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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September 5th, 2017, is the 40th anniversary of the Voyager 1 space launch by NASA. 40 years later and the Voyager 1 is still in orbit and reporting back data to NASA. So what does this have to do with travel sleepwear? It is the speculation of advances in technology that 40 years ago we…
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Research has shown that swearing is good for your brain. There really is an art to swearing. Actually stringing together effectively several swear words stimulates several parts of your brain. Got to love research! I have several girlfriends who tell me they are trying to stop swearing. Reasons are from ‘cleaning up their…
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I am literally up to my eyeballs busy in my garden right now. Everything is peaking and I am busy, canning, freezing, picking and drying my vegetables and herbs and fruits. If you are trying to get a hold of me, please call back and by dusk I will call you back. Right now, I…
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