Happy Birthday Muffin!

Hey guys! Happy 1st day of April. Remember to say "rabbits rabbits" and try not to get fooled!

While everyone was celebrating Easter yesterday, I was celebrating my kitty's 14th birthday.  It makes me sad that she is getting so old, at 14 she's one old lady.  My lucky number happens to be 14, and when I turned 14 my mom told me that it was going to be my special year.  Well this message is for Muffin: I hope 14 is your special year too.  You have been there for me for the toughest times and the best times, and even my own 14th birthday.  For those that don't know Muffin's story, I would love to share it in honor of her birthday.

Ok, are you ready for a tear jerker? When I was young, around 8 or 9, I was allowed to get a kitten for my birthday.  Her name was Sugar and she was the sweetest cat.  I carried her around; my dad even took her to work to show his dental patients.  She was really my best friend.  When she was 9 months old she got very sick and it progressed to her brain.  And when she was 10 months old, I had lost my best friend.  I took her to the vet to put her to sleep, and I was crying and hugging her in the waiting room.  The vet took her and I said my last goodbye.  But he felt so bad.  He told me that a very little kitten, about 4 weeks old, was abandoned at the door of the vet with a broken leg.  He said that once she was healed and old enough to adopt, that I could have her.  I was still sad about losing Sugar, but I said yes.  A few weeks later, I picked up Sugar’s ashes (which I keep on my shelf) as well as my new kitty, that I had named Muffin.  She had a pin in her leg while it healed, and she was so small.  But very soon she became my best friend, and the rest is history.  Are you guys crying? Because I am!

She has taught me the meaning of unconditional love, and I don't know where I would be without her.

Since it was such a big birthday for her, I wanted to celebrate right!  Muffin loves to take nibbles from my cupcakes when my dad brings me home one, so I got her her own cupcake for her special day!





I made her a special cat food dinner, wished her a special happy 14th birthday, and then we enjoyed a vanilla cupcake. Only the best for my boo!

Do you have a special pet in your life too?

Bye from the Veggie Side!

Hello!

Hello! My name is Jacquie and this is my blog:)

I am 22 years old and a recent college grad.  I love my cat, animals, painting my nails, and Lady Gaga.  But most importantly, I am a vegetarian.

As a kid I lived by two food groups: chicken and potatoes.  My dad doesn't eat red meat, and my mom is always on some diet or another.  But as a child, food isn't a concern in life.  I cared more about who I was sitting with at lunch, than what I was eating for lunch.  One thing I was from that start, though, was an animal lover.  I love my cats, the bugs outside, and the amazing animals at the zoo.  And even as a kid, I donated some of my allowance to animal shelters.  Until one night when I was 11 years old, eating my chicken fingers like always...

"Daddy, where do chicken nuggets come from?"

"Well, the chickens live on a farm, and then they leave the farm and get killed, and then they become chicken nuggets"

"So they DIE just so I can eat them?"

"Yes, Cookie"

"I am never eating meat again!"

And that was that.  Apart from a few mistakes, I have never eaten meat since then.  As I grew older I refined my views and reasons for not eating meat.  I learned about what happens at the slaughter houses and what eating meat does to the environment.  However, I never strayed from my first reason, I don't believe animals should give their lives to be food for people.

11 years later and I am still going strong and loving every minute of it.  Becoming a vegetarian has been the best decision I have ever made and the one I am most proud of myself for.  Vegetarianism is part of my identity and I can never see myself eating meat again. 

More about me:

Blogging has been an important part of my life since I started my first blog Claws Up, in November, which is primarily a nail art and polish blog.  However, I got thinking that I would love to share my thoughts about the biggest part of my life: being a vegetarian. 

I attended college in PA (not the most vegetarian friendly of places) and majored in Psychology, and minored in Biology and Anthropology, though biology is my true love.  My goal is to be and animal behaviorist.  I have been working at a doggy daycare for 6 months, and while I love the animals so much, I hate working at the front desk. I have live in NY my whole life, but my boyfriend of 3 years lives in PA.  I love him very much and can't wait to be together someday.  

I love my big brother more than anyone. A few years before I became a vegetarian, he gave up meat too. (Happy now? :-P Love ya)

More about my blog:

The goal of my blog is to be unlike the other vegetarian (and food) blogs out there.  I don't find much time, or energy, to cook all the time.  I will have some recipes, but what I want to highlight is the easiness of being a vegetarian.  I will show some very simple (but delicious) recipes, plus tips to becoming and staying a vegetarian with out too much effort.  I will show you guys the best vegetarian food brands, and most importantly, how to eat like a meat-eater without eating any meat.

I really hope you enjoy my blog, and that someone out there can read it and say "Wow, it is so easy to be a vegetarian, I think I am going to try it!"