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Happy Thanksgiving Steemians!

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving! My family did our dinner last night, right on the heels of my neice's first birthday party. Charlotte, my first and currently on...

I interrupt these messages for emergency turkey & cake

Or in my case, roast beef (mmmmm) and a first birthday! Thursday was the first complete day of my detox: I woke up on time, I followed the meal plan to a T, and...

Self-Talk and a New Life

This is how I'm changing my life from stuck to getting somewhere. In my "re-introduction" post, I told you all about my health problems, and that I was struggli...

Sugar is a cruel mistress

I broke up with sugar but she is so not done with me. I made it through the entire day on my detox meal plan, only to make a fatal mistake... I made a stop befo...

Superfood of the olde gods

Yesterday, I tried Maca for the first time, and it is yummy!!! Yesterday was also my first day officially off sugar, gluten, and dairy, trying out a liver detox...

D-Day = Detox Day!

I posted yesterday about my designated D-Day starting Oct. 2nd, so I thought I'd explain: After seeing that I'd shared a link on Facebook about always feeling e...

ReIntroducing Myself: I'm changing everything!

I've been avoiding Steemit for a while now because my posts took so long to write and I didn't feel like they really mattered to anyone except my parents! My da...

STEEM-POCALYPSE SURVIVAL GAME CONTEST - SEASON 5 - SIGN UP NOW!!!

https://media.giphy.com/media/3og0IJbmO1aXeXXMuA/giphy.gif In order to participate in Season 5, you must reply to this post. ---------- I will leave this sign u...

The waterslide of death and what it taught me about life

I'm a considerably fearful person. I've been that way for as long as I can remember. My dad is the one who taught me what to do about that fear, and I learned t...

The Epic Smoothie: for people with high blood sugar and/or low iron!

This past winter, I recieved bloodwork results more suited to a woman 40 years older than me, and it freaked me out! (Low iron, low thyroid levels, pre-diabetic...

Top Five travel moments from an inexperienced traveller, 1 of 5: Bruges, Belgium

The last time I left North America was seven years ago. It was a travel term for my undergrad degree, and my class & professors camped and travelled by bus (we ...

Cooper Dooper, the newest family member

Shortly after my cat and I moved out of my parents' house this past winter, my parents, @ramseyman and @karenmakescakes, discovered how much they liked having a...

There's a castle out there with my name on it!

Well. Sort of. It has my surname, at least. Apparently, at one time there were actually several towns in England with this name, but now there's just one, and i...

Where are all the othe action movies with female leads?!

I'm a big fan of action movies—especially ones where the hero displays desperate and selfless courage to save the day/save the world. There’s just something so ...

It's strawberry season: time for strawberry shortcake!

What you are about to view is seriously the best shortcake recipe ever. My brother, food minimalist that he is, will eat this stuff dry by the fistful. (I mean,...

That time I fell in love with a ball of fur

Warning: Crazy cat lady is coming out tonight. Sometimes, I just can't get over how lucky I am that I found my kitty. I decided to adopt a cat in my fourth year...

Battle of the sizes

https://steemitimages.com/DQmRp85zJFQdSNR5p2nrkKxNx2QRpzfpVeuQgRFXoPDXdQ8/FBIMG1499011704080.jpg I used to be a size 4. When I was 18. I looked skeletal, but a ...

Happy Canada Day!

It's Canada's 150th birthday! I'm pleased to say that my celebrations consist of doing absolutely nothing, and I'm reveling in it! A couple years ago, I had the...

Living memorial for my hero, the family legend

I used to say nothing could kill my Grampie. By the time I was born, he'd nearly drowned, survived a plane crash, and fell off multiple roofs (including one fal...

As you are - Nayyirah Waheed

A friend shared this poem with me recently, and I thought it was so beautiful. Coming from a Christian home, a poem like this would usually read "says God" or s...