Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on March 9th, 2010 in gimp girl life, memories
Due to my lifelong disability of Spinal Muscular Atrophy my hands are extremely weak. I was taking notes the other day on something and realized I don’t write as well as I used to. These days I use the computer for most everything and so pen and paper are rarely used.
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on March 2nd, 2010 in gimp girl life
I have been wearing prescription glasses for over 2 years now and I must say I have a love-hate relationship with them. First of all, it’s hard to find something that works well and looks good and doesn’t cost a fortune. Discount prescription glasses are on my radar these days. I’m always looking at other [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on February 25th, 2010 in gimp girl life
A while back I wrote about my dental woes. Well, I was hoping to have some news today about the possibility of getting something done soon, but no news. Quite frankly I’m really getting sick of eating soft foods. I hardly eat sweets as well and some people might think that I’m losing weight by [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on February 16th, 2010 in gimp girl life, life with Norm
Today has been a very busy day for my man and I. Truth be told, Norm is doing most of the work, and he is doing an excellent job. What is all this work that we’re doing? Getting our house ready to be cleaned by professional cleaners. They have asked us to remove all the [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on January 23rd, 2010 in food critic, gimp girl life
For over a month I’ve been dealing with major dental issues. The last couple of weeks it’s gotten worse to the point where I can only eat mushy food.
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on January 9th, 2010 in gimp girl life, life with Norm
Vacation story part six, and the final one, finds Norm and I on our way back home to Scottsdale. We left early from my parents house and decided to fill up the gas tank before we hit the freeway. We stopped at a gas station and Norm got out of the van to fill up [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 11th, 2009 in gimp girl life
Last week was a miserable week and I’m glad I survived it. It started out on Monday with a lot of pain on the left side of my face, and then it moved to the right side of my face. It was nerve pain and would move from one part of my jaw to another [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on November 28th, 2009 in cats, gimp girl life, memories
Ever since I can remember I’ve always been a doodler. My mother, who is a fantastic artist, taught me basic drawings skills at an early age. Over the years she taught me three dimensional drawing, watercolor painting and design and color theory concepts.