Thursday, November 01, 2012

My Next 30 Days

So Gerald and I watched this documentary on Netflix called, Forks over Knives. Have you seen it? Pretty intriguing. It presents the research to show how societies that eat animal products (meat, dairy) have higher disease than people who eat a whole foods-plant based diet. It also showed that eating a whole foods-plant based diet would not only help prevent disease, but could reverse the effects.

Reverse? Really? Well I've got two monster knees with arthritis that I would  love to experiment on with this diet. So we are! For the month of November (minus Thanksgiving--cheat day!) Gerald and I will be eating a whole foods-plant based diet to see how it affects us. That means no food from an animal (so long milk and cheese!), along with no added fats/oils/synthetic sugars (bye soda!), but instead eating whole grains, fruits, vegetables, beans and natural sugar. To make things more interesting we're doing "before and after" of our weight, blood pressure, and heart rate. Do you think we can pull it off? We'll find out. It's already the end of day 1 and I want cows milk!

Here's a picture of our new plant food. 


We're excited to see where this leads. Perhaps just until December or maybe even more permanent...If anything I'm excited to cook with new foods. Most Americans only rotate between 6-10 meals a week, so I'm happy that this is forcing us to try different things. Plus, I find it hilarious that the manliest man I know is giving up meat to eat quinoa instead. And yes, I did have to google how to spell quinoa. Next I'll find out how to cook it!

I'll keep you posted on our adventure!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

My New Carr

"Hello, I am a 12 week old Siberian Husky.


My family brought me home 6 weeks ago.


I love to play in the yard and wrestle with my best friend, Kellie.

She is really good at wrestling... I am getting so big that soon I will win when Kellie and I play.

For now I will just try to run faster than her and distract her with my beautiful blue eyes.

My other favorite thing is chewing on sticks. My family has lots of toys for me but I will always find a stick instead.

I am a nice pup but my family says I can sometimes be a trouble maker. Good thing they keep me entertained.

I love to get my tummy rubbed.

My family is very happy I am here but wishes I could sleep in just a little bit longer in the mornings.



I hope to meet you soon so we can play.


Oh by the way, my name is...RACE CARR!"

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

My Big Move

*ahem* is this thing on?

Oh, hello there! So glad to see you're still hanging around even though this site seems like a ghost town. Well, it's no big secret that I don't write posts that frequently except with major events or when I want to update you all on my life. So let's continue with tradition shall we?

Gerald and I moved out of our apartment on 2nd and into a new flat in South Weber.
Meet our new landlords! They're my parent's for those of you who didn't know.


That's right, we are now basement dwellers and it's awesome. My parent's have been renting their basement for the past 4 years or so and were soon to be out of tenants. What a coincidence that at the same time our lease was up for our apartment. So we decided to move.

It's a win-win for both parties. We save money since rent is cheaper than the old place, there's a beautiful yard, more space, and our landlords throw some fun parties every so often ;) We're also providing some income for my parent's and are available to help them with whatever they need.

Like I said, my parent's have turned the basement into an apartment. Full kitchen, laundry, separate entrance. It's lovely. Our plan is to stay here a year or so. With the money we'll be saving we hope to eventually buy a house or use it towards schooling depending on what G decides to do after getting his bachelors.

So if you're in the neighborhood come stop by and see our new place!



Shout out to all of you who helped us move!

The Bute fam. Yes, even little Lucy was there to help boost moral!


The in-laws!


The Eppens/Madigan clan.


Derek!
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and mom and pop.


You guys are wonderful and we love you all!

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

My Friend

I know I haven't been in the blogging world since...who knows, and I can't promise things will be any different after this post, but I just had to write something.

Today I heard some tragic news. A high school math teacher of mine, and friend, passed away last night. Her name was Nancy Anderson, or Mrs. Anderson to most of us. She had been battling cancer for some time. It went away for a while but in the end, cancer did what cancer does best. But for all of us--family, friends, teachers, parents, and fellow students of hers--that isn't the way we see it, or at least, not how I see it.

Nancy was a person who followed Jesus more closely and had a devotion to God that surpassed anyone I've ever met. Her love for God flowed through everything. You could see it in the way she spoke. In the way she taught. In the way she prayed, laughed and joked. She was one of the first people to help me see that God is not just a "spiritual idea" on how to live a moral life. He created all things, therefore, he is and is in all things. There was no "sacred and secular" to Nancy. It was all sacred.

After high school I would still come by and visit Mrs. Anderson and some of the other faculty and leave her notes if she wasn't there. She always wrote me notes in reply and I still have one of them. It's written on classic "teacher paper," which is paper with apples, letters, and rulers all over it and for some reason, daffodils too. All it says is that she's thankful for my notes and hopes I'm doing well in school. Nothing too important, at least, not important enough to have kept in my wallet since 2006, but today I am extremely happy to see that note. Especially the, "Love, Mrs. A." at the bottom.

The last time I saw Mrs. Anderson was when she came to my bridal shower in August. I was so surprised to see her there because her health had been getting worse, which made me even more appreciative of her.
This is a photo from the bridal shower. Sorry it's a bit blurry.


There is far too much for me to write about this wonderful lady and the way she impacted my life, and this post is definitely not doing justice but when I think about Mrs. Anderson I don't dwell on how she died but on all the beautiful things about her. Never have I known a person to be cherished by everyone she came in contact with, and to love God as much as her. Even though today was sad, I know that she's dancing in heaven with Jesus....and teaching everyone else the quadratic equation.

I love you, Mrs. Anderson.