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

[SlimLizzy]

10. 06
8.20 am FBG 6.4 another big meal at a friends house. Delicious but impossible to say no to homemade strawberry tart with strawberries from the garden.

Kiki was terrified of the thunderstorm. Unusual for a cat to be bothered by the noise, but she has always been a nervous, easily startled creature. MrSlim actually came out in the rain with me to find her having seen her terrified charge for cover at the first clap of thunder. We brought her inside and after a few minutes hiding she emerged and settled on my lap. That is unusual too. But the next loud thunderbolt sent her sprinting for cover under the oven again. It also tripped out the electricity. We were going to neighbours for a bbq so I took the opportunity to get changed. On return Kiki is on MrSlims lap. We ate bbq food indoors at our neighbours house.
Kiki caught a mouse(?) this morning. I watched her dive into a clump of grass headfirst and root about for a minute or so. She emerged carrying something, head up, looking very pleased with herself. When I got close enough to see and she dropped it, all she had was a few blades of grass with roots. Poor Kiki, she was so confused, searching where she had dropped the grass, sure she had caught something. I am glad she has turned her attention to ground dwelling creatures. Perhaps she will learn to catch moles.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.9

Nighttime trail camera.
Cat Jade has coveted middle swing seat, but is nervous & leaves.
Fox comes.
Then 3 badgers!
Finally for next 4 hours fox jumps on & off swing & eats all cat biscuits.
Trail camera battery ran out before dawn, because of the fox repeatedly jumping on and off the swing...

No other cats came to the swing for food that night, so something was making them nervous. But the stray cats did go in my kitchen for their nighttime snacks. The trail camera in the kitchen told me that.

Creative is a kaleidoscope in Laboscope App, of a beautiful scented pink rose in my garden.

Some messages to do this morning, and get back to enjoy this beautiful blue-skied sunny day...

Have your best day.

Just finishing my cuppa tea first...

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What wonderful colours

 

[dunelm]

10. 06
8.20 am FBG 6.4 another big meal at a friends house. Delicious but impossible to say no to homemade strawberry tart with strawberries from the garden.

Kiki was terrified of the thunderstorm. Unusual for a cat to be bothered by the noise, but she has always been a nervous, easily startled creature. MrSlim actually came out in the rain with me to find her having seen her terrified charge for cover at the first clap of thunder. We brought her inside and after a few minutes hiding she emerged and settled on my lap. That is unusual too. But the next loud thunderbolt sent her sprinting for cover under the oven again. It also tripped out the electricity. We were going to neighbours for a bbq so I took the opportunity to get changed. On return Kiki is on MrSlims lap. We ate bbq food indoors at our neighbours house.
Kiki caught a mouse(?) this morning. I watched her dive into a clump of grass headfirst and root about for a minute or so. She emerged carrying something, head up, looking very pleased with herself. When I got close enough to see and she dropped it, all she had was a few blades of grass with roots. Poor Kiki, she was so confused, searching where she had dropped the grass, sure she had caught something. I am glad she has turned her attention to ground dwelling creatures. Perhaps she will learn to catch moles.

My mother reports thunderstorms in SW France. People seem happy that the dried and cracked earth is getting some moisture. Hope the Charente doesn’t flood this year. Last year, my mum’s car decided that being a submarine was not a good look. Mind you, it did persuade her to finally give up with having a car.

 

[Annb]

I have another request for a cake. It seems it is DIL's turn to take a cake for the staff room at her school so she has requested a coffee cake. She had asked for a coffee/walnut cake but realised that she can't take anything containing nuts to the school, so plain coffee. I'll do that tomorrow.

BG at 1.30 am (couldn't breathe in bed, so had to get up again) was 7.5. By 6.30 it was 8.9. Just had breakfast so I'm hoping it will drop a bit now.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone on what is looking to be a warm day here in the dark and dangerous north. Exhausted bees. We have had a few this week landing on the dining room floor through the open garden doors. We now have a 2:1 sugar and water mix ready to go. Seems to work as they shove their proboscis into it, get blindingly bee drunk and then, after a while, fly off. Farmers market today and some things to drop off at the food bank bric-a-brac place. It does generate some funds for them. Off traveling tomorrow so will see how that goes. Art bit, slow and steady. Have a smashing day if you can. Best wake up Mrs Miggins but not until I have finished slurping my koffy.

 

[dunelm]

I have another request for a cake. It seems it is DIL's turn to take a cake for the staff room at her school so she has requested a coffee cake. She had asked for a coffee/walnut cake but realised that she can't take anything containing nuts to the school, so plain coffee. I'll do that tomorrow.

BG at 1.30 am (couldn't breathe in bed, so had to get up again) was 7.5. By 6.30 it was 8.9. Just had breakfast so I'm hoping it will drop a bit now.

So many nuts in schools already so sensible not to add to the pile.

 

[ianpspurs]

Good morning everyone from L.A. where in summary it will be summery, 22c by 9.00 am so no socks Saturday it is. JKP managed a parsimoniously buttered slice of toast yesterday but other news - fake or not - made the headlines. It appears two overgrown schoolboys desperately need us to believe it is all so unfair. They are astonished that rules and laws also apply to them - who knew? @gennepher I hope you manage the messages speedily so you can enjoy the sun. As @dunelm said, wonderful colours on that kaleidoscope. @dunelm thank you for the latest development of your art. Enjoy the farmers market and travelling. @Annb hug for difficulty breathing but the cake order must be testament to your skill. So #shortbreadgate must have been a success - a taste sensation. Remember to slip, slop, slap, wear a wide brimmed hat and hydrate - beer, cocktails, wine and alcopops don't count. Time to make and deliver MIL her tea, may even have some myself but none of that semi-skimmed malarkey. Some kind of football match this evening accompanied (not Vincent he retired) by the smell of a thousand bbqs or cookouts. Have a good day - Mungo says hi

 

[alf_Josiah]

Whoops miss a day or two reporting in on here and quadzillions of posts to catch up, sorry but it ain’t gonna happen today, our grandson gardener arrives in 14 minutes time.

Blood sugars yesterday were 4.8 drat double drat etc and blood sugars today were 6.7.

I don’t do politics, religion or woke, but I must comment Boris the Beast is now history, perhaps in a year or so’s time the country will be turning red after being blue for so many years chaos and mayhem ( my pals ) will reign.

Now I must depart, stay safe, stay cool and go for enjoyment

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.5 this morning. Really warm today. It feels like summer is here at last.

Am on a Zoom course today - so no classes in Norwich. It is all theory on a really interesting issue - so am really looking forward to it.

 

[ianpspurs]

perhaps in a year or so’s time the country will be turning red after being blue for so many years chaos and mayhem ( my pals ) will reign.

As opposed to the peace and tranquility of the immediate pre and post Referendum era? How we long for Mad Lizzy to return. Corbyn and chaos maybe but this lot are not even pink. The attached is quite shocking. 5 PMs since that batpooh crazy disaster. Of course it all impacts on our services especially health, social care and education. Just because many on here are doing ok it doesn't alter the omnishambles out there. And breathe Ian.

 

[gennepher]

What wonderful colours

Thank you @dunelm

 

[Annb]

Good morning everyone from L.A. where in summary it will be summery, 22c by 9.00 am so no socks Saturday it is. JKP managed a parsimoniously buttered slice of toast yesterday but other news - fake or not - made the headlines. It appears two overgrown schoolboys desperately need us to believe it is all so unfair. They are astonished that rules and laws also apply to them - who knew? @gennepher I hope you manage the messages speedily so you can enjoy the sun. As @dunelm said, wonderful colours on that kaleidoscope. @dunelm thank you for the latest development of your art. Enjoy the farmers market and travelling. @Annb hug for difficulty breathing but the cake order must be testament to your skill. So #shortbreadgate must have been a success - a taste sensation. Remember to slip, slop, slap, wear a wide brimmed hat and hydrate - beer, cocktails, wine and alcopops don't count. Time to make and deliver MIL her tea, may even have some myself but none of that semi-skimmed malarkey. Some kind of football match this evening accompanied (not Vincent he retired) by the smell of a thousand bbqs or cookouts. Have a good day - Mungo says hi

I'd forgotten all about Mungo Jerry. Thanks for reminding me. Happy song, even if the lyrics are a bit suspect.

 

[ianpspurs]

I'd forgotten all about Mungo Jerry. Thanks for reminding me. Happy song, even if the lyrics are a bit suspect.

Definitely not woke in the, wrongly used, modern application. How is your breathing now?

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone on what is looking to be a warm day here in the dark and dangerous north. Exhausted bees. We have had a few this week landing on the dining room floor through the open garden doors. We now have a 2:1 sugar and water mix ready to go. Seems to work as they shove their proboscis into it, get blindingly bee drunk and then, after a while, fly off. Farmers market today and some things to drop off at the food bank bric-a-brac place. It does generate some funds for them. Off traveling tomorrow so will see how that goes. Art bit, slow and steady. Have a smashing day if you can. Best wake up Mrs Miggins but not until I have finished slurping my koffy.


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Coming along nicely...
Enjoy your day @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone from L.A. where in summary it will be summery, 22c by 9.00 am so no socks Saturday it is. JKP managed a parsimoniously buttered slice of toast yesterday but other news - fake or not - made the headlines. It appears two overgrown schoolboys desperately need us to believe it is all so unfair. They are astonished that rules and laws also apply to them - who knew? @gennepher I hope you manage the messages speedily so you can enjoy the sun. As @dunelm said, wonderful colours on that kaleidoscope. @dunelm thank you for the latest development of your art. Enjoy the farmers market and travelling. @Annb hug for difficulty breathing but the cake order must be testament to your skill. So #shortbreadgate must have been a success - a taste sensation. Remember to slip, slop, slap, wear a wide brimmed hat and hydrate - beer, cocktails, wine and alcopops don't count. Time to make and deliver MIL her tea, may even have some myself but none of that semi-skimmed malarkey. Some kind of football match this evening accompanied (not Vincent he retired) by the smell of a thousand bbqs or cookouts. Have a good day - Mungo says hi

I did thank you!
You have a successful day @ianpspurs
Thanks for Mungo...

 

[Annb]

As opposed to the peace and tranquility of the immediate pre and post Referendum era? How we long for Mad Lizzy to return. Corbyn and chaos maybe but this lot are not even pink. The attached is quite shocking. 5 PMs since that batpooh crazy disaster. Of course it all impacts on our services especially health, social care and education. Just because many on here are doing ok it doesn't alter the omnishambles out there. And breathe Ian.

I didn't realise that Ted Heath was the last Prime Minister to be voted in at a general election. An old fashioned Tory. Not that he didn't have his faults - just was more protected by lack of information getting out so we didn't know - any more than we knew abut Winston's foibles or Kennedy's. Even so, it felt as though we could trust them more than any of the current, or recent bunch.

We were not long past WW2 so there was still a lot of patriotism and willingness to pull together as a society (we didn't know that there were so many "haves" to counterbalance the "have nots").

Add to that, there were not so many of us needing services that can be provided so we didn't feel hard done by. Plus, there were many of the services currently offered that were not available, never mind in demand.

We were all living in Cloud Cuckoo Land but it felt so much better than the harsh reality of the current "no such thing as society"/internet/freedom of information age.

Ah, the good old days!

 

[Annb]

Definitely not woke in the, wrongly used, modern application. How is your breathing now?

Still a bit difficult, but OK as long as I stay upright (and under tthe influence of pain killers). I'll survive - no worries.

 

[ianpspurs]

I didn't realise that Ted Heath was the last Prime Minister to be voted in at a general election. An old fashioned Tory. Not that he didn't have his faults - just was more protected by lack of information getting out so we didn't know - any more than we knew abut Winston's foibles or Kennedy's. Even so, it felt as though we could trust them more than any of the current, or recent bunch.

We were not long past WW2 so there was still a lot of patriotism and willingness to pull together as a society (we didn't know that there were so many "haves" to counterbalance the "have nots").

Add to that, there were not so many of us needing services that can be provided so we didn't feel hard done by. Plus, there were many of the services currently offered that were not available, never mind in demand.

We were all living in Cloud Cuckoo Land but it felt so much better than the harsh reality of the current "no such thing as society"/internet/freedom of information age.

Ah, the good old days!

Nostalgia ain't wot it used to be

 

[dogslife]

Good morning all. Yesterday before breakfast my fbs was a whopping 16.2. This morning after starting my new medication , Forxiga, with yesterday's breakfast ( in addition to my existing 3 diabetes meds throughout the day and stopping my Gabapentin for the past 2 evenings ) my fbs was 8.8! After taking my second dose of my Forxiga along with Gliclizide after today's breakfast I was concerned I might have a hypo so tested again 3 hours after breakfast----8.2! Early days and still anxious about side effects but feeling more positive than I have since July '21 when my sugars started their upward trend. Enjoy your weekend and look after those pets if affected by thunderstorms.

 

[ianpspurs]

Modern life is goodish. MIL and myself are currently watching No 2 son batting on the large lounge TV, via a live stream from the new Forest. Very pictureskew ground. So currently @gennepher quite a good day.