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I have way too many things, and I thought I would clear some things out. So, I'm having my own little virtual Scrapbook Yard Sale. So, go to "Created by Calli" and that's where you will find things listed. I will be updating regularly, so check back often!

Kitty

I'm so sad today. My kitty....Kitty, had to go to heaven today. It all started a few days ago when he was acting very un-kitty like. He was whiny and lethargic and overall seemed very depressed. Last night, I let him in from outside, and he walked in the back door, took about 8 steps and laid down on the carpet and laid his head down. :( So, I called the Emergency Vet in Salt Lake and they told me some things to look for so that I would be able to take him in this morning.

I took him to Dr. Lamb, my fabulous vet, and he said he needed to keep him for a little while so that he could take some blood and watch him and then he would call me. He called me about an hour later and said it was bad news. He was in kidney failure and the vet said he didn't give him a 1 in 10 chance of survival even with very expensive treatment. He said he had either eaten something poison, or that a mouse/rat that he caught might have been poisoned. He also said that his levels were so high on his kidney test that he was surprised he was still alive. He had never seen a cat with that high of levels in his 20+ years practicing. He said he was in pain which was my main concern. With my vet's direction, I made the very hard decision to have him put him to sleep. I am so sad.

We got Kitty when he was just 4 weeks old and our friends had found him in their wood pile, and his mama was no where to be found. They nurse him with a little bottle and then we took him home...he was tiny. He could fit in the palm of my hand. He was such a snuggler, too. At first we thought that he was a she and Krista and Rachel named him "Sugar Muffin Star Princess Fiona Chocolate". Then one day my friend Carrie Moore said, "Um, I think that she is a he." What to do!? There was so much invested in his name! We tried to name him Dallas, but honestly, he's just always been called Kitty.

Kitty was an awesome hunter...often leaving presents like mouse tails, heads, feathers and beaks at various places in the garage or outside. I once saw him catch a bird out of mid air! When we lived in Oregon, he could catch moles as well! They are fast! Then we moved to Utah, and Kitty went into retirement. He got fat and lazy. However, he still brought me his token present here and there. So, until I find some more awesome pictures of Kitty, enjoy the one below. He really was just a big baby at heart.

I'll miss him.

 

Photos of Scott

I posted some pictures of Scott on his blog. The address is:

http://saltymission.blogspot.com/

Have a good day! And leave me a message.....Meredith. :)

I thought I'd take a couple weeks off.........

Yes, hard to believe that it has been a month since Scott left for the MTC. It has seemed so much longer having him gone! It has been a real change for our family, but a wonderful blessing to have him there and working and loving it. I have posted new information on his Salty Mission page.

So, in our life.....Ron is getting ready to go to Australia tomorrow for 2 weeks. He is going to play for the desendents of Joseph Smith with the Nashville Tribute Band. They have been requested to come and do the Joseph concert. If you'd like to visit their webpage, see the sidebar. Ron, Jason Deere and the guys from Due West are going. Dan Truman isn't going as he has commitments with Diamond Rio. He will be missed.

So, we've had a few things going on the last few weeks. This last weekend Jordan went to prom with his cute friend, Becca. They had a great time. That's all the information I can get out of him. :)


Krista will be attending the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City in a few weeks and will be participating in some of the clinics there, and performing a monologue as well! She made the Shakespeare team at the Jr. High and continues to be super busy in school, drama and on the Student Council.

Rachel is spending time at Courage Reins, a therapeutic riding center where she volunteers and does all the amazing things like clean stalls, work horses, take care of tack, etc etc etc.

I, am just trying to hold it all together, and sometimes incredibly very unsuccessfully. One of my adopted son, Curtis, from Oregon, who is very best friends with my boys, has been basically living at our home the last few months until he went on his mission. He just left last Wednesday for the MTC and then on to the Sydney Australia mission. While he was here, he did a lot to help get my house on the track to being painted. It is coming together and he almost got it done before he left. I am trying to get that finished in the next few days so I can get things back together. I am also trying to get the Primary program finished and finish a myriad of projects that seem to move from one to do list to another week after week.

Having lived out of Utah for the majority of my life, I have come to accept that there are many things that strictly fall into the category of "Only in Utah". Some of the things that I have seen here or that have happened to me since I have lived here have often left me completely awestruck. I have decided that I will bless you all with the occasional picture or experience that can proudly be labeled, "Only in Utah." The following picture needs no explanation: