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Maddysmom

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Checking in!
« on: May 22, 2013, 12:50:36 PM »
Hey FTS family!  Sorry I have been missing in action.  Please know I am still on board (had a yummy flax seed muffin topped with whipped cream cheese & sugar free strawberry preserves for breakfast!  :)   

I HAD been busy with the horses....until Good Friday. Rambo, pitched a tantrum and bucked me off.  :-\ I didn't have any broken bones...just bruised up pretty bad and really sore for a couple weeks.  After lots of thought, I decided I wasn't willing to risk another fall like that again at 50 years old.  A sweet couple bought him from me.  The lady is a horse trainer who also gives riding lessons.   When she came for a "test ride"  he bucked HER off too!  Scared me to death.   Well, she bought him anyway and said he would be a project horse for her.   Apparently, Rambo was NOT the "beginners or child's horse" he was advertised to me as being.  So thankful I wasn't hurt worse.

Next thing....our daughter is engaged and getting married on August 9th!  We are excited and busy making plans for a small wedding.  Also there's the house to decorate, and it's all so much fun!  We will still have her horse at our house after she gets married, so I can still ride (a GOOD horse) anytime I want.  ;) 

We were out of town week before last on vacation, so hopefully now I can settle back into "the real world".  ha ha  I am hoping to be checking in with all of you more often!  I've missed you guys!!   ;D

     
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 12:56:43 PM »
So thankful you are ok!!   :o :o  Sometimes they just get a mind of their own....I'm glad the trainer didn't give up on him  ;)  We have missed you around here too Jan  :)
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2013, 08:59:21 AM »
HiYa Jan !  ;D we missed you! Gonna have to buy another horse when daughter leaves! Congrats on the wedding! ;)
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2013, 11:38:58 AM »
Thanks!  We are excited for her.   She is SO different from me.  I had the big traditional wedding with TEN bridesmaids (not kidding).   They just want a small wedding up in the mountains at the Alpine Chapel in Helen, GA.  She's planning to wear a white eyelet dress with cowboy boots.   I'm thinking it's gonna be really hot to wear cowboy boots in Georgia in AUGUST ....but it's HER day!  lol   Oh!....and we get our empty nest back!    ;D
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2013, 09:22:46 AM »
Sounds Lovely! :) It amazing how much money you have once the kids leave :D  What are you gonna do with her room? I did the gym ;)
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2013, 01:10:33 PM »
I missed you, Jan!
I'm so happy to hear that you're OK. :) :) :)

Caveat emptor (buyer beware)!
Getting bucked off a horse can be a very bad experience.

My wife was bucked off our horse (Nona) twice in two weeks and was badly bruised! :o :o :o
Nona required some special training not buck when someone is on her back.
Plus my wife received training in what to do if Nona suddenly bolted.
Since then, Nona is much calmer and both have been riding together wonderfully! :)

Tony
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2013, 10:01:38 AM »
Tony I didn't know you rode horses?? How did I miss that? :D
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« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2013, 04:20:15 PM »
Hey Tony!...Yes, a bucking horse is scary.  I hung on as long as I could, but I KNEW I was going off.  I was able to think quick enough to not catch myself with my hands (knew of a guy who broke BOTH wrists like that.)  I did get right back on for a couple laps around the ring, just because EVERYONE says you HAVE to get back on.  I figured at that point, I was already numb....and it couldn't hurt any worse. ha ha   :D

Hey Umpa!  hmmm...make a gym of the empty bedroom!  Now THERE'S an idea!!   ::)
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« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2013, 09:47:26 AM »
Yep! A treadmill could be used as a guest bed in a pinch! :D :D
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2013, 08:10:06 PM »
Hello! Nice to meet you! As soon as my son moves out, his step brother (10yrs old) is moving in with us lol! No empty room here yet! :-) I envy your empty nest...
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2013, 08:49:55 AM »
I guard the perimeter :D :D All our kids own their own homes so life is SWEET :D
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« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2013, 07:06:11 PM »
Gotta enjoy those little details in life haha! ;-)


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« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2013, 09:37:17 AM »
Oh yeah! kids are sneaky, so are old people(that means you mom) :D
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« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2013, 07:39:21 PM »
We miss you girl!!!!! 8) check in more often, you are such a fantastic inspiration. I reflect often on your success as well as our other wonderful friends who started with us a few years ago. :) big hugz!
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