In the night...

Not all mornings start this way, but sometimes, for some mom's(and dads too) they do. They can make or break you when you're already on edge from exhaustion.

It's 4am... A Momma sleeps through her 2am alarm, but intuition is calling her name. She bounds out of bed, head pounding because she has been TRYING to get off "the juice" (uhum... the diet coke).

She staggers into her sleeping child's room... poke*3...2...1*beep. 345(sigh); she just wants to sleep.

BOLUS...

EZ BG...

GO...

(music) do do do do do do dooooo do do dooooo do do dooo

(oh good Lord!) Bolus canceled... no insulin in cartridge :/

She zombie stares at the screen while her warped brain wraps itself around what its telling her. She can't think straight, her head is still pounding... ba boom, ba boom, ba boom, making it almost impossible for her to figure out what she needs to do. Her exhaustion says give him a shot to hold him over and allow HIM, at least, get some sleep. She realizes, however, that would be a temporary, half ass fix she will undoubtedly regret later. She rests her head on the rail of her type 1's bed; "How did I let him run out of insulin" she says, on the verge of exhaustion induced tears.

After a few minutes, and quite possibly a quick check of the back of her eyelids, the mom disconnects the pump from her child's restless body. She has figured out a way to let him sleep. Fill the pump now, change the site in the morning she proclaims with a smirk of satisfaction.

She can do this!

When the task is complete, the weary mom drags her tattered body back to her room. She takes a long look at the clock while she calculates what time to set the next alarm; she just gave him a hefty correction, after all. On her way across the room she makes a final plea; please keep her sweet baby safe and do not let her sleep through the alarm this time.

As soon as her head hits the pillow... she dozes off to sleep.

NaBloPoMo... day 13

Five Question Friday...

We interrupt this NaBlPoMo for a little 5QF fun... and lets face it, I'm already tired of talking about my mask. Gonna be a long month, just sayin!

I will be a good girl and still post the NaBloPoMo logo

Along with the prompt I am suppose to write about:       
How good are you at telling a lie? 

Heck, I will even answer it... I'm pretty damn good and can even do it with a straight face, you?

Nuff of that, lets move on...

To learn more about 5QF go HERE

**I do love me some 5QF, check out Mama M's blog and find out how to submit your 5QF question suggestions by following the link above.**
 
1. What album/cd/download are you embarrassed to admit you have?

I do believe we established the answer to this question when someone (I won't mention any names) made the embarrassing Brass Monkey video.


2. What's the one thing your spouse does better than you?

Directions... he's like my own personal map quest. Except is ticks me off when he says stupid shit like "go south" and "turn north". Who the hell knows which was is north...
RIGHT OR LEFT, MR. MAPQUEST, RIGHT.OR.LEFT!

3. When do you start buying Halloween Candy?

Are we talking the candy I'm eating or the candy I'm planning to hand out, cuz it make a difference.


4. Family closets - Yay or nay?

Wha?? Family closet?!?! They have closets in their own room, I'm still trying to get Mr. Mapquest out of mine.
Maybe if you count the hillbilly clothesline in the garage; that's kind of community clothes hanging property.

Is there really such thing as a family closet?

5. Which home/cleaning chore do you hate the most? Why?   Laundry!!! I.can't.stand.laundry. I hate sorting it, I hate switching the cold, wet pile of mess from the washer to the dryer. I hate folding and finding stains... ugh! Would that be enough reasons why?      

So I guess that's it for this 5QF... I'll be here all month(sorry), is there anything else you would like to know??  

 

 

 

 

 

I Lie Everyday...

I realize that I am not participating in NaBloPoMo this month, but that doesn't mean that I can't "borrow" a prompt right?

I accidentally hit the saved prompt button on my favorites bar and today's NaBloPoMo prompt caught my eye. "Do you always tell the truth?".

Of course the first thought in my head was YES!
But then I thought about it... I lie everyday.

I lie when I force a smile.

I lie when I say "I'm fine".

I lie when I act as if an out of range number doesn't bother me.

I lie when fight back the tears while I watch a low.

I lie when I ignore my breaking heart during a seizure.

So if you ask me if I always tell the truth... No, I don't. I lie everyday.

Do you always tell the truth?

Last Day...

I DID IT!!!!

Today is the last day of NaBloPoMo in July. I am so glad it's over :) AND guess what?!? I am so NOT posting tomorrow.

I will not be sitting here at 11:00 at night pondering what in the world I am going to write about.

NOPE! Not going to do it!

A couple good things did come out of this month of craziness. Such as... Five Question Friday has found its way to MDC(My Diabetic Child) and I think its fun so I might keep it around for a while.

Thank you to those who have stuck it out. Amy, you did awesome and rose to the challenge with the commenting.

As for me... I'm going to get some sleep.

Happy Sunday!

NaBloPoMo... day 31

 

Five Question Friday...

NaBloPoMo... day 29

To learn more about 5QF click HERE

1. Vow renewal ceremonies-yay or nay?

Depends on what day you ask me. Today would be a big fat negatory! If I had the chance to run, I just might. Then, I wouldn't take the chance of going to jail for attempted murder(or something of that nature). Explanation: My husband has been on vacation this week... I just LUV him when he's all in my biz-nezz!!!


2. What sound/s annoy you the most?
I can't STAND to hear people eating. It seriously makes me sick to my stomach and want to smack them.

The beeping of the fire alarm when the battery needs to be changed... I mean COME ON! Does it HAVE to ALWAYS go dead in the middle of the night?!?!

One more thing, the sound boys make when they pretend to fly airplanes... don't know what it is... I just can't block that one out.



3. If you had to pick, would you have only all boys, or only all girls for kids?
Lets weigh our options...
Girls:
Cons...                              
-They wear your shoes         
-They steal you makeup
-They act just like you
-They get girly-tudes and PMS

 Pros...
-Eventually, you get to wear their shoes
-You get to torture them with nicknames like "scara" when you catch them stealing your make up.
-You see yourself in them and its funny
-You get to prove that you are the QUEEN of the "girly-tude"
-They dance and sing with you while your driving
-They shop with you

Boys:
Cons...
-They make noises... see above
-They pee on the toilet seat(and the floor)
-They like Lego's and it hurts when you step on them
-They.Know.Everything! And they learndid it on da science channel(or maybe Discovery)
-There's the whole "snakes and snails and puppy dog tails" thing

Pros...
-A little boy LOVES his mama more than anything!
-They back up their rotton-ness with a whole lotta sweet-ness
-They will catch the lizards in the house for you

This is a tough one. I guess I'd have to go with the boys... I really don't like lizards.

 

4. Do you believe in alternative medicine?
If I did wouldn't Justin be cured by some root wart mushroom potion by now?


5. Would you take a family member's children and raise them if they needed it?
Absolutely! Wouldn't I want the same for my kids?


And now for last weeks "extras"... WARNING! We are still talkin "HO Shoes"!

Alexis says "where the stripper shoes the reason behind....oh man I don't think I can finish the question..." the question is, Alexis, were YOUR stripper shoes the reason behind not being able to finish that question? 

Andrea says "I have been totally talking about getting a tattoo on my foot too!! It is going to simply say HOPE, but kinda feminine with a flower or something attached!!!" I like that idea!

I found this one... its pretty cool
Just need to add the flower

There was one I saw(of course I can't find it again) That had a saying about walking. I wish I would have saved it.


Reyna asks "Will said foot tat" be visible while you don your stripper shoes? Or will frequently mentioned, joked about, worn HO Shoes cover the "at some time in your life foot tat"? The "at some time in my life foot tat" will be totally visible. Dude... I wear Ho shoes... do you think I would be worried about covering a tat?


Amy says "my answer to that first one wouldn't have been appropriate for my family-friendly blog"
Dear Sweet Amy! You can tell us here... I think I threw "family friendly" out the window a long time ago.


Sarah says "you seriously crack me up!" Yeah! Sometimes I crack ME up too!


Meri has a few!!
Did Reyna just say Ho shoes? I believe that's an affimitive! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't read it myself


Did Reyna just call you a Ho? Oh shit!! I think she did


Are you going to just sit there and take that? I think Reyna could kick my ass... are you going to back me up Meri?


Does Reyna know that Ho Shoes is my new favorite phrase? I dunno! Imma gonna asks hur bout dat!


Do you both know that I love you? Awe shucks!!!

Did YOU know

That it! You guys let me off easy this week.
Happy Friday!!!

Getting caught up...

To learn more about NaBloPoMo... go HERE

Day twenty three of National Blog Posting Month... eight days to go.

We all know how hard it is to keep up with our blog reading. I am sure it doesn't help when you have the crazies like myself, Amy, Heather and Wendy posting e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y for NaBloPoMo!

No worries... it will all be over soon :)

In the mean time... I am going to give you a day off from me. Yep! No long post today filled with stripper shoes and bedroom scenes. However, if thats what your looking for... check out any of the Five Question Fridays.

Happy Saturday!

Tasty Tuesday...Dessert Pizza

NaBloPoMo... day 19

You asked for it... (HERE in case you don't remember)

The recipe to the Strawberry Pizza.

Now, I thought about running up to the store and buying the stuff to make said pizza, but then I would eat it. And since I JUST started dieting again after I fell off the wagon a few weeks ago(and ate amuck, btw!) I decided that I could not partake in such temptation.

Because I am putting my "I will not break my diet" foot down(at least for today)... you will have to settle for pictures from Google(which made it REALLY hard not to go with plan A... just so you know).

You will need:
Strawberries(about 2 quarts cut into 1/2 or 1/4)
Pillsbury Pies crust
8oz cream cheese(softened)
Powdered Sugar(1cup-ish)
Cool Whip(1cup-ish)
Marzetti's Strawberry Glaze

Topping:

-Combine strawberries and Marzetti's glaze. Put in fridge to chill.

The crust:

 

-Preheat oven(whatever it says on box)-Unroll one sheet of the pie crust and place it on a round cookie sheet. I use about 1/2 of the other roll and piece them together to make my crust the same size as the pan.

Google Pic.. mine does not look that uniform

-Pinch(or roll up) the edges
-Bake (according to the directions on the box)
-Let cool completely

Center:
-Beat together...
cream cheese and powdered sugar then add cool whip and mix. *the recipe call for 1cup each, but I usually add in a little extra... to taste.

Assemble:


When crust cools...
-Spread cream cheese mixture on top
-Top with strawberry mixture
-Chill and serve

On a side note... if you come visit me I would be more than happy to just make it FOR YOU :)
Happy Tuesday!

My 12 of 12...

NaBloPoMo... Day 12

On the 12th day of each month bloggers from all over the

world take 12 photos of their day. Though I learned about

12 of 12 courtesy of Mike; the 12 of 12 project was

Chad's idea, you can go to his website to see the links

of all the people who participated this month.

Breakfast

You can say hi to Jen by clicking HERE

One word... shower!

Justin - messing up all my hard work.

The bins that I've emptied in the last couple days

This is where some of the crap went

This is some of the crap that didn't make the cut

We also cleaned out the closet and draws

The almost finished product

Oakley is not a big fan of Mr. Rooster

 

We had to make a pit stop to the supply closet

Ending the day working on my 12 

Happy Tuesday

 

Dive In or Acclimate...

NaBloPoMo... day 11

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Today's prompt: Do you like to dive into things or take your time getting acclimated?


Head first baby! I dive right in. I am one of those "go for it and if I screw it up then I go back and look at the directions" kind of gals.

The hubbs says "I know just enough to be dangerous". Yep! That's me :) Grab the hammer and get to work!

Extra screws... usually!

Head scratchin and language not suitable for Sunday... always!

But we're not talking about THAT. We're talking about diving in.

When it came to fixing the kitchen faucet... my git-er-done personality didn't work out so well(except I did get a new faucet).  But when it comes to Type One... do we really have a choice?

It takes months to get "acclimated"(if there is such a thing).  Do we have months? I'm thinking no. Yet, it is probably the one area in our lives that required the most acclimation.

Justin's diagnosis was definitely one situation when my "dive right in" personality had me torn. I was forced to listen to that little voice in my head. No, not the one that makes me look nuts. I'm talking about the one that makes me think twice, second guess every choice I make and worry that I will choose wrong.

After all... Justin can't be replaced at Home Depot like the faucet.

T1D comes into our lives and changes everything. It changes the way we handle things and it doesn't give us a choice in the matter.

That's just how it rolls.

So what do you do? Dive or acclimate?

Oh the Fun???

NaBloPoMo... day 10

This ones going to be short and sweet. I have been knee deep in Lego's and Nerf guns for two days... TWO!

When we decided to build Justin the loft bed, we didn't take into consideration that were were going to loose the storage space under his bed. Originally, he had a draw trundle under there, but as he got older and became a collector of every building toy imaginable... we decided to ditch the trundle and use the space for buckets 'o' toys.

This worked well.

So when the loft bed came along... we had no where to put the buckets and they have been a big stacked mess ever since. This is what happens when you don't think things all the way through.

Lesson 1... it is a pain in the ass to check blood in the middle of the night when you have to climb a step ladder.

Lesson 2... know what your going to do with the shit under the bed first.

I digress.

Anywho... this has been a topic in our house for some time and Anthony decided that "we" were going to fix it this weekend.

Saturday morning we headed out to Ikea for some form of shelving unit. I love Ikea

We picked up a shelf/bookcase type thing that could house 8 bins. We also grabbed 8 bins in case the ones we already had didn't fit(good thing... we ended up needing them).

When we got home we emptied EVERYTHING but the furniture out of Justin's room.

Exhibit A

Yes, that IS his crap all over the table.
Yes, that IS his tree
Yes, that IS him sitting in the middle of the mess p-l-a-y-i-n-g!

No, that is NOT all of it!!!

Justin's new shelf minus the bins.

At this point I have gone through and purged all of the old bins. Holy Lego's people!!! If anyone else buys this kid another Lego set for Christmas or his birthday... he's going to live with THEM!

I still have a crap load of stuff in my living room and dining room and I can hear the Lego's stirring around in there. I think I'm starting to get a twitch.

Happy Sunday!

From the Mouth of Yours Truly...

NaBloPoMo... day 9

Its been a while, but I finally have a few things to share.
Here are some of the things that MAY or MAY NOT have come out of my mouth lately.

**This ones a little brutal... you have been warned!


-How about a little Stevie B... that might be a little bit more your speed.


-I'm currently experiencing technical difficulties... meaning I don't give a shit.


-Your talking a good game, HOWEVER, if you keep it up... the ONLY "ass" your gonna get, is when your finger rips through the toilet paper.


-You got that attitude and stubbornness from me... and FYI- I have WAY more experience so you might want to cut it out. 


-I'm always on my best behavior... its just that my best behavior isn't very good.


-Never underestimate the power of a hissy fit.


-I still have accident forgiveness so don't think I wont run you over.


-Every conversation is more fun if you start with a dirty mind


-He also eats underwear, so I'm not sure I would take that as a compliment.

What's come out of your mouth lately?

Five Question Friday...

NaBloPoMo... day 8


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To lighten things up a bit... how about another round of "Five Question Friday"


Click HERE to learn more about Five Question Friday


1. Do you think cursive writing is overrated? (Schools in Indiana have now voted to take teaching cursive writing out of their curriculum.)

Well shit... Lets just vote to skip school all together. We keep taking the basics out of the curriculum. At this point... the kids behind the register at all the fast food places can't count back simple change. Some teachers are eliminating spelling tests and they are not required to teach multiplication. What's next?  


Ya know... I learndid all doze things and I turndid out jist fine!




2. Do you still use a pocket calendar or notepad or do you keep your info on your smart phone?

I plaster my crap all over the place. In my phone, on the wall calendar, I leave notes all over the house with things to do. However, if its not on the fridge calendar... I wont be there. I can't seem to follow the calendar on the phone. Maybe its the old lady in me.

 3. What 3 things would you save if your house was burning down? (family & pets are already safe)


1. My computer(for serious! Who gives a shit about the kids... they can run).

2. Photos - the ones that came before digital cameras can't be replaced.

3. My grandmothers stemware - Some belonged to my great-great grandmother and some were my great-grandmothers. It would break my heart to loose them.

4. Country Mouse or City Mouse, err Person?

Can I split the difference? I do not care for the craziness of the city. But I also like to live close to stuff. This is how we roll now... not in the middle of it all, but close enough that cow tipping is NOT our only form of entertainment.  

 5. If you could pick ANY reality show to go on, which would you pick?

*scratches head*
*ques Jeopardy music*
*has total blond moment*
*turns to google... searches top 10 reality shows*

• Survivor - YUCK but I would loose lots of weight.
• The Bachelor - already married
• Flavor of Love - hellz no even if I wasn't married.
• The Apprentice - do-able
• America's Next Top Model - Not even 20 yrs ago
• Extreme Makeover - ooo! Then maybe I could do the above
• The Biggest Looser - Probably need it
• The Amazing Race - I think I can... I think I can
• The Hills - like... no way!
• John & Kate plus 8 - am I Kate, one of the 8 or the nanny? Either way, I'm thinking no.

Survey says... Extreme Makeover

And just because I said I would answer them... there was a few questions in the comments last week.

Alexis wanted to know when you would see a pic of me in my stripper shoes... here you go twin





Meri wanted to know the difference between "assier" and "a$$ier".
  Well Meri... that would be the dollar signs :)

And Amy wanted to know who in the world gets their groceries delivered... Beats the fuzz out of me Amy.

Anything else you wanna know??
Happy Friday!