Weigh in Surprise

Well today was my weigh in. I was sure that I gained. I was praying that I was the same weight and hadn't gained atleast. But this morning when I stepped on the scale....I was down 1.8lbs! I reweighed myself like 5 times to make sure it wasn't some fluke lol

So yay me! 215.4 On my way to Onderland baby!

When I woke up this morning I decided to go for my morning walk. It wasn't too chilly out but it was lightly raining. But the next two days are supposed to be very cold in the low teens or single digits. So I didn't want to waste the nice day not walking just cuz of a little rain.

Then when I got home I rested for a bit, checked facebook and such lol. Then I got busy cleaning my room. It was alot of work. I rearranged things, organized and cleaned. I now have a lovely spot to workout and do yoga.

After that I brought in the Wii and the dvd player which was a pain to unhook from the living room tv. And I got the dvd working but not the Wii. I have zero ideas why it isn't working. I feel like I need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to hook stuff up. Everything is plugged in where it should be but it is just not working idk. Which means I have to wait until my DH's day off Wednesday, then bug him until he fixes it for me.

But since the dvd player was working I did Walk Away the Pounds Dvd, 1 mile. After dinner I am going to do another mile and some yoga.

So from now on when the weather isn't being lovely I will do the dvd and/or Wii.

After my workout I took the rats out to play in the newly cleaned bedroom. Khaleesi enjoyed it. She ran all around exploring. Her daughters decided to just hide and/or sit on me. But Ill let them out daily now that the room is picked up and they will get used to it.

Besides that I had some horrible nightmares last night which took awhile for me to shake off. I ate really good today and drank lots of water.

I am determined to make it through the week with no regrets. Wish me luck!

A good day turned bad.

Today was the longest day ever. I am beyond exhausted & feel god awful horrible.

It started with me waking up at 5:30am...I went to bed later than I wanted so I didnt get much sleep. Then I had to get ready and get out the door by 7:30am. I went and worked at the spay clinic. It was amazing. I really enjoyed the work. I got to help all these different cats. We had 14 cats to do, only 3 were male. The cats all got rabies, distemper, eat tipped, and flea med. I learned ALOT. I also got to watch the neuter & spays, up close and personal! During 3 spays I held the oxygen mask. It was interesting to watch. I didn't mind the blood & guts at all. I have no idea how the vet does it though because everything looked the same too me! I have never seen a surgery before and it was way different then I imagined.

I am going to start volunteering at the shelter now too. I really liked it. Everyone was super nice. I felt really great too because the woman who invited me gave me some awesome compliments. She was very impressed with all the work I did. Said I should be a vet tech because I just got right in there and took to everything so natural.

It was weird because with my anxiety I really am not good at knowing what to do in unknown situations. But I did do really good. There were some awkward moments for me. A few times I had alittle bit of panic when I wasn't sure what to do. But I am more comfortable around animals and everyone was so relaxed it helped alot.

So I am super proud of myself for that. I was there from 7:30-3pm & then at the shelter until 4pm. As soon as I got home I had to walk down to tractor supply co to get cat food. Which sucked. It was so hot outside and carrying a huge bag of cat food home was work..counting that as a strength workout! lol

But after that I just crashed. I felt so sick, so tired, so sore, so dead. I got dizzy and fell once. Part of it was that I ate just a small bowl of oatmeal for breakfast and then the entire time I was gone I didn't drink or eat...uh yeah not smart. I just got too busy I didn't think of it.

Then to make things worse...instead of eating something healthy and good when I got home I decided to go across the street to the icecream shop (that yes is right smack across the street from my home) & get a chocolate milkshake. So dumb. Then I ate dinner late because I was just feeling god awful.

I need to be smarter and make better choices for sure. But it made my mood crash so hard. I was cranky & tired and whiny. It didn't help that the people I live with are slobs and I awoke to a huge mess....

Anyways I am exhausted and am going to go pass out because I am dead tired. Tomorrow will be better.

Feral Kittens

So for a while now I have been worried about all the feral cats hanging around my apartments. There are two groups, one completely feral and one group that is part stray/abandoned and perhaps outside pets?

The feral group is at least 8 cats possibly more. I thought I had counted over 10 before but some disappear. I had contacted the local shelter to find out info on trap & release groups. Groups that would trap the ferals, spay or neuter them and then set them free again. Well the shelter told me that they would take in any friendly cats or young kittens and gave me the contact info for the TNR group. I contacted the group but they told me they couldn't help at this time, they have too many cats they are dealing with and have a long waiting list :(

Anyways yesterday I was taking out the trash and hear a poor little baby crying. I couldnt leave it there and remembered the shelter told me they would take the kittens. So I went to help him & found his siblings! Four of them total!

They were born in a hollowed out tree & he fell out and was scared and crying. I got a carrier and grabbed them all up & brought them in & called the shelter. Well...the shelter tells me they have no room currently and no open fosters and basically that I am out of luck. It kindof really upset me, I understand it takes available fosters and money. But I felt they could have tried to help more.

So I turned to the internet, posting on some facebook pages & craigslist and on a cat forum. This cat forum was so helpful & nice to me. A big shout out to them! Great people there.

Anyways I started thinking they were younger then I thought and they were not accepting food. It was too late for me to walk to the stores to get milk & a bottle. So the forum suggested I try to put them back out and see if the mom would take them. She did! I put them in a dog house that is left out there for them. I didn't want them falling out of the tree again plus that tree was pretty nasty inside of it. Mom came back and all felt well for the time being.

That night I also got in touch with someone who saw my post on craigslist and they found someone to take the kittens!! She is in a nearby town so it is a drive. She can't come down until Sunday so I am holding on to them until then. I have them now, so the mom wouldn't move them and also the woman coming to take them was worried because they were crying but I didnt see any sign of the mom all morning/afternoon.

I am so happy I could help them. They are going to get homes with people who will love them and care for them. And best of all they won't be outside adding to the population of ferals!

These babies are adorable, as all babies are! They are black with a little patch of white on the
chest/belly. One is extremely friendly. He is sweet, curious, not afraid at all. He also has six toes lol. He likes to kick me with his back legs then flip over for belly rubs! It is just too cute. I am fairly sure he is the one that fell because he just won't stay still for anything!

Two of the others are a bit timid but warm up to me pretty well. The fourth I have nicknamed "Satan" as he is an evil little dude. He throws big hiss fits and wants nothing to do with me at all. But I am going slow and trying to warm them up to people before Sunday.

Sorry bad pics I was using my phone in my bedroom which has bad light.

This is good practice for me. It is my dream to foster pets someday, when I get a house! My DH is so going to kill me when he gets home lol!

WIAW #1

One of the blogs I follow called Peas and Crayons (which is an amazing blog btw) does this WIAW (What I Ate Wednesday). Thought I would join in on the fun!



I actually am doing what I ate yesterday. Pfft day one and I am not even doing it right! lol

I had a very busy day of cooking new things yesterday but I actually ate horrible. I had red pepper hummus & reduced fat wheat thins. Which is one of my favorite things ever. I was planning on making cream cheese wontons. I was using the deep fryer my husband begged and wanted oh so badly for Christmas like 3 Christmases ago but has never been taken out of the box... So I had to unpack it, clean it and figure out how to use it.

The deep fryer is actually really nice and will be fun to use sometimes. But I am a moron and thought the almost full small bottle of oil would be enough. It was not...so my husband said he would go to the store and grab some quick. Three hours later I was still waiting... so yeah. He finally did go though so yay.

The cream cheese wontons are super easy to make and oh so yummy. My sister would get them at Panda Express & decided to try and make them herself and found a recipe online. You just take creamcheese, garlic to taste, add green onions = mix all that together. Scoop into wonton wrappers, wet the edges to seal. Then fry them up until golden brown. I love that the edges get all crispy but the center stays a bit moist. Even the DH loved them and pretty much ate all of them.

Then for dinner I decided to make lasagna rolls. I had seen it on pinterest using pepperoni. But I decided to make them with italian sausage instead.  I also had them at Olive Garden before. They turned out great. Very yummy. I need to remember next time to separate the noodles right away or they start to all stick together. Many noodles lost their lifes being ripped apart. RIP.

It was not as pretty as I had hoped. But delicious, and that is what really matters. I used ricotta mixed with 2 huge handfuls of spinach chopped, some garlic, a few shakes of parmesan cheese & mozzarella. Italian sausage and a store bought prego light & smart sauce.

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This morning I got up and took my morning walk. It was not a great start to my day really. I woke up right before the alarm when off- which is great. I feel so much more awake when I do that. I have to adjust my morning routine though because it takes me FOREVER to get out the door. Like 45 mins. I just am so slow in the morning.

I walked 0.95 miles for 23.30 mins & it felt like it was going to kill me. Meh so out of shape right now. I am being positive about it because I know right now it may feel like a killer but as I keep doing it things will get better. 

Tonight for dinner will be leftovers with a nice salad. I am planning on making Chicken & Avocado salad for lunch. Instead of mayo using greek yogurt. Because ewww mayo.


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Pet Wise:

Switching my kitties food. I am going to start giving them wet alittle at first and upping it so they mostly eat wet. I am also going to switch their dry to a different brand. I will be sure to mix it in with their old brand so they slowly adjust. No Worries!

Trixie is working on loose leash walking & stay/release/recall. I am making some slow progress. It takes alot of effort & patience.