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in Health &middot November 3, 2015

How To Save Spoons When Cooking

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in Health &middot November 3, 2015

How To Save Spoons When Cooking

Pssst - scroll down to the bottom to learn how you can enter to win $500! I love food, I love cooking (after all I was training to be a pastry chef before I had to drop out ... Read the Post...

October Favorites
in Lifestyle &middot October 30, 2015

October Favorites

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in Lifestyle &middot October 30, 2015

October Favorites

October Favorites

Another month come and gone and it's suddenly time to talk about what I loved this month. Listening One Direction - Perfect - EP, especially Perfect (Stripped) and ... Read the Post...

Text reads: Buy my ebook for chronic health bloggers, worth $140, but buy for $10! There is also an image of the ebook cover. The ebook is named "Take Your Blog (And Income!) To The Next Level: Resources for Chronic Health Bloggers".
Dear Selena Gomez
in Health &middot October 28, 2015

An Open Letter to Selena Gomez

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in Health &middot October 28, 2015

An Open Letter to Selena Gomez

Dear Selena Gomez

Dear Selena Gomez, Thank you for speaking out about your lupus. I know that took a lot of bravery because you know that this diagnosis will affect how people will see you, ... Read the Post...

in Writing & Blogging &middot October 26, 2015

How Do You Blog with Limited Time?

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in Writing & Blogging &middot October 26, 2015

How Do You Blog with Limited Time?

Managing a work life balance is hard enough, but add in blogging and it can be even more difficult. Blogging is a great creative exercise - and there's a great blogging ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 25, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Brittni

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in Health &middot October 25, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Brittni

Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with arthritis or an arthritis-related condition. The point is to share the realities of ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 23, 2015

What’s in My Bag?

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in Lifestyle &middot October 23, 2015

What’s in My Bag?

Who doesn't like a post peering into the bags of other people? It has been a while since I did one of these, and I thought I would do an updated one today. I have a ... Read the Post...

6 NaNoWriMo Tips
in Writing & Blogging &middot October 22, 2015

6 NaNoWriMo Tips

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in Writing & Blogging &middot October 22, 2015

6 NaNoWriMo Tips

6 NaNoWriMo Tips

Every November, people all across the country and world try to write 50,000 words in 30 days in NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. While I haven't "won" it - aka ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 20, 2015

How To Succeed as a Spoonie Student

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in Health &middot October 20, 2015

How To Succeed as a Spoonie Student

When you live with a chronic illness, you get used to including it in your everyday life. And when you're a student, it can make your studies a little more difficult. 1 ... Read the Post...

Fall Target Finds
in Lifestyle &middot October 16, 2015

Fall Target Finds + $200 Target Giveaway

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in Lifestyle &middot October 16, 2015

Fall Target Finds + $200 Target Giveaway

Fall Target Finds

I know, I know, this has been a weird week post-wise. It was a holiday weekend in the US and Canada, so I was going to do my holiday schedule (Tuesdays and Thursdays), but ... Read the Post...

On Plagiarism in Blogging
in Writing & Blogging &middot October 13, 2015

On Plagiarism in Blogging

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in Writing & Blogging &middot October 13, 2015

On Plagiarism in Blogging

On Plagiarism in Blogging

In my blogging community - from Facebook groups to Twitter - I've seen a lot of talk about plagiarism. There was a recent issue with someone copying Regina a lot, which is ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 11, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Me

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in Health &middot October 11, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Me

Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with arthritis or an arthritis-related condition. Since tomorrow is World Arthritis Day, I ... Read the Post...

Wear Blue on World Arthritis Day
in Health &middot October 9, 2015

World Arthritis Day

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in Health &middot October 9, 2015

World Arthritis Day

Wear Blue on World Arthritis Day

Why should arthritis matter to you? Because there are 53 million Americans living with arthritis, including over 300,000 children. Did you know that October 12 is World ... Read the Post...

14 Yummy Fall Recipes
in Lifestyle &middot October 7, 2015

14 Yummy Fall Recipes

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in Lifestyle &middot October 7, 2015

14 Yummy Fall Recipes

14 Yummy Fall Recipes

If there's anything I love in this world - other than my family, friends, doctors, coffee, and books, but whatever - it's cooking. And some dishes are made for cooler nights ... Read the Post...

Feminism is ...
in Lifestyle &middot October 5, 2015

The One Thing Every Woman Must Do

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in Lifestyle &middot October 5, 2015

The One Thing Every Woman Must Do

Feminism is ...

I'm usually against the idea of speaking to women as an entire group. There are so many different groups of women - and very few only belong to one group - and the only issues ... Read the Post...

September Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging &middot October 2, 2015

September Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging &middot October 2, 2015

September Blog Traffic Report

September Blog Traffic Report

I knew that school starting would cause some problems for my blog traffic. First of all, school comes first, work comes second, and blogging comes third. This means less time ... Read the Post...

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2️⃣ I got a hair cut last week and then I looked nice at one point!

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FAQ: What Is Subtalar Fusion Surgery? Background FAQ: What Is Subtalar Fusion Surgery? 

Background: I have tarsal coalition and rheumatoid arthritis and had subtalar fusion in my left foot in 2009 and in my right in 2018. While this was started because of the tarsal coalitions, it is a surgery that can help rheumatoid arthritis, too. 

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Had some rough pain days in here so I didn’t do a lot and I combined the weeks in 1 post!

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