Mawma, Myeloma, and Me

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Tag: granddaughters

  • Princess story time

    Yesterday my daughter-in-law and I took my granddaughter to a princess story time with Belle from Beauty and the Beast. It was a lot of fun and chaos. 30 mini Belles running around, toys everywhere, bounce house castle, teacup sugar cookies, and princess wands craft. Our little princess was pictured out, so no insta worthy… Read more

  • Let’s Bake!!

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    This morning we are starting our day off with Sourdough discard Coffee cake!!! https://pin.it/6wEPYPrBi This recipe was so great!! I love a good cinnamon cake. For years I have baked a coffee cake that was in my mom’s 4H cookbook from the late 1960’s. I always enjoyed it, but mom has always complained the cake… Read more

  • Remote work

    I signed up to take a course for selling life and health insurance. I’ve decided to sign with a company called AO Global. You see, as I’ve gone through my cancer journey, I’ve become reluctant to chance my health working out in the public. I have the opportunity to be at home with my youngest… Read more

  • Difficulty in life

    When it rains…it’s not supposed to pour inside. That would be a roof leak. And since we’ve had so many storms I contacted our insurance company. Except it’s not storm damage. We have heat blisters all over our roof and the shingles are disintegrating. Awesome. Quote #1 is over $16,000. That was not in our… Read more

  • Happy Easter

    While our family isn’t religious these days, my husband and I both grew up in strict religious households. We consider ourselves more spiritual at this point in our lives. Regardless, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter Sunday. Read more

  • maple bacon pancakes

    Begin with cooking a few slices of #Wrightsbacon in a #carawayskillet. While it’s cooking I whipped up this amazing #sourdough #discard #pancake recipe. (https://pin.it/4cSc7EROY) It is then cooked in the bacon grease. Crumble the bacon on the layers of pancake. Top with syrup. Enjoy. Read more

  • Today is the first day of the rest of my life!

    Today I took a step forward. Today I chose to begin something new. Today I chose to believe in me and my future. Things have looked drastically different over the past 3 years. 2022 was a year of turning points. Early in the year I was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, Multiple Myeloma. It… Read more