I hope you all had a great Christmas yesterday.  Mine was nice, especially because my husband and I got to take a much needed break from the not-so-fun part of our big secret (which will be revealed once my husband's youtube channel hits 10,000 views).  We just kept everything low key and relaxed.  The most effort I put into anything yesterday was ( Read more... )

 This weekend, we had our first family trip in a couple of years--and it was all expenses paid!  SLAMDiabetes, a non-profit organization that works to raise type 1 diabetes awareness as well as raise funds for research and scholarships for kids to go to diabetes camp, held their first annual wiffle ball tournament at Little Fenway and Little ( Read more... )

Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of TV shows/movies and reading news articles about food, diet, etc. and how it impacts health. Some of this I’ve come across because healthy food is something I’m pretty passionate about and I think it’s very important to be educated on what exactly is in the food we eat. Some of this is stuff I’ve just found on the ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's been a rough several weeks.  Aside from the fact that it's still winter and there is still snow on the ground, I've also been dealing with T's blood sugar being all over the place and my own health issues that severely impact my ability to function.  It takes all the energy I have just to take care of the day-to-day basics.   ( Read more... )

This year started on a positive note and then quickly took us on a roller-coaster ride.  First we had the big snowstorms at the end of Februrary  which may or may not have been the straw that broke our sewer pipe's back.  Finding our basement filled with 4 inches of sewage was not good.  It especially wasn't good when replacing the pipes and ( Read more... )

Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth again.  Seems to be a bad habit of mine.  The last few weeks have been so busy I haven't had time to breathe.  It's finally over though and I can relax.  In fact, because of how insanely busy I was, I've declared the rest of this month NO month.  As in, my new favorite word will be no.  The only things I ( Read more... )

The last few months, T's diabetes has been rather out of control.  There's those two seizures he had during the summer and he's also had a ton of other lows.  And if he hasn't been low, chances are good he's been high.  It's been so difficult to keep him in a normal range.  So we decided it was time for the pump.  We'd already taken the orientation ( Read more... )

Man, it's been a busy few weeks.  Two weeks ago we had spring break which kept me busy.  But T and I had a great time together.  Among other things we ( Read more... )

I realized the other day that last week, the 21st, to be exact, marked the two year anniversary of the day T was diagnosed with diabetes.  I told my friend and she said she couldn't believe it's been two years already.  To some extent, it feels like that to me too.  I mean, I remember when we were getting our crash course in taking care of his ( Read more... )

Last night the scouts at church went to the planetarium at Colgate University.  Chriss knows how much I love astronomy and also thought T would have fun.  So he suggested we go. I hesitated at first because it was a school night but, T has worked so hard over the past few weeks to be good in school and he deserved a reward.  So we went.

So first, ( Read more... )