I went with the grand kids to the fall fair today. A place that reminds me of my own childhood – the horses, the cattle, the rabbits, the goats and the sheep, the pies and the sewing exhibits – all of that sums up every one of my summers growing up. Back in the day,…
Category: My Life with MS
What is this world coming to? Stay normal with this Greek Orzo Salad!
I have been working on a blog post for the past 8 days and I just couldn’t get it to flow like I wanted (not like I’m great at storytelling but I was still finding it difficult to pull it all together) so I am going to put it on the back burner for a…
One of my favorite books of all time
Has there ever been a book that has made a huge impact in your life? First, let me say that there have been a few books that have impacted me and my relationships (How to Win Friends and Influence People, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Secret, Personality Plus to name a few), but…
Where did that come from and easy Avocado Mango Black Bean Salsa – Yummy!
Today’s post comes to you compliments of my kids and grandkids Have your kids ever said something and you wondered where in the hell did THAT came from? It happens all the time in my family and people always tell me that I should write this stuff down, so I am doing just that. In…
How Fortunate Am I?
Fortunate favored by or involving good luck or fortune; lucky. Synonyms: lucky, favored, blessed, charmed auspicious or favorable. Synonyms: favorable, advantageous, providential, auspicious, welcome, beneficial, fortuitous As I was sitting here today wondering what I should write about, all I could think about is How Fortunate Am I? Things aren’t always great and peachy, but…
My Journey to Now
I have been on a journey since I was first diagnosed with MS, but particularly for the last 2 years. Here’s a little bit of what has led me to this post! Stage 1: Denial When I was first diagnosed, I had never even heard of Multiple Sclerosis so of course the first thing I…
Are you gonna let it go or make these Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups?
“Later is the best friend of clutter” – Peter Walsh What makes us hold on to some things and easily toss others? For example, we were renovating, had a large dumpster, we were tossing things left, right and center and I found my mom’s wedding dress. Now, my mom was a teeny tiny beautiful woman, and…
Some days are diamonds and others….not so much! Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Some days are diamonds and some days you lose one……..like today. Somewhere in my travels, I lost the diamond out of my wedding ring. And of course, I wasn’t at home at all during the day, isn’t that the way it goes? I’m particularly sad because it was a diamond out of my late moms…
Taking the road less traveled
We just finished a 5,000 + mile road trip travelling to Colorado for my nieces wedding (which was beautiful by the way). We knew where we wanted to go (Yellowstone particularly), but I will admit that the plan could use some improvement as to the routes we were going to take but there to save…
Organizing Pinterest boards & some favorite recipes from April
Over 3900 recipe pins are making me a little cuckoo, especially if I am looking for one specific recipe or ingredient. Yes, I do use the search function but I know I need to organize them if I am going to be using Pinterest to its fullest for what I like to do! Where do…