Broken Heart

Tonight our hearts are broken. Our beloved kitty, Puppy, was hit by a car and instantly killed. I don't think I've cried this much in a really long time. I'm surprised that there is still moisture left to come out my eyes.

I know a lot of people think it's dumb to cry over animals, but this one was different. Puppy and his brother Roy came to us feral.  We spent a lot of time and effort helping them to become tame. We couldn't help but love them both with all our hearts because we put so much of our hearts into them.
They have/had become a part of our family.

Puppy would follow me to the mailbox every day. He came running when I called his name. He loved to play with Phoebe in the front yard as she marched around with a long string hanging down for him to chase. He loved to lick. I'll always remember his love to lick with his warm sandpaper tongue. Anywhere I went, he came with me. He stayed in the garage and watched me the whole month I spent building the pallet bookshelf. He would always walk over and lie down on the wood I was working on, which meant it was time to give him attention. There is so much more I could write, but I don't want to bore you.

We had a little funeral for him today. We wrapped his body in a towel and layed him in his grave. We all tearfully said goodbye and bawled our eyes out as phoebe put her valentine in the grave with him. Phoebe's valentine is a picture of her and Puppy .

As for Roy, I don't really know what to say. We brought him over to Puppy before we buried him. He sniffed him and then went crazy, as Roy tends to do, and ran off. He seems to be bored and yet super skittish... more so than normal. I know he must miss his best friend terribly.

There will never be another kitty like Puppy. He was one in a million. We loved him with all our hearts, and we will miss him until we meet again. I'm sure we will see him again. I know that Puppy and our baby are watching over us together and I can just picture them up there having fun.

Happy Valentines Trip

Happy Valentines Day everyone! We had a great time going to visit my parents and spending a day there. We actually went to deliver two feral cats to my sister and we had to get them out of our garage asap because kitty litter and cat food is expensive! That will be fun for her family getting to tame those cats. But anyway, it was nice to spend time with everyone. I love my parents so much! My dad gave me a woodworking lesson and Trevor and he played with a power washer. The kids ran around the property like hoodlums and Carter terrorized everyone. All in all a wonderful trip!

Things I Hate

Hey guys, my sister just did a post on her blog about things she loves, which gave me a really bright idea to do a post about things I hate. Good idea right? Yeah I know, it's amazing. Here we go.

Things I hate:

Fake people. However, I can have sympathy. It's hard to be real with a room full of people you don't know. Scary! So I amend this to fake people who remain fake no matter how long you know them.

My messy house. It's only loveable when it's clean.  Some days it feels like I'm treading through mud in slow motion to get it clean. Ah well, a work in progress.

Colored carpet. I am not a lover of any colors other than brown or cream. This does not go for rugs. Rugs must be wild colors! I really especially hate navy blue carpet which is the color we currently have.

Complainers who complain about the same thing over and over and never try to fix what they are complaining about.

People trying to sell me stuff. If I want to buy the item, I will go buy it. Stop coming after me with your sales pitch!

Things that break over and over again no matter how many times and different ways you fix them.

Doubters. Doubters aren't nice. Believe in people, people! Except sometimes doubters can act as a catalyst and propel me forward when the odds are stacked against me. Hmmm. YAY DOUBTERS!!

Get togethers with too much stuff planned. I just want to chill out and talk. And play. But mostly I don't like forced activities. I'll never forget this one Relief Society Meeting...oh the horror! Everyone had to participate in acting a story out. It was awful. You could not sit out even if you wanted. I tried and was guilted into coming back.

Well this concludes my list of things I hate. Thanks for making it here to the end.

What Makes Me Happy

You guys all know that I enjoy crafting,  building, making, creating, designing, painting, but did you know what really makes me happy? Health. Exercise. Taking care of my body.

I kind of forgot this the past few years. I was running and exercising, but I really needed to clean up my diet. This past month has been spent re-teaching myself how to eat. And my family too. We've been doing this together, and I've never been happier! I love that I can pass up sweets and not feel deprived. As much as I love tamales,  I can show some self control and have them as a treat now and then.

I want to be real though, I have days where I want to stuff myself with candy bars and pizza. I want to eat fatty food and throw caution to the wind. But if I hold out, the feelings always pass.

A while ago, one of my sisters introduced me to this cool site  www.dietbetter.com. If you are looking for motivation, holy hannah you have found it. We entered a four week challenge and it was truly fun and highly motivating. You all should check it out.

I've had a few people ask where I'm getting my recipes for protein bars and food. I use Jamie Eason's recipes on bodybuilding.com. I've tried lots of other recipes and hers are just so yummy. Also, Tosca Reno has some amazing cookbooks that I own and use almost every night. Also, The Shredded Chef is amazing, and my personal favorite Bill Phillips. Oh Bill. Back when I was 18, I was introduced to his program and it has been the foundation to my love of fitness ever since. He has a new program that was just introduced btw. It's called Back To Fit. Love it.

Okay. So anyway. ....

Catch up

Well here we go. I was going through my phone tonight looking at the random pictures that are magically on there. Sometimes I just don't understand how or when they got on my phone, but I love discovering them.

Slacker

Wow. Where did January go? I am really doing bad this year at blogging. Sorry.

A few weeks ago, we had Logan's pinewood derby. We approached this one differently than the last. Logan was convinced this year he wanted a really super cool and more life-like car. Trevor and I both had a lot of fun helping him. There was a lot of wood that went into this beauty and in the end, you guessed it, no lead.

Before we even started building it, we talked about how if we built a pretty car, it probably wouldn't win. Logan decided he wanted to sacrifice that for his cool car. Before the derby even started, everyone had to vote for the prettiest and best looking car or in other words "The People's Choice". Guess whose car won? Yep. Logan's.  It was just like winning the fastest car.