• My 5 Favorite Etsy Shops

    While I enjoy a trip to Target or Marshalls like any other, there is something special about owning items which are hand crafted by someone sitting in their home office.  To support a small business means to directly help…

  • How To Get Through A Bad Day

    If you have been following my posts on Instagram, then you may know that I am dealing with a sort of a relapse with the Hashimoto symptoms.  Since the beginning of January, I have had more bad days than…

  • Dear Auntie, I Really Do Have An Illness

    Recently I was involuntarily involved in a conversation that went a little something like this: Auntie: What is wrong? Are you alright?  Me: Oh, I just ate something off last night and it didn’t effect me very well.  I’m…

  • Immune Boosting Soup

    The cold winter months are always a hit or a miss in our household.  Sometimes we get sick multiple times, and other times it is the season changes of winter and spring that results in sniffling noses and stifled…

  • Staying Healthy during Trips

    The winter is officially here in Yuma, our jackets and scarves are out in the 60’s while everyone seems to be getting their first snow of the year.  We get a lot of visitors from the north, casually labeled…