In this area many people get lost while just taking a hike in the woods. We locals usually scoff at these folks and wonder how could that happen! I am here to recount a friend’s story how taking a hike in the woods can lead to more adventure than anticipated. I was not asked…
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A mouse in the house He was a real louse The cats knew that Because he was a RAT! I am still suffering from Post Traumatic Syndrome, nightmares and not going into the garage. Last week we had a mouse in our house. I have never had a mouse in my house before and…
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I really am not sure pumpkin lobbyists exist, but if they do, they have perpetuated the best PR in the vegetable world. Yes better than the Kale lobbyists! Pumpkin PR is rigorous for months and in a frenzy state during October and November! If pumpkin could hijack some cancer cause and make it their…
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This month we celebrate the 13th anniversary of our company. I started my company after I recovered from breast cancer. When we started the company the women who produced our collection were prisoners. The women in the maximum-security prison in Washington State had a company run by civilians that sewed for some of the…
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Here is a list of DO’s and Don’ts for Breast Cancer You get a call back for a suspicious mammogram Do not totally freak out. Go have another mammogram as soon as possible, early in the day as possible and ask if an ultra sound would be prudent. Ask for a read on your…
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In the Breast Cancer community, we call Breast Cancer the gift that keeps on giving. It is a satirical snarky comment. Breast Cancer treatments have lasting effects. In the vernacular we call it late effects. Besides the medical turmoil of the disease, Breast Cancer gave me other things too. Breast cancer gave me…
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Every October I like to write about breast cancer awareness. As a breast cancer survivor I advocate on behalf of not only breast cancer awareness but also breast cancer education. To be honest my writing/speaking makes me anxious. The reason for my anxiety is there is no cure for breast cancer. Although I am…
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I wrote about my addiction to yard sales already. I wrote about my adventures at The Bins when yard sale season is over. What I have not written about recently is my affection to shopping at Thrift shops. My sister is the queen of thrift shop shopping and she got me hooked. She is so…
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A Goodwill Outlet opened up several years ago not far from my home. The official name is Goodwill Outlet, unofficially called, “The Bins’” and super unofficially called, “The Tombs”. Whatever it is called it is the last stop for donations made to Goodwill before they are sent on to the landfill or clothes sold as…
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This summer I became addicted to yard sales. It is my latest addiction. If you were to ask me 10 or even 5 years ago to go to a few garage sales I would have said firmly “NO”! How times change. What got me first was when a friend became an empty nester. Then…
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