Susan Wheeler Smith

 The sky was beautiful this morningI should be at the gym  instead of sitting in front of the fireplace writing. Normally, that might sound like a win to me, but this morning it s nothing but frustrating. It's my own fault. Having major gut issues this morning and it is all due to poor food [...]

Thanksgiving Menu. What's everyone having for Thanksgiving? We have friends who always have Italian food. Yum. We also have friends who always have Greek food. Double yum. We are going traditional:Roasted Turkey. The Big Boy wants to try frying every year. So far, we have successfully avoided it. This year we are stepping out of [...]

This is not a list *Diane S.* This is just an accumulation of some thoughts I have this morning.I've started and ditched a handful of posts this month. I'm really struggling with my writing. It's not a block; more like a cement dam. Thank you for your patience and encouragement. I was really hoping that [...]

Totally scrapped the post I was writing. That Girl can be such a downer. But This Girl is on her way up!After a wicked migraine episode, the worst I have ever had, I slept better than I have slept in a year and that ain't no lie. Seriously. Woke up feeling so stinking good that [...]

The leaves wiggle on their limbsmarigold, lime, rose in color.Mums fading in their summer resting placetheir season of color burstover.Sun warmth pushing aside the cool breeze chant:Fall is here!Winter is coming!Fur thickensas leaves slip quietly to the ground.The air is crispwith the promises of gloves.Fire snapping and popping with heat  sends out slivers of grey [...]

So, my latest tv obsession is Modern Family. I had successfully avoided watching Modern Family until September when it showed up on USA Network...also the home of my all-time tv obsession, NCIS. For some reason, I thought Modern Family was going to be rude, crude and socially unacceptable.Quite the contrary.I think it is hilarious and, [...]

I sat waiting for Thomas to come into the room. Alone with my thoughts, I reflected on the path to being open to weekly appointments with an acupuncturist. Fatigue, pain, anxiety, desperation...all led me here. I heard his footsteps in the hall, and I realized that for the first time in a year, I didn't [...]

In an interesting turn of events, I was so on top of my blogging that the post I was positive I wrote was actually non-existent.In other words. I'm making this up as I go along this morning.Which is pretty much how I write every post.I blame the Fibro Fog. One of the symptoms associated with [...]