This ride, it isn’t about me. It isn’t about being able to ride my bike 150 miles. It isn’t about my training or how sore my butt is. This ride is about everyone living with multiple sclerosis. Every day. It’s for their families and their friends. My friends.

This year my goal is to raise $1,000. There’s a button on the right where you can help me ( Read more... )

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I’ve had a really hard time getting back into things. I realize it was understandable, but I feel like I’m always taking advantage of everyones’ kindness and patience. Perhaps I have just been waiting for things-to-fall-back-in-line or my-motivation-to-get-back-from-the-hoover ( Read more... )

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That should really be my word right now because there pretty much isn’t a single part of my life that isn’t in transition.

I was worried and anxious about my pup while I was at work, so I ditched a bit early to check on her. She had managed to escape from her crate! This was ( Read more... )

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I can’t really claim this as day one because technically yesterday was. But for the sake of actually writing a blog post again, finally, and it being November 1st; we’ll just call it day one.

A very fantastic new friend, hellohahanarf, tweeted about a gorgeous german shepherd ( Read more... )

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My mom would send me to the store pretty frequently when I was little. I guess I was 7 or 8. I was a grown up 7 or 8 though, I had to be. Sometimes it would just be for milk or bread, but sometimes it was the whole list. I’d tow my little red wagon behind me on those trips.

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First off we’d like to thank all of you for donating. No, seriously. You guys rock! We surpassed our goal thanks to you all. So, yeah. Thanks!

Second, Elle and I had a fantastic time in our first 5k. Elle’s goal was the run the entire thing, and she did! She was fantastic. My ( Read more... )

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This morning we woke up to a frantic email from a friend. He was in London and had been mugged the night before. His flight was in a couple hours and the hotel wouldn’t let him leave until he settled his bill. Which he couldn’t do without his wallet.

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On May 21st we adopted 3 baby birds. One of them was a baby robin that only needed a safe place overnight and then I reunited it with its nest mates. I didn’t even get a picture of this robin. The other two are cardinals.


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I’ve been wanting to go camping for.ever. Also, I have legs. If you’re like me with the camping and the legs you should consider joining our team for The American Cancer Society Relay for Life. aPSUmama has set up a team and we need more walkers. The goal is to have one person ( Read more... )