You know how Facebook shows you posts from the past and asks if you wish to share them? Recently, Facebook brought up a photo from when I had my broken arm, and I was wearing a hot pink and black zebra-print cover over the cast. My twice-broken arm isn’t one I wanted to relive, but…
Hi Alison: thank you so much for all of your broken arm-related posts, they have been lifesavers. In December, I badly broke my left forearm and needed surgery to fix it. Although I haven’t been in a cast, I have two hideous incisions that are still healing. They were fine while I was on short-term…
This month I finally paid off my medical bills, and for that I’d like to thank you. See, I do have insurance. Relatively good insurance. It’s the biggest reason why I have not become a full-time blogger. I know the value and cost of healthcare; my father was in and out of hospitals from when…
Dress: Etsy (similar) | Shoes: Vince Camuto ‘Effel’ (out of stock, similar) | Bracelets: Had Forever (similar), c/o Lifetherapy | Bag: Latico Tuesday we woke up before dawn for my early morning arm surgery and since then I have pretty much stayed inside. Friday Karl took me to get my hair cut and colored and…
I’ve become quite skilled at typing with one hand. It is a skill I’d gladly trade for never breaking my arm in the first place, but it does give me a bit of a surge of pride being able to craft an email… or this post. Tuesday I had my third and FINAL surgery on…
I’m a doodler. Look at my work notebooks and my paper planner and you’ll see squiggles, boxes, and flowers in the margins. My tattoo is of a swirl design I have been doodling since high school; that doodle I used to draw as a teenager on friends’ jeans and jackets with fabric markers and they…
How is it already March??? The beginning of 2015 went by in a flash, but the beginning of the year always does for our family. Birthday after birthday, Valentine’s Day and Girl Scouts and hey… one year since my arm first broke. We didn’t celebrate this milestone (arm, you’ve come a long way baby), but…
I have often written about the difficult parts of blogging, but there’s some pretty sweet parts too. The friends that have been made with fellow bloggers, readers, and even some brands. The ability to get paid for a hobby or passion. And yeah… swag. We bloggers can get a lot of free stuff. Granted, that…
Last weekend, Karl, my sister, and our two friends headed to the Baltimore Shindig Festival 2014. It was the weekend before Karl’s birthday (the big 4-0 yo!), and the festival was featuring some pretty great bands that he and I both love: Clutch, Jane’s Addiction, Gogol Bordello, Fishbone, and more. Baltimore Shindig Festival 2014 Review…