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Polar Plunge for Special Olympics MN 2020

December 14, 2019May 26, 2022Autism Journey, Blogging, Foraging | Gardening | Outdoors

I will be jumping into the lake TWICE this year. I am doing the Arctic Plunge in Maple Lake on Feb 1st and I am raising money for Special Olympics MN for doing the Polar

Steps in the right direction for a plant-based future

December 9, 2019January 17, 2020Blogging, Vegan Recipes | Cruelty-Free Lifestyle

I follow vegan news and every day I am more excited about the future. They say that this is the year of the vegan market. More and more fast food places are adding plant-based menu

Cupid Run 2020

December 7, 2019January 17, 2020Blogging, Foraging | Gardening | Outdoors

I am doing the Cupid Undie Run once again this year. I will be running in the cold of winter in an effort to raise funds to find a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF), a disorder

Job Update

December 3, 2019January 17, 2020Blogging

I have decided to quit my job. I really want to focus on my web work, I get so much more satisfaction out of using my education. I want my time to be valued and

Thanksgiving ThanksLIVING 2019

November 28, 2019January 17, 2020Blogging, Family Adventures, Vegan Recipes | Cruelty-Free Lifestylethanksgiving, thanksliving, veganthanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving up north at Keith’s parents with his siblings, brother-in-law, and nieces. The kids had fun playing with their cousins and the dogs. We had so much food, I was stuffed. Everyone brought

Cadence in “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculation”

November 15, 2019January 17, 2020Blogging, Family Adventurescadence, performance, play

Cadence had a wonderful performance in The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon with her High School Drama class. Cadence is really liking her extracurricular activities. Alexis, Keith and I have really enjoyed the shows and can’t wait

The story behind eyelove808

November 10, 2019January 10, 2020Blogging, Family Adventures42, birthday, happy birthday, keith

HAPPY 42nd BIRTHDAY KEITH! I met Keith when I was young, my feelings for him were an actual story of love at first sight. I said to my best friend at the time (his sister)

Halloween 2019

November 1, 2019January 9, 2020Bloggingfall, family, halloween

I really like the aesthetic of Halloween, I am such a curious fanatic of the dark and morbid things we experience in life. I think appreciating the shocking and darker things we all inevitably have

Grandpa Moves Into an Apartment

October 21, 2019January 9, 2020Blogging, Family Adventuresgrandpa, life updates, moving

My Grandpa has moved into an apartment after living in his home for nearly 50 years (1971-2019). We went up north to visit him and say goodbye to the house. It was odd seeing it

Transitions for Alexis

September 26, 2019January 9, 2020Autism Journey, Bloggingchanges, transition, trek

Tomorrow is Alexis’ last day at Trek, she will be a full-time Maple Lake student starting on Monday. She is really excited for her goodbye party tomorrow. 🎊🎉 I hope she does well with this transition, she

Life Updates & Parents Anniversary

September 25, 2019January 7, 2020Blogging, Family Adventureslife updates, parents anniversary

My parents celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, unfortunately, it was in the hospital. My mom had to have emergency open-heart surgery after the doctors found blockages in her arteries. It has been a very scary

VegFest 2019

September 15, 2019October 6, 2019Autism Journey, Blogging, Family Adventures, Vegan Recipes | Cruelty-Free Lifestylefestival, herbiverous butcher, twin cities, vegan, vegfest

Alexis and I had fun at VegFest this year, Keith and Cadence had to work but we brought a donut back for Cadence. I wish we would have been able to buy more stuff but

Foraging

September 5, 2019October 5, 2019Blogging, Foraging | Gardening | Outdoorsforaging, outdoors, wild mushrooms

I have had some luck this year with finding a couple different varieties of wild mushrooms. I found my favorite Maitake aka “Hen of the Woods” and made it into jerky. I also found some

Kids First Day Of School

September 3, 2019September 2, 2020Autism Journey, Blogging, Family Adventures

Alexis is entering 11th grade and Cadence is going into 10th.It is hard to imagine that we have a sophomore and junior in the house. You’re capable of anything you set your mind to. You

Alexis got a haircut

August 24, 2019November 19, 2019Autism Journey, Blogging, Family Adventuresautism, haircut

Alexis wanted her hair cut very short for the upcoming school year. I think it will be much easier in the mornings coming this little bit of hair and I love being able to see