Friday, September 21, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Man's Best Friend
So last sunday my dog Skooter passed away. He was an awesome dog.
When I was thirteen mom and dad made the announcement that we were moving. Again. I had already said I wouldn't move unless we got another dog. They agreed to let me have a dog but said we'd have to wait until after moved. A few weeks later I came home from school and mom started scolding me the second I came up the driveway about my messy room and unmade bed. Sulkily I went upstairs to make my bed and amidst the pile of messed up sheets and blankets was a cute fluffy puppy! That evening we decided on Skooter's name via democratic process: we all submitted our name suggestions and dad picked the one he liked (funnily enough it was the name he suggested....)
Here are all the things that made Skooter so special (or "special" as some people liked to say):
Splashing in the water bowl until all the water was on the floor
pulling on his tail so hard he'd flip himself over
not eating his food unless I sat next to him
crawling into my lap to fall asleep
putting his paws on my chest pushing me over to lie on my stomach when he was too big to fit in my lap
sliding down the stairs instead of walking
pulling Kodi's tail to get him to play
diving into the river to dig up rocks the size of his head
He ate about six of mom's butterfly bushes, her really pretty rose bush, bugs, a stick of butter, shoes, cucumbers that grew through the garden fence, and many many other things. He chased the birds away for us when we came home, wouldn't come inside unless he had something in his mouth, and would make weird whining/growling noises when he was excited. He ran in his sleep (rather violently), shuffled his feet when he walked, pranced when he ran (someone at the dog park asked about that one time and dad told the man it was because Skooter was gay), and liked to push up against your feet.
Yeah he was a little slow and did a lot of dumb things, but that was what was so endearing about him. I'll never forget his droopy lips, excessive drool, and his sweet trusting temperament. He was my baby and I'll never forget him.
Skooter Vespa Toryglen Gold Digger Whitby
October 13 1997-September 9 2007
When I was thirteen mom and dad made the announcement that we were moving. Again. I had already said I wouldn't move unless we got another dog. They agreed to let me have a dog but said we'd have to wait until after moved. A few weeks later I came home from school and mom started scolding me the second I came up the driveway about my messy room and unmade bed. Sulkily I went upstairs to make my bed and amidst the pile of messed up sheets and blankets was a cute fluffy puppy! That evening we decided on Skooter's name via democratic process: we all submitted our name suggestions and dad picked the one he liked (funnily enough it was the name he suggested....)
Here are all the things that made Skooter so special (or "special" as some people liked to say):
Splashing in the water bowl until all the water was on the floor
pulling on his tail so hard he'd flip himself over
not eating his food unless I sat next to him
crawling into my lap to fall asleep
putting his paws on my chest pushing me over to lie on my stomach when he was too big to fit in my lap
sliding down the stairs instead of walking
pulling Kodi's tail to get him to play
diving into the river to dig up rocks the size of his head
He ate about six of mom's butterfly bushes, her really pretty rose bush, bugs, a stick of butter, shoes, cucumbers that grew through the garden fence, and many many other things. He chased the birds away for us when we came home, wouldn't come inside unless he had something in his mouth, and would make weird whining/growling noises when he was excited. He ran in his sleep (rather violently), shuffled his feet when he walked, pranced when he ran (someone at the dog park asked about that one time and dad told the man it was because Skooter was gay), and liked to push up against your feet.
Yeah he was a little slow and did a lot of dumb things, but that was what was so endearing about him. I'll never forget his droopy lips, excessive drool, and his sweet trusting temperament. He was my baby and I'll never forget him.
Skooter Vespa Toryglen Gold Digger WhitbyOctober 13 1997-September 9 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
ooops
I just looked at the site and I realized that the title of my post from just a few minutes ago is listed right above the title of my previous post. THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE POSTS! My sister is beautiful and NOT fat!
I'm glad my sister is pretty!
I have the CUTEST nephew in the world! Not only was I able to keep him from crying when I babysat a few weeks ago (for a little bit anyway, I guess I'm just not that same as mom...especially when she forgets to tell me what to do in case he wakes up...) but Annelise posts a million pictures of him and he just seems to be getting cuter every day! (The same can be said about my niece, but Thomas and Tori need to post more pictures!). Here's her blog site www.annelise.briggsfam.com
And she was afraid she was going to have an ugly baby!
And she was afraid she was going to have an ugly baby!
Monday, September 3, 2007
Fat
Happy Labor Day!
Seeing as I have the day off, I've been wasting my time sitting on my bum reading dumb articles on MSN. Here's what I've discovered: Brad and Angelina want to adopt another child; Puff Daddy is known as Diddy these days and held some sort of enormous party where the guests had to wear white or they weren't allowed in; the high today is 97 with a chance of thunderstorms; hurricane Felix is getting stronger; Obesity is rising in America.
Americans are fat. It's really gross. People whine about being fat but they don't do anything about it. I believe a lot of this has to do with how society is run here in the good ol' US of A.
Americans are stressed. This leads to weight gain. I feel a lot of this stress has to do with technology. Anybody can get a hold of anyone anywhere at anytime. For example, my home teacher sent me a text at 8:30 this morning. I'm sure he meant well, but I wasn't especially pleased about that. It's a holiday. I wanted to sleep in til 9 or 9:30! It seems like because you can get a hold of anyone at anytime people feel obligated that they should. You can watch tv on your cell phone, on your computer, on your ipod, and even on your television. You can record shows to your television while you're at work giving people several more shows to watch than they normally would. There are so many different kinds of video game systems, I can't even keep track of them anymore! When people finally do make it home at the end of the day after being bombarded with cell phone calls and emails all day, it is so easy to sit down in front of the television and not move until it's time to go to bed.
Gross processed foods full of saturated fat, partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, and MSG are cheaper and more accessible than whole, natural foods. It's so much easier to dump a packet of chicken flavored noodles into a pan with some water, than actually cook a meal.
It wouldn't be america unless we weren't exploiting this serious problem. Magical weight loss pills. a hundred new fail-proof diets a week, the ultimate exercise machine that will make you lose weight guaranteed. I think people feel overwhelmed and then discouraged when they realize it's not that simple. Most of the solutions people seek are not healthy or permanent.
I'm not claiming to be an expert on obesity or health and nutrition or weight loss, but most of the solutions are pretty obvious.
Take time to make healthy meals. It might take up an extra hour of your day, but that's probably the hour you were going to use to watch tv anyway. Healthy doesn't have to taste bad. People think healthy means gross low fat, low carb food. Fat, carbs, and protein are all good for you. It's eating those foods in processed for that's so bad.
Exercise! Half an hour a day. Even if you have to get up half an hour earlier. You'll sleep better by exercising so chances are you won't really be needing that extra half hour anyway.
It's ok to indulge in sweet treats every now and then, just don't make it part of your diet.
I'm not saying I'm perfect at this, and honestly, in the past 8 months, I've been pretty bad. The result is that I've gained weight. I'm not fat, but if I continue in this trend I will be. Once you're out of the habit of doing these things it is sooo hard to get back. I'm struggling myself. But anything you do to make a difference is an improvement. And the more you do it, the more you'll want to do it, and the more you'll want to be healthy.
So let's prove those scientists wrong and not be fat!
Seeing as I have the day off, I've been wasting my time sitting on my bum reading dumb articles on MSN. Here's what I've discovered: Brad and Angelina want to adopt another child; Puff Daddy is known as Diddy these days and held some sort of enormous party where the guests had to wear white or they weren't allowed in; the high today is 97 with a chance of thunderstorms; hurricane Felix is getting stronger; Obesity is rising in America.
Americans are fat. It's really gross. People whine about being fat but they don't do anything about it. I believe a lot of this has to do with how society is run here in the good ol' US of A.
Americans are stressed. This leads to weight gain. I feel a lot of this stress has to do with technology. Anybody can get a hold of anyone anywhere at anytime. For example, my home teacher sent me a text at 8:30 this morning. I'm sure he meant well, but I wasn't especially pleased about that. It's a holiday. I wanted to sleep in til 9 or 9:30! It seems like because you can get a hold of anyone at anytime people feel obligated that they should. You can watch tv on your cell phone, on your computer, on your ipod, and even on your television. You can record shows to your television while you're at work giving people several more shows to watch than they normally would. There are so many different kinds of video game systems, I can't even keep track of them anymore! When people finally do make it home at the end of the day after being bombarded with cell phone calls and emails all day, it is so easy to sit down in front of the television and not move until it's time to go to bed.
Gross processed foods full of saturated fat, partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, and MSG are cheaper and more accessible than whole, natural foods. It's so much easier to dump a packet of chicken flavored noodles into a pan with some water, than actually cook a meal.
It wouldn't be america unless we weren't exploiting this serious problem. Magical weight loss pills. a hundred new fail-proof diets a week, the ultimate exercise machine that will make you lose weight guaranteed. I think people feel overwhelmed and then discouraged when they realize it's not that simple. Most of the solutions people seek are not healthy or permanent.
I'm not claiming to be an expert on obesity or health and nutrition or weight loss, but most of the solutions are pretty obvious.
Take time to make healthy meals. It might take up an extra hour of your day, but that's probably the hour you were going to use to watch tv anyway. Healthy doesn't have to taste bad. People think healthy means gross low fat, low carb food. Fat, carbs, and protein are all good for you. It's eating those foods in processed for that's so bad.
Exercise! Half an hour a day. Even if you have to get up half an hour earlier. You'll sleep better by exercising so chances are you won't really be needing that extra half hour anyway.
It's ok to indulge in sweet treats every now and then, just don't make it part of your diet.
I'm not saying I'm perfect at this, and honestly, in the past 8 months, I've been pretty bad. The result is that I've gained weight. I'm not fat, but if I continue in this trend I will be. Once you're out of the habit of doing these things it is sooo hard to get back. I'm struggling myself. But anything you do to make a difference is an improvement. And the more you do it, the more you'll want to do it, and the more you'll want to be healthy.
So let's prove those scientists wrong and not be fat!
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