Refilling Stella, the automatic medication dispenser
For the last year, we’ve been using an automatic medication dispenser, which we named Stella. And she is amazing! My favorite part of Stella is the bulk refilling… pouring a […]
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gabriana
Writer/Editor, Artist/Maker, Family Caregiver, Perpetually Positive Spoonie, chai and mint chocolate lover with two sweet, wee rescue dogs
Completing another round of Vitamin C infusions
Today was my fifth and hopefully final Vitamin C infusion. Now we just have to wait and hope that I can absorb/retain it. Benny did an excellent support job once […]
Nominating myself
Nominations are now open for the Carewell Caregiver Awards 2023. Caregivers are encouraged to nominate themselves—so I did! The winners will be announced on February 17th, National Caregivers Day. Fingers […]
A parking guide
We are thrilled to finally be able to park inside our garage with the space to open the trunk, but it still requires lining up the CR-V just so. This […]
Baking our #OneGoodThing
Today was one of those days where we had to make our #OneGoodThing. Bake it, in fact. Thankfully, we had balls of homemade ginger chocolate cookie dough already made so […]
Celebrating feelings
I’ve been having a rough time lately but I’m working on not hiding it. This lovely cartoon by Liz Climo seemed to capture the sentiment perfectly. Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama […]
My first barbershop experience
After three years of cutting my own hair, I was ready to try something new. I did a bit of research to find a barbershop that would welcome women and […]
Getting my Vitamin C
Today was my (hopefully) penultimate Vitamin C infusion in this treatment cycle. Accessing Portia (my port) was much less painful today and the whole ordeal went faster. Today’s #OneGoodThing with […]
Creating more space
We’ve been working to clear the clutter in our garage for years. We finally cleared enough space inside to park our beloved new (used) chariot recently, but it has been crowded […]
Emergency blondies
It’s been a rough few days with water damage from the storm and pain in my joints. Mama and I decided we needed a warm, baked, chocolatey treat stat. And […]
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