It’s been a few months since I shared some of my knitting projects, so here ya go! The way most of my early projects have started.... I have since learned to ask the local yarn store to roll the yarn I buy into usable balls before I leave the store. But, knots be damned, that …
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Ripples of Hope Award and Speech
I wrote here about being chosen as the recipient of the 2020 Ripples of Hope Award. Man, what an honor! Did I mention that TOM BROKAW won last year? Yes.. yes I did mention that-- I still can't believe it! How does someone follow Tom Brokaw? Well, I'm not entirely sure, so I just ignored …
I’m getting an award!
People! I'm so excited to share with you that I've been chosen as the 2020 recipient of Consano's Ripples of Hope Award! This is the announcement that was sent out to the world: I'm SO honored to be chosen-- I've been figuring my way through battling with oligo for the last 9 months, and it …
From Stage Right enters a new character: The Puppy
About 3 weeks ago we took the plunge and got a puppy. This wasn't a very pre-meditated decision... we discussed it a few months ago, as a "someday it would be fun to have a dog" kind of conversation. But, gradually the idea of "someday" seemed too far away. Plus I'm home way more than …
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Getting Better at Celebrating
My husband and I recently had our 9th wedding anniversary. Our wedding was magical. It was beautiful, romantic-- everything went smoothly. Our only regret was that we didn't actually eat dinner that night because we were too busy dancing and laughing the night away. Our photographer was amazing, and I still go to look at …
My life as a Home Barista
I started drinking coffee in college, and the habit built over the years. I remember running out of coffee one day in medical school, and thinking, no big deal-- I'll just go to class without it. And... that day was memorable because I could NOT focus on anything. I might as well have just slept …
*shrug*
Just kidding! I made a shrug! I've explained what a shrug is more times than I expected to over the past week or so-- but I think that is partially my fault. The entire time I was knitting this, I figured it was very possible it would become something other than what I had in …
What am I up to, you ask?
I've had a lot of people ask me what I'm up to, and sometimes this is kind of a hard question to answer. I'm not back to work yet since my chemo has still been so unpredictable. So, when I go to answer this question a lot of the time my natural response-- in the …
Making it work- going to a concert at the Zoo.
For months I had been looking forward to going to a concert at the Oregon Zoo. The concert series at the Zoo is one of the highlights of summer in the Pacific Northwest. The stage is set up right next to the elephant exhibit, and you are able to sit on lawn chairs and blankets, …
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