Learning to Relax with Yoga

If my recent posts are any indication, my life can get stressful. Very stressful. I’m a wife, a mother of 4, a stepmother of 3, and I work full time. And lets not forget I have diabetes and living with diabetes isn’t easy. Being stressed out or anxious wreaks havok on my blood sugars so [...]

Thursday Thirteen #24 - Annoyed

I haven’t done a TT13 in a while so I figured it was time to do one. I wish it could be more positive, but alas, I’ve had a rough couple weeks and I just need to get a few things off my chest. Here’s thirteen things that really annoy me:
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Power walking and shopping

My blood sugar shot up today. I couldn’t figure out why. I ate good today (even eating breakfast on time). I got more exercise than normal running up and down the stairs to do laundry, so there was no reason for it that I could see. Except then it dawned on me that I forgot [...]

Tips for Diabetics - Thursday Thirteen #22

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13 Tips for Diabetics:

Take one day at a time. Don’t sweat the bad days (advice I need to learn myself) and praise yourself on the good days.
Check blood glucose levels often. Hm. Another one I need to learn.
Eat several smaller meals each day and never skip a meal. [...]

Medical insurance fun

I know I have complained enough about all the paperwork I’ve been dealing with. I’ve done my share of whining about insurance companies. I know. I know. So this isn’t a complaint post. Not at all. You won’t find one single complaint in this post. I’m going to go in an entirely new direction and [...]

Medical jewelry

I feel totally weird going back on topic after three posts about how much Lunarpages sucks… Actually it was two posts and one about my blond moment… But alas, I’ve come clean and feel good about that so it’s time to move on. Unless they do something really stupid again (I have every confidence they [...]

Santa is too fat? Santa should lose weight?

I’ve been reading a lot lately about the size of Santa Claus. Apparently some chick named MeMe Roth wants Santa to lose weight. (I don’t watch Fox News much.) You can watch the YouTube video of MeMe Roth’s debate over Santa’s weight here. I have never heard of this MeMe Roth person but after [...]