2011? I am welcoming you with open arms and an open heart. You, my lovely year, will be an excellent year. I am excited to see and experience what you will bring. Just a few more hours until you are here.
Until then, I will sit here and enjoy this glass of champagne that, otherwise, would have been (and should still be) forbidden. Cheers.
Btw: the blood sugar started the party around 132 and I ended at 94. I spent the entire party snacking on cookies, pizza and junk. Thank goodness for square wave bolusing.
Boxer Christmas Movie Quiz 2010 from Boxer Design on Vimeo.
Side note: my blood sugars have been so freaking good. It's crazy. You'd think that with this stress and all of the comfort food cravings, it'd be super crazy. But no. That's the one thing that's behaving.
Ellie likes to watch Glee with me. Normally, she's not allowed on the sofa, but I let her for Glee.
This tree in our front yard was so full and pretty and red. Now? Not so much.
This is the very first pecan pie that I have EVER made. It looks and smells scrumptious. I can't wait to try it, but, alas, I must wait until tomorrow. :(
I'm spending the weekend at a beautiful bed and breakfast that the Timmy picked out. So far, so good.
It's been a wonderful year with such a wonderful husband. Here's to the next 49 being even better.
Have I ever mention that I love that man very very much? I do.
I Knew You’d Come: A Remembrance Day Recollection
~Author Unknown
He was very old now, but could still hold himself stiffly at attention before the monument. His war, the one to end all wars, now just a fading part of history. Very few could remember, first-hand, the savageness of the ordeal that had sent millions of young men to their deaths. Cannon fodder, they’d called them, sent before the guns to be mown down — blown apart by chunks of metal which had decimated their frail bodies. The cream of a generation; almost wiped out. He was haunted by the faces of the boys he’d had to order into battle, the ones who’d never come back. Yet one nameless ghost was able to bring a measure of comfort to his tormented mind. At the sound of the gun signaling the eleventh hour he was mentally transported back to the fields of Flanders.
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The battle had raged for over two hours, with neither side gaining any advantage. Wave after wave of soldiers had been dispatched from the muddy trenches and sent over the top. So many had died already that day that he decided he could not afford to lose any more men before reinforcements arrived. Perhaps they’d give the remnants a few more days of life. There came a slight lull in the battle due to the sheer exhaustion of the men on both sides.
During this interval, a young soldier came up to him requesting that he be allowed to go over the top. He looked at the boy who couldn’t have been more than nineteen. Was this extreme bravery in the face of the enemy or was the soldier so scared he just needed to get it over with?
“Why would you want to throw your life away, soldier? It’s almost certain death to go out there.”
“My best friend went out over an hour ago, captain, and he hasn’t come back. I know my friend must be hurt and calling for me. I must go to him, sir, I must.” There were tears in the boy’s eyes . It was as if this were the most important thing in the world to him.
“Soldier, I’m sorry, but your friend is probably dead. What purpose would it serve to let you sacrifice your life too?”
“At least I’d know I’d tried, sir, he’d do the same thing in my shoes. I know he would.”
He was about to order the boy back to the ranks, but the impact of his words softened his heart. He remembered the awful pain he’d felt himself when his brother had died. He’d never had the chance to say goodbye.
“All right soldier, you can go.” Despite the horror all around them, he saw a radiant smile on the boy’s face, as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
“God bless you, sir,” said the soldier.
It was a long time before the guns fell silent for the last time and each side was allowed to gather their dead and wounded. The captain remembered the young soldier. He looked through the many piles of bodies. Young men. So many as to give an unreal quality to the scene before him.
When he came to the makeshift hospital, he looked carefully through the casualties. He soon found himself before the prone body of the soldier, alive, but severely wounded. He knelt down beside the young man and gently laid a hand on his shoulder.
“I’m so sorry, son. I knew I was wrong to let you go.”
“Oh no, sir. I’m glad you did and I’m glad you’re here now so I can thank you. You see sir, I found my friend. He was badly wounded, but I was able to comfort him at the end. As I held him dying in my arms, he looked me in the eyes and said: “I knew you’d come.”
The young soldier faded between consciousness and oblivion for some time before he too finally slipped away.
The captain stayed by his side until the end, tears streaming quietly down his cheeks.
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As the bugle sounded “Taps”, the old captain envisioned once again the young soldier’s face. Looking up, he could almost hear the stone monument calling out to him: “I knew you’d come.”
My favorite drink would have to be iced flavored coffee. I usually prefer caramel. Yummmmmm!
Bridal Shower 09/2009
This little girl is turning 11 today! I still find it somewhat hard to believe. This is the little girl that called me Bef and called other girls that came into her home 'Bef". This is the little girl that passed as my child so I could get in to Dave & Busters. This is one of the strongest preteens I know out there. I look up to everything that she has overcome and I will always view her as my little sister. I love this kiddo. Happy Birthday, Sarah!What type of diabetes do you have: Type 1 (aka Juvenile Diabetes.... Those 'juveniles' grow up and are still diabetic. JDRF for a cure!)
When were you diagnosed: January 1996
What's your current blood sugar: 96
What kind of meter do you use: One Touch Mini
How many times a day do you test your blood sugar: Minimum 5 times
What's a "high" number for you: Anything over 200 mg/dl.
What's do you consider "low": Anything under 70 mg/dl.
What's your favorite low blood sugar reaction treater: I usually have those juicy juices for toddlers or glucose tablets, but I do have a weakness for dark chocolate.
Describe your dream endo: Compassionate, attentive, non-judgmental about my bad diabetic past, and part of my insurance network.
What's your biggest diabetes achievement: Getting my A1c down to 7, and that was with having pertussis. I'm looking forward to this next time. :)
What's your biggest diabetes-related fear: Going blind
Who's on your support team: My husband, my mom and my Izzie-roo
Do you think there will be a cure in your lifetime: Perhaps. I really hope so. There are too many little tiny children out there being diagnosed every day. I just want them to know a future with freedom and without pokes and lows and constant doctors and needles and threats.
What is a "cure" to you: Something that makes a type 1 diabetic like a normal non-diabetic, not into (basically) a type 2.
The most annoying thing people say to you about your diabetes is: "Should you be eating [fill in the blank]?" I know they are only trying to help, but I have been with the D for almost 15 years. I have an insulin pump. I have a brain. Let me decide, not the info you were given about your great aunt's cousin's friend.
What is the most common misconception about diabetes: That an insulin pump is a cure. Or that the advances in diabetic research for Type 2 will cure type 1s. Or that I "ate too much sugar" and that's why I have diabetes. Yeah. That last one really gets to me.
If you could say one thing to your pancreas, what would it be: Bum.
Oil rigs.....
And COWS!
Of course we went to the memorial in OKC. Little chairs in memory of the littlest victims. :(
Timmy likes to eat babies. Poor Joslyn.
