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

Another odd day yesterday. Forgot to eat most of the day (too busy doing family history research) and had a couple of home made turkey sausages around 6 pm. BG makes little sense just now, so didn't bother checking (I'd put the gadget on charge and forgot about it). Of course, when I had my sausages, I also forgot to take insulin. Finally decided to check BG about 8 pm. It was 19.7! Took insulin and it dropped to 10.4 around midnight, when I went to bed.

FBG 7.4 so that's allright. We'll see how it goes today.

I did try to do the baking for the birthday girl last night. The request was for mini sausage rolls (hence the home made sausages), a mini banana loaf and a mini Victoria sandwich. The banana loaf was a total disaster so I'm up and at it this morning making another one. It's in the oven now and I'm hoping for the best because I don't know why the first one went wrong.
 
Annb said:
Another odd day yesterday. Forgot to eat most of the day (too busy doing family history research) and had a couple of home made turkey sausages around 6 pm. BG makes little sense just now, so didn't bother checking (I'd put the gadget on charge and forgot about it). Of course, when I had my sausages, I also forgot to take insulin. Finally decided to check BG about 8 pm. It was 19.7! Took insulin and it dropped to 10.4 around midnight, when I went to bed.

FBG 7.4 so that's allright. We'll see how it goes today.

I did try to do the baking for the birthday girl last night. The request was for mini sausage rolls (hence the home made sausages), a mini banana loaf and a mini Victoria sandwich. The banana loaf was a total disaster so I'm up and at it this morning making another one. It's in the oven now and I'm hoping for the best because I don't know why the first one went wrong.
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More hugs for the BG @Annb and hope this banana loaf works out this morning x
 
Fbg 7.1

The badger I call Kissy Kissy is back
If I didn't know better, I would say she misses Midnight.
She is very active in this short clip...

The Badger searching for (cat) Midnight's scent

Creative is a kaleidoscope from the Halloween snail mail letters I am writing to my pen friends this morning...

Bye
Got to dash
Do the visualising for Midnight again...
No time for a cuppa :(

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gennepher said:
Fbg 7.1

The badger I call Kissy Kissy is back
If I didn't know better, I would say she misses Midnight.
She is very active in this short clip...

The Badger searching for (cat) Midnight's scent

Creative is a kaleidoscope from the Halloween snail mail letters I am writing to my pen friends this morning...

Bye
Got to dash
Do the visualising for Midnight again...
No time for a cuppa :(

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Lovely kaleidoscope- I shall be coating Brussels sprouts in chocolate this morning in readiness for Halloween.
 
Annb said:
Another odd day yesterday. Forgot to eat most of the day (too busy doing family history research) and had a couple of home made turkey sausages around 6 pm. BG makes little sense just now, so didn't bother checking (I'd put the gadget on charge and forgot about it). Of course, when I had my sausages, I also forgot to take insulin. Finally decided to check BG about 8 pm. It was 19.7! Took insulin and it dropped to 10.4 around midnight, when I went to bed.

FBG 7.4 so that's allright. We'll see how it goes today.

I did try to do the baking for the birthday girl last night. The request was for mini sausage rolls (hence the home made sausages), a mini banana loaf and a mini Victoria sandwich. The banana loaf was a total disaster so I'm up and at it this morning making another one. It's in the oven now and I'm hoping for the best because I don't know why the first one went wrong.
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All the best with banana loaf part II - I suppose banana loaf part I could be used as a pudding with double cream drizzled over.
 
Good morning everyone from a mixed day of black clouds and peeping sunshine here in the dark and dangerous north. Fasting jab came in at 4.9 this morning but I was abed by 9.30 pm and only had a late breakfast. Cafe culture is still alive and well and great to see The Girl In The Bubble after her week away. She told us that the airoplane was blue, a significant detail.
Art bit. Not quite sure about this but hope it works out. Have a super Saturday if you can. I have finished my koffy, should I make more?

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dunelm said:
All the best with banana loaf part II - I suppose banana loaf part I could be used as a pudding with double cream drizzled over.
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Banana loaf v2 worked absolutely fine and is now ready to be packed up. V1 could be used toasted or fried and served with bacon, or, I suppose, with cream. But not by me - far too carby for my BG. I'll see if anyone wants to try it. I think the trouble was the shapes of the tins I was asked to use. V2 was done in a square brownie tin and then cut to shape. Trouble is, we have no hens to feed such things to any more. Had to cull all the free ranging birds during the bird flu emergency and never got any more. Beyond me now anyway but maybe Alistair might consider getting new stock.
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a mixed day of black clouds and peeping sunshine here in the dark and dangerous north. Fasting jab came in at 4.9 this morning but I was abed by 9.30 pm and only had a late breakfast. Cafe culture is still alive and well and great to see The Girl In The Bubble after her week away. She told us that the airoplane was blue, a significant detail.
Art bit. Not quite sure about this but hope it works out. Have a super Saturday if you can. I have finished my koffy, should I make more?

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That looks like a very interesting shape you are working on. Really looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
 
Good morning all from a beautifully blue skied East Anglia. Thursday's bloods were fine so I have the green light for today's treatment meaning a trip to the real jewel in the crown of East Anglia. Sorry @Krystyna23040 Cambridge is just much prettier. @dunelm great fbg and your day with TGIB sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing the latest art and don't be humble-bragging. As always, it will be splendid. @gennepher Kissy Kissy does appear to be searching for Midnight. Thanks for the kaleidoscope. @dogslife good to see you here again and good news that, slow as it is, you are recovering. @Annb congratulations on V2 of banana loaf and hug for missing your own chickens. We miss ours. Be good to yourself and all you meet today.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a mixed day of black clouds and peeping sunshine here in the dark and dangerous north. Fasting jab came in at 4.9 this morning but I was abed by 9.30 pm and only had a late breakfast. Cafe culture is still alive and well and great to see The Girl In The Bubble after her week away. She told us that the airoplane was blue, a significant detail.
Art bit. Not quite sure about this but hope it works out. Have a super Saturday if you can. I have finished my koffy, should I make more?

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Interesting perspective... slightly dizzy @dunelm
Thanks for my kaleidoscope compliment...
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all from a beautifully blue skied East Anglia. Thursday's bloods were fine so I have the green light for today's treatment meaning a trip to the real jewel in the crown of East Anglia. Sorry @Krystyna23040 Cambridge is just much prettier. @dunelm great fbg and your day with TGIB sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing the latest art and don't be humble-bragging. As always, it will be splendid. @gennepher Kissy Kissy does appear to be searching for Midnight. Thanks for the kaleidoscope. @dogslife good to see you here again and good news that, slow as it is, you are recovering. @Annb congratulations on V2 of banana loaf and hug for missing your own chickens. We miss ours. Be good to yourself and all you meet today.
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Kissy Kissy is an unusual badger. The other badgers, 4 more different ones, couldn't care less about cat Midnight, they show no interest in him.
Thanks for the kaleidoscope compliment.
I miss having quail. I used to keep them outside here, they were very good layers (is that the right spelling?), all those beautiful little eggs.
But with 5 foxes in regular attendance in my garden, what chance would they stand If I got more? There is a small fox that comes in with Foxy Loxy, but there is a pack of 3 extremely boisterous large dog foxes, who run together...

Midnight must get wind when that pack of 3 dog foxes are heading this way, the trail cam shows him getting off the swing just before they appear, and the trail cam shows him going under cover in the pots and containers of my vegetable garden...

You have a good day @ianpspurs
 
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

Blood sugars this morning were firstly 8.0 and then immediately afterwards 7.5, I shall take the 8.0.
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Been moving the summer furniture from under the Parthenon to the top shed for winter storage now totally exhausted, an afternoon nap is on order, then it back to the top shed, then if time allows back working on the youngest grandchildren’s swords.
Stay safe all.
I don’t care how much the Tory’s beg me, me’s myself to take on being chancellor of the exchequer, I ain’t interested.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

Blood sugars this morning were firstly 8.0 and then immediately afterwards 7.5, I shall take the 8.0.
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Been moving the summer furniture from under the Parthenon to the top shed for winter storage now totally exhausted, an afternoon nap is on order, then it back to the top shed, then if time allows back working on the youngest grandchildren’s swords.
Stay safe all.
I don’t care how much the Tory’s beg me, me’s myself to take on being chancellor of the exchequer, I ain’t interested.
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I hope someone has a bright idea on how to cope with current problems - I wouldn't care to do it as a job, but on the other hand, could even I make a worse job of it?
 
3 am 15.8. That's after 10.8 at bed time last night. Decided to take insulin along with some pain killers and some tea. Currently sitting at 4.9.

My gr grand daughter, like her elder brother when a small baby, seems to have a problem with me - crying and screaming as soon as they see me. This little one would start crying as soon as she came into the house. As a result I kept my distance. Her big brother got over it and is now pretty friendly and confident. As a step forward she was brought in to see me to collect her birthday tea and her birthday present. She still cooried in to her Shen (grandad) and wouldn't turn to look at me but as they left, she was encouraged to look my way and say thankyou (very quietly as she was carried out of the door). It's very odd. She'll get over it eventually though.
 
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