We spent a good part of the day at the pumpkin patch today (I was so happy to finally get to wear the Halloween Shirt I picked up last year, hehe). We were also celebrating our friends’ twins 14th birthday. Out of the many of us there, none of us managed to win at the [...]

I have not been sleeping all night. This time it’s not because of Kendra. I’m thirsty and I’m waking up to go to the bathroom one to two times a night. The last time this was an issue on any sort of regular basis is before I was diagnosed with diabetes. As soon as I [...]

I had a low today… I wish I could test but my test strips haven’t arrived yet. I haven’t had a low this bad in a long time, but they are fairly common with me. The cause was likely that I ate breakfast super early. This is something I should do, but do not [...]

Since I have a large family, we have a large grocery bill so I grocery shop a lot. This means I spend a fair amount of time in grocery store parking lots. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people walk to and from their cars knowing full well the lot will be [...]

Melissa’s half or August birthday party was a hit. She had three friends over plus her sister, brothers and even her grandma! The girls wasted no time starting a pillow fight up in the boys room which the boys promptly joined in. They did that for about an hour then came downstairs to have pizza. [...]

The title of my blog indicates this thing is supposed to be about living with Diabetes. As you may have noticed, there hasn’t been much about diabetes at all lately. Why is that?
I’m ashamed. Yes, ashamed! I’ve not been managing it well. My BG levels are ok, I think… but my test strips expired and [...]

I keep waiting for my life to slow down so I can get in here and actually make this site become a “real blog”. But it never slows down! I’m totally in denial that the year is halfway over already.
My mom is doing much better and is back home finally. Physically she’s doing well but [...]