A day in the Lyme life

Good morning again from BeaverCleaverville!
I just wanted to show you what goes on in my daily Lyme life!
This is a shot of my morning pills:

This is a smaller amount than a lot of my friends. It is made up of prescriptions and supplements that keep my body well balanced during this battle. I take a smaller amount but different pills at night! It's a lot but it is going to help me win this battle!
Forever stuck in the 50s
The modern Lucy Ricardo

The jam goddess

Good morning from BeaverCleaverville!
When the notion to make homemade jams and jelly struck me I figured I would struggle through the first batch, end in failure, and give up! Instead I have successfully made raspberry, raspberry peach, and strawberry rhubarb jams and the MIC can not get enough, he is constantly asking me to try new recipes and find new favors to make or "did you make more 'insert favorite flavor'?"
Through my pain and illness of Lyme I am not able to do all the things I truly want to do but jam making is me of those hobbies I've managed to hold onto. It's relaxing and the smells it creates relaxes me. (ever smelled boiling fruit? Try it some day...you'll think you died and went to heaven)
On top of all this my family has gotten wind of my new talent and now I am the "jam goddess" it is now my sons favorite food. He wants "mommy jam" in the morning for breakfast and that makes me proud. My daughter loves a spoonful of mommy jam as a treat mid day right after I'm done making a fresh batch! The fat that people love my jam so much makes me so proud!

• Today's jam recipe is a peach Bellini jam:
• 4 pounds frozen peaches, defrosted
• 1 cup decent quality champagne
• 1 pound white sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons juice from 1 to 2 lemons
• 1/2 teaspoon butter

Sounds good no?

Well wish me luck!!!!

Forever stuck in the 50s

The modern Lucy Ricardo 

Fourth of July weekend

Good morning from BeaverCleaverville!!!
Sorry for the delay but unfortunately this weekend was crazy!!! Spent the weekend both with family and antiquing! This weekend by tradition is always my family cookout and boy do I love the Fourth of July so my outfit could not disappoint!! I took my inspiration from Rosie the riveter and here is what I came up with:

  
Over the weekend was so spectacular! We got to "light up the lake" with my family once again! Both my children got to experience their first s'mores, and it was me and the MIC's first Fourth of July together!! Overall just a red white and blue spangled weekend!!!
Forever stuck in the. 50s
The moder Lucy Ricardo

Happy Fourth of July!!!!!

Well happy Fourth of July from BeaverCleaverville!!

We are being slammed by a hurricane here so unfortunately all of our plans have been moved to tomorrow. I'll finally be able to reveal my AMAZING outfit then!!!! Y'all are in for a treat (even the MIC was impressed!) the Fourth of July has always and will always be one of my favorite holidays! I'm just a girl who loves fireworks!

So I hope that you all have an amazing, rain free, s'more filled, SAFE Fourth of July!!!

Forever stuck in the 50s,

The Modern Lucy Ricardo 

MICs birthday

Good afternoon from BeaverCleaverville!!
Well today is my MIC's birthday!! He woke up to a delicious homemade breakfast and some wonderful vintage gifts!!

This vintage travel shaving case was a beauty!

This blue flare tip razor

This never used gem razor and 1880s silver shaving mug. He also has a couple more things being sent to him but they are being customer made. I'll post pictures soon. Tonight he'll be making steaks and corn on the cob...then some bad movies (which we adore) and just some us time before this hurricane hits tomorrow!

Happy birthday baby!!

Forever stuck in the 50s

The modern Lucy Ricardo 

Did I just get upstaged by...a lunchbox?

Good afternoon from BeaverCleaverville!
So in a previous post I discussed the MIC's lunchbox.

I mean it's a cool lunchbox don't get me wrong, but I think it's just that...a lunchbox. Well apparently I've been proven completely wrong! 

For the third time I have brought the MIC his lunch at work and for the third time the discussion oneI left was not what I was wearing (today was my high waisted nautical pants, Peter pan collared blouse and Rosie the riveter hair do) but that darn lunch box. (note I'm note revealing my outfit until the fourth of July) his coworkers sat there raving about "how cool his lunchbox was" but we're completely unphased by the fact that's looked like I had stepped out of the war factory line of the 1940s! Lol

Who would have thought... Upstaged by a lunchbox?!

Forever stuck in the 50s

The Modern Lucy Ricardo 

Revisiting pants?!

Good afternoon from BeaverCleaverville!
So I went for another great Salvation Army thrift run today!! Picked up a couple dresses for the baby, a shirt for the MIC, and a hunch of pieces for me. Included in mine were two pairs of pants, one pair of high waisted nautical pants which I'll be showing off for the Fourth of July and a pair of side button 50s jeans. I got home slipped them on and didn't know what to think. Pants should be comfy right?  I sit here wondering what on earth is going on and then I realize I haven't worn pants in.........well atleast two months!
So here I sit in a pair of jeans wondering why on earth people wear these every day and thinking there is no way I'm normal! Jeans were created to be everyday pants and simply that is NOT for me lol! I never thought wearing skirts would have such an impact on me until I slipped these jeans on today and realized (I can't believe I'm about to say this) I'm a dress and skirt kind of gal. Now due to all my meds being covered up is the best option and sometimes pants are just going to have to cut it....but Lordy do I love skirts and dresses....praise The Lord and paise my dress folks!!' Jeans just aren't for me!

Forever stuck in the 50s (and dresses)

The Modern Lucy Ricardo