It’s okay to rest.

Heeding my own advice this 'Blog Tuesday' and resting. Only two new doodles this past week as the energy just wasn't there to doodle and paint. I received some new watercolor paints for my birthday last week. They are brighter colors than mine and I'm very excited to try them out! Hopefully next week I'll …

Chronic Illness and Birthdays

Saturday will be my 7th birthday while having a chronic illness. I’ve learned a few things along the way about how to celebrate a birthday with chronic illness. As a disclaimer, lumping all illnesses together and generalizing how they play out isn’t fair, it depends what type of chronic illness you have to really determine …

Blogging Gloves

Do you ever find yourself pondering your next blog post, or to-do list, during sleepless nights? It's a good way to pass the time, but I have to admit, unless I write those middle-of-the-night thoughts down, they are often lost to the daylight. Last week’s post, which had been written and rewritten, mentally, was going …

Happy 3 Year Blogiversary To Me!

At our home, over the past few years, Tuesday’s have been referred to, humorously, as blog Tuesday. Several years ago, actually three in July, I started to blog, specifically on Tuesdays. I know myself well enough to know if I didn’t set strict parameters (one specific day in the week), I’d eventually stop posting. Don’t …

California DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) Homebound Appointments

Did you know homebound appointments at the DMV were a thing? Quick little post today to share something I learned, today actually. You can request a homebound appointment through the DMV to obtain an ID. It took me three attempts (several different people) at contacting them but the last time I took a different approach …