Maybe you guessed that this would be our word of the week. We always try to be positive, and we also find that being grateful and counting our blessings, no matter how small, has a positive impact on our well-being and mental health. This week, we have a number of things to be grateful for. First of all, to celebrate that I do not have hyperkalemia, I cried happy tears. I posted the result in last week's post. Truly grateful for the news, I added it to my list of things to be grateful for ...
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Adjust is my Word of the Week
This week and in the weeks to come, I will have to adjust to some changes in my life. Well, our lives. They are all doable, I think. Who was able to adjust to the changing of the clocks on Sunday? We just told ourselves not to rush it but to take it slow and […]

Hyperkalemia is my Word of the Week
Hyperkalemia is a word I’m sure most of you have not heard before. I heard it for the first time this week. As you know from last week’s post, I had been struggling to get (or give) some blood for a test the doctors said I needed to repeat. I went for said blood test […]

Our Word of the Week is Declutter
With Spring well and truly here, everything looks brighter. That includes dust and clutter too. So this week, with it being brighter and also sunnier we took advantage of the good weather to declutter and make our home feel more like Spring. It was so sunny this week that Leisa was even able to wash […]

Nothing is my Word of the Week
My word of the week reflects tha fact that there was nothing major or significant that happened this week. I could have chosen insignificant or mundane but I chose to go with nothing. On Sunday morning we decided to invite a friend over for dinner. We had planned to make African okra soup or egusi […]

Our Word of the Week is Finally
I couldn’t wait to finally be able to say that I have concrete evidence that Spring is either here or on its way! The weather has been pleasant and I have been brave and opened my bedroom window at times. It’s warm enough for me to don a coat and go for a quick walk […]

March is my Word of the Week
Straight up, I chose March because there is everything to play for. Having things to look forward to is helping us to get out of the funk we are now in with this weather. We ventured outside in the back garden a few times this week just to check how cold it is, lol. One […]