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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those suffering from frostbite.

A surprising 5.1 this morning, I won’t bother to explain, just juggling insulin verse energy intake and expenditure.

Today here in Tilehurst Towers Mrs J will be continuing with her Christmas decorations, while I shall be continuing mulching the bush and tree off cuts, but mainly keeping out of you know who’s sight.
I would like to mention the foot the ball, but I won’t.
I will mention the media, toxic or otherwise. Media, there that’s mentioned it.

Stay safe, stay warm and stay hydrated. Tea, koffy or whatever is to your liking.
 
lindisfel said:
The fried food shouldn't raise you blood glucose much. The sausage if its quality sausage should not have many carbs, eggs very few and bacon not many just hope you didn't have bread.
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I didn't. BG just now is 11.9.

Don't feel much like moving, but my cleaner is coming this afternoon and I have to sort the place out so she can have a clear area to clean. Dishwasher to empty and refill, bed to make, floors to clear, rubbish to get ready to go out, boxes to flatten for recycling, bathrooms to check. And so on, and so on ... Better get to it.
 
Annb said:
She just chose a bacon sandwich - for her that is 2 slices of white bread, spread thinly with tomato ketchup and fried bacon. That left me with 2 fried eggs, 2 slices of streaky bacon and 2 sausages. Shan't be needing anything else for quite a while. BG before eating was 16.9 though, so perhaps it wasn't too wise to just finish off everything.
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Absolutely delicious. I would've finished it all as well @Annb
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on an early up and out sort of day here in the dark and dangerous north. I have instructions. They have been written on post it notes around the house so I have moved them up towards the ceiling, the better to ignore them. The gist of it is that Mrs Miggins needs to be up at 0715 as she is off on a wee trip with her twin sister to do secret female staring in shop window things and making noises like pigeons. I shall play that Tom Lehrer number, “Poisoning Pigeons In The Park”. Art bit - finished the detailed scratches. Now, do excuse me as I have to extend the waking up prodder to it’s maximum length. Oh for a good koffy!

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The ancient building invites you in.... I wonder how colour will change its atmosphere...

Enjoy your coffee @dunelm
 
Morning everyone from what is set to be a bleak early winter's day here on the (peculiar) border (other, far better, Eagles songs available via Alexa and other devices but are more summer wear really) of The Fens and Brecks. Harbinger of a longer spell of misery and (caused by?) a whole new level of idiocy if Mr Zahawi's starter for 10 is merely the opening salvo. I managed to put my right sock on this morning so progress of sorts as there was in Qatar for the several 3 lions. I know how much young Alfred will be cheered by that and the media coverage thereof. No cocoa yesterday but still goes in the scorebook as a W. @Krystyna23040 glad the walk and refreshments were good yesterday and do build downtime into that diary as Mr K doubtless says with a nary a hope of you so doing. @dunelm thank you for sharing how your art is developing. A prodder you say? Alexa play JKP's wakeup tunes is far safer with no chance of having it grabbed and used against one. I'm safely downstairs sipping tea or even miles away using my "cellphone". @Annb I'm with Em on the Tommy K in that I've come to realise I was really no fan of fry ups. They were just an excuse to eat TK and buttered bread - how can anyone eat fried eggs without those? Bacon and sausages now taste so salty but that may be the power of Cronometer analysis. I did read yesterday that Gout is now thought to be 1% or less diet driven. That'll be the evil media again which also had details of Strep A and other snippets I would obviously otherwise have gleaned by osmosis. Some of the "news" is clearly nonsense as per https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63809484. Who declared chipolatas essential to Christmas lunch? (well our boys actually. Almost came/come to blows if they didn't all get the same number - I blame their Nan again) and how does one save money by buying cheaper food which is totally inedible? Enough already. Today's poem picks up a theme from yesterday and may trigger highly personal memories for some https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/ The explanation for the art is very detailed so even I can see how the end product relates to the poem. Enjoy your day. Mine will definitely feature my own recipe cocoa which has been exported to Paphos but is UK based this year. Goblin Mode day anyone? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63857329 Toodle Pip.
 
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Fbg 6.7

Trail camera...Oops I can hear that badger, cat, Jade, appears to be saying, and she gets off the swing quickly...


Creative is a digital Autumn painting...

I am a bit behind this morning. So, short post. That cat is on my comfy well padded chest, fast asleep, I think he likes my heartbeat actually, and I am going to join him in the land of nod. My eyes are closing...

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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Trail camera...Oops I can hear that badger, cat, Jade, appears to be saying, and she gets off the swing quickly...


Creative is a digital Autumn painting...

I am a bit behind this morning. So, short post. That cat is on my comfy well padded chest, fast asleep, and I am going to join him in the land of nod. My eyes are closing...

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Thank you for sharing the video, bright, optimistic creative and the image of the cat's location. Enjoy your visit to Nodland.
 
Annb said:
4 am it was 8.8 and Libre indicated that it had fallen to that, so was probably fairly high during the night. It'll be on the way up now - I just had a cup of tea and some pills. Must stay awake. Em will be here about 7.30 so her mum and dad can go to work. Maybe I'll make a fry up of sausage, bacon and egg so she can take her pick for breakfast. So can I, of course. I stayed in bed longer than I should have - very difficult actually moving this morning - took me about half an hour to turn so that I could get my legs out of the bed. Must be the colder weather. I don't think it's any damper here than usual. Still plenty of time to get my shopping list ready for Neil; it looks like a long one this week.
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Aww, @Annb.

Almost went hug, but felt that made it a moan, which it didn't really feel like to me.

Felt more like a conversation with a neighbour or friend, one who just says how it is ...

Sure, a lot that could be better, but I sense a spirit of almost defiance,
yes it might ache,
yes it might slow me down,

But one way or another I'm getting on with my day .

Don't envy Em, the early starts getting to school, but I reckon she's got one hell of a gran, that makes even those early morning trips something to look forward to...:)

<Respect>
 
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gennepher said:
They just need a couple of straps over the shoulders and you have thermal dungarees @Krystyna23040

(PS I have some, the same, that stretch and stretch and stretch...)
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Clicking castanets, armpit legging, and now we're pulling them up to just under our Chin, with our heads wobbling like a balloon on the waist band :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:...

Haha...oh dear, need to go lie down for a minute. :hilarious::hilarious:
 
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ianpspurs said:
Morning everyone from what is set to be a bleak early winter's day here on the (peculiar) border (other, far better, Eagles songs available via Alexa and other devices but are more summer wear really) of The Fens and Brecks. Harbinger of a longer spell of misery and (caused by?) a whole new level of idiocy if Mr Zahawi's starter for 10 is merely the opening salvo. I managed to put my right sock on this morning so progress of sorts as there was in Qatar for the several 3 lions. I know how much young Alfred will be cheered by that and the media coverage thereof. No cocoa yesterday but still goes in the scorebook as a W. @Krystyna23040 glad the walk and refreshments were good yesterday and do build downtime into that diary as Mr K doubtless says with a nary a hope of you so doing. @dunelm thank you for sharing how your art is developing. A prodder you say? Alexa play JKP's wakeup tunes is far safer with no chance of having it grabbed and used against one. I'm safely downstairs sipping tea or even miles away using my "cellphone". @Annb I'm with Em on the Tommy K in that I've come to realise I was really no fan of fry ups. They were just an excuse to eat TK and buttered bread - how can anyone eat fried eggs without those? Bacon and sausages now taste so salty but that may be the power of Cronometer analysis. I did read yesterday that Gout is now thought to be 1% or less diet driven. That'll be the evil media again which also had details of Strep A and other snippets I would obviously otherwise have gleaned by osmosis. Some of the "news" is clearly nonsense as per https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63809484. Who declared chipolatas essential to Christmas lunch? (well our boys actually. Almost came/come to blows if they didn't all get the same number - I blame their Nan again) and how does one save money by buying cheaper food which is totally inedible? Enough already. Today's poem picks up a theme from yesterday and may trigger highly personal memories for some https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/ The explanation for the art is very detailed so even I can see how the end product relates to the poem. Enjoy your day. Mine will definitely feature my own recipe cocoa which has been exported to Paphos but is UK based this year. Goblin Mode day anyone? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63857329 Toodle Pip.
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Now that I've done all the housework I intended to do before my cleaner arrives, I think I shall embrace the concept of "goblin mode" for the rest of the day.

Ah those winter Sundays - both my parents would be up early to get one room warm for us kids using a little stove in the corner of the kitchen. Did we appreciate it? Of course not. We thought that was just the way it was - a cold house but a warm, loving kitchen with warm, loving parents. Very evocative poem, Ian.

As for chipolatas - haven't had one in years. Pigs in blankets were never part of our Christmas fare - we were lucky to get a chicken (not many Christmases) so Christmas dinner was much the same as every other dinner - some kind of cheap meat, cooked for ages on the little stove top, one vegetable and potatoes (most likely mashed with milk and beaten to a cream by my mother's strong right arm). If we were lucky, she would make delicious, light, fluffy, suet dumplings. Some would be cooked on top of the stew, soaking up the gravy in the process, and some in water and served with syrup as a pudding. I can taste it now. Wonderful dinner, served with love and made as only Mum could.

The first Christmas I remember was when I was about 3 and we woke to find a stocking on our beds with an apple, an orange and a small watercolour palette. We weren't expecting anything so it was a great surprise and a gift I always remember. This was in 1948 and, while we could get apples, oranges were few and far between, so it was about as exotic as we could imagine. The first bananas we saw came along around 1950/1 and I remember queuing along the street outside a greengrocer's to buy 2 of those odd looking fruits; one for my brother, one for me.
 
jjraak said:
Aww, @Annb.

Almost went hug, but felt that made it a moan, which it didn't really feel like to me.

Felt more like a conversation with a neighbour or friend, one who just says how it is ...

Sure, a lot that could be better, but I sense a spirit of almost defiance,
yes it might ache,
yes it might slow me down,

But one way or another I'm getting on with my day .

Don't envy Em, the early starts getting to school, but I reckon she's got one hell of a gran, that makes even those early morning trips something to look forward to...:)

<Respect>
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Oh, jjraak, I have nothing to moan about. I do have the occasional rant at some injustice or other but I am as I am because I neglected my health earlier on (ignorance was bliss), so it's my own fault. No point moaning about that. Later, I took a deliberate decision to do nothing about my arthritis because I was nursing my husband in his last years. I knew the risks, and I took them. My own doing. Can't moan about that. As you realise, it is what it is and it's there to get on with.

Em arrives in her pyjamas and promptly settles onto my lap and wraps a blanket around both of us, so we have a snuggle for as long as we can. Then she decides on what breakfast she is going to have along with a cup of tea (she still takes too much sugar in that, but she'll grow out of it). Then it's time to have a quick splash and get dressed, just in time to leave the house with about 7 minutes to get to school - plenty of time, we are that close to the school. At home, she refuses to eat or drink before she goes out but I think she appreciates the individual attention she can get here. At home, everyone is rushing around getting ready for work, feeding dogs, taking them outside and back in for morning. Packing lunches, packing laundry for delivery later in the day. Their mornings are lived in whirlwind style. No wonder she prefers to come here.

She told me this morning that I should get my shopping in Tescos because their food prices are much lower than the Co-op (our only other supermarket). She obviously is aware of the value of things. I'll have to ask Neil to check next time he's in town. Food prices here seem to be up about 60% from a few months ago, so we should try to save where we can.

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By the way - thanks for all the hugs everyone. I'm OK ... really.

All's ready now for my cleaner but I made an awful mess of the floor, cutting up and flattening boxes. I've brushed it all together, but can't bend down to sweep it into a dustpan, so I'll have to leave that for Lisa to do.

Next job is to put together the Lucky Dip for the family for Christmas, using the remaining whole box. It consists of lots of small things I've bought throughout the year, mostly useful (socks, gloves, wet wipes, purse, shampoo and so on) but some sweet treats and small toys as well. I have to fix the box and cover it with bright paper and then shred some old packing paper and tissue paper to hide the items in. They all have fun taking turns to find items, then at the end they share them between everyone there. Kind of pinata in spirit, but makes a lot less mess. (How do I put accents onto letters in this software?)
 
Annb said:
Now that I've done all the housework I intended to do before my cleaner arrives, I think I shall embrace the concept of "goblin mode" for the rest of the day.

Ah those winter Sundays - both my parents would be up early to get one room warm for us kids using a little stove in the corner of the kitchen. Did we appreciate it? Of course not. We thought that was just the way it was - a cold house but a warm, loving kitchen with warm, loving parents. Very evocative poem, Ian.

As for chipolatas - haven't had one in years. Pigs in blankets were never part of our Christmas fare - we were lucky to get a chicken (not many Christmases) so Christmas dinner was much the same as every other dinner - some kind of cheap meat, cooked for ages on the little stove top, one vegetable and potatoes (most likely mashed with milk and beaten to a cream by my mother's strong right arm). If we were lucky, she would make delicious, light, fluffy, suet dumplings. Some would be cooked on top of the stew, soaking up the gravy in the process, and some in water and served with syrup as a pudding. I can taste it now. Wonderful dinner, served with love and made as only Mum could.

The first Christmas I remember was when I was about 3 and we woke to find a stocking on our beds with an apple, an orange and a small watercolour palette. We weren't expecting anything so it was a great surprise and a gift I always remember. This was in 1948 and, while we could get apples, oranges were few and far between, so it was about as exotic as we could imagine. The first bananas we saw came along around 1950/1 and I remember queuing along the street outside a greengrocer's to buy 2 of those odd looking fruits; one for my brother, one for me.
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I'm glad you found something evocative but hopefully not upsetting in the poem. Good news on having the chores done and do set yourself for Goblin Mode. Goblin icon, can't miss it. Your Christmases sound as though they have left loving memories. Mine weren't Downton Abbey like but being an only child with one set of comfortable grandparents I never came close to the reality of others. I know some of my cousins didn't have such a comfortable time even with help from my grandparents but back then I din't join all the dots. It was an open secret to everyone but me just how much I was the apple of my grandfather's eye. That fully emerged at his death with operation don't tell Ian until after his finals. My dad was the blue eyed boy for his mum and her sisters. Probably because he did so much work at "family rates" - in many cases I now realise close enough to free but when I helped I was always paid. I guess so many of my Christmas presents were in part payment for dad. Hopefully I do now understand how hard my parents and grandparents worked to shield me. The "what did I know, what did I know" impacts more and more each year. Lovely image of your mother's strong arm and just to show what a spoiled brat I was creamed potatoes were banned as I expressed horror at the very idea and do/would still. Does that make me a bad person?
 
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ianpspurs said:
I'm glad you found something evocative but hopefully not upsetting in the poem. Good news on having the chores done and do set yourself for Goblin Mode. Goblin icon, can't miss it. Your Christmases sound as though they have left loving memories. Mine weren't Downton Abbey like but being an only child with one set of comfortable grandparents I never came close to the reality of others. I know some of my cousins didn't have such a comfortable time even with help from my grandparents but back then I din't join all the dots. It was an open secret to everyone but me that I was the apple of my grandfather's eye, emerged at his death with operation don't tell Ian until after his finals, and my dad was the blue eyed boy for his mum and her sisters. Probably because he did so much work at family rates - in many cases I now realise free or close enough except when I helped and was always paid. I guess so many of my Christmas presents were in part payment. Hopefully I do now understand how hard my parents and grandparents worked to shield me. The "what did I know, what did I know" impacts more and more each year. Lovely image of your mother's strong arm and just to show what a spoiled brat I was creamed potatoes were banned as I expressed horror at the very idea and do/would still. Does that make me a bad person?
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Each to his own, Ian. I love potatoes in any form so mashed, boiled baked, roasted, chipped would be fine by me. Just not very good for me. The important thing about Christmases past is the love that brought them to fruition, not what we had, or what we ate. We were not wealthy, but we were loved. Other people/kids had more, but you can't buy love. Sometimes the "more" is an expression of love, but sometimes it is a substitute and that is sad. The important thing about Christmases present and future is the love that goes into them. So there is a constancy and a continuity about the seasons that come around - at ever increasing speed, it seems to me. But I guess that's about getting older.
 
Annb said:
How do I put accents onto letters in this software
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If you HOLD onto to the letter (say E ) You get various other options ..

3 ē ë é è....just hold and move finger to choice

IF you just HOLD on it, it will default to the chip designated option...aka 3.

Obv that's on mobile devices, not sure about pc, laptops.
Presume it might be a mouse click + button option ?

On pc I use OpenOffice, that offers the choice to input SPECIAL characters (toolbar, insert )
Not the fanciest app, but does all my limited needs pc wise.
 
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jjraak said:
:wideyed: :wideyed: :wideyed:

Bad ...mmh...not sure

But driven out of Ireland ..and at speed, I'd guess..;):hilarious:
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ROFL. Potatoes are a fen staple - up to the peak of your cap daily is the rule. Just not ever "sloppy" when mashed. Jacket ones should be huge so each one if made into roast or mashed can more than satisfy the appetites of a family of 6 very large personages - so I've heard. Go to Haddenham Cambs for exhibit A. "Sloppy" mash just doesn't suit a vast lake of gravy to be mopped up with several loaves of bread. There is an unsightly film in the gravy which disturbs we delicate souls and the gravy is not properly absorbed no matter how much troweling takes place.
 
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ianpspurs said:
ROFL. Potatoes are a fen staple - up to the peak of your cap daily is the rule. Just not ever "sloppy" when mashed. Jacket ones should be big in each one more than satisfying the appetite of a family of 6 very large personages. Go to Haddenham Cambs for exhibit A. "Sloppy" mash just doesn't suit a vast lake of gravy to be mopped up with several loaves of bread there is an unsightly film in the gravy which disturbs we delicate souls.
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Nice explainer .. :cool:

Grew up on potatoes with everything, pretty much
Or bread if not .

Days of yore, sadly.

Sausage & mash with onion gravy. Nom nom nom .

Mum wasn't the best cook ..but she was old school, so most dinners quite dry.

Me, I love the mix of juices, gravies, whatever.

However friends LOVED stopping over,..her breakfasts made the rounds & became legend .

Dublin coddle was my favourite dish she made.

And in keeping with the potatoes theme, she made a wicked salad resplendent with fried slices of potatoes (think chips, but round and bloomin tasty )

Thanks for helping me remember her for a minute.

Blessed having her.
 
jjraak said:
If you HOLD onto to the letter (say E ) You get various other options ..

3 ē ë é è....just hold and move finger to choice

IF you just HOLD on it, it will default to the chip designated option...aka 3.

Obv that's on mobile devices, not sure about pc, laptops.
Presume it might be a mouse click + button option ?

On pc I use OpenOffice, that offers the choice to input SPECIAL characters (toolbar, insert )
Not the fanciest app, but does all my limited needs pc wise.
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Thank you. I'll practice that.
 
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