Category: From the Heart
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Feeding Your Thyroid
This image is from Cafe Press. Go to this site to see their Thyroid Cancer Awareness Jewelry! Last October I had a nodule on the right side of my thyroid removed. Since those stupid things grow on your thyroid, I also had to have the right side of my thyroid removed. Now, I’ve never had…
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Girls’ Weekend!
I know it’s the Fourth of July weekend and I should feel really excited about that. However, being married to someone who usually works holidays, like my husband is today, sometimes kills the excitement. I am happy he’ll be home at night though because then I don’t have to worry about him being in all…
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Happy Birthday, Amanda!
Amanda Panda, Eggs and Hamda! Today is my middle daughter’s 19th birthday! I love her sweet spirit and loving heart. She has been a gift in the lives of her family and beyond blessing to me. She is lovely, gorgeous, funny, weird, smart and beyond fabulous! When Amanda was born the Dr. announced “She’s a…
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Change the World
Last month while scrolling through my Facebook wall, I found a video. The video was a graduation speech given by Naval Admiral William H. McRaven. In the speech he spoke of the trials set before each Navy Seal recruit during BUD/S training. Being the self brutalizing people we are in my family, we have huge…
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My Sweetheart and Crossfit
One of my FAVORITE activities my husband and I do together is crossfitting. No, just working out together is great. I don’t care if we are kayaking or running, or swimming, it’s all better with him. I sometimes feel like we courted during working out. When we met 15 years ago I was training for the…
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Silhouette!
So! Here is my favorite thing today! In one week I’ll be at the Altitude Summit in Salt Lake City. I am beyond excited to go. As the event gets closer a few of the sponsors have been sending out little gifts to all the attendees. Pincushion sent out an adorable notebook with threads to…
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My Kitchen Window
One of my favorite places in my house is our kitchen bar. Every afternoon the sun sets though the window and sprays light into the kitchen and engulfs whatever is sitting on the counter. Sometimes it’s the hot sauce bottle. Other times it’s a glass of water. Whatever it is, it’s lit up and illuminated to its…
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Loves of my life
Ihave three children. Two of my daughters are young women so you would think by round three I’d be ready for this whole growing up thing. The truth is, I’m having a harder time with my last baby girl getting big. It seems like yesterday she was only two and now she’s ten. When did…
Multi-ti-purpose Room 