What’s Up?

I know! It's been another minute since I've made a post. What can I say? The reality is that my life is chaotic sometimes, and I go through long periods where I don't know what to post on the blog/I don't have the spoons to do anything new with the blog. I also get wrapped…

Happy Thanksgiving! Tips to Celebrate Holidays as a Chronic

Hey y'all! Popping in really quick from freezing, frigid Kansas before my family and I head out of town to celebate with my dad, to wish you all a happy holiday. If you live in the United States, you're likely waking up to start your own celebration of Thanksgiving. I want to take a few moments…

Moving Woes, Part 2

Hey y'all! Wow, it's been a long time again. A month and a half, maybe a little more. Life has been busy and as they said in Forrest Gump, "shit happens"! It's definitely been happening around here. For starters - we moved! Boy, it was a process. When it rains chaos, it seems to pour…

Moving Woes (Part 1) and WIPs Updates

Oy, it's been a while since I posted! I think the title pretty much says it all, so I'll just cut to the quick to save you (and me!) some time. I've been insanely busy around here the last time I posted. I don't know if I ever mentioned it here, but since the last…

Guest Post: The Caregiver’s Struggle

Hello friends and followers. You know, thus far on this blog, I've shared a lot of glimpses into the "happy times" of chronic illness - the very few happy times of chronic illness, that is. You know, the ability to at least keep on doing what I love - crafting - while still struggling with…

The Ugly Truth

The other day, Michelle called me "brave". And of course, I took it as a compliment, like anyone else would. But over the past 24 hours I've been thinking about that word - brave. What does that word mean? According to Merriam-Webster online, the simple definition of brave is "feeling or showing no fear; not…

Tour de Fleece 2016 and some WIP updates

Hey all! So it's been a while since I've posted. I have really been struggling with my fibro and the arthritis pain, with the fatigue, with being ill and struggling with migraines and more insane constipation and generally feeling like I've been run over by a semi. This fibro thing is no joke. I'm fighting…

Mom’s Polish and Makeup Haul

My mother died two and a half years ago. It's something I talk about frequently, but since this blog is relatively new, it's not something I've talked about here. She died of a rare form of leukemia called Myelodysplastic Syndrome. It's such a complicated form of cancer that it's always difficult to explain, so I…