we will be on our way to Omaha for our first family vacation. 
I know that I’ve posted this before but I have to mention it again. You see this is BIG for me because I never traveled when I was younger (and not much since I’ve been older). My mom had to use the little vacation time she got in combination with her sick time. Add that to the fact she was a single mom and that equaled a staycation for me.
I have to give it to my mom because I never felt like I was missing something because we didn’t travel. My memories of summer vacation are filled with everything that I enjoyed doing. Trips to the library to participate (and usually dominate) in the summer reading program, half days at the local recreation center, and then there were the day trips (when money allowed) to Odessa, Lawrence, and any other outlet mall that she could find. It was bliss for me.
My excuse for not taking the kids anywhere before is my fear of traveling alone. That fear is no more because Thomas loves to travel. We are excited about taking the kids to Omaha, visiting the zoo, maybe the museum and just the road trip in general. My hope is that in 20 years this trip will be a part of their happy memories of summer vacation.
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Yesterday I received this email from TuDiabetesvia my facebook account:
Subject: 14,000 People With Diabetes Test Their Blood Sugar at the Same Time
People with diabetes have to test their blood sugar as part of their daily routine: it’s like drinking water or brushing your teeth. July 14 at 4 pm ET, 14,000 people with diabetes are going to test their blood sugar simultaneously and share their results online to help raise diabetes awareness.
Participating is easy: if you are a member of TuDiabetes or EsTuDiabetes, click on the home page banner and share your reading; if you have a Twitter account, post your reading on Twitter (use the #14KPWD hashtag) and link back to: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://14kPWD.org;if you prefer, update your status on Facebook or your preferred social network, linking back to: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://14kPWD.org.
If you are a few minutes late, however, or are able to post your blood sugar reading earlier or later that day, it’s OK. What really matters is that you test your blood sugar regularly. If you don’t have diabetes, just tell someone who does to test and share on July 14.
Please tell everyone you can!
What an awesome idea and so simple. I’m going to post my results via my twitter account, facebookand of course right here on my blog. What about you?
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Yesterday I received a tweet in my twitter stream from @SixUntilMe that said: Yes, I can. RT @SafeMedicines: Could you help spread the word about these counterfeit insulin needles? http://sn.im/m8a6j
Of course I clicked the link because I use insulin pens and I’ve been having trouble with my levels. I read the article Warning for Counterfeit Insulin Pens and I don’t think I have any of the counterfeit pens but I wanted to share this with as many people as possible.
If you know any diabetics please, please pass this information on.
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All across the blogosphere are posts about falling off the exercise wagon. My blog is no exception. I’ve started and stoped and yesterday I started again. I really didn’t want to go even though I knew that I really needed to. Here is why I went . 
(Thomas, Dre and Fuss left to right clockwise)
They are my motivation and I want to be able to keep up with them. My boys love to run, jump, crawl, dive, you name it and they like to do it. My other motivation is my family has a history of heart disease. Since I am diabetic and I have a family history it doubles if not triples my risk.
Now that man sitting there in the middle is my wonderful, sweet, incredibly awesome, love of my life. I love him so much! He was so excited yesterday when he got home. I was kind of dragging until I saw the excitement on his face. We worked out for 30 minutes but I was so proud of us for doing something that is so positive and productive together.
As our lives get busy with vacations, holidays, work commitments, church activities and occasionally sleep I know that I will fall off again. Unlike other times when I fall off I now have someone that will encourage, inspire and motivate me to do my best. Someone who understands what I mean about being tired, too busy and just not wanting to go. My hope is that I will be a motivation to him when he needs it like he is to me.
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I love it when they do something that is so totally them and I can capture it on camera. Notice my hand on the little one trying to hold him still, LOL! We have to invest in one of those dsl-r camera’s.
Here is a great recipe from Rachel Ray to use at your 4th of July BBQ, after school snack or a birthday party treat to pass around. You can also try adding a variety of different fruits to the sticks, such as kiwis, pears, apples or mangos.
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS: 6 bamboo skewers (8-inch) 1 cored fresh pineapple 2 seedless navel oranges 6 large strawberries, hulled (remove the greens with a small paring knife)
DIRECTIONS: Cut pineapple lengthwise into four pieces. Cut each wedge into six chunks, making 24 pieces. Trim the ends off oranges, leaving the peel on the rest of the orange. Cut each orange into six wedges then cut wedges in half crosswise. Stack four pieces each pineapple and orange wedges on the sticks and mix in one large strawberry per skewer in the middle. When you eat the sticks, bite the oranges off the peels and discard peels. Serve skewers on a platter or place in sealable food storage bags to take on a picnic.
You can find the original recipe here http://www.yum-o.org/recipe.php?id=41 at Rachel Ray’s non profit organization, Yum-o!
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This morning I sent Thomas a text message that said “I cannot believe that in 5 short months will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary. My emotional cup is overflowing with thoughts of joy, happiness, and pleasure mixed with a little bit of scared BUT good scared. Like your 1st day of work at your dream job. I Love You sweetheart! Sincerely, The Luckiest Woman on Earth
Right before lunch I received a bouquet of roses with the following card attached:
Celebrating 7 months of pure bliss,
Love Thomas
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I’m usually pretty lazy about rotating to a different area. For the longest time I used my thighs until I had these huge bruises on them. Then the doctor suggested I use my stomach and plus the absorption rate is faster. So I did just that until recently. In my post earlier this week I wrote about the rollercoaster ride I had been on.
I contacted my endo and gave him a list of my readings and some possible suggestions. I like to give my opinion even though I think the doc hates it when I do that. One of them was that I think my absorption rate was slowing down in my stomach. He agreed that I should rotate my injection site and stop using my belly for a while and so far my numbers are looking better. YAY!
Needless to say I did wake up with a bit of a scratchy throat but I mailed it a antihistamine and a one way ticket to a far away place for summer vacation. Let’s hope it takes it because I wont take no for an answer.
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Mark your calendar for
WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS
AT THE CITY MARKET
THIS WEEK & the first Wednesday of each month now through October
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Health Screenings Include:
Blood Cholesterol
Blood Glucose
Skin Cancer
Blood Pressure
HIV/AIDS
Body Mass Index
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For the last couple of days I have been fighting with my diabetes. I have had extreme lows and highs. When I see these type of numbers it’s usually just a postcard from diabetes telling me that some kind of cold is on it’s way. I’m hoping and wishing and praying that I’m not getting sick. I finally broke down and called my endo yesterday before I left work. They called back and of course wanted me to fax them a weeks worth of blood sugars. I’m off to get that done and see what he thinks the problem is. Hopefully it’s just a little adjustment that needs to be made but nothing is ever simple with diabetes. I’ll keep you posted!
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