justlivinglikethis

As a recovery alcoholic (sober 12 1/2 years) and ex-smoker (smoke free for 15 years), I know a thing or two about how hard it is to break bad habits. The body get so used to a thing, especially an addictive thing, and the mind and the body have to […]

Old Habits Die Hard

26 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

If you follow along on my Facebook postings at all, you would have seen a common thread the last few days. I came across a new book that had a treasure chapter near the end that applied to so many areas of life. It captivated me as its descriptions of […]

The Courage of a Lion – from OZ

23 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

I was getting nostalgic today while making a huge batch of chapatis…..when we started on this gluten free uber healthy living kick nearly 7 years ago for my kids health, we never knew that it would end with me needing to eat this way because of Lyme. I have been […]

Making Gluten Free Chapatis

21 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

Our sermon series at church this summer has been on the book of Proverbs – and this past Sunday it was specifically on how to stay wise. It reminded me of a post I did a few days ago about keeping your ducks in a row. One of the verses […]

Birds of a Feather

20 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

When my kids were 4 and 2, they played the part of flower girl and ring bearer in their cousin’s wedding. At the time we still were all kinds of messy from the LYME, although we didn’t know the cause then. Just that everything was “life-on-egg-shells” pretty much 24/7. There […]

Some Things You Can’t Count on Anymore……you just gotta ROLL ...

19 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

In my young and rebellious years I was a smoker. When I travelled overseas, all my fellow smokers and I made jokes about the warning labels for smoking in the UK. “Smoking Kills” and “Smoker’s Die Younger” were two of our favorites. In giant big black letters just as plain […]

Warning: “Smoking Kills”

18 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

Fortunately for us, this photo does not represent what happened to our car. It is an example of what we were spared of. The day before we left for vacation I noticed a new noise and what I described as a “shimmy” to my husband. The morning we were leaving, […]

The Tire Almost Came Off – Whew…

16 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

These “ducks” can be seen at various famous tourist places all over the US. We happened upon our bunch of ducks in Branson, MO where they tour Tablerock Lake. Now don’t get me wrong – the lake is gorgeous, its why we go to that area in the first place. […]

Ride the Ducks “quack quack”

15 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

This time last year I thought I would never be able to drive again or be strong enough to handle all that mommy duty required. This time last year, I was barely able to exercise, not able to clean my own house because of the exhaustion of carrying the […]

Too Cold for the Lake in August?

13 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

I don’t know how many of you are a fan of the TV show Mr. Monk, but my husband and I are rabid fans. In a rerun espisode we were watching yesterday on Netflix, he was listing off he phobias for his therapist – Milk, Heights, Bees, Blenders, Bees in […]

Mr. Monk’s fear of bees

9 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis