Category Archives: Friends and Family

Jan 02 2013
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Chicago Specific Fun, Fitness, Friends and Family, Fun for Couples, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 100: 2013 Arthritis Walk on May 17

Last September, I started writing this blog and since then, I’ve received so much love and support, more than I could have ever anticipated. Back in September, I desperately needed that love and support all for myself. Now I feel strong and healthy and would like to pay it forward by uniting my family, friends and readers to walk in and donate to the 2013 Arthritis Walk in Chicago. For general information about the event, click here.

“As the Arthritis Foundation’s signature event, The Arthritis Walk® raises funds and awareness every year to fight the nation’s leading cause of disability. We aren’t just fighting arthritis and helping the millions of people who live with arthritis pain. We’re making the impact of arthritis unacceptable and taking a stand, moving together to help prevent and treat this serious and painful disease through research, education and community programs.

Participants walk for friends or family members with arthritis, and those with arthritis wear blue hats to signify their action to take control of their condition. The event features a three-mile and one-mile course, with arthritis information and activities for the entire family. Pet owners are encouraged to bring their dogs at participating events.”

I started a team under the name Year of Fun. I’m looking for people to join my team, which means you will walk with me on May 17 and help me meet my team fundraising goal of $3,000. To join my team, click here. If you would like to donate to me and the Year of Fun team, click here. From here, you can choose to donate to me individually to help with my pledged amount for the Year of Fun team or to donate to the team as a whole.

By joining the 2013 Arthritis Walk®, you become part of Let’s Move Together, a nationwide community that encourages people to prevent or treat arthritis through movement. Start moving today for better health!

Dec 25 2012
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Friends and Family, Fun for Couples, Holiday Fun

Day 92: Happy Merry

Merry Christmas!
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Need I say more?

Dec 24 2012
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Friends and Family, Games, Guilty Pleasures, Holiday Fun

Day 91: Christmas Eve Cranium

On Christmas Eve, my family usually spends the day at my grandmother’s to exchange gifts and the evening at home playing games and watching movies. When we were younger (and unmarried) my sister and I would exchange our gifts to each other before heading to bed, in the same room, to wait for Santa. Now that we are older, we wait until Christmas morning to open all the gifts, and my sister sleeps at her own house. Even so, we continue to keep these traditions that we love. There were so many great fun things that happened today, the whole day felt like a guilty pleasure. Highlights include giving my grandmother the photo book we made for her, eating my dad’s homemade chicken pot and pie and playing Cranium.

Cranium was a new game for most of my family but they took to it pretty well. The best part of the game, though, was a drawing clue for both teams where the drawers had to keep their eyes closed. My dad drew for his team and my brother-in-law for mine. They drew and drew and drew while we guessed things like sleeping, snoring, lullaby, high jump, falling. Neither team could guess it, so after a few minutes of, “Draw something different! Sleeping, snoring, singing!” we let them open their eyes. Magician, magic, trick, elevator. We still couldn’t get it until finally my sister yelled out “LIMBO!” And we all couldn’t stop laughing about how long it took and how hard it was. It was a really great, funny moment in the midst of an already wonderful day. And I’m trying to appreciate those smaller moments during a holiday that could be all about how fun it is to get presents and eat. Though getting presents and eating is pretty awesome too.

Dec 23 2012
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Friends and Family, Fun for Couples, Holiday Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Solitary Fun

Day 90: All I Need is Love

I like pretty much all Christmas music, but, let’s face it, much of it is very slow and/or sleepy. Today, I played dj for the hubs by choosing only upbeat holiday tunes to keep him pumped on the drive to Iowa. Selections featured Demi Lovato, Rascal Flatts and Glee. However, my favorite song this year is All I Need is Love by Cee Lo Green featuring the one and only Muppets! It literally brightened my day (which doesn’t even seem possible considering I have spent the day eating, talking and playing cards with family). I’ve listened to it three times today and each time couldn’t help but dance, even in the car. Especially in the car.

And by dance, I mean move crazily to the music. It is totally freeing as long as I do it alone or with the hubs or my sister (who also witnessed it today). It’s totally void of any self consciousness I might have about my body or abilities when dancing in front of people. So please listen to this song (or really any song that you love) and go nuts.

Dec 23 2012
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Friends and Family, Games, Holiday Fun

Day 89: Hedbanz

When a nine year old boy, who is your new nephew, opens up one of his Christmas gifts, specifically the one you bought him by researching on Google what to buy for nine year old boys, and says, “That’s my favorite game!” it is probably one of the best things ever. When you then play that game with said nine year old boy and all of the adults for two hours, it becomes a really fun Christmas memory.

Hedbanz is a new family favorite at my sister-in-law’s house. It’s like that card game where you stick a card to your head, except you don’t have to lick anything. Instead you wear a headband and the cards have pictures of different things on them. You have to ask yes or no questions to figure out what is on your card while being timed. The actual rules had something to do with coins (included in the game) but we ignored that and just kept going around in a circle until we almost finished the whole deck. It was goofy, surprisingly hard at times and really fun!

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