Archive for December, 2008
2008 in Review.
January found me back at my previous place of employment after a three-month hiatus. And I’m still there, through two rounds of layoffs and a whole lot of stress.
February and March found me struggling with tooth #19.
April was the most eventful of months, with my highest A1C yet and a lovely new piece of [...]
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Feeling like Sunday…vlogging.
Kahlua joins me for football talk and getting back on track with respect to diabetes care in 2009.
Yeah, Kahlua’s a big girl, but it’s all muscle. Me on the other hand? Weight gain thanks to excessive carbohydrate consumption has led to less than ideal blood sugar control…
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Murphy’s Law of Baking.
When you are making dinner rolls from scratch for 6 or more people, the dough will not rise enough to fill all twelve spots in the pan, resulting in a low roll-to-human ratio.
When you are making dinner rolls from scratch for 4 people (in this case including two diabetics watching the carb intake), you will [...]
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Dear Santa (NFL edition)
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the Chicago Bears victory over the Green Bay Packers in overtime last night.
Now I have three requests to make my holiday season a little brighter.
On Sunday, could you make the following possible?
The New York Giants destroy the Minnesota Vikings.
The Chicago Bears prevail against the Houston Texans.
The Denver Broncos survive [...]
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Feeling like Sunday.
Writing while sitting in front of light box.
Elliptical workout while listening to Christmas music, Poison, and REO Speedwagon.
Coffee during Meet the Press.
Shower in time for the FOX NFL pre-game show picks.
Football, football, and more football. Scrabble during meaningless games (to us), rapt attention during the Broncos game (when not checking the Avalanche score).
Making my seventh [...]
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Hair.
I have no control over how stressed I am about work and the holidays and life in general. Panic attacks are a daily occurrence and my body is full of the physical symptoms of stress.
I do have control over my hair. Instead of taking the scissors and the hair dye out myself, I made an [...]
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Holiday inspiration.
I often talk about meals we prepare and vacations we take. Right now, in the midst of a rough economy, I think it’s important to recognize some of Colorado’s everyday inspirations rather than what we ate or where we went. (Though I can’t completely express how much I really enjoyed spending time with my [...]
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Windy city, windy state.
Although I only spent the first twelve years of my life there, I am a native of Illinois and the Chicago suburbs (and so are my parents).
As such, I was taught young that there’s always been corruption at the state and local levels.
But the Blagojevich scandal makes me sad and angry. I worry about [...]
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Two Weeks Under
Hey ladies over thirty, how much do you want to achieve success in the workplace and in romance? Would you seek out untested weight loss plans or possible alternatives to plastic surgery?
Women in Rivka Tadjer’s novel Two Weeks Under seek weight loss and an alternative to plastic surgery by undergoing a two-week “coma” offered by [...]
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