Day 282

This is my before picture. I am working out every day, well 5 days a week. I am hoping that the pictures down the road will help keep me motivated. I am excited to see some changes!

Day 281

I have been using my headphones that I got when I bought my IPhone over a year ago. I am using them because my skullcandy headphones broke and I keep forgetting to get new ones. Then I remembered I had a 2nd pair. I found them and was excited to use them. I went and worked out at the gym but forgot them at home by accident. I put them next to my computer so I wouldn't forget them the next day. One of my children cough cough (Evan) cough cough "found" them and decided that the ear cushions were something that would taste yummy! Oh Children........../sigh

Day 280

I thought I had a crib downstairs in the boy's room, it was for Evan but he now sleeps on the bottom bunk bed. Since he has moved I have come into their room more than once and found the cats like this! Silly kittys!

Day 279

Some days are rougher than others......but no matter how hard of a day or easy of a day is when you see something like this it ALWAYS melts my heart.

Day 278

Today this young man (the adult not the child) will be laid to rest. His name was Jake. I wasn't friends with him. I was in his ward many years ago. I knew of him and I knew his family. I learned of his passing on Monday. He took his life Sunday night.

I have had a difficult week. I don't know why I am having such a time with him passing. I wasn't friends with him. I do remember him but it's been many years since I went to my Dad's ward. He's been on my mind a lot this week. My heart breaks for his family. My heart breaks even more for him. To be that sad, to think this was his only choice was to leave this world. 

I never realized until this week how much I mean to other people. I don't know why I realized this. But I mean more to my kids than I mean to myself, if that makes sense. 

I am not able to go to the funeral due to Richard's work hours. Looking at his pictures on his Family's FB brings tears in my eyes, and with me not being the type of girl to cry I am just confused to this all. All I know is I pray that his family feels comfort, that they can work through their issues and they will be able to see their son again someday. I pray that he now realizes how much he meant to his family and how much he will be missed even by people he didn't know.

Day 277

 Above is a picture of my Words With Friends game with Richard notice my tile choices, REALLY? So I decided to swap 4 tiles and if you notice the picture below what letter choices I got after I swapped the 4 tiles.................Ya that's fair!

Day 276

Working on the kitchen floor. The cat and dog decided to stare each other down! Neither would move their eyes off the other. Silly animals!

Day 275

I saw this past spring and had to get it for Toby. He doesn't get it but I sure do! Love this shirt! Makes me laugh!

Day 274

Today I learned some heart aching sad news. My old neighbor lost the battle to depression and last night he took his own life. He was only 27. 

http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1687725&fh_id=13348

I knew his Mother and Sister more than I did him. But I do remember him. I found out about his passing from my Dad. He was outside when the ambulances and police were going up the road towards their house. They live in a gated community just up the street from my Dad's house and in his ward. When he got there he discovered what had happened. My Dad then took care of the aftermath (he shot himself). He called the service to come and clean it up but no one was available to come that day and my Dad did not want to make the parents wait any longer and cleaned up the mess. 1 I don't know how my Dad did that and 2 it just melted my heart that my Dad was brave enough to do it for the family. What a horrible thing they didn't have to go through and he offered to do it for them. I still don't know how he did it. 

Day 273

This is Miss Alice just hanging out with her Daddy! She was relaxed and enjoyed sitting on him like this!