So I've been away basically all summer from WA. A self imposed hiatus due to having to deal with breast cancer. I've had 2 surgeries and started a new full time job, as a nursing supervisor, which I love. It keeps me motivated and engaged and up-to date on my passion, which is caring for the elderly. However, I haven't had time to work on my website. I've watched it sit idle and haven't written any articles either. That bugs me. What I have done is peruse the training materi

One of the top stories on our local news here in Buffalo, NY was "Twitter names Buffalo Rudest in the Nation".Now, I live in the country, south of the city, but the whole area is "Western New York", and we around here call ourselves "Buffalonians" The number one ranking was based on the usage of the "F" word.REALLY?!I guess it begs the question:Are people around here just lacking in basic grammar skills?I have heard the "F" bomb used to describe things as "awesome", as sad as that is.Well, you h

PLEASE HELP!!!Has this happened to anyone?I received 2 emails this morning.One from a "new user registration" for my website.Then, a "mail delivery failed" which is this:A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of itsrecipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: vigil@2032battery.org SMTP error from remote mail server after DATA: host smtp.europe.secureserver.net [188.121.52.56]: 550 5.7.1 SPF unauthorized mail is prohibited.------ This i

I am writing this NOT for sympathy, I am writing this to inspire others.Yesterday I had a lumpectomy. I have breast cancer, well, HAD breast cancer. When the pathology report comes I am certain it will say I am cancer free :) Anyway...Here I am today still kind of loopy from the anesthesia. Couldn't wait to get back to W.A. and also finish my street article to link to my page on Alzheimers/dementia on my website!I want anyone reading this to know. I am a person that has had many set backs in

Friday morning we attended our youngest children's bible school "closing ceremonies". Seated in the last section of seats in the tiny rural church, we parked ourselves (hubby and I) in front of 4 older folks who all smiled and said "You won't block our view, go ahead and sit."No sooner did the director of children's ministry begin to address us, the noise began.A small snort at first, we thought it was just someone coughing or sneezing perhaps in a wierd way? It couldn't have bee