Years and years ago, long before choosing a name for a year became fashionable, a word came to me that I knew was meant for the upcoming 12 months. It happened when I was on a long walk with my beloved dog on my birthday. The day had dawned foggy and visibility was low. We …
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I love children’s books, hardcovers to be precise. If the books are old and broken-in on top of that, well, then I’m in love-love and I might want to marry them. So many of the books that I read to Boy are still in our possession, waiting for Sweet E to discover. Two of my …
Wanna start with the good stuff? Yes! The star of the post. The accidentally delicious oven-baked fried chicken! Oh, momma… Look at that crispy loveliness! Let me ask you this, though: What do you do when you think you have an item in your pantry, a key item, only to find out after you’ve prepared …
Maybe you have heard this phrase before: cancer kind. A friend said it to me in reference how well those with cancer are treated, wherever they go. As a person still undergoing treatment for cancer, whose hair has yet to return, I can verify this is a phenomenon. Countless times people have been cancer kind …
What’s a nicer gift to give a new parent than peace of mind when their baby is sick? That’s exactly whet you get with the Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer: the gift of quick and accurate information. I originally wrote about this product back in 2013 and can’t tell you how many thermometers I have given …
While I have offered my Patti-ized version of breast cancer advice, this post is a pure resource page for those who have no idea where to get start gathering solid info about cancer. Some links are specific to breast cancer and others cover the wider topic of cancer. I pray you never need this list, …
Grandma drinks, or as I like to say when in the company of those who get me: Grandma Dranks! I’m always on the lookout for a fun new product related to cocktail hour. The more ridiculous highbrow, the better, dahling. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through …
BE HAPPY, DADGUM IT! (but if you can’t: EAT THIS) Um, stop telling me what to do, Yahoo/facebook/Twitter/Drudge links. Anyone one else suddenly feel as if happiness is the new panacea for what ails us? If I had to pigeonhole myself, I’d say I was an optimistic realist. Huh? What does that even mean? Realist: …
Remember what happened when I bought two giant jars of natural peanut butter? No? Turns out we’re not fans. I took one of the jars to Boy’s house (mostly so they couldn’t give it back!) and I resorted to making cookies with the other jar, really delicious cookies: Go See For Yourself Here. Given our …
I’m writing these words in early summer, June exactly, about 2/3rds of the way through my treatment plan. As of this morning, I have 5 weeks and 2 days until my last chemo treatment, which normally would be a blip on my summer calendar, but today seems like a long, hot, lonely West Texas stretch …