I’m just here for the gloves.

January 6, 2015.Reading time 18 minutes.

It is 2015 and just so there is no confusion later this really is the year Marty came to in the future. Although that has absolutely nothing to do with this post. Honestly it has nothing to do with anything but somehow that picture has shown up on my Facebook feed a half-dozen times since […]

Purple Because Aliens Don’t Wear Hats

October 29, 2014.Reading time 21 minutes.

If you accidentally bolus 25 units of insulin when only 3.5 units were needed and each unit of insulin will reduce blood sugar by 50 points while every 10 grams of carbs would normally require 1 unit of insulin and your blood sugar was 300, keeping in mind fast acting insulin takes approximately 20 minutes […]

Parenting In The Time of Smartphones

October 24, 2014.Reading time 9 minutes.

I was against smartphones for the kids. Truly I was. I thought no good would come of it. There is so much danger to be found in a device that basically holds all the world’s knowledge, countless cat videos (as well as many not so innocent or entertaining), and all the evils of social media […]

Mad Writing Urge To Purge

August 28, 2014.Reading time 11 minutes.

You know how when you’re mad or in the middle of an argument you might say things you don’t mean – or at least say things that you mean but didn’t mean to say aloud? I have made a point these years to try not to write when I am really angry, upset, sad, frustrated, overwhelmed […]

Size Matters

August 1, 2014.Reading time 9 minutes.

Last night around midnight I woke to check Sugarboy’s blood sugar. He uses the Animas Ping pump with Ping meter. The Ping meter uses the One Touch Ultra test strips. We have been using the Ping and One Touch Ultra meters for over 7 years. We love the Ping and feel pretty good about the […]