Spring Printable!

I thought that I would whip up this cute little printable for spring. You can get it for free here!

Thyroid Patients: 7 Keys to Successfully Restoring and Revitalizing Your Health

The day I stumbled upon New York Times bestselling author Mary Shomon’s book Living Well with Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You…That You Need to Know changed my life.

Written by Mary Shomon, About.com’s Thyroid Disease Guide

When it comes to having a thyroid condition, it’s easy to focus on the obvious details like blood tests, lab results and medications. But after two decades as a thyroid patient advocate — and as a thyroid patient myself all these years — I have realized that finding the right medication for you at the right dose is just one part of the complete picture of health and wellness. In the past twenty years as a thyroid patient and advocate, I got pregnant and had a daughter (who is now 18…let’s talk about time flying!) (I know many of you can relate!) At one point, I lost so much hair I had a ponytail the thickness of a pencil. (How many ways can you wear your hair in a scrunchie?) I suffered a miscarriage, but went on to adopt my son, who is now a thriving 11 year old. I rode the roller coaster of perimenopause, and went through menopause — and found it surprisingly easy with the help of some surprising things I learned along the way.

In the end, I have learned a great deal, through trial and error, and by trusting some truly inspiring wellness experts, a group of people I now consider my personal guiding stars of wellness. Thanks to their wisdom and support, I have discovered seven keys to successfully restoring and revitalizing my health. Each of these keys is absolutely crucial to not only my thyroid health and management of symptoms, but to the bigger picture: my overall energy, attitude, peace of mind, and happiness! I didn’t learn about them all at once when I was first diagnosed — it’s been a long and winding road at times. But hopefully, wherever you are on your thyroid journey — whether you are newly diagnosed, or a veteran patient — you may find that many of the things that have worked for me can help you fast-forward on your own road to optimal health!

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Halloween Printable

Here is another printable! You can get it here. 

Fall Printable!

I love this time of year! Fall is my favorite season because of the beautiful colors and crisp night air. Here is my fall printable for this year. You can find it here!

31 Hauntingly Cute Costumes for your Kids!

It is that time of the year again to start thinking about what your little ghouls and ghosts will dress up as for Halloween. I love to have plenty of time to get the perfect costumes for my kids.

Spooktacular Halloween Printable

I just love when I can pull out all of my holiday decorations this time of the year. Halloween is such a fun time to remember what it is like to be a kid. I have people tell me all of the time that they love how I decorate for all of the holidays and make it feel like their home when they were younger. I guess that that is just the kid in me, and I am glad that I can make it fun for others as well.

I like that I can find cute picture decorations to add to my Halloween decor, but this year I thought that I would make some of my own.

And I thought that I would share them with all of you! You can find them here.

What ways do you like to decorate for Halloween?

Red, White and Blueberry Trifle

I decided that I want to try something new for the 4th of July. Because hey, how often do you get to make red, white, and blue food? I wanted it to be something special!

So I went to my good pal Pinterest and took a look around and this is what I found!

YUMMY!!

That is all that I can say. In fact as I sit here and write this I am eating it for breakfast.

You can find the recipe here. I forgot to take a picture of mine so this picture is from her website. I highly recommend this yummy treat!

What is your favorite fourth of July treat?