what a day it was...

we woke to white on the ground...

hopefully for the last time...

it was a normal enough weekday morning...

and I got up and took my meds...

ate breakfast and then trouble began...

the new medicine knocked the bottom out of my glucose...

and it was dropping fast...

so I called the dr's office, they would get back to me...

so I called DH home...

dr's office called back and said if it gets below 80, to call them back...

I didn't let that happen...

normally, 100 or below is a good starting number before any meal...

two hours after your meal, you peak, and this could go as high as the 180s...

which is fine as long as before the next meal you are at 100 or below...

now you don't want to get down in the 60s or less...

waking reading was 143...

a little high, but not bad...

breakfast should have added 40...

so my two hour mark should have been in the 180s...

and then the meds should start helping and have it down before lunch...

but, when I checked it, it was 98...

I drank pop, which should have jumped it up quick...

its a fast burn...

103...

not high or fast enough...

so the eating began...

DH came home in case it fell lower...

it went on like this until mid afternoon...

finally, it leveled off and stayed up...

after supper, I checked again...

and the meds let it rise, like it should after a meal...

and then I have checked again this morning, and it is dropping back down...

like it should...

so...

no more of this new medicine he gave me...

it also had my heart racing...

do not like that at all...

calling him back today and telling them that I am not taking that one again...

unless my glucose levels are extremely high...

like in the 300s...

feeling so grateful for DH and for him always being there when I need him...

never starting a new med when I am home alone...

;)

today is going to be a better day...

blessings to you!

another day on the prairie...

yesterday was a recovery day for me...

to prevent a flair...

look at the colors in the blue jay...

I finally got a photo of him...

they nest in the tall trees along the railroad...

and I caught the tip of orange in the wing...

we are going through a bag of bird seed a week now...

of course, it wasn't all bird watching...

the pads of paper I got last time Craig and I were shopping...

I photo copied the ones I liked...

so I can use them over and over again...

and the bird house snagged at another outing...

and this is phase one...

set it up to dry over night and will start in on it again later today...

pop secret popcorn is awesome...

great snack...

and these are what's putting holes in me legs!

between that and wanting to nap on me...

you know it takes a lot to climb me...

I just pulled up a kitchen chair and threw a towel on it...

and started piling them on it...

it worked!

they took all their naps there...

they were happy that they were right beside me...

left overs were on the menu for supper last night...

this is finally all gone...

with cole slaw...

its is yummy...

'look into my eyes'

'you want to take me home'

going up for adoption this week...

they are ready...

her eyes are turning green...

going to be so pretty as an adult...

and that's the way it went...

called the dr's office and my blood work is ok...

he cut me back to one metformin and day and added one glipi-zide...

not sure this will work, but will give it a shot...

and...

I was better today, so am waiting a few more days...

mucus isn't green anymore...

now, my tummy problems and the dizziness...

could be the metformin...

also have some blurry vision, or rather, things just aren't focusing...

have to cut out some of my computer time...

I am back in hibernation mode...

too dern cold for me out there...

I am a wimp already!

;)

blessings to you...

Monday madness...

good morning from Raggedy Annie...

she is a cuddler...

been too cold to play outside...

and snow coming in tonight and tomorrow?

who are they trying to kid?

that's the forsythia out there...

just waiting for it to turn bright yellow...

that should scare off winter...

I do belief its time to get a new thermometer...

there's no way it hit that yesterday...

got 4 days in a row that I will be home alone...

see the face on the backside of the dove?

got some ideas stirring around in my head...

and they involve these...

its going to fun to see how they turn out...

you will have to keep coming back to find out...

most of the vertigo I had yesterday has faded...

I am thinking I am going to need another round of antibiotics to kick the rest of this...

its so close to being done, but a tiny bit keeps hanging on with both hands...

may your blessings be more than your burdens today...

;)

a product review...

for all of you Little Debbie fans out there...

if you haven't tried these, you need to hop in your car and head to the store...

I just had a nibble of this and I can say that it was awesome...

DH can vouch for these...

you know you want to try them...

inside the one I tried...

moist and weighty...

smooth and good...

iris bed...

and another one of the male cardinals...

I might have overdone it last week a little...

crashed just before noon...

got vertigo, too...

yippee...

I should hear tomorrow about the blood work I did yesterday...

or clinic/ hospital is all connected together...

so the lab is between the two...

they do it onsight...

so no having to wait for it to come back through the mail...

sunny but so cold here...

we have to wait until next weekend to be warm again...

disclaimer: Grandma's didn't pay me one red cent to toot my horn about the above products...

I did it of my own free will...

I thought it was a better thing to post than what I have been doing today...

napping and scooping poop out of the litter box...

;)

and so the day went like this...

purple finch...

my friend, Jettie, knew what it was...

thanks, girl!

today was blood work day, so got up early and headed to the blood suckers...

made it there by 7:30...

done in 5, so Craig and I took off for McDonald's for breakfast...

made a quick stop at Walmart...

found these, for a dollar each...

fun spring colors...

I lit the lilac as soon as I got home...

so here you go, all of you with snow still on the ground...

this is what spring looks like around here...

tulips and crocus...

could very well bloom in the snow...

they say more of that for Tuesday...

we cooked when we got home...

chicken parmesan with penne pasta...

had it for lunch and will have it for supper, too...

and when I have to watch my carbs and sugars, I use this for my bread...

I just take a loaf of the cheap french bread and slice it thin...

put it in a tub and that is the size of my sandwiches...

it makes really good sandwiches without all the things you don't want going to your hips...

its colder today and I am so missing yesterday's 70s...

we have a missing kitty...

Hermie got out on Craig yesterday morning and we haven't seen him since...

he is not used to being outside and is afraid of everything out there, so not sure if we will get him back or not...

praying he is safe, where ever he is...

we have walked the neighborhood and called and called...

got his face posted on fb in case someone found him...

so that's about it for me...

been trying to get my housework done, but it just takes me forever...

and now, we have to do a deli run to Ashmore...

;)