On a cold Halloween night, all I wanted was soup. The door has been opening every few minutes to trick or treaters and random high school kids with trash bags hoping to score. I told them until I saw some effort in a costume, I’m keeping the candy. One came back with his shoes off, …
Posts from: October 2011
I understand the speed limit signs in Canada. The doctor fell asleep during my stress test. I know every PR for every possible distance down to the hundredth of a second, every race I’ve ever run, the finish times….but I have hard time remembering my home phone number and family birthdays. I can say “fartlek” …
~Halloween on a Monday. I need a costume. What does “too tired to care and too irritated to do anything about it” look like?? ~ Where did “boo” come from?? ~ Frankie has decided that he owns the bed and down comforter. Every time I tried to roll over, he clawed my foot. ~ Had …
I woke up this morning, halfway listening to the news and I then heard my preacher’s voice. He was being interviewed live at “the slab” of our former church building. I was wondering why in the world is a Birmingham station live in Tuscaloosa. It struck me a little odd that I didn’t instantly think …
One of the problems with crazy blood sugar is breakfast. My fasting glucose level determines what second breakfast will be. Second breakfast? Yes, on mornings when I go to CrossFit, I always have my favorite mocha shake. I drink half on the 30 minute drive there, finish the other half while getting ready in the …
Eat food. Sounds like a “duh” comment, right? I mean, what else are we going to eat? Jello? I don’t really consider jello a food. It’s one of those in between things, like plasma. I love jello, don’t get me wrong. But when Michael Pollan said in his famous quote “Eat food”, he was referring …
As much as I complain about Tuesday, it wasn’t that bad. After going to yet another dr. appt, I finally got some answers on why I’ve felt like moose poo for the past few weeks. Daily headaches, body aches, tiredness that is not the usual for a stressed teacher, feeling like I’m foggy and lost, …
Many moons ago, the Persians and the Greeks were fighting a war against each other. In Greece, two major cities had formed, Athens and Sparta. They were a large distanced away from each other and decided they needed each other’s help to defend their lands from the Persians. The Athens needed the help of Sparta. …
Where did it go? Saturday was a big blur with moving in the dish cabinet (final update later) and the game. It was a great game and I always enjoy going to a game when we win. I’m not one of these that can have fun while losing. I would rather be at home where …
It’s my favorite Saturday of the year!!! It’s the day of the Alabama-Tennessee Game. This rivalry goes back many many years and is called Third Saturday in October (although this is the 4th Saturday due to 5 Saturdays this year). For more long drawn out info on the rivalry, feel free to click on over …
I like mine in a field with my nephew. Perfectly shameless biased bragging ahead. But then again, I love anything to do with Jackson. Breakfast with skeletons, anyone? (iphone pic..blech) Kitchen duty. Love the block and ball in the dishwasher. And now that I got the best ones out of the way, here are …
~ not many random thoughts today. My head is exploding and it’s all I can think about. ~ medicine roulette begins. I can’t eat so my regular med is out of the question. ~ I heard a rumor that snow is falling a few states over. ~ I need to get a big pumpkin today …
One of the common misunderstandings about diabetes is that Type 2 is for people who are slow and overweight and sit on the couch eating cheetoes all day long. And while those are risk factors—the inactivity and overeating, not necessarily the fake cheese—they are not absolutes. Skinny people get Type 2. In fact, I am …
A few weeks ago, my favorite weather man, James Spann asked for volunteers to sign up to be part of an audience at a town hall meeting. We will be asked a variety of questions and our responses will be used in future research studies. The event is centered around April 27th tornadoes and those …
~ Coffee is too difficult this morning. ~ Field trip. I need that coffee. ~ The early morning headache needs an eviction notice. ~ I have an unhealthy attachment to my new scarecrow. He’s adorable 🙂 ~ I’m ready for frost on my pumpkin. Unfortunately, I left my pumpkin in Mississippi. ~
Times like this just speed by. A year ago, he couldn’t hold himself up in the chair. We had to prop him with blankets. Now he’s feeding himself and can tell his Mommy if he doesn’t appreciate her dietary efforts. A year ago, we propped him up on the pumpkin so I could get some …
It’s late Thursday and I’m looking at a great weekend that WILL NOT involve any doctors, IV ports, sinus treatments, Michelin Man look a like contests, or fiery throat remedies. I’m pretty excited about that. I’m tired and sore from a run and 1 CrossFit workout but that is so much better than the past …
Clean eating is the best (and I think ONLY) way to gain and keep tight control over blood sugar. But eating clean is for EVERYONE, not just diabetics or those trying to lose weight. What exactly is clean eating? According to Tosca Reno, author of The Eat Clean Diet, and one of my favorite definitive …
Weird dreams about angry birds. Really?? ~ first day back to cross fit. I hope they remember me. ~ ready for cooler weather and body hiding clothes. Stylish of course. But good deep camouflage ~ calling 911 from a corn maze. Hilarious. And sad. ~ pregnant marathon lady is amazing. And forget trying to convince …
Or lack of vision I should say. I found out I had diabetes on Veteran’s Day 2006. I had been having problems with loss of peripheral vision, especially after running. I had a few spells of this and got concerned when I couldn’t see anything outside of a very narrow tunnel. These spells would last …