your daily delight
I often find myself getting caught up in the minutiae of daily life. The wake up, start the coffee pot, brush teeth, put on clothes, pack lunch, get in the car, get to my desk hum drum becomes my focus. When this happens, relatively insignificant happenings like someone cutting me off on the highway or …
Continue reading My Number 1 Trick for Instant Perspective
Over the past several months, I have written a lot about my very personal experience with cancer hoping in part to help bring awareness and hoping on a personal level to distract me. One thing that I have not shared a lot about is my work situation, FMLA, short term disability, etc. This one is …
Continue reading A Humble Open Letter to My Community and My GoFundMe Campaign
It's been a month since I've posted, for those of you keeping up. Since then, I've been collecting my thoughts and find myself with a lot to say. Since then, I had major surgery and one round of chemo. Since then, I have not been able to view my life without the cancer lens. All …
The weather has just been glorious in Colorado Springs for the past week. So when M and I went to brunch, I wanted to show off some of my new warm-weather clothes that I had only been wearing around the house with sweat pants (I coined the term "sweat pant chic" in college cause ya …
I have wanted a Roomba for about four years now but have been dissuaded by the exorbitant price tag. As a pet owner of more than two, our house needs a good sweep almost every day to keep up with the hair and the little particles. So when this vacuum cleaning robot went on sale …
This weekend was the first weekend warm enough to spend time outside. In desperate need of Vitamin D, M and I turned our flower beds/garden, did some much needed pruning, and relocating some iris bulbs. We brought all of the animals and potted plants outside for some sunshine as well. They were out there until …
Do you ever do some soul searching and discover something unpleasant? Like don't want to touch that with a ten foot pole unpleasant? Recently I've been digging deeper into intuitive eating, positive body image, and, ultimately my own biases. I continue to unfollow pages that only serve American traditional beauty, usually white women in small …
Continue reading Soul Searching and A Different Type of Self Care
In the age of delivery and Amazon Prime I’ve gotten into the habit of “one click orders” and then forgetting about them. I’ll think I need to order something, I get out my phone, and in one click, it’s on its way. Because it requires so little time and effort, I completely forget that I …
NYT Crossword Calendar: In college, I did the campus newspaper crossword religiously in research class with my left hand to stay awake. I now grab every copy of the Colorado Springs Independent in hopes of filling out the crossword puzzle in record time. My friends and family have caught on to my intense love for …
So excited for this that I couldn't wait until Friday. The second annual book tree is up in the Brundage-Durham household! This year we found a Santa from my Poppie's Christmas stash that he gave to me before he died. Of all the things that were not returned to me or were subsequently stolen, I'm …
