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What would you do if your doctor told you had active tuberculosis?

Yesterday was the day, I can’t believe that it is now exactly three years since I was released from the hospital. When I sit down to think about it, it all seems so crazy to me. It all seems so surreal and I feel the need to share with you my experience at this time.

In April 2016, on a Wednesday, I ended up in the hospital. I was coughing for months. A couple of doctors assumed it was acid reflux that was causing my cough. I was even taking medication for the acid reflux and at one point, I was even given muscle relaxers to even try to help calm the cough. But, it wasn’t working.

A Love Letter to My Dog

Charley, you have been my faithful companion for over fifteen years. The moment I met you, when your daddy brought you home…I fell in love with you. I remember crying tears of joy.

Your Dad got lost trying to find the family we were adopting you from. He came home a couple of hours late. I remember sitting at the window with your big sister, Cinder, waiting so impatiently for you.

Celebrating 7 Years of Blogging…

Gosh, I can’t believe it’s been seven years, you guys. (The actual anniversary was yesterday, December 7th.) You have probably heard the story already but my sister is the one who pushed me to start. After telling…

How I Met My Neighbor

rows and rows of cookie dough. Into the freezer they go…have to wait at least 4 hours. ?? I hope my neighbor likes chocolate chip cookies…she's going through cancer treatment & I hope cookies will bring her…

Grateful

You guys, I get really emotional lately. Okay, that’s me all the time. But lately I feel like more often than not. I’m still dealing with my health stuff from earlier this year (I ended up in…

Puppy Love #8

My puppy love posts are just posts where I usually share photos of our furbabies and stuff I’m loving lately…but this week I have some sad news… RIP Prince Miss Prince as I called her or Princess…

Puppy Love #6

Happy Saturday! I want to try to post my puppy love posts more regularly (just posts where I share photos of our furbabies and stuff I’m loving lately)! 1. Angel in a cat bed —– this was…

Untitled

It’s untitled because I don’t know what to call it. And just a little word of warning…this post might be hard for some to read. I hope you’ll keep reading to the end. It’s my truth and…

Puppy Love

These two have my heart…if it’s not obvious to anyone by now…I’m a little obsessed with my dogs. That’s Angel in the background and Charley up front. I just can’t get over how much they love each…

Pepper Chicken with Cashews Stir Fry

For the last week I have been nursing an upper respiratory infection and I’m happy to finally be getting better. Curtis kept telling me to go to the doctor and this time I was the unreasonable one….

5 things I learned at the 2013 Florida Blogger Conference

Me, Lou Mongello & J! I have been trying to resurrect my five things series and I thought this would be perfect to write about this weekend! Yesterday was the 3rd Annual Florida Blogger and Social Media…

Strawberry Pink Lemonade

Do you like lemonade? I love lemonade and I don’t make it as much as I should. When I was a kid, I would crave lemonade like crazy. If I found one lemon in our kitchen, I…

Smoked Paprika Chicken Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing

I’m so excited to share with you today, I have been working with KitchenAid as a contributor to their blog launched this past May! This is my second recipe, a Smoked Paprika Chicken Salad with Homemade Ranch…

five things: chit chat edition

My friend, Jenna, does this wonderful series she calls virtual coffee dates and since this week has been a crazy week, I thought I would do a little kind of coffee chat or chit chat edition of…

Grilled Caesar Salad

It’s 4am on Monday morning and I’m still awake! Sooo yesterday I woke up and sat up and noticed a tingling sensation in my left arm and my neck was killing me. I actually told Curtis, I…

five things I’m thankful for today

1. my health and much more. This sounds so cheesy, I know but it’s definitely forefront in my mind as I make my Thanksgiving meal today for my family. You see, one of our family friends is…

(just) five things

I’m so excited about my new little five things logo that Lindsay created for me. Don’t you just love it? 😀 I am having so much fun doing these five things posts every weekend, I hope you’re…

five things I’m obsessed with (right now)

1. the Instacube Watch the video and tell me you don’t want one. Okay, if you’re not on instagram, you’ll think I’m crazy but if you are, you love right? I backed it on kickstarter after my…

five things – hunger in Central Florida

Hunger is an epidemic in America and even if we don’t know someone who is personally affect by it, it doesn’t mean it’s not a huge problem. What’s more startling is that childhood hunger is a huge…

five things about me

i’m passionate about breast cancer Every year for the last 6 years I have volunteered at the Central Florida Komen Race for the Cure. I’m passionate about breast cancer because I have a grandmother and a friend…

five things I love about my puppy, angel

I mentioned before that we adopted a puppy named Angel. She’s almost 5 months now and I just wanted to share a little bit about what I love about her… 1. She plays hard. When we were…

five things I love about instagram

Are you on instagram? It’s quite frankly my favorite social networking “site” at the moment. Available for iPhone and Android, it’s an app that lets you share photos. I love sharing photos and I love seeing my…

five things I’m scared to make

Ever have anything you’re scared to try to make at home or from scratch? I have tons of them. Here are five of them: 1. pie dough – ever had a terrible pie? Yeah, I’m scared but…

Some Changes going on in The Little Kitchen

Ch-ch-ch-changes…is that how the song goes? I’m saying good bye to the old and saying hello to the new!! Seriously! She (above) was delivered on Friday and I’m so excited to be cooking again. Am I strange…