As silly as it might seem what made me super happy today was my husband letting me go on a quest to search for an enchanted purple willow tree. How is it enchanted you ask? Well, it has an uncanny ability to make me smile when I gaze upon it. I had discovered it yesterdayRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Be Patient and Let My Arm Heal
What made me happy today was my husband helping me to get all the Halloween outdoor decorations put out. After a visit to the Doctor’s yesterday all I can do for my partially torn elbow tendon is to be patient and let it heal, so no heavy lifting or overstraining my arm, use my compressionRead More
Health
The Quest to Squee About Awesome Doctor Who News
Every morning I wake up with a task for myself to find at least one thing that makes me happy each day. Most days it’s easy to find something that makes me happy, usually, it’s tiny things, some days I may struggle to find something that makes me happy, and then there are days whereRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Treat Sugar As a Poison
After my husband’s latest doctor’s visit, we realized that even though his A1C is trending in the right direction it’s still not great and we need to do more. Even though my main quest in life is to focus on my happiness it’s the smaller side quests that always help us to obtain that mainRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Not Think the Thinks
So my husband and I have been on a lot of meetings this week and we still have a lot of meetings the rest of the week. It’s just one of those weeks and it’s only Wednesday. Despite the workload this week it has been productive and while not 100% my back is getting better.Read More
Mental Health
The Quest to Finally Be On the Mend
Today is the first day since Friday that my back is starting to feel a little better, the muscle is still quite tense but I seem to have just a little bit more mobility. I still need to take it easy and not overdo things but now I’m not feeling so frustrated because there isRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Push Free of My Frustrations
The past weekend was spent mostly in bed watching T.V. or reading. My entire weekend was spent resting and relaxing and essentially not doing many physical activities. Even though that sounds like a good weekend, overall it was frustrating not being able to work on the projects that I wanted to work on. I feelRead More
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The Quest to Watch Full Metal Alchemist
While I’m letting my back heal and taking it easy I’ve been rewatching one of my favorite anime series Full Metal Alchemist. When I was young I was a big fan of Sailor Moon, this was before online streaming existed, and finding anime was not easy and in many cases expensive. Back in the lateRead More
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The Quest to Unleash the Elvan Queen
I got a pleasant surprise yesterday evening when I received a message from the photographer who volunteered for our Tolkien Photoshoot with a link to all the amazing photos he took while at Dragon Con. It really made me happy to see all the pictures of the shoot, It’s not often I feel pretty inRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to I Wish I Didn’t Feel Old and Busted
I got up this morning feeling energized and highly motivated, I planned on working on my Stargate build and going out during my lunch break to maybe shop for some Halloween decorations. Thanks to a friend I also received my first ever box from Hello Fresh and I was planning on cooking one of theRead More