“A woman’s hair is her crowning glory.” I never really considered mine as such until losing my hair during chemotherapy treatment. Sure, I had always had long hair, but a typical day of “doing my hair” was very low maintenance. Until I lost my hair, I never really understood what it meant to me. LosingRead More
How to Create a Wedding Anniversary Journal
An anniversary journal is a fun and creative way to commemorate each year of your marriage. While we put so much focus on curating our wedding photo album for only one day, the best years of marriage often go undocumented. During our three years of marriage, I have worked to create a journal of allRead More
Stress Free Wedding Anniversary Gifts
Finding the perfect anniversary gifts each year can be a stressful process. Believe me–we have had our fair share of the “my gift doesn’t measure up to your gift” feelings and the dreaded, “$@#! You got me something and I don’t have anything for you.” Fed up with these feelings, we ditched gift giving altogether.Read More
Easy, No-Contact Easter Egg Hunt
With social distancing and stay at home orders in place over Easter, families are having to rethink their plans for Easter this year. While you’re self-isolating/quarantining/whatever you’re calling it, you can still plan a fun no-contact Easter egg hunt! All you have to do is hang eggs in the windows of your home and letRead More
What’s In My Chemo Bag? What I Bring to Chemotherapy Treatment
Today marks one week since my last chemotherapy treatment–cycle #6! *cue Super Bowl-style confetti drop!* Over the course of these six treatments, I’ve sat in the recliner at the clinic for enough hours to have fine-tuned what I bring to chemo to help keep me comfortable and occupied (and sane). Cancer diagnosis begins as aRead More
Chemotherapy Side Effects and How I Manage Them
While writing this post, I just completed cycle 5 out of 6 of chemotherapy treatment. It’s hard to believe I am already standing with one left, but at the same time, it feels like it has taken forever to get to this point. From the beginning, the chemotherapy side effects were the star of theRead More
Chemotherapy: An Inside Look at My Treatment
Chemotherapy. From the moment I thought my diagnosis might be breast cancer, this is a word I was dreading. It was the one word I was hoping not to hear when discussing my course of treatment. But it didn’t take long for that word to come. This was going to be the first step toward healing. Though, “healing” didn’t feel like the right word to describe chemo.
Simple Rustic Heart Garland
I don’t usually go hog-wild for Valentine’s Day in any sense, but this year I decided to decorate with a few subtle nods to Cupid’s day, and I created this fun heart garland! I created this simple heart garland in about an hour, and I don’t think it could be any cuter! This is aRead More
Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Age 30
Today, Away from Ordinary takes a sharp left turn down a path for which it wasn’t originally intended, yet perhaps was meant to take all along. Having just recently turned 30, breast cancer was not on my radar, but here we are. Our lives have also taken a left turn down a path we wereRead More
Save Money By Giving Your (Adult) Self an Allowance
You heard that right! You may have thought the days of having an allowance were gone with your childhood, but we’re here to bring it back with the goal to save money! We promise there are no parents involved, and it’s more than a buck or two a week. 😉 Making sure we have moneyRead More