A while back I posted about how the university I attended for grad school received extensive damage from a tornado in March. On Friday, my sister graduated form the same university and I got to see parts

I don't know if anyone can ever accuse me of being a positive person. I'm unabashedly logical and pragmatic. I call things as I logically or practically see them. If that makes the glass half empty, well,

I needed a dinosaur fix - something to placate me until the sequel to Jurassic World releases in June, so I read Jurassic Park. This was my first read-through of Jurassic Park and my first Michael Crichton

In general, we keep Pixie's diet free of all the human goodies - something she's never come to understand completely or forgive. We occasionally do hide pills in peanut butter, but for the most part, all

Me: Go away. I'm still angry at you. Bud: For last night? I didn't like those people. Me: They were guests. And you were rude. Bud: They called me "doggie". Me: Just trying to be sociable...

The last couple of weeks have been very difficult for me with my ongoing health saga. I've been reminded of the constant insurance battle I'm up against, and the fact that I'm not in control of my own

Old soul, kind heart~ we took this lady in as an abandoned adult stray during our years in Guam. When we first met her she approached our child, carefully checked him from head to toe and healed at his

I think I could blog about our lives post neck injury and onset of symptoms every day for two weeks and not cover everything that has happened, everything that we have learned, or the number of ways it

The Present Pixabay image From August to early December 2017, @millennialnow's progress would finally become tangible. The setback caused by surgery no longer seemed a big deal. On one particularly wet

Today's Theme? It's coming up to your 10th Birthday! Your parents have taken you to the toy store, so you can pick your present :) What toy do you choose that would turn back the clock to your childhood?

When we embarked on our homesteading journey we had some really set ideas about what our homestead would look like. A lot of pre-planning went into this. Not surprisingly. these ideas have changed radically

The Next Steps ( This is a continuation of Part One. Read it here. In the fall of 2016 after having tried various medications, chiropractic treatments, physical therapy, and nerve blocks, @millennialnow

On Saturday night, I helped @millennialnow fill up his pill box. My only job was to painstakingly remove one medicine, one pill at a time, out of the blister pack in which it came. The fact that an almost

Pixabay image If you were to ask me what my favorite genres of music are, I would happily respond with classical and rock. I either like to be soothed by a full orchestra or moved by the sounds of heavy

There is a Dogecoin Hardfork planned for sometime in the fall of 2018. The new coin will be called Dogethereum (DOGX). The wallet that I have been using for my Dogecoin is the Doughwallet but it is being

"Ode to a Sunny Day" is another poem I wrote in college for one of my literature survey courses. I decided to share it with you because many of us in the U.S. are still dealing with stubborn,

Help!!!!!! I run contests and for the past several days I have not been able to transfer the SBD to the winner. No matter what I do, it never works. Here is a screenshot of the Steemit error message: I

Join us at The Steemit Zombies and Deadpost Initiative discord channel What is the Deadpost Intitiative? The Deadpost Initiative is an attempt to give love to some posts that were overlooked during their

Today is my first of four days off work! Pixabay Image I like to take a day or two off work periodically to provide myself a break from work. Corporate life can be challenging and demanding. If you don't

Here is another of Armadilloman's leather accessories giveaways!!!  And like the last one, you are going to be able to pick your handcrafted prize with values from $25-$90, including Steem and Steemit