Thursday Thirteen #51

Thirteen things that are worth the effort
1. Raising children
2. Making the bed
3. Mowing and edging the lawn
4. Playing games with the kids
5. Driving the speed limit
6. Doing tasks right the first time
7. Making lists (so I don’t forget)
8. Spending less than I earn
9. [...]

photos

February 23 – Fun with hair.

February 24 – The “Honk and Drive”

February 25 – I really like old houses with wrap around porches.

February 26 – The daffodils will be here soon!

visit with the endocrinologist

Youngest daughter’s appointment was today. She’s 5′4″ now, the same height as my mom and two inches shorter than me.
Her A1C was not so good this time. The A1C is a number obtained from a blood test that shows what the average blood sugar level has been for the past 2-3 months. [...]

high blood sugar, ketones = sleep deprived

I worked an hour late this afternoon since tomorrow is youngest daughter’s quarterly appointment with the endocrinologist. When I got home, she was in bed sleeping. Oldest daughter and son said she had a snack after school and then went to bed. Not typical behavior for her. Not at all.
I checked [...]

What’s in my crockpot

Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Coconut Rice
We’re not having coconut rice because I could not find coconut milk in my grocery store yesterday.  Do you know which section it would be in at a typical grocery store?  I wandered up and down and did not ever locate anyone who could help me.  Finally I [...]

upgrade

I just upgraded this blog to the newest version of WordPress using the tutorial that Leanne Wildermuth has posted on her blog.
After much trepidation and procrastination, the actual installation and upgrade was not half as scary as I thought it would be.
Whew!

How I developed My “Mad-Eye” and a Seventh Sense

This article is very well written and insightful. My journey from knowing nothing about type I diabetes to having it be part of every moment has been very much like this author described her own journey.

photos for the week

I’ve not posted a single photo since Valentine’s Day. Oh the horror!
Photos have been taken. Yes, indeed, they have. A bit of uploading slacking has been going on around here.
February 15: All these blood sugar meters are in my house somewhere (with the exception of two that are at the middle [...]

Imperfect men are just… better

I recently read this article by Claudia Goulder and wanted to keep a link here.
There’s something endearing about someone who is not afraid of being true to who they are.
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Thanks, marijose for posting a link to the article on The Johnny Depp Zone.

coke tab

My twelve year old son asked me last night if a coke tab that he swallowed yesterday (accidentally he says – how do you do that accidentally??) will come out later when he goes to the bathroom.
I said that I thought it would.
Have you ever heard of anyone doing something like this? Now I’m worried [...]

lunar eclipse

I tried to watch the lunar eclipse with the kids tonight (at 9:01 pm CST), thinking of what a fun memory that would be to have together, but it’s too cloudy to see anything besides all the clouds. 

Thursday Thirteen #50

Thirteen of my favorite podcasts:
1. This American Life
2. Barnes & Noble’s Meet the Writers
3. The Dave Ramsey Show
4. Divorcing Daze
5. Manic Mommies
6. More Hip Than Hippie
7. MuggleCast
8. The Pet Vet
9. What Really Matters
10. Jumping Monkeys
11. Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for [...]

3 months

It’s been three months since my niece Megan died.
I miss her.

parenting

I saw this quote over at The DHX.
“We need to be the people we want our children to become.” — Rafe Esquith, Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire
This statement reminds me that one of the most important things I will do is parent my children.

recent searches

I write about a variety of things, as is shown by these recent searches that brought visitors to my blog.
fake fingernails for kids – My youngest daughter loves to wear fake fingernails. The press-on kind, the glue-on kind, but not ever the salon-acrylic kind. She buys them with her allowance, glues them [...]