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As people with diabetes, we have to make choices about literally everything everyday. Much of diabetes management is trial and error, and many of those decisions and choices we make daily lead to error.
Christmas is a time of gifting, and in the magazine publishing world, we often get bombarded by gifts--quite often of the foody nature--from advertisers or other clients. Last year around this time, we received an enormous gift box of food from Harry & David. It was enough to feed our office of six for lunch one day and leave us drooling over leftovers for several days. So when the same box arrived today, we all went crazy over it. (READ MORE)

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(To the tune of "Jingle Bells")

Andy Bell, Andy Bell, Andy had a great holiday. Even with all the food, sugars were good most of the waaaay. Hey! Now it's time to get back to work and focus on fitness for the day.. Here we go, do a curl and burn that fat away. Hey!

(To the tune of "Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer")

Andy had one day of high sugars, Eating his face off with a jello mold. You can say there's no such thing as hyperglucose But as for this diabetic, I am sold.

(To the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
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One of the mixed advantages of living far away from family is that when you do finally get home, there's a lot of catching up to be done. Because we've been away and not in all that close touch, we're considered the "neutral third parties", and the updating comes chock full of dish.

 

Nowhere is this more apparent then when diabetes comes into play. Siblings who'd never "rat" on each other in full-court, whole-family press, will each take you on the side and let you know that the other's numbers are being kept "too high" or "too low", that s/he doesn't test (enough), or that s/he keeps forgetting how many of which pills need to be taken, when. Sometimes one will say another's medication dosages have been increased "because s/he's not watching what s/he's eating". It's Diabetes Police by Proxy (DPP).

 

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"There’s a problem with Christmas," Charlie blurted out on Wednesday after dinner.

 

He looked troubled. His face was pink and he hid his eyes from Susanne’s with his forearm as if she was Medusa.

 

"What’s the problem with Christmas?" Susanne asked.

 

He shook his head.

 

"Charlie. Tell me. What’s the problem?"

 

"I can’t say it," he mumbled, his sleeve stuffed in his mouth like a gag.

 

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It's that time of year again -- time to report on this year's results of the WebWarren Cookie Laboratories.

 

Lest you think I've had a bit too much of the nonexistent "adult" eggnog (or given the outdoor temperatures, the nonexistent hot toddy), The Other Half's parents like to have several varieties of cookies on hand for Christmas Day visitors (i.e., the entire extended family) -- and with his mother no longer able to do the sort of baking she once did, we try to take up a bit of the slack. The first time we did cookie baking up here, I was trying to develop some new cookie recipes, and we brought down the results in a carton repurposed with Christmas wrapping paper and labeled "WEBWARREN COOKIE LABS -- EXPERIMENTAL SAMPLES". The name -- and the mock pretentiousness -- stuck. While were not able to get down south this year, the Cookie Labs have been in full force.

 

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I must say. Ketones may not help to make the season bright, but the continuous glucose monitor absolutely does. Our first Christmas with the CGM and it was a pleasure to enjoy the day without attacking Charlie all day a la Norman Bates in Psycho. Christmas with the CGM - should be a Hallmark Channel holiday classic.

 

Holidays are usually pretty rough on Charlie's blood sugars, but his numbers were decent this Christmas. I think the trouble begins with grazing on appetizers.

 

"Charlie, how many of those crackers did you eat?"

 

[shrugs shoulders] "I dunno. Maybe six?"

 

We either over-bolus or under-bolus. It's a holiday tradition.  

 

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Every year, my mom and I do a massive family Christmas party. We spend countless hours thinking, planning, and doing in order to prepare. There's the Christmas tree and decorations, lots of gifts, groceries, and the actual cooking. On top of the cleaning, organizing, and menu-planning.

 

This year, we decided to change things up a bit. After all, we're just plain tired of the same ol' traditions that honestly and secretly, nobody really cares about. We actually almost didn't get a Christmas tree since I was coming in so late this year.

 

But we did. And we did a lot of the same old stuff. Like a turkey. And spinach casserole (only because I insisted since it is my favorite dish of all time). But we've changed up the menu on a lot of fronts.

 

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Well, it's that time of year again. The Web Warren Cookie Labs are setting up for the current season's research experi production run. In addition to the usual questions of which general types of cookies to bake, the specific sub-varieties start screaming out for attention.

 

That we will be "open for business" is without question. That we will be performing a certain degree of "quality control" goes without saying. The sizes of most of the cookies (small to miniature) have been predetermined by previous feedback. The questions include how many varieties to make, and whether to use wheat flour or another flour, sugar or Splenda, butter or yogurt-based blends, how many versions of a particular variety to make, and which ones to decorate.

 

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It has been one busy and hectic week. Adjusting to the new work schedule has still been rough, but throwing in the holidays made everything ten thousand times more rushed and stressful. I'm glad that it's all over for the time being.

 

I spent the last five days with my family which was pretty great. Since I moved, I don't get to see them nearly as often. And I had a lot built up that I wanted to talk over with my mom. And a need to see my cousin and brothers and get a million hugs. I am definitely family-oriented.

 

But now that I'm back in my little apartment, I can feel the weight lifting. I got so much accomplished last week, it doesn't seem real. I bought a new car...my very first that I'll be paying for completely. It's lovely and I'm overjoyed that I'm in a position to do that now. My mom and I prepped for Christmas in a matter of two days. Then we all did Christmas.

 

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