Want to take a quick minute to mention a few events coming up. These are ways you can help the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The Walk to Cure Diabetes happens April 21st with three locations in the Charlotte area. My family will participate in the one at Carowinds. We don’t have our own “walk team”…
I’ve been talking about sleep quite a bit recently, and it seems I’ve touched a nerve. Two sets of numbers came out that got my attention. First, the National Sleep Foundation reported that more than half of women between the ages of 18 and 64 sleep well only a few nights a week. Then, The…
Well, we had our first emergency room visit with one of kids yesterday. Benny got his thumb smashed in a door and we were pretty sure he needed stitches. I was at work when it happened – Slade took Benny to Presbyterian Hospital in Huntersville and I met them there. Luckily, it was a short…
My daughter has started playing “hospital.” Lea is 5 and at bedtime lately, she wants to pretend she’s been treated for a mysterious illness. It’s always something that requires an overnight stay (but never a shot!). It’s easy to see much of this comes from the 3 days back in December when our son, Benny,…
Now that we’re sort of comfortable in our diabetes routine, life threw us a curve. It was a small, but messy one: a stomach bug that’s going around. It was the first time since Benny’s diagnosis of Type I Diabetes that we had to deal with a “regular” illness. I’ll spare you the details; let’s…
I love the Oscars. I go to fewer movies these days than ever before; having two little kids will do that to you. I think I saw three movies last year and none of them were close to being academy award nominees. (X-Men, The Prestige and something else. Seriously. That’s what I saw.) I haven’t…
There are times when you’re sort of forced to put things in perspective. Saturday night was one of those times for me and my husband, Slade. Our plans were for dinner and a show. I love musicals and Slade bought tickets a while back for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. We decided to eat uptown at Harry…
NewsTalk 1110 WBT is hosting a lunch later this month at The Palm. It’s going to be a great event, to benefit the USO. You can get all the information and sign up at http://www.wbt.com/custom/lunch.cfm. What do you get for your $50? Well, you help the USO – an amazing organization. From their website: The…
One of the keys to managing diabetes is checking blood sugar levels. As I’ve explained before here, it’s usually done by pricking a finger then using a test strip and a meter to get a number. There’s usually a range of blood sugar levels your doctor gives that’s right for you. Too high and you…
I’ve held my tongue so far, but this is an outrage! For the second time in two weeks, WBT – in fact, all of One Julian Price Place – is out of Morning Blend. Oh sure, I could settle for Colombian or Mocha French, but the smooth, familiar Morning Blend is nowhere to be found.…