Baymule’s Journal

[Blue Sky]

Dropped in for a visit. Trust me what you don’t use and maintain after your mid sixties you’re likely to lose. I am contemplating the 75 Hard program. Not because I’m itching to be some paramilitary character but because it could be deceptively easy. Two 45 minute workouts a day, one outside. -Done, I spend at least that much time looking for one dog or another.
Exercise until you are out of breath. - A trip up my driveway will suffice.
Any diet you like, no cheating. -Not a problem I actually eat pretty sparingly.
No alcohol. - See diet.
Drink a gallon of water a day. - Could be trouble especially considering my gender and age. It Depends.
Read ten pages of a self help or educational material a day. -No problem I’m into paleo geology these days.
Take progress pictures. - Not sharing That with the world. It will thank me. Koo koo ca choo.
11 May seems like an auspicious date.

 

[canesisters]

"Drink a gallon of water a day. - Could be trouble especially considering my gender and age. It Depends."
... I see what you did there & I TOTALLY get it

 

[Baymule]

The maker of Depends could be a good investment. Lots of baby boomers…..

 

[Baymule]

I would start with yoga for flexibility vs pilates. Need to ensure everything is stretchy before getting serious on strength. Otherwise you will rip / strain something. Ask me how I know, 0.o.

I’m already pretty limber and do stretches before failing Pilates class.

 

[Mini Horses]

am contemplating the 75 Hard program.

Is that a "program" or an age?

 

[Blue Sky]

Is that a "program" or an age?

Some days I wonder.

 

[Baymule]

Got home yesterday at 7:20, just enough time to feed dogs and sheep before dark. @Margali and I had a great time. Friday evening was a hoof trimming demonstration. They used legs from slaughtered sheep, sure made the demo easier. Smart idea. Then how to give vaccinations and blood draw. Explained in great detail, it was very informative. Margali and I both took the hair coat inspection class and test. We both passed and now will be certified to inspect our own sheep and after 2 years, can take a class and another test to be certified to inspect other people’s sheep. Since both of us have sheep in the breed up program, this is greatly beneficial to us.

Saturday morning there was a speaker from the Texas Animal Health Commission and he gave out a lot of good information on everything from scrapie tags to moving animals across state lines.

Then a demonstration on the cuts of meat, how to break down a carcass and the benefits of each cut from a speaker from the American Lamb Board. He had a demo lamb, I guess it was some kind of plastic, that broke apart, showing all the cuts. It must have had magnets in it, because it all held together with no catches or clips. He said it was fun going through TSA at the airport. When they asked him what was in the bag, he replied, A body. They red tagged him and opened it up.

We had a delicious lunch and a break.

Then a talk, complete with years of study, charts and information on heat stress and how it affects reproduction, meat quality, lambs, etc. The study is ongoing, the speaker was extremely passionate about small ruminates and how to deal with the heat. She acknowledged that Texas heat is in a class of its own and how do we cool down rams so that they don’t become temporarily heat sterile. I piped up with BUY HIM AN AIR CONDITIONER. She was from Puerto Rico and thought she knew about heat until she got to Texas!

We stayed for the business meeting afterwards. Then loaded up Margali’s sheep, helped everyone else load sheep and headed home.

 

[fuzzi]

Got home yesterday at 7:20, just enough time to feed dogs and sheep before dark. @Margali and I had a great time. Friday evening was a hoof trimming demonstration. They used legs from slaughtered sheep, sure made the demo easier. Smart idea. Then how to give vaccinations and blood draw. Explained in great detail, it was very informative. Margali and I both took the hair coat inspection class and test. We both passed and now will be certified to inspect our own sheep and after 2 years, can take a class and another test to be certified to inspect other people’s sheep. Since both of us have sheep in the breed up program, this is greatly beneficial to us.

Saturday morning there was a speaker from the Texas Animal Health Commission and he gave out a lot of good information on everything from scrapie tags to moving animals across state lines.

Then a demonstration on the cuts of meat, how to break down a carcass and the benefits of each cut from a speaker from the American Lamb Board. He had a demo lamb, I guess it was some kind of plastic, that broke apart, showing all the cuts. It must have had magnets in it, because it all held together with no catches or clips. He said it was fun going through TSA at the airport. When they asked him what was in the bag, he replied, A body. They red tagged him and opened it up.

We had a delicious lunch and a break.

Then a talk, complete with years of study, charts and information on heat stress and how it affects reproduction, meat quality, lambs, etc. The study is ongoing, the speaker was extremely passionate about small ruminates and how to deal with the heat. She acknowledged that Texas heat is in a class of its own and how do we cool down rams so that they don’t become temporarily heat sterile. I piped up with BUY HIM AN AIR CONDITIONER. She was from Puerto Rico and thought she knew about heat until she got to Texas!

We stayed for the business meeting afterwards. Then loaded up Margali’s sheep, helped everyone else load sheep and headed home.

What a wonderful experience that must have been!

Happy Mother's Day

 

[Mini Horses]

Sounds like a great, informative & beneficial weekend. I love the "class room" parts! Puts a whole nother dimension on a show weekend.

 

[Baymule]

Hey! I stole a picture off FB! @Margali and I are both in it! Not standing next to each other, but we are both there! Y’all find us! Hahaha!