We decided to go to the Riverwoods one because they have acupuncture so we assumed Eastern medicine would be present.
It was a really good experience!
Well, as good as a car ride with Snowball can be.
The vet said that it was definitely a bite, we don't know where it came from though.
She gave him two shots, shaved the area, gave us a cream to rub on it and gave us instructions to get him a t-shirt so he wouldn't lick the area and keep it from healing.
He has to wear the t-shirt for two weeks, hopefully he makes it that long.
He has had a rough time lately, keep up the prayers in his behalf!
I apologize for the quality, I didn't have my camera so I used my phone.
And I don't have anything close to a smart phone.
It wasn't shaved yet, but you can still see how bad it is. Poor thing.
I have to start out by saying if you are the person who tried to add me on google+ today and you are reading this, stop.
You know who you are and you know I don't want anything to do with you ever again.
I blocked you from everything for a reason and it is creepy that you are still trying to find me after I told you to never talk to me again.
I would block you from looking at my blog but I can't, so just stop.
To everyone else that I love and cherish:
Yesterday I was in the photo-taking mood.
Luckily Emily called me up to hang out.
After devouring some awesome crepes with Jasmine, we headed up the canyon.
Even though the leaves weren't at their prime color, it was still beautiful!
And in the evening, I got Brian all dressed up and took him out for a stroll!
From last Wednesday to this Thursday was pronounced sad week for me by a friend.
She told me to just sit in my sadness and not judge it, just be aware of it.
I have been wearing black every day in celebration.
It is so nice to just let go of all judgements on feelings and let myself feel how I want to feel.
I have started reading the book The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran and it is beyond excellent.
I decided it would be very appropriate to quote the section that is about pain.
I quoted the entire section because it is just so magnificent.
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; and you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.
Much of your pain is self-chosen.
It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:
For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen, and the cup
he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears."
I was going to do just a quote of the day to celebrate this weekend but I didn't feel like that was sufficient enough.
This weekend was so amazing and I grew so so much,
so I thought I would just throw together a mass of quotes that I was given.
I believe this first quote was said by Brené Brown in an article about Wholehearted Living:
"Courage originally meant 'to speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.' Over time, this definition has changed and, today, courage is more synonymous with being heroic."
This second quote is in the same article but is by Abraham Maslow:
"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chose again and again. Fear must be overcome again and again."
And this last quote was given to me by a special friend, she didn't tell me who it's by but it's an awesome quote:
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
What a fun guy.
And don't be fooled by when he said bye.
After I posted the video as a reference, he asked me again for my number. It just wouldn't fit in the screen shot.
Because two of my best friends are getting married I have decided to post a marriage quote today.
I am so happy for my friends that they have found people they want to share everything with for the rest of their lives.
Personally, it sounds tiring, so i'm glad someone else is doing it instead of me!
I have spent a lot of time with one of my friends (I can't say her name because the engagement is not public yet) and her fiance and they seem like one of the best couples I've met.
The best part about them is you can just see that they love each other so much, it's practically leaking from their pores.
It's so excellent.
I am so glad they found each other and didn't fall into a meaningless/loveless marriage with someone besides each other.
Congrats to my two best friends that I love so dearly.
I hope you are the happiest you have ever been!
Now here is my quote that I believe in 100%.
Living in Utah, I see so many people just floating into pointless marriages that they are using as an escape.
I see my friends get married and three months later they have gained weight and broke out in acne and look terribly depressed.
If or when I get married, I want my husband to be my best friend.
I want to feel like I have known him my whole life.
I want him to be able to listen to me and talk with me when things are hard and when i'm hurt.
But then he will know when i'm done being sad and make me laugh.
So here's the quote:
"I don't want to be married just to be married.
I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life
So my quote for today isn't inspirational or profound, it's just beautiful and perfect.
It is from Portia De Rossi's book Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
The quote is her talking about the night she met Ellen in 2001 at a concert.
This is how I want to feel about the person I marry.
"I remember what we talked about and a joke she made as we were looking down at the mosh pit. I embarrassed myself by laughing too much and too loudly at that joke, but I simply couldn't stop. I thought she was the most amazing person I'd ever met. She was highly intelligent, sharply observant, and funny. She was so beautiful it seemed that light emanated from her bright blue eyes. I had the best night of my life. I felt good about myself around her. I was excited and yet comfortable."
I decided to do a quote from the Scriptures since it is Sunday.
I chose the scripture I did because it is somewhat the reason I don't go to church anymore.
Not the scripture itself but the people it's talking about are the reason I don't go.
I believe the people it's talking about are most often in leadership positions, and leadership positions in the church have now become such an idolatrous symbol to the members.
It just makes me so sad to see the loss of love and the swelling of pride that is taking place in the church that is supposed to be Jesus Christ's church.
Sins and trials are what perfect us in the end, yet everyone covers them up with shame and a smile.
Everyone thinks in order to be perfect we need to force ourselves and pretend we are.
But obviously, that act is completely damning and spirit losing.
If we just accept ourselves for who we are and love ourselves completely, sins and imperfections included, then we will be able to move past them more easily and honestly onto becoming happier and more able to have the presence of the spirit.
"But when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the spirit of the Lord is grieved;and when it is withdraw, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man."
The quote for today is by an awesome author and monk, Thich Nhat Hanh.
He wrote the book You Are Here which is really amazing.
I warn you, I will probably do a lot of quotes by him.
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”
Because I grew up in Provo Utah being the daughter of a bishop/stake president and was forced to attend young woman's every week, naturally I was taught to only live for men.
I remember things like "keep yourself chaste so that you will be clean. Worthy young men don't like girls who are 'used' and unclean."
Or "read your scriptures every night so that you will be spiritually prepared to meet a worthy young man and get married."
I found a flaw in these teachings: no matter what you do, you will never please anyone else 100% of the time, but you can please yourself 100% of the time.
I have looked around and realized that my community is not the only one who believes this, not at all.
Basically all of the world's woman are under the impression we are here for men.
I think it is great and awesome to want to look pretty, shave your legs, smell good etc. I just believe that we are so much better than to just live for men and not ourselves.
Comedy is a big place I believe there is a struggle with this problem.
All the girls are afraid of not looking "pretty" so there are hardly any good woman comedians out there.
I very much respect Emma Stone (of course) for being able to be herself, make weird faces and not be concerned about if she still looks pretty.
Even though she still always looks stunning.
There is also the AMAZING snl ladies: Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, and Tina Fey.
(Even though Amy Poehler is divorcing the most amazing man in the world, I still love her)
Tina Fey's book is really awesome by the way, you should check it out.
What is sad to me is Zooey Deschanel.
I know eeeeeveryone loves New Girl, but I just struggled with it.
She just takes the looking stupidly-cute approach to "being funny".
I respect her and the work she has done, I just think there is so much more potential.
I just have so much more respect for the wonderful ladies above who push the boundaries and stand up for woman!
So I what got me in the mood to make this post is the video below.
It made me so happy that these ladies (who are super beautiful) weren't afraid to make crazy faces and not always look completely straight faced-pretty.
Okay so a while back I said that I was going to make another music video.
I wasn't lying, it just took me quite some time to get it started.
It's still not finished but I thought I would put out a little sneak peek post out to get everyone who reads my blog (no one) excited!
Since I always do music videos by taking pictures and it turns out to be a stop motion type deal, I have just conjured up some pictures to post.
Since Ilikea is in the video and she is leaving on a mission in less that a week, I am going to see if I can have it done and posted before she leaves.
And I am not saying what the song is, but I will say that it is a song by Santigold (Santogold).
I usually don't like plays very much, but this was was superb.
This is us with the main cast, Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie.
We also went swimming at Quail Creek Reservoir which is right by the Sommer's condo they so kindly let us stay in again.
We aren't really big fans of lake water so we basically just stood around in the water, enjoyed the sun and met a couple of fun dogs.
Hannah and her stunning smile. She is so pretty.
My dad using my mom as a floatation device
Paul, just sitting.
Hannah, pondering life
My dad, floating around
My feet just floating happily.
One of the lovely dogs we briefly became acquainted with.
Panorama of Quail Creek.
Panorama of the plateau range by Quail Creek. I LOVE PLATEAUS
The last thing we did was hike the narrows in Zion's.
It was the first time I had ever been to Zion's and it was an excellent first experience, I now want to be there all of the time.
The first thing I noticed that I loved about it, is all of the foreign people.
I love learning about different cultures and languages, they're so beautiful and fascinating.
A particular German family took interest in Paul, especially their daughter.
I decided I really love Germans.
We hiked only about 2 miles into the narrows, we were forced to turn back when we heard thunder and saw a wall of dust flowing off the top of the canyon.
While we were hiking, Paul and I climbed a rock on the side of the canyon.
I jumped into the river from the rock and touched a fish, we both freaked out a little bit.
The thunder was followed by very heavy hale and rain.
It was the perfect visit to St. George.
Mom and Dad hiking together
The beginning of the Narrows
My wild father
Hannah, Paul and I.
Paul, looking epic as usual
My parents smiling for a picture
Paul and I climbing a rock.
Panorama of the fam.
At night as we were driving around, there was a blue orb following us.
