Today was a good day!

Everyone should have a day like I did today where it just gets better and better and you kind of enjoy every minute.

Let's start from the beginning.  Last night after stopping by the bakery again and ordering something that my body can't even digest I decided that it was time to get my act in gear.  I had heard a lot about Whole 30 and I knew I needed to do something like that.  I need rules.  I need guide lines.  I need you to tell me exactly what to do and what not to do.  So after doing a little online research I decided that Whole 30 totally works with 22 Minute Hard Corps.  It's pretty similar just more restrictive.  And since I only have 3 1/2 weeks left on the program I thought it would be best to really try to stay with the diet till the end for the best results.  I know so far my results have been good but imagine if I had been eating correctly the last 4 weeks I think my results so far would have been amazing.

So back to this morning.  I start with my daily cup of coffee and I normally have to have sweetened creamer in it but not this morning.  I did a little almond milk and cinnamon.  Definitely started the day on the right foot.  Then I have a quick appointment at the Dr. for my face/acne and I'm straight to the grocery store after that.  Because now I need some food for the week since I'm doing Whole 30.  I bought plenty of greens and some green peppers, and tomatoes, and cucumbers, and avocados, and a cartoon of eggs to hard boil.  Then I bought some fruit for the week.  I think I'm ready to go.

I get home and make some salads for the week.  Prep is so important.  It's really hard to stay on track if you don't have anything on hand to grab that's good for you.  After that its time for the barn. I love my life!  I go to the barn and spend a large amount of time just grooming Bella, I love grooming her.  I love using tons of different brushes and helping her hair shed out properly.  I like clean horses!  Then I pop on Bella and have very nice warm-up on her.  Today Judy and I decided to switch horses half way through the ride and I was excited to sit on her boy Solo.  It's really good to sit on other horses cause each one is different and it helps you build your tool kit up even more.  Solo is quite different then my girl Bella.  He's lankier, he's loftier, he's lighter, he's more squiggly (that's age he's still very young).  But getting on him was so different.  I was at a lost on what to do and I will say it took quite a while for me to figure out how to ride him but I think that by the end I was starting to get him a little and he was understanding me a little.  Now during my ride on him I stopped and watched Judy on Bella. Wow!  My horse is gorgeous.  Judy rides her beautifully and the picture was quite lovely.  Next time I'll try to get a video so you can see what I'm talking about.

After a great time at the barn it was time to head to personal training (had a quick salad in between) and I really like my current workout there.  I enjoy my time with my personal trainer Dona, she is just a wonderful person.  So, I have a good workout and head to Mom's Organic Market to pick up a gift certificate for the winner of my last challenge group and while there I find some very yummy delicious snacks that are gluten free, non- gmo, and just plain delicious.

You must try these they are just sooo good.  Then I head home where I get a call from my hubby Dane that he is on his way home.  I asked him if he wanted to work out with me and then go fly the drone.  He says yes to both. Woohoo!  This day just gets better and better.  

So, Dane gets home and we do Resistance 3 from the 22 Minute Hard Corps program.

It's pretty tough and but we pushed through and had a great time working out together.  Then we head out to the park to fly the drone and we take Zoskia.  We had a great time flying and video taping Kia running around having a great time.  I really enjoy seeing Dane happy and he really likes his drone so its great getting to go out with him and fly it. 

What's also fantastic is Dane is a fantastic cook.  He cooks dinner almost every night and I am so lucky.  Here was our dinner tonight.

And that's about it.  I think the day is done.  It was a good good day and I hope everyone get to have days like this.

Horses Love to Roll

The sun was out and it was warm here today.  It was like a little taste of summer today.  I loved it!  And the horses loved it too because they got to go out without any blankets on.  So they had a very nice naked roll after both having very nice relaxing rides today!

Hard nights rest Until...

Most of the time I sleep like a baby.  I really don't have a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep and if something does wake me up its not a problem I tend to fall right back to sleep.  But last night was a different story.

At first I was exhausted so I fell asleep on the couch while the hubby played video games.  I would say my exhaustion was real because he was playing a pretty loud, shooting game and I just kept on sleeping.  Finally some crazy monster work me up. So, I went up to bed.  I fell asleep easy again but then I had the most wonderful dream.  I dreamed about my sweet sweet girl Callie.  Callie was my once in a lifetime dog.  She was beyond special and we had a connection that I can only hope to find again.  She was the type of dog that would anticipate my needs.  It was all about me, Mommy.  I loved her dearly and when she passed of old age I felt the lose very deeply.  I think I'm dreaming about her because we are coming up on the anniversary of her leaving us, March  17th, 2014.

Needless to say when I woke up from this dream I was very upset that the reality was that she is no longer with us.  It lasted for only a moment but you know how it is when you wake up and are still foggy from dreaming a great dream only to find out it wasn't real.  That was me last night.  After that I had quite a restless night.  Woke up multiple times until one of those times it was Zoskia waking me up to tell me she needed to go outside for a nighttime potty.  I let her out, gave her a pat and we went back up to go back to bed and from there on out I slept great again.  So Zoskia, my silly, goofy dog did something last night for me.  She filled my heart up and I was at peace.