Got Hay?

So I decided to try large 4x4x8 1800 pound bales of alfalfa to try to maximize my feeding costs. I got two bales delivered today for $185 each. They are awesome, nice leafy hay but feeding them is going to be fun.. I have to pull part the large pieces and its not as easy as feeding 3 or 2 strand.. Stay tuned for updates! :)

First real injury

So tonight I received my first injury from my horses. I was going out to feed Bones, in which he gets fed last. I feed him two flakes of alfalfa and some pellets, grain and beet pellets. When I was going out I said to myself should I go through the stall or out in the pasture, I went out to the pasture. I walked past Sand and he hadn't had his usual scoop of grain yet. Bones was behind me and Sand must have shown some aggressive action as Bones ran right over me. I fell and luckily he didn't step on me but he pushed me hard. My left hand, elbow and knee is totally skinned and in pain. I just laid there and was in such much pain I started to cry. I was in pain before due to a tough EA Active workout the day before, but all my emotions just came out. Sand and Bones came over towards me and just looked at me like they felt bad, and wanted to see if I was ok. Or they wanted all the grain that fell out of the bucket hehe. Anyway what a eventful night. I need to be more careful, and am lucky as this is my first real injury in almost four years other then being kicked in the leg by Sweetie which didn't leave a bruise.

My life is never a dull moment.. Also below is the link to my little rescue.. Off to bed I go, I am going to be hurting tomorrow

http://www.lunarescue.com/

Biggest Loser Audition

So after a long nap tonight I have to say I am quite proud of myself for going to the audition today. My dreams and tossing and turning last night did its best to talk me out of it, but it was a great experience. Below is the details!

The audition was from 10-6pm today, Saturday March 13th in Albuquerque. My plans were to get there nice and early, but due to lack of sleep I arrived around 11:30am and was given a application and was number 536. At noon they were at numbers 150 so I knew I had a long day ahead of me. The audition was at Sandia Casino, and it was nice as it was in the ballroom and you could leave and such. Lots of chairs to sit in, or wall space to spread out, and lots of cold water. I met a nice gal named Amy, and we formed a instant friendship.

I had a hard time staying in the ballroom as there was the normal people trying to attract attention to themselves, singing, walking the ballroom trying to recruit people to walk with them, even telling jokes and poems. The staff had a microphone in which they invited people to come forward to try to motivate the crowd. I found it a little annoying and wondering if it got them anywhere or extras but good for them! Amy and I walked around the casino, gambled a bit ( she was quite lucky ) and had lunch.

At 4pm our groups of numbers were finally called. I found it strange, and was a little jealous as there were people coming late to get a number, around 4pm and pretty much got right in for a audition after ours. Biggest Loser assured the first 500 people would give auditions, but from what I read they usually see everyone. I was jealous these people that were showing up late were able to sleep in, and come in and only probably be there around 90 minutes, versus my five hours..

So my group, around 30 of us went and waited in the conference hallway at Sandia. They divided us into groups of 10, and each group went in, sat at a round table and met with one of the casting directors. Our casting director was Barb, you can see her on youtube, which I highly recommending researching the audition ahead of time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co6iqWXqKFM&feature=related.

The the interview took 10 minutes, and the questions she asked the table was name, age and employment. She also asked the group to answer why we have a hard time eating healthy, and how much weight we wanted to loose and why we wanted to loose weight. Also how we heard about the casting. It was very open, and friendly and a little hard as everyone at the table wanted to talk at once. I felt like I did great, Barb got a lot of eye contact with me, and was interested in my "part time horse trainer job" and liked my snarky comment about wanting to loose weight to love the mirror again, and not feeling bad for my horses when I ride them. At the end of the ten minutes she asked us to leave our application, and pictures and told us if we don't get a call back to please still send a video in. They told us we would get a call back by 7pm if we were chosen. A nice gal though got a call back literally 20 minutes after her casting call though, so they probably will call you right after. They said look for the 310 area code!

So I didn't get a call back but had a great time. If I was doing this again I would probably not wear as much makeup, as one of the casting directors for BL said they want you to look natural as in the show you can't wear makeup. I didn't look like a raccoon, but wish I just would have worn mascara. I also might have dressed a little less flattering. A few people we were talking with told me I don't look 100 lbs overweight and said my pictures made me look trim, which I guess they did and thats a good thing looking at real life. If they were to see me in a sports bra like they do on TV they would see a whole new side of me, that is for sure :)

I am unsure if I will send a video, I might as I got that cute little Vado Cam from Amazon, if I do I will make it fun, creative and probably ride in them, and show more of myself. I will talk to my lovely roomy about helping that with me next week, or my mom since she will be visiting. My suggestions for anyone auditioning, google auditions and watch youtube casting videos- There are so many videos from the casting directors, it would have been nice to get more background.

So that is it, very easy and fun day- But tiring! Back to reality I go, and time to get serious about loosing this weight on my own, using all the resources available. The future is bright, and bring the next adventure on!

Reno

RIP my little man

So much as gone on the last week I forgot to post about the passing of Reno, my longest owned cat. I think he was about 11? He passed away after a short illness and was loved down to the day I took him in to be put to sleep. Its so peaceful how he went, he is buried under a tree in my backyard, and when I was burying him his buddy Fuss ( in the picture above ) was just watching all sad like he know.. Anyway RIP Reno, I will see you one day, run free in the rainbow bridge- Your brother Avocado is there waiting for you as well as Boots and Neptune- See you soon ;)

Biggest Loser Picture!

Here is the picture I am going to bring with my contact info on the back.. Getting excited!

Biggest Loser Interview!

So Saturday Biggest Loser is coming to New Mexico for auditions- I am going to show up at 7am and stand in line for a audition- Its going to be a long day, but I am sure I will meet lots of neat and people just like me. My awesome new roomie, Kat will take a full length picture of me with one of my horses for the interview- I am getting nervous thinking about this, but more to come.. I am researching what kind of interview questions they will ask, and such.. I am thinking of it being like a job interview and what better time in my life to take on something like this after just loosing my job after 16 years!

Anyway will post back more later, also speaking of being laid off I watched Up in the Air Movie tonight with George Clooney- A really good movie, kinda brought back bad memories of being told you are no longer needed, but I got good messages out of it.. Its my time to make something happen, " Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it"

More to come!

Temple Grandin

A couple weeks ago I watched a movie on HBO about Temple Grandin- It totally was a "wow" moment about how I felt about slaughter of animals, and how I hope its done in most places.. Well I looked her up on YouTube and watched her videos on humane slaughter-

I was so inspired I wrote her this: Hi Temple- I have been horrified with the thoughts of slaughter and animal death in my life. SInce I watched your HBO movie and these videos I have been put to peace knowing there is someone out there like you who cares and is making a difference to make slaughter as humane as possible- Hopefully all slaughter plants will implement your methods and ideas Thank you!

She wrote back this to me : TempleGrandin (3 days ago)
TO Kristenbog - Your posting helps to keep me motivated! Thank you very much for taking the time to post. More and more people are getting interested in the work I do and that means a lot! Thanks again. Temple Grandin

Wow I have to say she is quite the women- Animal slaughter doesn't have to be inhumane, and she cares.. Wow- For info on her videos you can see the one I commented on here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TempleGrandin#p/u/0/mCYs1CSsbqs

Cheers <3