Holy Cow

It has been a day. Sugar has been all over the place but that is ok, cannot remember if I took the meds this evening thats ok.. Charlis and Dewey are here that helps a whole lot. We shopped all afternoon had lunch with Richard. Found some INCREDIBLE deals. And had a visit with Larry's son Jon Oh my gosh ! He came to get some pictures we had pictures of Katie some when she was little some when she was here. And they needed them for a memorial service. He came and got them we just made him a disc. Lots of tears everyone cried more than once. So it has been a wonderful day !

She called me Mom

She did not have to. She was Larry's daughter not mine. But she called me Mom did I live up to her expectations ? I dont know, I tried though. She hated me and she loved me. She hated that her Daddy left her to be with me. Cant say that I blame her for that. It was never my intention for her to feel that way. But she loved me as well. Her Dad told me years ago that he would share his kids with me, since I was never able to have my own. I could just share his. They all liked that idea. When they were little they would all come over to my apartment. They would go in fifty directions looking for the ferret. I remember she was about 3 and she had been in to the bathroom. She came out to find the ferret in her shoes. And was just horrified she looked at me and cried " those are my shoes ". Her lifes ambition was to be a Grandmother. She was a sweet sweet child, and thrilled us both when she came back into our lives 10 years after the divorce. She only stayed a little while. It broke our hearts to see her go. But she was a grown up. She kept reminding us of that. That she was not that little girl any more. Though we never got that image of her out of our heads. She was always that little girl. With those big impossibly blue eyes, and that crooked little grin. We wanted to just keep her, and keep her safe. That was not as simple as it had been when she was young. So we had to let her go. Larry told her she could come back that we would come and get her. No matter what no matter where we would move mountains for HER not for her and the boyfriend. Maybe thats where we were wrong ? Putting conditions on our coming to her rescue. She loved crasins and bubble gum we would send her boxes full of those and beads. She loved Jesus she loved her family especially her little sister. She has a child of her own now Elijah they call him Eli we have never met him. But he is safe with her sister Emily and her family. I love her awful I always did I always will. She called me Mom and my baby died this week a tragic accident a life cut short way to soon. Rest in Peace sweet Katie and know that we love you.

Tuesday July 19th 2011 7:58 a.m.

It has been a while since I have posted anything. Life has intruded into my cyber world... :) Happens to us all sometimes. Have been feeling guilty about not keeping up with things. But what can you do the yard needs mowed the house needs cleaned the laundry and the dishes have to be washed, and then there is Richard and Tommy to tend to. Painted the ceiling in Mothers bedroom it looks very nice.

 So in looking over the numbers for the last month. The blood sugar numbers I can see where I am making my mistakes and what is working. Pizza is not a good choice for me, a little bit once in a while might be ok but it makes me feel like crap. Been to Shreveport with Lynn a few times the last month and we always eat at the Golden Corral love that place. They always have brussel sprouts which believe it or not is what I eat the majority of. And I cannot pass up the ice cream... Well I think it is ice milk if that makes the doctor feel any better about the fat content.. I dont know... The sugar numbers are usually really good after a big lunch and ice cream... those bugle snacks ? Oh man. Blood sugar was 184 I had eaten a bunch of those though. Sugar was low when I got to Lynns and I had a couple of ginger snaps. If I had stopped there it would have been fine. But she gave us a bag of the chocolate and peanut butter bugles. So I ate some of those also. Of course it was only a few minutes after having eaten them that I tested but still... And I have to wonder if being sick does not raise your blood sugar ? Larry and I both got a case of food poisoning YIKES at the pizza place. another reason to leave the pizza alone. We were in the bathroom all afternoon it was miserable and then I took a nap sugar was still up before supper. Then it was a glass of almond milk I felt so crappy. So on we go Mother should be home sometime in the next week. I have to get the yard in shape. The back looks good have to work in the front. Did my last day of Bible study today well we will meet one more time. At a coffee house to discuss the whole study I would imagine. I missed a session last week. Charlis and Dewey were here and we had peas to put up. Anyway I have broken the silence it shold be easier to get on here and blog now.. talk again soon

Thursday June 30 2011

Lat work day of the week... the poison ivy is making me nuts.. Got a few things to do around here this morning and then I am off to Lynns house.. we had to go to Shreveport yesterday that is always a nice trip and it means lunch at the Golden Corral ... YUM brussel sprouts ! and I ate plenty of them and some chicken tenders and one of those sliders without the bun..Then .. Oh then I had dessert... coconut tart I did not eat the crust but the ice cream well what can I say it is a weakness and about once a week or so I have a little.. or not so little thank goodness the bowls are small..Blood sugar at 3 was 93 now explain that to me ??? Cause I ate everything and was doing no exercise and then had to some home and cook some supper I was going to have to eat ? Started out yesterday with sugar of 110 and had a peanut butter fold over on pita bread. We got out of the doctors office over there about 9 30 and we found us a Kroger... does not sound like a big deal but believe me it is and we got Larry some of these fresh tortillas he loves.. and some of the wasabi sensation snack mix I had a handful of that before we went to lunch, and my sugar was 123 before the meal. I thought that was a little high but I had just eaten the snack mix.. Larry and I ate Falafel last night and some pita bread with a tomato and cucumber salad. And some spinach salad sort of a clean out the fridge a little meal. Got busy and forgot to test last night. Blood sugar this morning was 117 and they are telling on the news this morning that folks who blog or keep track of thier eating habits online loose more weight and are more likely to stick to a plan. because this keeps them thinking about the program all the time. Of course I have Lynn who is always a source of support in all of this. And the new doctor is great ! So now I need to drop my brother a note and tidy up around here a little... have a bath in lye soap and clorox then off to Lynns to see what we can get into there. Tune in again soon

Tuesday June 28 2011

Yesterday I ate spaghetti ! not very many of the noodles but enough to feel like I had some. Blood sugar 2 hours later was 93 so that was great ! chicken and broccoli alfredo. and a spinach salad. Blood sugar this morning was 107 out of test strips.. YIKES off to the bible study Im enjoying that. Then over to work at Richards. He is doing some better sounds better anyway. Says his blood sugars are leveling off. Ran into Lynn and Joey when I went to Wal Mart for supplies and we all had lunch together, that was very nice we ate mexican food. I had a lunch special chile reino  Love those and a taco with beans and a guacamole salad. A lot of food ! then there were some chips and guacamole while we were waiting. Mmmm I was a pig. Tried to control myself with the chips and did not eat the taco shell. But the beans were awesome..! Blood sugar at 2 was 127 which was pretty good considering what all I ate. And we had a strange sort of greek meal this evening some of the flat bread with hummus and grilled chicken. and a cucumber and tomato salad with dill and yogurt. Blood sugar was 76 at 8:30 so I made a mango and pineapple smoothie.. Smaller one than the cappacino. that was a nightmare. And I poured Larry the larger glass of it. Ha ha maybe that will help.. I rode the bike for a mile and a half this evening. And I mowed and worked in tehyard all day yesterday so I dont fel bad about not walking or riding... even if the doctor says that work is not exercise.  Going to Shreveport with Lynn in the morning so I am going to wrap this up she will be here at 6 her appointment is at 8 so we should maybe get home fairly early. That would be good. I can catch up on some things here. Sigh it just never ends
tune in again soon

Monday June 27 2011

So here we are... quiet Larry is off to work the doggies are sleeping I am taking a break from the yard work. Got the back done cleaned out the dog pen weedeated mowed the whole nine yards and took the clippers to the junk on the fence. Need to fill up my squirt bottle and spray it down again.. Kill all the poison ivy anyway. Or try to. I am dirty and wet.But have a sense of acomplishment. I can see where something got done. Now I have to clean the ditch though. Thats where I threw all the debris ha ha ha Blood sugar was 107 this morning.. it was 159 last night. we had one of those frozen capacino drinks.. With almond milk. well I did not read the mix very well it has 8 carbs per 2 tablespoons. i used 1/2 cup in the blender... now Larry drank half of it but it was clearly not so good for me. though it was only an hour or so when i tested. Who knows... Now ice cream.... 2 hours later it was 90 go figure ? Had a peanut butter fold over this morning. Have not been able to find my pita breads so had to eat a piece of whole wheat bread that is ok and it works but lacks the fiber content of the pita. And it has twice the carbs. So Ill keep looking. Need to go to Wal Mart anyway My left thumb has tendonitis now that sucks but not like the right hand. Mother is still in West Virginia having a great time from the sounds of it. She loves Dan's house and the mountains . Larry fixed the AC last night it was indeed not working the plug keeps working off of the compressor.. So he zip strapped it on ha ha ha the AC man was in Hot Springs bless him he told Larry what to look for and I talked him through the taking apart process. Since I had been watching when Danny did it I know how to take it a part. I could have fixed it but I could have gotten electrocuted as well...Larry was quick to point that out to me. Just so I dont think I can do stuff you know ?  Had one of those frozen cheeseburgers for lunch and a fudge bar, came in starving and did not have a pita so I just had a quickie ha ha I just wanted the cheeseburger ate most of the bread too but it is something I dont do very often. Planning on cooking spaghetti for supper cannot eat much of that but a little bit should be ok. With grilled chicken, brocolli and alfredo sauce... MMMMM been thinking about it since Larry cooked that chicken yesterday. Funny thing if he cooks a large amount of say chicken or fish then we can have a different meal later in the week. Or for lunches, works for me. So back to the grind for me talk again soon..

June 26 2011

Strange week have been busy not on the computer much at all. Think my family must have disowned me again have not heard from any of them in weeks.. The air conditioner went out last week. Alex has chewed a hole in his tail. It has been hot hot hot down here. Some how I dont think the AC is working now, it has gotten way hot in here and no real relief. the air is blowing but its not cooling off. So Im grumpy... hot and grumpy.

Tuesday June 21 2011

LONG day Blood sugar this morning was 102  Went to the Brave Woman Bible study 6:30 to 7:30 this morning. Had a good time it has been very very good for me doing this. And I am making friends at Church... At least I  will know some people now. Mother has gone to West Virginia with Dan. She is doing well and having a great time. Dan wrecked his truck this afternoon but she had stayed home. No one was hurt just buggered up his new truck. I drove Frans car to Shreveport this morning. Richard had a little blister on his toe when we mowed the yard Saturday and yesterday he was in the ER they wanted to admit him but he went to Houston... We met Charlis and Dewey over there. The did admit him and this is something called a diabetic ulcer.. ? I had never heard of these ?? So I am going to look it up Richard has almost no feeling in his feet and did not realize he was hurt until the dog was licking his foot. The ulcers come from the inside out ? Thats what I hear but as I said going to look it up. Dont know if he will get to keep his toe ? Or if he will be able to go to Hawaii they planned to leave on Sunday.  Rode back with Fran and we talked a lot about diabetes and I suggested they go to a diabetes education course. It would help her and he needs a refresher. He needs to check his sugar too, he has not been testing it at all. He just has to get with the program and take charge of taking care of himself. He is a great guy and we just love him. Hate to see him shorten his life just being lax in taking care of this. So this really reinforces the fact that I need to keep it up and take care of my sugar. Keep it under control. Scary scary stuff this is. .... Got home about 12:30 rained all morning that was wonderful all the plants are smiling and happy 50 % chance that there will be more rain tomorrow. That would be good too. Working for Ms Tommy in the morning. That is nice she is a very nice lady to work for. Blood sugar was 81 before lunch had some salad with chicken salad... Then I had to lay down felt rotten... woke up about 3 and ran to the store made us a meatloaf for supper and some squash and onions green beans and a garden salad. Larry had some potato salad with his. Then I made a blackberry crisp. That was really good. Blood sugar 2 hours after supper was 93 and we had a nice walk took Alex he was very happy about that poor little guy he is not feeling well has had to have the benedryl for a couple of days. So here I am sitting in front of the computer end of the day.. Talk again soon ! Keep Richard in your prayers !

Saturday night June 18th 2011

So do we ever understand diabetes ? I am not even getting a clue here.Blood sugar started out at 100 this morning. Had a pea nut butter fold over that works pretty good for me and Im lazy ! Dont want to fix anything else.. Cant eat eggs and bacon or sausage not in the morning. Not that early Yikes ! So the pita with peanut butter works, then Im ready to start the day. We went over and mowed Richards yard. Mother saw a box that I needed to put up so I begin to think my junk is in the way. Lord knows I have enough stuff all over the place here and it gets in my way and on my nerves and its not even my house. Then Larry is on my case Poor Richard he has to deal with us fussing. But we got it done and came home and I talked to Mother I got in the ants over there at Richards  I hate fire ants... had to take some benedryl.. So I am strung out fussing at everybody, feeling like I am falling short need to be punnished, cant seem to get anything done to suit anyone. And Larry wants to spend all his time away from me... I wonder why ? He went over and helped Dan and Wynne load thier truck up. I had a small bowl of crawfish Etoufe for lunch with the rice mixed in. It was there and I was hungry it was fixed and it was easier to go along with the crowd than try to fix anything else.  Blood sugar was 98 before lunch rode the bike for 2 miles Larry fixed the speedomoter on it so now it tells how many miles... thats cool.  Works for me anyway. To hot to do much of anything and it is all in an uproar around here. Not very condusive to getting anything done. Blood sugar before supper was 97 now here is the kick... I ate a peach about 6:30 had to take the meds. So Dan came in and wanted roast beef po boys thats great but all bread and potatoes after the rice at lunch I could not go a sandwich. So I had to go and pick these up. Ray's Pe Ge ' s and they have this ice cream.. It has honey in it.. The order is not ready yet so I will have to wait and I got a small cup of the ice cream.. Still more than a good diabetic should have but it was hot and I had a bad day.. And the temptation was to great. So I ate it while I waited.. and had most of it too... So when I got back i had taco salad without the chips and some broccoli... Mmmm and a couple of slices of pineapple what the hell if it is going to be high might as well do it right. I ate a couple of fries and a bite of Larry's sandwich.. I can live without em... for sure ! But a bite now and then is nice.. so We finnished eating a little after 8 I took the african mango ... at 9 45 my blood sugar is 68 ??? in what universe is this right ? SOmeone explain it to me ? I just do not understand !

Thursday June 16 2011

Blood sugar was 93 this morning... I went back to bed. Worn out stressed out and the air conditoner is leaking into Mothers bedroom. Larry and Dan worked on seeing if tehy could fix it until 1 in the morning. Lar got up and went to work this morning. He is worn out too, dont know how he does it. He will have to help Dan and Wynne this weekend get thier things packed into a uhaul. Maybe Ill go with him ? I donno not my stuff Wynne should go but she is not feeling well either. Maxey is crying and whining and yelping except when he is asleep. Alex is at Lynns house. Richard is coming back this afternoon so Max will go stay with him a few days. YIKES ! And of course Mother is tired not feeling well and then the worry of the AC well no one is feeling very spry. 

Wednesday June 15 2011

Yeee Ha let the fun begin. Blood sugar was 99 this morning. You know .... I get incredibly grumpy and moody and squally when my sugar gets low. Also when I dont sleep... And I have not for several days now had a good nights sleep. Have had a lovely visit with my sister in law and her husband. It has been very nice. We had a steak dinner last night no potato for me ha ha broccoli instead and a green salad. They are of this morning but the nephew is coming in. Dan and Wynne and the 2 big dogs. I need to take Alex to Lynns for a few days. Am suffering seperation anxiety. Hate to do this to him or to us for that matter. But he will be safe there. And I know Lynn will take good care of him. Mother has decided she will go back to West Virginia with Dan on Sunday I am excited that she is getting to go all the things to do and places to go and we know how I feel about West Virginia... Ahhhh But I hate to see her leave. Dont know what I will do with myself.  The carpets need cleaned though. Among other things.. So I am off to the Teague ranch.. Have a million errands to run today and for the next few days helping Mother get her things together and she has to have a goodie bag to take with her. You never make a trip like this without a goodie bag..You might starve otherwise :) Need to get meds refilled for all of us. Got to run... tune in again later for more great blood sugar adventures.. Oh and  I have been reading my friend Wanbli's blog.. He talks about hiding in the shadows and not being who you are. Thats scary being who you are. there have to be some filters. Or we as humans would not be socailly acceptable at all.

June 13 ,2011 Monday

Yeah Monday it has been a long weekend. Had crawfish Saturday it was nice and had etoufee Sunday I think it was better than the original crawfish. Church was nice. The preacher brought out this poor old almost dead tomato plant. So he goes on talking about being steadfast no matter what anyone tells you nay sayers if God gives you a dream a vision or a mission see it through. Dont let any one convince you otherwise. So needless to say the plant came home with me and I am hoping it will make it. It is in really bad shape. But the root system is strong. So we have had company. I can do nothing right Everything I say is wrong and if I said the sky was blue she would insist it was green. Hate it when its like this. Just keep your head down and your mouth shut. Thats what I tell myself. Mostly that works be a good servant, do what your told. Anyway back to the matter at hand. I think I am going to start taking the blood sugar readings only 3 times a day instead of 4 would make the strips last longer and I seem to be doing ok as far as the numbers go. Sundays high was at bedtime and it was 111 and today I started out at 102 and before lunch it was 101 I had a sugar free oatmeal. Then about 9 I had a peanut butter fold over pita.  I know that a person can do quite well without the bread without the sweets ect but do you want to live your life doing without ? The pita bread has 4 carbs per piece and it is easy to slap on some pea nut butter and be done. The sweets well you can live without them but its hot and I have been out working in the yard and a cold popscicle well who does that hurt ? Not me the numbers are still good. Well it has been a long day I am overwhelmed at the moment on the verge of tears and just need to log out of here and give myself a talking to ... Night all

June 10 2011

Well its Friday almost 11:00 p.m. late for me. Been on the go since early this morning. Im tired, and feeling weird. Charlis and Dewey got here about 8 and it is sort of a free for all catch up. Blood sugar was 108 this morning. Had a nice ride to Bonita to get corn. 60 ears, we left here a little after 7 and got home about noon. I had a waffle with pea nut butter for breakfast and had a glucerna mini about 9 We stopped and visited Mrs Clouarte it was nice to see her. Strange not having her live near by When we got home we had lunch I had some chicken and a salad, the some eggplant with pasta... I was starved ! Made the beds swept the floors ran the vacum. then we were off again. Bed Bath and Beyond had to have some Kuerig coffee then on to Sams for stuff.. Home again home again time for a nap I got a little one slept through Judge Judy.. ha ha then Mother and I were off again. To the tobacco store, Acadamy Sports, and Wal Mart... Got that all done whew .... Blood sugar when we came back was 98 I had a yogurt nad took my meds... Late... SO I know my sugar is going to be screwed up. We had a fish dinner about 8:30 I ate to much and to fast. Bad bad girl.. grilled fish green beans and cole slaw. had a couple of hush puppies, and a piece of the fried fish too. They give you so much of the fish you can never eat it all so Larry and I often share. I get grilled he gets fried and we trade. Blood sugar just now is 103 .. I am off of here like a dirty shirt and will talk later... Might be tough to blog this weekend.. Have to make sure and feed the nephews Farmville dog...

Thursday June 09 2011

Wow Thursday ! last day of the work week for Larry he looks forward to it. Blood sugar was 102 this morning had a pita peanut butter fold over. And off to Lynns house, and had a yogurt activia dessert WOW it was good 20 carbs but  Oh my gosh it was delicious ! Then we had a little square of dark chocolate with almonds. It was nice too. Cooked all morning we made eggplant parmesan and we made pesto sauce and there was spaghetti squash and multi grain angel hair spaghetti and brussel sprouts. It is nice to go to Lynns always leave there feeling well fed. Not just the food but the comaradarie Joey came and ate with us. Thought he was going to hurt himself eating eggplant. Said it was the best meal he had in a long long time. They are plotting to keep me and chain me to the stove. Stopped at Ms Tommy's and picked up some corn it was lovely she gave us 18 ears and we called her tonight to tell her thank you, and see if she knew where we could buy some of this wonderful stuff. We will have to drive to Bonita just past Bastrop. And you can get 60 ears for 15 dollars. Plan is to go in the morning and if it is good we will get Lisa Barmore a bag too... They dont know that we have to deliver it. Ha ha ha I will spring that on them when we get there. Blood sugar was 107 before lunch and it was 129 an hour and a half later. Have not taken it tonight. We had a sandwich nad some corn for supper  I had 2 ears.. Yikes had to eat it... Soooo good but I rode the stationary bike. Larry fixed the speedometer yeah I can only every get it into the yellow maybe I can work up to more ? Maybe not but it does get the old heart rate up. We had a nice evening. Sitting here now blogging and drinking a hazelnut coffee. Big day tomorrow Charlis and Dewey will be here tomorrow night. They called and are excited we are boiling crawfish Saturday will have lots of pictures. :) Talk again soon !

June 9 2011

Thursday morning. Yeah I know missed a couple of days it has been busy around here. The sugar numbers have been good and I have found that fresh fruit does not seem to hurt the numbers... Whho hooo Thats nice. Been having grapes and peaches pineapple and cherries. All of that is in season here and cheap ha ha ha  Blood sugar this morning was 102 Had a peanut butter fold over on pita bread. Just something quick so I can take the medicine. Had a waffle with peanut butter yesterday and a fold over peanut butter pita for lunch yesterday... Lazy uh huh peanut butter is to handy to have and I have not gotten in there and made any tuna or chicken salad. Been busy.. Monday I got the floors waxed, and washed the dog dog washing is a big job ! Tuesday I got the big vacum out and ran it all over. There is not much house work left to do before Charlis and Dewey come this weekend. And yesterday I did the yard work and cleaned the deck. clipped the shrubs weedeated mowed edged the whole she bang and it looks nice so thats all done. Cleaned up in the back yard where we have been living pretty much. And today I am going to go to Lynn's She said we needed to bead. I agree and we are going to cook eggplant. She has not had much experience with it and it is really good if you get the hang of it. Last night we had oven fried chicken the low carb kind.. The pork skins are ok. But I like mine with those french onions it was yummy and even Mother liked it. and that is saying something. I hear John Brown out there this morning... He is pecking away always a busy little bird ! Alex saw that squirrel yesterday he was trying to get him one of my tomatoes... And Alex did not like that a bit. It has been hot here triple digit heat and that makes you miserable no one wants to eat much so we have been having sandwiches. That is nice no cooking and no cleaning up. Just slice an onion and a tomato. Well I am going to get off of here and do a few things before I go.. Need to take a bath ha ha ha

6/6/11

Monday one more time... Blood sugar was 112 this morning probably cause I ate more dark chocolate than I should have. Got a bar at Target with almonds and cherries those are not safe in the house ! Up this morning no time to go back to bed plan on setting the world on fire. Need to get some work done around here and Lynn would like to make pesto one day this week. Mmmm garden lunch sounds like a good plan to me. Need to clean out my Toyota and get it ready to sell. Need to begin making those payments to Mother she paid for the work on the new car. Have to drop my brother a note and send him some yarn of all things. Have plenty of that so it is no problem. There is John Brown.. The woodpecker he is living in the back yard ha ha ha every morning he pecks on the ladder a few times just to make sure I know he is there. Alex peed on the bathroom rug again so that is in the washer and Ill need to scrub the bathroom. What a bug ! Have a lot to catch up on it is Monday and have to clean up after the weekend, cannot do anything much with a man under your feet and if you try to do some things he has to butt in and do them his way. Have to make a trip to the Wal Mart need a few things around here, Will be working for Ms Tommy on Wednesday worked for her Friday and we got a lot done.. Found lots of bunnies in her house .. Dust bunnies. They like to hide behind the doors, and under the furniture. Plan to get the floors waxed this week. Charlis and Dewey are comeing up for a visit and it is always a great rush to clean things up for thier visit. Not that it gets really into a mess here just things need to get put back where they belong. Clutter I am a great clutterer... Well better run and see what I can get taken care of.

June 4 2011

Independence day... No I am not a month off. It is a family holiday. A Larry and Amy holiday and he does not even remember ha ha ha funny huh ? Nope he does remember my bad. And we are going to work on the picnic table need to get the lumber and the hardware and we will have a nice big table to use in the back yard. This will make his Mother very happy and maybe when Charlis is here next we will all eat crawfish. Blood sugar was 103 this morning and I had a piece of sausage with a pita. Last night when the sugar was so low I had a fudge bar ha ha ha and more cherries they are  like the corn and only in season for a little while. Then I will be safe or the price will go back up and again I will be safe. Richard and I had a great long talk When I was there Thursday he is also diabetic dont know if I mentioned that. When we have our chats in the morning before I clean his house it is like we are family. I was telling him about some of the options that work for me. The pita bread and the low carb tortillas we had a great mexican casserole with those and it was wonderful. You dont feel like your missing out. And everyone ate it  did not have to be a case of fixing something else for them or for me. Still picking green beans and tomatoes and a few squash here and there. Loving my garden have room for a few more plants, need to go to the nursery maybe Larry's mom and I will do that one day next week. Or Ill look when we are at the home depot... Yeah maybe that will do it. Have room for a few more veggie plants may do some more tomatoes. The ones on the side of the yard with the fence are doing great the ones by the garage are fading they get plenty of water Jut not doing as well. Maybe because they get more hours of sun ? And it is going to be a record breaking summer here. We are already in the tripple digits and it is only June Wait until August and the dog days of summer. Well got to run for now get my ducks lined up. Maybe I wont be so grumpy today sort of back on my regular routine or as regular as it gets for the weekend. Talk again soon same Bat channel ..

6/3/11

Wow Friday. Blood sugar was 105 this morning had a peanut butter fold over on wheat bread. Off to Ms Tommy's she is hosting a brunch for her graduating class. YIKES ! So she called in a panic on Tuesday and needed some help. Bill ( her husband ) did not want to dust ha ha so he tells her call Amy... I love it. So it was an extra payday this week. Only I had to work on Friday morning. Home about noon blood sugar was 101 nothing between  just strung out. Hungry grouchy and Larry had not brought the trash can in from the curb. And he had not swept the kitchen floor. I asked him to do that before i left. He did however do a bunch of errands for his mother. So I was grumpy for nothing and what did it really hurt me to bring in the can and sweep the floor. Then I grumped at him for eating potato chips. Cause I wanted to go to lunch and then a movie.  Which was fine with him and he could still eat chips. Maybe it was just that I could not have any, that my sugar was 101 after I worked all morning. Just stress I think. We had chinese food for lunch I had a few rice noodles and some sushi Love that ! Just not to much cause of the carbs. Ate everything else though. Ha ha half a fortune cookie. We saw the new X Men movie it was pretty good. Long though. Went on to Wal Mart and got a few things. Blood sugar was again 101 and I ate cherries and I mean I ate cherries... They had been on sale. had a piece of grilled pineapple and a piece of raw  ha  strawberries grilled onions and peppers squash and some grilled italian sausage and an ear of corn. well half an ear felt guilty about the cherries. No walk and no bike way to hot this evening for that. temp reached 102 today and the humidity is high. Being hot makes me grumpy too. Poor Larry ha cannot win for losing today. Not going to even check teh sugar before bed. It was low last night.  We had gone to Super One and got a couple of things, and sugar was low I felt real bad. Had half a dozen M&Ms then came home and ate hummus roasted pine nut hummus. OMG it was good I like it on lettuce leaves. Yum So had that and we ate sandwiches bacon lettuce and tomato Larry an I had some turkey on ours. I had a fold over ate the heel of the bread. And had strawberries and also made me a little BLT salad... No bread just everything else. Was starving.. then at 9:30 or so go to check the sugar thinking it will be high because of the hummus and the berries and the bread ... It was 76 so I finnished the hummus with a few corn chips and had a piece of dark chocolate. Yeah ?? Go figure... So hummus must be good course I worked all day yesterday Richards house needed  cleaned and then came home and mowed the rest of the yard ran the weedeater ect maybe thats why it was so low. And I rode the stationary bike for a while. Need to get back to our walking I miss that but if Larry is tired and it has been so darned hot... Way to hot May need to start walking over at the medical mall it has ac .. Hmm nice stroll in the mornings ? might not be a bad idea. And I got a facebook friend request from my long lost cousin Kelli we were close when we were young, I spent many a night at her house. She always had the best toys and her own TV Always was jealous of her ha ha ha we watched Scooby Doo together. So it will be interesting to catch up. Got to run for now am really tired... One sec it is 9 36 and we ate about 7 lemme see how bad this is 88 can you believe that ?

Thursday June 2, 2011

Well here it is end of the week for Larry I am working for Richard today, and for Tommy tomorrow... Owe my mother in law a bundle of money. She loaned us the funds to get the new car fixed. Free car :) nothing in life is free though. It had to have the whole air conditioning system replaced and the alternator. And they say it needs new tires. So it wont be going far until we do that. Blood sugar this morning was 100 had a pita peanut butter fold over. Lazy ! Did not want to fix anything or think about it to much. Got a load of laundry going hopefully it will be dry before I have to go. Plan on kicking butts and taking names today and getting his house done PDQ but it has been almost a month since I have been there... So It will most likely need an overhaul. Thought maybe he would fire me after the fiasco with his girl friends friend. Yeah that was a mess. Worked in the yard yesterday got the swing hung up looks great ! ran the weed eater and mowed the back yard. Got the chainsaw out and took some low hanging limbs out of this tree back here really opened up the yard.. Only I threw them over the fence into the ditch ha ha and have not dragged them out yet. Guess that will be waiting on me when I get home this afternoon as well as mowing and weed eating the front... Got my batteries on charge so it should be good to go when I get back. Had to water all the plants last night it has been very hot and dry here. We have been eating tomatoes and green beans squash and peppers out of the garden. We had a mexican casserole last night that was really good with some spanish rice. That was really good I had a little bit. The casserole was made with carb smart tortillas and it was nice. 4 carbs per tortilla 6 totillas in the whole thing. Larry really liked it. Had chicken salad and an ear of corn for lunch and had eaten yogurt for breakfast. Blood sugar was 95 before lunch and was 88 before supper. Had a popsicle between lunch and dinner. And had 10 grapes and a piece of dark chocolate before bed.  So things have been going well no walk yesterday to hot Larry was whipped and I rode the stationary bike for about 20 minutes. Does not take long to get the heart rate up on the bike.. And I know it should be a longer ride, working up to that.
Guess thats all for now will be writing again soon. Have to get my butt in gear. Need some jumper cables around here Have a hard time getting started sometimes.

Wednesday June 1 2011

Ahhh June did not get back to my blog yesterday. For whatever reason going over there and sitting in the doctors office just seems to take an entire day. I much prefer a morning appointment but what are you going to do ? Still LOVE the new doctor he is so personable and he laughs at my jokes :) So here is the scoop the sugar numbers are all good. My A1C went from 12.8 to 7.0 he seems to think it will be lower next time. That this shows the last 3 months and would have included the time it took for me to get the sugar down to within reasonable numbers. No cholesterol medicine but that has to come on down a little more. Not much but a little. He says it is borderline. And I lost 4 more pounds. That is the slow part there. Little bit here little bit there and nothing dramatic again what are you going to do ... So I am now at a whopping 235 pounds just have to keep working on that also. He told me he never though ice cream was a good idea ha ha that the fat content was to high, so am looking for a reasonable substitute.. Sherbert will be nice sometimes I think you can find that in sugar free. That would be better... Another trip to the health food store to see what they offer. Not that is the mainstay of my exsistence but it is nice to have a little goodie once in a while. Got a bonus letter from my brother ha ha thats what he called it a bonus for this week.. Funny funny stuff. he cracks me up. And it is always good to hear from him. Well I think that the bed is calling me back Will write again soon lots of yard work to do today so I better rest while its early.

blueberry cobbler

4 c blueberries
1/2 c self rising flour
1/2 c Splenda
1/2 c unsweetened almond milk ( this has 1 carb and 1 carb fiber.so it is carb free )
1/2 stick of butter
 Spay your baking dish with Pam use a smaller dish not the big 9 by 12. Put your berries in the dish I like to smoosh mine up some so there is juice in the bottom.  Then mix all of the other ingredients together. You will have sort of a thin batter. And pour this over your berries. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown and bubbly.  Makes 6 servings  about 14 carbs each


You can use any kind if berry you want or try peaches, get the ones canned in juice though. You will have to adjust the carb count though. I only counted here for blueberries.

Tuesday May 31 2011

Dr's appointment this afternoon. So will have to post again tonight for sure. Larry and I spent yesterday painting the swingset. We had a good time it was time spent together, and we got a lot done. The big metal swing we brought down from the country. I love it ! and now it is a lovely shade of blue and the swingset frame is a chocolate brown. We also painted the pic nic table frame so we can fix that maybe this weekend. It will be a whole new world when Charlis and Dewey come later this month. I am loving the upgrades. And look forward to doing some more on the patio. Just have to get our ducks lined up here. Maybe Larry will get the boat fixed this year. Well it is the trailer, or maybe we should look for a new one ? Or a newer one. He thinks the wheels on this are obsolete. Or he cannot get tires or something. Anyway it would be nice. Though I really love the canoe. Have not had it out in a while though. We have been taking Mother fishing and just fish off the dock then. Although she went with us in the truck one time. That was fun the three of us in the truck. So we worked all afternoon and my numbers were good had soup and a fold over peanut butter pita for lunch. felt like was going to need a little extra blood sugar before  lunch was 84 came in got a bath nad made us a blueberry cobbler... I had been thinking how to do this with less carbs. You can cut out the sugar and use Splenda.. you can also replace the milk with almond milk... Now you could replace the flour with something that had less carbs and or more fiber but I used what we had. Never realized how many carbs and calories there are in flour. 455 calories and 92 carbs in one cup. I like mine with a little crust and plenty of fruit.  I figured it all out and divided it by 6 servings and it is about 14 carbs each serving. Which is not bad when you have to have a little something sweet. You can have whipped cream with it that has virtually no carbs. Did not figure the carbs on anything but the blueberries. But you could use anything and I got a can of peaches to try it with as well. I will post the recipe here. Anyway we had green beans and squash and green salad for supper I had one piece of grilled fish and a piece of sausage. and an ear of corn. I know that has a lot of carbs but it is so good and I can pass up canned corn and frozen corn but when it is fresh butter and sugar how can you do that ? So I am going to eat some this is a disease and I will give up something else or work harder walk longer whatever. Blood sugar before dinner was 98 and after it was 101 and that was after the cobbler :) so the corn and the cobbler had not hurt a thing as far as the sugar went. Now as far as loosing weight ? I donno.... we shall see. I doubt that there will be any loss this time but I have been living a more normal life trying to fit this all together. And not being afraid to eat things. When this started I was terrified and would not eat any carbs at all or very few. Remember eating lots of collard greens and pickled eggs and feeling rotten with the meds and all it takes a while to get used to them, and running to the bathroom every few minutes.. If nothing else I got cleaned out. Still drinking more water than anything else but I will have a soda sometimes. Diet of course and I have surely been driving Lynn nuts she has been my touch stone in all of this, she says I am doing very well. The sugar numbers are good just need to work on the weight then I can get off some of the meds. That would be nice.
Well got to find me some things to do... Talk again tonight

Monday May 30 2011

So Memorial day Thinking about the friends and family who have served in the military, thinking about my grandfather.. Never knew him he died in France somewhere in WWII. Blood sugar was 102 this morning... Big surprise ! I ate everything last night. Just have felt weird the last few days. The wasp sting really does me in. Headache, some nausea running to the bathroom every little bit. Just makes me ill for 3 or 4 days. Not to mention that my hand and arm were swollen. Maybe I do need an epi pen ? Need to stay away from the wasps for sure ! Larry and I moved the little freezer from the country Friday put it down here in the garage. It was just sitting up there. Ashamed to admit it full of road kill. Larry had been going to skin and tan. And I dont know how many squirrel tails. We brought the big metal swing back too. Bought the paint yesterday and we will put it up on the swingset here I am excited about that ! The swingset will be brown and the swing will be blue I think, sort of blends in nicely with all the flowers. The yard is doing well. Tomatoes YUM ! we are eating yellow ones right now and a few cherry and grape ones. Wait till some of the big ones get ripe. The roma bush is loaded down and so is the early girl over here on the wooden fence. Have been having a great time gardening. The herbs are doing well. Been drying some. Need to cut back the basil. Sounds like a trip to Lynns for a pesto lunch huh ? She has one of those food processors.. which is very nice for pesto you dont need as much oil and I like to do mine with pumpkin seeds instead of pine nuts. They are really good and much cheaper. ha ha ha I was reading somewhere that folks use spinach in pesto to stretch it out. We might have to try that as well. Been trying to walk every day. Larry and I stroll after supper. Easier during the week when there is some set time for supper. Rode the bike yesterday he was tired and that was easier. I like riding and Joey tunes it up for me when I go out there. Made the loop out there at Lynns 2 miles. Now that does not sound like much Im sure but for me it was awesome. Cause I get jelly legs riding very far.  Went fishing on Saturday off the boat dock there at Darbonne nice day very windy. I caught about 7 or 8 little ones. and we threw them back came home and got a take out fish dinner. Got mine grilled with green beans and coleslaw instead of the fries that Mother and Larry got. Dont miss them much. Snitch a couple now and then. Need to get back to more salad and green veggies though. Less chocolate even the dark chocolate. It is easier to grab a piece of that for the punies than to get a piece of cheese or something. Works really well too. They say it is good for you but man cannot live by chocolate alone. That is a thought though. My blood sugar numbers have been good nothing stellar the 102 this morning was great we had a steak dinner yesterday little early had a nice salad and corn on the cob. So you know I ate it. It is not humanly possible to pass up fresh butter and sugar corn on the cob... Well it is not possible for this human anyway. I can skip the baked potato. Mrs Clouarte came down and ate with us. Nice to see her. She will be moving soon and we will really miss her. So yesterday evening I had chocolate (of course ) popcorn a piece of fish and a mini glucerna bar not to mention the occasional ginger snap. Just nibbled or seemed to all evening. Could not quite get satisfied, no peanuts that I could find guess Ill have to get some at Wal Mart later. Or some almonds those work real well. Guess I will close this novel and see how the rest of the day goes here. Had a bowl of raisin bran for breakfast well I ate half a cup of it. LOTS of carbs there. but it was handy and I wanted it. First bowl of cold cereal since I was diagnosed. So we shall see... Im off ..tune in again for more rantings

5/26/11 Later that evening....

What a day ! Wrote a while this morning. Went out to clean that ladies house.. Want to talk about a fiasco ? Dragged my vacum out there plenty of dust and hair. Not a dirty house just lots and lots of dust bunnies. So I am working right along and go to move a pot it comes away in 2 pieces.  Dont think I broke it but it came apart in my hands guess Ill have to claim it. So figured I would call her later and tell her. Am in the living room dusting and knock off one of those wax warmers HOLY COW what a mess there is wax everywhere not to mention I broke the darn thing. Wax on the curtains on the furniture on the floor. So I had to call and fess up to this. She said dont worry about it clean it up and go on. Only thing is it took all day to clean up the wax. Well not all day but a long time. And how do you get it all off the furniture ?  Cant scrape it cant use a heavy cleaner. So did the best I could... Then I caught a leopard geko it had been living in her curtains.. He was cute but he bit me 3 times before I got him out the door. Had one of those zone bars for breakfast, then had a spinach salad for lunch packed it up and took it with me. Had some salmon and a pickled egg with it. Tomatoes were awesome. So got the house tidied up and got my junk loaded. Backed out of her driveway and hit the mail box.. YES what a putz I am. So I hop out and readjust it its on the pole with bungee cords so not really and harm or foul .. Only there is a nest of red wasps and you know I got stung right on my thumb. So my whole arm is swollen hurts all the way to my arm pit. Home about 2 blood sugar was 98 ran the vacum here and cleaned the ceiling fan, Those get so dirty so fast. Picked some green beans and the first yellow tomato. Played with the dogs that was nice Chewie likes to come out and play in the grass. Talked to Lynn for a while thought that the woman would call me and holler but no news yet. Bet she want call me again. I hate getting volenteered to do these kind of things. But it is hard to tell Richard no and he offered to give up his day
so I could go and do hers. Then Ill do his next week Monday is a holiday Tuesday I have an appointment so I will work hard and get out by noon or do his house on Wednesday. Blood sugar before supper was 74 Larry cooked and we had hot dogs with chili and coleslaw and I had a little salad with cottage cheese. Blood sugar 2 hours later was 95 feel kind of crappy thats just the sting might take a few benedryl and go to bed. At least I will sleep. Talk again soon

5 /26/11

Thursday morning ... Blood sugar was 104 this morning. Busy day yesterday and big storms last night. Went around us here in West Monroe. Not even a little rain which means Il will be out watering the plants this evening. Need to call my friend Ezel and ask her about squash mine are not doing well.She will know what to do to them to make them feel better and produce some veggies. Cleaned at the Lee's yesterday she requested that I come at 9 instead of 8 that way she is up and dressed. Got 2 loads of laundry done here before I went so it worked out. Today I have to clean for a friend of Fran's she is having a shower on Saturday and there are not enough hours in the day to get it all done. So she says, dont know that I have met this lady but Richard called me and asked if I would do this. Bless his heart he keeps me working. I have his house next week.And I see the doctor on Tuesday afternoon. Went and got the bloodwork done may have already said that. Sorry I repeat myself.. Must get that from my Mother. Sitting here drinking coffee listening to the John Brown woodpecker out in the back yard. He is just tapping away and every so often he will be here picking at the flashing on the eaves. Sounds like someone knocking on the door and drives Alex nuts ! Did not take blood sugar much yesterday 103 in the morning 108 2 hours after supper, and 96 before I went to bed. Then I had a couple of those Dove dark chocolates. And a handful of peanuts.  We had a spinach salad for supper and a turkey sandwich no one wanted to cook or clean up let alone eat it was hot here. Larry and I have been walking after supper all this week. Taking Chewie tonight he cried last night, Alex got to go and he did not. That breaks my heart. Poor little baby. Went to the health food store yesterday afternoon got an avacado wrap that what I had for lunch avacado and spring mix lettuce wrapped up in a whole grain tortilla. NICE ! and it had a little salsa for a dip. Got some more African Mango you know if I took it right I may have better results. Your supposed to take it before a meal.. DUH I been taking it when ever thinking as long as I took it that was fine. Talked to Angie about Quinoa which is a grain from Brazil it is a complete protien.. Very low glycemic and you can make a salad with it or serve it hot. You cook it like rice and its sort of a carb substitute. So that is something we may try and serve when Charlis and Dewey are here next. She said a little goes a long way and I am willing to try anything in salad. Ha ha You can replace pasta with it and make a nice summer veggie salad with it. I will post some recipes and write us a review.
Got to run for now. Still need to write to my brother. Slacking on that ... Have a couple of things to tidy before I get out the door this morning. Might write later who knows...

Monday Monday cant trust that day May 23 2011

Fasting blood sugar was 98 thats about as low as it has ever been in the morning. So thats cool after all the chocolate pudding as a late night snack.. Ha not to mention the whipped cream.  Had a waffle with some peanut butter and half a glass of almond milk. Then I went back to bed. My head was killing me  Mondays are tough for me. So when I got back up about 8:30 still had the headache fiddled with the computer some had some coffee and just generally felt like crap. I had a zone perfect cinnamon bar about 9:30 with a cup of coffee began to feel better at that point. You would think the waffle would do it quite well. I get the Kashi whole grain frozen waffles they work well and 2 of them have 23 carbs... I only eat one as a rule and have the peanut butter on it that makes it stick to your ribs :) Anyway had to run some errands had to go Get Larry some plates for his new car and had to go to Wal Mart and get some toothpaste they neglected to put in Mothers bag yesterday.. I mean ! Well soon as I about had the toothpaste taken care of Mother called me and said Lisa was here would I come home and help her  unload the table and chairs we got new ones ! They are very nice ! SO I did not get my shopping done... Blood sugar was 96 before lunch had a nice piece of grilled chicken breast and some of the mango salsa... Man I am nuts about that !! Glad no one really liked it at church. So we brought most of it home.  Mother and I went back t Wal mart and got the shopping done. Needed some almond milk.. ha Now I can have some more chocolate pudding.. Got some corn on the cob cannot pass it up when it is young and tender it is almost harder to resist than ice cream or sweets. Got everything unloaded and put up, then I slept through Judge Judy... Dr Phil was disturbing to disturbing to sleep through. Young girl that was murdered by several older girls. Girls here 0ldest was like 18 Just a strange thing very violent. Anyway had my nap. Had to shuck that corn bought half a dozen ears thats more than enough for all of us. Blood sugar before supper was 83 had a couple of grapes you know how you nibble as you cook ? Well I dont know that anyone else does but I do.. had a couple of strawberries too.. Supper was Sweet chili salmon, purple hull peas, lima beans, corn on the cob, spinach salad and asparagus.. There was corn bread and sweet tea also. Now I skipped the peas and corn bread and I try to always drink water with my meals. Oh and mango salsa its good on fish and chicken ! I had a spoon of lima beans an ear and a half of corn... I was a piggy pig about that but you know its just one of those things. Spinach salad was awesome with red onion feta cheese and red wine vinegarette  it is a great change from the normal salad.. Not that a green salad is bad I would like to keep one of those in the fridge too all the time. Best place to get the spinach and lettuce for these is at Sams. Well at any rate there is plenty for lunch and maybe for most of the week. So that makes things easier Having things you can eat on hand without having to stop and fix something. The zone bars seem like a good choice here also. Just wish they had more fiber.. Have to keep looking for one with fiber and protien and not so many carbs. Anyone have a suggestion ? So after supper Larry adn I took Alex for a walk.. Made our usual walk plus one block. Blood sugar at 9:11 was 97 after everything I ate .... that is wild. So I had ice cream we all did I ate the vanilla thats cool with me got it in the little individual cups so you have one and then your done. Then there is no having to measure things and who wants to measure ice cream any way ?? I had a little bit when I went with Lynn last week. Did not seem to effect the blood sugar to much so once ion a while it will be a goodie. Come a long way in the last few months.. At first I was afraid to eat anything and am begining to settle in a bit. FUnny thing it just has not really gotten through to me that I will have to take care of this the rest of my life. So better find some way to live with it. Bad thing is that food has always been a comfort for me. Like a crutch it is not what I eat but what is eating me. So I have to find something else to ease my anxiety. Well guess I better wrap up this novel. Need to write a letter to my brother and get it in the mail he only seems to write me when I write to him... ha ha ha
Tune in again soon !

Sunday May 22

Well we went to Church and were reminded that there was an eating meeting.... With a hawian theme. Like I cannot get lua au right ... Yeah thats it.. Blood sugar this morning was 113 had oatmeal instant of course no point in cooking a pot for one person.. Apple and cinnamon, sugar free Wal Mart makes a good one ! Sweetened with Splenda. Blood sugar at 10:00 a.m. was 130 I had breakfast at 8 so that was not to bad and held me over through Church. We decided to go and take a pork loin and some mango and pineapple salsa it was awesome. Have never done this kind of salsa it was good sweet and hot and fresh all at the same time. Had chicken salad and spaghetti squash for lunch trying to save those carbs there was a homemade ice cream contest too... Mother and I went out to shop for hats and leis OH MAN we had the best time giggling like a couple of kids and I found a pair of pink flamingo glasses... With pink lenses so not only were they funky but I could look at the world through rose colored glasses. We got back to church about 4 that was when the paper said. We got to visit with some folks Mother knows every body I dont know many people out there at all so we were glad when Bob Brantley came by and visited with us for a while. And he and his lovely wife had supper with us. It was nice and there was a prayer walk, they are building another section  I forget what they are calling it.. Silly huh ?  Had some shish ka bobs for supper few slices of pork loin and the mango salsa.. All very good. Stayed away from the dessert table I was waiting on ice cream... I was good all day ! I could have a little bit. Only thing was Mother got tired adn after the hula hoop contest which was a riot we came on home. No ice cream for me !  Good day though. Blood sugar was 100 at 8 that night 2 hours after... And I was tired as I recall I fell asleep on the couch. When I woke up Larry adn I ate sugar free chocolate pudding... Made with almond milk makes it a whole lot less carbs the texture is different but other than that you know it is cold and sweet and chocolate.. What more do you want ?

Thursday May 19 2011

Alex is on possum patrol.. Been a few days since I posted. Been a busy week lots of yard work Monday and Tuesday trip to Shreveport with Lynn yesterday and I discovered something amazing... Did not do anything but ride and shop and eat... man did we eat, Blood sugar started out at 99 had yogurt and pudding for breakfast thinking the extra carbs would help carry over. Had a luna mini at about 9:30 nice trip over we had to go to the air force base and get Lynns ID card renewed. Then we went on down airline drive and shopped at K Mart... We dont have one any more. That sucks I got a new swim suit.. Black and white like a short dress. Blood sugar then was 75 we went to lunch at Golden Corral love that place and I ate everything brussel sprouts mushrooms chicken fingers there was some spinach and artichoke dip that was really really good.  Had a few tortilla chips ate my slider without the bread though. So then I had dessert you bet why not 75 is pretty low I needed the carbs  ha ha ha They had coconut tarts and I got one of those and some ice cream. I mean it was wonderful first real dessert since diagnosis. And Im thinking I may never take my sugar again. It is going to be really bad.... Then we shopped at the world market I love that place and got a deal on some great dark chocolate. Dont beat myself up to bad about the dark chocolate. Then we went on over for Lynns appointment we had to wait 2 and a half hours for her to see the doctor for 5 minutes. It was not a big deal After they called her to the back I fell asleep in the waiting room. Had a nice little nap. Blood sugar at 4:30 was 97 yes 97 Could not believe that ! And like I said no exercise and no work... Also no stress.. SO there in is the key to this the stress will kill you if you let it. So I have to figure out how to realx some more.
Blood sugar before bed last night was 109 and I had eaten hamburger steak when I got home. With some squash and green beans.  So all in all the numbers were good. Today it started out at 104 I had a waffle with peanut butter,  and I poked around the house, ran the vacum took out the trash and loaded up  my bike went to Lynns she needed some help with a limb that had come down.  So I took the chainsaw as well. Got that all taken care of and took care of the roses, rode the bike and made the whole loop 2 miles my butt hurts the seat is not real comfortable. But I will develop a callus but I am proud  of the 2 miles. Had a luna mini on the way to Lynns house. Those will really tide you over. Had lunch with Lynn and Joey blackened salmon it is awesome ! brussel sprouts, salad  and corn ... Nice meal ! Then I went and had coffee with Ezel  brought home a staitionary bike. Lynn had an extra one. So I can ride in the garage if I need to. The bike thing really works out gets the heart rate up faster and keeps it up longer. If that makes any sense? Anyway had a nice visit couple of cups of coffee and stopped in the country need to find the title to my toyota going to sell it in a week or so when Larry gets the nissan all taken care of. Came on back home took a bleach bath had ticks all over my darn socks. Bleach will kill them all off and redbugs too. We had turkey and bacon sandwiches for supper sort of a club sandwich I had one piece of bread... and 2 pieces of bacon plenty of lettuce nad tomato though. A  salad with peaches and cottage cheese and some watermelon and cantelope... May never take the sugar readings again ha ha ha  Watermelon is not good for diabetics .. But I do love it !
Guess I will write again tomorrow and see what I can get into...

5/14/11

Missed a couple of days the computer is so slow right now. Think it is just the phone company dsl... who knows? So as of Wednesday when the blood sugar was 134 I went back up to the 1000 mgs of metformen. It came down to 126 on Thursday and 106 on Friday it was 104 this morning. So that is better. I know I know I am freaking out over nothing making a mountain out of a mole hill. That 134 is not really bad, but it needs to be lower in the mornings. Eating habits have not really changed a few more carbs Im sure. When this was first diagnosed I would not eat anything scared to death. Heck the other night I even had a sliver of key lime pie for Larry's birthday. And an ear of corn ... and like I said the morning reading was 106 that was good. Am exercising a bit more been riding the bike a little took it out to Lynns with me Thursday and Joey tuned it up for me and put air in the tires. Does not take long to get the heart rate up on the bike ... Only I will have to work up to where I can ride 30 minutes at a time cause I get jelly legs and can hardly walk... ha ha ha and this from someone who used to ride from Lima to Alger and from Alger to Kenton yeah  must be getting old and out of shape. Oh to be youthful again to be young and know what I do now that would be the key Would not want to be that stupid again. Yesterday was nice I had yogurt for breakfast and a handful of almonds. Larry took me out to eat Chinese for lunch we ate everything had a bite of rice noodles LOVE THOSE had half an eggroll had a dumpling mostly meat and veggies though plenty of broccoli then we went out to Acadamy sports and bought Joey a fishing rod he does all kinds of stuff around here and wont let us pay him. So he says oh buy me some fishing stuff or something. Lynn said he was joking well guess the joke will be on him cause now he has a rod and reel. Then we went to Hobby Lobby, got some goodies and paid the car insurance went to Wal Mart and finally came home. We had coffee in the back yard and putted around I took pictures of the plants and such and linus the lizard, he is still living in his little house and hunts in the garlic chives. He has changed colors now and is more green than brown. Had a yogurt so I could take my meds and we went out and mowed Richards yard filled up his bird feeder I think he has flying pigs ha ha ha it was completely empty again. Nice feeder though wonder If we should get mother one ? Course the dog pen is always full of birds and squirrels they eat Chewies dog food... and he does not care. Believe it or not he os not a big eater and there is always plenty left over. Alex on the other hand ....  So I had a salad later and a popsicle and a handful of almonds and peanuts before I went to bed. And like I said Blood sugar this morning was 104 dont know if it is the increase in meds or the exercise maybe both... But have to figure out how to live with this and maintain a good blood sugar level. You have to choose your carbs carefully thats for sure. Must be that I am in a hurry to get off this medicine. Only thing is that the sugar was really high for who knows how long ? And I had just gotten it down a little then decided to cut the meds. That will come in time and when I loose some wieght maybe able to get off of them all together. Just seems like a long process and I am impatient ! Well will write again later... Had me a waffle a Kashi 7 grain with peanutbutter  and some chocolate nuggets dark chocolate of course with almonds... See how that does :) nice to have a little chocolate with your morning coffee..
Talk again soon ....

5/11/11 Wednesday night

Well I went to work at Tommy Lee's and I worked. got a lot done had a luna mini about 11 the lemon ones are really the best. Had a bottle of water, got home about noon blood sugar was 144 I think that was because of the cookie ? Had a fajita salad for lunch nice ! Then I had a nap ha ha ha just for whatever reason worn out. No snackies and blood sugar before supper was 108 Oh I had a can of diet soda but I dont think that counts. We had roast beef hash for supper. I had the roast beef ha ha and left the potato and carrot. Then some spaghetti squash and some greens and brocoli salad. All very good.. Out to tie up some tomatoes they needed it I have room for some more just waiting a little while so they will be staggered and we have little tiny baby squash out there. Awesome. Larry has decided that Key Lime Pie will work for his Birthday I was not enthused about baking a carrot cake. That is his very favorite. and we have talked about not spending money on presents because we have to get that car transferred. Dont know what that will cost. So it looks like things are calming down now. Maybe we will get some slack this weekend have to do Richards yard thats a few extra bucks and it means we get to have lunch out somewhere... maybe. maybe depends on how well I behave myself. I think the highs of late have been more stress related ? diet has not changed a whole lot but the carbs have been creeping back in and I have to be more careful about that.
Talk to you again tomorrow... Out to Lynns tomorrow have to move a washer and dryer for Meghan...

5/11/11 Wednesday morning

Well fasting blood sugar was 134 so I am thinking I need to go back up to 1000 mg of the metformen and I need to get my ass in gear here. No more watermelon or strawberry pie for me. And eating the almonds before bed did not help. Off to work this morning will get plenty of exercise, really need to figure this out yesterday was a mess ! And now I feel like crap ! Like when I ate the kolaches they were good but man I felt bad. Mc Donalds always made me feel that way. Sort of greasy and bloated. Better cook us something tonight and see f we can get this under control. Im dissapointed in me ! Off to the grind talk later

5/10/11 Tuesday

Fasting blood sugar was 126 yeah still high in the morning. Did a little research on that and it may be that I need to have some almonds before bed. Some slow digesting low carb snack. I have been out of almonds for a while... if I eat anything before bed it has been dark chocolate. Anyway it is worth a try. I guess I can force myself to eat a handful of almonds. So I piddled around here got ready to go to Richards. Mother is not feeling well. So that has me worried. Not anything serious just some digestive issues. Worked all morning, forgot to eat lunch DUMB mistake. So I had to run a couple of errands went out and got us some Kuerig coffee Bed Bath and Beyond is the best place to get the variety pack. And they sent me a coupon. Then I ran down to Target and got some bleach tabs for Richard and a lint roller his house is always full of lint. Makes me crazy. Found lots and lots of bunnies.. Always a bunnie hunt there dust bunnies :) While I was at Target I got a bag of popcorn and a salad. Had half the bag of popcorn while driving back. YIKES ! It goes down so easy it sure was good too.. So I finnished up had my chicken salad and came home. Did not take any blood sugar readings are you kidding half a bag of popcorn. Do I really want to know ? Folded laundry and then sat down put my feet up and promptly went fast to sleep. Larry came in and we ate  the rest of the bag of popcorn. And had some wasabi trail mix.  Went on and took my meds supper as it was was late we had a ham sandwich mine was on a pita and I had some cantelope might as well do it up good. Blood sugar an hour and a half later was 128 so that was not bad at all. Start over tomorrow and see if I can do better. Never can be perfect but can strive to be exceptional. Problem is this week I have to bake a cake a carrot cake. Larry s birthday is Thursday and he wants a steak dinner and his usual request for carrot cake. So here is to hoping that some of our friends come and help eat it ! So talk again tomorrow

5/9/11

Man am I tired... have been all day. Fasting blood sugar was 123 yeah still a little high in the morning. That sucks dont know what to do about that. So Meghan brought Trinity about 9 I had fallen asleep in the chair waiting on them. Charlis called about 6 to say Dan was back in West Virginia and everything had gone fine.  Had half a glass of almond milk took the meds. Had a square of chocolate and a bag of peanuts later. Alex and Trini had a great time. Cleaned the carpet here on the back. Ran to the post office for Mother. Just really tired today maybe the weekend stress ? WHo knows. blood sugar before lunch was 104 had salad and tuna salad with sunflower seeds very nice. Later I had a cream sickle Before supper blood sugar was 111 we had fajitas steak and chicken. 2 of those carb smart tortillas. Plenty of pico de gallo and lettuse with lemon juice. Went for a walk with Larry and Alex and we had strawberry pie sugar free of course, it was good we had that about 8 and at 9 15 blood sugar was 120 so it did not have a lot of effect. or so it would seem. Working for Richard tomorrow, and for Tommy on Wednesday... Busy week.
going to run for now tune in again later

5/8/11 Mothers day

OMG what can I say out of exile... I love staying at Lynns and my sugar was better there. Took Alex out walking Friday night we made the loop 2 miles. Dont know that Im ready for 2 miles.... We had a great chefs salad for supper. And had blackened slamon for lunch Trini and Alex got to play together and he gets along so well with Shiotsy. ( The rottwieler puppy. ) He was sitting in the chair with Trini and she was reading him a story every time he cried she would pat his head am tell him it was ok..Very sweet ! Thursday night we found out that Dan was bringing his dogs. The boxers and Alex is well he is an instigator and they both jump on him. So he is better off to go somewhere else while they are here. Not to mention and they did not tell us that Issobelle was in heat. Good gracious ! Blood sugar before I went to Lynns with Alex was 152 dont ask me what I had eaten cause I cant remember. At any rate it was maddness. We spent all day Friday at Lynns Alex and I and that let Larry and Mother have a nice visit with Dan and his family. On Staurday morning I got up and came in to take care of the boxers, while everyone else drove to Shreveport to pack Dans things and help him load a U Haul. When I got home Larry and I drank coffee on the back patio for a while before everyone was up. Once the dogs were up all hell broke loose. They fought Dan ran out and punched Izzy broke his hand. So that fuss was over. Wynne is upset cause he was mean to the dog. Trixie is bleeding all over the place she has a gash on her ear. Things are quiet for a few minutes then there is another fight. Like all hell breaking loose. Dominance issues. You know ? So this time Dan runs out and kicks both dogs cussing and asking them di they want some more. Every body is upset walking on eggshells and he says he is afraid to go leave them with me. for fear they will kill each other. Thank Goodness Alex was at Lynns and Chewie was safe in the dog pen. They were wild things. So once everyone got off things settled down. The dogs found a spot and piled up. And me well I poked around and did some laundry went over to Wal Mart for a few minutes. And when I came home worked out in the yard. Now explain to me how walking makes your sugar come down and working makes it go up.... I know I walked 2 miles out there in the yard and although the sugar was not high it should have been lower because of all the exercise. So I had yogurt at Lynns before I cam in Blood sugar was 111. Had a roast beef pita for lunch with lettuce tomato and onion and a short ear of corn.. The roast was so tough I fed most of it to the dogs. and just ate the veggie and pita. Had a chocolate popsicle man it was hot and I was working so I figured what could it hurt ?? and if it was bad Id go for a walk. Before lunch blood sugar was 108 nothing but coffee between. At supper I had tuna salad and cole slaw and one pita pocket. now if I had stopped there I would have been good. But I was stressed and I guess trying to comfort myself. I ate a whole pound of strawberries. Course now you cut the tops off and had to throw a couple away.. Who am I kidding here I was a pig and I ate them because I wanted to. Everyone came back in about 8:30 and I had thought I would go back to Lynns and stay with Alex but you know I would have been in dutch because that would have been my snubbing Dan and one more big fight so I stayed. Blood sugar at 9 was 134 not all due to strawberries I assure you. Then Dan and Larry ordered Pizza A Johnnys sweep the kitchen.. So I had a bite of that, sure was good ! And I had a piece of ham. Then I carried my piggy self to bed.Blood sugar this morning was 126 not as bad as I had anticipated. Maybe I should go back to the 1000 mg of Metforman ?? I have not really given 500 a chance though. Just making myself crazy trying to get this all straight ! So Dan and Wynne have to get off early this morning We woke them at 6 and they left about 10 the dogs did not fight this morning that was good Trixie was stiff and sore from yesterday . So for breakfast Mother thought she had thawed some bacon... nope it was sausage and Larry went out and got kolaches my favorite. So I cut up a cantelope and everyone had a little breakfast. Before lunch my blood sugar was 117 had a walk got Alex and had a kolache for lunch. Now I mean to tell you I felt like crap took a nap about 2 and felt better after that we had grilled chicken and a big salad for supper Blood sugar after lunch was 105 and it was 100 before supper no snacks  117 at bedtime had 3 of those dark chocolate nuggets w/ almonds. They are very good ... Maybe to good ? So I am all caught up things are calming down now. All the sheets and bedding washed today and all the beds remade. Carpet to clean tomorrow.  And I get to baby sit Trini will be here in the morning for a little while. So tune in again soon to listen to me whine !

5/5/11

Thursday started out at 124 I dont know why... it was 93 after supper last night I had one of those Breyers carb smart fudge bars.. Only supposed to have 3 carbs.. Makes me wonder. So we will see . Had a waffle with some peanut butter went back to bed. Really tired the last couple of days. Stress maybe. Dan ( Larry's nephew ) is coming in this weekend. He will be here tonight. Thought it would just be him and his wife... But now it seems that Hunter and the dogs are coming too, so Alex and I are going to Lynns for the weekend. I will have to come back Saturday and watch the big dogs while they all go to Shreveport to get his furniture out of storage. Alex will stay with Lynn or out in the pen with Chewie that day. Probably safer at Lynns though. we found all this out just a couple of hours ago. Been busy all day been to the post office cleaned house a little went to the store with Mother, finished fixing some things for Patti she is such a stitch. Blood sugar before lunch was 112 had tuna salad pita when we came home I got a breyer carb bar... Now  I dont know what it will be in a few minutes had Ham sandwich pita s for supper and a spinach salad with feta cheese and strawberries. This is just so weird ! Anyway may or may not post tomorrow.. Depends on what I get into :)

5/4/11

Fasting blood sugar was 126 ??? Must have been the chili... come to find out it has plenty of carbs. Hot dogs dont though. Guess Ill have to stick to the cole slaw dogs. Ok so I had half a glass of almond milk took the meds and went back to bed. Upset ! cannot get this figured out. Every time I think I have a handle on it it freaks out. So up about 9 and ran over to the doctors for Mother. Worked outin the yard got the rest of the garage painted thats a relief to have it done. Well most of it anyway Ill have to climb up and get the rest later. Or maybe we will let Larry do that..Lunch was early  and I had a cheese burger... One of those frozen ones.. It was  WONDERFUL and I ate the bun You bet so I got the garage done. And then up a tree with the chainsaw that limb hanging over is bugging me and I finally got it. And then ran the weedeater a little hauled brush out to the street. Blood sugar at 3 was 108 We had a great supper Mother cooked soul food... Greens and squash and pork chops cooked with onions and potatoes.. I only had one piece of the potato. And some cole slaw.. It is really good cole slaw beats the heck out of that we used to get from Lee's fried Chicken... Oh nad i had a popsicle between the garage and the chainsaw.. May or may not take the readings again. Depends on if i think I want a snack... :) Tune in again tomorrow and see what I have been into

5/3 11

Thia should have been posted yesterday but I am so darn fuddled with the diabetes I just went to bed. Started out Fasting blood sugar was 120 thats a little high for me first thing in the morning. Ok so I had a pita foldover with some peanutbutter, and some almond milk. Had to work for some new folks. So got in the truck and drove out there. They seemed nice enough on the phone and Richard was just insistant that I should at least give them a try. Tommy and William Lee very nice people and they have a lovely home. Lots of delicate little stuff... Yeah and I have to dust it. So I cleaned out a couple of bedrooms mopped and cleaned the bathrooms. Ran the vacum a lot and changed a couple of beds. She does her own washing so this is just the stuff she cannot get to any more wiping down the blinds and scrubbing out the shower and the bathtub.  So Ill work for them next Wednesday and then every other Wednesday after that. So Richard gets to keep his Tuesday.  And there will be plenty of flexibility in case Lynn or Mother has an emergency. She was a little put out that Richard paid 60 dollars a day, she could have paid less she did not make a counter offer. And she kept telling me to take a break.. And I just dont believe that if someone is going to pay you to work you should be taking a break all the time. It was not hard work just keep at it and go on. Much less work really than I do for Richard.. So anyway worked all morning got home about noon blood sugar is 112 nothing to snack on plenty of exercise and dropped 8 points.So I had tuna salad and green salad for lunch with some sunflower kernels thrown in. Then Mother and I shopped had a trip to Big Lots and to Hobby Lobby and then to the grocery.. Lots of walking again no snacks between meals blood sugar was 93 So that was more normal. We had chili dogs for supper... Yeah and I ate 2 of them did not realize how many carbs were in the chili.. Anyway cole slaw and broccoli salad.. And later that night I did have a breyers carb smart chocolate bar. Did not take the sugar again figured it was fine. Slept like a stone fell asleep on the couch before 9 p.m. So now I will start another post and tell ya'll about today

5/2/11

Man oh man Monday Monday Fasting blood sugar was 110 thats the best one of the day had the oatmeal with almond milk and some extra cinnamon. That was about 6 then I had one of those luna minis about 7 Blood sugar at 8 was 127 Hopefully it is just because of the cookie. Im sure it is. Lunch was a  tuna salad pita  Then took Alex to the vet we had a nice long ride. He has an ear infection both bacterial and yeast. Poor little fellow. Then we went to the country and checked on things. Got the mail mostly junk and the electric bill. Came back home.. This is where I made my boo boo Had a piece or so of watermelon yeah one of the 3 deadly fruits. Then I had some trail mix the kind with the candy chips. :( it was good Alex helped me eat it. That was about 3 well little after Dr. Phil was on. So at a little after 5 my blood sugar was 141 YIKES ! I really over did it. We had fried fish for supper cole slaw. I had 2 fish and some shrimp plenty of cole slaw it was really good all fresh and handcut. onions and pickles  2 fries for me.. Well at any rate I dont think Ill take it again tonight start over in the morning and hide the trail mix !  Yeah and i had some more watermelon before supper. What can I say ? Mother picked this one and it was a little green so she thought it was no good and told Larry to throw it over the fence. Sigh then she stands at the back door looking out and says well it looks more ripe out there.  I got a watermelon too so we will let it rock on and see if it is better. Maybe when Dan is here. Then it wont be so much of it. I would have to be polite and share. Got myself another job Richard was adamant about me meeting these folks they are older she has arthritis and cannot do the tough jobs around the house. Scrubbing the bathtub, and such. Climbing around to do the blinds and all. Some dusting and all. So I start tomorrow it will be once every 2 weeks or so, very flexible. Wish me luck
Got to go get my ducks lined up tune in again tomorrow...

5/1/11

Sunday. Blood sugar this morning was 111 had a waffle with peanut butter. Had some peanuts, blood sugar at 10 was 95 so I had 2 pieces of a chocolate bar. Off to church. WOW how come it always seems like he is talking to me ? For Petes sake ! Anyway he preacher was talking about Paul when he was in prison. Standing fast in his belief and thats what we all need to do stand fast. If you are in a place in life that you would equate with hell.. Well maybe you have something to do there. That you have to stand firm in your belief that God has some purpose for this. Just when you think about quitting and doing something else. ha ha and he said look around and see who it would hurt if you give up on what God wants you to do. We came home and had lunch Man was I a grouch this morning. No sleep last night Larry and Alex chased me all over the bed, then they snored. So Lunch was a big salad with grilled chicken and a pickled egg. Had a few strawberries also.. Then we walked down to the gas station and got a newspaper. Larry and I and Alex that was nice. Kept looking like it would rain but not today maybe tomorrow night. So I will water in the morning. Get some stuff done here and then I am going to the country. Be nice to have some of that alone time. We will have to cook fish tomorrow night we caught 16 on Friday. Would have gotten some more but Mother got way to hot and was sick. We will have to be much more careful with her from now on.  So I took a nap and feel so much better. Amazing what a little sleep will do for you. Up about 5:30 blood sugar was 104 yeah I had couple pieces of a chocolate bar after lunch... Dark chocolate with black currant and almonds.. Mmmmm that maybe not a good one it sure tastes good though. Had spincah salad with sunflower seeds some celery with peanut butter for supper. And again some more of that chocolate.. When it is gone I wont buy another one like that. Thing is I have been hungry the last couple of days thats tough... finding a snack that has few carbs and fills the space. Think I will make some popcorn and watch Amazing Race with mother... Night all tune in again tomorrow for some more of my inane babblle

4/30/11

Fasting blood sugar was 114 had a yogurt out in the yard looking at my plants. Been a long day mowed the front yard, while Larry cleaned fish. Took a bath and we all went to Sam's thats a lot of walking. Had to get some dog cookies. Bought some spinach and broccoli that is the best place to buy things like this in large quantities. Specially the spinach. Lunch was a pita with chicken salad, jello with cottage cheese. Off to Wal Mart had to get a perscription filled. Also had to get a few things. You can shop till you drop while you wait on the pharmacist. Actually saw my sister there. She gave me a look and walked quickly the other way. Thats great cause we sure dont need her drama. Blood sugar 2 hours after supper was 108 Larry grilled steak chicken , pork chops and a piece of sausage. So I had a little of all of it the chicken was the best ! Steamed broccoli and a spinach salad. We took the dogs for a walk. Made about 3 blocks. They are loving this and Chewie really is doing well with commands. Alex well Alex is another story. When we came back blood sugar was 92 so it dropped 16 points with a little walk. So I keep mowing the yard and cleaning the garage thinking I will get it down enough to eat Ice Cream... Heck maybe I should just walk to the store to get it ... ha ha ha
Had a square of chocolate and some strawberries later this evening. Church tomorrow. So I willwish you all good night !

4/29/11

Friday woooo hoooo  Fasting blood sugar was 115 So I had a waffle with some peanut butter. Off to mow some yards. Larry and I did Frans first, got started about 8 I had one of those squeeze things of strawberry applesauce 13 carbs. It was just something to tide me over :) it was there and no need to stop. worked well on to Richards yard. He has a snake living in his azealea bushes uh huh a snake. Larry says oh its just a garter snake leave him alone. So we did, but he was big ! Home for lunch blood sugar was 108 not mad for havinghad the applesauce. Had a salad and a pita chicken salad sandwich and sugar free pudding.. Then we unloaded the truck and went to Lynns to fish. We caught a few some nice big fat breams  Mac Daddys Mother got to hot and was sick. so we came on home and have lazed around most of the evening. Dont want to be very far off if she needs something. Had part of a pork chop for supper Alex helped me yes he is a good little fellow helps out like that. some green beans a green salad, and some jello with cottage cheese. Now here is where I was bad had some chocolate 2 or 3 squares instead of just one.. Blood sugar an hour and a half after supper was 140 now as I understand it thats not bad it should not go above 160 after you eat. The chocolate was just a great temptation Lindt 72 % dark with sea salt and it was lovely with that after dinner cup of coffee.  The doctor wanted to see more of the after meal readings so will have to work some on that. Usually test before so I sort of know what I should and should not eat. That 140 sort of freaked me out for a minute then I remembered about the spike after you eat. Been watching River Monsters all evening love that show. Had to leave my sissy chainsaw out at Lynns it seems Joey needs to use it.. snicker snicker ... They had a limb come down and he needs to cut it up. Told him I would happily loan him the green wood saw. But you know the chainsaw will make short work of it. Lynn is thinking of getting herself one of these. I love it took out a lot of limbs Wednesday. Larry thought we had some wind damage we did not tell him any different. There is one large branch that lays out over the Dollar store fence, and I am going to have to take the ladder down the ditch and get that one. So needless to say there is plenty to do. Have to clean Richards house next Tuesday. So looks like a busy week.
Got to run tune in again tomorrow !

4/28/11

fasting Blood sugar was 118 this morning. Had a light yogurt that was very nice :) Tried to go back to sleep. No luck so puttered around the house. Did some research on the computer. Had to find out some things about fertilizer. Had a mini luna about 9 a.m.  Got a bath yeah I was stinky ! Then went out and put gas in the truck man that hurts ! 20 bucks and not a quarter of a tank. Paid the phone bill and came home for lunch. Blood sugar at 10:30 was 93 he he he and still half the meds ! Lunch was chicken salad and a pita bread, strawberries and even a piece of chocolate. Drs appointment. Lo and behold they had a foul up and a charming young man did my follow up. He was really interested in what I had to say looked at my charts went over everything with me and treated me like a person. Uh huh so guess what .... I switched  Drs and he will be my primary doctor. Not that Dr Ghaffar was bad, just sort of dropped the ball with this diabetes thing. Oh and I am down to 239 pounds have lost another 2 pounds since last time. So all in all a great trip to the Drs office ! I go again May 31 and he wants labs done again just before that.  He liked the fact that I chose not to take meds for colesterol and that the glucophage seems to be working so well. Nice to get a pat on the back and told that I was doing all the right stuff. And watermelon it seems is one of the 3 deadly fruits.. He laughed when I told him I had eaten watermelon and 2 hours later blood sugar was 128 ... Seems that watermelon oranges and bananas are the highest in sugar and carbs. Those are the ones you have to be very careful with. So when I got out of the office had to run a couple of errands and had to pick up some cinderblocks for Lynn and deliver them. Joey wants to borrow my sissy chainsaw ha ha ha they have a big limb down. Blood sugar at 4 was 94 I had a piece of cheese and a diet soda on the way home. Fixed us some supper Minute steak with peppers and onions cabbage green beans and green salad. Also a small serving of those little green lima beans. first I have had any of those since we found out I have diabetes.  We watched the Big Bang Theory and Larry and I took the dogs for a walk, about 30 minutes they loved it. Chewie enjoys a walk. And so does Alex. 2 hours after supper and sugar was 89 had some pistachio pudding. Sugar free and made with almond milk. That really works for me. and is just sweet enough to hit the spot. Then I had a popsicle before bed... Thats where I am headed now its almost midnight and I am whipped ! 2 yard to get done tomorrow. Not to mention that this one needs some work also. But I think if we get the 2 that pay done we will take mother out and go fishing. That is a relaxing afternoon !
Tune in again ...

4/27/11

Wednesday Survivor night ! Blood sugar was 110 had a waffle with some peanut butter, and a half a glass of almond milk.  Richard called he had no power. It was a rough night last night tornados and string thunderstorms 2 people drowned during the night. And one of the apartment complexes over by Wal Mart flooded and had to be evacuated at 1 in the morning. So I got very little sleep, the wind had torn part of the flashing off the back wall here above the door.  Lots of limbs down around.. I had a bag of peanuts about 8, took the african mango. Blood sugar at 9:15 was 93 so I had a luna mini the lemon I think are the best ones. ha ha ha Lynn and Joey came by and bless his heart Joey tacked the flashing back up for me. I owe him Indian Tacos he does not like to take my money. Sat down and made earrings for a while this afternoon. Had salad and chicken salad for lunch. Went out and used the chain saw.... Man I have a mess in the dog pen. And there are a few more branches I need to get trimmed back. Climbing trees with a chain saw is a little bit tricky. Thats like I keep expecting the police to show up over here cause I trim the crap off the neighbors fence.. Well its a line fence ours is right next to thiers. So I cut it all loose and let it fall where it will. Now ours is a 6 foot chain link and I go over and trim it from thier yard. So anyway there is a mess in their yard, so the police will show up and I am going to ask them... Do I look like I could scale a 6 foot chain link fence while carrying a chainsaw ??? Me ? Old short fat uh huh right.... ha ha ha anyway there is still plenty of work to do out there. Had some popcorn about 2, half a mini bag salt and lime. Pretty good took a root beer diet of course and back to work weeding and planting and moving things around. Ran the weedeater some. Still out there when Larry came home. we decided we would eat breakfast for supper. Blood sugar was 116 before supper. I knew it would be up because I had been out working. For some reason it works that way. Mowing makes it go down but most every other work makes it go up. Donno why ? Walking is supposed to make it lower.  Just have got to figure out a good time for me to have a walk. Larry is not going to join me in doing this I have been waiting on him and thinking he would walk too but there is always some reason not to. Maybe in the morning with Alex it would be good.. Have to figure it out. Alex could use the exercise too, we had breakfast for supper sausage and omeletes like mine with onions and peppers and cheese... Then we had a couple of tomatoes and some fresh herbs and strawberries... It was nice, I thought so anyway. Well I am about ready for bed. Dr's appointment tomorrow... Lets see what she will fuss about this time. Talk later tune in again !

Tuesday 4 /26/11

Wow what a day Fasting blood sugar was 116 not so bad not so bad.. I have cut the dosage of medicine in half.. Taking 500 mg twice a day instead of 1000. So I am not having to stop and eat before I can go do something. Piddled around the house scrubbed the bathroom vacumed the floor did a load and a half of laundry. Then I went to the post office and picked up the mail. Great letter from my brother ! made my day. Then off to Wal Mart and low and behold... what did I find. ??? The ever elusive Scooby Doo blanket my niece has wanted one for years. Well now we just have to mail it to her. Hope she still likes Scooby.. So got some salad fixins and some strawberries. Stuff like that another package of the whole grain pita breads. That makes it easier when we have a sandwich for supper... Then I have one too.Blood sugar when I got home was 98 that was 10:30 so I had a luna snack..A little protien bar snack size, had the peanut butter one.. 11 carbs only 1 gram of fiber though. So it could have more but it was tasty and designed for women with vitamins and folic acid.. Anyway it worked for me. Got my stuff unloaded and put away. Off to Lynns house to pick up the Chew.. Stopped at the Health food store and talked to Angie for a minute. Got a bottle of the African mango supplement .Now it is all natural like taking cranberry. No side effects and is touted highly for leveling off the blood sugar and also for wieght loss... She says it increases metabolism. So on out o Lynns and I took 2 of them. We talked for a while.  She tested my blood sugar at 12:30 and it was 93 so I had to eat a yogurt before I could get out of there. Had to eat something she said.. Ha ha ha So I got the doggie home and tucked into the back yard. Worked in the kitchen all afternoon made a green salad some chicken salad prepared a pineapple and cleaned some grapes and strawberries. Mother had cleaned the green beans that was awesome. Then I dusted.. If you dont know I HATE TO DUST but sometimes it gets the better of me. Had to do something the bunnies were taking over.. Then I went out in the yard and hauled some manure around filled a couple of pots dug up some garlic chives for Lynn then tied up the tomatoes YES ! putted around out there. Lynn came by had to take a break. Had another nice visit 2 times in one day I was lucky ! She had to go a little after 4 and I got supper started. We had pork chops smothered down in mushroom soup. So there was a nice gravy. Cooked some rice, fresh green beans butter peas, and a green salad. I had cauliflower reheated instead of the rice and we had to have a pan of corn bread... Because we are out of dog cookies... Yeah cornbread is a great substitute for milk bones ! Blood sugar before supper was 94 that was about 5 p.m.  Then I went out and mowed the yard well just the back yard. But it looks better. Now I am tired hope I can sleep tonight. Am signing off...
Tune in again tomorrow for more of my ramblings ha ha ha