Put on Purple for Lupus Awareness

I wore purple today including purple eyeliner and amethyst earrings. 

Did you? 

Lupus awareness day

Mosh posh of stuff

Yall!!! I really did not mean to let so much time go by after my last post.   The A to Z challenge though did kick my butt and I moved the second week of the challenge. I am STILL unpacking but I have most done. I think I’m finally heading downhill with some progress.  Todd had the idea of hosting a small Memorial party at our house and so that has me motivated every night.   

One of my best friends (Kimi) is married to a construction contractor (Craig) and 2 weeks ago, they came over and he built me a kitchen bench with storage. It was a huge game changer for me because I desperately needed the storage space. Our house is so much smaller and we lost tons of cabinet space and storage .  Todd painted it last weekend and I have a friend sewing a bench cushion for us. I will just use throw pillows for the back.  I knew I wanted one when i saw that our dining area had the space for it.  We paid for all the materials and he built it for free as a house warming gift.  So awesome!!

This is the unpainted version. It's now white to match the walls. 

My birthday was Tuesday of this week and so I’ve had some dinner plans after work and didn’t feel like blogging once I got home.  I’ve been having a terrible terrible time with allergies this year and they got the best of me yesterday.  I think I  have a full on cold again which is just great!!! I feel like Poo again and my nose is raw from blowing and rubbing all day long.

So do you guys use Facebook? I will admit that I’m a huge social media fan of Facebook, Instragram and Pinterest. I use Twitter too but mostly in spurts.   Anyway, I love it when its my birthday on Facebook!! I had over 200 friends post Happy Birthday to my page.  It absolutely made my day and reminded me of how lucky I am to have good friends and family.   One of my favorite gifts I received was from my Sisternlaw Paula. She is so talented and is a high school art teacher.  Paula painted portraits of Jax and Lila in costumes.  They are so dang awesome!! I cant wait to hang them on the wall soon.  Whats funny, is that I held the painting of Lila close to the ground to show her and she came right to it like almost in a little jump.  Todd and I both laughed because she recognized something. 

A friend made this meme and posted to my page on my birthday. Jax and Lila in our chair. Lol

May is Lupus Awareness month and I know if you ARE friends with me on FB you’ve seen that I’ve had my profile, cover and posts about Lupus. Well tomorrow is May 20^th and is Put on Purple Day. Purple is the chosen color for Lupus and its just a way to have people ask questions and be more aware.  I actually work from home tomorrow but I will still have my purple on and would love it if you wanted to join in. 

There is not a cure for Lupus yet. It only gets worse. My mom has Lupus and its changed her life dramatically.  Its all she can do to just get out of bed and move to the living room chair.  Taking a shower is an accomplishment some days.  I do this for her and for my sweet friend Marla who is much younger than me and has Lupus. She’s an amazing young woman with quite a story!!
If you want, you can tag me on FB, IG, or send me email of you wearing purple......

Have a great weekend!

I'm so grateful!

Hello yall! Happy Tuesday to ya.  I am still trying to unbury myself from emails at work from being gone 2 days last week.

Last Friday was put on purple day for Lupus awareness and I could cry from the sweet sweet gestures from my friends. I had 2 friends text me pictures of themselves wearing purple, I had people tagging me on Facebook wearing purple, I had a friend mention it on their blog with some purple flowers and one blogger even changed her background on blog to purple and created a cartoon for it. 

My heart was so full all day!!  It doesn't take much to spread the word for important messages to get out. Especially now that we have so much social media avenues , they can be used more for good and not evil. (lol) 

I won't post the pics of friends that texted me because I don't have their permission.  I will post what I saw on the blogs and my own picture.  

Todd took my pic while waiting at Cracker Barrel for breakfast. 

This mention of Lupus was from my buddy Chris at Tilting at Windmills. 

This was created by Cherdo at Cherdo on the flipside.  How cute is this!! She even added my blog name to the shirt. 

Many of you bloggers mentioned you would wear purple.  I just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU for participating in this.  I appreciate more than you know.  If you know someone with Lupus, you know that you wish there was more you could do. I feel so helpless when my mom is suffering. I hate it!! It's the small things like lupus awareness day that makes me feel a little better. 

Put on Purple May 15 ( Friday)

Hey y'all, Just wanted to let you know that this Friday is Put on Purple day for Lupus Awareness.
May is Lupus Awareness month and every year they have a date to Put on Purple.
This is from Lupus Foundation website:
Join the growing number of individuals, communities, media and celebrities that Put on Purple™ for lupus awareness and tell people why. Getting your purple on is an easy way you can help the Lupus Foundation of America raise awareness of lupus and show support for those who are living with the disease.

SAVE THE DATE: Put On Purple on May 15, 2015

 Take a picture of yourself or have someone take pic and upload it to social media with hashtags #POP and #knowlupus  . You can tag me and say you're doing this for my mom ( Donna) , or my friend Marla at Luck Fupus, or maybe you know someone that has Lupus that you're doing it for.
Its something easy and free but will get the awareness out there.  Wear something purple folks!


I'm packing my purple to wear on Friday since I'll be out of town and I already moved into my purple purse for the occasion.

Thank so much and have a great weekend!!