My Divine Life

I’ve been struggling with this for many many years, long before I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease July of 2018. I have missed numerous events whether they be with friends, family, or just something Joe and I had planned, big or small I’ve missed everything. Weddings, birthdays, hangout times, family dinners, etc.  Some people were very understanding and others not so much.  Even close family didn’t understand, they just thought I’d get myself worked up, make myself sick, and then back out of whatever event I was supposed to be involved in, and I know a lot got frustrated with me. I haven’t been a good friend over the last 7-8 years and I honestly have no problem admitting that because it’s the absolute truth.  At the time I really didn’t understand why, sometimes I was tired, didn’t feel good, or honestly just scared of going out and doing things in fear of getting sick or even getting so tired that I wouldn’t be able to do anything the next day or whatever. 

I am so in love with this quote. I feel so great after getting my hair done, It just lifts your spirits and as a stylist it makes us feel great making people feel good about themselves. I know we all struggle with this...I've had so many clients have trouble explaining to me what they're going for when they were sitting in my chair, The key for the stylist is to ask lots of questions to make sure you're on the same page. Sometimes they don't do that though so I'm going to give you a few tips on how to get across what you want! The biggest thing is bringing pictures with you, BUT you don't want too many either that can confuse both of you. Bring 2-4 max.  I usually end up doing that for cut and then finding others for color, thats ok. These are what I showed my stylist when I got mine cut last time - I included one from when she cut it last summer for reference and most of these pictures are what I showed her that time as

Cutout Sugar Cookies (Toni) Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 egg 1 tsp Vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tarter Directions: Mix powdered sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla Stir in flour, baking soda, cream of tarter Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours  Heat oven to 375 Divine dough in 1/2 Roll 3/16 inch thick on a floured surface Into into shapes Place on lightly greased cookie sheet or pizza stone Bake 7-8 minutes Frosting ingredients: 3 cups powdered sugar 1/3 cup butter 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 TBS milk Directions: Mix all ingredients together You can just decorate plain white, add food coloring and use a knife or you can use decorating bags and go all out, your choice😉 CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE!

September Recap I finished out the month of September with 8 physical therapy appointments, 5 doctors appointments, 2 different test, and 1 minor procedure...to say it was a busy month would be a complete understatement! At least for me that is, I started the month reeling from a week of camping and I still don’t think I’ve fully recovered, being on the go that much I don’t think I had time. It sounds crazy because obviously the time put into those is nothing like someone who works a full time job, but probably a part time! But it was all so much for me to handle.  I had my injection on September 30th so I know/hope between that and the procedure I had done it will add some more energy into the mix!  I honestly didn’t get much done over the month other than resting, I’ve slowly been building up an arsenal of blog post for you guys so I can get them out regularly and thought September would be the month to start sharing and when the exhaustion hit I knew that needed to