I get stressed! I also have anxiety. And I worry too! Guess what? While they are related, they aren’t interchangeable. Guess what else? They have some positive components in addition to the well-known negative ones. You may think that I’m …
I’m not a big fan of buffet meals. There is usually a ton of food and I want to try most everything! This often means that even with careful planning, food either runs together or falls off the plate. Not to …
What’s normal? It’s a setting on your dishwasher! A washing machine and clothes dryer use the word “regular” instead of normal. In the cleaning world, an item needs the normal/regular cycle or it falls into a different category and requires …
Yes, there really is Thumb School and yes, I attended! Okay, let me back up. The pain in my left thumb (non-dominant hand) started gradually as a intermittent ache. The pain became more consistent with it sometimes being a stabbing …
Focus, focus, focus! Everyone knows how helpful it is to focus on a task. It decreases the amount of time it takes and increases productivity. However, there are times when focus is not helpful, as I discovered last week. I’d …
Have you ever made a frenzied search for necessary information? It is frustrating and exhausting! What if I can show you an alternative? I can still remember one day (a number of years ago) when I planned to take advantage …
There are many things about a medical condition that may frustrate you, so let me get a little more specific.😊 When you can research symptoms and conditions in so many different ways, it’s easy to go down a rabbit hole …
Whether or not the Summer Olympics are going on when you read this article, do you enjoy the Summer Olympics? One of my favorite sports in the Summer Olympics is women’s gymnastics. I think the balance beam is the most …
Do you immediately embrace new technology? You buy a new gadget the minute it hits the stores. You volunteer to beta test new software. You look for the latest and greatest app. You download software updates as soon as they …
Pinecones! Every June I’m astonished to find pinecones along my walking trails. The pinecones themselves aren’t the surprise. It’s the fact that they are around in the summer! In my head, pinecones are a fall item, so I should never …