Say What???

I was reading usmagazine.com the other day and Heidi and Spencer Pratt were talking about how they pray that they stay famous. That was seriously their prayer. Now I am okay with people talking to God and saying what they feel but to pray that you stay famous?? That bothered me. Here's why...My husband quit his job in NC and we moved back to Knoxville, TN. We wanted to be close to family and friends. He held his new job for two months and then he was laid off. He was out of work for 3 months and got another job - a really good job that he liked. He was there for about 5 months, then he was laid off, yet again. He was out of work for 6 months this time - he looked everywhere. In the meantime, I had a baby, developed an ulcer, and severe anxiety and our son was kicked out of preschool (another story for another time). So life wasn't the best and stress was high.

He finally found a job out of town, three hours away from friends and family in Murfreesboro, TN. We moved, we bought a house, we settled in. Our cat ran away, and my husband was laid off once again after two months. He developed Kidney disease, we survived a tornado, our house phone died and we had to replace it (money we didn't have), our lawn mower died in the middle of mowing the lawn, our car broke down and is working on breaking down again, my uncle passed away and my son starts Kindergarten at the end of this month. My ulcer is burning at an all time high, my anxiety is through the roof and not to mention I can't sleep. My husband is terribly depressed, we miss our cat (although I refuse to give up finding him), and the phone isn't ringing off the hook from hiring managers just waiting for us to start that fantastic dream job. So when I read that Heidi and Spencer were praying to stay famous??? I did get mad - I am praying for my husband to find a job, for our cat to come home, for our health and safety, for our car to make it the grocery store and back safely. I do feel blessed because things could be worse and if I didn't have God to turn to, there would be nothing. But still....Am I being too harsh? You tell me? Thoughts?

Missing My Furbaby

On March 15, my indoor only cat, Choxie sneaked out without us noticing. It was about 10:30 at night and i didn't notice until about 1:30am that he was not in his bed sleeping. My husband and I searched all around looking for him and searched and called outside and even drove around to no avail. It has been 32 days now and he has not been seen. We are more than heartbroken. At first we had a couple of sightings but now no one has seen him. We did have one neighbor say that he was on his deck a couple of weeks ago so we went back to ask if we could set out a humane trap to catch him and he won't even answer the door. It sort of makes me wonder if he has him. His daughter came to the door one day and said, "we have a poster, we'll call you if we see him." It hurts me that they are less than willing to help. If they lost their pet I am sure they would tap all their resources looking for him just like we are.

A week ago we had a search dog come in and he discovered his scent in our yard and up in a huge field about 3 miles away from our house. Unfortunately we also saw coyote tracks there. Hopefully he is staying away and hidden from him. We have set out three humane traps and a game camera to catch him but so far, nothing. I am scared that he is gone forever. We got him to protect him and love him and we let him down. If you are reading this, I just ask for your prayers for his safe return.

We miss you Choxie, come home baby.