Day 357 (day 7 / week 50)

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

The family was nestled all snug in the bed,
and mommy was still awake,
doing push-ups and reverse crunches instead.

lol.

Seriously though. It's hard to do the exercise thing during the holidays with lots of family and a little kid, so I ended up doing something before bed. That's what I did for exercise. 3 sets of 10 push-ups and 2 sets of 25 reverse crunches.

As you all know, I miss Pebbles (my dog that we had to give back, that now has a happy home with someone else). Deep in my heart I want a pet, but I won't ever go find one. I was talking with God yesterday and in my heart I said that I would never go looking for a pet again. I thought the only way I would ever end up with a pet is if one found us (what are the chances of that happening, right?).

Today (Thursday December 24, 2009) a cat found us. The poor thing was skin and bones and just begging for attention. We were going to the grocery store and this cat approached my hubby and practically jumped in the car. It was the funniest thing. This was someone's family member at some point, because it's wearing an orange sweater, has been de-clawed but is totally emaciated.

When we got home from the store (45 mins later) the cat was still there. My son fell asleep in the car so I got him out and put him in his room, and as I came out of the hallway this cat was sitting in the middle of the living room. I have never seen this cat before today--it just totally welcomed itself into our house and home.

We went out searching for posters of this lost cat, looked on craigslist and local classified ads, but we haven't found a thing. She used to be someone's family member and it hurts me to think that she could have possibly been abandoned (so many animals in this area are being left behind w/ the foreclosure of homes). She stayed in the house and purred at our feet.

We ended up leaving again so we gave it some tuna, put it outside and left for the night. When we got home a 4 hours later, it was gone so we just went to sleep, somewhat relieved (and missing Pebbles). Funny cat.

Anyway Merry Christmas!

I can do this. I am a star.