2012 Resolution: Losing Weight & Staying Motivated

Lets lose it together!

I'm making yet another resolution I seem to fail at with each passing year. After three kids, its hard to keep the lbs off, especially when you get used to eating whatever you want and all the time! I  want this year to be different. I want to get back into those snug pre-pregnancy jeans I wore before my kids decided to make me crave horrible but yummy and greasy disaster foods. I plan to … [Read more...]

Our Family Dog, Sadie: Life Is The Pits

We call it, her booger.

This is my furbaby, Sadie. Not to be confused with my daughter named, Kadee, lol. She was a rescue from our local shelter. Initially, I would have never adopted a large breed no less a pit bull, full-grown and from a shelter, but we were fostering dogs, helping our local shelter with their large population and hoping they could avoid euthanasia. This is a video made by me in 2009 when Utah had … [Read more...]

‘Just Say Yes’: An Independent Woman’s Guide To Dealing With Breast Cancer

Dr. Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder of www.talkingteenage.com

Guest post by Dr. Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder of www.talkingteenage.com. On July 21, 2008 life as I knew it changed forever. That was the day my husband and I got the confirmation that I had breast cancer. A couple weeks before when it had become evident that chances were pretty high that I had it I called a friend. “I don’t want to be a survivor,” I told her. To which she responded, … [Read more...]

#Occupywallstreet And #Occupytogether!

Occupy Together

If you haven't heard yet, #OCCUPYWALLSTREET is completing their 19th day of peaceful protesting and just receiving media coverage. They say this could last months. I would love to be a participate and might just get the chance. Its gone national and there's one in almost every state! Check yours here! Change has to start somewhere, and as unhappy I am to admit it, I don't think Obama was the … [Read more...]

Pinktober: Prepared to Be a Survivor

We aren't victims, but survivors

My grandfather's sisters have either survived or died as a result of cancer. All three of them. His daughters have both been diagnosed with breast cancer. That's two generations, that every woman has been diagnosed with cancer. My Mother, was diagnosed in 2008 with breast cancer and is now a survivor. This year, my only Aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer. I am happy to announce she is now a … [Read more...]