Life is Like a Carousel....

......Sometimes your up, sometimes your down.

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Hi everybody! How are you all on this Sunday afternoon?

What are you all doing for Valentines?

My family usually goes to the local DQ with our grandparents to get blizzards.

I could totally use a Butterfinger or Heath Toffee one right about now.

Just for kicks, what is your favorite blizzard flavor?

There are only 30 flavors to choose from!

(can't be that hard right?)

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Ok, enough about ice cream...I am seriously making me want some.

Changing subjects....

So one thing I have been doing for Valentines is some cake decorating.

I am not a cake decorator.

I am too lazy and impatient to do a good job.

But this time I decided to change my attitude and do the best I can do.

This first one is one I did at a girls spa night.

The lady who was supposed to come teach us stuff was late cause her car broke down.

So we decorated cakes and made bath salts while we were waiting.

Mine was supposed to be a valentines cake, but it looks Christmasy.

So....it is what ever you want it to be. :)

My sister and I then decorated two cakes to take down to the ER.

(our church takes meals to them once a month)

This is the one I decorated. It turned out better than I even hoped for!

That's what I get for being patient!

I need to do it more often..... nah.

This is the one Emi, the cake decorator of the family, did.

They are both so cute! But not has been so fine and dandy. Friday night our cat Danny had a stroke and lost the total use of his back legs. He was in bad condition, so we called the emergency number for the vet and got him in. The Dr. said that since he has heart conditions anyways (and enlarged heart), he most likely had a blood clot in his aorta artery. He said there wasn't anything they could really do except give him some medicine to calm him down and keep him over night. The next morning they called to say that he died in the night. *********************** I don't really talk to many people about this because alot of people think I'm dumb to be so torn up about it. True, he was just a cat. But he was also my friend and companion. He made me laugh, made me mad, made me feel better. I enjoy animals. I like being around animals more than people. I can understand them better, they don't talk back, I know how to deal with them, I can read their body signals, and they don't stab you in the back. My pets were my friends when I had none. (am i dramatic enough? gees...) I think you get the picture. I'm sure many of you have had a pet die, and my case is nothing special. But I'm a dramatic baby so....need I say more? ;) ********************** Well on that happy note. I hope your weekend went better than mine. And if not, just take comfort that we are in the same boat. luv ya guys. Ash

Bad days

Bad days, everybody has them. Well, today was mine. I'm sick with the flu, feel like poop, and just found out that my "adoptive grandpa" (aka...a older man I was really close to at church) died today from either a heart attack or stroke. Totally unexpected. I feel sooo bad for his wife. (my adoptive grandma)

Kinda feel like crying, kinda can't. So, yeah, that is the story of my bad day. But we shall not dwell on the negative shall we? There is always positive mixed in with the negative....the positive I dwell on is that God is in control. No matter how bad it gets, He has got it under control. He has it all planned out, and it is always for your good, whether it seems like it or not.

Also, as my mom often reminds me, someone always has it worse off than you. You're having a bad day? Well, someone in the world is having a bad week, month, or heck...even a year!

Another thing that cheers me up is music! AAHHHH.....what would life be without it? Here is a song that always cheers me up. :)