These are some of my favorite times too! Bike riding with Ralph on a perfect day and seeing such beautiful open country. It was just so peaceful and on days like this, I always thank God for our life.
Of course we fixed our afternoon coffee and enjoyed watching the long horns graze.
On Friday, March 13 we headed out for another ride. We did another route and it took us through some nice country. This was a short ride of 12 miles.
I have done well this week on Weight Watchers. I am looking for a good loss tomorrow.
Loy and I have kept in touch through "texting". She sends me pictures of all the fun they are having. I still can't believe that I got an iPhone and I am able to work it pretty well. My friends who know me are still in astonishment over this. I am still amazed at myself that I am able to work the iPhone so well and also to do this travel blog thanks to my Montana Rancher friend Janna.
Anyway, Loy and her children Will and Wendy and their families are having a ball in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. They have taken day trips to see the sights and have seen lots of snow. That is new for these Texans although Will does live near Fort Worth and has seen at least a couple of inches. Fort Worth is about 250 miles north of San Antonio where we are at, so Fort Worth will get an ice storm to a dusting to a couple of inches of snow every few years. But a couple of feet of powdery snow will be something to see for them, especially the little ones.
They also went to a casino and Loy said the only time she got any money back from a machine was from the ATM! Her son Will who is an "Engineer" is a brainiac. He is good with numbers and I think this helped him at the Black Jack table. He didn't give the casino a dime and walked away with $900 bucks! Good for him!
Saturday, March 14, Ralph and Hoppy headed to the town of Comfort about 1-1/2 hours away for a Cowboy Action Shooting competition. A few hours later, I headed off to my Weight Watchers meeting.
I miss Loy going to the WW meeting with me. She is due home today from Lake Tahoe and I look forward to hearing about her week long vacation with her children and grandchildren.
Well I stepped on the scale and I lost 2.6 pounds! I now weigh 183.8 and have lost 20.0 in 8 weeks with WW. Just 20 pounds more to go before I reach the maximum allowed weight that WW has set for me, but 30 pounds for my personal goal. I am determined to get to 154 where I was 6 years ago.
Since I have now met my 10 percent goal and received a charm with the number 10% on it. I excitedly put it on my key chain. Needless to say, I was flying high.
The satisfying WW diet, the bike riding, the WW meetings, the Saturday weigh-in that holds me accountable, the camaraderie of the WW group and my WW leader, Karen, keeps me strong and on track.
Coming back to the ranch, the longhorns were all around the gate entrance. I had to get out of the truck and go through the gate to shoo them away. Thank goodness they were cooperative, even the bull was accommodating which worried me at first. If the bull doesn't want to do something, he does not do it. Kind a like husbands when you want them to do something. (Not mine of course!)
I drove through the gate and got out again to chain it shut and before I got back in the truck they were nestled under the tree for their siesta.
Until next time, Happy Trails to you!
This horse is thinking that the grass must be greener on the other side.
After our 18 mile ride, Ralph relaxed with an adult beverage.
Soon he lit a cozy campfire. He had to use some of his hot air to get it going though, but it did the trick!
Of course we fixed our afternoon coffee and enjoyed watching the long horns graze.
On Friday, March 13 we headed out for another ride. We did another route and it took us through some nice country. This was a short ride of 12 miles.
I have done well this week on Weight Watchers. I am looking for a good loss tomorrow.
Loy and I have kept in touch through "texting". She sends me pictures of all the fun they are having. I still can't believe that I got an iPhone and I am able to work it pretty well. My friends who know me are still in astonishment over this. I am still amazed at myself that I am able to work the iPhone so well and also to do this travel blog thanks to my Montana Rancher friend Janna.
Anyway, Loy and her children Will and Wendy and their families are having a ball in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. They have taken day trips to see the sights and have seen lots of snow. That is new for these Texans although Will does live near Fort Worth and has seen at least a couple of inches. Fort Worth is about 250 miles north of San Antonio where we are at, so Fort Worth will get an ice storm to a dusting to a couple of inches of snow every few years. But a couple of feet of powdery snow will be something to see for them, especially the little ones.
They also went to a casino and Loy said the only time she got any money back from a machine was from the ATM! Her son Will who is an "Engineer" is a brainiac. He is good with numbers and I think this helped him at the Black Jack table. He didn't give the casino a dime and walked away with $900 bucks! Good for him!
Saturday, March 14, Ralph and Hoppy headed to the town of Comfort about 1-1/2 hours away for a Cowboy Action Shooting competition. A few hours later, I headed off to my Weight Watchers meeting.
I miss Loy going to the WW meeting with me. She is due home today from Lake Tahoe and I look forward to hearing about her week long vacation with her children and grandchildren.
Well I stepped on the scale and I lost 2.6 pounds! I now weigh 183.8 and have lost 20.0 in 8 weeks with WW. Just 20 pounds more to go before I reach the maximum allowed weight that WW has set for me, but 30 pounds for my personal goal. I am determined to get to 154 where I was 6 years ago.
Since I have now met my 10 percent goal and received a charm with the number 10% on it. I excitedly put it on my key chain. Needless to say, I was flying high.
The satisfying WW diet, the bike riding, the WW meetings, the Saturday weigh-in that holds me accountable, the camaraderie of the WW group and my WW leader, Karen, keeps me strong and on track.
Coming back to the ranch, the longhorns were all around the gate entrance. I had to get out of the truck and go through the gate to shoo them away. Thank goodness they were cooperative, even the bull was accommodating which worried me at first. If the bull doesn't want to do something, he does not do it. Kind a like husbands when you want them to do something. (Not mine of course!)
I drove through the gate and got out again to chain it shut and before I got back in the truck they were nestled under the tree for their siesta.
You are doing a wonderful job with this blog Angie and your iPhone--I am very, very proud of you. Twenty pounds in eight weeks--awesome!!!
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