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

gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Icy cold rain here.

Two ginger cats fighting outside, Marmalade and his doppelgänger (who is a tad smaller than Marmalade is, and has identical markings, but not so bright colouring). First time I've seen the two together. Sounds like murder is taking place. Seagulls are swooping overhead, adding to the noise.

Midnight is on my bed, the living black warm fur blanket...


Nighttime wildlife video.
A night of badgers
First was the badger I call KissyKissy because of its playful nature.
And then came in a pair of badgers...



Last night a very small fox came up to my full length glass bedroom door, and watched both Midnight and I in bed. He/she was no bigger than Marmalade, well the body was thinner and the legs longer...



Creative is Lighthouse #29
It is based on a lighthouse near me, which I have plenty of photos of, and when the silver figure (art installation) was standing by the top railings on the right side...

Have your best day. I am staying in bed awhile longer (I was up in the early hours & for Skype), so as long as my bladder holds I am having a nap - this black real fur blanket is very comfortable and asleep and snoring a little...

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Don't blame you for staying in bed all warm and cosy. Thanks for sharing the lighthouse. Is that style impressionism, just Gennism or a mash up?. After all this time with yourself and @dunelm sharing your art and some background on the how and why I feel I should be more conversant with the lingo. That badger seems to be a proper monster - huge hind quarters so you will need some impressive defences against its dark arts.
 
ianpspurs said:
Don't blame you for staying in bed all warm and cosy. Thanks for sharing the lighthouse. Is that style impressionism, just Gennism or a mash up?. After all this time with yourself and @dunelm sharing your art and some background on the how and why I feel I should be more conversant with the lingo. That badger seems to be a proper monster - huge hind quarters so you will need some impressive defences against its dark arts.
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Just my style of painting @ianpspurs
Depends what brushstroke in Procreate I use. There are many differences brushstroke tools.
I don't know much art lingo either...
Just what I study sometimes from others.
I usually try and make a style my own...

He is big...
 
BG at 4.15 am was 11.1 and it stuck there until just before breakfast when it was 12.0 on the dot. Took a full 60 units of my bolus insulin to prepare for half a slice of wholemeal bread (about 15g carbs) and some cold pork shoulder. BG, after 2 hours was 11.2. Controlled, I guess, but not entirely satisfactory. BG has been high since I made that bread and had half a slice 2 days ago. Just have to put the rest in the freezer and try again another time.

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Neil ordered soya beans online and 2 out of 3 packets were fine but the 3rd one had burst. He says that I put the salvaged beans into a jar and put it away somewhere. I have no memory of doing so (I do remember the burst bag of beans) and have no idea where I could have put the jar. It can't be found this morning and Neil needs the beans to make his soya milk. He does have some commercially made s. milk to hand so he's not having to go without - but he is clearly annoyed. Didn't say anything, but I can tell. The thing is, is it my memory at fault (most likely) or his (not altogether unlikely)? Hate it when my memory fails me.

I don't think it's the beginnings of dementia, but who knows? I sometimes think my memory is like a conveyor belt - things that were on the conveyor earlier, just drop off the end. Other times I think my memory storage is subject to a management system which automatically clears it out every so often ... and sometimes throws out the baby with the bathwater. But why is my fairly recent memory of those beans less important than my memory of my 4 year old self bumping into a telegraph pole and apologising, thinking it was a tall man in a brown suit?
 
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Annb said:
Not surprising - he is well looked after for shelter and food in your garden.
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Best defence may well be to give it a wafer thin mint. Spoiler alert: includes a rude word and best not watched at, before or soon after meal time. @gennepher there are subtitled versions. Can't help thinking of #45, sorry
 
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Annb said:
BG at 4.15 am was 11.1 and it stuck there until just before breakfast when it was 12.0 on the dot. Took a full 60 units of my bolus insulin to prepare for half a slice of wholemeal bread (about 15g carbs) and some cold pork shoulder. BG, after 2 hours was 11.2. Controlled, I guess, but not entirely satisfactory. BG has been high since I made that bread and had half a slice 2 days ago. Just have to put the rest in the freezer and try again another time.

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Neil ordered soya beans online and 2 out of 3 packets were fine but the 3rd one had burst. He says that I put the salvaged beans into a jar and put it away somewhere. I have no memory of doing so (I do remember the burst bag of beans) and have no idea where I could have put the jar. It can't be found this morning and Neil needs the beans to make his soya milk. He does have some commercially made s. milk to hand so he's not having to go without - but he is clearly annoyed. Didn't say anything, but I can tell. The thing is, is it my memory at fault (most likely) or his (not altogether unlikely)? Hate it when my memory fails me.

I don't think it's the beginnings of dementia, but who knows? I sometimes think my memory is like a conveyor belt - things that were on the conveyor earlier, just drop off the end. Other times I think my memory storage is subject to a management system which automatically clears it out every so often ... and sometimes throws out the baby with the bathwater. But why is my fairly recent memory of those beans less important than my memory of my 4 year old self bumping into a telegraph pole and apologising, thinking it was a tall man in a brown suit?
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I wouldn't have been using a burst packet where the contents had been spilled out, not even soyabeans.

No, not your memory at fault. Why remember the whereabouts of something you are not going to use? Your brain has no incentive to remember.

This one is up to Neil to figure out where that jar is...

The 4 year old you had an intensely vivid experience, there is a good likelihood you will remember that. But soya beans you don't even use? Not important to your brain @Annb
 
gennepher said:
I wouldn't have been using a burst packet where the contents had been spilled out, not even soyabeans.

No, not your memory at fault. Why remember the whereabouts of something you are not going to use? Your brain has no incentive to remember.

This one is up to Neil to figure out where that jar is...

The 4 year old you had an intensely vivid experience, there is a good likelihood you will remember that. But soya beans you don't even use? Not important to your brain @Annb
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Actually, I wouldn't have used the beans either so, maybe, we did just throw them out and Neil is remembering it all wrong. But it is so irritating not to know for sure. I do remember seeing the loose beans rattling around in the bottom of the box they came in and thinking that Neil would be throwing them out, but nothing more than that. Perhaps that's the answer. Neil has now ordered more beans and can manage with the cartons of soya milk until they come.

The 4 year old me certainly felt horribly embarrassed and hoped nobody had seen me. Maybe that's why the memory sticks so stubbornly.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Icy cold rain here.

Two ginger cats fighting outside, Marmalade and his doppelgänger (who is a tad smaller than Marmalade is, and has identical markings, but not so bright colouring). First time I've seen the two together. Sounds like murder is taking place. Seagulls are swooping overhead, adding to the noise.

Midnight is on my bed, the living black warm fur blanket...


Nighttime wildlife video.
A night of badgers
First was the badger I call KissyKissy because of its playful nature.
And then came in a pair of badgers...



Last night a very small fox came up to my full length glass bedroom door, and watched both Midnight and I in bed. He/she was no bigger than Marmalade, well the body was thinner and the legs longer...



Creative is Lighthouse #29
It is based on a lighthouse near me, which I have plenty of photos of, and when the silver figure (art installation) was standing by the top railings on the right side...

Have your best day. I am staying in bed awhile longer (I was up in the early hours & for Skype), so as long as my bladder holds I am having a nap - this black real fur blanket is very comfortable and asleep and snoring a little...

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Ooh, a bit bleak
 
Discovered yesterday that our oil is desperately low so will have to get in touch with the supplier tomorrow (there is only one on the Island) to see if they have more stocks in now. If they have, it won't be cheap since it is clearly in short supply.

Bought (online) some special slippers for swollen feet, like mine, and they arrived 3 days ago. They were a good fit and comfortable so I immediately ordered a second pair. Yesterday, I tripped and discovered that the front edges of the both slippers were separating from the soles. Should have sent them back but I had already thrown out my old slippers (they'd only lasted a couple of months) so I stuck them back together with Evostick. They are currently held together in a clamp until they are well stuck. I guess I'll send the 2nd pair straight back when they arrive. Tom always used to say, "You pay peanuts, you get peanuts". I didn't think £27 was exactly peanuts for a pair of slippers. I could have paid about £70 for a pair from Cosyfeet, but they don't last either or fit particularly well. Trouble is, my feet are now cold so I'll have to put my outdoor shoes on and reconsider the Cosyfeet option.
 
Annb said:
Discovered yesterday that our oil is desperately low so will have to get in touch with the supplier tomorrow (there is only one on the Island) to see if they have more stocks in now. If they have, it won't be cheap since it is clearly in short supply.

Bought (online) some special slippers for swollen feet, like mine, and they arrived 3 days ago. They were a good fit and comfortable so I immediately ordered a second pair. Yesterday, I tripped and discovered that the front edges of the both slippers were separating from the soles. Should have sent them back but I had already thrown out my old slippers (they'd only lasted a couple of months) so I stuck them back together with Evostick. They are currently held together in a clamp until they are well stuck. I guess I'll send the 2nd pair straight back when they arrive. Tom always used to say, "You pay peanuts, you get peanuts". I didn't think £27 was exactly peanuts for a pair of slippers. I could have paid about £70 for a pair from Cosyfeet, but they don't last either or fit particularly well. Trouble is, my feet are now cold so I'll have to put my outdoor shoes on and reconsider the Cosyfeet option.
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I hope the repair works at least until a replacement pair come. Can't put a price on safety imho. As Tom said you (usually) get what you pay for. @Krystyna23040 yes, I sprinkle the cinnamon on top. As with slippers so with cinnamon. The good stuff for a lady of your discernment.
 
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lindisfel said:
We've been having a discussion about food contamination. Particular bad for children eating breakfast cereal and it being contaminated with Roundup to speeding up ripening grain for harvesting rather than as a weed killer.
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Is that mainly on cereal crops grown outside UK? The attached implies we don't grow much of our own especially for breakfast cereals. Implies it would end up in beer and in our bargain meat though. Still, you can be assured our caring Govt will negotiate tough deals to protect our children and farmers :banghead: Update: About 85% of our flour is homegrown - land ownership is a different matter.
 

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