Katiebird's Garden & Wildcraft

I have just read a bunch of articles and blogs about the Alabama tornados and the hardship left behind, especially for those with diabetes.  No refrigerators or decent food and supplies were sucked up by the tornado and disappeared!  So, people need D-Stuff.  Insulin, meters, strips, needles, etc.  A great article/blog was posted by Victoria Cumbow, a journalist for  The Huntsville Times  and she has organized the drive through the Alabama JDRF.  Please read the story here .  I'll be sending a bunch of pen needles and some Lantus pens, as I really don't need them and others do! Please send your donations to: Huntsville JDRF 2225 Drake Ave. Office 17, Suite K Huntsville, Alabama 35805 ***Mark the box as "D-Supplies for Tornado Relief."  Attn: Victoria Cumbow and Karen Morris.

Time for an update!  It's been a while...finally we're in our new place-I'm planted again.  It has taken a ton of work and pain to get it cleaned up.  I have issues with the landlord :( Now that we're settled, my cat is happy in this house and my fiance J is off and running in his new job, the stress level has gone down tremendously.  Which means the BGs are good and steady too!  My last Endo appt. was awesome, as my A1c was down a tenth of a point to 7.2 and cholesterol was back down to normal also.  I'm hoping that by tightening my goal BG numbers it'll go even lower. I am very excited to have a gigantic, healthy garden that's full of worms at our new house (trust me, it took a ton of work to dig out all the weeds and grass that had been left to flourish for the past couple years)  It being a new moon this week, calls for the planting of cabbage, lettuce and spinach!  I came upon this bit of gardening knowledge about the...

Being diabetic and having a low blood sugar isn't always a bad thing... Like today when I went for my daily soda there was a little custard-filled, chocolate-glazed, doughnut calling my name.  I bought it with the thought, "I feel like I may be low and I sorta hope I am!"  I was.  BG of 49.  Ha.  Good timing.   It was delicious.  The pudding is my favorite part.    I wonder sometimes if our psyches get the better of us type-1s because having a low = a treat sometimes.  Growing up without being able to eat whenever/whatever treats we wanted, maybe now, subconsciously, our bodies give a little "woo hoo, I'm low, eat something yummy!  Screw those icky glucose tabs!" 

Sharing this hilarious, but educational list of words PWDs use regularly. Courtesy of Six Until Me. Six Until Me.: Diabetes Terms of Endearment: Third Edition.

High numbers, good eating, good bedtime numbers and horrible mornings!  Ugh.  Cause: bad infusion sites.  I've had two in the past week and a half...it makes me so frustrated when I go to sleep at 108 bg and wake up to a 378!  There wasn't a low involved, either, as I was up during the night and was fine.  On Sunday, I woke up again high and it wouldn't go down!  I waited almost 3 hours and nothing, so I gave myself a shot, which finally worked and I could finally eat!  Changed that sucker after extreme sidewalk shoveling was completed which should have caused a low, but didn't.  Stupid pumper.  I'm guessing my upper sides of my stomach area are not the best.  I'm going to try putting a site in my arm one of these days...just have to plan the clothing, sleep wear, etc.  --I also learned that sweet potatoes are not my blood sugar's friend.  So long yummy things, you're reserved to days of insulin gorging. 

    If you want some blog and web-candy, check out some of my favorite sites.  Some are wedding idea sites, and some are just plain pretty.  Style Me Pretty is a definite necessary website to check out for anyone planning a wedding or something fancy.  Tons of ideas, pretty pictures and also local vendors can be found on this beauty of a site!. Eat Drink Pretty Fresh from St. Paul! Another blogilicious page that has all kinds of creative, delicious and beautiful ideas. Little Birdie Secrets is a new one for me, but it has all kinds of crafty ideas for any occasion.  What I'm admiring are the organza flower tutorials .

With the purchase of my new Animas Ping pump, it had the ezManager Max software available for me.  This is a software program that uploads data from my meter and pump and spits out graphs and such.  What I discovered when monkeying around, is that I can change the tune that my pump plays when it alarms.  Right now it's a classic piano song that can be a little annoying... What I discovered, is...YOU CAN COMPOSE YOUR OWN MUSIC AND IT WILL PLAY IT!  Absolutely amazing.  You literally type in the notes on the music lines and it will play it...an insulin pump that is like a player piano...cool.  Very cool.  I suggest that anyone who has this software try it!