New Adventure

I am so excited to share my new adventure! I am working on a website to help those living with MS and even those who are not, to live the best life they can. I am so excited about this adventure I can't even explain it! I know this will help out so many people and can't wait to make a difference in the lives of others! I have a gut feeling this may open up so many more doors and can not wait!! I can't wait to share it with all of you who have been following this blog. So stay tuned!! I am truly blessed for all the efforts that are making this adventure possible!

Video

Check out this awesome video I am passing on from an icon of mine. It's so true!

Inspirational Corner » How To Be Successful... — TylerPerry.com

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Guest Speaker

Today I went and talked to Oswego East High School Health class about MS. I love doing this! It was a 7:30 am class, yea you read that right! I was worried the kids would be asleep but they were an awesome group who listened the whole time and asked lots of great questions. I like to think they are hearing everything I am saying and all I hope is they get this out of what I have to say," Things are going to happen in life that you either decide you are going to get up and fight or you are going to let it take you over. I choose to fight this disease each and every day, and I hope you will always choose to fight too!" Let's hope they got that message. I love spreading the word about MS and getting more and more people to support the cause to END MS! Thanks to Lauren Anderson who asks me to come speak each semester.

Think about it...

"Every book you read, every class you take, every experience you have is another building block in your career and your life." Jack Canfield

What have you done lately to build your life and your career? It really makes you think doesn't it?

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"Think about this…people only complain about things they can do something about."

MS Living

Found this article interesting in my MSF (Multiple Sclerosis Foundation) Magazine. In it contains an article about the Seven Habits of Highly Successful MSers. Love that! Written by Herb Karpatkin.


1. Be Proactive
2.Maintain and active lifestyle
3. Be aware of the psychological issues that result from the physical ones
4.Assemble a team of specialists
5. Exercise to address specific aspects of your disease, not just for wellness/fitness
6.Think long term
7.Have goals outside of MS


I want to expand on that last one because I like what he says. 


"MS can be an all consuming disease if you let it. It is important to have an identity apart from it. Having goals, dreams, and aspirations that are separate from MS asserts that one is a person with a variety of interests. Having goals is a unique aspect of being human. It motivates and defines us. This is not to say that successfully managing one's own disease is not worthy goal. However, it should not be the only goal.


MS is a disease that will affect those who have it in multiple and often unpredictable ways during a lifetime. This does not mean that we are powerless in the face of the disease. People who have had powerful and meaningful lives in spite of the MS are often able to do so because they have used strategies which increase their sense of control over the disease, and therefore over their lives. I urge all people with MS to consider how these qualities can become useful for them."


Makes ya think, huh?

MS SHOW EXSTRAVAGANZA

                   MS

SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA

Saturday, March 17^th, 2012

Open House from 1pm-5pm

Hinckley United Methodist Church

801 N. Sycamore Street

Hinckley, IL 60520

Come join the fight against MS! The following consultants and their companies are donating proceeds of the show to MS WALK 2012.

Longaberger

Pampered Chef

Tastefully Simple

Thirty One

Jewelry

Candles

To place an order if unable to attend, contact Marci at marcirolison@hotmail.com or 630.806.6673

Recipe

Not sure if I have posted this recipe but if not here it is and if I did, you have it twice! This is one of my favorite things to make. We love it at our house and know you will too!

6-8 chicken breasts
3-4 sweet potatoes
Italian dressing
Brown Sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

1. Cut sweet potatoes in fry like portions
2. Coat potato pieces with about 1/2 cup of dressing and 3 tblsp. of brown sugar
3.Place potatoes in bottom of 9x13 pan
4. Coat chicken breast with a splash of dressing as well
5. Place chicken on top of potatoes
6. Bake for 1 hour

Enjoy!!!

THANK YOU

I want to share a Huge THAN YOU to The Walker Family.  Their generosity and support in this fight against MS is just amazing!! The Walker Family donated $1,000 to the MS Society! Incredible and I am soooo thankful for their generosity! Words can't explain how wonderful for any given amount to support the fight against MS, means to me. I thank everyone for their support. It is truly a blessing that have so many amazing people in my life. Thank you!!!!

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Everything is going to be okay, maybe not today but eventually.

Empowered Living

Last night was an amazing night at our Empowered Living group meeting. Thanks to Jacki Quirrin for donating the food and making cookies that everyone loved! Thanks again to FVSRA for donating the room for us to use for the night. The topic for last night's meeting was being financially prepared and talk about all that has to do with money. Thanks to Karie Hill, Financial Freedom Coach, I know I feel better and am excited about good changes to come. I feel everyone in the group did as well. She really hit the points that concerns those living with a disease. I thank Karie for donating her time to talk with us. I want to tell all those in the group, that you are all amazing people and I am so blessed to have be able to get to know all of you. 


For more information about Karie Hill and her awesomeness, visit her website www.kariehill.com

Statement Worth Repeating

While reading this blog, this statement struck me and had to share it.

"I explained that the difference in being sick and being healthy is having to make choices or to consciously think about things when the rest of the world doesn’t have to. The healthy have the luxury of a life without choices, a gift most people take for granted."

-by Christine Miserandino at www.butyoudontlooksick.com

This is such a true statement for all of those fighting any disease. Kind of puts what we go through into perspective, I think. Keep on fighting everyone!!!!

My Treatment

So here is what I do each month for about 2-2 1/2 hours. It is typically done in the top of my hand but today my vein did not want to work and had to go on the forearm. My treatment of Tysaburi is pumped through the iv. I sit in a recliner with book and/or computer in hand and a way the time goes! Today, thanks to Abby Gargo, I read gossip magazine Us Weekly. Such a treat! Mary is the nurse who administers the treatment and she is a wonderful lady. She is fun to chat with and is really concerned about each patient who comes in.  Before she put the iv in, you have to read a book about the treatment. The good and the bad, the up's and the down's of what the medicine can and can not do. Mary asks you a series of questions based on your health the past month and then it is game on. Time to fight this MS! Until next month...and it is amazing how fast the months go!

MS Award

Aahh! Last night was the TREMENDOUS 200 Event at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The event was to celebrate the top 200 MS WALK teams! And Marci's Stampede was one of them! Better yet...Marci's Stampede is #11 out of 200 in the state of Illinois!!!!!!! How cool is that!! Thanks to all of you for your support, this was possible! I received this award for Fundraising Excellence! Wahoo!! I was so shocked when she called my name! So exciting! I want to thank my parents for all the hard work they do that makes this all possible. They deserves an award! It was a fun night seeing the difference people are making with the MS WALK. Last year, 3.6 million was raised to fight MS. Amazing!!! People are truly great out there! So this kicked off our fundraising efforts and keep posted for fundraising events to come this year. Thanks again for making this award possible by your donations and support! Hugs!!!

Correction

Okay, this was a funny one. On the post about the yummy ham sandwiches I did a typo. I should say 1-2 slices of cheese and 3-4 slices of ham. Somehow I said to have 102 slices of cheese and 304 slices of ham. Well that would be a record for the biggest/smallest sandwich ahaha! Sorry bout that!

My 12 Wishes for 2012 for You

Here is my 12 wishes for 2012 for all of you!

1. Tell those who you love, " I love you."
2. Do things now that you have always wanted to do, there is no time like the now.
3. Set goals for yourself but know that it is okay if they don't get done or are not perfect.
4. Eat a well balanced diet. Your body will thank you for it.
5. Get rid of the pop!
6.Say thank you each day you wake up.
7.Exercise, even if it's only 20  minutes a day, get moving!
8.Let people know how much you care about them and what they mean to you.
9. Don't judge others or compare yourself to others. Never ends well.
10. Be you and be happy with the amazing person you are.
11. Pray.
12. Do things your heart tells you to do. It always knows best.

Recipe

Okay this recipe is probably not the healthiest but it is sooo good! Perfect appetizer for any event that everyone will love.


1-2 pkgs. of hawaiian rolls
1/2 cup melted butter
1 tsp. worstershire sauce( however you spell that stuff)
1 tsp. dry mustard
1-2 tsp minced onion
1 tblsp. poppy seeds
Deli Ham
Swiss cheese
Mayo


Prepare each roll with 203 slices of ham and 102 squares of cheese and spread mayo on bread.
Mix all other ingredients together and brush on to tops of rolls. Pour remaining ingredients all over rolls.


Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes and enjoy!!

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"...the bigger the purpose we signed up for in life, the bigger and harder the falls we encounter will be."- Dr. Wayne Dyer

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!! I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas. I wanted to thank all of you who read my babbles. I hope this blog makes everyone happy and helps people out. I have big plans for this blog in the new year, so you will have to keep posted. I thank each and every one of you for your love and support. It truly means the world to me. I wish you a happy and healthy 2012!

Research Study

So last Friday, I participated in a research study at the University of Illinois. This time there was a preliminary round. I did some weird exercises both physically and cognitively. I am sure I failed the one portion with numbers and answering in a pattern (long story) not because of the MS but because it was crazy. haha. I also had to put on this mask thing with cords all over hooked up to what looked like a ticking time bomb on my chest. Wish we had  picture of that haha. I am now wearing an accelerometer for the next 7 days. The point of this study is to see how much movement those with MS do in a day. It is also to see the advantages of activity can help those with MS. I am so excited to be part of a study that can hopefully help those with MS. I go back in the spring for a workout based on the preliminary rounds have calculated. So, to be continued. It is a year round study so we shall see. I will do anything and everything I can to make this disease more control-able for those who have to fight this disease. Thank you to all for your support!!!!