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

gennepher said:

Fbg 6.5

I see that the father of this thread has been banned.

Here is a Christmas card for this year. One of those I used to paint individually for everyone I knew. Only this year I was tired.

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jjraak said:

Sat up late ...woe is me

Slept most of today
Not been a good one.

So now wide awake and bored at 2:39 am .

Doc at A&E thought my left foot wasn't broken as well, but said they couldn't be sure.

So Friday I just sat in bed, hobbled around on crutches.

Made a poor job of it but mobilised as much as possible, getting my sea legs
Same on sat.

May just be the swelling has come out or quite possible the broken right legs boot/packing has eased that pain, and now my brain is registering the pain more in the sprained ankle on the left leg,....

But omg. It's like walking on a broken bone, putting weight on the sprained foot today

Should have an appointment this week to get broken leg x-rayed to see if bone shifted or still in place

(Expected by doc to stay in place, but as both feet injured the risk I'll shake bone loose as I mobilise awkwardly,
Is higher, apparently )

Reluctant to do too Much, now in case I DO shift it.

I might now ask for a 2nd opinion on the sprained foot at hospital visit.


Off to read the internet, see if I can keep myself occupied until I fall asleep.....

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geefull said:

good evening all

4.8 today

along with many others I've indulged myself today my particular vice was testing the truffles I was trying to make for after Christmas dinner. I had spotted a silicon heart shaped sweetie mould tray in the charity shop so I thought I'd have a go
The filling is a mixture of a small amount of christmas pudding whizzed up and mixed with rum, melted 95% dark chocolate and double cream sweetened a bit with some truvia and I lined the moulds with dark chocolate marbled with a tiny bit of ordinary white chocolate then filled them. A bit fiddly but they look posh and the filling is

We don't go to stage 4 lockdown until Boxing Day so in theory we should be alright for shopping until then (if there is any stock left ) got most things already though thankfully

I'm a bit worried about this week though, the minister of the church almost opposite our home died last Thursday and his funeral will be on Christmas Eve, because he'd been moderator of the assembly there will probably be some 'incomers' from other areas. Normally the whole village would attend but presumably not at this time.

Hope your day is treating you well

@dunelm - creative use of paper, I like your tree and that park activity may be as social as we get for the next few weeks. I concur about the need to ensure continuity of the coffee supply

@Muddy Cyclist - and the dilemmas ramp up again, I'm glad you managed to get your carolling in whilst feeling secure, I used to love doing charity carol concerts and visits

@gennepher - well done you for 'turning' your dream and using it creatively in your artwork today. I like the colours in the background effect and that colour really offsets the 'gore' and makes it 'pop'

Art bit - I do admire people who can turn the usual 'cool colours recede' advice on it's head and make it work. This is my version based on an image I saw on the net.

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geefull said:

good evening all

4.8 today

along with many others I've indulged myself today my particular vice was testing the truffles I was trying to make for after Christmas dinner. I had spotted a silicon heart shaped sweetie mould tray in the charity shop so I thought I'd have a go
The filling is a mixture of a small amount of christmas pudding whizzed up and mixed with rum, melted 95% dark chocolate and double cream sweetened a bit with some truvia and I lined the moulds with dark chocolate marbled with a tiny bit of ordinary white chocolate then filled them. A bit fiddly but they look posh and the filling is

We don't go to stage 4 lockdown until Boxing Day so in theory we should be alright for shopping until then (if there is any stock left ) got most things already though thankfully

I'm a bit worried about this week though, the minister of the church almost opposite our home died last Thursday and his funeral will be on Christmas Eve, because he'd been moderator of the assembly there will probably be some 'incomers' from other areas. Normally the whole village would attend but presumably not at this time.

Hope your day is treating you well

@dunelm - creative use of paper, I like your tree and that park activity may be as social as we get for the next few weeks. I concur about the need to ensure continuity of the coffee supply

@Muddy Cyclist - and the dilemmas ramp up again, I'm glad you managed to get your carolling in whilst feeling secure, I used to love doing charity carol concerts and visits

@gennepher - well done you for 'turning' your dream and using it creatively in your artwork today. I like the colours in the background effect and that colour really offsets the 'gore' and makes it 'pop'

Art bit - I do admire people who can turn the usual 'cool colours recede' advice on it's head and make it work. This is my version based on an image I saw on the net.

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jjraak said:

I note our father of the thread has been banned.

Wonder why.?

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gennepher said:

Fbg 6.5

I see that the father of this thread has been banned.

Here is a Christmas card for this year. One of those I used to paint individually for everyone I knew. Only this year I was tired.

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lindisfel said:

Hi Dunelm,
Used to go up the easy way. Parked at the top of Honister and walked to Green Gable then the scramble up Great Gable but tremendous views down the valleys.
D.

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