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Believe in Miracles
My heat and soul are full.. my eyes filled with tears.. of joy. My spirits are lifted tonight.. there is light under the tunnel. I’ll share a little when things progress.. just know this.. People should be more appreciated.. pay it forward.. to everyone. I won’t be missing the ALS walks next year and maybe can go to many others. Wonderful for me as they are so important. Life is great. God is Miraculous.. Pray more. Hope more. Love more. Believe.. … Read entire article »
Filed under: ALS, family and friends, Featured, Forever and One More Day, Inspiration, Stand For Something, Unexpectations
Living withing Reach
I’ve considered over and over if I should write this post. I’ve been giving a lot about my personal life away, lately, for the sake of honesty and integrity in blogging and hoping that others out there don’t think that they are alone, in any way. I live within reach. This means that everything I may need or want has to be within reach of me. I fell off the bed, the other night, trying to reach for something. I yelled “help” for over an hour, before someone in my house, woke up for other reasons and could hear me. Helping me up was torture and only added to my pain, but I’m okay. But, this only re-enforces the idea of living within reach.. Except for when I was on the floor I’m in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Chaos, Creative Domestication, depression, Featured, Health/Nutrition, Unexpectations
OCD trapped in a disabled body
I have always had obsessive compulsive tendencies in my home and environment. Things had to have a place and be in their place. Its like living company ready, all the time. I still wish I could do that. But, I can’t. My body is too broken and my mind won’t stop this OCD. I, often, hurt myself trying to fix things so they are just how they should be and all that does is put me into bed a few extra days that I could have had to do something fulfilling If you have or know someone who has OCD tendencies, can you imagine having a disabled broken body? Its a living nightmare to not be able to do stupid little things that bug you, or are out of place, that only you care … Read entire article »
Filed under: Feeding the Needz, Health/Nutrition, Rant, Unexpectations
Brain Blue Screen of Death
I think I’ve figured out why these accounts keep going down each month. For some reason they was no monthly contract to pay for the hosting. I’ve fixed that. My brain can’t seem to keep up. It is like the blue screen of death. It hurts to think about it. Come to think of it maybe all of these stressful things I haven’t figured out yet may be causing my daily headaches. Who knows? I wish life could be put into a tiny little box of things I could go through to fix all of the things my brain can’t keep up with. I read the first chapter of a great book, that a doctor gave to me, that explained why my brain doesn’t work like a computer. I wish I knew what the … Read entire article »
Filed under: depression, Rant, Unexpectations
Miss you Dad
“Oh, when we are journeying through the murky night and the dark woods of affliction and sorrow, it is something to find here and there a spray broken, or a leafy stem bent down with the tread of His foot and the brush of His hand as He passed; and to remember that the path He trod He has hallowed, and thus to find lingering fragrance and hidden strength in the remembrance of Him as “in all points tempted like as we are,” bearing grief for us, bearing grief with us, bearing grief like us.” ~ Alexander MacLaren Read more: http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/bible-verses-for-bereavement-10-helpful-scripture-quotes/#ixzz1oDYXLdce I’ve decided since I can’t walk the ALS walks, this month.. I’m going to go sit at the cemetery for a while, instead. I want to keep May private for my … Read entire article »
Filed under: ALS, depression, family and friends, Forever and One More Day, Inspiration, Stand For Something
Digital Tab Hell – Finding my Tribe – Within Sisters in Bloom
I’ve been fishing blogz. This is like being a fisher of men (women mostly.) I’m trying, desperately to find my tribe and the blogz I’ve bee reading have been teaching me so much about me, and my life and my spirit.. and the spiritual being I want to return to being. So, this may get a little sappy for my regular readers.. but here I am.. and this is what is going on right now: Of course, Sisters in Bloom started this as I started to read the blogs of those contributors. Wonderful women who lay their hearts out for us to read their souls.. First, Meet Jessica and her sweet family who hail, originally, from my home-town in San Diego. I have so much to learn from Jennifer, at You are My … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Domestication, Featured, Feeding the Needz, Inspiration, Linky Love, Simple Abundance, Stand For Something, Unexpectations
I’m digitally inept
If I was writing on paper for a paper distribution, like a newpaper or newsletter, I’d get so much more accomplished. Especially pretty paper. As it isl , I have a gazillion tabs open trying to put them into a congruent fashion into a post. What is wtong with me:? … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Chaos, Everyday Nothing, Unexpectations
Identity Crisis
Could I have had an Identity Crises? Is an Identity Crisis what one experiences when they lose a parent? Is losing someone you value, so much, so much to bear that one could lose the idea of their identity? Maybe, as my friend, said I was having an identity crisis, i finally felt like I knew what had been happening to me. As the train rushed towards me and I jumped off the track.. Here I am. Here I am. HERE I AM. So many things are really going on.. And I promise to tell you about them. A simple thing to share is my new friend, Roku ON My Roku this week: Lost 3:2 (Girlie is a new Lostee and I’m riding with her.) and Bones 1:4 (Temperance? Seeley? Seriously?). Have you ever had an identity … Read entire article »
Filed under: Feeding the Needz, Inspiration, Stand For Something, Unexpectations
Laughing at my Bucket List
July 2010 and today are so drastically different. I can’t say I can come up with 100 things like that again and it was fun and sad to read. Most of my friends I planned to do things with I don’t even speak to anymore. #42 hits too personal to me. I chatted on FB with him, recently. He’s happily married and I doubt he’d ever take me to fulfill his promise. I was just over pleased he spoke to me and doesn’t hate me anymore. I hurt him tremendously as a very young girl. I’m sorry for all the pain I caused him and I hope he knows it. You never forget your first love.. Ron, you still amaze me. Strong and True. and that’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Feeding the Needz, Inspiration, Stand For Something
A Mixture of Emotional Breakdown Feelings – Latest Refills
The ice cream topping to my dessert of being pissed at my latest doctors appointment surfaced yesterday. In almost a way to control that I go to the doctor every month, my doctor doesn’t give me refills to any of my medications. They have a call-in, email, or fax system that I had signed up for, at the first of the year. So imagine my surprise when one of my major medications was out and not called in. I waited til Monday, called the nurse, explained the situation, and then she called me back because I left CVS and their phone number on the recorder (the pharmacy that was required of me to have another drug, by contract, filled there, and they messed all those refills up, too,) They said they only had … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health/Nutrition, Rant, Stand For Something, Unexpectations
My Opinion on the matter at hand..
So Osama Bin Laden is dead. Our Mission is accomplished. Time to leave Afghanistan and Pakistan. We need those troops home to defend us against those that loved Osama and hate us. Stay in Iraq like we stayed in Korea. Our troops are just targets now. We are all targets now. I’m impressed that Obama spoke like we all should be 912′ers. God Bless America. Thank you to our brave Troops. Never forget. Don’t cheer and shoot guns like they did when our towers were falling. Light a candle. Remember. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Feeding the Needz, politics and religion, Stand For Something, Unexpectations
Sangaree BiLo Gets a FaceLift
We’ve often referred to “my BiLo” in a semi-negative way. Its just wasn’t up to the fashions of Moncks Corner or Hanahan and it was depressing. This is the only neighborhood grocery store that survived when our Wally World went Super. I’m proud to announce (and they aren’t giving me a thing to say this) that they are having a Grand Opening on May 4, 2011. The store is beautiful. New floors, new produce department, new machines. I’m so very impressed. Oh and they got a facelift on the outside, too. Now “My BiLo” isn’t a dreadful thing to say. (I hope complaining to corporate last year didn’t get anyone fired. shshshs we’ll just be quiet about this, ok?) The only downer, the booklet they sent has a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Domestication, Foodie Frenzy, Unexpectations
Friday Five – Top Evernote Links – Top Twitter Favorites
My Top Five Evernote Links this week: Chris Brogan takes on Social Media Etiquette. This is a great post that anyone interested in Social Media should read. Marelisa shares 32 Small Ways to Change the World. My favorite is number 29. Seed pills excite me, too! Heatlh Impact New Daily has shared an interesting post about Saturate Fats, Cholesterol in the brain, relating Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and ALS, in the name of Coconut Oil. I don’t know how much of this is marketing for coconut oil. But I found the article fascinating. Margie Clayman shared 1 month, 30 blogging action items. Erica Says has a great post to teach the difference between categories and tags. I wish I had read this when I first started blogging. My Top Five Favorties on Twitter, this week “Folks, if you can’t … Read entire article »
Filed under: ALS, Feeding the Needz, Linky Love
Just three little numbers I promised to share
224. I really have nothing more to say right now. :) … Read entire article »
Filed under: diet, Stand For Something, Unexpectations, WLS
Rx Insurance Nightmares
<rant> Every new prescriptions and now refills are being rejected by my new insurance company, Express Scripts. I didn’t have a choice to change to this new company. But, they seem to think they are better at medication dispensing than my doctor. What do I need the doctor for? They should have a hotline that tells me what they’ll cover by my complaints, symptoms, or injury. The jerks. They decided, in January, the one co-pay only covered 17 days of my Ambien. Now I have a partial refill left of 14 pills. I got an email today, from last night’s refill request that they are not paying for that, either. I don’t know what I’m going to do but one of my medications helps me be mobile and I hate that I’m suffering in more … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health/Nutrition, Rant, Unexpectations
Update on my Egyptian Friends – Egypt in my Heart
I have, now, been in communication with my friends in Egypt. I must admit that with the traveling, I’ve been disconnected from the news and I had no idea things were going on in Egypt, until someone asked me how my friends were.. I, quickly, reached one friend who was fragile with his words. He told me he cared about Americans but he didn’t trust the American Government. This was after he said, to me, “Why does America care?” I did explain that I cared and I was asking and that I hadn’t heard from anyone in Egypt. (This particular Egyptian friend is not in Egypt.) Within a day or two, internet was returned and I was able to get a few messages back and forth on Facebook. Most were simply, “Pray.” I … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Gardening, Unexpectations
Blog Education Learning Overload – Ebooks I need to read (and so do you)
There are some fantastic bloggers out there that can teach you so much about “blogging better” for SEO traffic. Many are really good at interlinking their own materials and setting a standard that all bloggers should follow. Even the big foot steps can be walked in to learn styles and improve your own posts and writing. I’m interstested in reading the all, as you should, too. I wanted to bring three ebooks to your attention: The first one is Kelby Carr’s Mom Blog SEO: Mom Blog SEO includes: How to find the best keyword phrases to drive the right readers for your blog Tactics that take a couple minutes before each post and can dramatically increase your traffic How to target the right readers and stop attracting the wrong ones How to boost your … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Chaos, family and friends, Feeding the Needz, Inspiration, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Pancakes
Pumpkin Pancakes. Please visit Ashlee, from I’m Topsy Turvy for the recipe. I’m Topsy Turvy » Pumpkin Pancakes- This week for dinner via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Pie French Toast
Pumpkin Pie French Toast. Please visit Cooking with my kid for the recipe. Pumpkin Pie French Toast | Cooking with My Kid via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Pie Milk Shakes
Pumpkin Pie Milk Shakes, from my Delicious archives. Please visit Sara, at Our Best Bites, for the recipe. Our Best Bites: Pumpkin Pie Milkshake via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Butter Gooey Cakes
Pumpkin Butter Gooey Cakes. Please visit Paula Deen for the recipe. Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes Recipe : Paula Deen : Food Network via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Perfect Pumpkin Roll
Perfect Pumpkin Roll. Please visit Mel, of My Kitchen Cafe, for the recipe. Perfect Pumpkin Roll via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
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