Stimulating
It’s a Cokette! Brought them home, put one in the fridge, forgot about it until Sunday morning. Where after my shower, I was yet again as limp as a pile of noodles and had sludge for brains. The Boy opened the Cokette for his morning shot of caffeine and I had a sip. Giggled at…
My Best Friend
Jenni over at ChronicBabe chose “My Best Friend” as the theme for this week’s Blog Carnival. At first, I was going to skip this one – I am in the extremely lucky position of having several people in my life who qualify as best friends. Choosing only one didn’t feel right and writing a post…
7 Habits of A Reasonable Life
Hello, world. So nice to see you again – have you lost weight? Got a new haircut? Whatever you’ve done, you look fabulous. I, on the other hand, probably look like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards. Twice. The last two or three months have been hard and crazy and utterly unreasonable. I developed…
Dog Heaven
Woofstock wasthis past weekend and as usual, we immersed ourselves in the canine world. This one believed in testing the water before drinking. Lucy often does the same thing. One got an accidental mouthful while communing with its peeps The fountain was a big hit. A Jack Russell jumped in over and over again to…
Habitforming
They say it takes three weeks to create a new habit. If that’s true, I’m screwed. I may have mentioned once or twice (or entirely too much) that things got a little busy during Arthritis Awareness Month. It all started at some point in April or maybe it was March – the specifics are a…
Sugar Beach Accessibility Tour
Remember my attempt to get to Sugar Beach? And remember how Bruce Sudds, the Communications Manager for Waterfront Toronto wrote me an e-mail committing to making some changes? And remember that Community Planning Meeting? At that meeting, my MPP Glen Murray – who is a thoroughly decent man with a passion for universal design –…
Juggling Life with RA: TIme Management and Saying No
In which I muse about how living with a chronic illness is like having a full-time job: “Appointment with family doctor regarding UTI caused by suppressed immune system, including travel and wait time: 1 hour 15 minutes Appointment with rheumatologist for regular checkup, including travel and wait time: 2.5 hours Physical therapy for shoulder injury,…
An Evening Stroll
One evening last week after dinner, I got entranced by the outside, grabbed my camera and headed out. The park around St. James Cathedral seemed the best place to go and yes, it was. As the sun slanted towards the horizon, the light warmed, its honeyed fingers caressing concrete and flowers alike, lending everything a…
Lucy Discovers Olives
Things were rather insane during May’s Arthritis Awareness month activities at my workplace, but somehow my body cooperated remarkably well. In fact, early last week, I was remarking to my doctor. about how well I felt and how I was getting by on an astonishingly low amount of painkillers (it’s amazing what adrenaline will do)….
