Do you eat jicama? It’s that ugly, bulbous, brown “root vegetable” (it’s actually a legume).   They look a little like a squashed turnip in shape. A few years back, in my “try something new a week” phase, I picked up a jicama and ate it in a simple form — peeled, cut into sticks and dipped into a low […]
The kidlet lost his first official tooth already! (The one that got knocked out when he slipped and fell into a coffee table doesn’t count! ;))  He is only just barely five, and while that falls in the normal range for first tooths to go, its about a year ahead of the average. Being ahead of […]
I saw the OB on Thursday; everything is going well aside from the checking blood sugar bits. Honestly, my test results weren’t that bad. In a normal, non-pregnant person a doctor wouldn’t even require the daily testing. In fact, they are probably pretty much where they have always been at that “pre-diabetic” or insulin-resistant level. […]
I got a phone call Tuesday afternoon from a diabetes education center — apparently the results were back to my OB and he called over a refferal to them for me.  So altho I hadn’t received any results, the assumption is that I “failed” and came up with the diabetes. Wednesday morning I went in […]
Something has been going on with my site. It keeps going down for short to long periods of time, but every time I talk to the hubby about it, things come up fine for him. He FINALLY was at his computer at the same time as I saw the problem so he knows I am […]
While doing some random browsing (probably looking for recipes ;)), I came across a really neat tip for peeling a kiwi. Personally, if I’m going to eat one I just slice it in half and scoop it out with a spoon.  But that’s no good for a frut salad, plus the kiddo has trouble with that and […]
The kid was unbeliveably cute yesterday. He had to stay home from preschool because of the weather. We’d had hail that didn’t melt the night before, and then snow all morning, and I wasn’t about to risk the hills around here. (Last time it looked like this, even just a thin layer, I couldn’t get […]
In a follow up to yesterday, I do think that I am too hard on myself at times. I am doing well on my List, given the whole nearly 7 months pregnant thing.  I suspect that what makes me feel like I’ve accomplished less than reality is that while I am getting some things done, I […]
Most days I am too distracted or too tired or just too uninterested in soul searching. I know that if I sit and reflect upon my life, I will be discontented (or worse) with myself. Oh, not in my life — most days I float along, content.  But when I take a look at myself, […]
So, not everything was good news at the OB yesterday. I’d gone in for a glucose tolerance test on Tuesday, and the results from that were back in. I expected to be high. I’ve been diagnosed as “Insulin Resistant” (what used to be called “borderline diabetic”) for years. However, the initial results were really high […]
