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Christina Applegate’s Diagnosis
Christina Applegate has been on the news lately talking about her diagnosis of MS. I remember hearing it before and I felt so bad because she had previously battled breast cancer. She will be finishing up her show, “Dead to Me” because of her diagnosis and the inability to function as well as she wants…
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I Feel so Lonely I Could Cry
P is back from Brazil/Argentina. The week before he was in Lisbon, then onto Johannesburg. I feel good when he is gone. I’m more motivated and I accomplish more. I attribute this to his constant criticism, being told what “I should do,” and no validation for the things I do accomplish. When he is not…
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Autumn Appreciation
Autumn is my favorite time of year. I welcome the cooler temperatures and the ability to work outside in the garden. We got married in October. Our honeymoon was a road trip through Skyline Drive into the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway. The feeling I get when I see the trees changing to different colors is…
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Monthly Weigh In – November
Unbelievable! I fully expected a weight gain, I haven’t logged my calories in over a month and have pigged out on cake, candy, nachos, etc. (see 10/24, Diet and Exercise post). Much to my surprise the scale read 135.6! How can that be? Is my scale broken? To check, I went and weighed myself on…
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I’ve Been Busy
One of the reasons I haven’t entered any new posts is because I got very discouraged after my article, “Gardening with MS” was published in Brain and Life, August/September. I was hoping it would bring traffic to this blog and I could interact with others dealing with MS. The article did attract readers and nice…
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Overwhelmed, (I Don’t Want To…)
Things I need to do that are overwhelming me. Answer email from Ancestry; write down new information from email; email my cousin the information that I received from Ancestry; Sort it all out in my head Email fellow volunteers for garden shop to request coverage for time I’ll be away this November and December Open…
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Ancestry
I have had my DNA tested through Ancestry.com and was a member for a little while. During that time I have made a family tree with the information I had and also learned from my eldest cousin. I had also bought my kids test kits and they did theirs. The wonderful thing about Ancestry is…
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Diet and Exercise
Nope and nope. Since returning from NY I have not been tracking my calories on My Fitness Pal, and have not gotten back on my stationary bike. I was doing pretty good while P was gone, but still not recording calories. Since he came back bearing gifts of chocolate nougat and 8 different bars of…
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I’m so Tired
This is the third day that I’ve not been feeling good. On Wednesday I was back to volunteering at the garden and it felt good. On Thursday I woke up feeling exhausted and had a hard time getting out of bed, although I slept good. My yearly mammogram was scheduled for 10 am and I…
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Monthly Weigh In – October
When I got home I was dreading getting on the scale. I totally blew it! I had cake, lots of cake, I had a few cocktails and wine. I also had French fries, pizza, candy, and BBQ. To my surprise I was 4 ounces less than last month, 136.4. That’s my scale, not the doctors.…