Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Strange things afoot, happy puzzling things, and not so nice things


Not sure if I mentioned this before, but our friend Rachel watched a disturbing documentary called What the Health on Netflix here at our house. One could claim it a documentary that totes the vegan agenda, but I'm not so sure, not when I've had a previous doctor talk about a couple of the things that were mentioned in the film. The film mostly talks about how meat and dairy affect our bodies and what happens when you stop eating those things. Yesterday, we watched a supporting film at her house called Vegucation, and that one you kind of need to be prepared for or skip some of the farm scenes because it is graphic. The vicious animal abuse the food industry gets away with is criminal. I've been to a farm many times growing up and I know it is possible to treat animals with respect and kindness, even if they are being raised for sustenance, so I was a bit shocked by just how horrible animals are being treated in the big industry farms. This film deals with the meat and dairy industry primarily. Since Amanda and I both love animals and have both been vegetarian in our younger years,  we decided become so again. Amanda wants to push toward being a vegan but I'm not quite there. I could give up milk just fine, its the butter and cheese I'm worried about. We are going to try a few substitutes though. 

While out to dinner with Amanda's cousin from Seattle and his family, he asked about when we are going to be in Seattle for our honeymoon in October. We didn't know exact dates just yet because we are still trying to finalize what all we are going to do, but we gave him a rough estimate. He said as soon as we know, let him know and where we would like to stay because he and his wife want to cover our hotel stay. I was shocked. I wanted to cry. I'm not used to people outside of my family doing such tremendous things for me or us and when they do I always wonder why. A couple of friends let us stay with them when Amanda was starting to work at the paper just until we could get into an apartment. They helped us move our furniture even. But its not just these big things, its the little things too. I don't know how I'm going to repay these wonderful people. 

In other news, my therapist stumbled on a place in town called Fat Girl Yoga and thought of me. The first class is free so she wanted to know if I would try it. I went to the website and looked at it and signed up for the first class. I also got Amanda signed up and showed my friend Chris and my friend Rachel. They are signed up too. I figure, heck yeah, I'll do it. Chris and I have been wanting to get Yoga started together for awhile, this just might jump start us. Also, I can ask some questions and see about what not to do in regards to my back. 

Lastly, another group of kids have been on our patio, this time to play with some of our stuff. Since we've already had a pumpkin stolen (which was why we decided not to plant them this year), we aren't going to put up with that crap. I scared the little brat who was trying to make off with our watering can and glared at her older sister who was heading over with some attitude. She shut her mouth quick and pulled her sister away. Definitely going to speak to the office about this. None of these kids have boundaries and none of the parents around here seem to care. My parents would have kicked my ass for this crap when I was growing up and no because they were strict, but for respect for others and their property. 

One final note, for my American friends, I hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July! We ended the day by driving up a mountain high enough that we could see the fireworks from downtown Spokane and the ones in Airway Heights. Two shows plus what everyone else was shooting off for nothing. Then we sat in the dark to admire the twinkling lights of the city and the stars. The moon was so bright! It was awesome!     

7 comments:

  1. I love your makeup in the previous post! The new healthy choices sound awesome and from personal experience have lasting effects for the good of the body. My 14 yr.old daughter became vegetarian also and has staved off her horrible migraines since{ she made this decision after watching Vegucatation} and I'm also vegetarian. As for the little brats in your complex pull out the old witchery card, hang some symbolic talismans and remind them that two lovely witches live there but will not tolerate disrespect less they want to be turned into little toads l.o.l.

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    1. I like the witch card - I keep telling Hannah we need to hang some things out there to give them a reality check :)

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    2. Thank you, I am trying something different with my eyebrows and am starting to get the hang of it.
      Yay for staving off horrible migraines! That's awesome! I hate migraines. Whoot for vegetarianism too!
      I think if we did some witchy stuff outside, it would have to be something no one could take. We have some neighbors who like to take stuff that don't belong to them around here. I don't want anything of value to go missing.

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  2. I like the vampire with the ketchup bottle - We are going to be vegetarian vampires. ^_^ This makes me happy. I already feel emotionally better about this decision and I can't tell you how blessed I feel that you are going with me on this meat-free journey. <3

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    1. I thought the pic was fitting. Blessed is a word for it. LOL

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  3. We had a pretty good 4th. Monongahela does not scrimp on the fireworks that's for sure!
    It was neat to see them go off over the river and the finale was spectacular.

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    1. That's so awesome! I'm glad you got to see them and had a good time. *hugs*

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