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

4/ 25/ 11 Monday after Easter

And we are home had a lovely visit. Learned a lot ! And am glad to be back on my own little computer. Alex is glad to be home too ! We had a long ride home. He kept trying to get  up front so he could sit in Larrys lap. I am tired tonight, Blood sugar this morning was 101 and at 10:30 it was 99 it was 100 before lunch and 99 before supper. Just junk pretty much today had my yogurt for breakfast, that felt better. Had a handful of trail mix the wasabi cashew trail mix about noon then we stopped about 1:30 for lunch. Get this vienna sausage, pickles I had part of a piece of bread. And some sunflower seeds. Uh huh nibbled most of the way home wasabi mix and sunflower seeds. Got a salad some popcorn and a piece of turkey for supper. Have cut my meds in half.. Ill explain this tomorrow when I play catch up. I did learn.. You dont do well when your away from your established pattern. I should have planned for my needs better. Ribs and beans make me ill and it makes my blood sugar go up when my stomach is upset.  Also have a great new recipe for a breakfast casserole. Have to post that. Did a lot of walking in Texas no shortage of exercise. Talk tomorrow will catch up then !

4/20/11

Yeah Wednesday. Blood sugar this morning was 93 had a kashi waffle with peanut butter. I think... Darn anyway Strange night weird dreams. Guess I have Katie on my mind and her lot in life. Just weirdness. But she had a baby girl this time still with Zack just strange and Larry just would not budge. Maybe Im an old softie Id still hope that there is some chance for her. Anyway just poked around the house helped mother change her bed ran to the post office. Had to mail Dan a bunch of stuff and dropped a note to my brother. Had a mini bag of popcorn about 10 lime and salt thats really nice. So I know thats a carb its a premeasured carb like the waffle or the yogurt. Any it was a splurge and I was sweating and shaking so... We went out and got the oil changed and on to the grocery getting our ducks lined up for tomorrow. Ran into the preacher he is so nice he could only talk a minute he had ice cream and gleefully reported that it was on sale this week. Like that does me any good  ? Well he is still a nice guy. We had to have a few things for sandwiches have to pack a picnic.  Came home about 12 blood sugar was 93  and had a salmon croquette and a popsickle yeah snacked all day took a little nap and had to get in and tear up the kitchen. Made us some chicken salad, and then we had meatloaf for supper I thawed it ! Yeah me ! and a couple of stuffed peppers I thawed. We had steamed cabbage caulitaters thats what I had Mother and Larry had mashed potatoes. and we had a green salad. Peacemaker is supposed to come by tomorrow when she is done at the Dr.s office. her appointment is at 9:30 so she may be here for lunch we will just have to have some left overs :) she says leftoovers here is better than most people cook. Cracks me up ! Blood sugar at 8:00 was 98 2 hours after eating.. Well we finished up about 6, went out to water the plants everyone needed a drink.  Found 2 small birds they can fly a little but really have no tail feathers yet. So I put them in one of my big buckets, and thier mother found them she has been flying in to feed them. Dont know what to do with them we are leaving tomorrow.. Should I put the bucket in on the deck ? or leave it where it is ? If we get a big rain they will get wet or if it is really windy they could get blown off. Guess Ill have to figure something out. Weather anyone likes it or not I believe they will be on the deck. Well guess I better run back to Facebook for a while. Talk again soon !

4/19/11 Tuesday evening

Blood sugar was 93 this morning had a yogurt went back to bed. Alex convinced me that was what was needed. Back up about 8 putted around the house did a load of laundry ect ect We went for the ladies lunch. Blood sugar at 10:30 was 102 ate broccoli soup it was good. Everyone visited and sang had a nice time. I came home and painted the garage some more. Almost out of paint now.came in about 4 and decided I was to tired to cook. So we had BLT s I had mine on a pita pocket and added turkey so I had a club. Also had spinach salad a pickled egg and strawberries, also had a couple of small pieces of pineapple. Might regret that. I am so allergic to it. Blood sugar before supper was 100 so am spending a quiet evening been on the internet Facebook of course... So that is about all that happened today. Tired and am going to bed soon. Might have a popscicle.. Oh yeah I had one of those when we came in . But other than that no snacks.  Everyone getting geared up for the trip to Texas  I have to go to the post office tomorrow and get some stuff mailed. Mom I am sending you a big envelope, so be looking for it next week. Have to get a few things form the grocery to pack us a pic nic. Might take some hummus thats a good snack nad Dewey nad Charlis like it too. Talk later !

4/18/11 Monday Monday

Started out blood sugar was 113 not so bad. Had cottage cheese for breakfast. Just did not want much of anything. Poked around and ended up going back to bed. Long conversation with Alex. Very enlightening Lynn called, Larry came home and changed his boots seemed he wore his cowboy boots to work this morning he was not awake. Had a bunch of errands to do out most if the day. Picked up another 400 pounds of cow manure. Got some meds. Had to return a print cartridge to Wal Mart I think they just like to give me a hard time.But all is well that ends well. Got what I needed and bought a pineapple for a dollar. I cant eat it but Larry and his mom really enjoyed the last one. So I picked a nice yellowey one smells good ! Got some strawberries too I love those ! This was a good batch too. Blood sugar at almost 6 was 96 lunch had been salad and tunasalad then off to the post office. Got a note from one of my brothers today thats cool . Always a pleasure to hear from some of your familly. Found some popscicles 14 calories no sugar no fat no gluten and 4 carbs 1 gram of fiber YES ! a creamsicle man they are good too. They have a few grams of that sugar alcohol though. They say you have got to watch those. Have to do some research on that. The Atkins bars have lot of sugar alcohol.  So have not bought any more of those. And gave up on the Special K bars   Just have to figure out what works for me. Or works best. Got a phone call this evening from an old friend of mine we sort of grew up together. She was telling me I ought to consider having weight loss surgery that it would greatly improve the chances of getting off the meds if you loose a large amount of weight. That is a thought and will have to talk to the doctor about that. Not that she would be of much help. Who knows...? Supper tonight was salmon croquettes spinach salad and asparagus Larry and mother had fries with thiers. They had a salad with peaches and cottage cheese. Spinach with red onions feta cheese and red wine vinegarette Man that is the stuff ! They serve it over at the health food store. YUM ! I made this at home though. Then you can eat all of it you want. We used to eat a spinach salad with peeled grapefruit sections and poppyseed dressing that was really nice too. All the super foods at one time you know.  So we are off to Texas on Thursday Yee ha Looking forward to the farmers market, who knows what else we will get into while we are there. Got enough mannure and buckets to do some plants now wonder what we can find down there ? At any rate it will be interesting and I will take a break from blogging have to play catch up when we get home. But isn't always the way it goes a million little things to do and get done before a trip like this even if it is only a long weekend. Chewie will go to Lynns house He loves it there and they love him. Well enough for tonight hope we dont get rain tomorrow so I can get the other half of the garage painted.  night all !

Sunday April 17,2011

WOW Busy busy Missed a couple of days. Got to catch up here. Yesterday started out blood sugar was 109 that was good. Had oatmeal with extra cinnamon, and some almond milk. Long day ahead Packed up the truck and hauled my beads down to the health food store they had a little festival. had a great time made about 100 dollars. They fed us lunch it was awesome... Of course this is where you get the dark organic chocolate. Had some truffles Omega truffles YUM ! So I had 1 & 1/2 of those. And half of a dark chocolate bar with green tea and ginger. OMG it was all organic and wonderful ! Shaman chocolate rocks. We had a great lunch spinach salad with strawberries, and a half turkey sandwich. I know I know bread carbs but it was really good bread a multi grain whole wheat very good. And a small bag of cracker chips they were like tortilla chips with flax seeds.And they gave us a goodie bag to take home. Double chocolate cookie... Ate it on the way to the house. So needless to say I ate everything.. Yep I did had a day off. We went to a red neck party that was fun we sat and listened to music and visited with old friends. Had supper Jambalaya green salad had a hambuger paty and a hot dog no bread, little bit of pork loin and little bit of turkey. Then I had some dessert uh huh well I think that did it it was served with a shovel.. Mostly it was whipped cream and fruit but it was really good . Larry helped me eat it. Bless him ! My blood sugar before bed was 132 All things considered that was pretty good, Finding that I need to stay busy and keep moving.  Getting bored makes me hungry find Im nibbling..  Now this morning my blood sugar was 116 right back on track.Need to keep my head together today and behave. Had 1 kashi waffle with peanut butter. Had to get moving going to church. Nice service really like the preacher there he is so down to Earth, Home at noon blood sugar was 91  had a nice lunch huge salad lots of spinach and a piece of grilled chicken. Awesome. then had a little bowl of pudding, made with almond milk. Off to the Wal mart looked at plants bought a couple of hostas really like those and have found a nice shady spot for them came home ran the weedeater some and mowed the back yard. Wanted to spray scrape the other side of tha garage but we had company  Patti came by and had supper with us. She lucked into a great meal. New york strip steak squash and onions fresh asparagus and green salad. Of course everyone else got a baked potato. The steak was on sale this week and it has been a long time since we had one. Larry can sure cook. ! The grillmaster.. :) so the evening progresses will check the blood one more time tonight and see where that is. That tells me if I need a snack or not.  ha ha ha I always like one but like last night uh  uh no snack for me. ha ha ha guess I will wrap this up for now have a big day tomorrow. Looking forward to a nice trip to Texas this weekend.  They have a farmers market to die for ! Like shopping in old Mexico !

4/14/11

Better today Blood sugar this morning was 116 not to bad. Had a pita bread with grilled chicken.. I know I know not really breakfast fare but it was quick and easy. Then I had the rest of the sugar free cheesecake. Did a few things around here loaded the truck with the vacum cleaner and the carpet shampooer. And off to Lynns I went. Cleaned Bobs room poor fellow he is having a terrible time with allergies right now. So we took the vacum the big Thermax and cleaned that room. He had spilled some milk or something so the carpet really did need a scrub. Cleaned the ceiling fan and dusted. So it was spic and span then tidied up the pantry. We had a great lunch baked tilapia brussel sprouts spaghetti squash, and a little bit of pasta salad. It was very good. Lynn and I went to the plant farm and got 2 scoops of mulch. Much to Joeys dismay as he had to unload it. We got the printer scanner copier hooked up to Lynns computer, poked around on the internet some. Then I came home and had a nap.Coasted off and on for about 2 hours. Blood sugar at 6 was 94 Now I am not taking it again today. Lynn says I am freaking out the anxiety is making my sugar go up. And I stepped on her scale 243 YIKEs gained 2 pounds Better get my butt back in gear, have been having to many carbs not enough green veggies. Maybe thats the problem.  Seems to me that there is plenty of work and exercise around here. Well tomorrow is another day.

Wednesday 4/13/11

So today I am discouraged. Blood sugar this morning was 115 not bad. Had one of those protien bars, did not want to eat much of anything. Tough choice when you dont function well eating in the morning. Went back to bed and watched the news. The tomato man was on talking about determinate vs indeterminate and the different types of plants that do well in this climate. So that was interesting then I fell asleep. Sort of coasted till about 8. Up and at em played on the computer.  Ran down to the doctors office and picked up samples for mother. That saves a fortune. Anyway had a chocolate square on the way down there. Now this is where things go wrong. Come home and moved things around painted the garage wall up and down off the ladder... ect. I mean this is work ! And moving all the plants out was no easy task. I am sweating and sore, had to hurry up and finnish Lynn was coming by. So  get it wrapped up. Put the tools away, Blood sugar is 128 I am starving think Im going to pass out out there.Just knew my sugar would be low.... No How in the heck could it be 128 when I had worked so hard and been hungry all morning ? So what the hell is the point ? Went to Wal Mart with Lynn and Joey had a nice time. No trail mix can you believe every bag they had was expired.  Took the bag I got yesterday back it was rancid. YUCK bought some marigolds, and found the Thai Basil.. Need to plant it. Oh and while I was out there painting I weeded out the herb bed and pulled up most of the chocolate mint. We get back and unload eveything. Alex helped himself to the rawhides came in hauling the package and was he proud of himself. So No rest for the wicked. Made a pitcher of tea unloaded the dishwasher, put the peas on to cook shucked the corn. Blood sugar was 103 Oh I had a glucerna shake for lunch in a hurry no time to eat anything. Now mind you I am still hungry. Why am I bothering ? So when we had supper I ate everything. A whole ear of corn some purple hull peas. Minute steak green salad and brussel sprouts. Oh and dont forget I ate grapes... A whole damn bunch of them. Not taking my sugar tonight but I am not hungry either. Start again in t he morning. But I just dont get it. Work is good exercise or so I thought and the sugar should have been lower than it was at 6 a.m.  Lynn cant explain it. I was not in any real pain nor is painting a stressful thing just a thing.. Like the canoe it makes my sugar go up. Maybe the educators will have some idea make a note of this and ask. So good night  I am whipped... took 2 tylenols and am going to bed. Talk tomorrow.

4/12/11

Tuesday... I have to wonder is not sleeping well and bad dreams ,make your sugar go up ? I woke up this morning mad as hell at Larry for letting one of his friends take Alex. That was the dream... Course the friend was only going to have him for 9 days, but I was upset. Wierd dream. Blood sugar was 123 this morning. Had a fold over turkey pita. They are oat bran and whole wheat. 5 carbs per piece. Really good too. and some almond milk. Went on out to Richards had a pile of work to do over there. Even had to sew on a button or 2 Ran over to Wal Mart to get a sewing kit. had string cheese yogurt and handful of trail mix for lunch. Blood sugar when I got home was again 123, poked around here made a few pairs of earrings. Played with the dog looked at all my plants. I need to do some serious weeding. Scraped the garage wall some. Need to get that painted. Plenty of that darn chocolate mint. Need to get in and cut some to dry. Ezel said she wanted some. Wish she would come and get it.  Have to cut the Kentucky Colonel mint back too it is blocking some of the pepper plants. So there is plenty to do around here. We decided to have sandwiches for supper. Not much to cook not much to clean up and it was hot here. Who really wants to eat much when your cooking. From the inside out. Blood sugar was 99 had bacon and turkey tomato lettuce no mayo Im proud of me and not one potato chip. Not one. Had a big green salad and my pita pocket sandwich a strawberry ate that when I was cleaning them... Sometimes you cannot resist... And Larry is teaching Alex get this how to eat the whipped cream right from the can.. He is afraid of the noise but it is really funny. Right now it is a little after 8 and I am whipped. Tummy is slightly upset.. You know it has been all day. The fish and shrimp yesterday taking a toll. Thats the first really fried food I have had in a couple of months. Now I wish I had not caved. Just was easier. Sometimes it is easier to go with the flow than to make waves.  Got to run for now.. Talk again tomorrow.

Monday April 11 2011

Somewhere I got my days mixed up. Blood sugar was 117 this morning. Had a yogurt, couple of strawberries. headache it was so hot here and sticky miserable. Went back to bed for a while. Had to do the taxes.. You know put it off as long as I could. Dropped a line to my brother. Need to make time to write to him at least once a week or so. Off to the post office got everything in the mail.Went to the country Hmmmm nice day out very hot dragged home some stuff to go through need to donate some stuff to Goodwill. Mostly clothes.. just stuff we need to whittle down. Blood sugar at 11 before I went to the country was 114 so waited to eat lunch when I got back. Had to find the jumper cables, and the bolt cutters, and Joey needed a keyboard. So got everything together. Got rained on  Had a sandwich when I got back, a pita bread found some good ones oat bran and stone ground wheat. Put the pasta salad and some smoked turkey in it.Yummy had a diet soda. Had to have a bleach bath itchy itchy itchy. Poked around the house finnished some laundry unloaded the dishwasher. Then Mother decided to turn on the AC she was hot. So we swapped out the filter. Need to use a taller chair Larry has longer arms. :) then I caught a little nap on the couch. Bout half an hour. Not sleeping well at night the last week or so. So we decided to have the fish we caught Saturday. Blood sugar at 5:30 was 96 so this was a splurge.. Had a fried fish a small one about half a dozen fries some shrimp and 2 of those japaleno poppers. Big serving of broccoli salad, and pickles & onions.. You cant have a fish fry without pickles and onions. Will have to be good the rest of the week. fried food is a no no ... but it is only once in a while. In fact this is the first fried fish I have had in a couple of months. Been cooking mine in the microwave or in a skillet.  Helped Larry do the clean up. Then decided I wanted one of those sugar free cheesecakes. But the blender got away from me and the whole kitchen has little pink spots.. Had to scrub the whole place down with some clorox. So am going to call it a night working for Richard tomorrow.
Talk later.

4/10/11

Sunday what a day... Up and at em. Blood sugar was 117 this morning had some oatmeal extra cinnamon and almond milk. Coffee on the patio man that was nice ! Had to check on my plants and see if the lizard boys were home. Linus was but Louie was out somewhere. Had a dark chocolate truffle about 10 a.m. and off we went to church. Blood sugar was 90 before lunch. And I had spinach and tuna salad and few strawberries. Larry made himself a tuna melt he enjoys cooking, had a bite of his too it was good. Ate a small piece of carrot cake thought I had really done it. First of anything like that since I was diagnosed. It was good of course it was not something I cant live without. Went to Wal Mart had a nice walk around there they are remodeling so you have to walk the whole store a couple of times to find what you need. Bought Larry and Mamaw a pineapple.. for a dollar. Almost as good a price as the farmers market in Houston ! But not nearly the atmosphere. Mowed the yard ! Back yard that is not the whole yard. Need to go to the country tomorrow.. Hope the storms are over early. Working for Richard on Tuesday and going to haul mulch for Lynn on Thursday thats cool a day at Lynns house is always a treat. Blood sugar was 90 at 5 p.m. even after having had that cake it might be a carrot cake curse... Now I know that it is possible to have a little bit ha ha Once in a while it will be ok not something I would want all the time though. Have felt so much better the last couple of weeks. Getting all the garbage out of my system. Plenty of water fresh veggies green salad yeah it kills me to eat so much green salad NOT Love a salad !Made some borccoli salad tonight and a pasta salad made with shiritaki noodles... It is tofu funny texture sort of rubbery but no real flavor and in the salad you dont notice the texture anyway.  We all liked it. Larry grilled some chicken and salmon. Plenty in the fridge for lunch or supper next week. They had a baked potato and I had some steamed cabbage. blood sugar at 9 p.m. was 95 so I had a fudgesicle. sugar free. Blue Bunny makes a good one 8 carbs a bar.
Well I am tired and i have doing taxes to look forward to in the morning .. SO I will bid you all good night !

Saturday evening 4/9/11

Nice day Blood sugar was 118 this morning. Had a light yogurt. We decided to go out fishing, had lunch early blood sugar was 86 had a fold over tuna sandwich, spinach and few strawberries. Off we went had a great time took the boats so I paddled all afternoon. Now here is where I do not understand. Exercised all afternoon, had one chocolate square early in the afternoon. Then about 5 I had a cereal bar. One of those Special K ones 90 calories, and 19 carbs.. 3 grams of fiber. So this should not have been a problem. Lynn checked my blood sugar about 2 hours after, and it was 131. So I wonder if fishing is good for my sugar ? Maybe I get aggrevated to much ? You would think it would have been lower with all the exercise.... When we got home it was 8:30 something like that. Then the sugar was 114 had to eat something so I could take the meds. Had some spinach and tuna salad. Maybe it will get back on track tomorrow. Hope so....
Got to run I am whipped and have to be up for Church in the morning.

4/8/11 Saturday morning

I know I know day late and a dollar short story of my life. Busy day yesterday. Blood sugar was 98 to start out almost 8 a.m. yeah we slept in weekends are like that everything is off.So I had one of those Kashi waffles blueberry with some peanut butter. And a handful of grapes. Grapes are pretty high in natural sugar and you have to be careful with those.  You can have about 10 grapes which is just enough to make you mad. Ha ha but strawberries you can have a cup and a half. So they are a better choice. Went out and mowed at Frans this morning. Richard shows up and wants his done as well. the pay was good so we went on and did it. Blood sugar when we finished Frans yard was 87 so I had a little bag of peanuts, and a square of chocolate.Went on and did Richards did not take long and I was holding up pretty good.  Then we went to the health food store. When you walk in there it is awesome the smell of all the herbs its hard to describe its sort of a green smell not unlike fresh mowed grass or fresh hay. They have a small lunch counter and a bakery yeah it is cool ! So we got some lunch I had a spinach salad with red onion and feta cheese, topped with red wine vinegar OMG it was very good. And Larry had a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread they had baked it there. It had some baby lettuce the spring mix that he loves and very little mayo... It was very tasty too we sort of shared I had a couple of bites of his and he had a couple of bites of mine. We got some dark chocolate Omega truffles one of the cashiers shared one. So we had to get some of those they are delicious and healthy full of Omega fatty acids. And dark chocolate... MMMmmmm Got some of those tofu noodles shiritaki going to try those they might be good. Course I really enjoyed the spaghetti squash, and think there is no reason that angel hair cole slaw would not make a reasonable substitute for pasta.  We came home and I mowed mothers front yard.. Yeah I know lots of mowing today. Larry worked on the car, Blood sugar at 6 p.m. was 78 So I figured I could eat about anything. We had a big splurge and went out to eat crab legs. Larry and his mom LOVE crablegs. I like them but they are hard to peel just give me some good spicy shrimp. Any way I ate everything. I had 3 pieces of sushi I know that had carbs, with the rice and all and about 1/2 cup of coconut shrimp. could not resist those. The happy family is awesome no real carbs there plenty of good veggies. And there was some shrimp that had spices and curry it was fried I think. it was really good. Needless to say I did not test my sugar last night. Nor did I need a snack before bed. We ate late though and it was 8 before I got the meds.  So I dreaded to see what it would be this morning 118 was not bad at all . Not considering.... Anyway I am sitting here drinking coffee and had another of those Omega truffles.... OMG they are decadent! So I will sign out for now and see what we can get into today.. Back on later

4/7/11

Thursday last day of the work week for Larry Blood sugar was 107 this morning.Had to have half a sandwich last night before bed. Fold over turkey sanwich on whole wheat blood sugar was 86 when I took it at 10:00 felt a little off.  Had a Dannon light and fit ... Dont think that will work as well. Poked around the house here cleaned the bathroom swept the floors ran the vacum. thought about working out in the yard... Thought about it does that count as exercise ? Blood sugar was 102 before lunch and I had grilled salmon salad a pickled egg and some sugar free chocolate pudding. Made with almond milk. That does not seem to spike the blood sugar and enough chocolate to work.  Well it works for me enough chocolate to cover the taste of the almond milk ha ha ha it must be a taste you have to aquire. Yeah so we went out  had to pay the water bill that was enough to raise your BP twice as much as last month. Made Larry check all the hydrants and even crawl under the house.  No leaks they told me at the water department that the commode could do this. Double or even triple the water bill if it hangs up and runs for any length of time. Only thing is with 3 of us it does not run for long. So I dont  know have not been watering much who knows? Then we had to go to Wal Mart I got a basil plant... Plenty of seeds coming up but needed a jump start. Love the stuff could write a whole page on it. May do that. Had to get Larry's meds Found some frozen waffles from Kashi whole grain plenty of fiber and 25 carbs for 2 of them... And they are blueberry. So we will try those. They were telling on TV this morning about how important breakfast is. We have never been breakfast eaters around here. But have to eat to take the meds. They suggested whole grain waffles with peanut butter. So we will see how they work out in the morning. Have to find the toaster though. Blood sugar before supper was 90 had a spinach omelete and some venison sausage. With some pico de gallo very nice ! Had a bite of Larrys biscuit and some grapes. 9:30 now may take it again in a while. Guess I will sign off now. I am stoked though figured out how to post a picture in the blog !

my bucket garden

My bucket garden Finally got the picture to upload... Tomatoes lettuce squash green beans cucumbers and peppers... Im starving ha ha Just love to garden.

4/6/11

Blood sugar was 105 this morning. Tossed and turned all night.. hate when that happens. Had the oatmeal with almond milk.. extra cinnamon. Works out well that way. Went back to bed Alex convinced me... Uh huh thats it. Dark and cold and nothing I could do in the house without making noise. So what choice do you have ? Back up @ 8:30 got my butt in gear ran down to the doctors office for Mother, they will give you free samples sometimes but you have to go on Wednesdays. Saves a fortune we get all of ours generic... No free samples for us. So decided to work out in the garage. Took my sugar at 10:00 dont want to get out in the middle of something and get to feeling rotten. Blood sugar was 94 and I had a yogurt. Worked hard out there it was a mess got things moved around and cleaned up. Came in for lunch blood sugar at 12:30 was again 94 strange huh ? Went back out to work got most of the garage cleaned out and cleaned up filled the trash can and set a pile of stuff on the curb swept and swept ( which reminds me I left the dustpan out in the driveway better go get it ) Some fellow came along and hauled off a bunch of stuff anything he could use he took. Maybe he sells it somewhere who knows ? Really and who cares.. he hauled some boxes of books out of the garage. That helped a lot. Finally got to a stopping point about 3 Dr Phil was on anyway. Had to bathe again was filthy . Cant really fuss at Alex about dragging the back yard in when I am as bad or worse.. Wash half the yard down the drain. Went to the store Larry had a special request for supper he wanted taco salad. I like that and just have it without the chips. Made a batch of pico de gallo that is so awesome ! we all love it and keep it in the fridge a lot in the summer. Blood sugar before supper at 5:30 was again 94 think I will take it one more time tonight with another meter Just seems wierd to me. That it would be the same all day it never has been before. Had some sugar free chocolate pudding made it with almond milk. The taste is not bad it just does not dissolve very well so it is lumpy and grainy but it was chocolate maybe will do it in the blender next time or use the mixer. So now I am worn out feel like I got something done today. Since I have gotten this diagnosis dont feel like I can get much done. Need to get it in gear here. Lynn says it just takes time to get used to the sugar being lower. So Good night all talk again tomorrow !

loaded deviled eggs

Ingredients

    8 large eggs
    1/4 cup sour cream
    2 tablespoons crumbled cooked bacon
    2 tablespoons finely shredded cheddar cheese
    1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion
    1/4 teaspoon paprika


Method

Place the eggs in a pot and cover the eggs with cold water. Bring the water to a boil uncovered, then turn off the heat. Cover with the lid and allow to rest for 15 minutes. Drain the eggs and cover them with cold water until cooled completely. Peel the eggs and cut them in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and place in a mixing bowl. Mash the yolks until smooth and add the sour cream, bacon, cheese, and green onion. Spoon the filling back into the egg whites and sprinkle with paprika.
These were AWESOME !

4/5/11

So  blood sugar at 5:30 this morning was 100 had sugar free oatmeal added some cinnamon, and almond milk. It really is not much of a milk substitute as far as drinking it. But I dont drink much milk anyway. Like a little with cereal and such but it usually does not like me. Went back to bed, strange dreams last night dont sleep as well when that happens. Had to go to the post office dropped a note to my brother, and had to mail back that darn phone that never worked right. 3 hours on the phone with AT&T told them I was going to charge them for my time. Ha ha ha Mother and I went to Wal Mart we had a good time hauled home 4oo pounds of cow manure.. I got most of it put out, 3 bags left. Thought when I got up this morning would set the world on fire and get a bunch of things done... NOT we planted some green beans, and some zuccinni some cucumbers and we have several small tomatoes on the plants. Oh and some purple cone flowers. Love those hope they come on up. We are working from seeds. But I love fresh green beans... :) and squash. . So I was looking on the internet for some low carb diabetic snacks... Sort of stuff for in the evening while we watch tv Larry and Mother are big snackers, and now so am I ha ha so there was this recipe for deviled eggs.. OMG I will post it but these were awesome. We all liked them but Mother said they needed some pickle relish... Uh huh and Mushroom soup and velveeta cheese you have to use all of those things when you cook in the South. Especially if you are Baptist and have to take a covered dish... Well  thats what they say. And the last church supper we went to confirmed this pretty much. It is odd being from up North ha ha a damned yankee it is very different here. Things are spicier and greens are served almost everywhere.Thats nice you cannot even get them to cook in Ohio.. You can get spinach but thats about it. No greens no peas no lima beans or butter beans. No speckled butter beans crowder peas not to mention cream peas ,lady peas or zipper peas..You can get green beans and corn. But the diversity here is much more appealing. Blood sugar before lunch was 89 no snacks between breakfast and lunch, and it was 1:00 p.m. had fresh lettuce and chicken salad then had a generous handful of trail mix only real carbs in that was the dried cranberries. Worked out in the yard hauled all the manure. Lynn came by and we played with the dogs. Had a nice visit. Cooked supper.. Made the loaded deviled eggs.. we had roast with rice and gravy purple hull peas cornbread steamed cabbage and a green salad. I skipped the peas and cornbread, Blood sugar was 101 before we ate. Had a small scoop of rice hard to eat roast without the rice... sigh  So I am done testing for tonight think this is going pretty well. Just takes some planning and some research.. Having a good time trying new recipes thats a blessing that has come out of this. Well I am off for tonight.. Tune in again tomorrow same bat time same bat channel !

4/4/11

Monday Monday fasting Blood sugar was 122 this morning.. To much snacking last night had celery with peanut butter and raisins and popscicle. Cant think of anything else. Yucky dreary day felt sort of off today had yogurt and a package of peanuts. Blood sugar at 8 a.m. was 110 poked around the house big storm moving in. Out in the yard took pictures of the lizard who is living in a decorative bird house.. He is to cute and he suns on the porch of the little house. We go out to see if he is home. It has become a thing. Blood sugar at 11:30 was 93 so it is doing better had chili and 1 of those toastada chips square of that chocolate. Had a popsicle about 3 hot sticky OMG have been sweating all day front finally moved through now it is much cooler. Had a nap this afternoon slept through the Talk.. some talk show they have on CBS it was just nasty weather rained all afternoon but I dont have to water the plants ! Thats a good thing. Got in there and cooked us some supper Pork chops asparagus rice and gravy purple hull peas cornbread green salad and cabbage. I skipped the rice the gravy and the peas and cornbread. really enjoy a nice green salad. Always have now I can have them all the time and no one bothers me about them. And broccoli... I can eat all the broccoli and brussel sprouts I want to ! YES ! Blood sugar before supper was 97 so it is right on the money. Will have me a little snack before bed but as long as I feel ok Ill check it in the morning. Night all
Tomorrow is another day and I will have to find me something to do maybe we will go get some cow manure and plants... That sounds like a good idea to me. We have 2 big buckets and nothing to put in them yet. maybe a cucumber  ? maybe some zuccini ? Green beans would be nice have to see what we can find. Dont think you can grow corn in a bucket...
Night all

Chicken and broccoli divine

Ingredients

    1 pound chopped fresh broccoli
    1 1/2 cups cubed, cooked chicken meat
    1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of broccoli soup
    1/3 cup milk
    1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
    1 tablespoon butter, melted
    2 tablespoons dried bread crumbs

Directions

    Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
    Place the broccoli in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook 5 minutes, or until tender. Drain.
    Place the cooked broccoli in a 9 inch pie plate. Top with the chicken. In a bowl, mix the soup and milk, and pour over the chicken. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Mix the melted butter with the bread crumbs, and sprinkle over the cheese.
    Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until bubbly and lightly brown.

Now me I added a can of rotel tomatoes and left out the milk. So it was a little spicier. And we used olive oil instead of butter. Mushroom soup was what we had on hand... And I left off the bread crumbs. Not that it would add many carbs. I thought about using some of those french onions instead ....

Broccoli Salad

Ingredients

    * 8 slices bacon
    * 2 heads fresh broccoli, chopped
    * 1 1/2 cups sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
    * 1/2 large red onion, chopped
    * 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
    * 1/8 cup splenda
    * 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
    * 1 teaspoon salt
    * 2/3 cup mayonnaise
    * 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Mix all of these together you have to crumble the bacon, or you can cheat and buy the bacon bits. I find it hard to cook the bacon without eating it as I go,ha ha ha

Sugar free cheesecake Low Carb !

Ingredients:

    * 1 small package raspberry sugar-free geletin dessert such as Jello brand (~.3 oz)
    * 1½ cups boiling water
    * 1 cup pecans
    * 2 tablespoons butter
    * Sugar substitute equal to ¼ cup sugar (zero carb sweetener such as liquid sucralose preferred)
    * pinch salt
    * 6 oz cream cheese cut up into pieces
    * ¼ teaspoon orange extract
    * 1 ½ cups fresh or unsweetened frozen raspberries

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 F

1. Dissolve raspberry geletin in boiling water.

2. Process pecans in a food processor and process to a coarse meal.

3. Add butter, salt, and sweetener and process until smooth

4. Press the pecan mixture into the bottom of a 9X9 square pan

5. Bake for 8-11 minutes, until lightly brown (watch carefully when it gets close)

6. When geletin mixture is cooled to the point where you can comfortably stick your finger into it, add the orange extract and cream cheese and blend. You can use a stick blender, food processor, or regular blender.

7. Add 1 cup of the berries to mixture and pour into pan over the pecan crust.

8. Cool in the refrigerator for 10-20 minutes, until mixture is thickening but not set. Sprinkle the other half cup of raspberries across the top.

9. Cool until completely set, and cut into squares.

Nutritional Information: Each of nine squares has 2.5 grams effective carbohydrate plus 2.5 grams fiber, 3 grams protein, and 179 calories.


This is awesome ! And you can use any fruit strawberries are good too !

Sunday April 3 2011

Blood sugar was 104 this morning I had oatmeal with almond milk. Extra cinnamon it was different seemed to stick around longer. blood sugar at 10 a.m. was 135 so I was ok to go to church. No snacks this morning just the oatmeal. Found it sugar free at Wal Mart and it was their brand so it was cheaper. Goodness knows we all need cheaper in this day and age. So we went off to church had a great service, Larry and I decided to follow Mothers lead and join this church. So there was a lot of to do about that. And it made her very happy. SO it was a good day for her. Home for lunch Blood sugar at 12:30 was 88 Had chicken and broccoli casserole and a salad. We went out to Sams had to get some dog cookies. Chewie will look at you funny if you dont bring him a cookie. Came back and unloaded walked over to the dollar store and got a couple of things for Trini her party was at the park. We went out there for a while Alex went to he was such a bugger. I had a generous fingerful of cake icing... Yeah I know I could not resist bad thing was it wasn't even chocolate. (sigh) Blood sugar at 5:30 was 122 oh yeah I had a fudgepop.... so between that and the icing I was good at supper though ate 2 bowls of salad. Had some sauteed cabbage, and a piece of bass cooked in the microwave it was really good but I had cooked it to long. Know better next time. Had a piece of left over salmon as well but Alex ate a lot of that. Snitched a couple of french fries.. Bad bad girl It was just there.... Blood sugar at 9 p.m. was 109 had a popsicle and some almonds. It is hot down here ! Calm before the storm sort of thing muggy !
Talk more tomorrow... Got to go to bed. 5 a.m. comes early

4/2/11 The rest of the day

Got the fish cleaned decided we were going to the concert. Blood sugar before lunch was 78 nibbled as I packed a pic nic little bit of this little bit of that half a turkey sandwich 1 piece of bread. A light yogurt  taste of hummus taste of chicken salad a strawberry ect ect  took a little nap. We went to the vineyard for the concert got there early ha ha I thought the website said 3 it started at 4 but we got good seats and a good place to park. Blues was the theme it was nice. Larry bought a bottle of the bluberry merlot it is always very nice and he got a glass of the new port wine they have done. I had a few sips of each. The port was awesome ! The merlot is always good, so I had a snackie supper a few sips of wine chicken salad with lettuce and celery and a few red pepper strips. I had 5 of those pretzel nuggets with peanut butter Blood sugar before leaving was 96 Then had a few bites of salmon moose with lettuce or celery. Just nibbled nad listened to music it was nice Mrs Clouarte  went with us. We laughed and laughed. She can be a real stitch ! Had a diet coke. OMG it was the best diet coke I have had since San Antonio ! Tyring not to drink so many sodas and more water, thats going pretty well. Blood sugar when I got home about 7 was 116 which all things considered was pretty good.  Guess Ill see what it is before I go to bed. Had some sugar free jello nad cottage cheese when I got home had to take the meds. Will do better tomorrow... Well we are going to cook fish maybe I wont do better tomorrow... And a birthday party YIKES ! Trinity is 2 . Going with Lynn Monday she has a doctors appointment in Shreveport we always have a good time. Being diabetic has been an adjustment but having Lynn for support and help has been the biggest blessing ! Got to run for now .. Church in the morning and I need to paint my face green before I go to bed.

4/2/11 Saturday morning

We have to clean fish ... I like to catch them but not so keen on cleaning.  Blood sugar was 116 this morning had my yogurt slept till almost 8 this morning and slept well to I was tired. Fishing is hard work ha ha ha really had a good time yesterday did us all good to get out of the house. It was a tough day for Mother, Larry's dad passed away 17 years ago yesterday, and it was tough for me because Bob Ewing had passed, April 1 was when they had his viewing at the funeral home here in Monroe. Gosh the man drove me nuts but I loved him. And he loved me. Every time I am in there cooking grits I think about him. SO we will see what we can get into this morning. Got to put my shoes on. Should never never go barefoot so they tell us. Not even in the house. But that is easier said than done. and should not wear flip flops because they rub between your toes. My feet feel fine but there is a poly neuropathy that diabetics get Lynn has it and you cannot feel your feet. Or you cannot feel very well with them. I think Annette has this also. So I donno if I can give up the flip flops and sandals but for the most part I wear them tennis shoes. Got a pair of those tone up ones. Dr Sholls makes some and Wal mart had them on mark down.Wooo Hoooo speaking of mark downs I got a pair of boots too 5 bucks ! Anyway off to clean fish ! Pictures later

4/1/11

Yesterday... April fools day yes Blood sugar was 116 had my yogurt tried something different Wieght watchers makes some same carbs, more fiber. The apple pie flavor was nice. Went out and planted some stuff got a new rose bush that requires a shovel and not a trowel... It smells so good ! I put it in by the patio you can smell it as you come out the back door.MMMM Mowed the back yard ran the weedeater a little. Got everything I needed to plant in. Then we got our glad rags on and went fishing all of us. YES ! had chicken salad on a bed of baby spinach for lunch little balsamic dressing. YUM ! We went out to Lynns and fished off her nieghbors dock. Mother caught the first one Larry caught the biggest ones and me I just fished it was awesome. And Mother went so that was the best part. Larry lost one of my fish so I have been teasing him about throwing my fish back. We were cracking up ! She was there to see how mean he was to me ha ha ha  blood sugar was 90 had a special k cereal bar. Plenty of water while out in the sun. Blood sugar was 106 at 6p.m. so I was holding good. We got home about 7:30 had some yogurt ate that first took the meds. Then had some chicken salad on lettuce leaves some cheese and summer sausage. not much of that just enough to enjoy the grainy mustard. Blood sugar was 106 before bed. Oh yeah nad I ate a square of chocolate before we went out to fish. Been liking that 60% dark from Girhadelli ( cant spell it to lazy to look it up. ) 4 squares are 23 carbs and I never have more than one at a time. We watched Tangled Lynn loaned it to us. Really cute something we could all watch together.
Got to run and post for today ha !