Photo Safari

Sarah and I decided we wanted to get together every so often and go on little photo safari's. We went to the Salt Lake cemetary up where my sister is buried. We could not find were she was on this trip though cause she is piggy back on someone else's plot. but here are some of the pictures I took.

I loved this cause in the break in the trees you could see to the mountains on the other side of the valley.

I thought this was cool cause the sky was so blue and the there were three seperate jet streams going on.

I think this statie is so pretty

This is a little Angel statue for a child. its a pretty but kind of creepy statue

same statue, different angle.

New laptop

So Chris and I got a new laptop. Pugslee hates it cause he thinks he should be in my lap and not the laptop. And since I had so much homework this last semseter I spent all my time on the computer doing homeowrk.. this is his attempt to be in my lap with the laptop...

Aprils Sushi and Sake party

April had a sushi and sake party and we had a blast.. lots of laughs and an all around good time.

April, Sarah and I jammed in the doorway.. we were trying to dance with each other and we've gained a little since the last time and instead of being sexy we all got wedged.. and then we were all laughing so hard we couldn't unwedge, and Chris was laughing and taking pictures. LOL

Note to self: never give Josh the camera.. this was the cleanest of all the pictures he took. lets just say I had like 100 random photos.. and it was a full moon four times... LOL
Chris and Jake talking about guy stuff...

All hanging out in April's spare room.

Niss, April and Sarah.. showing me what they've got..

A grown up "Little" James and April

Jake had just been cutting sushi... he made all this amazing yummy homemade sushi that night.. all though right here he looks like a serial killer LOL

Jake cutting Sushi

Sarah and I laughing

My little Baboon

So my Pugslee has been a sick little cat for a while now. In October I noticed that he kept getting in and out of the cats box a lot like he couldn't go. I thought that it was a hair ball, because he had something similar a few years back and got all backed up. I was thinking he just couldn't go and was giving him hairball medicine. Well after about a month I realized that he was losing weight so I took him in to the vet and it wasn't a hairball at all.

The vet said he had an abscessed tooth, and a bladder infection. The infection from his mouth had spread into his urinary tract when he would wash himself. So he had surgery to remove one of his front fangs (I cried I love his front fangs he looks like a saber tooth tiger) and they cleaned his teeth and sent him home with antibiotics. Then his mouth heals nicely, but he just can't kick the bladder infection. He took amoxacillon for two weeks and then they had him take it for a couple more weeks cause there was still blood and cells in his urine.

Then after maybe a month i was still not clearing up, so they put him on a more broad antibiotic. This one was a pill, lets just talk about how fun that was. I felt like such a hypocrite, I can't swallow pills and I am having to shove pills down his throat. He was not making it easy on me either.. he hated me the first couple weeks... I think he has finally stopped holding a grudge cause he has been on continuous meds for like 4 months.

So the broad antibiotics don't work, he is still sick so they take him off meds for a week and do a culture to find out what is growing and what meds will kill it. They get the results back.. This poor fricken cat.. he has E-coli and a MRSA staff infection. Neither of which respond at all to medication. They had to do a pill cocktail in order to kill it. So he took that for about 4 weeks, but he still kept getting in the cats box like he had to go all the time. So I take him back in to check on his infection and that FINALLY cleared up but there was still a lot of blood in his urine. So they tell me they have to do this x-ray that involves dye, so they have to put him under to do it. He said usually it's one of three things... stones being one of them and after everything that has happened in the last few weeks I forgot the other two. Anyways, they go in and find that he has stones.. but also that there is a thick lining on the wall of his bladder and that his bladder doesn't expand past the size of a golf ball and it should get almost softball sized. On top of that when they injected the dye it backed up into his Kidneys which is NOT good at all.

So of course I am having a panic attack. They tell me that he needs to have a major surgery to get the stones out and look and see what is going on with the lining of his bladder and his kidney's. So they go in and do the surgery and remove the stones and find that he has a tumor growing on his bladder, its benign and doesn't spread but does frequently come back in the same spot. They also found nothing wrong with his kidney's, but the cord that connects them was twisted weird. He has to stay at the vets for almost 3 days... I missed him so much while he was gone. I was hoping I would get to cuddle with him again. He finally came home with a pharmacy I might add. He has to be on a special low mineral diet and take a daily supplement that is a anti-inflammatory. Plus for the next couple weeks he has to take pain meds, antibiotics, and this other med that helps him heal. UGH! This poor little guy is sure a fighter. He came home with a incision about 3 inches long and stitches, which they say he can't lick or pull... YEA RIGHT... he's a cat... first thing after he got out of the carrier... he finds the stitches.. we were just getting ready to go to the lakers game and I didn't know if I should leave him I was afraid he'd pull his stitches while we were gone.. so Chris is like "I'll cut up a shirt and just put a sleeve over him he'll leave it alone" (right). I told him he'll take it off, he is not gonna wear it, Chris is like there is no way he is going to get it off. So we come home from the game and its on the floor by the door and he is sitting on the couch glaring at us with his ears laid back... I got a good "told ya so" in.

He has to go in every two days and get this treatment where they put anti-inflammatory and other things in his bladder to flush it out and they said he'll smell like garlic afterwards... but honestly he smells like olives.. Its just wrong. I hate when he goes cause then he doesn't smell like himself he smells all wrong. So that is what I have been going through for the last few months. I am hoping he is almost done being sick. He is however healing very nicely though, other than being whiny you really can't tell that he has been through all that. Here are some pics of him. He had to have his Butt shaved cause since he was in the cats box all the time it was impossible to keep him clean and he smelled like urine. So the shaving helped me clean him easier. That is why I call him my Little Baboon.

with his Butt shaved...

from behind....

his pathetic I don't feel good look.. seen a lot of that lately...so sad

The "Sleeve" need I say more?

Valentines day!

On Valentines day Chris and I decided to keep it simple, and not spend a lot of money. We weren't supposed to get each other gifts...he didn't stick to that... and he got me 2 really pretty necklaces. I stuck to our deal of just making a nice romantic dinner and my surprise desert. So I made a heart shaped fruit pizza just for Chris, because he loves berries and I dispise them, I made it full of berries. Here is a picture.

Jazz Vs Lakers

So Margie gave Chris Lakers/Jazz tickets for Christmas, and the Game was on Wednesday. We had a blast. I have become a fan of the Jazz, and I am a total Deron Williams fan. But I love the Lakers too. Phil Jackson is my favorite coach, I love him from back in the days when the Chicago Bulls ruled the world. Chris is a Lakers fan and loves Kobe Bryant and thinks he is a awesome player. (BOO!) I don't like him but I do really like Derek Fisher. I wasn't even sure who I was rooting for going into the game so I was clapping and cheering for both teams. I was getting some dirty looks, I was afterall wearing a Lakers shirt. But in the end I was just totally going for Utah, they were kicking ass and taking names. LOL Deron was making some awesome shots and had the crowd screaming MVP at the end. The end was a tense time, they kept tying it up, and everyone was screaming and yelling so loud that my ears were ringing the next day. But Utah won 112 to 109. It was a great game... here are some pics

Kobe warming up

starting line up

Phil giving a great talk no doubt

Phil again... love this man

Derek Fisher

good action shot

my man Deron with the ball... wahoo

Kobe shooting a foul shot

Kobe doing a jump shot

The Annual Super Bowl Party

So I had my annual super bowl party again this year. Had a pretty good turn out. Kellie came and helped me get everything done and then we chit chatted and waited for everyone to get here. Usually I do a grease fest with all homemade fried food, like chicken strips, finger steaks, onion rings and cheesesticks. Its good ONCE a year. But this year I decided I didn't want to stand on my feet for 4 hours frying only to find out that everyone ate everything and I am hungry and now too tired to make food. So we made homemade pizza instead. lots easier and cleaner. I made a football shaped cake for the festivities, and Corey brought a shrimp dip that everyone was crazy about. Chris missed most of the party but came in at the end. People that came include Jonny, Corey, Will, Sarah, Yolanda, Jayda, Kellie and Sam came over at the end as well. Jayda was excited she was the only steelers fan... tough crowd. LOL

Football cake

Kellie wanted me to pose with it and I almost dropped it in the floor. I would have cried!

Kellie getting ready to fry the sausage for the pizza

Our spread before other contributers arrived

Corey showing me "See" food. LOL

Will with his henekin

Yolanda...

Group photo everyone say "FOOTBALL"..