Spoon Lady Speaks... http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/ This is the personal blog for Christine Miserandino, founder of www.butyoudontlooksick.com. Author of "The Spoon Theory". en Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:07 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I wish I knew how to whistle... I wish I knew how to whistle... I don't. I have tried, I have watched people, I don't know why but I just can't make the noise come out of my mouth. I am jealous of anyone who can carry a tune by whistling. Now that I have had my daughter I wish I can whistle like her grandpa.

There are so many little things that I wish I could do.

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/07/i_wish_i_knew_how_to_whistle.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/07/i_wish_i_knew_how_to_whistle.html Ramblings.... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:07 -0500 fibroaction.org HI Guys,

I was just interviewed for a fibro organization in the United Kingdom called fibroaction.org. I thought you might find it interesting.

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/06/fibroactionorg.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/06/fibroactionorg.html Quickies (things to share) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:54 -0500 Please help support me for the Lupus Walk 2008

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/06/please_help_support_me_for_the.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/06/please_help_support_me_for_the.html Spoon Lady Speaks Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:34:35 -0500 Vote for Annie and Tom on the Today Show! Annie and Tom from Chicago, Illinois are one of five couples competing in the NBC TODAY Show's annual "Race to the Altar." Your vote today can help Annie and Tom get married live on the show in June.

Annie was diagnosed with lupus when she was 17. After she was diagnosed, Annie feared that no one would ever be able to love her completely for who she was as a person. Yet it was her chronic disease that gave Annie an inner strength and drive to succeed, all qualities that to this day Tom constantly admires about her.

Help Annie and Tom be selected as this year’s TODAY Show wedding couple by voting for Annie and Tom. The deadline for this round of voting is 12 p.m. Eastern Time this coming Monday, May 19.

Vote for Annie and Tom:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24596237/

Read their profile page:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24485029/

Visit Annie and Tom’s webpage:
http://www.annietom.com/

View all of the couples competing in the TODAY Show's "Race to the Altar:"
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24501223#24501223

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/vote_for_annie_and_tom_on_the.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/vote_for_annie_and_tom_on_the.html Quickies (things to share) Sun, 18 May 2008 17:52:05 -0500 Healthy Eating Month at ButYouDontLookSick.com Hi Guys!

I don't know if you noticed(if you are on our mailing list you would have gotten the emails), but I have officially made it "Healthy Eating Month at ButYouDontLookSick.com". Since I am making an effort to eat healthier- I figured I would write reviews that hopefulyl inspire or help you when you are shopping.

Any suggestions of products to review?

Join our mailing list to read all of our product reviews:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/bydls

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/healthy_eating_month_at_butyou.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/healthy_eating_month_at_butyou.html Spoon Lady Speaks Tue, 13 May 2008 18:18:55 -0500 May 12th Lupus featured on NBC Nightly News On May 12th, 2008, NBC’s Robert Bazell follows one woman’s struggle with Lupus in NBC’s Nightly News Medical Mysteries series. View video here.

Did you see the show?

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/may_12th_lupus_featured_on_nbc.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/may_12th_lupus_featured_on_nbc.html Quickies (things to share) Tue, 13 May 2008 17:00:28 -0500 Happy Fibromyalgia Awareness Day! Happy Fibromyalgia Awareness Day! I have fibro and so do so many of the readers at butyoudontlooksick.com. Use this day to spread awareness and give some extra love to the fibros in your life!

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/happy_fibromyalgia_awareness_d.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/happy_fibromyalgia_awareness_d.html Quickies (things to share) Mon, 12 May 2008 16:40:42 -0500 Quick 5 -things I hate...things I love So a friend send me one of those "forward" emails... where you fill out your answers on the list. It is supposed to be the first 5 quick things that come to mind. So here it goes!

5 things I hate:- biting my tounge
- crying babies
- that cut you get on the back of your ankle from wearing shoes without socks.
- feeling guilty
- insomnia

things I love:
- My babies smile
- My husband hand when he holds mine
- diet coke
- warm blankets
- fresh chocolate chip cookies

Top 5 things I want to do before I die:
- Learn to sew
- Go to Paris
- Make a fancy dessert
- ride a motorcycle
- be less afraid

Post your top 5 below!

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/quick_5_things_i_hatethings_i.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/quick_5_things_i_hatethings_i.html Ramblings.... Sat, 10 May 2008 15:07:49 -0500 Connecting on the web! Does anyone use Twitter? myspace? Facebook? Stumbleupon...etc?

Just a quick note to say that I have met some great people and have re-connected with some old freinds using these services. In case we haven't connected lately on these services, Here is a link to where I am on all of these:

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/2008/04/butyoudontlooksickcom_on_the_w.php#more

please add me! Thanks!

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/connecting_on_the_web.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/connecting_on_the_web.html Quickies (things to share) Thu, 08 May 2008 17:47:59 -0500 Ten reasons why I blog and write I have been spendng so much timn e writing for our main site (butyoudontlooksick.com) that I noticed that I haven't updated this blog in a bit, so when looking for something more personal to write about...I found my good spoonie friend Linz.

I haven't been "tagged" by Linz to do a meme with 10 reasons why I blog, but I was inspired by her!

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/ten_reasons_why_i_blog_and_wri.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/05/ten_reasons_why_i_blog_and_wri.html Spoon Lady Speaks Mon, 05 May 2008 18:20:46 -0500 What to do with Old Magazines I sent out a request for ideas on what to do with old magazines. I have so many piling up and I wanted to do something good with them.

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/04/what_to_do_with_old_magazines.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/04/what_to_do_with_old_magazines.html From Our "Spoonies" Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:10:42 -0500 New "Warning: Fibro Fog" shirts and gifts fibrofog.jpg

You asked for it...here they are!

New design- New "Warning: Fibro Fog" shirts and gifts

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/04/new_warning_fibro_fog_shirts_a.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/04/new_warning_fibro_fog_shirts_a.html Quickies (things to share) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:11:20 -0500 Cool Contest from our friends at Olivekids.com blogheader.jpg

Our friends at Olivekids.com is sponsoring a contest in celebration of their 10th birthdayWe're talking good prizes too!

Grand Prize
is an entire Olive Kids room valued at $750
First Place
is a Personalized Package valued at about $250
Five Runner Ups
will receive a Personalized Placemat Pack
and Name Tag worth over $50

It's simple to enter (even a ten year old could). Click here to get to the entry form, answer a few simple questions and, voila, you're all set - no purchase necessary (although we would appreciate it). Entries must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. PT on June 30, 2008.

Good luck and hope you win!

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/04/cool_contest_from_our_friends.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/04/cool_contest_from_our_friends.html Quickies (things to share) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:37:34 -0500 Daylight Savings Time A friendly reminder: This Sunday, March 9 marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. Remember to "spring forward" by setting your clocks ahead 1 hour.

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/03/daylight_savings_time.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/03/daylight_savings_time.html Quickies (things to share) Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:52:58 -0500 a new Grand Rounds- Valentine's edition! Check out the latest edition of GR at:

http://healthblawg.typepad.com/healthblawg/2008/02/grand-rounds-vo.html

in which my mysterious Valentine's Day categories are demystified. (Great job David!)

]]> http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/02/a_new_grand_rounds_valentines.html http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/blog/2008/02/a_new_grand_rounds_valentines.html Quickies (things to share) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:46:38 -0500