So the past month or so has been very busy! After my last update, we went on a much needed vacation, to Pinegrove Dude Ranch. Since this was Sierra’s last vacation before turning 18, she got to pick. Of course, horses trump everything. 🙂 Pinegrove is a great all-inclusive resort. (All food and snacks were […]
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I have been feeling so poorly, lately, that I’ve been out of touch all around…Facebook, too, other that a few random posts. I would love to promise I will post more, but it is what it is. I will start with Pop Pop. He has been hanging in there. His second dose of chemo took
I just wanted to post a bit of an update. No, I did not drop off the face of the earth. I have not been feeling real good lately, so I just did not have the energy to post much. Besides that, my new laptop, which I got in January (after Kenzie stepped on my
For those of us who are diabetic, pre-diabetic, or simply want to eat a low carb diet, we depend on labels to help us choose healthy choices. When it comes to pasta, Dreamfields was a no brainer: it tastes like normal pasta, but a special process prevents most of the carbs from being digestible. My
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May brings two types of cancer to forefront: brain cancer and melanoma/skin cancer. Brain cancer is represented by the grey cancer ribbon, and melanoma and skin cancers are represented by the black cancer ribbon. To see last years post with more information about these cancers, click here. As always, know your body!
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I’m a bit late getting to the cancer awareness post for this month. (Partially because I’ve been feeling so lousy, lately.) April is a fairly busy month, with head and neck cancers, testicular cancer, and esophageal cancer laying claim to it. As I’ve done since posting through every month so far, I will only touch briefly
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Just a quick update to the cosmetic look to the blog. A while back I added menu graphics. But they just were not working the way I intended. In light of that I reverted back to the older text-based menu, with a few tweaks to the colors from the original. I may play around with
On my ovarian cancer awareness page in the menu, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes get only a brief mention, buried in the “causes and risk factors.” But, stories lately, such as with Angelina Jolie getting a proactive mastectomy, are bringing these dangerous genes into the light. And what better way to promote it: if Angelina
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A recent topic in the news has gotten a lot of attention lately. This particular topic struck a chord with me. I was bullied in school when I was younger. (I still recall a particular incident when I broke my finger and had trouble carrying things due to the splint. A classmate took all my
What Happens When Schools Back The Bullies? Read More »
I know it has been a long time since I posted a real update, well over two months. There has been a lot going on and rarely time to breathe. Aunt Sharon has been doing well in the assisted living. She was a bit upset at first, but my parents visit her daily. And she
