A couple of weeks ago, USA Today asked a simple question – What does Twitter mean to you? My response led to a phone call from writer Marco della Cava and a fun conversation about social media. This week, his story ran on the front page(!) and I've received email and phone calls from friends…
Always fun to find meet new people and find new places around town. We got to do both Saturday night. For the last couple of weeks, the folks at Best of North Carolina.com have been asking their on line community to vote on the best beach in the state. What better way to announce the winner than at a big…
My husband, Slade, has been feeling nostalgic – I'm not sure why, but that's the only reason I can think of for why he's been emailing me old Schultz & Dooley commercials. If you're not from Central New York, those names may not mean anything to you, but boy, were they big once upon a time. Schultz &…
Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory popped back onto the scene when the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened last week and he bought the first ticket. But he ran away with a charity event Saturday night after a bike ride – in a ballroom. Yep, that's hizzoner at the Ballantyne Hotel, tooling around on a five speed. (All pictures courtesy…
Finishing up Diabetes Blog Week – and combining the last two subjects into one. Dream a little dream – life after a cure. & Diabetes snapshots. Thinking about a cure is odd for me. I'm not the one with diabetes – my five year old son is. Because Benny was diagnosed at 23 months, we don't…
Day 5 of Diabetes Blog Week – we're talking about exercise. If you ask Benny what his favorite sport is, you'll get a different answer every day. Football, baseball, soccer, swimming, golf. A typical 5 year old, he never stops moving. Benny is full tilt boogie from the moment he wakes up to the moment he…
Still going with Diabetes Blog Week. Today's topic – food! Last week at Carowinds, I used my phone to look up the number of carbs in a corn dog. That tells you a lot about the way my family eats (and also about why I love my new phone). The fact that I let my son have a…
Continuing as part of Diabetes Blog Week… I've written about some of my diabetes heroes before, here and here. It's fun to look back on both of those posts – they were written in the first year after Benny's diagnosis. It's been three years, now, and I have to say my biggest supporter is my husband, Slade. I hope I'm his. …
Day two of Diabetes Blog Week. But before I go any further, I really have to thank Charlotte Parent Magazine for a great article this month on kids with type 1 diabetes. It was nice of them to feature us, but I'm really glad they talked to our doctors. You can read it here. Today's posts…
I just found out about Diabetes Blog Week. More than 100 bloggers with a different subject every day. How cool is that? Today is "A day in the life.. with diabetes." As you know, for us, it's a day in the life with a 5 year old with diabetes (diagnosed at 23 months). So here goes: Sleeping.…