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Things are moving slowly but surely on the selling/buying house thing. We are like The Little Engine That Could…chugging our way up the mountain that seems impossible to climb. We can see the summit…it is SO CLOSE. But as with most things…it isn’t a sure thing until the last minute. There are still a couple things that could go wrong.But we keep chugging.We think we can….We think we can…We think we can…Anyway, part of the process is we have to tent our house to get rid of a few pesky termites. So I will be away from cyber space a lot this week…my house will be full of poison while we are away to the in-laws.I know what you are thinking, “NO MERI! Is there a computer at your in laws???”“Why yes, dear friends, there is.”Problem is, my lovely Sophomore Son has procrastinated and needs to finish...
Monday, July 26, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Let's hear it for the boy!
Since I was a little slap happy in my last post, I thought I should tone things down a little with nothing less than a spotlight on one of my boys for his HUGE accomplishments this summer.L!First, and most significant, L is feeling his lows. But even more than that, he is TELLING me that he feels low. And let me tell you, Lawton isn’t happy about it. He doesn’t like the fact that L is beating him to the punch. If L tells me he is feeling low before Lawton does, Lawton doesn’t get a treat. L will come in and tell me and then go to check his sugar and Lawton will follow me to the fridge, often beating me there…waiting for his treat. Sorry...
Monday, July 19, 2010
NUMB3RS
Wanna hear something really funny?I’m not a numbers person.LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL!Ok. Maybe it’s not THAT funny.But oh baby…I was NEVER a numbers person. Which we all know is some kind of cruel joke or something, because my life is all about numbers now.It used to be, back in the day, when I only had two diabetics…(I know ONLY! LOL! LOL! LOL!) I didn’t need to look at their meters. I knew exactly what their blood sugars were doing when they were doing them. I would march into that endo’s office and say…”J is high every night at 10…his bgs the last few nights have been between this and this…and at lunch we are having issues with this. And L…well his last 7 wake up numbers were this this this this this this and this.”I was borderline awesome…considering my number handicap and everything.But now?...
Friday, July 16, 2010
When life hands you diabetes…make friends
Today I woke up to Facebook and found status after status of blood sugar reports. Victories, defeats…works in progress. How comforting to know that in the depths of the night, D parents everywhere are tending to their children. Like little fairies, or angels, watching over the children in their sleep. I remember a time when it never occurred to me that others were out there doing the same thing. Of course I knew there were OTHERS, but it just never crossed my mind that there were so many. Moreover, it never crossed my mind that they would be so wonderful.Yet here I am with fully 100 friends on Facebook who I have never met, but yet complete my life in the most unlikely of ways…by just writing one or two sentences on how or what they are doing. They are like me.Same.How wonderful is...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Still a little broken.
In a few weeks it will be 12 years we have been “working” with diabetes. When J was diagnosed I broke into a hundred pieces. You would think that after so many years I would be healed by now. You would think that after so many tears I would be dry by now.But I still cry at too many songs on the radio. I still get shook up when one of the boys expresses ANY sadness about this disease. I still feel guilt when blood sugars don’t do what they should, even though I know it isn’t as much my fault as it is the diabetes itself.I’m still a little broken.Maybe it’s because our last diagnosis was only 3 years ago. Maybe when there is a new diagnosis...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
How I stay out of the looney bin...
We were swimming at a friend’s house with the cousins. Lawton was lying leisurely by the pool…watching, smiling at the kids. His eyes were intent on the action, only briefly distracted by the occasional bird that walked by.The sun shined, and the kids giggled. A perfect day for the pool.The boys had only been swimming for a half an hour when Lawton jumps up and goes to the edge of the pool. He walks along the edge. The kids are yelling, playing…he wants in on the fun, right?But he paces…he paces up and down, and at one point he is ready to jump in. Our Lawton…who hates water. He would never dream of jumping in a pool…but here he was staring at...
Sunday, July 4, 2010
My Brother's Diabetic Life
Some of you that are new to my blog may not know that my older brother is Type 1. He is 3 years older than me, and I’m proud to call him my friend. Proud, because when we were kids he was my mortal enemy. ;) We fought like cats and dogs. Fortunately, when we “grew-up” and had kids of our own, we were able to settle into a comfortable friendship. Even though we live a couple states away from each other, our kids are best friends. His family came to visit last week and Evan and I watched in awe as our kids skipped happily ahead of us arm in arm into the Six Flags entrance. If you would have told us 20 years ago that we would be witnessing...
Friday, July 2, 2010
We wish we were this crafty!
Last week I won the contest on Lora's blog to celebrate her 100th post. Let me tell ya...It pays to be a stalker. :) Comments equal love people...how many time do I have to tell you!Friday night I came home to a package on my porch. I was like a child who just found a big box of candy on her doorstep...I'm pretty sure I giggled like a 4 year old when I saw it.I picked it up like the treasure it was and ran to get my camera. Dead battery. :( Boring!So since it was late, I let the battery charge and waited until the next day.So the next morning, I opened it up...(Okay, she got my attention really quick...)I carefully unwrapped the bubble wrap...And...
A good cry.
A friend posted this on Facebook this morning. I know I've heard it before, but today it hit me especially hard. Last week a friend of mine lost her sister to Type 1. Yesterday another friend had a second son diagnosed with Type 1. There are so many things I wish for these families and all the families I love out there in this big world...but my biggest wish is for the children, related perfectly in the video below. Come on...we were all due for a good cry anyway.Love y...
Thursday, July 1, 2010
That’s how we roll…
We have been running around having a fun summer. When we put the house on the market, Realtors began parading hosts of potential buyers through our home, which means we have been kicked to the curb daily.NO harm done though…it has been keeping us off our butts.We have been bicycling, walking, going to the fair, the movies, the city, and hanging out at the in laws. With the house on the market, we have stayed close to home, trying to make the best of it.Personally, I think the most spectacular parts of our summer has been the places we have checked the boys blood sugars...On top of a Ferris wheelOn a ferry boat in the middle of the San Francisco...
