My first Tigers Game!!!!!

On May 5, 2012 Brianna, Joe and I took a family vacation for the weekend to Detroit, Michigan.  Since our 9 year anniversary is on May 10th and Joe's birthday is on May 13 we combined everything into this fantastic weekend!  We got to see the awesome Detroit Tigers play the Chicago White Sox.  Even though the Tigers lost the game, it was one of the best family vacations we have ever taken as a family.  We stayed in a hotel with a pool and went swimming.  We went shopping at a 3 story tall mall that had a cool fountain and large art everywhere.  I love any activity that lets me spend more time with the 2 people in this world that I love the most!!

Knitting

I haven't knitted for awhile but Joann's had a sale on sock yarn that I loved! I am taking these slow but they look great in the Cheveron pattern. Knitting is so relaxing!

Zoey

I love my dog. Our family adopted her from the human society.  She is an awesome dog. She is 8 years young!

A Life Worth Living

     Even though I have lived my entire life with a chronic disease I have a life worth living.  Growing up I was "the sick girl" or the "girl who can't do anything".  I felt like I was nothing but a girl that was sick and going to die without anyone remembering anything else about me.  I was tubes, pills, doctors, bills. I had a poor prognosis.  I felt like a lab rat.  I was depressed and scared all the time.  I thought about dying all the time.  I felt alone. That is all in the past.

     I am more self confident than ever now.  I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister.  I am a knitter, a scrap-booker, a bowler, a sports fan.  I am strong and stubborn.  I am happy, loving and spontaneous.  I have won trophies and awards.  I am in love and loved.  I am beautiful and amazing.  Everyday I amaze myself even if I never get out of my pj's.  Although I am still sick, I am ALIVE and I have a life worth living.  

It works!

I tried to stand my broom up and it worked! Simple minds are easily entertained!