Some cook, I sew and write: creativity brings joy

So I've made it to Day 22. I just got a haircut, and it has been a hard day.  I've had a hard time staying upbeat. Several upsets. BUT One funny story. I went for a drive this evening, and ended up retracing the drive to my high school and returned home by way of the high road, which is no longer the highest road on the mountain. Coming home, I detoured to go past my grandpa’s house, except I couldn’t find it. I went past several more times and couldn’t spot the jungle that marked his house. (When we sold the house, the new owners re-landscaped it and put far, far too many trees, bushes, and other plants in, and then let it overgrow the entire yard.)  Finally, as I approached one last time, I spotted the west side of the house, a side that has been all but invisible for years!  Excitement growing, I searched for less overgrowth and saw it! The front porch!!!  I squealed with excitement! Last summer, I desperately wanted to see the house again so I walked up the drive...

 Reporting in on the journey with the Isagenix Collagen Elixir at 17 days! I’m 17 days into this Collagen Elixir trial, recovering from not much sleep, and hating that I didn’t smile at least a little bit in my first picture! I don’t like documenting my non-smiling self.  Smiles bring joy! So Day 000 with no collagen elixir in my system.  Zip, zero, nada. And today.  I know the backgrounds are different. I’m traveling. There’s not a lot I can do about that. I’m sorry.  I still have dark bags, but I think the puffiness under my eye is lessening. The skin is soft and doesn’t feel dry anymore. That’s a BIG deal. The dark? Umm, heredity so a bit harder to eliminate. I’m not saying impossible, just to be clear! The lines around my mouth are a little less chiseled. I’ll take it! I much prefer smiling pictures.  Much more personality! I remember watching my dad and his smile lines and realizing that if I was going to have lines, I wanted more smiling lines than fr...