A Girl and Her Dog
We have been tossing around the idea of a dog for a while. Never anything overly serious, but always a thought in the back of our minds and always a wish in the front of Bean's mind.Of course the...
View ArticleChecking Out Lauren's Hope
As we all know, there are a LOT of things that come along with a chronic condition like Type 1 Diabetes. Some of those 'things' are non-negotiable...insulin, strips, meter, etc. And as far as I'm...
View ArticleSuckered Into A SleepOver
Bean is 9 and a half. She has a group of friends that see each other often, a thus, a lot of sleepovers occur. For the other girls, that is. Not for Bean; not unless I'm sleeping over, too.It's not...
View Article"Awe, It's So Cute!"
Bean is off to Diabetes Camp this week.She has been looking forward to this week all summer (no, make that since she got off the bus last year!) and was super bummed that it was at the end of JULY this...
View ArticleGuest Post AND Free Stuff Friday!!
Today I have the privilege of partnering with Lauren's Hope and doing a guest post AND being part of their awesome Free Stuff Friday!!I'm writing about back to school stuff and you have the chance to...
View ArticleFree Stuff Friday WINNERS!!
Congrats to the Winners of Lauren's Hope Free Stuff Friday!Thanks to everyone who shared their tips for back to school time and for managing T1 at work.Here is the announcement from Lauren's...
View ArticleSomeone got Hacked and they deserved it!!!
So this is Ubergeek and MomofBean just got Hacked by her husband. So here is the latest.... Everyone is doing just fine. Bean is awesome and she is in fourth grade being the most independent for her...
View ArticleLooking For Less
It's that time of year again.The time when we take stock of things and set goals and hope against all odds that this will be the year those goals are met and not left by the wayside yet again.This...
View ArticleShawty Stays Lo, Lo, Lo, Lo
yes, I totally made myself giggle when I thought up the title and now I can't get the song out of my head!!!Bean has been having some odd lows lately.I mentioned them on FB, and received some great...
View ArticleSometimes You're The Windshield...
....sometimes you're the bug.Well, today, I feel like I've not only been squished on the windshield, but like I've then been scraped back and forth with the wipers!!Yeah, not the best.And, of course,...
View ArticleA Little Diabetic Dab Will Do Ya!
No, I'm talking about Brylcreem...though if you got the reference, good on ya!I'm talking about Diabetic Dabs, a cool new-to-me product that I was asked to test out and offered to write about.I'm...
View ArticleSnail Mail...Finally Ready!!
Ugh!Why does it seem to take me FOREVER to get things ready to go in the 'real' mail?!?!Thank you to all you fabulous people for waiting patiently...or not so patiently, but at least not nagging me!The...
View ArticleI NEED The Arrows!!
So, Wilma (Bean's dexcom G4 CGM) has been out of use for almost 6 weeks.We started noticing lots of ???s and then lots of 'out of range' times and then had to call and reset the receiver. During that...
View ArticleWho knew how much we needed the "Arrows"
An update from Ubergeek:Finally an UPDATE!!!! What's three years in between blogs among friends. So I am sure many of you thought that we fell off the face of the earth or worse but nope everyone is...
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