 book series and we are really loving it.  We have a general outline established with characters and personalities but we haven't taken the big step to writing the first chapter.  We just need to jump on the band wagon and do it already!  To be honest, I think I'm scared.  I haven't written anything in so long that I'm not sure if I am even good at it anymore.  So I want to take a fiction writing class and see how I do.

I've also thought about taking a Nursing Assistant program at Clark.  I have no idea what has been making me want to do something like that since I hate needles, and don't like poop or pee.  Yet it seems so interesting to be doing something to help other people.  My best friend Steph is doing it right now and said its great!  Just an idea I'm playing around with, nothing official.

BEFORE May 2009

AFTER July 2010

Oh I know what is new!!!  I cannot believe I forgot to write about this!  It has taken me a year to do but so far I have officially lost 66 pounds!!!  That is a huge accomplishment for me.  I have struggled with my weight on and off my entire life and I have never been happy with my body.  I started Weight Watcher's in November of 2009 and it has worked miracles!  I look at pictures from back then and think, "Wow, I really looked like that?  I was really that HUGE?"  These pictures are before and after.  The after picture is when I had lost 50 pounds.  So I am actually 16 pounds lighter than this picture and I think I look GREAT!

I am very active, going to the gym at least four times a week and really trying to change my lifestyle.  Jeremy has also benefited from this program.  No, he is not actually doing Weight Watcher's but he saw how great I was doing on the program and started eating a little bit healthier and going to the gym about five days a week.  He looks amazing and sexy and has lost 25 pounds.  My mother in law has been doing weight watchers with me and has lost 50 pounds!  She looks amazing too!  I still have about 20-30 more pounds to go but I can do it!  That is, if I don't get pregnant first.

Yes, we are officially trying.  We have only been trying for about a week and it will happen when it happens.  We just were just so tired of waiting.  If it wasn't one thing, it was something else.  We kept saying, "We will start trying after we____."  Fill in the blank.  It could say buy a house, make more money, pay off more things, save up money and etc.  But the fact is, when is anyone EVER truly ready to have a baby.  If you waited for the PERFECT time in your life then it would never happen.  So we will see if I have any exciting news for my next blog. :0) 

Oh and by the way, shhhhh...it's a secret...

xoxo

Amy