I was off yesterday because I worked on Saturday. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to mark off one of the places I hoped to visit this year, the McCann Gardens in Ponca City. It was such a lovely place and I can only imagine how gorgeous Read more…
This month’s non-fiction book was “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene’ Brown. If you haven’t listened to or read anything by Brene’ Brown, I would encourage you to do so. I borrowed the audiobook from the library and listened to it. One of the challenges of listening to audiobooks is Read more…
Yesterday I talked about my doctor visit and test results from earlier this week. I also came away with “orders” for a heart scan, mammogram, and bone scan. Getting the orders wasn’t the big step though. Actually following through and scheduling the tests was. Almost every year, she tries to Read more…
I had a doctor’s visit and bloodwork this week to refill my meds. I knew my blood sugar levels were way off. My blood sugars have been high, regardless of what I eat and that’s been rather frustrating. What surprised me was that my thyroid levels had gone way, way Read more…
This popped up on my Facebook memories for February 24th. It’s the start of what will be several weeks full of memories now through the end of March. On February 27th, 2020, the doctor recommended that Tom stop chemo treatments. March 7th, 2017 was the scope that found the tumor Read more…
Do you ever have “driveway moments”? This is the moment when you pull into the driveway but a song you love is playing and you have to stay there and listen to the entire song before you can leave your car? I had one yesterday. I love the song “The Read more…
You may have noticed that I haven’t posted as much the last couple of weeks and I’ve missed some days here and there. Some things have come up at work that has made life absolutely insane (especially for the next few weeks). Topping it off, my student load for my Read more…
On my former blog, there is a post that I wrote about having Kleenex boxes everywhere. Because I never knew when I would have a crying jag and so tissue needed to always be close by. There was a time when it had been over a year since losing Tom Read more…
Am I the only one who struggles with email clutter? It seems I can barely keep up with my email and keep it under control. I have our original email account (the one we’ve had with Pioneer since we first got internet in 1998!!!). It’s tied to a lot of Read more…