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Wendy Thomas
http://simplethrift.wordpress.com/
Life lessons learned from raising a flock of children and chickens in northern New England.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1241 )
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Finding Strawberries in Uncertain Times
Friends, This is actually something I wrote as a fundraiser for my State Representative campaign. You don’t have to contribute but I’d appreciate you reading... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
What a Journey
Story time Buckle up. This one is going to be a bit long (but I’ve included photos!) This is what I used to look like in 2019. Not proud, but it was what it was... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Happy Caniversary to Me
Today is a pretty big day for me. It’s my two-year cancer diagnosis anniversary. My Canniversary. I should be celebrating – I’m mean I’m alive, right? But I’m... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mom’s Book Club – She Was a Force
While going through my mom’s book club notebook, I found a small, folded piece of paper. It turned out to be a certificate for completing a class with a final... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mom’s Book Club – The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver, a Newbery Medal winning book was published in 1993 so I never read it in school. In fact, even though I think a few of my kid... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lessons Learned from Long COVID and Cancer
The last three years of my life have been an absolute roller coaster, between long COVID from a 2020 infection that destroyed my gut and caused me to lose so... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mom’s Book Club – Security Question
Security Question – Favorite Actor In my mom’s book club notebook, she had included a small piece of paper with her responses to some online security questions. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mom’s Book Club – Skipping Christmas
Skipping Christmas This book was not on my mom’s Book Club list but I have given it an honorable mention and am including it here with her other books. Read more
Posted on 04 December 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mom’s Book-Club 1/59 Christmas Letters
Mom’s Book-club This weekend, I found my Mom’s book-club notebook where she took notes on 59 books before she passed. I’m going to read and in some cases... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Acknowledging Cancer Milestones
I’m never going to ring the Cancer bell located in treatment wards. Not only because I have not received chemo or radiation therapy, but because I don’t... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Importance of Having Someone in Your Corner
Not everything was/is horrible in my cancer journey. I have worked very closely with my primary physician. He has guided me through chronic Lyme disease and the... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bad Girl, Bad Girl.
I made earlier reference to the culture of misogyny in breast cancer. This is one of the things that really surprised me, after all, you’d think that a field... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
But You Have Hair
Disclaimer – this is my own personal journey. I am in no way advocating or suggesting that people follow the path I am taking, instead reach into your heart... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Long Covid and Gut Issues
I first got sick in November 2020 – on Thanksgiving day in fact. It felt like I had the flu and my God, the nausea. I couldn’t help with the day’s meal... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
General Timeline of Last 4 Years
There is no way I can write about all of this in any kind of chronological order. Things came at lightning speed leaving me in perpetual survival mode. Read more
Posted on 25 July 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lessons Learned from Adversity
When I first started this blog, my goal was to talk about ways to save money during the rough years that surrounded 2009. As a mom of six, I was good, very... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2023 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
How My Six Kids Prepared Me for COVID
Having six kids in an exercise in perpetual organization. One of the tricks I have that allows me to get so much done (kids, work, volunteer activity, writing)... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Mental Health During Covid and Crisis
We are living through some crazy times right now. COVID is rampaging through our country unchecked and rioters are trying to take over our government. Read more
Posted on 13 January 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
When It’s My Family’s Turn To Get The COVID Vaccination
Financial Times My daughter – an LNA and who works in a hospital got her second COVID vaccination shot today. With my blessings. She has seen first-hand the... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
True Priorities
This past year has certainly made us reconsider our priorities. It has shown that many of us have far too much and that we don’t need as much as we think we do. Read more
Posted on 29 December 2020 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION