Just a heads up to my crafty friends. 🙂 JustRite Stamper’s Be Strong collection is on clearance for $5! (From $14.95) This cancer ribbon collection is one of the most beautiful I’ve found. It includes frames, ribbons, and sentiments that are just perfect for crafting cards to cheer up friends dealing with cancer. I bought […]
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I seem to have come full circle with my monthly cancer awareness posts. Rather than post again, and duplicate all this for another year, I will simply link to it, after giving a shorter talk. March lays claim to colon (colorectal) and kidney cancers, which are the dark blue and orange ribbons, respectively. For kidney
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I know I’ve been getting asked about seeing the Cricut Explore in action. I am not lucky enough to have gotten to test it yet. So instead, I’ll give a plug for someone who has: Anna Griffin! Her videos showing off the new machine, as well as the Design Space software have been being posted
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A few days ago I posted about Heather Von St. James’ awareness project called Lung Leavin’ Day. (See original post here.) Well the day is finally here! (February 2nd) Please help spread the word to put the spotlight on mesothelioma. You can check out Heather’s awareness page, about Lung Leavin’ Day. Also, please check out her interview on
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As we move into February, we hit National Cancer Prevention Month. It kind of ties in with my local Relay For Life’s theme for 2014: “Cancer of Many Colors”. We need to stop focusing on just pink, and realize that breast cancer is not the only cancer. Prevention covers lots of things. Sure, for breast
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For any of you that regularly read my blog, you’ll know that although I have ovarian cancer, I make it my mission to spotlight ALL cancers.  I also welcome other cancer stories being shared. Cameron Von St. James shared his caregiver story in January of 2013 (see original post here: Holding On To Hope as a
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It’s been a while since I posted an update on my father-in-law, Dale. Last I posted on January 7th, he had still been in the hospital. Since then, he was sent to a rehab nursing home to gain his strength to go home. During his time there, Brian had to check him out to take
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I wanted to take the time to answer questions about the Cricut Explore. I’ve seen a lot of online confusion that I hope to put to rest. (See previous posts I’ve made about the new machine: here and here.) Is the new Design Space software backwards compatible with older Cricut machines? At launch, no. It
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So I figured I’d post a non-medical life update. I am posting this from a new laptop. No, this was not a planned purchase, and I grumbled all the way to Best Buy this past weekend to fork over my debit card to use money I did not want to use. Because of my illness
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The new machine in the Cricut line-up was revealed today: The Cricut Explore! (This is a follow-up to my posting yesterday.) Cricut invited a bunch of crafting bloggers to come to the unveiling event. (How I wish I could have scored an invite! I just got a Cricut Expression 2 for Christmas, finally, and will
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