Are the Porter’s prepared-Really?

When I woke up on Saturday I had all kinds of messages waiting for me in my inbox and on twitter and facebook. First let me say that my friends and the D OC are amasing for checking in on us to make sure we were ok. To be honest, as I rubbed my eyes [...]

My Man Mike

You know what I noticed yesterday when I went back to read the story about my family with the kids? It’s all about me and I and Kelsey and Marty. Sometimes I say the kids and a lot of the times I say us, but I never ever mention my husband. That didn’t make me [...]

The Diabetic Duo has been Featured!

Hey will you look at that! Leighann over at D-Mom Blog has featured The Diabetic Duo on her site. Pretty Cool!!! I invite you to read about Renata, and then visit her blog The Diabetic Duo. Not only is she an expat living in New Zealand, but she has two teenagers with type 1 diabetes. [...]

New D-Parent Social Network

There is a new Diabetes Social Network in town, but this one is for D-Parents of Type 1 Kids. http://dmomblog.ning.com/ This site was started by our fellow blogger Leighann from D-Mom. I belong to TuDiabetes and I love that network. It helps me get a better understanding of what life is like to be a diabetic, [...]

Friend Training

Something that came up quite a bit from the children at the conference was about how we as parents talk about THEIR disease with THEIR friends. Some said that their parents went overboard making a big deal out of making sure everyone watched as their child tested or took a shot. It made me wonder what kind of parent I was. [...]

DYNZ Conference

This weekend was full of excitement and laughter. There was a lot of smiling and hand shaking and even more introductions of my family. I have to say it was really a nice weekend. We learned a lot about others and just as much about ourselves. I know that sounds odd…but you will understand shortly. [...]

Heading to Rotorua

The family is packing up to head to the Diabetes Youth New Zealand (DYNZ) conference this weekend in Rotorua. This will be our first big diabetes thing since being in NZ. I will be there in several capacities. I have been nominated to the committee of DYNZ as the Region 1 Rep (Auckland and Northland). My [...]

Another All Over the Place Post

1. Kelsey had an afternoon of lows that I couldn’t figure out. And I mean LOW 2.1′s (37) and I kep feeding her and all she cared about was getting back on the phone. I was left thinking she is going to be 17 in a week. Am I ever going to be able to [...]

Snowboarding, BB Guns and a shaved head?

The kids had a good weekend. Kelsey went on a snowboarding tip to Pukenui with the Diabetes Youth Auckland (DYA) group and had an absolute blast. There were just over 30 teenagers on the trip and Kelsey said it was the best time she has ever had…”EVER”. She said everyone got a long, everyone was friendly, the [...]

3 Things….

…That I love… 1. My family 2. A quiet house 3. Being at an age where I am comfortable with myself …That drive me nuts… 1. People not following through 2. Fakeness 3. Honestly, all kinds of little things that really shouldn’t matter. That list could go on and on. (hey at least I know [...]

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