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


I like the first one very much @Muddy Cyclist ...the day’s painting.

As you say, a few days away from the painting you say you don’t like, and then you will see what you want to do with it.
 

Thank you @jjraak

Yup cantankerous old wotsit here...
 
Thank you for the compliments @PenguinMum
Hand has been strapped up today. And painkillers. It’s less painful now.
Thats good but please dont feel any pressure from us to keep painting every day. If you spread them out they will still be very much appreciated. Please take care.
 
Bit late to reply but its good if the walking shoes are getting easier to wear. I have had many fails over my life with high heels but had a real success 9 years ago unexpectedly when I wore some to my brothers wedding. They were very good quality, bought on a sale and were amazingly comfy all day which really surprised me. Wellies these days dont work for me, too rubbing. I would strongly advise if footwear is uncomfortable its probably not worth it.
 

You just reminded me that one of the last time I wore heels was to my sister's wedding (nearly 40 years ago! good grief!). They were a very elegant (for me) pair that I bought to go with a new dress I loved. Highest heels I ever owned, beautiful but !!!!!.
The wedding was in a "destination" house, not a church, so I had to stand the whole time, ceremony as well as reception. I enjoyed it all, but !!!!!.
I would rather stand around for hours at a horse show in wellies, in the mud! (And it was thanks to that marriage, and subsequent grandchildren, that I got to attend so many horse shows, in wellies, in later years!)
 
Ha ha I think that was what I would call a result! I have never been comfy in wellies.
 

Litter can behave a lot like the sand at the beach ... unfortunately it doesn't come with all the positive aspects of the seaside. ...
 
Suggest gin!
That's the best suggestion I've had so far...if I weren't working tomorrow I'd be opening a bottle right now...I am quite a softie they had a terrible start so mostly spoiling them I will get tough not sure when but I'm thinking about it.
 
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Thats good but please dont feel any pressure from us to keep painting every day. If you spread them out they will still be very much appreciated. Please take care.

It was my challenge to myself @PenguinMum and I intend to keep to it.
A medical friend advised today that I eat more fish and/or take Omega-3, but just to take Omega-3 and not the combined 3/6/9 Omega supplements. Apparently it has to be just Omega-3 and she said it will help, and help the arthritis and pain, and help my hands.
So I will be doing that.
I will soon find out how good that advice is.

Thanks for your concern. I appreciate it.
 

I saw some yellow ones with bees on just the other day!

(scraping the muck off)

I continued looking for just plain green ones.
Back in the '60s some people at the barn where I rode wore really cool canvas-and-rubber "Newmarket" boots for barn work and wet-weather riding.
I just want a pair of plain green wellies.

 
I give up yet again with this BG lark, I will never, never understand it. Low carb days and 12 hour fasts, readings in the 6's then today, a 1/4 of a large Chick Pea Flan baked by Mrs MC for dinner with salad and all the shortcrust pastry, then at band rehearsal I could not resist the galette one of the band members had cooked, complete with hidden king, I didn't get the king, and how could I resist the wonderful homemade cake with cinnamon. I arrived home 2 hours later expecting through the roof readings and starting to feel trepidation, but what does Dracula deliver? A 5.5, flabbergasted!

Mrs MC says my Insulin must be working again, I think it's just my body out to get me or some deity in charge of such things having a laugh.
 
Mrs MC only ever buys Le Chameau Neoprene Lined Wellington Boots with a walking sole. Bearing in mind she wears them every day to muck out her horse and walk him to and from the field which can also be very muddy and wet. Also on holiday when by the sea and camping and winter days they last ages, the last pair lasted 12 years before starting to let in water. I have a pair which are now 15 years old the only problem was I spiked them with a fork in the garden, a repair with the material they sent sorted that and they remain waterproof. They are also extremely comfortable. A little expensive but still cheaper than replacing poor quality boots every year or so IMO. Worth a look especially if you can get some in a sale.

 
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