This Broken Mess of a Life

So, it's been 6 months since my surgery! Seems like a good time for a little update.

I recently reached out to a somewhat famous blogger/podcaster/personality because I heard some comments from him about his view on giving to the homeless. It really struck a chord with me. His views are pretty common. So I'm posting my letter here as well. Enjoy.

We had a low key 4th this year with some friends and I was in charge of bringing desert. Not wanting anything super heavy, but also not wanting to worry about anything that needed refrigeration, I started perusing Pinterest and decided on Lemon Sugar Cookie bars. Reviewing a few receipes, I settled on this one from Inside Bru Crew Life How'd they turn out?

Some notes on my recovery up to this point: I had my 3 month follow up last week ( which, technically, was more like 3 months and two weeks ) and my doctor said things looked " Awesome ". As usually, that was a HUUUUGE relief to hear. I'm an anxious person by nature ( working on that ) and so the entire time between my first post-op x ray and the one last week I was just worried " oh the hardware is shifting " or " what if it's not fusing "....but it's all going well! PHEW! It's made me really grateful that I got strong and healthier prior to surgery. Looking back several years, when I first had the idea of surgery and my doctor at the time said " You're too young, no one will operate on you ", I'm actually grateful for that. I think my recovery would have been much harder if I was weaker and heavier. The first week, especially, would have been so much rougher if I had been weaker. I can't even imagine what those f...

I'm a bit of a Pinterest addict and I regularly use it for inspiration for my weekly meal planning. Yesterday, I realized I had some chicken thighs in the fridge that needed to be cooked and I had no time to cook them and no idea HOW to cook them. So I went to Pinterest and typed "slow cooker chicken thighs". One of the first recipes that came up was this Lemon Pepper Chicken Thigh recipe. So I went with it. This was possibly my biggest Pinterest success so far.

Spinal Fusion Surgery – L5S1 Fusion Surgery Day I’ve never really written in much detail about my surgery day and all the specifics about being in the hospital so I thought I’d spell all that out for anyone curious or wondering what it’s like.

I've mentioned before, my husband and I got on the Dave Ramsey train last year. And, from a factual, budgetary view, it's worked out really well. As many of his callers state and as a great deal of the testimony in his books claim, it has indeed felt like we've gotten a raise. But, OMG Dave Ramsey. I can't with that man anymore. I just can't. He's just a terrible person. Just awful.