Thanks, Shelley! Yes, you are so right. I am in the 130's!! 138.2 this morning, but I worked my fanny off yesterday on all those challenges. MUSCLES!!!!!! ...or, you know...it's just water.

138.2 this morning. Yes, so happy to be in the 130's.

Shelley this is going to get you to fall outta your chair laughing...one of our team leaders was kidnapped and the ransom is..dun...dun...dun...

180 JJs
60 Squats
1 min Wall Sit
20 Arm Circles
40 Push Ups
150 Effing Burpees

When we first started this ransom business, I suggested two kidnap victims and 50 gobble squats w/weights as the ransom. The leader we are doing the above ransom for said that that was too harsh and she didn't think everyone had weights. We ended up demanding they give up something they like for X amount of days. We are now rethinking our next kidnapping...ugh!



Chris

I'm so sore...I'm also up .2 pounds to 138.4...muscle, right Shelley?

Went w/DDD and her BFF out to Martinez (Hwy 4 ) to look at a venue for the baby shower. The trip out was okay...I didn't drive...but the trip home was bumper to bumper...peppermint time...I still have a headache. Peppermint has been counted and put away.

Rest Day tomorrow. Will weigh in...got my fingers crossed.

Later my friends!

Chris

Thanks, Paula!! It worked! 138.0 this morning. I am happy!

Chris

Thanks, Michelle! I'm trying. Good luck on your weigh in. Hope it's right on.

I managed 137.6 this morning. Last time I hit that it wasn't real. Let's see.

Chris

Maybe he was biting back at the one who bit him? Is that red spot in front of the saddle the place where he was hurt? I like him more and more!

He's Amish?! How did you find him. He looks tall, or is that just because the mare is small?

The ranch is out in the middle of Amish country (supposedly the largest Amish community in the world), so a lot of the horses there are former Amish. But it's weird to see a tri-color Paint or a draft cross pulling a buggy. I think I saw him one day, 'cause I remember thinking it was the weirdest thing I had ever seen. I met his former trainer yesterday, and she said when his last owner didn't want him anymore, she suggested that she donate him to the ranch. So I think that's how he came to be there.

He's fairly tall since he's got some draft in him, but he's not huge. Koda (the mare) is pretty short - she may even technically be a pony - so she may indeed be making him look taller than he is. But he's a decent size (about 15.1 or 15.2 hands, if you are familiar with how horse height is measured). I like how thick and solid he is. Pure muscle! I like feeling like the horse I'm riding has substance.

I rode Chuck yesterday - the horse in my profile picture. Had a little bit of attitude from him at first, but that's his MO - "Let's see if I can get away with crap today." If he can, he's a huge pain for the rest of the day. If he can't, he settles in and is a pretty good horse. So he did okay, other than spooking at every single rock on the trail, haha!

Shelley - Aw, they all have their own little system, haha! Love hearing all the different personalities!! And people actually do house train miniature horses sometimes. They're even being considered as guide animals in a lot of places because they are just as intelligent as dogs, but they live about 4 times as long. I love dogs, but if I ever need a guide animal, I want a miniature horse!!

Shelley, My kitty-kids are the same. Jasper will meow for hours until DH tucks him in. Once he gets his petting, he curls up and goes to sleep, that's all it takes! But it's every single night. :laugh:

There's a commercial that shows a woman putting a miniature horse in a pasture with some beautiful black tall guys who snub him. So the new Mom builds a doggie door and the miniature comes inside and blisses out as she combs his mane with her fingers. So cute! :bigsmile: Can't remember what's being advertised, though.

Paula