to get serious about losing 20 lbs before Jeff graduates from the Marines. 10/31/08. I walked 6/10's of a mile yesterday. Rode bonnie for about 45 min and walked 1 1/4 miles today. My goal is walk 3-4 days/week.

I weigh 141 lbs and want to get to 121.

Jeff left Monday August 4th to become a Marine. He will be in San Diego for 13 wks. His graduating date is October 31st. I never thought it would hurt this much. We are very proud of him and love him bunches.

Well rode Bonnie today. She is coming along as a good horse. I put the side pull with a bit on her which I started on her a while back ago cuz she kept wanting to pull the reins out of my hands and it was getting frustrating so a friend suggested the side pull with the bit and voila it helped tremendously. We had a good ride and I took her down our dirt road. She was spooked a tad by the squirrel running out of the tree but other then that and something else spooked her from behind I didn't get...

Well since 8/1. We did take him out of the rp and we were doing really good. But then Buckwheat bucked and my son came off breaking his collar bone. But since then my DH has been on him 2x and was only backed off the first time he got back on him. I am right now just working on ground stuff and him accepting the bit. I'm not confident enough to get on by myself.

Well since DH got on him my son Joe has been on him 3x. Yesterday they walked around the round pen for about a 1/2 an hour. Today we are going to come out of the round pen and see what he does. I will be holding onto a lead rope just in case he decides he wants to act up. But things are going good. I'm so excited hopefully by the end of the month my son will be riding him out in the pasture with no problems.