So today is the third anniversary of 911. Three years went by fast. I really do not have many comments besides that. It was such an emotional (and still is) ordeal that anything I would attempt to put into words would fall short.
Pregnancy update-well my GD numbers were very good until I went to visit my MIL this past weekend and they went soaring. My doctor was not happy. In all honesty, while my MIL is not the healthiest cook (and is diabetic herself), on the surface I am not sure what really went wrong. Since I have been back home my numbers have been better except I got tired of eggs for breakfast one day and I had a bowl of oatmeal yesterday instead and I was at 170. I didn't know oatmeal was that bad, but I guess it is worse for different people.
In the meantime I have 7 weeks to go an I am still not ready. We still need name. I am also apprehensive about sleepless nights, liquid diapers-the newborn stuff. Not aprehensive to the point pf psychosis, just looking back on all of my other pregnancies, at this point I was feeling so done and ready to see the baby. Now I would not mind an extra week-or two.
Labor Day I got to meet Dinka. She and her family moved to Connecticut which is three hours from us, but like 45 minutes or less from most of my family who lives downstate. For the few years I have known her online, she has been in some other state that was someplace I would probably not venture to, now she is in the northeast. Cool.
We spent the day at the park just chillin'. She and Lincoln packed us an awesome picnic lunch (healthy too) and the men chased the kids around while Dinka and I talked Mommy Shop. Baby Veronika is as cute as her pictures ad quite pleasant as well. Fastolph spent the whole time talking about "shooting things" with paintballs-how embarrasing.
With summer coming to a close, Auriesville will be cosing soon and it will be back to finding a decent Mass without too much travel time again. Being able to go to Auriesville made me forget about the state of this diocese for now. Oh well.
Well back to Mommy duties...Pax!
Its funny how things run together. Although I have never been a father, thanks to 9/11 I got to take care of a lady with gestational diabetes for several months. (My sister.)
Just as she learned of the GD with her first pregnancy, her hubby was shipped off to Iraq. I did my best to take care of her and my neice, but oh how one's patience is tried!!!
Anyway, good luck with keeping your sugar down.
Well look on the nright side Pansy,
At least Fastolph wasn't talking about lovely window treatments or Barbie Dolls! We have friends in our neighborhood whose 3 year old son reeeeeeally wants a Malibu Barbie, much to the chagrin of his bowhunting Father.
oooh, we had such a great time! hopefully we can do it again soon. it was so nice to finally meet you. i didn't even feel like we'd never met, don't you think?
will be sending you pics...
Great to see you back online! We miss you over at 1_tim!
~Karen
Slow cooked oatmeal has a low glycemic index, but the instant stuff might as well be candy for what it does to your blood sugar. Steel cut oats are the best oatmeal but the long cooking time is a barrier. What I do to make it easier is pour 3 cups boiling water over 1 cup steel cut oats the night before. In the morning, put it on the stove on low and cook until the texture you prefer. You can put butter and cinnamon on it, but sugar or fruit will make it boost your sugars.
There have been some good studies that show cinnamon in high doses helps to normalize blood sugar - but the amounts are pretty high. Still, adding cinnamon to taste might help and won't hurt.
Barley is an even better carb choice for blood sugar control. There is also a legume, chana dahl (a bean from India) that helps to keep blood sugars down.
If you can find it anywhere near you, there is a company called Foods for Life that makes a line of breads and cereals based on Ezekial 4:9. Their bread freezes well, and is hearty, filling, and low-glycemic.
Hang in there! We're praying for you.
One of these days we will try to get up to your neck of the woods.
I've had that Ezekiel bread. It wasn't horrible (this is from someone who doesn't even like plain old whole wheat with Peter Pan peanut butter very much at all, so take that as a recommendation.)