Oh Carbs, How we love thee…them…you…

My family has an absolute love affair with carbs. Pasta, homemade pizza, mashed potatoes…and a myriad of rice dishes. We have a starchy carb with almost every dinner. We do keep it to one serving (mostly) and we do measure, but it’s rare to not have carbs at the table for dinner. Now breakfast is [...]

Lost

Ok, I know this might seem like re-post week or something…but I can’t help it. Meri from Our Diabetic Life has an amazing analogy between the hit TV Show Lost and our lives with diabetes. It’s pretty awesome…as is she….Please read and pop on over to her site. She is a mum of THREE type [...]

Diabetically Speaking

This is a re-post for Kelly Kunik’s blog, Diabetesaliciousness. I love it when she writes like this….enjoy!!!! Platonically friendly, unless I’m not. Ironically sardonic – like it or not. Chronically OCD when it comes to checking justfully compliant when it comes to testing. Moretically speaking, yes indeed I’ve had my share. Nirvanically speaking, damn straight [...]

Moving Stinks

I find it odd that I am more nervous about moving 50km north of where we are now than I was moving from the US to NZ. I don’t know why, but I am dreading the re-education at Marty’s new school. I think when I moved here I was naive. I assumed that schools would [...]

The Tale of the Auckland Island Pigs and Islets

The following is a repost from Diabetes 24-7. Interesting info on what is going on with Living Cell Technologies and some fun New Zealand history. Enjoy!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tomorrow is Earth Day 2010,  and so it seemed particularly apt to introduce a modern day evolutionary story Darwinian in its proportions and critical to many strands of [...]

A1c Report

I knew the kids A1c’s weren’t going to be great. A lot of highs…A LOT of highs…but I had no idea they would be so high. Kelsey popped up to an 8.9 (from 8.1) and Marty’s jumped to 8.4 (from 7.5). I have been trying to find the right balance for Marty because when we [...]

Congratulations Chez!

CONGRATULATIONS CHEZ! You are the winner of the DFF Contest. Chez wrote a wonderful note about her Diabetic Friend Forever and has won a medical ID clip. Below is her story, read and enjoy. Hi ! I’m an Australian who has lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 37 years since I was a [...]

DFF Reminder

Don’t forget to submit for the DFF (Diabetic Friend Forever) Contest!! The What, When and How What: Write a story about your DFF, sharing with us the things they do to help make your life a positive one. When: I will take stories starting today and the contest will end April 2nd. (I couldn’t do [...]

It’s the Little Things

It’s funny how the smallest things make your family, well, a family. This weekend I made a meal that made everyone happy. It’s silly, how can a meal make everyone excited? I went shopping early Saturday morning just like I normally do. We are on a really tight budget, so shopping is a real PITA. [...]

Don’t forget DFF

Don’t forget to submit for the DFF (Diabetic Friend Forever) Contest!! Look for the next story on Tuesday. The What, When and How What: Write a story about your DFF, sharing with us the things they do to help make your life a positive one. When: I will take stories starting today and the contest [...]

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