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 ...
Archives for October 2011
What running has done for me.
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 ...
Daily Hmm….Random thoughts for 10.31.11
~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 ...
Recovery-6 months later
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 ...
Breakfast on the run
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 ...
Clean Eating-Eat food
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, ...
Another Tuesday
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 ...
The first marathon-two versions.
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 ...
Turbo charged weekend
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 ...
I’m ready for some football!
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 ...
How do you like your pumpkin?
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) ...
Daily Hmmm…..the Ouch edition. 10.20.11
~ 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 ...
Does this shirt make me look diabetic?
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 ...
NWS Town Hall Meeting.
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 ...
Daily Hmmmm……10.17.11
~ 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 ...